-Geoffersincornwall you Mentioned Russia and France.
Canada offers Bilingual (English/French) air traffic services in the Province of Quebec and also Ottawa (National Capital Region).
ICAO will be coming out with an English “Standard”-a basic level pilots will have to achieve when conducting international ops. I think the implemetation date is sometime around 2007.
Now, in Canada if you do a flight test conducted in English your license will be endorsed with an English classification i.e. expert.
There will be some opportunities for Teachers of English as a Second Language in non-English airlines as the implementation date draws near.