It’s the first time a British Prime Minister has visited Russia since relations soured over the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in London in 2006.
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Russia’ Communist Party is once again flexing its muscles, its creative muscles, that is. The party has produced a video that has gone viral. It is a spoof of a disaster film, describing the possible election of either of Russia’s two leading candidates for president in 2012. Jessica Golloher reports. Download MP3
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Human rights groups often accuse the Kremlin of trampling citizen’s rights in the name of security. Russian authorities get poor marks in general when it comes to human rights. Today, the group Human Rights Watch described the rights climate in the country as deeply negative. Jessica Golloher reports on Russian politician Boris Nemtsov and his campaign to exercise the rights granted by the Russian constitution. 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.
Vladimir Putin wowed a crowd in St. Petersburg, singing “Blueberry Hill” in English for a children’s charity. Jessica Golloher tells us how the Russian prime minister found his thrill. 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.
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Russian journalist Seva Novgorodsev about a heated public exchange between a well-known Russian rock star and Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The topic was freedom of speech in Russia.
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This week, a look back at the career of the late Sergei Mikhalkov. During World War Two, Mikhalkov wrote the lyrics to the Soviet national anthem. Decades later, he composed the words for Russia’s national anthem– to the same piece of music. Also, a conversation with Keith Spicer on Canada’s 40-year-old language laws. Spicer was the country’s first enforcer of bilingualism. Finally, the British government apologizes for its treatment of Alan Turing, who helped break the Nazis’ war codes.
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This week’s podcast explores clashing interpretations of what went wrong in 1939. We talk to Holocaust survivors too. And Marco Werman has a musical footnote to our coverage of the history and politics of the African country of Gabon.
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