board look at the global financial headlines. cars are reports. back here with our t. here's a look at the top stories russia and the u.k. team up as oil giants in b.p. swap stocks in a multibillion dollar deal to explore the untapped natural reserves. the venture is being hailed a groundbreaking success by both moscow and london. federal employees of the heart of the u.s. capital are earning twice as much as their private sector colleagues and u.s. consensus figures suggest the away just have continued to rise above average despite the financial crisis gripping the country. and schools in indian run kashmir choose adjudication over separatism defines a violent warnings to cancel classes a school bus was recently set of ways by extremists and it's only young passenger

barely made it out alive. those with a have alliance here on our team next. floor is the best places to enjoy. in the modern day russian capital. sure. you're. hello and welcome to the program on this week so we'll be going back to the u.s. assault and even with its tumultuous history it wasn't all about politics and suppressive seven it's how i was brought about amazing technological advances it's easy octets are such only mahsud henri's as we take

a look at culture and life as it was inside it. on top of the museum is the famous statue the look and collective farm women old and how much the sickle almost twenty five meters high sculpture was made by vir moved enough for the nine hundred thirty seven welsh in paris the sculpture is an example of the socialist realistic an object of style division to an impasse was almost twice as long the feature length which ran into the shit buster along innovation the sculpture was returned to his place of the oldest exhibition center in assembly two thousand and eight is that it of this culture was restored in absolute shambles go from finesse original some fragments however were made from scratch and they were more or less destroyed over time is no way to the soviets this exhibition area used to be a display of achievements of socialism clearly selling the stock of texture and jobs there are several exhibition holes in the museum that teaches he highlight the

disease progression to its current location is also impressive why collection of all that was created through out the soviet union from top again that's a soviet there are many holes inside the museum here a large pots on. and even though most aspects of culture was under government control. all pieces are reaching the highest amounts at various. around the world. and moving on let's take a look at this week's entertainment news. to become the place to shop for many of the capital's fashionistas. high street fast fashion as it. is also a fast food restaurant on top of views of. the complex. exhibitions of contemporary

art. world of richer kipling's jungle book inspired an exhibition which is currently on display at the state and. it features hundreds of illustrations to famous books by the british writer providing a glimpse into the amazing animal world where editions of kipling stories provided by the state library showcase were the collections highlights of pictures drawn by the author himself. with a menu comprising of a wide range of traditional russian dishes the city a cafe on. the square is this is the center of. the experience of life in the soviet union and sixty's seventy's. various of the barriers new rules and statues decorate the cafe which i can't help think it's all

a little sick it feels more like a museum themed restaurant. with its traditional service sounds playing this group back eatery is the place for cheap for various soviet sphere. back to the u.s. his song well i think we found out. that many. times they come here that bunch of bricks and remember the past in turn we try to keep the soviet atmosphere the reality here. and there we have it's a common enemy or three hundred and fifty rubles that's around five dollars gold price of oil and slightly worried about the quality and how it tastes well i'll find out syrian. this place is amazing this. is for i think music well i can't say the least but i thought my soviet meal here you try this say it's all stand intrusively tradition and i've got bullish on the largest

dollop of smith. alive it's like a cranberry juice drink and that's just like i said it's history is trying. this is a decent size. actually it's not bad at her reminds me of a cornish pasty which you have the. other soviet style experiences and you find in moscow today located next to red square room number one is a rebuilt version of the prominent soviet food store founded in the one nine hundred fifty s. the fascinating architecture and styles of shopping the new shop opened at the same place and has the same glamorous serviettes design however you may now buy food

from almost any post the world here and any time as the stores open around the clock. recently reopened crane is one of seven six inches high rise buildings traces during the staff. the hotel. is the. museum. and finally the place full of the spirit is the hotel. suite by gandy and margaret. visit this is his most traditional restaurant

located in the same building. from. this week's gets. to me. thank you very much. and you. like. i would say it wasn't.

no signs of anything no advertisement in the streets or anything i can tell you for one example but there was a big billboard in the city where first lived in the eastern ukraine a huge billboard saying eat ice cream it's nutritious and tasty but no brand marks it with. the state on their street there is only one brand of ice cream you could buy just as there is only one brand of beer you could buy it was a most of it was draft beer there wasn't any bottled beer at that time but as far as i can remember a final question george is that anything that you miss about the seventy i'll be honest with you martin i can never forgive the taste of the ice cream that was sold in the. department store in red square it's called jean which means department

