hello and welcome to. the capital of. lies the force of russia. as it's one of the closest cities it's a popular day trip enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. people have lived in this area of russia for over twenty five thousand years the city was founded in eleven o eight by order of law to be a match for the city gets its name of a new research suggests the city is even older dating back to the tenth century regardless of which founding date is the most accurate the city's most historical significant events occurred around two hundred years later. let me have a little political influence throughout the region until it rose in significance off to the crown was transferred from sue still to the town here that involve the name change the entire principality from still to village a mere soused of. the golden gate was erected in eleven sixty four i was the

outstanding symbol of the city its witness everything from celebrations to tragedies. over the city's main entrance it's huge oak goes with it as you can see is no more. today the city is full of life tourist buses zoom past the sights nice not happy tourists take photographs of new buildings that stand next to ancient and historical structures that are centuries old is happy harmony makes a fascinating city what it is today. it was a story in the backstreets in the hillside areas behind the main assumption cathedral not only will you see impressive use here but the locals relax meet friends and family sing songs and paint. in city attorney it's so nice to come and relax here with friends in the fresh air surrounded by impressive architecture. is roughly one hundred and eighty kilometers from the best way to get here is by cop.

don't have your own transport like teach to train at least some kind of being station three times a day. the magnificent golden white some shifty jewel is the main highlight it was built in eleven fifty seven and became the main model for cathedrals all over russia it was the principal place where the princes of ancient russia were crowned and as a sign of political and religious power it can be seen from kilometers away. as you examine the history of lies in me you find that at every corner you encounter interesting facts figures legends and stories there are also dozens of monuments spread throughout the city this one here is a bloody mess with the slum a bitch also known as bloody mia the red sun. the best deal of the entire area is from the top of the belfry sadly it's close to the public but fortunately the church officials have invited me to take a look at the ritual belfry struck by lightning so it was replaced with what you

see today the brickwork is over two hundred years old i hope this wooden staircase isn't writing slightly out of breath at the top when met by a selection of impressive bells and just look at these incredible views. and that's brings us to our guest straight into or is just months right is on his first visit to russia to skate the madness and mayhem of most here's a sample the delights of the golden ring the tour in time he wants the second he won't be disappointed. if i bring it to a lifetime in moscow which is just completely different to a different anything i expected i mean it's unbelievable i was expecting snow and rain and minus temperatures and then i come to. think the. beautiful golden gates as well as this place here. it's completely out of the. traditional.

really sort of. and even a. beautiful and surprising. so in this new russian village australian friends soft to explore what there is to say. between people that. backpackers in new york or london. needed for your book anyways make sure you know what type of. renovation

conditioning is needed during. the big difference is just experiments as you can see here. and having inside the main here at the hotel let's say something so traditional. e.g. you didn't need any. thank you. needed. please. if. there are several suggestions we have for you the same. history architect and. founded in one hundred fifty six for the first such museum. in russia the

united states of the fifty architectural monuments in the region including several unesco heritage sites the war and history display of the museum is located inside the golden gate tower if you choose lots of armor and weapons from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries also information about some of the region's most important military people can be found in the museum highlights of the display inside the gates is a dire omma recreating the events of the year twelve thirty eight when titles among those invaded russia and seized by the mia. another suggestion of where to stay cool is inside these sumption cathedral as it's one of the most important churches in the country the interiors are impressive and grand it's decorated with frescoes mosaics and the icons the highlight being several valuable religious masterpieces one of the most worshiped holy relics of the russian church is on display here the vladimir icon of the mother of going to. the fifteenth century frescoes by famous russian i come painter and they rubinoff

also attract many of marring this is to the religious sites. and if you think you've seen all the sights in blood in me then the top worry as the town goes to soundly is also carlos by his peaceful lake in quaint village it's a time travelling journey to the past there's also a holiday center in the town offering you the experience of being closer to the region's nature to enjoy outdoor activities like hiking in the woods cycling and canoeing at the camp just don't forget to have your mosquito repellent and skin cream with your. people for decades mistakenly transit to cusco stanley as crystal goose in english however new research suggests it comes from the word for the tree in old slavic language founded in seven hundred fifty six it only has a population of around sixty thousand but it's known throughout russia for its famous classified. thomas formed around the plant in the eighteenth century at that

time glasses mostly used just by the wealthy so the factory aims at producing it for the masses to use in that every day lives. that you're really ready feel the heat from this amazing life balance and people working here without it if you're on the floor is it fair or just. that his various items from drinking glasses vases processing. it. is amazing that inside such industrial brush setting they can produce ice and sea jackets and peaceful. process hasn't changed much over the past two hundred years items are so how made by skilled local workers. this delightful building in the town was constructed as a judge at the end of the nineteenth century during the soviet times it was close like thousands of others around the country this church here became government

