Faranak Amidi
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1,355 appearances
14 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 29 Aug
Faranak Amidi’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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With me, Faranaik Amidi.
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The BBC World Service broadcasts in 45 languages around the world.
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Here on the fifth floor, our job is to bring you the best of the week's stories in English and to get you closer to the work our language service journalists do.
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Coming up, how Indian farmers are turning a plant traditionally used for fencing into
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To make a sought after spirit.
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More than four years after Russia launched its full scale invasion of Ukraine in february twenty twenty two, the war continues to shape almost every aspect of life in both countries, including the challenge of finding enough people to serve on the front line.
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in Ukraine videos showing violent confrontations
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between recruitment officers and members of the public have sparked angry debate about how Ukraine's draft system is working.
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In Russia, meanwhile, the authorities have tightened conscription rules and introduced new digital tools aimed at successfully recruiting more young Russians.
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With me in the fifth floor studio is BBC Monitoring's Vitaly Shevchenko and on the line
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From Riga, BBC Russians, Yaroslava Kirychina.
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Vitaly and Yaroslava, welcome to the Fifth Floor.
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It's great to have you both.
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So Vitalia, I'm gonna start with you.
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You've said that scenes of recruitment officers stopping men on the streets in Ukraine.
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It's nothing new.
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But what is different about these recent incidents that has grabbed the attention of people and sparked such debate?
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Yeah, I actually watched that video online and I think we have a clip of it.
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Let's have a listen.
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Vitaly, what are they shouting?
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