i see citizens of russia friends see him score very soon as the kremlin tower chimes strike twelve twenty ten i will pass into history and with it the first decade of the twenty first century. but i was there start a go at this we see the old year out and we remember it's truly full and sad moments you know the international solution hope that next year will be good and successful for all of us. it lives and for our country when we missed it we will build a modern russia together still strong and friendly countries. on us bug out there we have a rich and ancient history and we are rightly proud of it. if those already met at the same time russia is a young country still in the coming year it will be only twenty years old and. little so that's that the new war that is no great age for

a country that you called the children are born in the new russia they have already grown up to the way we live in the second decade of this century yet the will depend on them too if such then we deal everything we do and do for our children that i was the one you will is to make sure that they are healthy and successful. when your country they live in is safe or good prosperous is she happy with that on you. stand you give a country that respects its aldred that cherishes its multi-ethnic tradition and on that old. just remember that this is committed to achieving goals. who are here and i am confident that is our future that idea there is your dear friends that are going a present get your new year's holiday has its own unique hemisphere. at the present this holiday is filled with a special little infant sincerity in that. she does the new year will begin in just a few moments like that but not as congratulate each other which will and wish each

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you're watching r.t. this first of january twenty eighth eleven for me kevin i went to the rest of the news to god i'm a very happy new year to you wherever you're watching around the world we have a great. and indeed that you'll continue to watch us as we bring you the many events that will no doubt shape another notable news year for another time the party let's cross the red square an iconic place for so many to see in the new year and we're also taking you almost two thousand kilometers south from moscow. back from the new year's celebrations evening ladies good to see a very happy new year to you as well of the team with you first of all your moscow pretty loud obviously is going to be where you are the new year's celebrations are in full swing in russia's main square. this big. is electric deep. down. twenty eleven. moscow's red square. you see. for the rest of the.

country and i sat down. together. to watch this i believe it is. so full of moments i think. what is so fine were displayed. extreme the atmosphere is simply wonderful people are so peace of peace here i'm just. with people just start they've been through all the square they've been thinking that they're champagne it really is a very wonderful moments to be here you really can't help but smile because of course new year is the biggest holiday of. also loss or trauma even christmas tonight is not like the children across the country receive their presents from the

russian santa claus did the rolls i mean the time when sally and friends get together to enjoy some game to watch my work said the pool to make their wishes or resolutions for the coming via a we spoke to a few of them earlier. i just want everybody to be happy the chinese here have the rabbit i want this year to bring everyone only positive emotions love and how it should have just as with you i wish everyone the best of luck i hope that everything that is planned will happen. and that everyone feels happy in this new year i wish money family of course for me and for myself only have a reef and always helping. just a few insights parents what some people hoping will happen in the it's wednesday levin as you can hear behind me the party is kicking off again here on wed skerritt is going to be a while yet before it really is down we are thinking over one and a million people descended in total almost downtown to see in the new year here on

red square numbers were restricted to twenty five since. you see did shine on to brave the elements enjoyed a really fabulous show and as i said i think the party is going to go on for some hours to come on a suitably wintry spot where the it goes well that snow coming down ok always good to see happy new year to you as well almost two thousand kilometers south we sure had no shall we but still staying in russia we're going to be limping city of sochi people there celebrating but none of the kremlin shadows rather on the power tree happy new year due to. having us here in such a. tough time. with a celebration. that. we've got finally got the fine flying because. the price is.

now pulsing good evening for it is. a climate. that race is you've got the pine trees it's been absolutely lovely in fact in the code it's month of january everybody just laid out nines agree there really was not . even a plan everyone had really enjoying the party in the by having keeping people in such a as we. thousand and eleven with this fantastic celebration of first good to see you had so much either before but our lives have. both celebrating the new year which is now nine minutes and twenty three twenty four twenty five seconds old ok well in the country's eastern regions the new year parties are either already in full swing or are coming to an end because that was hours ago many we spoke to r.t. shaun thomas who watched people celebrating russia's coldest city. this is the coldest region on earth in fact it's about thirty four degrees below zero out here

centigrade but that's ok it's not stopping any of the fun in fact i am joined by actually khan who is the version of the dead models which of course is the russian version of father frost celebrations couldn't be better out here in fact one of the main features about this area because it is so cold a lot of the decorations for new year are involve ice involve the cold in fact we're standing in the midst of a beautiful frozen ice sculpture a village which is all that a beautiful with lights it's just an amazing amazing time earlier today we had to we had the opportunity to spend preparing for the new year with families getting ready for their celebrations we went to the market with them which was an interesting experience in itself no need for refrigerators there have been because well in fact all of the fish are frozen all of the meat is frozen even the milk is sold in frozen blocks we then went in joined

