years in the past bush in the west may have battled it out with that cultural and political wars but now many believe it's a time when both old working together to celebrate each other's success first we enter in a series building situated in nazi hill gates lavish in both this impressive location is the residence of the russian ambassador at kensington palace gardens the most expensive and elite addresses in the british capital. photographs a possum busters in public figures grace to lose in extravagant gifts from various leaders and dignitaries adorn the rooms. wow absolutely breathtaking the soviet embassy moved into this building in one nine hundred twenty nine also known as her into the 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. consulate 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 our. perception of the good and bad. life and few will and. there is no such thing as a cultural barrier between the two nations the russian cultural heritage is extremely. popular. and whenever the

russian see it or as the russian troop or is he wrong or right. it always attracts . a bigger man than a big number of friends and or didn't it's not you look back and see parties illegal drugs and the g.o.p. just said partying in bream's like this many young middle class machines live in london and that brings us to this week's guess. a little why do you think russians love london so much seven status i guess the level of the people that rational that they could makes here is 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 prob in moscow but you couldn't do that before so people i guess they're really detracted by all that and you work for a magazine so i presume that you were out everything

a lot of different events and functions that's through a lot of what's the obvious and 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 go to shoreditch hanging out in self they prefer their friends be rather than. well as i. would like to thank you. because scene of russia and the former soviet republics is not all about bush and pancakes why not try something new and right in the heart of london's market boom destroy some accounts

in the name of the beach. opened in two thousand and ten and already he's gained a reputation visit venue he specializes in central asian cuisine offering its international guests a chance to taste the exotic flavors of his external mission in stylish interiors two kitchens you can see chefs at work making delicious bread in clay and pulling needles into shape following the recipes would be passed down through generations these recipes has been passed on. and my mother is very much in control in the kitchen she makes sure that every single thing is done according to the recipe that she's very high in the kitchen just to make sure that every single thing is just. an author a huge success worldwide particularly in the british capital base alone achieving

almost one hundred dollars in sales in the last decade several options are held in london every year during various recent pieces from different periods which are an interest among. recent sales highlights of nineteenth and twentieth century russian paintings icons and other works of art including family having jenner. a frenzy of excitement among the collecting cheesey predominately the market for russian painting. by us but interesting enough when the artists leave russia. especially after the revolution is such a. team. that becomes very international so we have a wide range of international clowns for those artists but for pure russian artists by russia i always get very excited about anything russian says for it to be honest i think the most exciting thing i'm ever so. rich. in new york and it made me incredibly price sixty million dollars.

moving outside now and some experts said the russian leader said markets in london has kept many companies alive for the past five years for new wealthy russians the famous london square as an elite central areas of the capital are the places to live and the places to be seen over the past twenty years thousands of wealthy russians have moved to london with large houses in the sense that fetching millions of pounds many local state agents have welcomed the new russian custom is. why the british capital well that's why they're out. of the treasury a very famously very good book lending proud of the oligarchs here in london yes the london grad because so many wealthy russians of the last ten years and i think most of the other famous all they go but also a lot of more middle class russians have moved here as well i think they like the

lifestyle of. history like that part of this is. the russians like the schools as well so they bring the children the families. and i think that's the main reason why the rights to decide to fight me to just scrap both right well this is. just to squelch is otherwise known as red square people so the russian is a big houses. down the street. and you have most of his houses here will cost at least fifty. pounds sterling to buy. it's a very historic square i think most of the russian. boy here because they feel it's part of the british establishment. wants to buy a house here in the fall of the ruling elite and.

moving to a final location at the victoria and albert museum a temporary exhibition on the influential russian artistic director the agile if he founded one of the most exciting don'ts companies of the twentieth century. douglas imaginatively combine dance music and arts to create theater his dramatic performances transformed don's 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 in the productions of paris revolutionize twentieth century arts and still continue to influence cultural activity today celebrating the company's keep period of activity this major exhibition reveals jackalopes influence on twentieth century arts design and fashion and includes hundreds of objects including giant

feats accosts 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 in the. way they have a museum like base is very helpful. for departments but we do have a wonderful. and of performance here and so the cloths and the costumes basically come from those and you borrowed. the rest. and we have this this wonderful wealth a consummate collaborator jackal it 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. is staggering in many ways and in most major cities around the world you can now find out for yourselves go to one of the museums 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 and albert museum bye bye for now. well one one deals with war for us to realize the tremendous amounts of damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amount of damage done by aerial bombings by napalm. chemicals that whether it's a sonic boom say factory marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields here in iraq or destroyed reefs in the pacific for ramming purposes the list just goes on

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but every so you know we're right outside maria sharapova she's making a rare appearance for her country this weekend yet not in moscow that often issue but she is playing in the fed cup against france like all the details on the tour all coming up just after this. hello there you're watching the sports and these are the headlines. others to make your home debut in the fed cup after being chosen for the eighth in singles against france. plus the stunning cricket is if you will pay in a british court charged with match fixing. the current practices whilst take on england in the six nations. but first maria sharapova will make her home fed cup debut tomorrow as she was picked to play in the singles for

