I just got a part time job offer to help this girl learn Russian. She was adopted by an American family when she was 8 and was speaking Russian fluently, now she is 15 and barely remembers it. I want to teach her how to speak again but more importantly I want her to have the tools to continue using her Russian language throughout her life. I want to know if anyone has any good ideas of how someone can continue to converse in their Native language when they do not have family or friends that speak it anymore?

I'm 16 , native language is dutch (belgium) and I would love to learn russian.

Which is generally more difficult for people do you think? Of course, I think Russian is easy to speak and read because it's my native language. So, I need a second opinion please. Thank you.

We have adopted a Russian child, and we're hoping to get him some fairy tales in his native language, any websites you guys could recommend would be quite helpful.

Thanks

Do practically everyone in the former Soviet Republics speak Russian as a native language or second language?
Is there specific data on the number of people who can speak it?
Thanks.