Anglicisms in the official documentation of the Ministry of Education of Russia in the context of linguistic politics of 2023: from freedom to borrow towards normative selection

the article examines the specifics of the functioning of English-language borrowings in the official communication of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation against the background of the ongoing policy of digitalization and the implementation of international educational initiatives. Special attention is paid to the consequences of amendments to the Federal Law "On the State Language of the Russian Federation" (Federal Law No. 52-FZ dated 02/28/2023), according to which, from 2023, the use of foreign-language words in official documentation is prohibited, with the exception of those that do not have commonly used Russian-language analogues. Based on the analysis of regulatory and strategic documents of the Ministry of Education and Science published in 2020-2025, a reduction in the volume of Anglicisms in official speech and a transition to a more selective and functionally justified use of borrowed vocabulary were revealed. The article substantiates that in modern conditions, lexemes associated with the concepts of digitalization, cross-border education, competence management and technological modernization, which have no adequate analogues in the Russian language, remain in use. The main functions of such Anglicisms are highlighted: nominative, terminological and image-based. It is concluded that modern language policy contributes to the formation of normative boundaries of professional vocabulary in the field of education.

anglicisms, state language, language policy, digitalization of education, export of education, terminological adaptation, official documentation, Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, Federal law No. 52-FZ, lexico-semantic analysis