1. Section A Listening: Audio passages on personal life choices, Belarusian media conference, 1991 Soviet coup, and ecological crises in St. Petersburg—questions test comprehension, key detail extraction, and contextual understanding 2. Section B Reading: Topics on homelessness in Moscow, digital minimalism (no smartphone lifestyle), economic and social crises during Perestroika, youth dancer interview highlighting passion and school life, poetic narrative of a morning in Moscow 3. Section C Translation: Kazakh tradition “Shildekhana”—birth celebration, community participation, cultural symbolism, protective beliefs, and musical rituals 4. Themes: Post-Soviet transformation, media freedom, environmental pollution, personal identity, digital culture, family and cultural continuity 5. Assessment focus: Listening for detail, reading inference, precise Russian-to-English translation, topic-specific vocabulary in politics, society, and culture 6. Skillset evaluated: Critical interpretation, bilingual fluency, cultural awareness, ability to synthesize narrative and factual content from diverse contexts.