Lesthia Kertopati
Multimedia senior journalist from BBC Indonesia reporting on coral restoration in the Makassar Strait and the community of predominantly female divers leading conservation work.
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Mar 28, 2026 • 26min
Eighty years of the BBC Russian Service
Oleg Boldyrev, BBC Russian Service journalist who traced his love of shortwave into a career reporting from London and Moscow. Lesthia Kertopati, BBC Indonesia reporter covering coral restoration led by young female divers. They discuss BBC Russian’s 80-year history, censorship and jamming tactics in Russia. Then the Makassar Strait’s coral decline and grassroots underwater gardening to rebuild reefs.
