official language planning institution in Russia

[lauersma at LUTHER.EDU]

Is there an institution/organization that is officially sanctioned by the
Russian government that is charged with making decisions in Russian
language planning?  I am thinking of a body along the lines of the
Académie française, the Norsk språkråd, or the Real Academia Española (for
French, Norwegian, and Spanish respectively).

If such a linguistic governing body exists in Russia, do they have an
official website?

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on-list.

Thank you.

Mark Lauersdorf
lauersma at luther.edu

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