hello and welcome to the show on this week's festive must go out program we'll be taking a look at christmas food and while russians have their main celebrations on the is eve and january the seventh millions of other people around the world and some here moscow already popping in the champagne so join me most of them greece as we take a look at the merry christmas here in the russian capital from the one she seventy but pollution into the schools to me this is christmas had a rather tenuous state says the soviet union and the surely was officially frowned upon me enterprising citizens turned it into a new year's festival as for the lazy christmas celebration also marks church still still is the old shooting calendar which is currently thirty days behind the gregorian calendar. both. left i love recently

a nice needed to watch and 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 something in video from the table district and do together to sell the stock to what we do now so first you have to put the chopped carrot and hunt in the wall. they need to take the shell from their. shells coming off now this idea 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 i think she took one last pickle cucumber and pull potatoes a completely opposite face with some sort of little tidbit to make them smaller. it's all the ingredients to a large bag. of the pigs said paul so good and listen it seems like it's a whole month long chris. 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 have the new year the new christmas and the ending of the old mean year well it seems that there's a lot of a lot of a thing in train carrying yes correct fall and putting her in a way. that sprouts. what's next funnelling greens. and ice now we have to take it take a mix of ok this christmas this up ok. then put so it will fall. to the top. and then we have it. i don't think we did it too badly. but let's try the one we made. and one is. something that we did

a great job of to me even though it's moved to an interesting scenario especially. if you want to create a festive russian western dishes was the best place to buy christmas ingredients in moscow. close to the week in russia. and you'll be flabbergasted that for the latest supermarkets to have opened up here in moscow take a look at because it's just good is an amazing it's a wide spot so you will pay for it there are currently thirty five as big of cases tools in whatever country or farm you'll find everything you need they are the best there is. nothing in the laws of fruit from around the glazed grapes from its dragon fried from thailand kiwi from chile and look similar that stacey treats. so you from christmas crackers just the same can be sourced i will hunt to find everything i need. from a good play bridge that's the most part. some

advice i would offer is to compare prices the strangest items such as imported nuts or exotic fruits can be shockingly expensive so with the most make a supermarket chains like this because cusa seven continents and pretty crystal a christmas in moscow whenever you celebrate it can easily be fully stocked full of delicious specific 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 love it's me you must be a merry christmas tell me how did you end up here in the person capsule. shows work and to buy. 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 originally from new zealand right that's right yeah now christmas is a completely different over here is that. here you know people celebrating our for the twenty fifth it's very unusual for me anyway. 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 all 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 reason 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 and this type of thing. how do you

think the russian dyes has changed over 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 but i think that's going to carry on a valving over the next sort of ten twenty years what are you doing over the new 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 you know so rena here for you now so it's a good time to get away with everything you enjoy the festive period she is very very christmas day. 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 in 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 chefs create a very special shapes and decorate the delicious dessert using

a range of icing sweets jellies and chocolate christmas and russia should not be as kind when you think about a diet here it's self-indulgence the way. famous french find foods to restaurant and cater also of those exquisite for six gift baskets ampas with a history dating back one hundred fifty years it is rich in clinic and gift traditions in their own produce and very skiffs items both some of the best qualities packed with icing 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. she took it from the labels delirious sparkling

wines are readily available in which she tried she's on a first whether it's been teach french champagne you want or sweet classic to not be disappointed with the choice on offer. actually offer a champagne from various contrails translate pain in russia as well prices start up 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 a launch christmas dinner for family and friends simple chicago for hauling celebrate in style in the restaurants casual get elegant atmosphere with the cost of all the ingredients want to 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 he wants this new venue it's awful some of the best in the russian capital and it might take you two or three hours to find all the breeding and they're fighting spencer 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 in the made for something else. i've been invited into the kitchen to see while some impressive to say the least dare i try a christmas feast fit for a king. as he. can play with the meat in the absolutely amazing wow can we get new york steak for just delayed all 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 ok you monger turkey yet. yes live from russia that's. pretty. much

ideal colored merry christmas which amazing food wine and champagne delights of modern day scares while we go over to you first because we're going to try the i'm trying to talk you know. impressive stuff. from the guy. can i just like graham i made this up and he brings it to put me that was how we have on this week special christmas program i'll see him again next week for a new year's eve special shout out to them for me the crew and all the stuff here that's because your prime merry christmas.

