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more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images being from the streets of kandahar. today. these are a few of the week the top stories. to the winds of the weather was frozen rain. and travel calles paralyzing the russian capital several day. europe's growing increasingly wary of the spread of islamic extremism with the recent arrests. adding to the. will retain this status for six more years as the court finds the former tycoon guilty of massive oil embezzled

. two years after israel's military offensive in gaza people there are still struggling to get the lives back to normal despite israel insisting it's easing economic blockade. of worldwide welcome for twenty eleven as the new year got off to an explosive start fireworks and celebrations all around. sawing thirty one pm here in moscow up next a journey back in time with discovering russia series. russia's golden ring cities are some of the most beautiful and historic in the country this is russia or is it used to be filled with churches ancient architecture and the gentler pace of life. and one of the jewels in the crown is. just a four hour drive from its original campus all the time to just over

a quarter of a million people and it is on the banks of the great fold the river. now when i knew it was coming to cost her mom was expecting a few relaxing days of sightseeing and strolling through the city so it was a bit of a surprise when i first stop was a wild and windy village and there was an eerie howling in the background. this will look like the most hospitable weather but if you are certain type of person. this is pretty much paradise because this is the home of the northern hope. and as we're about to see its like a united nations of races right here it. this is no project mushers have traveled here from australia canada and the usa because as well as putting on contests northern hope is a refuge and therapy center for young people and i'm really well known for mentoring of teenagers in life through the dog through dog bombers flown all the

way from california to take part the work that i do with teenagers in america is very similar to what she does with the boys is using the dogs as a way for the boys to be able to reconnect with other people so it's a great way a great lesson to teach them about being self-confident and truthful and focus and determination and you can teach that by using the dogs as an example of how well you're doing with. no i think this is pretty much what i do when i'm training him. i find that exhibiting dogs at shows is great fun. and day to day handling of dogs is also very interesting. i'm told as someone who's felt the benefits first time and he came to live at the center three years ago and

is now a qualified race referee he says it's really turned his on the other boys lives around you of mother nature changes completely and so does your treatment of the animal world. and he's certainly popular with the residents you do. say you see he's really fond of having his belly. out but in the ok let's go home. there were plenty of last minute preparations going on this is a long race and the dogs have to be checked out of authorities before they get going. until you are literally straining at the least these guys this car way to get stuff. this is thing is sleepy and. once they've been given the go ahead it was over to i'm told of the starting line to put them on the stall to. see above or a bit leading the way for the international races and you can see some of the dogs wearing the latest and stylish fashion and.

fifty kilometers to go. rather than they. are the dogs have. the teams race at intervals through for a strike and i headed out to join chief referee terry at the halfway point ask her if she's ok if you think yes yes everything's ok he invent caroling check the dogs over to make sure they're still in fine fettle and that no rules have been broken we're going to do a little inspection sticker very shyly. you know it's ok. terry is that cia people tend to do what he says. thank you once all the teams were through it was a race back to the finish line to see the dogs and it was a homegrown russian team who picks up the onus. of. the mushers headed off to celebrate and it was time for me to make my way into

coaster ma but you can't exactly fly down a taxi and these power. travel . history dates back almost nine hundred years and when you take a walk through the city center it's easy to see why this is a major attraction for trouble. but the much just be an ulterior motive if you're on the hof suggests a romantic weekend yet. this is russia's jewelry capital producing around twenty five percent of the country's goals. and the thousands. one of the region's biggest factories employs nearly eight hundred people and i've been invited to see how a ring makes it from the drawing board to the display case. once the workers have a design it's called. and then that's used to make a three d.

. squeezy very hauled. into this you. can wait for the magic to happen. so that you then goes off to the metal. scene and go for this. but when you're dealing with hundreds of rings at a time you need to find a way to speed up the process each model is attached to a miniature christmas tree which is covered with plaster. and then it's time to start adding the value. to castings of the flask is placed here. and a few hours later you go to stocking filler fit for a million. original you there was wax soon near what nodes gold and dad wanted his journey to still work. with imagine they'd be so heavy it's not just have to cut

