there's a rampant wildfires is making headway is officials say they reduce the area of the forests by a fair record breaking temperatures that led to the blazes it starts to cool. russia says it will open a round's first nuclear power station in sched next sunday on the latest u.n. sanctions that won't affect the joint projects the reaction sets to be loaded with nuclear fuel on a list of twenty. two come on deserts be given them marching orders on a massive pull out a military academy in the most scary region first years of last month's fight has been posted only its events. next travels to the city founded a millennium ago which is very much alive on russian.

hello good to see you again and welcome to you said to be the power of the golden ring cities located two hundred and fifty kilometers to the north east of moscow it was founded in the year. allan's is one of the oldest cities in russia. the volga river it's featured in countless poems stories and songs. but here is the main transport link that stretches all the way down to the caspian sea. the longest river in new york pastas through many major russian cities such as q sounds the modest amount. preceded by viking settlements in the april ninth centuries the city is said to have been founded in the tent and as an outpost the

principality over stuff. centuries later. second largest city first time during the polish invasion of russia in six hundred twelve it was the unofficial capital of russia. today the city has a population of over six hundred thousand it's an important heritage site and off to moscow and st petersburg it's one of the main tourist destinations we come from the u.s. where something that one hundred years old is considered all and here we've been able to see magnificent press those that are up to a thousand years old so it's been just an incredible experience you can see why this city is so popular. apart from the staggering history in b.c. it also has a fast and direct train route from the same. transept be an express also stops in the city. this is city center monument is of prince the wise the first fortress on

the volga river built one thousand years ago legend has it the force of a ferocious sacred back story is displayed here ever since the bear has been associated with the area and is now the city's emblem. this site is extremely important to russian cultural life it's where the first was built in the country in seventy fifty after a fire destroyed the original wooden building it was replaced by the shallow certain structure you see today called the theater it's said to be the starting point of russian stage craft before anyone such chekov came along. and many areas in time for the one thousand and averse treatise also. do something with this amazing. good lick of paint all in good time i suppose. now if you think that this next monument is familiar you'd be correct take

a look here. it's featured on the one thousand rouble note it has a value of around thirty dollars and it's one of the most popular and used banknotes long gone is the face of lenin from any russian bell so instead they feel very stark. like this one here. this monument was unveiled in one thousand nine hundred seven was built on the local civilians led by million. went all the way from moscow to free the capital from polish with the waning invaders in sixteen twelve and of the monuments celebrate their success sits on red square in front of st basil's cathedral you can't come without taking a look inside the spiritual and cultural heart of the city. which translates as savior transfiguration founded in the.

so to tourists. in the united states. but it's more. here we feel like we're returning. and it is absolutely spectacular. doring back to. where. we've spent. something that i think a lot of americans don't know about. an opportunity part of the world. every. time. we can hear the sounds of. dozens of men. to renovate the ministry in time for the anniversary celebrations it's wonderful to hear the most

of the. will be returned to the. the ministry bear proved very popular with vista is found in a forest as a cub a mother being killed barely alive and suffering from exhaustion and starvation she was rescued by the us of a museum and preserve the she lives to this day this is master here she's been living inside the kremlin for twenty years and hibernate for a staggering three to five months each year she's completely friendly a lot by everyone here in the city she's cared for by egotism who say that she's smarter than a dog i think she's absolutely adorable and. oh . very. so what else is there to see and to do here they are still state museum architecture and art reserve is a large museum complex in the city including several buildings and hundreds of

thousands of items in its collections became a say museum in one hundred twenty four point collections of several private museums in the region we lighted into one precious important items from various churches and most trees were brought here this main collections are now on display at the ministry in the city. one of its highlights is a manuscript titles love of equal level of meaning the song of ideas while fact which is the major epic piece of ancient christian literature. you also must have missed the church of st john the baptist along with the monument it's depicted in one of the thousand with the bank notes bill katrina six hundred seventy one and six hundred eighty seven on the bank of the cultural river it's now one of the world heritage sites the area was one of the wealthiest parts of the town at that time this residence was the built the most amazing church in the us level it's pretty cool so decorated with glazed tiles on the structures distinctive feature are it's amazing fifteen onion domes assembled in three groups.