store and i understand that people from all over the country who would come in to visit moscow by all means go to this department store and taste the wonderful ice cream i can still taste. as well joyce it was lovely to meet you thank you. thank you and we look forward to hearing you more on all three. final location it was mostly after the. friends begin scouring the country to rescue these next machines. katie dozens of them plus doing their best to bring them back to life in that cold war grapes. this next location will bring out all of the museum of soviet paid games and there are dozens of. space

invaders to ceasing galleys they range from nine hundred sixty five all the way to ninety ninety one and best of all is that the rule in working order you just need a fifteen pack piece in the say here is the museum. provides. movie theaters train stations and recreation centers across the u.s. the south packed with these games sales to go after the first movie arcade machines appeared in the mid eighty's quickly becoming popular with kids soon growing up was annoyed listening to people queued up in game we lose and those who run out of cooling would stay and watch other people play in the car could get away with ac populus it was also the people had new it's a good time at least attractive millions of soviet people right here. based largely on the japanese or american designs factories produced some seventy different video game models however productions of the game ceased but the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . and from study arcade games to museums cafes and shops there are many soviet

themed experiences still to be found in modern day moscow and today many aspects of russian culture are still influenced by the shadows of soviet life fusing such a vibrant past with the capital this present delivers a unique historic culture social diversity and present a deep rooted russian style well unfortunately that's all the time we have in this space moscow out back to the u.s.s.r. i'll see you again at the same time next week from all cultural events is around the dressing capital to them from a crew inside the crazy well it's a soviet state games are now. going to house to house and i i think

. there were tons filled with joy. with parades and marches. inspiring people with enthusiasm. but it was everything really that good and was a loud field to speak out. though she shared her thoughts only with her diary it all became evidence in the trial for counter-revolutionary activity. the evidence which condemned to a label. the diary of a soviet school on top seed. download the official antti application to on the phone on pod touch from the i

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katimavik while giants were things. dogs and a multi-billion dollar deal to explore the untapped natural reserves of the arctic adventurers be hailed a groundbreaking success by both moscow and london. federal employees at the heart of the u.s. capital are earning twice as much as their private sector colleagues new u.s. consensus figures suggest the old way just how to continue to rise above average despite the financial crisis gripping the country. and schools in india and ronna kashmir choose education over separatism in defiance of while and warnings to cancel classes school bus was recently set of ways by extremists and its only young passenger barely made it out alive those are the headlines here in our back at the top of the hour with more updates meantime natalia will bring us the latest from

the world of sports. hello and welcome to this is the year of sports and our team let's begin with a brief look at the latest headlines we go i'd have a damn good loses to lleyton hewitt in the same as in melbourne while dolly beats came clusters in sydney's medibank final. new kid on the block williams at one outfit on vale repay foster malden although as one of the drivers for the twenty eleven season. and also in football ryall down the city rivals a pledge to go in the past that goes that copa del rey quarter final clash. will begin with tennis where preps continue for the first grand slam of the season and they go. out of the classic in melbourne with lleyton hewitt to make gelman face in

the final on saturday for world number one he knew beating the russian in straight sounds the first storming to a six three when in the opener they wouldn't call them to control of the game in the second set and forced a tie breaker but it was only eight and once again in the size of the game as we cruised to take it by seven points to three he was showing good form i had of next week's australian one where the start of this campaign against another former top five player no one down. but before that here it will take on gayle one face in the tournament final frenchman defeating all straight you're going meltzer who made it to the cold for the semifinal just a few hours after edging out joel for eight song in the last eight and fatigue was the key factor in this one with one face taking his exhausted opponent to three sets on the bench and winning it two six six two and seven six. and also in sydney came close to suffered a shock defeat at hands of not least in the final of the medibank international

chinese player with a stunning comeback in the first set. so. far down the street the same time breakout she held on to seal the deal in the second set six three denying christ as a second spot in the w t s. turning to football now where real madrid secured a three one victory over a city to rubbles that lead to go in there cope with the rake would a final first leg it was all going to play an early although for the visitors at the barn a bell player of the tournament at last as well go for the last saving his team from having to take a penalty six minutes into the match it was owsley one way ryall traffic after that though they got eyes a coming on fourteen minutes by the head also here ramos. now on the alamar one became two a superb teasing ball into the atlantic coast six yard box bank held by cristiano ronaldo and drive to the death ray allen sure they were down to the second leg with

a two goal advantage as it all still saying thanks very much to their play to go to france three one final score in the first leg. over in england manchester united are looking to increase their lead in the premier league on saturday when they travel to white hart lane to take on told him and with spurs sitting fourth in the table alex ferguson sounds the upcoming match is a real test for his side. so makes a point is i think historically true the game the fix is always just more goals the way i do in the old trafford for some reason. and the such a tissue. should do it so big challenge for us at this was really so we'll. so it's into boxing now where britain derek has oris and call for the mood after earning another title shot against well having weight champion. british and commonwealth championship zora was originally

