Russia on air: audio course based on the Russian TV-news material (Level: A2)The manual presents an original technique of working with the audio resource, directed on reconstruction by the student the complete text of the news message. It allows to combine listening with studying grammar of the Russian language. The book aims to develop skills of listening and understanding Russian speech.The perception of original Russian allows the students to understand the authentic speech and aquaints them with the actual lexicon of Russian language. The system of exercises helps students to analyse words and different types of Russian sentences. The presented news give an actual information of the modern life in Russia - economy, culture, religion, national projects, nature and ecology, development of mass-media etc.By working with this manual foreign students get acquainted with the genres of modern journalism. That is why the manual can also be used for studying language of media. The book is designed for A2 level students.