at christmas food and while russians have the main celebrations on the is eve and january the seventh millions of other people around the world and some here at moscow already popping in the champagne so join me most of them greece as we take a look at the merry christmas in the russian capital from the ninety city but pollution it's all still with communism christmas had a rather tenuous status the soviet union and the should it was officially frowned upon many enterprising citizens turned it into a new year's festival for the lazy christmas celebration also marks church still full of the old shooting challenger which is currently thirty days behind the gregorian calendar. both. left out let me say 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 various 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 the stock so what we did out first you have to put the chop carrot and hunt in the wall. then he has to take the shelf from the. shelves koloff now this is your salad is still popular for the whole year here. on the main tongue he would say that is all the new year's eve yes but thinks he chopped one last pickle cucumber and pull potatoes i think they are perfect spend some sort of little teeny bit tight make them smaller. and it's all the ingredients to a large bag. at the plate is such false or good and listen it seems like it's a whole month long christmas celebration here in russia that's correct we're starting from the furniture from december it's not our actual our crystal but there's a lot of parties and. different clubs and places like we have the new year than we

have christmas and the ending of the old me wow it seems that there's a lot of a lot of aging in train carrying yes correct fall and growth and being on the way. that sprouts. what's next finally greetings. of mayonnaise now we have to take it take a mix of ok by you that 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 . and one is what. makes fun of it we did a great job of it to me and i was committed to 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 the floor of the macy's supermarkets the have opened up here in moscow take a look at the things it's just good is an amazing it's a wide flat so you will pay for it there are currently thirty five as be the case the school is a must have a country or farm you'll find everything you need the best there is. nothing in the laws of fruit in around the glazed grapes from its lean dragon tree from thailand kiwi from chile i love to know that tasty treats. so you from christmas crackers chestnuts and can be sourced i will hunt to find everything i need. from a good old place very often it's a must for. some advice i would offer is to compare prices to straw. such is imported not sure exotic fruits can be shockingly

expensive so with the most make a supermarket chains like this because cusa seven continents and put a crystal a christmas in moscow whenever you celebrate it can 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 person capital. shows 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 i'm here i am now you originally from a 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 your 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. the mayonnaise and sort of called the taters in the hands of the put together you know pickled fish. to start with from you know how do you think the russian dyes has changed over the past twenty years of the last ten years i think there's been a big change. and people are traveling

a little bit more so they're coming back and wanting a little more but i think that's going to carry on a valving over the next ten twenty years 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 it's a good time to get away with everything you enjoy the festive period she is saying . 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 on the central 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 chef create 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 for six gift baskets campus with a history dating back one hundred fifty years it is rich in clinic 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 street kiosks boutique one stores and supermarkets from extravagantly expensive to cheaper to get from labels various sparkling wines are readily available and must go with huge varieties on offer. whether it's been

teach french champagne you want or sweet so it's classic disappointed with a choice on off. the top we all fresh from pain from various contrails translates to it's 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 or 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 casual gets elegant atmosphere with the cost of all the ingredients why not 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 secret turkey or steak he wants this new venue to offer some of the best in the russian capital it might take you

two or three hours to find all the ingredients in their fight expensive and then forced to pay for a shrimp and you can spend six fares cooking or come here and you can also have a great steak instead of turkey if you're in the made for something else. i've been invited into the kitchen to see what some of the precision to say the least. 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 steaks just delayed all the prime we have porterhouse steak dry in a tomahawk dry agent does a rebuy all full 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.

scary. while we go to you first because we're going to try the prototype. impressive stuff. can i just like grandma made. 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 a new year's eve special shout out to them for me the crew and all the stuff here at prime merry christmas.

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ears now we had a good christmas day and of course a quiet time for most sports but if you play ice hockey or in russia there's never any rest is there that's right kevin are normal days work for plays and make. plays and their fans with another win. in a moment ok. hello there thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming up. the latest from the kontinental hockey league defeat for straight when. lost in england the busy festive period begins is chelsea prepared to face him in the big guy. also low enough unveiled their latest signing international with feel that you put him after the. start there with the kontinental hockey

league. good form continues beating western conference latest anonymous three nil for their fourth way in a row a fiddle to do it over the break of the hosts elsewhere service tell the top three to see one for their in five and there were no problems. netting twice in this. still thrashing go. through the worst record in the twenty two defeats in thirty five games so far this season. but still into the football now where i did have the chance to increase their lead in the english premier league on sunday they host sunderland in their boxing day fixture at old trafford and expect to welcome back play is hit by flu man david it and anderson have recovered from their illnesses a united topic christmas for the first time in four years and could go five points clear of arsenal play chelsea on monday sunderland who is six face a number of selection problems they'll be without danny welbeck who is on loan from

united and is not allowed to face his parent club while the cattermole be suspended and join mensa is it. meanwhile to see if he could go top themselves if united slip up roberto mancini's men are two points off the top and play away newcastle but the city boss says he feels his captain carlist havers should say sorry to the club's fans the argentine had said he wanted to leave eastlands and then in a dramatic u. turn decided to stay and cine says on the club's website the fans still love him but he should apologize but at the games on sunday spurs travel to villa wolves take on where you can with both clubs biting to get out of the relegation zone inside west face for them there are only four from the bottom everton who beat city last time that entertain me and table teams blackburn instead go head to head while surprise package so far this season bolton and west brom face each other bolton boss call saying that the seventh place in the table is well deserved. more which

