Old thread but just to update it with some extra information. I definitely like Assimil in general - it's probably the best language learning series of all times.

While there are several recent versions of the French Assimil "La Russe sans peine", the English version is from the 1950s.
Tricoteuse who mentions the French version is not even a native French speaker :envy: just a language genius. I am not though!

The old age of Assimil Russian without Toil is kind of charming, but it DOES sound very dated. So here is a Russian guy who decided to do a modern recording and transcript of the series, for English speaking fans of Assimil:

Russian without toil - Page 01
https://www.facebook.com/andrey.kuzmenko.1974

He is even transcribing the dated leaflet into 21st century html.

However, he says that he will not post the next installment until someone requests it.
My Russian studies are on hold at the moment but I wanted to flag this with others who fancy using the Assimil Russian course.

Basically all you'd need to do is drop him a line on lib@mlm.ru and let him know that you like the course and are waiting for the next installment.