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. for two graphs a possum bustling public figures grace to loosen 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 the same perception of the good and bad. life and few will and. there is no such thing as a cultural barrier between the two issues the russian cultural heritage is extremely. popular here to keep them and whenever the russian theater's russian troop for zero arrive. it always attracts. a big big number of foul. it's not me but embassy parties illegal drugs and the

v.i.p. just said partying in bribes like this many young middle class russians live in london and that brings us to this week's scares. me a little bit why do you think russians love london so much so don't stay to say the level of the people that. they could mix 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 were for magazine so i presume that you were out every single hour to different events and functions that's through a lot a lot what's the 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 house 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 cool rather than all mixed both lovely well as i recently visited 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 money boom destroy and buckle some accounts in the name of the beetle city in his because some open in two thousand and ten and already he's gained a reputation he said venue he specializes in. central asian cuisine offering its

international guess a chance to taste the exotic flavors of as becky staff has extended a mission in stylish interiors to kitchens glass where 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 all. my moderates away she's very much in control in the kitchen she makes sure that every single thing is that according to the recipe and she's very house on the kitchen just to make sure that every single thing is just a tool and all the rest of. the oceans of russian author achieved success worldwide particularly in the british capital with the base alone achieving almost one hundred dollars in sales in the last decade several options are held in london every year picturing various recent op pieces from different periods all of which often interest among bidders recent sales highlighted nineteenth and twentieth

century russian paintings icons and other works of art including faberge having generated a frenzy of excitement among the collecting she has a predominantly the market for russian painting. but interesting enough when the artists leave russia. especially after the revolution is such a link and then skin suit. that becomes very international so we have a wide range of international clowns for those artists but for pure russian artists almost circuit board by russian i always get very excited about anything russian sells but to be honest i think the most exciting thing i've ever so. much and we so did 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 and. past five years. the famous london square has 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 with large houses in the. new russian custom is. why the british capital while. the treasury very famously london 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 well this is just a. big houses. down the street. and you have. houses here least fifteen. 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. or the fall of the ruling elite and. moving to a final location at the victoria and albert museum and simply exhibition on the influential russian artistic director. he founded. dance companies in the twentieth

century. douglas imaginatively combine dance music and arts to create theater his dramatic performances transforms dance reawakening interests and ballet 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 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 jugglers influence on twentieth century arts design and fashion and includes hundreds of objects including giant theater cloths original costumes set designs props and posters an impressive collection so where did they get all the exhibit items from what i think the remarkable thing is that actually two thirds of the chariot come from the bay

and they obviously have a museum like this is very helpful because there are so many different apartments but we do have a wonderful department of performance here and so the cloths and the cost reasons basically come from those. six cost to the rest. and we have this this wonderful wealth 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 you 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 big. korea and

albert's museum bye bye for now. well one one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that have done not just human damage but damage the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemical city whether it's a sonic boom so factoring in 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 and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that

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hello there you're watching the sport and these are the headlines. shocking star russia news via you singles to underdogs. he speaks west make a child you'll start clashing simply does. on a day of amazing upset seniors primevil. we begin with the tennis they were russia had the worst possible start to the fed cup clash with france urging both singles to trial. straight sets off to team mates because they had lost a call and i a real shot for the russians on home court they should have cruised through. have to win the remaining singles and doubles match on sunday that.

time. i started to rise. to do that i. was going to get. to. you know something that we're going to go for tomorrow and really really fight for you know where we never give up we never have that's not work country is known for and. we're going to go out there and really. there were stock of gold in the all stars game record thirty four found the back of the net in some petersburg the eastern conference team beating the western conference eighteen to sixteen k. h.l. bosses threw in the park on the star studded competition pit to be yakkity against the gash in team in the army was the size lynchpin of the legendary czech open the scoring and would finish with a team high hat trick his death was somewhat dwarfed by say

a game with jack in the atlanta netting an impressive five for the action taking reason enough to be happy but it still turned out to be a little too little for the west martin school. one goalie just over a minute to go. because in itself can play to be unlike scoring with a last second empty net of the ashantee have yet to win an all star game after going down to gag in all three attempts since the league's inception. although they did have the consolation of winning the skill show before the match and here are the two captains engaged in target practice jaeger wasn't sharp shooting best but the czech kept smiling despite being outdone by alexei yashin the scarse in pittsburg man hitting home his very first and went on to inflict even more damage with his stick there they were accurate enough yashin wasn't the strongest guys didn't produce the most powerful shots of the day and business of showed off some

