millions of other people around the world and some here at moscow already popping our in the champagne so join me most of them breeze as we take a look at the merry christmas in the russian capital from the one she seventy but pollution into a forthcoming this is christmas had a rather tenuous status the soviet union and the surely was officially frowned upon me in surprise the citizens turned it into a new year's festival just for the lazy christmas celebrations the russian orthodox church still full is the old shooting calendar which is currently thirty days behind the gregorian calendar. the old. style of recently a nice needed to watch him now even though your personal thoughts christmas is in two weeks' time people here in moscow already start preparing paris dishes he has corrected and one of the famous has to forward this is all of your salad so you can

see some ingredients from the table district and do together this hour at the stock so what you do now so first you have to put the chop carrot and hunt in the wall. then here to take the shelves from their. shelves coming off now this is your salad is still popular for the whole year here. on the main tongue you would say that is all the new year's eve yes but next we chop one last pickle cucumber and pull potatoes i think they are faced with some sort of little tidbit to make them smaller. and it's all the ingredients to nudge back. up the pace percent fall so good and listen it seems like it's a whole month long christmas celebration here in russia that's correct and starting from the furniture from december it's not actual out crystal but there's a lot of parties and different clubs and places like we'll have the new year the new. christmas and the ending of the cold mean wow it seems that there's a lot of

a lot of a thing intriguing here correct fall and spring going away. that sprouts. what's next finally greens healthy torsion of mayonnaise now we have to take it to ok well you are this christmas up ok. then put so it will fall. apart. and that we have it. i don't think we did too badly. but let's try the one we made a. wonderful. son and he did a great job with me in those years until another christmas merry christmas to. sue if you want to create a festive russian western dish was the best place to buy christmas ingredients in

moscow. close every week in russia. and you'll be flabbergasted the for the latest supermarkets the have opened up here in moscow take a look at because it's just good is an amazing it's a wide flat so you will pay for it there are currently thirty five as being the case is closed in moscow are whatever country or farm you'll find everything you need they are the best there is. nothing in a lot of fruit in around the glazed grapes from its dragon tree from thailand kiwi from chile a list of all the tasty treats. from christmas crackers chestnuts and can be sourced i will hunt to find everything i need. in a good place for it that's a must for. some advice i would offer is to compare prices the strangest i see such as imported nuts or exotic fruits can be shockingly expensive. with the most make

a supermarket chains like this because kusa seven continents and perry chris talk a christmas in school whenever you celebrate it could easily be fully stocked full of delicious to six goods edible gifts. as for me it's time to shop until i drop. that santa grounds i'm moving to our next location let's meet this week's guests i would love to meet you must be a merry christmas tell me how did you end up here in the pursuit of so actually i was working in to buy and i headed back to london for a week and i got a phone call while i was there and so i decided to come check it out and here i am now you were originally from new zealand right that's right yeah now christmas is a completely different over here isn't it. here you know people celebrating our for the twenty fifth it's very unusual for me anyway. so you know the

whole sort of. christmas period sort of rolls on or rolls on and keeps go you don't know where one's gone and they come back again so it's unusual and what about the ingredients i mean you know are they difficult to get hold of oh yeah i think for more these days in the shop she can find different ingredients for full for the festive period you know you have to look around a little bit now but you know you can always find you turkeys you know cram breeze and stuff like this and it's a little bit easier to find you know in terms of russian traditional russian christmas is based around. and may and i sort of called the traders in the hands of the put together you know pickled fish and this type of thing you know how do you think the recent dice has changed the past twenty years over the last ten years i think there's been a big change in diet and people are travelling a little bit more so they're coming back and wanting a little bit more i think there's. going to carry on of valving over the next ten

twenty is anything other than the period. new year's eve period hoping to be away travelling actually get away from the cold weather and get away from the call and head for a bit of sunshine so rayna here for you now so simple and to get away with everything you enjoy the festive period she says characters are missing. so what are the specific items can you buy in moscow well there are several place where you can purchase various christmas themed desserts the ritz carlton hotel located a listen to its first street is well known for its wonderful gingerbread and impressive edible fairytale house display bringing out the charge in all of us the pastry chefs create a very special shapes and decorate the delicious dessert using a range of icing sweets jellies and chocolate christmas in russia should not be a spy when you think about a diet here it's self-indulgence the way. famous

french fine food stall restaurant and caterer. of those exquisite pacific gift baskets campus with a history dating back one hundred fifty years it is rich in clary and gift traditions and their own produce and very skiffs items both some of the best qualities packed with ices such as delicious french handmade chocolates sumptuous cheese and delicate dry champagne a gift from n.p.r. is bound to impress. finally champagne the ideal drink for yuletide celebrations streaky offices boutique one stores and supermarkets from extravagantly expensive to cheaper to get from labels various sparkling wines are readily available in moscow with huge varieties on offer whether it's been teach french champagne you want or sweet classic will not be disappointed with the. choice on. the town hall for

