battle against russia's rampant wildfires is making headway as officials say they have reduced the area of burning forest by a record breaking temperatures that led to the blazes and started to cool. crusher announces next week's launch date for iran's first nuclear power station in bushehr saying the latest u.n. sanctions won't affect the joint project director said to be loaded with nuclear fuel on august twenty first. two commanders are to be given the marching orders after a massive wall of the military academy in the moscow region footage of last month's has been posted on the internet. board r.t. dot com now it's like martin andrews is on his travels again around russia's golden ring this time to a city founded a millennium ago. hello

good to see you again and welcome to you said to be the power of the golden ring sissy's located two hundred and fifty kilometers to the north east of moscow it was founded in the. islands is one of the oldest cities in russia. the volvo it's featured in countless poems stories and songs. and it's the main transport link that stretches all the way down to the caspian sea . the longest river in europe to posses through many major russian cities such as q sounds to modest and volgograd. 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 a 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 frescoes 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 site during 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 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 permanent base 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 checkoff. came along. and many areas in time for the one thousand. also. do something with this amazing theater 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 outfitted 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 millions. went all the way from moscow to free the capital from polish with the way in invaders in sixteen twelve another monument celebrate their success to some red square for the same as 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. it's often mistaken. so to tourists. in the united states.

but it's more visible in moscow and. here we feel like we're returning to the old and it is absolutely spectacular to see that we're in a place that boring back to the. grand. so we're very fortunate that we've spent three days here it's something that i think a lot of americans don't know about. an opportunity part of the world. every . time today we can hear the sounds of how ms i'm drills dozens of men are working round the clock to renovate the ministry in time for the anniversary celebrations it's wonderful to hear the most. 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 her she lives to this day this is master here she's been living in cibachrome 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 my face is absolutely adorable and. i'll go 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 to decay was a museum in one hundred twenty four when collections of several private museums in

the region we lighted into one of precious important items from various churches and most trees were brought here this main collections are now on display at them on a string the city. one of its highlights is a manuscript title slot of equal ever meaning the song of ideas. which is the major epic piece of ancient russian 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 banknotes built between 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 build 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. up lavaca is a large entertainment complex on the peaceful indictments 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 rice dishes and drinks in the menu and some of the best r.c.c. teaches here we know. not yet. now moving to our next location this is a private museum funded by one of those residents this hall is called music and time featuring various musical instruments and clocks now the owner is obsessed with bells it's the right of his party collection almost one thousand is displayed here inside the museum. where your islam is

a beautiful city and museums are wonderful this is a very special museum of course because it reflects the interests of its founder so much has bells in 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 clocks are all set at different times to chimes to go off at once good idea and if you want to be crazy by the taking 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 to try such highlights on the menu as bush with mushrooms and prunes. and cranberries and also you. like to try it was one of the favorite dishes of. ukraine

this is local food through. the soup they said here it is called the prince's dish it has two kinds of fish in it the more the fish the eagle. you know i've never tried to quit before i'm not the biggest just this is some very . specific i think. let's. take this off. right let's try it. and i. suppose.

i'll see you going the same time. next week from another wonderful golden ring and desolation tell them for me and the rest of the c.v.r. else i will suffer no. i signed up to fill in the military because i thought that it was my duty of that it was something that i could do to help my country. my government i thought that it was necessary for americans you know there was a lot of drug abuse the lot of murder of american officers by american soldiers there were a lot of good stories. 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. that importance. i don't i don't i never kept the medal. because every month we give you the future we help you understand how to get there and want to bring the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world to join us for technology update on our g.

top stories the battle against russia's run through wildfires is making headway as officials say they've reduced the area burning forest by a fifth record breaking temperatures that led to the places have started to cool. pressure and i'm says next week small on stage for iran's first nuclear power

station the latest u.n. sanctions won't affect the joint project director said to be loaded with nuclear fuel on the twenty first. one to commanders are to be given the marching orders on from us to draw all of the military base in the most region footage of last month's fire it's been posted on the internet. post more from us much also if you'll say as well dot com we're talking sport like take prague has got the latest this friday no big date on the calendar for football fans like having yes in less than twenty four hours the new english premier league season starts in champions chelsea you try to tame on that next. hello and welcome to the sports update here from r.t. in moscow here are the stories making headlines the new muscovite celtic and ireland midfielder aiden mcgeady signs

a record deal with spartak moscow. a slice of the action belgium and the netherlands present their joint bid for the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two football world cups. and shooting stars president medvedev congratulates newly crowned world champions russia and promises more backing for the sport but let's start with the most anticipated move in the russian premier league so far this summer a spot at moscow have finally signed republic of ireland midfielder aiden mcgeady the twenty four year old moved from celtic on a four and a half year contract testing the nine time rushing champions almost fifteen million u.s. dollars which is believed to be the biggest ever deal for scottish born player however making it is move could prove to be a timely beast with coach for larry cup in the side languishing in mid table with only five wins out of fifteen games so far this season sparta next play at city rivals block a mighty fine sunday. goalkeeper like something billionaire. staying with football

as the new english premier league season starts on saturday as double winners chelsea begin the defense of their title at home to new promoted west bromwich albion gave the late kick off on saturday while tottenham host managed a city with both sides resuming their rivalry for a place in europe later manager les aston villa welcomed west ham black first play local rivals ever since bolton wait for them steve bruce creates his former side to sunderland face burning up we're going to take our newly promoted blackpool wolves here's the middle and the stoke later in the weekend political chaos on sunday and on monday night launch to write it off the newcastle. meanwhile record i call value says he's ready to deal with the pressure of playing at the bonobo the portugal defend the joint well in madrid on thursday for a reported twelve and a half million dollar face and the thirty two year old from chelsea to join former manager as a maria time this year there's no i've heard some criticism concerning reales the

