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World Service,12 Mar 2006,49 mins
Siberia - Is Life Getting Better?
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Special DebatesAvailable for over a year
The show comes from Tomsk, in Siberia, and asks whether life has changed here for the better since the Soviet Union collapsed. What has the transition from Communism to a market economy meant for ordinary people? What opportunities have opened up - and what problems? Three panellists join the show to debate this including a local businessman, a university professor, and Nikolai Petrov from the Carnegie Endowment Centre in Moscow. Picture: Russian Orthodox Church, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Credit: Getty Images
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