and finally party. couple of okies a large entertainment complex on the peaceful environment of the volga river including many areas there are restaurants outdoor terraces my clubs and so. if loved by the city's well to do the best are organized is an impressive rise he dishes and drinks in the menu and some of the best r.c.c. teaches here every night. now moving to our next location this is a private museum funded by one of the residents this hall is called an easy time featuring various his close friends and clocks now the island is obsessed with bells it's the right of his private collection over the one thousand is displayed

here inside the museum. of beautiful surveying the area museums are wonderful this is a very special museum of course because it reflects the interests of its founders so much these bells and and these photographs. through is a joy to visit this museum and to hear the bells and the photographs and as well as become a kind of person. like many museums around the world where you have glass cabinets we do not touch signs at this museum you can see and touch many of the items on display such as this wonderful nineteenth century gramophone. the cultural center at different times who chimes you don't go off at once good idea if you want to ring crazy politicking you can always listen to the strange sound of the music box.

it's being played to me. finally after all the side saying i'm kind of hungry i recommended restaurants track the. two exterior is a traditional russian dishes of national service we have a lot of guests from around the world who visit our took to try such highlights on the menu as bush with mushrooms and prunes. and also if you. like to try it was one of the favorite dishes of. ukraine

this is local food through and through the soup they said here it is called the prince's dish it has two kinds of fish in it the more fish the legal name. you know i've never tried to come before the biggest. surprise. comes with. a let's try it. and i. suppose.

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top legal on our team. signed up to fill in the military because i thought that it was my duty not that it was something that i dared to help my country. my government i thought that it was necessary for americans to feel known there was a lot of drug abuse there was a lot of murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of. them. to go out and buy. before the war i always thought i wanted to win a lot of medals and wanted to have a lot of desperation. but afterwards i realize that they they don't mean anything they're not that important. i don't i don't i never kept the medal.

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nuclear power station him to shut next week and says that the latest u.n. sanctions that won't affect the joint project. to come on does this be given the marching orders on the amount of brutal us military academy in the moscow region first years of last month's flight has been posted only into that it's. the latest for sanction for you good to see what i've done to this in football trolls news right here in moscow while this yes agent mcgeady has finally completed his mates from celtic to sponsor in a record breaking deal more on that that's next. hello welcome to the sports update here from r.t. in moscow here are the stories making headlines the new muscovite celtic and island

midfielder aiden mcgeady signs a record deal with spartak moscow. while the third round defeat russia's nicholai danko crashes out of the rogers cup in toronto. the slice of the action belgium in other words presents the joint bids for the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two football world cups. for let's start with most anticipated move in the russian premier league so far this summer spartak moscow has finally signed republic of ireland midfielder aiden mcgeady but the new four year old moved from celtic on the four and a half year contract lasting the lying time rushing champions almost fifteen million u.s. dollars which is believed to be the biggest ever deal for scottish born players however mickey d's could prove to be a time we used to coach for larry carp in his side languishes in the table with only five wins out of fifteen games so far this season starts i can next play at city rivals locker motif on sunday and also central goalkeeper and some who will know. and stay with football and the new english premier league season starts on

saturday as double winners chelsea begin the defense of that title at home to new promoted west bromwich albion but game is. only at tottenham has demanded a city both sides regime in their rivalry took place in europe later manager les aston villa welcomed west ham black and white local rivals everton ball to call him the brisk which his former signed to sunderland face birmingham we're going to take on beauty from zero to blackpool. and little dopy with stoke later in the weekend also on sunday and monday night match to united and you cost. me one ricardo carvalho says he's ready to deal with the pressure of playing at the burn about the portugal defender joined whale madrid on thursday for a reported twelve and a half million dollar fee and the thirty two year old moved from chelsea to join former manager joe samaria for the third time. that you know i've heard some criticism concerning reality results last season but we have to leave was there no

matter what we have to know how to deal with criticism if we're doing bad then we have to accept it and if we're doing fine it is also important for the players to see that their work is appreciated this house while you wait for says it has full confidence in ukraine as the country prepares to co-host euro twenty twelve general secretary johnny infantino has been on a two day trip to inspect ukraine's four host cities for the european football tournament the global economic downturn coupled with the harsh winter slowdown the early construction work particularly in the western city of live off however the country now appears to be back on track and on people's minds main task is to ensure the building of kiev's new stadium remains on children. we are doing everything to finish in june two thousand and eleven means it is one year before euro two thousand and twelve. which is more all this inside of the requirement we need to make of course. much test and we have to prove that is operational and that

so always a decision with a lot if the statins baby in the operation. then from that point is not important you can disposable the weapon. and face rays also examining the joint belgian dutch bid to host either the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup the five men did that it does a geisha met belgian and dutch sports and government officials in brussels and i'm so down the decision on who has faced the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two world cups were made on the second december and the euro two thousand hosts face competition from russia the united states england and qatar along with a joint bid by spain and portugal. because it's another opportunity to see where you're going to be. a good a good country to host the kids to host it it's very compact it's very easy to attempt. to get from state to state it was said so that you mention that it's the

