we enter a series building situated in the steel gates lavishing both this impressive location is the residence of the russian ambassador kensington palace gardens with the most expensive and elite addresses in the british capital. photographs a possum bust it is in public figures greece to lose an extravagant gifts from various leaders and dignitaries adorn the rooms oh wow absolutely breathtaking the soviet embassy moved into this building in one nine hundred twenty nine also known as harrington house it was one of the few venues in the area the bravely use the number thirteen but scared of anything another interesting fact is that they just pay one pound a year for the rent here but on the flip side of that the british embassy residence in moscow pays just one ruble which is actually fifty times cheaper a good price for both every year the u.k. consular section issues two hundred thousand visas for russians who want to visit london the russian embassy says it supports the russian business while in britain

offering assistance wherever possible but how does the embassy help british and russian relations i think the russian culture needs no major. introduction or advertisement here. because russia is a branch of the european christian civilization and i think we share the same. values here in terror and values the same perception of the good and bad. life and if you will and. there is also strain as a cultural barrier between the two nations the russian cultural heritage is extremely. popular here to keep them around the world never the russian theater's russian troop for silver are arrived. it always attracts. big big number of fans and. it's not me but him see parties illegal drugs and the

g.o.p. just said partying in bream's like this many young middle class christians live in london and that brings us to do speak scares. me a little bit why do you think russians love london so much so don't stay to say. that all of the people that. they could make here aristocracy celebrities it was different it wasn't the say that we had in russia. you know you could go to elton john ball here you can do it now probably in moscow but you couldn't do that before so people i guess were really detracted by all that and you work for a magazine so i presume that you were out every single hour to different events and functions that's true a lot a lot of what's the old russian social scene like russians don't seem to congregate just in one place if you go to no boy if you go to if you go to new how you will

hear russians russian speech so it will be glamorous places i guess for the new generation of russians who grew up around europe the most expensive places are not necessarily the best so you'll see a lot of people you know eventually going to shoreditch hanging out in soho they prefer their friends be rather than wealthy or or mix both. well as though it's me you see a tip would like to thank you. to the scene of russia and the former soviet republics it's not all about bush and pancakes why not try something new and right in the heart of london's market boom destroy and buckle some account in the name of the beatles city in his biggest opening in two thousand and ten and already he's gained a reputation a must visit venue he specializes in. asian cuisine offering its international

guess a chance to taste the exotic flavius of as becky staff has extended a mission in stylish interiors to kitchens cost more you can see chefs at work making delicious bread in clay ovens and pulling needles into shape following the recipes which you've been passed down to generations these recipes has been passed also generations very fondly. my mother raised so well she's very much in control in the kitchen she makes sure that every single thing is that not according to the recipe and she's very household in the kitchen just to make sure that every single thing is just a tool and all the rest of. the actions of russian author of huge success worldwide and particularly in the british capital with some of these alone achieving almost one billion dollars in sales in the last decade several options are held in london every year this year in various recent pieces from different periods all of which are an interest among bidders recent sales highlights of

nineteenth and twentieth century russian paintings icons and other works of art including family having generated a frenzy of excitement among the collecting she is a predominately the market for russian painting russian buyers but interesting enough when the artists leave russia. especially after the revolution is such an issue and then skin suit team. that becomes very international so we have a wide range of international clowns for those artists but for pure russian artists almost certainly bored by russian i always get very excited about anything russian says but to be honest i think the most exciting thing i've ever so is by malaysia change and we sold it to new york and it made me incredibly price of sixty million dollars. moving outside now and some experts said the russian leader said market in london has kept many companies alive in the path. five years. the same. as an elite central areas of the capital

are the places to live in the places to be seen over the past twenty years thousands of wealthy russians have moved to london with large houses in the. new russian custom is. why the british capital while. the treasury very famously grad school in london. because so many wealthy russians. is. the. lifestyle of. the history of. the school. and i think that's.

