# Sarah Rainsford
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sarah rainsford is a BBC foreign correspondent who has reported from Russia, Spain, Turkey, and Cuba during her 22 years at the BBC.
She was informed by the Russian government in August 2021 that her visa would not be renewed, in effect expelling her as part of retaliatory actions between the United Kingdom and Russia over news coverage.She attended secondary school in the British Midlands and then graduated with a degree in languages - specializing in Russian and French - from the University of Cambridge
, Fitzwilliam College. As part of her studies she spent a year abroad in Saint Petersburg.
The Global Story: The murders that moved a nation: Italy’s new femicide law
**This episode contains descriptions of abuse and violence**In November, the Italian parliament voted unanimously to introduce the term “femicide” into the country’s legal code. The murder of a woman – on account of her gender – is now a distinct crime, punishable with a life sentence.The United Na…
Robert Brovdi, Ukraine drone commander: Striking inside Russia
“When we only had reconnaissance drones, we learned fast. We began attaching warheads to the drones. Grenades, then homemade munitions that we produced ourselves. We would locate the enemy with the drone and drop them on him. Then FPV drones entered our lives. An FPV drone is a one-way, disposable …
India's 'cockroach' student protests
Kate Adie introduces stories on India's 'cockroach' protests, anger in Ukraine over army recruitment, the Iranian school bombed at the start of the war, fears over voting changes in America's deep south, and the bio-hacking phenomenon in Berlin.
The Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP, is now one of Ind…
The price of dissent in Belarus
The repressive tactics of the Belarusian state have been back in the news this week – and all over the map. The Olympic Games in Tokyo were shaken by sprinter Krystina Timonovskaya’s row with her coaches – she ended up seeking asylum in Poland. In Ukraine, the head of a group helping Belarusian emi…
Peeling Back the Layers
Stories of surface image - and underlying reality - from around the world, introduced by Kate Adie. In Moscow, the alleged killers of liberal politician Boris Nemtsov are on trial, but questions remain about who was really responsible for his murder. Sarah Rainsford, who remembers Nemtsov as one of…
Everything to Play For
Insight, colour, analysis: in this edition, the once impregnable Rajapaksa camp is suddenly looking vulnerable as the Sri Lankan election approaches, Charles Haviland; Russians are enjoying their extended Christmas break but for their president, Vladimir Putin, difficult times may lie ahead, Sarah …
The Stone Breakers
All of Europe is watching the Greek elections. Chris Morris says they could have a profound effect on the Euro and on the future of the European Union.
The child stone breakers of Madagascar. They toil all day every day. It earns them just a few coins. And, as Luke Freeman finds out, there's no que…
BBC Radio 4 August 6th 2011
Mexico's drug wars are notoriously violent and the killings have spread to neighbouring Guatemala. Linda Pressly has been to the scene of a gruesome massacre in northern Guatemala.
The "indignados" in Spain began their protests in May, angry at the banks and at the way the government has responded…
Feb 17, 2011
The wind of change sweeps across parts of the Middle East and North Africa -- an assessment from Jeremy Bowen. Basque separatist group ETA announced last year they would no longer use violence to campaign for the region's independence; Sarah Rainsford watches a new political party launch in Spain. …
Who is to blame for the chaos on Spain’s border?
Why did tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco suddenly attempt to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by sea last week? In the days since the sudden border crisis left at least 72 people dead, a variety of theories have circulated.
The Trump administration blamed the incident on “radical l…
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