She is fluent in Mandarin, French and Russian (her three years in Moscow for Newsweek are almost the only break she has taken from Asia in her 17-year journalistic career).

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Within a couple of months, he daydreamed aloud in accented but fluent English, he would unveil the first Russian Formula One team, in Moscow's Red Square.

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A. in technical engineering, he is fluent in the Afghan languages Dari and Pashto, as well as in Russian.

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The candidates should be fluent in English, a good knowledge of either Russian or Uzbek would be an asset.

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The Estonian singers may not be Russian, but they're fluent in the language.

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Obsessed with languages, Wedeman is fluent in Arabic, Italian and French, has a working knowledge of Hebrew, and has studied Japanese, Russian, Farsi, ancient Egyptian, and classical and contemporary Mongolian.

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