a champagne from various contrails translates to is pain in russia as well prices start at two hundred true goals that's around six dollars and there is no upper limit. arriving at our final location for all those who are likely to bet on the turkey are too tired to cook and launch a christmas dinner for family and friends it is simple she conquered her home and celebrate in style in the restaurants because she will get elegant atmosphere with the cost of all the ingredients when it save everything you booze for books in the new year extravaganza treat yourself to a christmas dinner to remember that there are dozens of restaurants in moscow where you can enjoy christmas dinner with all the trimmings and i've been recommended chicago prime here by various friends whether it's see through turkey or steak you want this new venue for the office of the best in the russian capital it might take you two or three hours to find all the greedy and they're fighting to spend it and

then forced to pay for a ship and you could spend six fares cooking or come here and you could also have a great steak instead of turkey if you're am in the mood for something else. i've been invited into the kitchen to see what some impressive to say the least downright try a christmas feast fit for a king who. has. passed away with the meat in the pits in the absolutely amazing wow can we get new york state for just delayed all the prime we have porterhouse steak dry in a tomahawk dry agent does the rib eye also prime rib the broken thing on the grill with a smirk amazing humongous turkey yeah yeah live from russia. gritty of. my ideal colored merry christmas wish amazing food wine and champagne delights of modern day scares. we go pretty good we're going to try the

prototype you know. impressive stuff. can i just like graham i made this up and you pretty well put to me that was how we have on this week special christmas program i'll see you again next week for new year's eve special shout out to them for me the crew and all the stuff here prime merry christmas. it's the secret incursion into the country. in steel invasion by means of.

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hello and welcome to our team sports update a look at the top stories. and familiar face. school coach u.t. simon returns to the nama keep you up to signing a three year contract. playing for pride moscow region claim a tough year early various which could help them qualify for the last sixteen states. and the steelers are just a win away from clinching the a.f.c. north division title and the first round playoff by pressuring the founders. our let's start with some football news though coming from the sun cereal well not the we'll be taking over managerial do you does at him along the controversial move follows the highly publicized second. needless forty one year old and out of the

house had to stand so with. a civil law and during his playing days and also managed this side last season but now the brazilian is back and sincere old is going to help these former pows and all still trouble with us find their rhythm and to sit seventh in the table and are thirteen points adrift of their not just pull my club in the hands for the sciri crown the contract officially begins on december twenty ninth and runs through to june twentieth twelve. men will be back on familiar turf as well after signing with do not like key of the sixty three year old returns to the club he worked at from may two thousand and seven through to december last year so men lead denominate to the ukrainian league title and the u.a.e. fuck up sammy's before joining russian premier league side looking much for a couple of years they finished fifth on to his charge in twenty ten seven was sacked at the end of the season and is now back to ukraine on

a three year deal replacing by lady gaga. the former manager of another moscow side says scott. now over in england chelsea and arsenal are preparing for monday's dubay of emirates some of both teams aiming to end their respective bad rounds the blues have drawn their last three games while winning just won within two months something they are planning to change as important game of yours may because. both both team are involving in the fight for the title everyone i think that team can win this game will be excited game my things in this period. but i am happy to play this game because i think if. we move on after the bad moment then we are able to come back to play our football and to try to do everything to win. the gunnels men while have struggled against chelsea in the past

couple of yaz having all beaten them since two thousand and eight so they will be looking to break that record on monday with several key players the fabregas salman per se mon them returning from injury as we have mixed feelings because we came out of both games against shoji and man united that it was possible and. that was not the difference between the teams and so we have a good opportunity to show that in the coming months and to show as well i believe our room for improvement is bigger than any of the team because we are very young side and so it's how we respond to what happened to us at the end that man united. transfer news now and in spain barcelona have officially unveiled their latest signing twenty four year old dutch midfielder abraham affably

the form of p.s.v. eindhoven player joins the catalans on a for the haul fair deal for an estimated three million euros twenty four year old underwent medicals on thursday and put pen to paper on his deal on friday after lee has won thirty one international caps with the now the ones scoring two goals for the orange order. and staying in spain was a case of rail madrid spacek meeting the club's present and all for a noble cause took former and current galactica stars in action in the spanish capital raising money for their respective charitable foundations world cup winners expect to see a sound. all in next and along with portugal's most capped player allusion to go sit down and figure who have been enjoying retirement the two thirty eight year olds teamed up to show their competitive spirit still intact reales current goalie a c.s. unable to hold down the fort against the veterans stephen lost five war the real winner is where they play as charity organizations though raised funds for the last