offices and a cinema it wasn't until nine hundred eighty three that it became a museum. there are thousands of gloss items here ranging from the eighteenth century onwards representing the history and development of the factories craftsmanship that there was a tradition of giving crystal artworks is b.s. to their guests of town and also important and famous people in russia for example these crystal table lamps decorated with emblems of all the soviet republics represented just two million see sometime later a similar land was given to. the cosmonaut yuri gagarin visit our museum people of course totally presented him with a view to was made in the shape of a soaring bird now this moss is on display at the space museum in star city and. piecing together a modern day russia spectrum of stark and cultural wonders i'm witnessing true russian country life in the past and present i think also helps many westerners untangle the knots they have to go. adding lycia so enjoy the summer sun brights

onions the much the architecture and local traditions a visit to one of russia's golden ring cities and towns is an experience you will never see again. unfortunately my time is up and so we have from this week's program i love beautiful areas of brotherly i am good i'll see you again at the same time next week for more cultural style again from yet another amazing golden ring destination and tell them for me i'll address the team by an out. of state provided citizens with. rights

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it's. it's. it's at least some. albums of barrels of hazardous chemicals swept into chinese river by recent floods or attitude towards russia efforts are underway to recover but moscow was concerned about the possible consequences should the toxic material cross the border. germany is debating whether the offenders should be kept under lock and key even after their sentences are over the practice of a so-called preventive detention has drawn criticism from a european human rights watchdog. that a russian probe has concluded that a south korean warship which song to march was made by a north korean torpedo that's according to

a south korean newspaper dog and has consistently denied claims in an international report that it was to blame. we had lied so back to the top of the hour with more updates for you the meantime here's the latest sports news. hello and welcome to the sports news here from r.t.e. in moscow and these are the headlines. winning start c.b.s. beat him a salt water mill to take a first leg advantage in the europa league qualifier. while but to exit maradona says he feels betrayed after losing the job as argentina coach. and basketball blow the russian let's go to next month's world championships without the man who helped him clinch the european crown three years ago.

but we could go with football where russian side made a good start in their first taste of european football as they beat apple on limits all won them in siberia in the qualifying round of the europa league alexina that it's the winner in the seventy fourth minute a severe claim to hiding when i was a secret side the return leg is that limb or so on thursday the fifth of august. meanwhile the said qualifying round of the champions league is proving to be rather tricky for the big names off as it were frustrated in remaining on choose day celtic i.x. and fenerbahce all struggled on wednesday i aks of being crowned european champions four times but i could only take a one one draw against greek side so i want to get announced a dumb there is suarez have given the home side the lead off to fifteen minutes and scrap a bit of play and then a moment of class but it's just before half time. even the sitting equaliser chris weepingly no matter how much they tried cannot find the winner now face a tricky second leg next week.

turkish johnson fenerbahce had similar problems a two two draw for ben against three sides young boys who twice pay from behind and watch as emirate. getting in for then. but an equaliser followed in the on and do don't get in his head on the ball to make him one one. tech assigned to take the lead again at the bright new start stop that wanted. and like it's going to be said about his night in tow david duncan went down in the box for two minutes to go penalty the fact that the stands are made to two sets of needs and second that. elsewhere celtic with some three nil of way to portuguese side sporting braga ball rose balls and parties and belgrade won their respective ties there are ten legs of all the games you see here to play next week. meanwhile english john's manchester united have been given a boost in their build up to the fast approaching domestic season after their young

players shown in a five two win over america's major league soccer all styles and their last game in the usa eighteen year old striker federico my keda lit up the scoreboard twice score not after the kick off and then twelve minutes later the all american side did come back after the restart brian ching but then conceded two more goals darron gibson. stop a free kick tom cleverley is no match for two defenders just three minutes later m.l.s. superstar landon donovan came in to substitute his given huge ovation that fails to make an impact his new signing how the numbers chipped in the last of united's five goals that doing sario netted like consolation for the hosts so it finished five two the way united next travel to mexico ryan giggs lavished praise of his less experienced team mates after the game. we were all disappointed with the defeat in kansas. while you're trying is

a reaction i think we got out tonight. you know and on a huge stage the young players. played brilliantly. showed a lot of character you know. when you. got about two to one you could've made it difficult you know it was there was a young team other than and they reacted in the right way they didn't panic we kept playing the football and you know it's going through a really good go well united may have gone but more choice football will be seen in america next week and it will be provided by spanish giants rail madrid the nine time european champions have arrived in los angeles will play two matches in california as part of their preparations for the new season back home club america and david beckham's los angeles galaxy the opposition is aiming his charges. elsewhere diego maradona says he feels betrayed after his contract as argentina coach was not renewed maradona trains the argentina for association president julio

