OREANDA-NEWS Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to establish the Day of Languages of the Russian Federation and celebrate it on September 8, the relevant decree is posted on the official website of the legal acts.

"In order to preserve and support the languages of the peoples of the Russian Federation, I decree: to establish the Day of the Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation and celebrate it on September 8," the document says.

The decree comes into force from the date of its signing.