due to take on the ukrainian shortly before christmas but the fight was called off that picked up an injury german based klitschko will start as big favorite band will enjoy the backing of the vast majority of them on home crowd when the opening bell rings on april thirtieth however choose zaurus as they expected that this field will bring out the best in him i'm so excited. you know. what are books in front of you like. two hundred three hundred people are no really i haven't got. i don't get my stride but when i'm booked in front of thirty nine thousand people room for me to leave when i get my stride so i think the energy of the people in reno is going to boost me up with me being this guy so i'm most excited right. now in motor sports a new formula one driver pastor maldonado was unveiled by the williams team on friday maldonado is the second venezuelan els at the british team to drive in

formula one after compadre join each coughed on the twenty five year old replacing germany cough welcome very golf to winning last season's g.p. two title he had his fast af want experience back in two thousand and food during offseason testing for the minardi team was not always clearly excited about the challenge ahead. i feel ready to take this step to represent my country and to represent the colors of the big team with responsibility and faith we're going to face a very important pre-season which is the key for getting attempted to the team if one system of working is different compared with g p two but i'm going through that stick and with how to work in goodwill i'm sure i will soon adapt and go to be competitive in the ten to eleven season. stop by outlaw now where avon cherry. it is the bruins of the season in the mound stand kilometer sprint to add the stage in germany the russian showing perfect shooting skills at both ranges but was

a bit slow on the track then locked down or saw a frenchman outlining terrorism by two seconds to take the sailboat while the gold went in the ways laws. and staying with the winter action even suggest knowledge has won the men's super combined in switzerland to extend his overall aid in the world cup standings that's the croats victory in less than a fortnight the stylish to an eighteen the alpha no slalom off the placing fifth in the downhill area in the day for a combined time of ten minutes forty point forty four seconds so whiskey a cuddle or young was second without saloons window of no we went. to the ice now and they were one of the regular season leaders in a moscow house surprisingly lost a second from bottom of the tos that was that nine feet in a row to seeing all their opponents in a shootout at a very pond not end with a winning penalty than the rest of the games out there on the screen as well scott st petersburg defeated st scott who won here in moscow park soccer registered and

away when it does not much means. and in cycling finally got to show will a veil its twenty eleven team at the end of the month meanwhile the competition for a chance to be on it's as high as ever in russia among course if as if the two shows training camp in cyprus. the island of cyprus was chosen by the russian global cycling project to shop for its ideal winter training conditions in suitable terrain it's a first experience for some athletes but older members of the sea have enjoyed the local advantages before so i've been here five times the best thing about this place is the warm climate no other place in europe can offer such good conditions good roads combined with good weather even if it rains here the weather is still warm. we can cycle without feeling comfortable. three teams to four in the camp including the continental it's there a cut you shot and under twenty one and twenty three youth teams the pro tour is

probably the ultimate goal for these young men and they know they stand a real chance that the eleven version of the thirty man cut you shop pro team has eighteen russian cyclists so the abundance of contenders is obviously high enough we're sitting below our boys have seen recent tensions they know what team mate joined and what future prospects may open up for them freeloading won't do here are cyclists have to be eager and concentrated plus with the prospect of joining the pro team the guy should be more purposeful and disciplined. joshua is supported by a major russian businesses and the result of this cooperation has led to sixty seven boat you places last year alone. the russian global cycling project is one of the finer examples showing how the business community is vital for advancement of sports and its three year existence the team became the most sought after by russian athletes in twenty it's and alone over eighty percent of the country

cyclists have applied to be on the same contract with god to show also paves the way to the national team for some cyclist which they take quite seriously and yes you can certainly feel the difference when you race for the russian national chain or they could to shooting their own says many races for the national team as they're all for the katyusha and you feel responsible immobilized if you brace for the national team. while the pro teams attention turns to the season opener in a straight is to are done under preparation for the upcoming season will continue in cyprus as the island is getting geese to seeing cyclists sporting russia uniforms constant sest and struggle to prove your place on the scene remain to your working life the competition is tough last year eighty percent of us. cyclists have applied to join katyusha i've been in and since the club was founded i've strengthened my position since and the management has extended my contract for

twenty eleven you've got to show we'll be looking forward to continuing to win titles in twenty eleven and with the reserves being hot on their heels the leaders will attempt to take that seem so new heights rim on costs for the artsy cypress. that's the latest now stay with us for the weather update coming up shortly after. hungry for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on.

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