designed to protect in case of a nuclear attack one of moskos iconic landmark is also that to protect biggest shelter in a war that has a more school metro system the station is. constructed as a bunker and it can see if the lives of people who is. at the time of strike the museum prides itself as being very hands on encouraging visitors to reach out and touch the past which. it's not my can only dream easy and when nothing can be teched here on the contrary everything can be taxed is just going to hold in the hands away the equipment used when the bunker was a prey tional. the complex extends kilometers underground creating a rapid war and below the streets jam packed with people comes ahead underground visitors to the bunker get a chance to experience what it would have been like if moscow would ever being hit by a nucular touch and this facility how to beat the red lights rushing out the sirens

wailing and a voice over explains that moscow is being hit by a ten megaton you kill a bomb decimating most of the city i have to say even though you know this is just part of the visit to the bunker seven feels very real peter all of the moscow and i'll be back with the headlines in a moment and also will be discussing russia's image abroad with a leading french historian that's coming up in just. a little bit.

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for water. the sudden death of millions of fish and flocks of birds across the globe sparked a media frenzy as doomsday speculators say it hails the end of the world while scientists investigate possible explanations such as changing climate and poisoning in an attempt to solve the mystery. critics argue. for the growth of extremism across europe authorities say they foiled several serious. wave of recent arrests is proof that they are. leading who predicted the breakup of the soviet union says europe will struggle to keep its place in the international arena without russia's help next she tells r t why russia is so misunderstood by the west.

everyone got out of the course doctrove history and humanity is going to the secretary of the french science academy and the woman who predicted the breakup of the soviet union in nineteen seventy eight in her book pickle laps of an empire is here with us today by super bowl. thank you very much my dumbed down course for your time in your recent book between two walls you talk of russia can we presume from the title that you think russia still hasn't found its place in the world. since was looking not exactly what the book says is that russia has made these kind of decision but over the past ten years it's been pursuing two different paths rather than one what i've been trying to explain is that after the soviet union disintegrated russia rushed to europe but as you have did not offer a war will come since the beginning of this century or russia's foreign policy has been focusing on two directions rather than on one on the one hand and fall courses

on the west on the other hand because it was joe graphical position and decided to position itself as an asian country it gives it greater priest and influence in the world has been pursuing this policy for more than ten years now and has brought great success as out of the twentieth century russia's international reputation around the world was not very good but now after the past decade it's obvious that it's been a wreck and voters it's a big change russia has taken a very important step forward and in my pin in this process is irreversible russia has become a world power for boys. in your introduction you raised the question of whether russia should be feared do you mean that the imperial russia and then the soviet union which. europe used to be afraid of are still alive. to think that gave up on the not only in europe the collapse of the soviet union was not anticipated

it happened overnight many countries primarily those who are to solve it influence the eastern european countries and countries that used to be part of the soviet union but are now into balance states did not understand russia and are afraid of it as eastern european countries have become e.u. members they have showed a few years and passed them on to the you saying that russia used to be an empire so why should it seize being an empire and can't be trusted now that is imperial past has been forgotten by now people have already understood it russia is pursuing its own profit but time has shown that georgia for example which has always been saying that it wants to save itself from russia that's why it wanted to excess need to feel that russia will dominate georgia again in york i think it's a few years originate from some kind of misunderstanding of the breakup of the soviet union because it was so sudden no one could adjust themselves to immediately

all the european am pires have collapsed but they collapsed after decades of preparation even russia itself was not ready but there was no you don't believe in russia's imperial ambitions to write i don't believe it or i'd rather say there is some kind of innocent algeria but that's a completely different thing and what a country can forget overnight that it's used to be a powerful empire but russia has common sense despite the fact that some russians say used to be so good and that is a shame is forgotten about it for a still russian people and specifically is those in power have common sense as their stand too well that it's over and it's russia's future is not to be an empire but rather to build up its reputation and via satellite our rather than. by force. this will be as well they would fit what are the main mysteria types of russian

places today. honestly thinks that it's because russia has the legacy of the solve it here in n.z. and it will be marred by this stigma for a long time i come from a country in which the collapse of the empire was a difficult one but bloodshed in the fifty's and sixty's was yeltsin so i had to take as much and as you can swallow and another day he said you're free to get out of here is that many things about fashion of gardening people for godly subjects is to was dominating under still fear of it and then got scared really can't recognize how or not ability to speak is doggedly with erlich and trying is all this was from god made and these new rochelle is not interested i see it what her and in your country are people suspicious of russia i don't know what to say to that boy ever thought your current president nicolas sarkozy said in his election campaign it's better to shake hands with than with putin who would you shake hands with.

