Russia President Dmitry Medvedev has used a video blog to promote badminton, describing it as a game for those seeking success.
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Russia is set to implement a smoking ban. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is all for it, but many Russians don’t think the ban will fly. Reporter Jessica Golloher has the story. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Yuri Luzhkov has been mayor of Moscow for the past 18 years but now he’s out of a job after he was fired by President Dmitry Medvedev. Julia loffe is Foreign Policy Magazine’s Moscow Correspondent. Lisa Mullins asked her about the sacking. Profile: Yuri Luzhkov Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is seen as a sportsman, a hunter, an athlete, a ‘manly man.’ But what about Russian President Dmitry Medvedev? Voters see him as a help-mate and political lackey for Putin – observers say that’s no accident. Jessica Golloher reports from Moscow on the very different public images of Russia’s leaders. Download MP3
Throwing stones in Iran, leaking war secrets about Afghanistan, raging floods in Pakistan, blazing fires in Russia, and America’s immigration maze.
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Russia ranks 120th on a World Bank list of attractive business climates – that poor standing is due to low transparency and impenetrable bureaucracy, mostly left over from Soviet times. But Vladimir Putin today pledged to free Russian businesses from excessive paperwork. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Nikolas Gvosdev at the Naval War College. Download MP3 (Photo: www.kremlin.ru)Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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Sergei Mikhalkov, the Russian who wrote the words of the Soviet and Russian national anthems, has died at the age of 96. He first wrote the lyrics for the anthem when Stalin was Soviet leader, but later rewrote them to omit references to him. Mikhalkov also wrote the words for the current Russian anthem adopted in 2001. Alex Gallafent took a look at the troubled anthem. >>> BBC coverage
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Download MP3After the death of a prominent Russian poet, The World’s Alex Gallafent reports on the changing shape of Russia’s national anthem.