just sad to me to just scrap both very well this is just a. big houses. down the street. and you have most houses here least fifteen. pounds sterling to buy. it's a very historic square i think most of the russian. boy here because it's part of the british establishment. buy a house here with. moving to a final location victoria and albert museum. he founded the most exciting. dance companies in the twentieth century. douglas

imaginatively combine dance music and arts to create theater his dramatic performances transforms dance reawakening interest symbolic across europe and america knowledge of the company's revolutionary ballets filtered through theatre fashion and to daily life including interior design and style all around the world . starts company was created a century ago and the productions of various ballets revolutionize twentieth century arts and still continue to influence cultural activity today celebrating the company's keep period of activity this major exhibition reveals journalist influence on twentieth century arts design and fashion and includes hundreds of objects including giant theater cloths original costumes set designs props and posts is an impressive collection so where did they get all the exhibit items from the remarkable thing is actually two thirds of the chariot come from the d.n.a.

obviously having a museum like this is very helpful because there are so many different apartments that we do have a wonderful department of performance here and so the cloths and the cost reasons basically come from those. six cost the rest. and we have this is wonderful well for a consummate collaborator jacqueline works with stravinsky chanel picasso and the. just like many past and present russian artists whose work is celebrated and studied all over the world russian culture is staggering in many ways and in most major cities around the world you can now find out for yourselves go to one of your nearest museums theaters concert halls and you'll see that russia is closer than you think. fortunately that's all that's how we have on this week's program i'll see the same time next week for more cultural adventures around the british capital until then for me and the rest of the team here at the victoria. museum bye bye for

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about fifteen minutes time but for now it's the sports. great to have you with us this is sports today i'm you don't know me let's take a look at some of the stories we're covering this hour. you your first test it's the old guard who were preferred up front by dick. rusher perth for their opening game of twenty eleven against iran. let the games begin the six nations kick off later on friday with a cracker of the opening day possible wales versus england. and dizzying array we chronicled the choices cuts from the week that was in the cage. david let's get going with the continental hockey league guard have taken a huge step toward securing their regular season title ruud win over putting them

five points clear at the top with just a fortnight left to go the cycle coming from behind to take a three one meaning second place all about you i have no hope at all to do to stay in the hunt for top spot also on thursday champions akbar's produced a sensational comeback be to the cause than i feared had been training for zero but eventually won six four in the pick up the action elsewhere style some petersburg moved to second in the west after taking care of c.s. with ease. to football where it's a familiar purring who lead the line for russia in their first game of the year next week pavel pogrebnyak on roman public getting the nod they are running friendly the spot having one of the most informed strikers in europe at their disposal to bully can from side otto den haag scored thirteen goals in seventeen games so far this season but according to russian manager dick advocaat it's because public cenk that this month will drag me out ply their trade in tougher

leagues namely england and germany it's the rangy pair. played following their run game rush it took on armenia on march twenty sixth their next euro twenty twelve qualifier the group b. two points ahead of ardent on the armenians with four of ten games to play. european rugby fans can rejoice the continent's top competition the six nations gets its start later tonight with a sizzling clash in cardiff wales hosting into in what looks like one of the most open tournaments in years the welsh are chronically out of form feeling to win any of their previous seven tests but their last six nations triumph came in two thousand and eight a full five years after current monitor martin johnson captained england to there's a long waits on one of which will be desperately aiming to rectify given that the world cup starts in september on saturday holders fronts hold scotland while arland are in rome. also this weekend skiing's cross country world cup comes to russia

somewhat surprisingly there's only one venue in the entire country which can stage such an event on the historic course in yellow sea level is enjoying something of a revival with more here's constantine to topple. winter snow is now hard to find in russia so one would think it's time i deal please for cross-country skiing however it's actually not that easy to find an ideal landscape not to mention facilities for all the demands of an international standard competition the sports center in determining is the only course in the world's biggest country able to host a stage of the cross-country skiing the most prestigious of and the next one is on friday. we got the license for holding the world cup as we did serves all the demands apart from the track there's a big list of facilities this year it'll be the fifth time we hosted well and we'll keep on improving everything here. the history of the center study more than thirty