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. elsewhere you a first says it has full confidence in ukraine as the country prepares to co-host euro twenty twelve general secretary gianni unfun tino 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 a harsh winter to slow down the isle of construction workers particularly in the western city of off however the country now appears to be back on track one of the cranes main tasks now is to ensure the building yes new stadium remains on fragile we are doing everything to finish in june two thousand and eleven means it is one new year before euro two thousand and twelve. which is more all this inside of the requirement we need to make of course. much theirs and we have to prove that it's

operational and that always a decision the weapon laws give the stadiums ready in the operation. then that point is not really more when this was a good weapon. and face there is also examining the joint belgian and dutch bid to host either the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup the five member delegation met belgian and sports and government officials in brussels and answer them the decision on the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two world cups we made on the subject december and january two thousand posts face competition from russia united states england and canada along with a joint bid by spain and portugal we gave them an opportunity to see what appeared to be. a good a good country to host country stars that it's very compact it's very easy to. get from state to state it was from there so that you mention that is the first

part of his life he gets screwed by police and bicycle. moving on and russian president dmitry medvedev has promised more government support for the country's shooters in the wake of their impressive performance at the recent welsh. in friendships in germany mr medvedev congratulated the medalists and the result city of sochi that will host the winter olympics in twenty fourteen and the return presented the pistol matches athlete home for a total of four to six medals table top and twenty one goals and china better overall however on a sour note the unique crowd well children's complained of core infrastructure and a lack of resources behind the sport are present and that if said the problem is being attended to and also the media to give shooting the coverage he thinks it deserves a bjorn with a little bit with me but i won't argue that government support is necessary and this government support does need to be expanded i'll take that into account and

i'll talk to my colleagues and we'll work out how this could be done but it's most as for the mass media you don't see shooting competitions on the television too often and i don't see why to my mind of course this is a matter of liking the sport or not but is it to speak to a killer enough especially for those who practice shooting though it could be different for those who don't but anyway i should ask our sport and t.v. bosses to pay attention to the matter it is an olympic sport and should be represented on t.v. no less than any other really big sport. i saw an ad that said that k h l season will get underway in just under a month however it's a debut season for new united. after last year's surprise run us up and they day join forces with dan moscow in may robert fatton yan assesses the new cuts chances . dinamo skilled one of the most famous oldest in the richest clubs of soviet and russian hockey last became jenkins in two thousand but and since then the club has

looked like sleeping giants meanwhile most the region side and the dead only made their a deadbeat in the russian superleague in two thousand and four but they were quick to own pain it was only to turn gentle and. to stop the policeman from lifting the garden cup last year. and as soon as the season was over and then merged with a number of different the united healthy club dyno must go and while many expected the newly built team to be difficult periods of their coming season their head coach with their old have all the squires are rushing for them because our bosses haven't set any definite tasks for us yes it would be right to make any predictions or long term plans which we're going to move step by step first we have to get through the playoffs and then we'll see what happens. meanwhile the club seems to have everything in hand to do well. in their old underdogs and the dead to the cape

chill finals plus many players from the club to full into u.h.c. dilemma and feel what is in their feels almost like the same team we're just in different locations so we have most of the same guys from. m.b.d. last year and team coaches it just feels a little bit strange that we're in a different building but. it's very nice facilities and everybody's been very welcoming and. pedro everything's good so far enough along the of course is. early to see what we can achieve the season but anyway the fact is that our roster is much stronger now and all that's left is to brood on the ice show you the bulk of. the third season gets underway in september the eighth and it's a safe bet these guys will be one of the highlights robert berlin known marty. elsewhere they are. how it is promoting basketball in india as the four time n.b.a.

all star is holding a coaching clinic in bangalore how to spend an hour with the indian national team giving them suggestions on how to improve their skills possible this is 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 basketball to become a part of the culture here just like cricket is america. baseball is was our culture and now we've got a basketball so baseball or basketball are very big in the states and i want to make that happen here that was my purpose to come here was to help with not only day international but the kids here so they can have a better understanding of the game of basketball and also. to give them hope. for future school. 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 fight a serious prepare for the london eye saying news even then levi show would wound to the judges in the russian capital back in june but want to repeat his success in the event staged near the iconic battersea power station but robbie maddison of australia seeing here is the former to gain the upper hand at the previous doorstop in a trade last month he pulled off some good slips and jumps during a training session straight down the gauntlet to his rivals to take over leading norway has yet to finish outside the podium this season madison has the slave an astonishing body varial trick to help him win again. as a pretty special time for me and i bring a new trick to the red lights photos and let go of the block and media spin around and get 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 decide i'm going to create it

again and i know that plenty of people coming to see that you're going it's a dangerous trip to pull every time you go for dinner it's a roll of the dos russian roulette hopefully there's no there's no bullet. and that's all from the sports desk this bill isn't by and. houses parking. cars appliances in so many years until they come to visit you. do you think the property bought on credit really belongs to you. deep in debt on our. wealthy british soil it's time to. find. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global

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