a family that had adopted more than eight children as they had their new year's celebration that meal it was a very special time as they had a traditional russian meal as well but really the people here they don't like to call the bring them down that they embrace the freezing temperatures in fact believe it or not there is a heat wave going on here it is only minus thirty four degrees right now usually around this time it's about minus fifteen minute you're good you can even get down to minus sixty two degrees below centigrade so right now they're embracing a heat wave saying they're enjoying these wonderfully warm temperatures as you can see i'm dressed to the hilt just so that i can stand these temperatures but this is a part of their life and it's a part of their new year and they're saying that two thousand and eleven is just going to be brilliant in fact in the distance we can still see some fireworks going on the people are still celebrating and enjoying this special time of year she told us and fred cut in quite a dash them but with twenty ten just ended we opened the. for the year just past capturing the despair and disaster sometimes as well as

a heroic and historic it was a year when espionage and intrigue took hold with spy scandals and embarrassing wiki leaks causing global sensations but as always there was cause for hope to be the world's biggest nuclear powers decided to cut their arsenals for russia and i think the world cup was a chronic moment artes and takes a look at what's behind us and what's ahead. i i can tell it was a year vild with leaks and laughter tears and tragedies it got off to a good start for russia signs of economic recovery no gas crisis with ukraine or bellow rules like in previous years and a relatively bearable winter but that all changed in march when terrorists struck. twin blasts rocked moscow's metro during morning rush hour killing forty and injuring over one hundred two women suicide bombers blew themselves up on

a central line one just meters from archie headquarters. we will find all of those who are guilty and we will punish them too kumar of from chechnya was on the international most wanted list and has links to al qaeda is the suspected mastermind behind the attack on a chain of special operation several terrorist involved in the suicide bombings were taken out by russian special forces. president dmitry medvedev and barack obama signed the new start treaty in the spring setting to slash both countries' strategic nuclear stockpiles by a third this is the most significant arms control agreement in nearly two decades and congress only approved the pact just before christmas and the russian duma is expected to follow suit after months of waiting for their counterparts on capitol hill to get through bipartisan wrangling there were fears the pact would be amended or blocked by senate republicans over unrelated domestic issues both the kremlin

and white house see sealing the deal as a cornerstone in the restart between russia and the u.s. . april tenth a tragedy with echoes in history shocks the world polish president lech kaczynski and most of the country's political elite were killed when their t.-u. one fifty four crashed near smolensk. the delegation was going to mark seventy years since twenty thousand polish officers were massacred at cut them by soviet secret police just days before the accident a joint commemoration that could was seen as a tremendous step for russian polish relations with a new over the past few days we held remembrance ceremonies mourning the victims of told over terrorism kaczynski was coming to russia to pay tribute to the killed polish officers well russians share in your grief and sorrow. russian

polish ties continue to war as the two nations mourn together. in twenty ten russian mark sixty five years since defeating nazi germany in what's known as the great patriotic more. elaborate parade was how down red square as heads of state looked on to commemorate some twenty seven million soviet lives lost during world war two. it was the first time in history countries that made up the allied forces took part in the tradition. twenty ten also saw the return of cold war spy scandal sending bombshells like her anna chapman into the headlines for weeks and then home to russia. she's. innocent inspires me more than the amount and the quality of people and might in new york it's the strongest the

largest and the most solid community in the world. but she didn't get to stay for long fam fertile and that chapman was just one of ten alleged russian spies exchanged in vienna for four american spies serving sentences in russia the scandal worthy of a hollywood blockbuster broke just after obama and medvedev dished out politics over burgers in virginia the media frenzy was a lot harder than. temperatures in the u.s. and russia who ignored the hype with cool cooperation. record heat wreaked havoc in russia with summer temperatures in twenty ten lingering at forty celsius for over a month hundreds of wildfires ravaged the country killing over fifty and leaving thousands homeless. the flames left the capital covered in a blanket of toxic smog for weeks almost cows mayor stay on vacation in the out

yury luzhkov was sacked the next month with president medvedev saying he lacked confidence in the mayor and sergei sabean and soon became our scouse top man. officially our first in the middle east iran's bushehr nuclear power plant was launched and unloaded and is said to be connected to the country's electric grid within months saving iran eleven million barrels of oil a year the plant is operated by specialists from russia which also provides the nuclear fuel and deals with the waste iran considers the launch of victory and proof of their peaceful atomic program despite criticism from the u.s. and israel. he never made it off the short list as time's person of the year but for many he is the man of twenty ten wiki leaks founder julian assange exposed hundreds of thousands of iraq war documents and american diplomatic cables to name just a few the u.s.

government would like to get a source inside of him and when he wakes the wiki leaks website will continue to run. these documents were stolen the freedom of any breach of security like this is bad for diplomacy an extraordinary job of journalism many people believe mr strong to be innocent and in sweden he faces allegations of rape and sons was arrested in the u.k. where he was seeking refuge later being. barrow after a legal wrangle and now has to wait to find out whether he'll be extradited to sweden clearing my name is not the hard task i have the highest task i have is to continue on with my work the whistleblower continues to leak into the new year. following yukos had me course he was found guilty of laundering over twenty five billion dollars worth of oil and sentenced to fourteen years in jail he has nearly served out an eight year sentence for tax

