Что это было? (BBC News Русская служба)
The BBC Russian Service's daily explainer: what happened, why it matters, what comes next.
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What it actually is
A fifteen-to-twenty-minute conversation each weekday between BBC Russian presenters and their own correspondents, with the BBC's habit of restating the question and summarising before moving on — which is genuinely helpful when you are listening in a second language. Nearly 1,500 episodes and still daily. Free. Standard Moscow-register Russian at natural speed and no transcript; the BBC Russian Service is blocked in Russia, so access there needs a VPN.
What it covers
- Listening
- Vocabulary