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As 2024 ends and Russia celebrates the New Year, I gauge the mood in Moscow. “Russian people are patient,” one man tells me. “They stay silent.” Please subscribe to my channel th-cam.com/users/SteveRosenberg

Presenting our 2024 BBC News/Channel 4 News musical Christmas collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins and I perform In The Bleak Midwinter. Wherever you are in the world, whatever you may be celebrating, our very best wishes. Please subscribe to my channel th-cam.com/users/SteveRosenberg

One Russian paper today: “Assad’s fall confirms the indisputable fact that the percentage of votes won by a dictator/autocrat/usurper at an election before he falls means absolutely nothing. None of that ‘95% support’ came out to defend him.” Please subscribe to my channel th-cam.com/users/SteveRosenberg

It’s 35 years since the Romanian revolution and the fall of Ceausescu. Time to bring out a magazine I bought all those years ago...in Moscow. Please subscribe to my channel th-cam.com/users/SteveRosenberg

A long-distance musical collaboration. Rebecca Ferguson sings in Salford, I accompany her in Moscow. Amazing Grace.

At his end-of-year press conference in Moscow, I asked Vladimir Putin: “25 years ago Yeltsin handed you power & told you 'Take care of Russia.’ Do you think you have? In light of significant losses in Ukraine, Ukrainian troops in Kursk region, sanctions, inflation…” Here’s his reply. Producer LizaShuvalova Ben Tavener Please subscribe to my channel th-cam.com/users/SteveRosenberg

Ahead of festive fancy dress parties at schools and kindergartens, one Russian paper reports “there’s been a lot of talk about how it is inadvisable to dress children up as foreign characters like Batman, Spiderman…” One Mum worries that in a Harry Potter costume her child will be accused of “propagandising alien values.” #ReadingRussia Please subscribe to my channel th-cam.com/users/SteveRosen...

One Russian paper today: “We need to say it straight: Russia & Iran suffered a major defeat in Syria.” Plus, problems with the Superjet (“the wretched child of the Russian aviation industry”) & an attempt to declare Santa Claus a ‘foreign agent’. Please subscribe to my channel th-cam.com/users/SteveRosenberg

The fall of Assad continues to make headlines in the Russian press. Moskovsky Komsomolets today: “The whole system of Russia’s Middle East presence has in the blink of an eye turned into a bygone political era. This is a lamentable, agonizing fact that can't be denied or understated. But no reason for an emotional outburst.” Please subscribe to my channel th-cam.com/users/SteveRosenberg

“Russia has lost its key ally in the Middle East” declares one Russian newspaper this morning. Another: “The failure of foreign allies to save Assad is a blow to their reputation.” What today’s Russian papers are saying about the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Please subscribe to my channel th-cam.com/users/SteveRosenberg

The parallel reality in this morning’s Russian papers. #ReadingRussia Please subscribe to my channel th-cam.com/users/SteveRosenberg

“Georgians see that this way Georgia is dragged into Russia’s orbit & there is a feeling of now or never,” a Tbilisi university professor tells me. Our report for BBC News on a fifth night of protests in the Georgian capital. Camera: Anton Chicherov Producer: Ben Tavener Thanks to @AnnaGvarishvili Please subscribe to my channel th-cam.com/users/SteveRosenberg

We report from Tbilisi on the ongoing protests and ask Georgia’s prime minister if he can understand the public anger. Camera: Anton Chicherov Producer: Ben Tavener Please subscribe to my channel th-cam.com/users/SteveRosenberg

Tbilisi, Georgia - our report on a third night of protests

Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (28 November 2024)

Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (27 November 2024)

Valentina's Song (Tomorrow Will Be Better Than Today).

Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (25 November 2024)

Putin threatens the West

Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (21 November 2024)

Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (20 November 2024)

Putin lowers nuclear threshold

Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (18 November 2024)

Some of the letters the BBC sent me as a kid

Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (15 November 2024)

Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (14 November 2024)

Moscow doctor jailed for 5 1/2 years for alleged Ukraine war remarks

Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (13 November 2024)

Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (12 November 2024)