In Georgia Russian has no official status, but it's recognised as a minority language under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. According to estimates from Demoskop Weekly, in 2004 there were 130,000 native speakers of Russian in the country, and 1.7 million active speakers. 27% of the population was fluent in Russian in 2006, and 1% used it as the main language with family, friends or at work. Russian is the language of 9% of the population according to the World Factook. Ethnologue cites Russian as the country's de facto working language. COUNT 5
QSN1 How many Georgians speak Russian actively? ANS1 1.7 million QSN2 What convention recognizes Russian in Georgia? ANS2 Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities QSN3 How many Georgians speak Russian natively? ANS3 130,000 QSN4 What percent of Georgia is fluent in Russian? ANS4 27% QSN5 What percent of Georgia use Russian as their main language? ANS5 1%