Should I Stay or Should I Go?
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2015
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
News and current affairs storytelling, context and colour: the Russians contemplating leaving the country because of what they see as an increasingly harsh and intolerant political climate; Cuba and the US may be close to announcing a date for the re-opening of their respective embassies, but many in Havana still wait for the thaw to bring more products onto the shelves of shops; the Indians driven away from their villages by a bitter conflict between the state and Maoist guerillas; a leak from upstairs causes an unwanted shower but brings an insight into the interesting peculiarities of plumbing in Paris and how tourism has driven an economic recovery in Iceland and changed the way of life in this Scandinavian outpost.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading the latest edition of BBC radios from our own correspondent, |
| 0:05.0 | the best in news and current affairs storytelling. |
| 0:08.0 | It's introduced by Kate Eady. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello. |
| 0:12.0 | Today, should I stay or should I go, agonizing decisions for the Russians who believe |
| 0:17.2 | they'd be better off abroad. |
| 0:19.6 | The Indian villagers caught up in a Maoist rebellion trying to rebuild their lives far from her. and isn't fish. And there's steady progress in relations between Cuba and the U.S. |
| 0:35.0 | But in Havana, Miguel's car is still going nowhere. |
| 0:40.0 | Is immigration the way to go? It's become a hot topic of conversation in sectors of Russian society. |
| 0:47.0 | A small but significant number of the country's best educated and highly skilled have made the decision to leave. |
| 0:54.4 | Many are concerned about what they see as an increasingly harsh and intolerant political climate |
| 0:59.2 | under President Putin. |
| 1:01.4 | And indeed a new law comes into force next week, which some see as yet another tightening |
| 1:06.1 | of the restrictions. This one stipulates that foreign firms or other organizations |
| 1:11.4 | deemed to be undesirable, may find their employees subject to fines or |
| 1:16.3 | prison sentences. |
| 1:18.6 | And so some, particularly among the country's liberals and middle class are packing their bags. |
| 1:23.7 | Caroline Wyatt's been unpacking hers. |
| 1:26.2 | She lived in Moscow from 1999 to 2003 and has just arrived back. |
| 1:32.4 | Moscow is at its loveliest in May, when the usually forbidding expanse of Red Square |
| 1:37.0 | is bathed in sunshine, and the delicate scent of lilac fills the air around the crazy ice cream spirals of St Basil's Cathedral. |
| 1:45.6 | Tourists from across the Russian Federation take smiling family photographs in front of the church |
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