these items from the fir tree into release them into production a my ring just needed to have it stone fitted to make someone very special. ok so maybe it's not quite my style but you don't have to be rich to pick up an authentic from a souvenir. the region is also the center of russia's linen industry they've been spinning and refining it here for centuries and the local textile museum is home to a group of ladies who still make clothing the old fashion way. move over to the museum director and a lady who knows her linen but getting the flax to the loom is a drawn out process and usually it's picked by hand from the fields before being crushed in a wooden growing to release threads. that this was a stroll now it's a bunch of thread one of the threads of broken down that comb through with a righty of implements including a brush which looked like it would be more at home in a torture chamber rather than

a house be careful with that when. deadly weapon once it's fine enough the thread is spool into a launch spin up although you definitely need nimble fingers than mine to do this properly yet and just keep doing it says heart of the looks that apparently. used to give it. to a six year old girl so i'm a little bit late so much i can do including everything but it wasn't all work in the play apparently the spinning was really an excuse for a good gossip i would not only between twelve and fifteen girls at the time were excited by side their tongues were in theory and with this being well as they spawn i want they retailed same songs and pulled the boys to pieces the trends of died with fruit and vegetable juices and then their ready for the loom it was common for the women to work fourteen hours a day preparing new clothes but there is a bit of an act to it. and here you go. you want to believe it when you look at it

but actually this using the. fun is far easier than spilling the thread. the same i get stuck. on after all that effort the family have a wardrobe to be proud of the ladies would make every day clothes and clothes for special occasions apparently a beautiful set like this would take about a week solid labor of course really i need some trousers to go with it but i think left in my hands it's going to take me about six months so i'm going to leave the girls to do what they do best. with more than five hundred dotted around the town you could spend days checking out all of costermongers historic and cultural monuments but there's one figure in the city whose statue and reputation stand head and shoulders above the others. he was called a son and his name has become a russian by word for patriotism and bravery and there are always people ready to

tell his story. back in the early seventeenth century of the russian nobility had just elected the first romanov zam a high heel to take the vacant crown the young prince was living in cost ramana and he needed to travel to moscow to be crowned. there were several other people who wanted the throne for themselves and the king of poland said mercenaries to come and find. and kill him but they hadn't reckoned with. it once the sun was a local peasant living in the region and when the polish troops approached he offered to take them into the woods and to make eye but he had a surprise in store sauna and led the poles deep into the forest they were supposed to spend almost a day walking through the trees and heading towards the swamps. but make no romanov didn't seem to be getting any closer than the polls were starting to get angry. as the story goes through sonnen refused to continue telling the poles he would never

betray his prints and there was only ever going to have one outcome. so. you can see what happened. but the polls by now were so hopelessly lost that they never made it out of the forest we heil was crowned and he wants to sign him wrote himself into the legend of the russian. fortunately our van was able to make a miraculous recovery but maybe the poles have been going about it in the wrong way . this is the sun and. if you go right across the swamp clearings in that direction you'll find me here i'm on of there. we have to do is ask nicely and it turns out russia's first roman was back within the city limits. see i knew that society was really a trustworthy fellow is the polls really

a go and it's funny how romanoff this is where they should have been which. this is the a party of mana stream probably the most famous building in. it's hardly changed in almost seven hundred years and the house is the main attraction. and they have a rather bryce a paint job now but this was the house where the young lived with his mother and every roman of since i came here to pay homage to the place where the dentistry began. to son in that come good and i was all set for a date with another local cause from all celebrity. wealthy british style.

market why not. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike skies are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on r t. but in the nineteenth century it was home to the famous russian playwright alexander

ostrosky and he's responsible for popularizing the legend of one of the country's most famous folk characters in the west some to close may be more of a solo artist but his russian counterpart phone the frost is almost never seen without smoke gorged the snowman's ostrosky roaches fairy tale while living in the city and unsurprisingly the town has a real soft spot for their icy places this. is a popular lady as you can see. when synagogues career is having a break from father frost she lives here in her own house she's one of the city's most popular attractions and shows her visitors so much excitement of life. she has several hopeless including a particularly entertaining them very well spoken cat and when the last children had gone home she was kind enough to offer me a private school. as you might expect for

a snow maiden she has an entire room dedicated to christmas trees all made by children from local schools but also with still wants and her e-mails from around the world. and as the star of her own fairy tale she's surrounded by other characters from slavic mythology and our forefathers believed that each of us has a guardian angel while at the end these are the helpers ancients lobby gods for example throttle is the god of the labor helps us to work he has bestowed various crafts on us. is the patron saint of. the market is mother. then one side whispered a few words of thanks to a particularly big gold. said she was taking me to a favorite room in the house i should have expected this really. is. going to relax. work.

