Steve Rosenberg

Judging by what I read in Russian newspapers, jokes about economic problems & internet restrictions are permitted. Can’t see any jokes about the president.

Ukrainian drone strikes Moscow high-rise days before Red Square parade. @BBCNews Producer @BBCBenTavener

@KateRobbins Thank you very much Kate.

@BBCSteveR Lovely arrangement/feel to this almost forgotten gem. I do enjoy listening to your original music as well, Steve. 👌🏽

Wishing you a Happy May Day.

@RosaPetrovna Thanks so much. Best wishes.

@BBCSteveR My goodness, that takes me back. I've always adored that song, and it's like a little bit of time travel, hearing it again. Best wishes for May Day and for happier times ahead. Надежда умирает последней!😃

@artsonthemoveco Thank you.

@BBCSteveR Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

@CliffordIanLom1 Many thanks Clifford. And to you.

@BBCSteveR Thank you Steve that was lovely and played beautifully. Happy May Day to you to

@sue_robertson7 Thank you Sue. All the best.

@BBCSteveR What a beautiful melody to start the day - it’s new to me but heading straight for my playlist 🎵 thank you for sharing Steve and sending happy May Day wishes

@HellewellKaren Thank you Karen. Best wishes.

@BBCSteveR Happy May Day, Steve. It was lovely to hear to start the day

@EdelaQuintaine Many thanks.

A truly superb interpretation of the Bee Gees song: 🎵 Now we are tall And Christmas trees are small And you don't ask the time of day But you and I Our love will never die To kiss and cry, "Come, first of May"

@sfh300 @artsonthemoveco Thank you Steve.

@BBCSteveR @artsonthemoveco From the first few notes I thought you were going to give us a springtime mash up of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen and Clare de Lune! Thanks for starting our day so beautifully 👍

@carolatte44 Thank you Carol. Best wishes.

@BBCSteveR Happy 1st of May Steve. Always liked that song - beautifully played 🎹🎹🎹

In today’s Russian papers: Victory Day parade on Red Square to be scaled-back. Plus, Russia’s Digital Development Minister pledges to “fulfil the task of reducing VPN use” in Russia. One option: “the introduction of civil liability for using a VPN.” #ReadingRussia

“They said this would be an operation, so I thought it would be a short conflict. That was my mistake.” There's a sense of fatigue in Russia as the war on Ukraine drags on & drones target southern Russia. Next month’s Victory Day parade on Red Square is being scaled back.

In today’s Russian papers: Stalin rehabilitated, Soviet jeans remembered, Nato “fragmented” and Moscow wondering “will Nato’s foundation stone, the Article 5 principle of collective security, work?” #ReadingRussia

In today’s #ReadingRussia: how to interpret Vladimir Putin’s comment to lawmakers that “fixating on prohibitions…is counterproductive.” Plus, today’s Russian papers report “Investment crisis becoming difficult to mask” and “Big pessimism of small business.”

@red_loeb Thank you!

@BBCSteveR Your diaries are an excellent resource.

I used to keep a news diary as a kid. 40 years ago I wrote in it a word I'd never heard before: Chernobyl.

@G6JPG_ It didn't last, sadly.

@BBCSteveR You were far too neat as a kid 🙂 (I'm not that neat at 66 - and never have been).