privileged. we came out here to do to help the efforts of luis and the kim this match was for the children and i believe we have to host these types of events as often as we can because. on the hardwood him key were able to salvage some pride as they defeated zol gary said overtime in the euro league the moscow region man were already mathematically out of the top sixteen contention but ground out a tough ninety three eighty nine victory keith langford having a huge day for the home team scoring thirty five points grabbing eighth rebounds while drawing fifteen fouls from the opposition man to us tell me it is going to be the biggest scoring contributed for the visitors the guard at a twenty four points and was one of only two players in double figures who when i could not be decided in regulation with the game going into the extra session tied at eighteen one langford keeping his star shining with late heroics including

a three which shield the game ninety three to eighty nine sell greece lives to fight another day though staying on course for the top sixteen. elsewhere he told us reached us claimed the last available top sixteen spot with a road win against to borna about civil arena named after the late local legend dr batch of it stand as the host watched that early lead slip away it's a bomb that could not stop or a dust south of the school turned up the pressure in the last quarter for a ninety four to seventy seven victory surely i'm lost a friend of the other game meaning ripped us advanced due to a superior had to had records. no surprises stateside in the n.f.l. as the biz broke steelers dominated the struggling carolina panthers across the board the two thousand and eight champions are now just one win away from securing a first round playoff bye and are closing in on a.f.c. north divisional title yvonne's i gorski has more. pittsburgh are closing in on the

a.f.c. north divisional title but the steelers needed a spark after scoring just for our offensive touchdowns in as many games ben roethlisberger and company able to remedy those issues in the second quarter mike wallace with a forty three yard touchdown kids to make it to nothing the steelers moving the ball and will against the free fall and carolina team emmanuel sanders coming up with a catch a dollar shard mendenhall to power through the line from up close and increase believe shaun suisham adding a field goal for twenty to nothing half time leaving a great connection did little to rejuvenate the panthers rafa's were getting into the end zone himself by a quarterback sneak in a good twenty seven to three the finals the steelers can tie up the a.f.c. north if the baltimore ravens lose the way to cleveland on sunday night alternatively distillers would have to beat the browns themselves on january second to give the silverware gorski are key. and finally where the fest of

a k. wanton amount has been held in the moscow region ukraine's. captured the king's crowd while russian giant daniel off was not down in the first stroud and robert for the now has more. years of them dissipate she was rewarded when one of the world's major mixed martial arts brands came one one and made it to russia mr legion post is the first ever international k. one event the king of kings tournament no wrestling no grappling just the ultimate or the kicking and punching day one is where different standup quitting techniques like kick boxing karada and white tie collide and one reason. for me of course is can one style kick boxing style. was. doing very good but still i think modified style and a tournament style that i like i want the most this time around when i'm

a living legend put tuncay one good champ and missed acoustic with two men to destroy their youngsters month. but a legend in your corner was not enough a source of money to a down to turn green chant then the men moved who won by decision. in our resident of i told them from the orbit from the start that it was russia. and was stepping back all the time and had the bowling ball but he got. with remove quota for use and night it was raining will keep books and chant then but those are the real breast the next who's the most the crane in was quick to set the record straight against princely to no downs forced the referee to stop the flow of. the bowed between japan's hiroko holy and russian giant again you know

a lot recalled the epic battle between david and goliath. in this case says men are in their little smashed one out of to bill russian alexi who didn't have easily made his way to the samis last visit but john still pay wait. it came down to the final four where who splay very bubbles that i will place a big heap of trouble in or all the green and juice probably the only tactics that could have given him the edge loci takes and he's been worked forcing a lot of to give up the fight in the first round so long he would have been very silly of me to trade punches with all of a plus it was important to finish in the soonest possible to have three fights a night that's exhausting i should have saved some energy for the final. meanwhile the two thousand and six world type books and champion alexei couldn't prove he still has by knocking him and moon out in the in moments later including we're

back in the ring for the final rumble concentrated in conscious best describe the first round. there are enough to dislodge him. in the second although the most powerful looks and aggressive and threw it up to two x. two rounds both judges and crowd doubted the american can but it was bundles and over no one really tried to keep ground on the not just its creed that russia finally hosted a k. one event as i always feel the hole here i had to win here and i did is just the first step on my way to the top of the world in k. one possibly go it's a bit better now are two miscarriages. and that's all from me for now the weather forecast is coming up next stay with us.

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country is locked in a war on christmas. five pm in moscow i match reza good to be with you here on r t our top story war torn afghanistan enters two thousand and eleven as the world's largest producer of heroin but not all of it is exploited to addicts around the world the drug is also causing a deadly legacy within the country's own borders and afghans hoping to kick the habit find a little help in a nation mired in chaos as a warning you may find some of the images in the upcoming report disturbing. early morning in kabul. here with a little under blankets to keep the cold out in the smoky. twenty one year old us a doula started smoking her one at university.