>>22690

Russian language has pretty easy pronunciation rules. You can literally read word by letters and everyone will understand you (although you would be look very funny). There are some hidden things like o -> a, but everyone will understand you even if you don't use this.

I guess it is better to start learning from text/grammar, because then it will be much easier to speak, compared to English, where sound is much more different than text. Learning from audio is harder than text, so you may skip audio part until your writing skill will be good enough.