half past the hour here in the russian capital time to update you on the main news stories here on r.t. the world's oil giants russia and b.p. join forces to explore the potential energy treasures of the arctic seabed companies of long standing business ties and a stock swap worth billions of dollars. as government workers enjoy lavish mansions and restaurants in washington d.c. it's the private sector that's bearing the brunt of the recession at the peak of the crisis federal workers receive the pay rise of double the national average. and schoolchildren in india. traditional winter break for classes in defiance of

separate is fun and the. schools to close in the summer. got another update in fifteen minutes from now. life in the u.s.s.r. was all doom and gloom. team is here to prove you wrong as we explore the soviet era through the music and culture of that time. sure. you're. hello and welcome to the program on this week so we'll be going back to the u.s.s.r. and even with its tumultuous history it wasn't all about politics and suppressive

sevi it's how i was brought about amazing technological advances music octets century 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 collectors found women old and how much the sickle almost twenty five meters high skilled she was made by v. or moved enough for the nine hundred thirty seven welsh in paris the sculpture is an example of the socialist realistic an architecture style division to see an impasse was almost twice as long as the feature length which runs any shit from long 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 clinics elliston context and office there was several exhibition holes in the museum that teaches he highlight the busines progression to its current location is also impressive why collation 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. so we're all pieces of the highest amounts of various. around the world. and moving on let's take a look at this week's entertainment news. to become the place to shop to 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. the facility 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 rare editions of kipling stories provided by the state library are also showcase for 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 to the square is this is the center of. the experience of life in the soviet union and sixty's seventy's. there so the

post says barry's murals and statues decorate the cafe which because i don't think it's all under. seal is more like a museum meets its themed restaurant. but with its traditional service sounds playing this group back injury is the place to cheat for various serviettes. back to the us a 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 land slightly worried about the quality and how it tastes a fine out. this place is amazing the sound. is for

the sick well i can't say the least but i thought my soviet meal did you try this say it's all stand intrusively tradition and i've got bored of the largest dollop of smoke. it's like a crime rate. and they. say it's a strict as try. 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 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 food 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 is the stores open around the clock. recently reopened crane is one of seven six inches high rise buildings traces during the staff. it. is the. museums. and finally the place full of the spirit is the hotel.

suite. and margaret. visits this is his most traditional restaurant located in the same building. from. this week's gives. me. thank you very much. and you. like. i would say it wasn't.

there were. days. there were. 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 eastern ukraine a huge billboard saying eat ice cream it's nutritious and tasty but no brand mark it we. stayed on the 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 the time but as far as i can remember. is that anything that you miss about the seventies you 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. it as well joyce it was lovely to meet you thank you. thank you and we look forward to hearing you more i'll say. final location it was. a friend's begin scouring the country to rescue these next machines. so far they've located dozens of them doing their best to bring them back to life in the cold war grapes. this next location will bring out all of

the museum of soviet paid games and there are dozens of. space invaders ceasing galleries they range from nine hundred sixty five all the way to ninety ninety one and best of all is that they're all in working order you just need i think fifteen piece from the same as the museum. provides. movie theaters train stations and recreation centers across the us the stuff 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 in it to people queued up in gaming who is known to run out of cooling so i could stay and watch other people play like i was a supercomputer it was also the people had new it's a good time at least attractive millions of soviet people died to. face a largely of the japanese or american designs factories produced some seventy different video game models however the 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 capitalist present delivers a unique historic culture social diversity and present a deep rooted russian so well unfortunately that's all the time we have in this space must go out to the u.s. so i'll see you again at the same time next week for more cultural events is around the dressing capital and so then from a crew inside the crazy well it's a soviet tape games that are. going to have to have another guy.

they were tongues filled with joy. with parades and marches. inspiring people with enthusiasm. but it was everything really that good and was the last thing to speak out. though she shared her thoughts only with her diary it all became evidence in the trial for counter-revolutionary activities. the evidence which condemned to a label in. the diary of

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stores in our teacher of the world's oil join russia. join forces to explore the potential energy of the arctic sea bed the company's business. worth billions of dollars. in washington d.c. it's the private sector that's bearing the brunt of the recession the peak of the crisis federal workers receive a pay rise of double the national average. schoolchildren in indian. tradition a winter break. to close in the summer. and fifty minutes from now in the meantime the tasha is next with the sports update.

you're watching the sports news on our team and we kick off with al top stories lleyton hewitt complaints the perfect warm up for next week's australian open by winning the classic in melbourne. freefall it's the ninth straight defeat for them all scoring the cape shell losing this time against the second best team in the league. and also a resume of the latest winter action from the slopes and courses across europe and the rest of the world. let's begin with english football though when manchester city have gone top of the premier league off to beijing wolverhampton on home soil again finishing fourth three carlos davus with a brace while ja and kulu two are a school b. of a couple of girls. else which they have moved from fifth to cool things story to

