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128 results found for '"Russia"' in Keywords.
Paul and Linda McCartney on life and career (1976)
- Genre
- Press conference
Paul and Linda McCartney talk to press about his post-Beatles career and touring together, preserving their privacy, the possibility of touring Russia, having toured communist Zagreb (Croatia) and enjoyed...
Hayes on Sunday (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; Talk show; Phone-in
Brian Hayes talks to Russian pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, who interprets the work of the great composers. Ashkenazy talks about his life as a child in Russia, his interests, and his rise into the world of...
Tom Pendry visit to Moscow - MP’s view (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male Conservative MP (poss. John Selwyn Gummer) criticises the decision of Labour MP Tom Pendry to visit the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Male...
From Russia with love (1981)
- Genre
- Documentary; Special
From Russia With Love. Phil Dixon visits the USSR including Moscow and Leningrad and looks at holidays in Russia and the Soviet Union. Network programme, originally from Radio Trent for their Getaway...
Use of English in new Russian slang (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on the decline of the Russian language among young people in favour of an English-Russian slang called Ruslish and on campaigns against it. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
Poland: a war of nerves (1983)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Speech
Programme which travels to Poland to explore the people and politics of this communist block country. It talks about the relationship with neighbouring Russia, and meets residents to talk about the politics...
Margaret Thatcher meets Yelena Bonner to discuss husband’s exile (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Yelena Georgevna Bonner, a human rights activist in the USSR, whose husband Andrei Sakharov, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been exiled internally in Russia. Bonner has met with UK Prime Minister,...
Russian celebrations (1986)
- Genre
- Music; Special
Recording of public celebrations (possibly May Day, in Moscow?), entirely in Russian language. Includes marching music, crowds cheering, and public announcements or commentary.
Russian exile describes labour camps (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Russian poet Irina Ratushinskaya speaks (via an interpreter) at a press conference a week after her arrival in London, on her treatment at a labour camp. Male reporter commenting on press conference not...
Trial of Mathias Rust (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the trial of West German teenager, Mathias Rust, who illegally navigated a plane into the Soviet Union and landed in Red Square. The male studio reporter is Richard Dallyn; the female correspondent...