gone donor had lied to him about his future and alleged after their world cup quarter final defeat to germany on don't have told him he wanted him to stay on as coach however marathoners insistence on keeping his entire backroom staff did not please the f.a. it's believed that's why they voted not to renew his contract maradona also said national team director carlos billard worked in the shadows to ask him and he told reporters he was proud of his twenty month stint in charge. said look at this stage i can't continue with this but a lady with a clear conscience that i put myself into it and tempted to just let the pride and honor that i feel as an argentinian that. in basketball russia's national side have been dealt another blow ahead of the world championships that tip off next month after coach david platt said front man j.r. holden won't be going to turkey holden's decision to sit out of the event follows

a similar move by russia captain andre kirilenko and leaves the team with that and naturalize player at the top tier tournament for the first time since two thousand and. great teams are allowed to add one naturalized foreigner today wast or hold them in place tesco must go the russian top flight scored a championship winning short for russia and europe last two thousand and seven is also part of the squad for the beijing olympics. and staying with the olympics there's just a fortnight to go before singapore hosts the first ever nice games from the fourteen's to the twenty sixth of august more than five thousand young athletes from all over the globe be meeting in twenty six disciplines with a share of events following the one that will run in london twenty twelve this will also be the first your team is ready to include cultural and educational programs and food. is an opportunity to bring people together those the ideals even the purpose of the first youth games used to do this at

a much younger age for various affiliates around the world so that we can calculate into them because strong liberal values at the olympic games want to promote at a younger age and we hope that they will carry these values forward as they grow up and spread it. to all corners of the world i should mention that my career started i want to hear a goal when i went to the young reporters training camp to singapore so are two that i came to russia and i understood that i fall in love with this country and i felt the spirit of the different the game so i wanted to be the ambassador so much that when i knew that i rode to be one extra hour so heavy and you know i feel great responsibility for that because this is the first time we're doing this in history so i'm sure that i will do my best to help our delegation to show their best. well to sports now and make hovan and has caught the fastest time in the shakedowns the rawest in the end the four driver who tries to tease her fans last

year in just two minutes two point two seconds to complete the test track however is one tenth of a second with a teammate patrick who are not in the fall of running champion sebastian lead another section driving sebastian o.j. is one tenth of a second for the back and she is currently second in the overall standings fifty one points behind lead and lead who she was talking points to people spots. and finally moscow is hosting its first international sport forum which starts on thursday where the expected certain thousand visitors can also see the second international sport the festival has more. sport movies and naturalists similar to feature films but when you look closely it's evident that this graph turing's closer to sports journalism contrary to popular belief though it's not only about the suspense of winning by one hundreds of a second but much much more they're not as glamorous as say can or the oscars

nevertheless sport movie festivals follow a noble cause and that is of course to carry the struggle pain and joy of sport achievement to the masses the sport of the snowballing competition but it seems these sport for sport so for young people. thought i'd give support to me being a new small business model has been your piece about the funny little money thing it tells me it's sixty six films from twenty two countries will be presented in moscow over the next three days placed into categories international and russian films will not only show the art of reaching an athletic summit more importantly they will pave the way for a dialogue which hopefully beach too low for sport on a much grander scale one you know it's vitally important for us that just festivals being held on the sidelines. sports form our government has decided to award a national nomination for the best sports film so the winner will receive some

prize money to we hope this first old girls into a real international sport cinema event and gets international recognition of the final phase of the world sport movie and t.v. festival will take place in milan in the end of october and that will be a culmination over fourteen stage five continent challenge russian directors at the moscow festival art keeping their fingers crossed sport movies and documentaries are not just about security or results on the wins or losses it's also a lot about the human drama and that's what the organizers are promising to show us over the course of the next two to three days so if you are not russian capital one should go and check out the some sports movies or documentaries. of artsy in moscow . and that's all the support for this person by thunder. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.

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and a stake in the future of the russian close up series misses the fertile lands of two hundred kilometers outside the capital to see its plans to put meat on every table in the land. what you are taking me to live from moscow it's nine am here on marina joshie welcome to the program now efforts are underway to recover hundreds of barrels of hazardous chemicals which are floating down a chinese river towards russia they were swept away in a recent flood moscow is concerned about the possible consequences should the toxic material cross the border but we can get the latest from our correspondent sara firth who is outside the chinese embassy here in moscow morning sara so tell us a bit more about the current situation with those barrels. of the chinese media have reported now that around one thousand five hundred.