evasion and fraud and faces another six behind bars russia has been criticized for politicizing the case but putin says compared to financier bernie made offs one hundred fifty years fourteen years is nothing more than a slap on the wrist. and last but not least twenty eighteen feet for both ladies and gentlemen to be organized. it was a nail biting way to the announcement with russia and england going head to head till the very end function with. little saussure secured the bid with his big dreams of football and england secured have minds by dubbing russia's win i'll fix. my heart sank you know mr putin only went to zurich after the announcement saying he didn't want to pressure fee for both david cameron

and prince william weren't enough to bring the world cup home to england russia didn't let the sort of losing rain on their parade winning the right to host the world cup certainly goes down as one of the most enjoyable moments of the year but that does it for our look at twenty ten's top ten how many said now way and for all of us here at r t happy new year stay with us for the top of dance in twenty eleven . well for europe twenty ten was the year when some of its countries came to realize that you can spend what you don't have bailouts and austerity began to be closely associated with the euro and hundreds of thousands of angry people all across the continent lashed out in response. breaks up the timeline for us. the summer of discontent that became a winter woes for europe in crisis across the continent tens of thousands

repeatedly turned out to protest against their government often resulting in violence and destruction. and it's not over yet after a brief holiday hiatus most assured the unrest will return in the new year and we haven't seen the worst of it yet. the first bomb on the door mats the credit card bills people will be beginning to lose their jobs people have been living the proof of this on their credit cards to pay their mortgages they're going to start defaulting that's when the real protests are going to start in the u.k. was a huge hike in college fees that sparked the violence. in the country's near collapse forced its toughest ever budget to secure an e.u. and i.m.f. rescue in greece in spain public sector pay slashed while taxes writes.

for the french it's the prospect of being forced to work longer all measures which ensure working people pay for the mistakes of bankers and governments britain's enduring the harshest cuts since the second world war also reeling over forking out around twelve billion dollars for a huge membership and as we've seen the contribution rise i think is going up by two point nine percent unfortunately that is you know it's enough to get people actually quite quite red in the face quite hot headed because we are having to see massive cuts here local authorities are cutting back on their frontline services and actually we don't feel as british people that we get that much in the we put a lot in we don't get an awful lot out london's biggest protest of more than fifty thousand fell on deaf ears as inside the house of commons members voted. make students pay three times as much for that to play as but they insist the vote hasn't dampened the spirits what parliament can do. the movement can do in fact we

believe that we still have the chance of defeating the higher education bill which is going to be debated in the new year so far in the u.k. students and trade unions have been the most vocal but veteran politician and campaign attorney says the next move would be set for united front. students support pensioners who are finding their pensions. disadvantaged public support benefits are being cut to the thing becomes. very powerful political movement for justice and once the. right now the cuts are on paper but once they begin to bite so too will an increasingly angry public not even the christmas tree on trafalgar square emerged unscathed from this winter's violence and trying the people of norway and a symbol of peace and goodwill protesters tried to set fire to the tree and stalled

graffiti on nelson's calling nearby and this isn't the end of civil unrest in the u.k. or across europe as governments continue to dig their way out of the crisis by forcing all staring into the people the people to continue opposing them you're and it's. just about a few as well you can always find a run of the most important events in twenty russia run across the globe. there's a taste of what's online for you right now which if you come to moscow for the new year holidays are to use it to guide you through the city's best winter tractions make sure you check out our website before coming to get a breast. and a new bag to discover the world of the crack in free for a fresh take. on the whole lot more.

for many russians new year's eve is also the perfect time to look for miracles all you need with you is a napkin a pen the obligatory glass of champagne face as a tease examine your explains your wish to be made when the kremlin clock strikes midnight if you want it all to come true. it was a hectic new year's eve four years ago because some family was marking their six year together with all of finishing the cooking and p.t.a. entertaining the guests. but as the cramming clock started counting down the last seconds of the year everybody pours. their road our wishes and napkins burn them and soak the ashes in the champagne according to the time honored to russian ritual drinking it should a grand even the most on a team that will wish the world better i can tell you what i have asked for because

this way it won't come true let's wait and see if i'm lucky with my wish you will know about it a symbol of russia's officialdom the kremlin chimes are also an embodiment of people's most private hopes every year has the clock strikes midnight millions of russians ask fortune for favors for those few seconds even cynics start to believe in magic. you can call it the cinderella fact according to polls the majority of those who are scribed wish granting powers to the crown in chimes are women and some of the most popular new year's wishes include finding your chill live getting married and having a baby. the largest clock in moscow this kremlin timepiece is also among the oldest in russia the current mechanism was installed in the late nineteenth century and it's still a measure of precision and while the chimes have more of the pendulum of russian history swinging many times according to historians the wish making tradition is

relatively new. put in of both of his tradition could be traced back to soviet times because never before had red square and the kremlin had such a sacred status it wasn't well publicized back then because there was no place for superstition in communist ideology but people made their wishes anyway. and here's why four years after synchronizing their hopes for the kremlin chimes the descent the family has that own little new year a miracle running around the house and helping with the festive first decoration at the little farm wasn't she's the wish i wrote on that piece of napkin in the one i made in many many other occasions but i know for a fact from my own experience in the experience of my friends that on new year's eve you need to ask for something very dear to your heart and it will definitely come true for you there will be no gifts or frantic cooking deceiving but all in.