five years ago skiers use this place for many years but then in the late eighty's and the venue was eventually reckoned structed in two thousand and one hosting its first world cup six years later all know that the man turned out to be a real challenge for united. with the letter record that winter there was an abnormal war several stages in europe were canceled with you know what and here it was seven degrees above the are there january and we didn't have snow machines in their time because it was hard to imagine winter without snow here nevertheless we decided to use eyes from. will laid out the ice on the course and that was a success that event made our way of famous around the globe. however that's not the only obstacle organizers have faced through the years it took just six seconds for a powerful hurricane to destroy a ninety five percent of trees here in. the sports center quickly recover it and

build the biggest stick of ward in the world it might look strange but the towering structure has made it into the guinness book of world records and has become a famous landmark on the course located on the volga not far from arabians one of the oldest cities on the river the sports center is surrounded by a charming countryside. their own little left no experience spirit then you not only for athletes but also speak daters they can watch races unfold in the seven thousand seater stereo and on the track up to twenty five thousand people can witness their action or their wish but you know it's easy to woo traces on our tracks because they're all very calm speak the just laugh to be close to the course and see all the action themselves and their every year lots of bands beg them a new lease weekend flowers and plants will be treated to mount a world cup stage of doom in every area which is under doing plenty of pretty well

with a new biathlon shooting range and the five blind hopefully guaranteeing this venue will be on the skiing map for many years to come because they are. regional. all right that brings us to the hardware was a late late show in the n.b.a. as much of the day the san antonio spurs snatching the win against holders the l.a. lakers on thursday the californian side may be the reigning champions but it's the spurs who are top of the league at the moment it's going neck and neck through richard jefferson said the only place for the visitors the robbery he could come up with it was answered by saul who starred for the lakers on the night the sides were tied at forty two points apiece going into the big break top scorer tony parker then up his game in the second half to help the spurs inch ahead the soul weighed in with a couple of weeks roasted you believe one point lead with twenty three seconds to go. promptly went all out to turn the game around but misfired three times before

antonio mcdyess stepped into the buzzer to have the move even nine eighty eight the final score in the. two results to tell you about le bron james sticking a massive claim for a third straight m.v.p. title in the florida darby king james scoring almost half of the heat's total tally is incredible fifty one points helping me edge against the orlando magic while gold . states off milwaukee for their second straight win. now phoenix may be one of the hottest cities in the united states but subzero temperatures were recorded last night in our zone a on the rare frost resulted in a late tee off for the opening round of the phoenix open golf tournament play beginning some four hours later than scheduled meaning only morning starters could complete the run before it was suspended with bad lights however the chilly conditions didn't stop former champion tom lehmann from setting up a birdie the sixteenth he went on to carve a six under par sixty five and was one of four players to do so sharing the early

leader jason bourne tom de l'est and bill haas the lottery picking things off the birdie of the first on would finish. were number four phil mickelson who won in phoenix fifty years ago since two strokes off the pace of the day though came courtesy of. the argentinean missing by a whisker after shooting for more than one hundred fifty meters on the sixty. let's head back on the ice for the best of the action from week nineteen in the cape shell some superb strikes on show us the playoffs edge closer in this the league's third season.

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comb. the headline. and live pictures here as protesters in the tens of thousands flooded cairo's main square calling on the president to step down the final friday that's life pictures right there compliments of ought to. clear some major political figures in the west backing demonstrators trying to oust the egyptian leader is leading to criticism that taking sides in an internal uprising. and rooting out ultra nationalist movements proves hard for ukraine you know authorities nazi collaborators stripped of their hero status to still come on loyal following. and sacrificing their freedom for patriotism u.s. lawmakers islam for denying essential civil liberties with a renewal of the patriot allowing unlimited spying on citizens.

is coming to you live from moscow where it's now i just off the five pm welcome to the program now by some estimates in egypt over a million people packed the main square and surrounding area for friday prayers before resuming the protests and. latest show of force to try and make president hosni mubarak leave office and here we are now looking at live pictures from the central square in cairo as those in attendance showing their grief for the government we have pro government and anti government demonstrators is the eleventh day of the uprising that's being labeled as the final friday by the egyptian opposition which has dismissed mubarak's promise to quit in september again live pictures here from cairo's central to rearrest square where massive crowds have already.