no win over blackburn evanovich and on the comments here for the blues they're still scored two without replying to bolton was drawn game from one down to be blackballed three to ending this six match losing streak wigan settled for a want to all draw against their late game also beat west ham three nails persie with two of those goals the gun has remained said overall behind the manchester sides with top of the standings. and more football now we're moving to qatar where iran have become of her side to qualify for the asian cup quarterfinals that's also beating north korea by a single goal in their last group d. encounter sixty three minutes. nuri broke down the left and cross the bolton on side and far the made the most of probably the first real chance fighting the back of the net one nil the final score in this one in the wrong reach asian cup the last eight. now into. lleyton hewitt will answer the australian open heart full of

off to clinching the classic he'll be hoping that's all set to change the season off to doing everything right at the opens traditional warm up in melbourne the first set against gelman fees going down to the wire but here it was able to finish when it mattered most freshman morphy's has been suffering with a back problem recently and his second set before with this was testament to that but he would himself just recently returned from a three miles injury a layoff seven five six three a boost of confidence for the local hero meaning the odds shorten just a little on the first home champion in thirty five years at the aussie open. the main favorite to win the men's crown however is rafael nadal a stunning run of form so rough a win three of the foreground slams in twenty santa and also overtake roger federer at the top of the rankings rough admits though that federer djokovic should marry and soldier laying all have decent chances of winning this has tournaments i feel

if i play at my best level. i have a chance to be in the second week and there we will see what every month will be really difficult so i have to be ready for for everything but for sure i don't feel less favored them. more of. them drug coverage more. so the broom this is kind of. that's the that's what i think the latest title seems to be even more wide open with defending champion and five time when a serial williams missing the valves due to a foot injury rushes for much amban media shot up of us as the competition i had could be tougher than in recent years the fourteenth seed will start her campaign against thailand's town of cigar. i guess you can say it's morrow and then. done some other years and some other fields. remember now

you know you you can approach someone in the first round that doesn't have a chance you go out and they play near the some of their best tennis and i've gone when the chinaman i am. now open or not i don't think it really matters. in the consonantal hockey league of on guard have strengthened their lead in the table after winning at struggling with a lot of. three two how it finished this one the rest of the fixtures on your screen as well like i might say of came out for two winners at middle. east if it's a big three one in the way. they did overtime to plug. into fox no problem for trap door against a fellow host threshing them six one all home ice and also wins for you grind after him a close solve on more and often would be least respectively. staying with a k. shell and things just keep getting worse for it in our moscow a superb start to the season now a fading memory with the team going down to their ninth consecutive defeat reaches

the lowest place to a main their western conference adding to their pains on friday as well but on young reports. three points that's old enough. to grip says the twenty second of december twenty. eight games in the row with zero to win truly shocking status for the club still waiting themselves as one of the main favorites for the girl rink of this year the visit of the cape chills ballroom side just looked like a good chance for the must go through cover however despite their lowly status the visitors boost a recent record number. with for wins in four games. you know will quick to get down to business bring a number of bugle scoring chances early in the first period one of them wasted by the blue and white slate is signing the two thousand and nine stone like a winner you're a slow shot. but they did manage to open the scoring in the second period.

rushing home from the blue line to make it. six minutes later grant extent of the same size lead. to new i bought the just. back. to winning this one want johnston to go to make it two one but the second their mission i know went to a head in the final period but their opponents managed to bloody including the slap shot from said can do little turns in regulation time. was in no return meaning the game went down to a shoot out and it was down a note for the number is the only meant to find the net was the visit there are three some are getting victory to be just. the result you want to think. oh i think we had more of the game played by

a truck just to score and. he was out of chances in this game so i think that this side of this game. i'd like to apologize to affirms we could have decided the game in the first period we created so many chances but most of them wasted. no more are still in the verge of a place in the playoffs but the wish of chances there will be severely punished. for it but in their own party. now german ski jumper severin for oil and has won his first ever world cup stage baby hops a very thomas morgan stanley and a second at the large hail event and supper a they twenty two year old was fifth off to the first jump but a second effort of a hundred and twenty nine meters allowed him to outperform everyone including world cup play the morgan stanley has been diminished to most of the stages this season the austrian settled for second this time around the other extended his overall and

while poland's for multiple world champion adam wallace came third in japan. to swiss slopes web better weather conditions in the morning health early start to klaus cool to victory in the men's downhill the austrian edging d.d.'s shand carlyon claim to say. and then third respectively to secure the title slalom specialist it's a gusto it retains the overall world cup lead despite finishing eighth. staying in switzerland where pizza beer in and of finland won the men's health by the final two bands. who both came second with local rider u.t. bud light should go for completing the podium and american cali clark to top honors in the women's event spain's catalogue custom lot finished second with japan's yuki forty honda claiming the. minerals that of these women slalom in modern bore was counseled helped way through due to weather with

temperatures rising up to fifteen degrees celsius the condition of the slopes worsened radically and became dangerous for the ski as sunday's slalom on the same course was also in question by the final decision will be made right before the race. and finally in goal three south africans dominate the home advantage of hanna's berg after completing three rounds thomas ike and carl sherry wash of lead sitting on fifteen under following saturday's action bottle same here at the seventh hole is the defending champion and house a slight favorite to claim the title but with only a shot separating the trio from second seeded david drysdale there is all to play for sunday and three other players are in joint third spot another shot further back. that's it for this hour you can watch some of those stories on our you tube channel which has r t sports news and coming up right now is the weather stay with us.

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