Cliches and conventions in Russian view of us Brits
Source: Russia Beyond the Headlines - http://rbth.co.uk/international/2014/10/16/cliches_and_conventions_in_russian_view_of_us_brits_40651.html)
Source: Russia Beyond the Headlines - http://rbth.co.uk/international/2014/10/16/cliches_and_conventions_in_russian_view_of_us_brits_40651.html)
October 16, 2014
Judging by its online trailer, veteran television presenter Vladimir
Pozner gets Britain wrong in a new documentary on English habits and
customs, Nick Holdsworth in Moscow finds.
Russia has a long history of fascination,
admiration and suspicion of the British.
Allies and enemies by turns over the centuries, the relationship is a complex one that even in the frostiest days of the Cold War was never quite as fraught at that between Russia and the USA.
Allies and enemies by turns over the centuries, the relationship is a complex one that even in the frostiest days of the Cold War was never quite as fraught at that between Russia and the USA.
Vladimir Pozner, long known in the west
as a Soviet apologist, is no expert on 'perfidious Albion.'
But now, as part of a long, leisurely series of television documentaries on foreign countries he has been producing in recent years for Russia's Channel One, Pozner is venturing his views on the English.
But now, as part of a long, leisurely series of television documentaries on foreign countries he has been producing in recent years for Russia's Channel One, Pozner is venturing his views on the English.
More: Russia Beyond the Headlines - http://rbth.co.uk/international/2014/10/16/cliches_and_conventions_in_russian_view_of_us_brits_40651.html)
still image from film
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It should be translated into English