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the festive season is under attack and it's real meaning is being lost to commercialism and political correctness. coming up next the latest sports news with . hello there thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming up. the latest from the kontinental hockey league where atlanta defeated nama paul straight win. last in england a busy festive period begins his chelsea prepared to face arsenal in the big guy. also low enough unveiled their latest signing into national with you but him. you start there with the continental hockey league. good form continues beating western

conference latest anonymous three nil for their fourth way in a row fiddle to the world over the break for the hosts elsewhere service tell the top leader to one for their fourth win in five and there were no problems along the line to see. letting twice in their six no thrashing go. through their worst record in the twenty two defeats in thirty five games 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 have 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 the united topic christmas for the first time in four years and could go five points clear of arsenal you 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 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 collis tevis 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 cheney says on the club's website the fans still love him but he should apologize but big games on sunday spurs travel to vello will stay calm we're going to both love biting to get out of the relegation zone inside west face following her only for everton who beat city last time i entertained table teams blackburn and stoke their head to head the prize package say far this season bolton and west brom face each other bolton boss call saying that the seventh place in the table is well deserved. to see where we are where they are a mirror because we're. actually suggest that we should probably have more points

more with after this point. because his mind is what we can affect is what's in front of us and to do that we need more of the see him not stance against west brom box and. so on monday it is chelsea against arsenal at the emirates and both teams aiming to win their respective bad runs the blues have drawn their last three games while winning just one in two months something that desperate to change. is important because. in their fight for the. really one who think the team. will be excited game my things in this period. but i am happy to play this game because. we move on after the moment we are able to come back to play our football and to try to do or do things to him as for the

gunners they have struggled against chelsea in the past couple of years having not beaten them 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 fiberglass percy. we have mixed feelings because you came out of. united but it was possible. there was not a difference between the teams. so we have a great opportunity to show in the coming months sure is where nobody got a room for improvement is bigger. because we are very young so i. will respond to what happened to us. and united in other football uneasily in our day with the new manager 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 he signed an eighteen month contract into won the treble last season under getting radio today six seven in the table. also back on familiar turf is former locomotive manager your regime and his return to manage the nomic kiev after leaving them two years ago during his last time in charge he led an army to be training in the title for a cup semi before joining russian premier league side law from eighty seven was sacked by the railway man at the end of last season and has signed a three year deal with normal replacement. transfer news now in spain barcelona have officially unveiled their latest signing twenty four year old dutch midfielder . the former pearce joins the catalans in a four and a half the deal for an estimated three million euros the twenty four year old underwent medicals on thursday and put pen to paper on the deal on friday after lane's won thirty one international caps with another than scoring two goals for

the orange squad. yeah speak also with a lot of players a player like. particular. kind of players there they play very well. and they told me that it is the. best club in the world and. one when the contest was. it was for me a dream. i was staying in spain because it was a case of rearming traits past missing 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 where an action along with portugal's my feet go down and feet go have been enjoying the time that the team thirty eight year olds teamed up to show that competitive spirit is still intact current goalie cassius unable to hold down the fort against the veterans as his team lost by four real winners though with

a place charity. who came out here today 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 some martial arts now where the first of a k. one tournament has been held in the moscow region and explaining more is robert the daniel. years open dissipation was awarded when one of the world's major mixed martial arts brands he won one and made it to russia most a region close to 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 pointing techniques like books in karate and white tie collide in one ring i.

was. doing very good but. i'm around and i'm a living legend four tuncay one world champ to host a man. but a legend in your corner was no no to a delta two time korean champ then. who won by decision. reza. i thought that the law from the start that it was russia. was stepping back over time and had the boy. with remove quota for a night it was raining will keep books and chant then. we pressed our next who's the most the queen in was quick to set the record straight against prince a leap to no downs forced the referee to stop the flow.

of the boat between japan's hero and russian a loaf recalled the epic battle between david and goliath in this case says men are in their lives mess one out of to bill russian alexi who didn't have easily made his way to the semi's visitor but john still pay wait. it came down to the final four where who spade every. place to be heap of trouble. the queen and probably the only tactics that could have given him the edge loci kes and he's been worked forcing their love to give of the fight in the first round. would have been very silly of me to trade punches plus it was important to finish a soon as possible 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 jen pan alexy couldn't prove he's

cool as by knocking. out. and moments later don't look good and we're back in the ring with a fine rumble concentrated into shoes best described the first round. in a slight edge in the second although the most powerful looks feat and aggressive in the third of the two x. rounds judges and crowd belted the marathon. but it was bundles and over no one really tried to keep. the knot is great 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. r t. a tough sport that is the ses and to be jolly and a bit silly say hey ray some regs say actually in a way they take it quite seriously hosting the annual no we be

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the tide of cheap heroin isn't sweeping afghanistan with a million people hooked officials say the international forces aren't doing enough to address the roots of the. cuts. but. with the light. a campaign in georgia critical of the soviet union sees many derek using the government of trying to provoke anti russian sentiment. and battleground christmas america's christian conservatives say

the festive season is under attack and its real meaning is being lost to commercial . broadcasting live from moscow russia's capitol where it is seven o'clock on a sunday morning i'm sean thomas and this is our t.v. glad to have you with us war torn afghanistan remains the world's main producer of heroin and of the drug is not only exported abroad a million people are believed to have become addicts in afghanistan with almost no help to kick the habit you may find in some of the images in this report disturbing . early morning in kabul. a little under blankets to keep the cold out and the smoke in. the twenty one year old us a doula started smoking heroin at university.