actually strato this is the exact problem i had, i have emailed asking for the listening cd or mp3 files but basically got no reply despite the fact that i was willing to pay for them I find this to be very disappointing and surprising as its a good course book and a lot of effort seems to have been put into it however if you are trying to learn russian by yourself the reluctance of the authors to send out the cd will make it very difficult for you. The only solution is to have a teacher or find someone who can speak russian fluently. I hope the authors are reading the message and will do something about this issue as it really is quite poor