I don't know if this has already been posted, and if it has, I apologize. Also, I couldn't decide whether to put this here or in the video sub-forum, so I settled on here, as I think beginners would benefit from it quite a lot. This man has a whole set of videos teaching Russian, with a bit of comedy thrown in, and even a song at the end. This is the first lesson:
http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=dlJw08uMvE4