and then you have to all i feel uncomfortable talking about my president is changed a great deal in he was in love with america was an example of where a believer would that he did not know russia has a hunger an origin and hunger it was a factor but the soviet union to a certain extent and even by russia has come a long way he chose russia and i agree with him but it's in europe's interests and in france's interests for cross has always held its interest in relations with russia. and why has the course changed what is these changes related to. simply because you realize what's right he's a very smart guy really i should not be calling my president a guy well he's a very smart person or chairman he's very active and he thinks something over he goes to. understandings correctly and he took a look at the world and has realized a lot of things only two years of what you're realize trust that russia wasn't

a terrible country it was a country to be spoken to not let the georgian president have to come to his stylish close relations with the russian president and prime minister to realize the dial o'gara european country is the most important thing to build relations with russia he also realized russia was a european country or at least he didn't understand very well it for us he also realized that europe was no longer strong it was falling out of the history of global relations always going to fall out of it was to be completely cv it from russia his current position which i think is very smart is not the trash should be part of europe or russia to vast for europe it would not adapt what we need he thinks is a model for all asians but for what why does europe yet russia now. or russia is needed because the entire history of international relations is moving away from

europe it's played out in asia or even the us a city country is refocusing its foreign policy on asia where of the huge countries that will plays a big roles located here in asia or latin america but that's a different question now what is the current state of european asian relations europe is of no interest asia it would view europe as a landmass the tree choose the pacific ocean with russia and europe are not a whole but you have a picture there was an alliance then we can say europe reaches the pacific that this is the reason europe needs russia and i'm not sure russian is europe but europe at the moment needs russia whether we're going to. or in one of your interviews you spoke about the role of poland and said it could become a great. between europe and russia what kind of bridge and what are the current

dynamics of russian polish relations was a passing thought until very recently it seemed like a great idea but now represent between russia and poland has actually happened i think however that some politicians use smart politicians for soldiers and even prime minister donald to ski he was bringing poland closer to russia before the plane crashed the ball and has always been the final frontier of europe russia began after that france here is also in close contact with ukraine the question of ukraine is very delicate given it e.u. accession without exception russia would upset russian europe with poland is a bridge of sorts between russia and europe it's a bridge to russia because it is at the same time a slight it and a european country which could serve for bringing its kind who is closer russia and europe holiday russia and ukraine and russia so poland could play a historical role if it understands the situation saying well of course so if my

dominant course at one point you predicted the collapse of the soviet union and you knew forecasts for more than russia. that's the fear you know i don't email forgot it's just what i was writing about the salvage union i didn't even see it as a forecaster i looked at the can tweet and saw so many negative and elements that i couldn't help but ask myself how long will it last i don't make forecasts as a rule historian if i look at the past and try to figure out what's happening in the present i think russia has come a long way over the past twenty years it is having some difficulties as countries do it's not easy to introduce democracy capitalism it didn't bust in europe's a choice to do that or do. it within twenty years isn't so easy i think russia is falling the past he chose in one thousand nine hundred ninety one there have been

ups and downs and i don't see any discontinuities so i think we can become a future it starting to look the more and the more like you know one country as it was before if somebody asked you to describe more than russian just three what's what would those words be. the frost one would be mighty which it wasn't ten years ago and that was a this second important aspect in a modern russia make small time nationality actually work multiple nationalities was what killed the solvent union. would be dynamic. time goals thank you very much thank you.

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two vessels remains stuck in the ice off russia's far east coast as extreme weather delays rescue efforts powerful icebreakers are now in nearing their position to help guide the trapped ships to safer waters. the southern death of millions of fish and flocks of birds across the globe will spark a media frenzy as doomsday speculators say it hails the end of the world meanwhile scientists investigate possible explanations such as changing climate and poisoning

in an attempt to solve the mystery. critics argue lenient asylum policies are to blame for the growth of islamic extremism across europe authorities say they've several serious attempts and that the wave of recent arrests is proof that they're coping. and natalya is here with the sports update. hello and welcome to watching the sport news an hour to you good to have you with us and look at the headlines last. bad beginning little balls for australian continues as the resolute game on the new coach gary dell blish going down to man united in the f.a. cup. spoiled comebacks with. international open. and on the hollywood spartak st petersburg didn't all my

involve sunday's basketball league highlights. will begin in england where liverpool continue to struggle losing the fast match on the new coach kenny dalglish the reds going down the pits in rivals manchester united to the third round of the f.a. cup the time was barely thirty seconds old when danielle agora fouled demon suburban to the box and ryan giggs converted from the spot to clinton i did have a match also saw a little captain steven gerrard sent off for diving in rationing on michael carey just off to the hof burying the reds hopes of a comeback huge frustration for attending hero dalglish while for united be one no one is enough to progress to the full round where they will face league one side southampton. elsewhere told them easily defeated and now the league one club charlton spurs scoring three without reply jermaine's to full with a brace and this one wild and dressed down schooled the open up chelsea how by and

they've switched goal scored six more against the minnows for a final score of seventy old frank lampard netting twice for the blues who set up a last sixteen meeting with everton and in the late game manchester city drew at last the underdogs open the scoring in the first minute city then pulled a habit last and that is an equaliser in the sixty fourth minute the two. all draw meetings it will be a week late. in tennis with through to the second round of the c.b. international as preparations continue i had of the australian open the russian faced wildcard you know the dog was playing in this tournament for the first time in a decade former world number four darkish looking at a long way short of a best against the russian going down in straight sets he's always also far from her bast of the moments but still and these are winning this one six two six two she will take on a novel strain in some stall still in the second round. him

