После режима полоскания бельё отжимают.

Because после always requires the genitive case in Russian.

So:

• режим → режима
• полоскание → полоскания

That is why you get после режима полоскания.

There are two different reasons:

1. после requires the genitive, so режим becomes режима.
2. полоскания depends on режим and means mode/cycle of rinsing.

So the structure is:

• режим полоскания = rinse mode / rinse cycle
• после режима полоскания = after the rinse mode / after the rinse cycle

This kind of noun + genitive structure is very common in Russian.

Yes. That would be perfectly natural.

The difference is mainly style:

• После полоскания = after rinsing / after the rinse
• После режима полоскания = more technical, like something from a washing-machine manual

So with режима, the sentence sounds a bit more formal or machine-related.

Here бельё means laundry or washed items/clothes.

This word can mean different things depending on context, for example:

• linen
• underwear
• laundry

In a washing-machine context, it usually means the laundry.

Also, бельё is grammatically neuter singular, even though it refers to a group of items.

Because бельё is a collective/mass noun in Russian.

English does something similar with words like:

• furniture
• clothing
• laundry

These are grammatically singular, even though they refer to multiple things. Russian бельё works the same way.

Here бельё is in the accusative case, not the nominative.

The verb отжимают means they spin/wring out, so бельё is the direct object: they spin the laundry.

Why does it look the same as nominative? Because for inanimate neuter singular nouns, nominative and accusative have the same form.

So:

• nominative: бельё
• accusative: бельё

Same form, different function.

Because бельё is not the grammatical subject here.

The sentence literally works like this:

• (they) wring/spin out the laundry

Russian often uses 3rd person plural with no stated subject when the doer is unknown, unimportant, or obvious from context. This is called an indefinite-personal construction.

So отжимают does not agree with бельё. The hidden subject is something like they.

In English, this is often translated more naturally with a passive:

• the laundry is spun
• the laundry is wrung out

In meaning, yes, it often corresponds to an English passive. But grammatically, Russian is using an active 3rd person plural form.

Compare:

• Бельё отжимают. = literally They spin/wring out the laundry.
• Natural English translation: The laundry is spun/wrung out.

Russian often prefers this kind of active construction where English prefers a passive.

You could also find passive-style alternatives in Russian, but they are slightly different in feel:

• Бельё отжимается. = The laundry is being spun / gets spun
• Бельё отжато. = The laundry has been spun out

The original sentence is very normal for instructions or technical descriptions.

Because this sentence describes a general step in a process, not one specific completed future event.

Russian often uses the imperfective in:

• instructions
• descriptions of how machines work
• repeated or standard procedures

So отжимают here means something like:

• they spin it out at this stage
• the laundry gets spun after rinsing

If you used отожмут, it would sound more like a specific future result:

• they will spin it out
• they’ll finish spinning it out

That is less neutral for this kind of manual-style statement.

The verb is отжимать (imperfective). Its perfective partner is отжать.

In laundry context, отжимать means:

• to wring out
• to spin-dry
• to extract water by spinning/pressing

So in a washing-machine sentence, отжимают is often best understood as spin or spin out.

A very literal translation wring out is also possible, but in appliance language spin is often more natural.

It is quite normal.

• После режима полоскания sets the time/stage first: after the rinse cycle
• бельё comes before the verb, which is neutral and clear
• отжимают comes last, which is also very common in Russian

Russian word order is flexible, so other versions are possible, for example:

• Бельё отжимают после режима полоскания.

That version is also correct, but the original sentence feels very natural in explanatory or technical style because it starts with the process stage.

For learners, it is best to write ё when it belongs there.

So:

• бельё is better than белье for study purposes

In many Russian texts, ё is often replaced by е, but the correct pronunciation is still with ё.

Stress in the sentence:

• после́
• режи́ма
• полоска́ния
• бельё
• отжима́ют

So roughly:

послЕ режИма полоскАния бельЁ отжимАют

Writing and noticing ё is especially helpful, because it tells you both the sound and the stress.