russia's tie with france the world number thirteen takes on really matters are no wild in the other match but lawmakers next over goes up against at least corn a richard paul fleet has more. it's taken some time but finally maria sharapova will make her long awaited home debut for russia and the twenty three year old has been hampered by shoulder injuries over the last couple of years a take on the genie resign oh the two players will know each other very well having met in the second round of last month's australian open up about one in straight saints meanwhile the wall number thirteen is just happy to finally play for a country again it's such a difference to live everything you know we're used to playing an individual sport and you know and this gives us an opportunity to play as a team and you know to really support our country even though we support on a daily basis we really get together as a team and you know support each other go out there and try to beat the other team second my chances for atlanta couldn't solve or take on my lazy courtenay the pyramid only once three years ago in rome where i'm out of sorts because it's over

was defeated in straight sets and the russian expects a tough encounter on saturday so i have a great team you were very excited to play with each other in the team and pretty excited to play moscow something or come forward to this tie both of our best friends for starters be underdogs against the russian side because teams to form a good number one silk and satin i'm sure. it's all been publishing i mean even handy with the racquets strange tennis is in a period of transition from the retirements of emily raise money mary pierce who called me the french have a chance and will be treating the time as a cup final even when they don't play on this deal they are really good then though of course in the paper we are less fun than them but you know we never know what can happen in fed cup and if we're trial best if it play our best tennis of course we can win but on the paper they are really really good team and it's kind of a final for us like if we win against russia it's going to be easier then of course it's been a while since the two teams last made back in two thousand and five course when

russia beat the french at roland garros to win the trophy however before van they'd met six times in a row the french will have fond memories of playing a villain big stadium as bait. russian here in two thousand and three on their way to sealing the last fed cup title of the olds a stance against the french this time around but over the next couple of days they'll be looking to reproduce some of those heroic space showed eight years ago. dotty in moscow. well there's more international sport in russia this weekend about four of the kilometers outside moscow the latest leg of the cross-country skiing world cup is being held and it's been a goal for russia on the first day. getting it in the men's combined to see finishing in a time of just over twenty seven minutes legendary french. and madi finish while the overall even in the women's world cup you know one of the few bad apples course is the only one in russia capable of staging such an event and it has quite

a history as constantine picked up off the. winter snow is now hard to find in russia so one would think it's an ideal place 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 one international standard competition these poor sounds are in germany is the only course in the world's biggest country able to host the stage of the cross-country skiing most prestigious event the next one is on friday and we used to put on a bit when 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 will be the fifth time we hosted well and we'll keep on improving everything here. the history of the center started more than thirty five years ago skiers used this place for many years but that petered out in the late eighties and the venue was eventually reckon structed in two thousand and one hosting its first world cup six years later although that they ran

turned out to be a real challenge forgan eyes of yours would. let you record that winter there was abnormally warm several stages in europe what can start with you and here it was seven degrees about the are there january and we didn't have snow machines in that time because it was hard to imagine winter without snow here nevertheless we decided to use our eyes from. well laid out there. on the course and that was a success that event made famous around the globe. however that's not the only obstacle organizers have faced through the years it took just six seconds for a four hurricane to destroy a ninety five percent of trees here in. the sports center quickly recover it and build the biggest 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 rubin's one of the oldest cities on the re where this sports center is surrounded by a charming countryside their own little left now expand spirit then you not only for athletes but all suspected they can watch races unfold in the seven thousand seater stereo and along the track up to twenty five thousand people can witness the action or the wish for the easy to which raises on our drags because they're all very calm about the speak these just love to be close to the course and see all the action themselves and their every year lots of bands back there a new release weekend flowers and fans will be treated to the world cup. every venue which is under plenty of freddie will come out with a new biathlon shooting range into the five blind hopefully guaranteeing this venue will be on this for many years to come because i am bothered by. region.

and other news three pakistan cricketers have been charged with corruption by the british crown prosecution service pakistan captain sam one but along with mohammad amir and hamad are safe or seen here when i pay in court on march the seventeenth along with that agent. he's the key to expecting my third party to arrange a place to bowl no balls against england during the lord's test last summer and then deny wrongdoing and i've also been the focus of a separate investigation by the international cricket council. the findings of which will be revealed on saturday. european rugby fans can rejoice the continent's top competition the six nations gets on the white tonight with a sizzling clash in college if y.-o. is hosting england and what looks like one of the most open tournament in years to welsh atomically out of form fighting to win any of their previous seven tests on that last six nations strive in two thousand and ten when they beat england in that right now before going on to secure the grand slam but were some time on the welsh and desperate to get off with good stuff. it is time we started what it. is

a bit cool and all but to before that obviously look at the first give a six nations because i don't know you you get an image of what in the first game and it can be really inspiring and you know they should not achieve you know moving forward which obviously it did in two thousand right. france high scotland and. ireland and the other fixtures on saturday night finally there is no use talking in the cat shelter not because of the whole star gang taking place tomorrow in some painted spec so with perfect time to look back at the highlights from what nineteen .

a lot wraps up the sport for the moment so we've got more but lights are on the site with a side with his the weather as usual but next. we'll . bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future covered.

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hundreds of thousands flood. calling on the. political figure. that's leading the criticism by taking sides in. nationalist movements proved so hard for ukrainian authorities.

twenty four seven. while estimates in egypt million people have packed into cairo's main square. for what's been labeled as. a. show of force to try and make president hosni mubarak leaves office. well it is the eleventh day now of the mass uprising in the country we are now looking at live pictures of the central square there in cairo now it's all been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters again live pictures now from cairo central tahrir square where massive crowds are staying put and they are refusing to leave until the president stands down with immediate effect and as we observe things like that you see we can cross over to fall asleep she is in cairo she has more developments. there are demonstrations have.