clusters is also then out of beating romania and alexandra de blas is open the year with a straight sets win over world number one caroline boss nowitzki in a new year's day exhibit in thailand and the belgian was in good form once again wrapping up a six students next one victory in just over an hour the reigning u.s. open champion sounds she's great you'll be ready for it since returning to pro tennis in two thousand and nine. dollars a good bonus i think also for your mental state of mind as to know that you've been able to improve things that were still a little bit weaker and that's a you know it's always it's a confident feeling knowing that you were able to you know play really good tennis last year but i feel physically after that i'm still you know become a little bit better now in goal for louis all strews in the line to the home crowd at the east london golf club by claiming the africa open title on sunday the open champion holding his nerve in

a three way playoff with england's chris woods and spain's man in. two thousand and eleven and the career you work for the title. going into the final round and pretty strong the stock of three zero finished on sixteen on the far south africa holing from fifteen feet for birdie on the first extra hole wildwood of only managed pars . moving to basketball now west part of st petersburg be deniable school in the eighth week of the p.b. ale regular championship spartak framing of their position in the league table with the wind. watch the action. it was used against experienced and elites major of the weekend one of the most talented sides to be bailed the nominee to conspire doc from cindy just go ahead if you feel need any in that school work in one of the key players from the russian national team and don't put the pressure off set in the early base in these games to now in the with trying to play their firm bans basketball was

a lot of three pointers and if she is your financial make in a free people in the high scoring first quarter well points for another russian international indies team the visitors were replying with the big shots of their old sonya meet her group and make into meet them in the first off this part that finished it leading by nine points in on the stage in the game for the seat of meetings what's called one of the most gifted going darts in europe yet it's seven the c's to his fifteenth buildings in the match but every time because scout the gaps bardach were coming up with some big plays and i shall bet it just off results was an impressive fifty seats that night in vietnam were down by eleven after these jump away with an ankle coffee for the fourth quarter they kept pressing but some schoolboy errors in the final stages course in d.n.a. and sparked out game. their stuff game we played against a good team always hard to play the first game of the break we had about two weeks

without a game so we really need to be focused and we did everything we said in our locker room played hard all the way to the end of this season if a lot of close games so i think a lot of guys on the team started to get a feeling for the time what we need to make plays in a time where we need to actually make big shots all hopefully as the season goes on we'll be better and better at that house that was the way we want to play fozzy boss could vote which will be interesting to see for the crowns but to beat teams like spots would have been to score it seems we need at least seven of the last that best not to miss fullness of what is was today was. decision to. egypt one. week growth. over two into sports now in russia is of on school but it has claimed the gold in the man's big combination at the european speed skating championships in its late but also winning the sound thousand meter distance with

a time of thirty minutes thirty nine point eight seconds there he has also won the five thousand meter as was second in the fifteen hundred and came fifth in the five hundred meters to dutchman who to all day. silver and bronze respectively. and by all flown the shares of has claimed wrongs in the mounds of mass start adding fuel for old cup stage in germany the russian misadjusted always shots before shooting ranges and eventually lost four seconds to do when i boiled the way the silver went to his fellow we just found out it was able to outsprint charizard despite missing three targets and russia. also came third in the women's must start race. on the slopes to the top honors in the men's world cup slalom ray said this was a result of. the creation also moving to the top of the overall slalom rankings after the victory stella each opened up a big lead in the morning session and was able to hold on to finishing with

a combined two lead time of one minute fifty point nine seconds or so here she came in second twenty six hundreds of a second behind the wind up while another all strain on defending world cup slalom champ and ryan prepare settled for the place. a bit of speed jumping now where tamasha morgan stanley continued was remarkable ronald results with a seventh world cup win of the season the australian storming to victory at the ski flying event in the czech republic mortgage down school with a combined total of four hundred and fourteen and a haul for installing these two jumps the finish of swiss stoss and while i'm on. local favorite along came in third securing the area. and snowboarding committee answer to the o'neill evolution finals goals peeping fellow north americans mark morris and harry reid to talk to you just ring the fifteen thousand to install the prize money. of the event while american jamie

anderson won the women's event trick most battle with the czech republic's. any. third. and do the consonantal hockey league final bars have regained top spawn in the overall standings following a solid performance on sunday the two time champion. three two on home ice moved up to the top of the table pushing like a mighty of back to second elsewhere on guard needed time to defeat the bottom of. the little one to get drugs or risk claimed a three won anyway widow. dropped their assault and if he makes six five. and c b two left no chance threshing down by four goals. that's all they distance balls for now you can find some of those stories on our you tube channel which is r.t.s. sports news coming up shortly after this is the weather stay with us. hungry for

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