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costs and feeds now with the palm of your. question. we're seeing all of you is a very happy new year from moscow is red square one thousand tons out. in style join me allison it just to be made with. friends and our exhibits thousand and eleven celebration on the hill. and russians mob coming of trying to leaven with celebrations taking place over to consummate old nine times. out of the all. name with the new

we bring you the highs and lows of twenty ten years it will be remembered in russia and around the world. you're watching r.t. this first of january twenty seventh it's now one am here in moscow for me kevin zero in on the rest of the team used to. happy new year we hope you have a great twelve months ahead and you'll continue to watch us as we bring you as many of the news events as possible as possible that will no doubt show you another notable news year when all russian regions of those seen the new year it now including the most western region kaliningrad the last few minutes here in moscow celebrations are in full swing in the heart of the capital red square and we're also taking you this hour almost two thousand kilometers south to sochi to where it's twenty degrees warmer for their new year's celebrations sounds very nice good

evening both alice first of all in moscow as we can see here the party behind you continues into the light that. the party is in the still in. moscow's red square miles that turned out to brave the cold to the snow to enjoy the fabulous positive mood on here earlier we danced. some fine and of course the crowd just sounded as if people were dancing they just stopped. a lot of the muscovite did downtown to enjoy the celebrations twenty five thousand below the red square and that's of course new year is the big is the only day here in russia even trumps christmas eve it's the night when children across the country receive their presents from the rocks and santa claus did but also it's when they enjoy my work champagne. friends i get together it really is the night that everyone here

across the country gets forward to see those red square dolls from the folk with the yankees and so all of those do yes celebrations across the country but it's not just most of the lights now it's all the red squares to enjoy the celebrations joining me now. from my own country from the u k the to the process of being to get you back to moscow and decide to see how welcoming the a twenty seven here in the rasa capital what does he make of the celebrations here already it's been absolutely fantastic the russian two being fantastic everyone is having a great time you can see behind us seem credible it was just a great atmosphere going to make it out entertainment that was personal and said oh it's been really good this room really good it's very hard to cater for everyone but a team i go to just roy there's a bit of commercial music some classic russian songs great for once the display was

exceptional really exceptional and how would you say this gaze new year's celebrations compared with say those that came in the. other quite different i think we have christmas russians don't have christmas they have christmas in january so new year's eve is very very important and i actually think they're going to hold it's it's featuring king big ball team actually it's one time when you really see russians at their best the whole going to cold front comes down and everyone to really welcoming and happiness great thirty blowing until such as you can bend it to anyone with it if you can deal with the visas never get over here and do it it's just it's amazing. there was a very high speed customer that just in all the past said one of the thousands who would show you that year's celebration say that took place all night red square as you were saying at. right on.

almost two thousand. degrees off but also celebrating that. celebration. and love. her.

people. let me tell you. thank you both very much well in the countries in the new year party. started. people.

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 cabin 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 my sure did you can even get down to minus sixty two degrees below centigrade so right now they're embracing it he way of 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. almost cutting quite a dash for this friend but with twenty ten just ended we opened the. bolts next to

the year just past culturing the despair and disaster as well as the heroic and historic it was a year when espionage and intrigue took hold with spy scandals and embarrassing wiki leaks causing global sensations as ever there's also of course for lots of hope to with the world's biggest nuclear powers decided to cut their nuclear arsenals and for russia to nothing the world cup was a crowning moment is this now it takes a look at what's behind this what may lie ahead. i i like to 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 bell the roots like in previous years and a relatively bearable winter but that all changed in march when terrorists struck the. 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 r.t. headquarters. we will find all of those who are guilty and we will punish them do kumara 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 operations several terrorist involved in the suicide bombings taken out by russian special forces. president hamid to madrid dave 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 real 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 the feeling the deal as a cornerstone in the restart between russia and the u.s. . april tenth a tragedy with echoes in history shocked 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 win was seen as a tremendous step for russian polish relations waited near over the past few days we held remembrance ceremonies mourning the victims of totalitarianism kaczynski was coming to russia to pay tribute to the killed polish offices well russians

share in your grief and sorrow. russian polish thais continue to warm as the two nations mourn together. in twenty ten russian marks sixty five years since defeating nazi germany in what's known as the great patriotic move. an 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 largest and the most solid community in the world. but she didn't get to stay for longer than fatah 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 hotter than tempers in the u.s. and russia who ignored the hype with cool cooperation. she said. record heat wreaked havoc in russia with summer temperatures in twenty two and 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

