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differ but one thing brings them together once they disobey a. copy now in new years the bitter cold didn't stop russia's revelers from seeing in twenty eleven across all of its times. and there are also celebrations in space is the true. nor message to those palaces of kilometers below. but for a study. group has become the latest to sign up to the i made physical force costs up and drive living standards down.
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welcome mrs r t it's two pm new year's day here in moscow. the new year is rolled out around the world with russia marking it nine times twenty eleven began in very vostok on the pacific coast eventually reaching the baltic city of kaliningrad as ever winter chills didn't stop millions of russians from celebrating it was among moscow's. moscow is a city that reeling no news how cicero a new year's backlash. and seeing in twenty eleven was no exception nearly one and a half million revelers descended on the russian capital downtown area turning it into a giant street posse. my wish is it my children are happy and successful that's the most important thing. we wish them and everyone health and happiness let them ski and fly and have you no enemies. wishing boys and girls everywhere
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a very happy new year. my warmest congratulations for the new year be healthy everyone and support our soldier went to lympics. on red square itself numbers were limited to twenty five thousand those who braved the elements to claim their spots early on were not disappointed on the stroke of midnight the kremlin's clock tower rang out. marking the beginning of the night's main celebrations. the music only stunt for party go is to listen to president nevada's new year address shown on big screens across the capital but it was a good look as we see the old year out we remember it's joyful and sad moment and
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hope that next year will be good and successful for all of us and for our country we will build a modern russia together that is a strong open and friendly country. the evening's christian day was a fabulous firework display over the mosque forever a burst of color setting the scene for the capital's fun holiday this. good luck sticks to celebrate. whether or not. irresponsible this story to well it's. well over a thousand kilometers south of the capital but still in russia people in the olympic city of sochi have been marking new year too but unlike most door events that took place under palm trees instead of the standard christmas variety of who sarah ferguson is their. love.
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a group of people who get to do it many times the team on board the international space station and arguably the most unique start to the year barton shared it with them. talk about a prime seat the coup the high assess a watching not just one square city or even the country celebrates its new year they get to watch the whole planet spin into its next all but the sun but here in mission control in moscow on a live link up i asked them just how they feel about it hello my name's tom barton from russia today television my christmas and happy new year there are six of you and then pick billion of us down here what is your message to the well media. happy new year we wish everyone good health love happiness success in all their new beginnings and plenty of rewarding achievements in the upcoming year it was also
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a chance for others to send a cosmic congratulations father frost was here greeting the cosmonauts children and praising their orbiting relatives but as much as the kids wanted to see the joy read man their warmest words were saved the loved ones in space. hello daddy i love you so much you are the best dad in the world happy new year. the crew the s.s. are the only ones to spend new year in splendid isolation in moscow those participating in the simulated trip to mars and back over five hundred days have already been in their modules for seven months. we would like to hug everybody to shake hands even to kiss and people if they ask but it won't be soon because we have a year of hard work ahead. the i.s.o.'s crew is spending new year in about the most exotic location possible and they also have the unique advantage of being able to share the strikes of midnight repeatedly. we have a chance to celebrate the new year several times we send our wishes to different
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control centers we start in the east and finish with houston we can celebrate all day but after the partying is over they'll still be watching over the planet because they are s.s. will remain in space for quite a while after the new year suffice to say that today's little chat provided a human touch to an otherwise very technical life. our best wishes to them to now in a few minutes we investigate how some revelers and literally playing with fire the new year night skies been lit up across russia but as we have poor quality far works can turn parties into tragedies. also coming up in the program kashmir saffron farmers are left with a nasty taste in their mouths with pollution killing crop. well she fakes flood the market. and they report the frost magic kingdom to a fairy tale village near moscow has been set up to bring joy to visiting children but it raises concerns over whether it's worth the money spent on. a
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stone era starting twenty eleven with the bank machine the dishing out a new currency as the baltic state becomes the seventeenth member of the eurozone are to exam the boy has been discovering that while officials are celebrating the historic switch a stone eons of fearing their poor living standards are about to get worse. chatting about the bad and the worst these to france italy sions apart irina and her native the store near here are lent but they have one concern on their minds how to make it in this tough economic times march according to rena their definitions of hardship couldn't be more different he said i knew if irish people had a chance to experience what life is like here in stony athens i think there would have been no rallies in dublin they simply don't appreciate what they have to take my friend for example she gets an employment payout each month and with this money
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she is able to support her child to study and stay for air tickets to visit her parents here in a stone here if you are on welfare when dystonia you simply can't make ends meet with the gap in living standards within the european union is huge but it may get even bigger slated to join the euro zone from january first is tony now has to contribute eight hundred million euros to the e.u. solidarity fund it will be partially used to month in our lands lavish social programs and only three the arrangement will keep reach countries reacher and their pooling members who are. fairer to estonia to. this contributions. because our lives. sixty three percent of. you know.
