<P> In Turkmenistan, Russian lost its status as the official lingua franca in 1996 . Russian is spoken by 12% of the population according to an undated estimate from the World Factbook . </P> <P> In Uzbekistan, Russian has some official roles, being permitted in official documentation and is the lingua franca of the country and the language of the élite . Russian is spoken by 14.2% of the population according to an undated estimate from the World Factbook . </P> <P> In 2005, Russian was the most widely taught foreign language in Mongolia, and was compulsory in Year 7 onward as a second foreign language in 2006 . </P> <P> Russian is also spoken in Israel . The number of native Russian - speaking Israelis numbers around 1.5 million Israelis . The Israeli press and websites regularly publish material in Russian . See also Russian language in Israel . </P>

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