first time in his life he gets screwed by police and bicycle tennis now and they collide every danko has crashed out in the third round of the toronto masters after losing in straight sets to frenchman jeremy shaadi sixty dollar danko wasn't expected to be troubled by his opponents the russian was unable to find his rhythm and consistency in a punishing toronto heat share six three six two victory. down the shard a second season a bad joke of it you also made it through with a straight set when every minute victor and i spoke a serbian needed just nineteen minutes to wrap up a six three six four victory as he eased into his ninth eighty three quarter final of the season. not like the last eight like the madrasa frogs the former world number one trailed four one in the first set then fought back to take it on a tie break and in the second set federal found his game was much more confident

and at six three to win the match the next place comes burdick of the czech republic. yeah burdett's lost in the last two times in miami was match point and then. wimbledon a couple weeks ago and i'm excited getting another chance at him i used to have a good record against him is not the best one anymore i'm but i'm still ahead in the head to head but i really hope i can learn from most of my mistakes and play another good match. and so much credit had to work hard to set up that quarterfinal match with phèdre needing only three sets to beat ukrainian alexander policy in the third round the czech took the open a six three loss the second set on a tie break however he clinched the decider six four and the match. now you can now bound in came from a set down to beat french open finalist robin so telling the swedish this siege took the opening set six four nations confident he's punishing groundstrokes to

good effect to take the second set six four and level the match i want a decider to wrap up victory i. am next place defending champion andy murray after the briton knocked out frenchman down one feast easily won the opening set but then failed to take a single game in the second i think his opponent playing six love the third set however will see it found its rhythm again and took it sixty. i found out also reached the quarterfinals by beating south african quantify kevin anderson in straight sets the spaniard was in control of the i think set without any difficulty six to second and more resistance from his opponent they were still able to claim victory on a tie break. i am playing well i think i've had more than a summer on clay and so. right now just. that i do enjoy this moment

well there's one of the best moments in my career and they have been how proud that things are going so just keep playing well and keep been doing this this moment where you know how do we hear us most mondays again. meanwhile maria sharapova is through to the quarter finals in cincinnati where she'll face marion bartoli of france who upset second seed caroline wozniacki twenty three year old sharapova is playing in cincinnati for the first time in her career and so far it's going well for the three time grand slam winner she beat fellow russians but lama kuznetsova in the first round faced a few problems and they're going to get over. it finished six two six three chap of a is into the last eight. weeks so. let's try to take marion bartoli the world number twenty produced one of the biggest upsets of the event so far. south carolina doesn't get two straight sets

six four six one school there. and or prices the belgian faced a third round tie against wildcard christina mchale who had lots of support in the home crowd as the only american left in the draw but it didn't influence the outcome as it finished six one six one might as well play flavia pennetta in the last eight. so. moving on the orlando magic stride howard is promoting basketball in india as the four time n.b.a. all star is holding a coaching clinic in bangalore how it spends an hour with the indian national team giving them suggestions on how to improve their skills basketball isn't a popular sport in india with a nation completely obsessed by cricket but howard who is now a brand ambassador for the n.b.a. is keen to spread the word about his sport and believes it can take root in the asian country. i don't want basketball to take the place of cricket we were

a basketball to it to become a part of the culture here just like ricky's america. baseball is was our culture and now we've had a basketball so baseball or basketball are very big in the states and we want to make that happen live there as well per visit tell me where it was to help you know not only day and internationally too but because he or she didn't have a better understanding of the game of basketball and also to give them hope that it shares for future investment and finally while muscovites can still remember the breathtaking stunts performed by motor bike riders in red square another show is just hours away as the competitors in the expo find a serious professional and are saying new zealander levi show it wowed the judges in the russian capital back in june and want to repeat his success in the event station of the iconic battersea power station but robbie maddison in australia seen here is the former ryder after gaining the upper hand the previous tours stopped in

madrid last month he pulled off some good flips and jumps during the training session throw down the gauntlet to his rivals including overall leader andre villa from norway who has yet to finish outside the podium this season in madison has obviously an astonishing multivariable trick to help him in the game. i. was pretty special time for me and i bring a new trick to the red black fathers and let go of the black and media spin around and got them back on the block was it was absolutely awesome to get it you know run and do a smooth running get the victory i mean it was i decided i'm going to pay to get in line i know that plenty of people coming to see that you can it's a dangerous trick to pull every time you go for you kind of it's a roll the dice russian roulette hopefully there's no one is no bullet. impressive stuff and that's also when the sport stress financial me for another update in just under two hours so you then.

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