you're watching our t.v. now here's a recap of our top stories for this hour oil giants rus nafta and b.p. swap stocks worth billions of dollars as they team up to explore the untapped riches of the russian arctic continental shelf it's the first major deal for b.p. following last summer's oil spill disaster in the gulf of mexico. as more americans continue to lose their jobs in the country's continuing economic crisis some working for the government did washington d.c. are doing just fine in the recession while they enjoy bonuses and pay rises those in the private sector find a little shelter from the harsh realities of the recession. and pupils in

india are being forced to give up their traditional winter break after separatist violent shut their schools in the summer they now have to make up for lost classes but some say the move is also the beginning of a backlash against separatist amounts. now if you think life in the u.s.s.r. was all doom and gloom our moscow team is here to prove you wrong as we explore the soviet era through the music and culture of the time. sure. sure.

hello and welcome to the program on this week so begun 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 or soto you must under his as we take a look at culture and life as it was decided that. on top of the museum is the famous statue the look and collectors found woman old and how much the sickle almost twenty five which is why the sculpture was made by vir most 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 seen in past years almost twice as long as the feature of each one and any shit buster along innovation the sculpture was returned to his place of the old russian 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 this no way into the soviet exhibition area used to be a display of achievements of socialism killed excel in istanbul texture and often 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. it. 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 with views of. the complex. exhibitions of contemporary art. the first 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 or also showcase the world a collections highlights of pictures drawn by the author himself. with a menu comprising of a wide range of traditional russian dishes the city a catholic on to the person square is this is the center of. an experience of life

in the soviet union and sixty's seventy's. various posts these barriers murals and statues decorate the cafe because help think it's all a little sick and feels more like a museum meets restaurant. with its traditional service sounds playing this group back eatery is the place for cheap 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 we try to keep the soviet atmosphere the reality here. and there we have it's become a whole meal for the hundred and fifty rubles that's around five dollars gold price

of land slightly worried about the quality and how it face a fine out. this place is amazing this. is for i think music 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 bush on the largest dollop of smoke. it's like a cranberry juice drink and they. say it history is try. this is a decent size. actually it's not bad it's her reminds me of a cornish pasty which we have. 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 here and any time as the stores open around the clock. reopen crane is one of seven six inches high rise buildings created during this time.

and finally the place full of the spirit is the hotel. suite by gandy and margaret thatcher. 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 mark it was. state owned everything. 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. is that anything that you miss about the seventy i'll be honest with you martin i can never forget the taste of the ice cream that was sold in the new department store in red square it's called. room 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. friends begin scouring the country to peace next

machines. dozens of them 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 are 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 a fifteen pack piece from the same hero as the museum. provides. movie theaters train stations and recreation centers across the u.s. to solve the pact 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 to like listening 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 could get away with a supercomputer it was also thing people had new it's a good time at least attractive millions of soviet people died to. face

a largely japanese or american designs factories produce some seventy different video game models however productions of the game ceased but the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . and from said the 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 us a soft 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 author a day mst for now. i'm going to have to have another go. i

got out of the military in nineteen sixty six i got out because the sings i saw the things i was doing and this reason we were given for doing it was a personal protest. during the vietnam war and the war movement emerged that altered the course of history this movement didn't take place on college campuses but in berets and on ships it penetrated elite military colleges like west point

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. worth billions of dollars as they team up to explore the untapped richness of the russian arctic continental shelf it's the first major deal for b.p. . oil spill disaster in the gulf of mexico. as more americans continue to lose their jobs in that country. new economic crisis some working for the government in washington d.c. are doing just fine in the recession while they enjoy bonuses and pay rises those in the private sector find a little shelter from the harsh realities of recession. pupils in india run kashmir are being forced to give up their traditional winter break after separatist violet shut their schools in the summer they now have to make up for lost classes but some say the move is also the beginning of

a backlash against separatist events. well those are the headlines said that joins us now with a sports update. you're watching this for years on our channel 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 cage shall 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 where manchester city have gone top of the premier league off to beijing wolverhampton on home soil

the game finishing fourth three carlos davus with a brace while ya and kulu two are a school b. of a couple of girls. elsewhere chelsea have moved from fifteen fools think story to no win over blackburn evanovich and on the comments you pull the blues their stoke scored two without replying bolton was wrong again from one down to be blackballed three to ending the six match losing streak wigan settled for a want to draw against. a game also west ham three nails van persie with two of those goals the gun has remained third overall behind the mansion's decides the standings. and move 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 and made the most of probably the first real chance fighting the back of the net one nil the final score in this one wrong reach asian cup the last eight . now in tennis. 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 four grand slams in twenty santa and also overtake roger federer

at the top of the rankings admits though that federer djokovic should marry and sold the link all have decent chances of winning they say as tournaments i feel if i play at my best level. going to have a chance to be in the in the second week there we will see what every month will be difficult so i have to be ready for for everything for sure feeling less very very very. not more. than drug coverage more. so the very this is kind of. that's the that's what i think the ladies 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 some are open and. then some other years and some other fields. and i'm sure now you know you you can approach someone in the first round that doesn't have a chance you go out and they play in the some of their best tennis and i've gone when the chinaman. i don't know open or not i don't think it really matters. and the consonantal hockey league on guard have strengthened their lead in the table after winning at struggling with a look at the records now it's 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. restricted to be three one in the cell of what they did overtime to be a plug for three and in the fall no problem for trotter against a fellow host threshing them six one all home ice and also wins for you grind after

him a close solve all more and often would be least respectively. staying with a k. shell and things just keep getting worse for the novel moscow a superb style to the season now a fading memory with the team going down to their ninth consecutive defeat reaches the lowest place to a main the western conference adding to their pains on friday as well but on young reports. three points that's all do no more still have managed to grip says the twenty second of december twenty. eight games in a 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 chose side beaches looked like a good chance for the must go through cover however despite their lonely status the visitors boost a recent record number. with four wins in four games. you know will quick to get down to business bringing

a number of good goal scoring chances early in the first period one of them wasted by the blue and whites latest signing the two thousand and nine stone winner were slow shots. but they did manage to open the scoring in the second period. wrestling boom from the blue line to make it. six minutes later granted external insights lead. to new i but the gist. back. to winning this one one chance in to go to make it to one by the second their mission i know went to a head in the final period but their opponents. like including the slap shot from said can do little turns in the regulation time. in overtime 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 sun getting victory to be just. the result you want to think. oh i thought we had more of the game played by the 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 our phones 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 we'll know that chance is there will be severely punished. for but for the new on our team. now german ski jumper severin for oil and has won his first ever world cup stage baby hops a very thomas morgan stanley into second and the large hail abounding sub par are they trying to tear all those fifth off to the first jump but a second effort of a hundred and twenty nine meters allowed them to outperform everyone including

world cup play the morgan stanley has been demonstrating 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 a cloud school 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 believe despite finishing eighth. staying in switzerland where people have been here and they know finland won the men's health by the final two bands who both came second with local ride u.t. bud light should go for completing the podium and american cali clark to top honors in the women's event spain's care a lot custom lot finished second with japan's yuki forty harder claiming the.

minerals that these women slalom in modern bore was counseled way through due to weather with temperatures rising up to fifteen degrees celcius 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 bug after completing three rounds thomas ike and darth maul roy and carl sherry wash of lead sitting on fifteen on the following saturday's action bottle same here at the seventh hole is the defending champion and how it's 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 for the 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. 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 film 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 topsy.

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