is we'll start to see where we are where there are a mirror because we've. actually suggest that we should probably move political will after this point. because his mind is what we can affect is what's in front of us how to do that we need more of a sea of stance against west brom books. so on monday it is chelsea against arsenal at the emirates and both teams are aiming to win their respective bad runs the blues have drawn the last three games while winning just one in two months something that desperate to change. is important game obviously because. both team are involving in the fight for the title everyone i think the team can win this game will be excited game my things in this period. but i am happy to play this game because of a thing that. we move on after the bad moment and we are able to come back to

play our football and to try to do everything to him as for the gun as they have struggled against chelsea in the past couple of years having not beaten since two thousand and eight so they'll be looking to break that record on monday with several key players back from injury including the rb flabbergasts and van persie we have mixed feelings because we came out of both games against. man united but it was possible. there 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 a whole room where we respond to what happened to us. that man united. in other football news leonardo was the new manager it into milan after rafael benitez

was sacked leonardo has had two stints within his arch rivals ac milan during his playing days manage the side last season but now the brazilian is back at the san siro to help his former foes who signed an eighteen month contract into won the treble last season under good in rio de six seven in the table. also back on familiar turf is former locomotive manager u.-t. schumann he returned to manage the nomic kiev after leaving them two years ago during his last time in charge he led the training league title for cup semi before joining russian premier league side lokomotiv sherman was sacked by the railway men at the end of last season and has signed a three year deal with normal replacement by eddie. transfer the news now in spain barcelona have officially unveiled their latest signing twenty four year old dutchman feel that. the former appears to be a player joins the cattle hands on a four and a half the deal for an estimated three million euros twenty four year old underwent

medicals on thursday and put pen to paper on the deal on friday has won thirty one international caps with the netherlands scoring two goals for the orange squad. yeah i speak also with a lot of players a player like. particular. kind of players there they play very well here. and they told me that it is the. best club in the world and. one when the contest was. was for me a dream. i was staying in spain because it was a case of reanimate to its past meeting the club's present and all for a noble cause top former and current galactica stars in action in the spanish capital raising money for charity well when is justice and the things it down were in action along with portugal's most capped playing field go down and feet go have been enjoying retirement but the team thirty eight year olds teamed up to show that competitive spirit is still intact by reality current goalie cassius unable to hold

down the four against the better as his team lost by four real winners though with a place charity. i. came out here today to help the efforts of luis and the care this match was for the children and i believe we have to host these types of events as often as we can because some are shops now where the first of a k. one tournament has been held in the moscow region and explaining more is robert the done. years and dissipate and was rewarded when one of the world's major mixed martial arts brands he won one and made it to russia moscow region hosted the first ever international k. one event the king of kings tournament no wrestling no grappling just the ultimate or of keeping them punching day one is where different standup pointing techniques

like books in karate and white tie collide and one reason i. was gay was ok. doing very good. thing. like i want. this time around and i'm a living legend for tuncay one world champ and that's the host was called a man for ducks for other youngsters month but a legend in your corner was no no to a down to time korean champ then the man mood who won by decision. pressure. i thought that for the long run the start that it was russia. was stepping back over time and had to going. with remove quarterfinals on the night it was raining will keep books and chant then. we

pressed their next who's the most the crane in was quick to set the record straight against prince a leap to no downs forced the referee to stop the flow. of the bout between japan's hero and russian giant again you're a lot recall the epic battle between david and goliath in this case says merit in the los mask one out of to bill russian alexi who didn't have easily made his way to the samis must visit but john still pay wait. it came down to the final four where who spade. placed the big heap of trouble in or lost the queen in twos probably the only tactics that could have given him the edge loci x. and he's been worked forcing their love to give of the fight in the first round so long he would have been very silly of me to trade punches with plus it was

important to finish in the soonest possible three fights a night that's exhausting i should have saved some energy for the final. meanwhile the two thousand. six world type books and alexey who didn't prove he's close by knocking out. in moments later. were back in the ring with one rumble concentrated in cautious best describe the first round. it a slight edge in the second although the most powerful look feat and aggressive in the third of the two x. rounds both judges and belted the marathon. but it was bundles of no one really tried to keep ground on. its grid 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 gorge. r t moscow

region. a tough sport that is the ses and to be jolly and a bit silly say hey ray some reg saying actually in a way they take it quite seriously hosting the annual no we can radiate racing championship and they can move to a reindeer power in reaching speeds of sixty kilometers and sky and see who is crying champion for twenty ten and says he'll definitely be back next year defend his title. congratulations to him that is always sport. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers.

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america conservative christine say the country is locked into a war on christmas. hello nine pm sun had another twenty fifth of december here in moscow you're watching r t i'm kevin zero in with the top story and war torn afghanistan and since twenty eleven as the world's largest producer of heroin but not all of it exported to addicts around the world the drug is also living a deadly legacy within its own borders and afghans hoping to kick the habit funny little help in a country mired in chaos you may find some of the images in this report that step. early morning in couples old town. here with a little under blankets to keep the cold out.