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Tom tells a story
Tom Barton
I’m Tom Barton, a news correspondent for RT. I travel all over Russia, the former Soviet Union and beyond meeting fascinating people and telling their stories. Here I’ll be telling you about things everyday and extraordinary, about tragedy and triumph across this vast space. I’ll give you an insight into the themes and personalities that inhabit this part of our not-so-small world.
24 August, 2011, 11:09
Portrait of a Russian: Lyubov Komary - grief and democracy
As we enter Lyubov’s flat she comes to greet us with smiling informality and launches straight away into chatting. The smell of incense is hanging in the air and a cat scurries about from room to room. One room has a large cabinet across one wall, stacked with books of all kinds. In the main room, on two tables are laid out photos from August 1991. Larger prints are propped up against the wall...
6 August, 2011, 23:05
Portrait of a Russian: Vasily Starodubtsev, peasant leader from the “Gang of Eight”
It was mid-morning by the time we bumped our way to Spaskaya, a village 175 kilometers south of Moscow. I’ve been on worse roads, but it always makes watching the sunrise that little bit more difficult. We turned off the main road, and there it was, the “Central Administrative Building.” No village hall or local council here. Most old Soviet districts have their pillar saying their name,...