yuri luzhkov was sacked the next month with president medvedev saying he lacked confidence in the mayor and sergei side. beyond 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 design provided 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 with the 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 in silence here in which he wakes the wiki leaks website will continue to run. these documents were stolen the freedom of speech any breach of security like this is bad for diplomacy he's done an extraordinary job of journalism many people believe mr song to be innocent and in sweden he faces allegations of rape and songe was arrested in the u.k. where he was seeking refuge later being granted bail after a legal wrangle and now has to wait to find out whether he'll be extradited to sweden clearing my name is not a hard task i have the highest task i have to continue on with my work the whistleblower continues to leak into the new year. following yukos had me about how the record ski 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 madoff's one hundred fifty years fourteen years is nothing more than a slap on the wrist. and last but not least twenty they didn't feed for both. gentlemen to be organized manner. it was a now by the way to the announcement with russia and england going head to head to the very end was a. little saussure secured the bid with his big dreams of football and england secured have minds by doubling russia's win fix from both them over my head saying q prime minister putin only went to zurich after the announcement saying he

didn't want to pressure fee for both david cameron back 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 am nice and now away and for all of us here at our 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't 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 artie's lorimer sprigs of the timeline for us. the summer of discontent that became a winter woes for

a 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 john a thirty first for every 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 for 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 our land 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 full measures which ensure working people pay for the mistakes of bankers and governments hard up britain's enduring the harshest cuts since the second world war also reeling over forking out around twelve billion dollars for a u. 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 months of 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 ear is inside the house of commons members voted to make students pay three times as much for their diplomas but they insist the vote hasn't

dampened their spirits what parliament can do. to the movement can and do in fact and 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 solidarity students support pensioners who are finding their pensions. disadvantage public support those who benefits are being cut to the thing becomes. very powerful. 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 garlands and train the people of norway and

a symbol of peace and goodwill protesters tried to set fire to the tree and graffiti on nelson's call in 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. all staring into the people the people continue. your and it's. an opportune time to remind you you can always find most important events of twenty . months a taste of what else is online for you right now if you're coming to moscow for the holidays to guide you through the city's best winter attractions. find out how to make the most of all the. website. a new dimension and discover the world of the crack in three d. for fresh.

let me take you through some of the first major news headlines of twenty eleven devastating floods in the. rising water homes and businesses officials in queensland say the flood zone covers an area bigger than france and germany combined the entire populations of two. towns have been evacuated from their homes to safety while others have been cut off completely it's estimated the cleanup is set to cost billions of dollars. the u.n. tonight warning that followers of ivory coast's defeated leaders to drop the threat of attacking the hotel where its security forces and the president elect based its fear that something they plan to solve could spark another civil war longball

refuses to quit his rival's been recognized by the international community is winning last month's election the resulting violence has so far claimed over one hundred seventy three lives. for many russians new year's also the perfect time to look for miracles it seems all you need is a napkin a pen a glass of champagne that's obligatory by the way and a bit of face well as artie's examiner boy carex plains your wish though has 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 paid to entertain in the guests. but as the cramming clock started counting down the last seconds of the year everybody poorest. they rode out wishes and napkins burned them and sewed the ashes in the champagne according to the time honored to russian ritual drinking it should a grand even the most unattainable wish. though. i can tell you what i have asked

for because this way it won't come true let's wait and see if i am 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 ascribed wish granting powers to the crown and chimes are women and some of the most popular in years wishes include finding your children are getting married and having a baby. the largest cloak in moscow these 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 on top 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 crown in china. because santa family has that own little new year miracle running around the house and helping with the festive first decoration at the local farmer's what she's the wish i wrote on that piece of napkin in the one i mean 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 each ask for something very dear to your heart and it will definitely come true for you there will be no gifts of frantic cooking deceiving but all in biggest say

once they're dora goes to see the dream fairy they're all going to have a bottle of bubbly hyundai t.v. saturday crumbing chimes and proceed with the wishful thinking they're already think they're like a store but didn't stop dreaming. r t moscow. so as the world marks the beginning of the new year in celebratory mood we bring out the crystal ball of wax for a look into the future online talk show host laurie half most asked people in new york what they think twenty eleven might have in store. what do you expect the world to be like in two thousand and eleven this week let's talk about that what do you think the economy's going to be like in two thousand and eleven i think about the same the same no different i think it's going real slow so i don't know i don't see any big changes is there going to be any peace in the middle east next year i hope there is but it doesn't look it doesn't look good

to me think there's too much polarization there ready for solar flares the end of the world yeah great political unrest couple of farming's probably another natural disaster somewhere in there if i expect asians were to audio no i'm going to enjoy it i'm really going to enjoy it what do you think scientists should focus on in twenty eleven. i guess global warming is the big issue and although a lot of people are very skeptical but i think we should focus on fossil fuels and replacing nice do you have faith that governments are going to do that no none whatsoever obama has promised to cut down on nuclear weapons around the out do you expect to see any difference in that in twenty levon is always a lot of talk but there's never a verification of whether it's done or not we kind of did this with north koreans back in the ninety's under clinton and yet they still went ahead with their program we see where we are now we're still arguing over itself. in a new dawn and time to change most people.