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something one hundred twenty or even more want to stone you join the european union in two thousand and four most of its residents some of the membership as their ticket to perspire achieve the country drastically cut social spending to feed the e.u. requirements a move that provoked little public discontent still means just tighten the belt and according to the country's finance minister they're ready to do it again this time to lead the irish continue wearing their cloth loose. to avoid obligations if you're. taken to the club with your summary fear and inviting smile this group has become a poster child for stoney's inclusion into the euro zone but the reality of this move is proving far less alluring the average unemployment benefit in our land is eight hundred euro's that's what joblessness thornier get the new year and about policy makers are trying to portray this issue as
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a matter of directly in the european union some a story and see it as a sign of discord in living standards and inequality in shouldering the hardship that some workers are thin tallinn estonia. we of course have dated twenty four hours a day on air and online and on you look web site r t dot com let's give you a taste of what we've got lined up there for you this new year's day yes to feel that the russian capital opens its international christmas festival this year dedicated entirely to spain and why not set up t. dot com to find out more they're not so merry surprise from father frost as the russian santa gets slapped with a high perish the thought discover why not r t dot com.
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fireworks of course sort of must have for the new year's celebration this spectacular but can be highly dangerous the bought by the for russia's biggest party which this year left over twenty people injured as you go god never explains its often down to lethal substandard fireworks leading to horrific consequences. two decades after consumer fireworks were first imported into russia they have become an essential part of the festive tradition this holiday season russians will be setting off nearly one hundred million dollars worth of fireworks in their backyards and many of them will end up here in the burns unit. a huge problem is that many of these m. assumes fireworks do not work as advertised for example a firework doesn't quite ignite when it's meant to people pick it up and then it explodes burns i damaged blown off fingers we've got it all here authorities say there isn't enough control over the quality of the fireworks which can be sold
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anywhere but anyone most don't find out they've bought a defective firework until it's too late to point out that some of the fireworks on sale really aren't safe the pavers at the popular moscow store. with their colorful packaging these chinese made imports are aimed at a casual part technics enthusiastic prices are dirt cheap less than ten dollars for an entire display i buy a few for testing by professionals. most of the do not comply with the russian legislation for example look at this parachute forward it's meant to go up street but it goes up at an angle it might seem trivial but the other foot in the wrong direction hit soon. authorities admit drug imports do get through but then says that it's up to people to it least try to buy from licensed suppliers still although some of the injuries will be from misuse of defective fireworks hospitals in moscow alone expect to receive around one hundred patients these holidays but
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all hope to avoid large scale mishaps much the firework induced fire in the lame horse nightclub just over a year ago that killed more than one hundred fifty people. well i've hated that you were swatting slow death yeah i'm enjoying the birth of birds with probably with some good quality if i were you got a raw nerve at the last go. it's good to know that russians get a ten day break to see the new year now of course and later this martian andrews checks out some of the best places to raise a glass or two. even though it's now it's here already and it's like awesome wonderland the greens and new year's eve all rolled into one i think but anyway moving on the most guards who were filming some incredible place is it crazy and let's take a look at some of our favorite. back
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to more of the day's news farmers in indian kashmir hope the new year will bring them better luck in growing the world's costliest spice suffren is much prized but is currency explains next heavy industries damaging with delicacy. saffron is a spice synonymous with meat costing four thousand u.s. dollars a kilogram this price greedy and is used in medicine and south asian cuisine. here yet for the saffron farmers in poor unhappy lot with half what it was a decade ago they blame the dozen cement factories that have been set up nearby. these factories and pollution control devices you can see them twenty four hours a day here working hard to keep or fields for to increase the government doesn't take any action against the cement plant. the fallout is that every year sees less
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than the last affecting the crop many farmers see there even thinking of selling their land the biggest problem is the adulteration of cheap. brisky here on the streets and it is virtually impossible for you and me to distinguish between these and the real thing this has. resulted in a drop in prices the availability of cheaper saffron from iran and spain has added to the problem with credibility at stake traders like. refused to stock saffron. one cannot be sure the quality of stock it won't matter to guarantee whether. so there isn't much demand for the government of israel thank you kate. but there are those who still swear by saffron houseboat. has saffron every
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morning especially in winter. or from to milk. because it's very good for one's health in this cold weather it helps reduce congestion in my back it also goes away. that will bring some cheer to the saffron farmers who feast. a second year of plummeting prices the government had pledged eighty million dollars six months ago to improve it again facilities but the farmers i've yet to see any action do they do this cash crop could well continue its slow decline got and saying our t. bump or. let me take there's some other stories making the news on this first day of twenty eleven a car bomb exploded in front of the christian church in egypt as worshippers were leaving new year's mass at least twenty one people died and more than seventy others were wounded in the blast led to clashes with those emerging from the church then storming a nearby mosque known to responsibility for the attack which comes amid rising