because most of my screen cocktail. there may not be many reindeer to pull cynical it's because sleigh when she's out and about. the deep in the local woods there are certainly some animals who'd be up to the tosca. this is. a forty year old project that was originally designed to try and domesticate these huge animals but since the collapse of the soviet union it's been used as a breeding sensor. there are thirty seven moose and they each have a thousand hectares of land to explore in fact the only fence here is to prevent them wandering out onto the roads there around ten full time staff to look after the animals and when you've got appetites like these to take care of you can always use another pair of hands. because of the you take the axe. is that you go ahead or you boy simple but. it. seems

only fair. to. keep with. trying to repair a bit of the moose is favorite food and this. assman book. is absolutely most favorite treat their own hunger i doubt if that's an indictment of my cats igs they'd rather the stuff that's on the floor. oh ok. i'll put it there for dessert. enjoy. the herd will stay here for the whole winter before moving off when the weather heats up but for now they're very happy to lounge around and enjoy the easy pickings and explore the old stranger who comes into their midst they have zero interest in smell. that you think. you.

ok. go. also i managed to turn myself away from my new admirer i headed to a nearby town to take in a rather special ceremony. this is a region that's filled with churches and still has a highly religious population and every easter the people make a unique product be thursday salt. hundreds of years ago there used to be mines but back then only the very rich could afford to buy it. even though seeing the list used to be worth its weight in gold. could even buy a house dome. so it became more affordable it was offered to the church as

a nice to gift. and the russian soft drink together and added to the salt but then goes into the oven and once the mixture has toasted it's all saved the day. the grain turns into ashes that's how you get there are black salts let's. leave it there for a few hours the fish be ready. the soldiers covered and states take them to the church to be part of the easter celebrations. now we're going to place the salt in here. this is really just the. old ones it's been blessed by the priest every member of the. a little. supposed to cure ills and protect the family for the whole of the.

it turned out to be a busy few days and cost from zero but i was determined to fit in a little all wrong before heading back to moscow. and if you're a man in this city there's one place everyone goes to get away from it all. sightseeing i thought it was definitely time to come kick back and spend a relaxing afternoon on the lake but this is the middle of the russian winter so i do need to make a few slight adjustments. over there you go and fish and not feel that you're ok except for the way that you're dress ok fine any different clothes but that's all right we have everything you need. the right footwear. a jacket. most important i had to keep your head.

you gave me and his friends come fishing here almost every week and with temperatures well below freezing it pays to wrap up warm. it's much more suitable i think you're going to really go ok now that you've got the right things to eat everything for fishing the box the rods the roads in here. and a drill to make a hole in the ice very important and then we were ready to head out some to be ice apparently there was some sports the better the numbers for fishing if you can find . i didn't like. you gotta find some way to get. these. it's not easy when you're dealing with my space but all true good work with the drew i did eventually.

almost seventy cents basis the danger of falling through this so we had a home we had all delicious mosquito law the plates now surely to be the endless hours of waiting. a. day that is crazy. you wouldn't believe but i swear to god i've been fishing so many never actually. to get that quickly. but it's not easy. to. do you going to feed too many people. per small dinner. appetiser but little did i know this was just the beginning. this is absolutely crazy. it's.

your show another. second in about thirty seconds. the. gym's of the james has all the makings of a skilled fisherman the fish can't get away. new baits the treats. so i thought i was just here to kill some time and relax you never actually going to catch any fish look. through. with. your game he left me to my own devices and this really seems to be the point of spending time out here you're alone with your thoughts in one of the most beautiful places in the region and the daily grind seems like a million miles away. could really get you through this peaceful tranquil place to sit there alone with your thoughts even if you don't. smoke. but that doesn't

mean you don't get colds. he had come prepared at. the most important. symbolic drop bad surprise. it will keep us warmers well. it's just medicinal obviously. this is definitely a very good idea to irish up i think. we bagged up a few more fish it was time to head back to the good cook. russia's

golden ring cities are some of the most beautiful and historic in the country this is russia as it used to be filled with churches ancient architecture and the gentle pace of life and one of the jewels in the crown is. just a four hour drive from its original. people on the banks of the great fold. the perfect place for a little russian escapism the city is reminiscent of a bygone era with enough history and tradition for a cultural on the wide open spaces for those looking to just leave it behind.

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