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sectarian tensions. the series of tornadoes have battered america's midwest killing at least six thousands more were injured as winds spurred by unusually warm weather ripped through homes the storms also brought down power lines plunging more than one hundred thousand people in mississippi into darkness for. north korea's new year message calls for better ties with the south says it's willing to overcome tensions following its shelling of a south korean island november which killed for the attack was a response to solve war games near the disputed maritime border which were heavily criticized as provocative in the message the north also vowed to significantly strengthen its military. and moscow district has built a winter wonderland for children to visit father frost the russian santa claus say meets them bringing all the excitement they expect this time of year but not everyone smiling as a parting shown thomas discover. good models in the snow made in our true icons of
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the russian new year spreading love into joy throughout the holiday season while their official address is in the league they have a seasonal state of the art home in the outskirts of moscow as well i believe that this place is of great influx itself for all parents and children and they can feel the real fairy tale here at the moscow site kids can play around the new year's tree credit card talk to the main characters and even send a letter to d.s. models through the village post office through it all the children here can become a part of good literals is a magical world. i like which is why we went to his bedroom and his dining hall and his guest room. but aside from the fantasy of it all there is also a practical side to the village. good motos as helpers are part of a special college intern program from about the start it's all about the smile you know it's a joy to see a child smile we also learned how to make children believe our tale it is said that
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the land of the buildings in all of these decorations cost around thirty three and a half million dollars but it's not just for show the organizers say it's so that the people here can know the true meaning of the new year in nigeria high hopes hopes that we will accomplish more next year than we did this year hopes that we do more and correct the mistakes other people make politicians for instance we magicians have to correct the mistakes they make. but life in the village isn't one long fairy tale there are some grumblings the magic kingdom is costing too much and the money could have been better spent helping children directly despite that the city of moscow is pressing forward with plans to expand the project further in the coming years a move that is sure to continue to make the children who come here smile no matter what the now has a holiday when children's wishes come true it's a very fun holiday children get presents which are not to part from the frost house is that it was magical i really did not did when we joined hands in a circle inside the house and made our wishes and then bubbles fell on us. and
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wished the bubbles of fate that the new year will be brighter for all. sean thomas archie moscow. yes not very best wishes and our team to you for the same as well. ok i have a program to come later on today about two hours in fact we're off to one of russia's golden ring settings to discover more about a legendary folk hero and the ancient ways of doing things still the best.
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we'll be telling. james off in his travels a bit later but at the present the sporting highlights of twenty ten and a few minutes on the telly a but it's business first we shot. they're welcome to this special business program here at r.t. looking at some of the highlights of two thousand and ten. russia is become the top european tourist market within the next ten years as according to your second largest tour operator thomas cook market is expected to
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grow by double digit percentage as the wealth of russia's one hundred forty two million population increases we're doing a question of a report turkey egypt and thailand these are the main destinations for russian tourists who go in search of the sun at the first sign of freezing weather back home about two million russians visit turkey one point six million go to egypt and over half a million go to thailand that picture changed in twenty tan with greece making a splash as the euro crisis presented russians with a chance of a cheap holiday and greece could get a further boost in twenty eleven with operators in turkey and egypt already raising their prices greece attracted fifteen million visitors in two thousand and nine ranking in the top twenty global destinations and is expected to strengthen that position as it hopes on booming markets such as china and russia would give the next year we believe the tourist sales will definitely grow and customers will have
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more spending power and there's still a trend which even the crisis failed to affect russians do not cut costs on family holidays we expect this to be the fastest growing sector in twenty women and greek holiday operators aren't the only ones eyeing the russian traveler europe's second largest to operator thomas cook has teamed up with russia's immuno will interest travel agency thomas cook will invest up to forty five million dollars to meet russian demand for beach and family holidays with persons. produce more players we cannot go into with interest just. because of the circle because we're going to be the same russia so clearly we want to be the global war on them but the russian market operates is a bad thing and more than writing numbers of holidaymakers analysts believe as disposable incomes rise russians will be looking for more destinations and new
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services. business r.t. in two thousand and ten merger and acquisition deals were among the top market drivers and the consumer goods sector was ahead of the trend u.s. based drinks giant pepsi co signed a deal to buy sixty six percent stake in russia's leading dairy producers will down the three point eight billion dollars price tag effectively doubles the value of the russian company which french known sold its stake in so much it will bring pepsico into the leading position on the russian food and beverage market adding twenty largest friends in the country to companies but phone. shop activists are but you can always buy most stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business.
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