juggling skills to celebrate his best penalty. now what a day in the english premier league forty one goals in just eight games which saw leaders manchester united lose to bottom side wolves an arsenal throw away a four goal lead against newcastle wolves coming from behind to pull off a big shock at molineux nani had put united ahead before like co-equal eyes on the world golf the winner it means united and i four points ahead of second place arsenal who were still in themselves they saw their fault go first. vanished against newcastle the sending off would be obvious the turning point there joey barton scoring twice from the spot in the magpies an amazing comeback elsewhere birthday boy carlos tevez hit a hat trick against west brom to take man city to within a point of arsenal lose to have bagged four inhabitants five three win over full and wigan big black going into seven goals for less stoke had a three two win over sunderland spurs got the better of bolton two one zero when

there were another four goals there are for them doing enough to get it to draw. meanwhile chelsea's new eighteen million dollars strike in finance torah says he won't celebrate if he scores against his former club liverpool on sunday and says he can cope with the expectation to perform at stamford bridge. has been the should do is remove who want to do so. because the. new. group model ready for the trial of. the new local. group. now another football news chile coach much l.b.l. said has quit after three and a half years in charge the fifty five year old saying he was leaving because he did not see eye to eye with the president of chile f.a. says you're jarred do and accused him of feeding false information to the media else that had led chile to the second round of the world cup last summer before

losing to brazil their best finish since the world cup themselves back in one thousand nine hundred sixty two. three pakistan cricketers have been found guilty of corruption and have been given lengthy bans by the sport's governing body former captain sound one but how many may i am at a see were found to be liberally bowled no balls in return for cash during the fourth test against england last summer the international cricket council gave but a ten year ban five of which suspended a secrecy the seven year band. which were suspended and then they got five years the verdict was announced after six day i.c.c. try to last month break had denied doing and on friday the players and their agent will charge with corruption fighting british crown prosecution service and the gang said it was a black jack. city. pretty but you get.

the feeling you know you're never going to be a. little upset about things. like they told the folks that need to. be. rugby union france to become the defense of the six nations title with a thirty four twenty one whenever scotland tries coming from. the north the queen on trial in the other game of the day arlene got an error thirteen eleven when it's late on friday england beat wales in cardiff in that six nations. now green bay and pittsburgh have held their final training sessions ahead of sunday's super bowl in dallas began again and they were driven into the unusually cold weather more snow falling on the retractable roof of the cowboys stadium which was staged to show. the stalest once again sought shelter at texas christian university and are also planning what coach mike tomlin called a game on saturday told in gods of the status to the latest title to gays and guy

who could become only the thirteenth to claim multiple championship rings should they win again but says he's already happy with the high fall they've got. you know it's just a political you know i. start this journey all with the same intention so of course . the overcome with emotions great feelings of satisfaction but also humility because you realize. you're probably a lot of people deserve and quite to be quite honest with you. it's tough to put into words. now the packets kicked things off with the team photo they trained at the nearby highland park high school green bay lifted the last of their three vince lombardi trophy fifteen years to mike mccarthy speaking with confidence and said they are ready to adjust to any style of play on sunday. for the defense is to impact this football game more more than. they did lay in last year's game but

these games have all the potential rewards for big players were more focused on straight through to the little things to the fundamentals very true to what brought us here in all three phases you know often st francis and special teams so. we'll play a little as wide open as we need to smash mouth as we need to and you know situations will dictate that throughout the game contrasting whether the open where thomas people in takes a one shot late into the final day and. for the last five house to carve a sixty six and that puts him on eleven under over rule one ahead of the surprise package marcus broad from austria may be ranked four hundred seventy eight in the world but he's playing is good is the best of the sixty nine and enjoyed it when they dropped him to a nice kick the heel in celebration and still everything to play for. two very good days in a row. just continue more of the same tomorrow and hopefully you know you can pull

it off and. go in the weather's going to turn on us a little bit so we are fighting very small but you know i'm just looking forward to it and finally mclaren are hoping to stick to the heels of red bull in the new formula one season with lewis hamilton believing brain power will be as important as horse power mclaren the latest f one same to unveil their car for the upcoming season how much and once again lined up alongside them patrick the fellow former world champion jenson button both believe mclaren are well placed to take the constructors title from a home. after finishing runners up in twenty ten counts and says he's as hungry as ever to top the drive the standards. i think you know i feel quite positive about this year mistake about feel fitter i feel like i'm good another chance another shot when in another world championship and i'm not wanted for a couple years so. i feel even more fired up in that everybody so that brings us to be end of the sport we've got the weather coming up next.

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it's official the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington isn't the force of the science exchange ratification documents. as the prime minister says multiculturalism in the u.k. has failed one british town sees similar tavia as rallies and city and county facts in. egypt's ruling party discipline signs but protesters say they'll stay on the streets. gives up the presidency. five am in moscow i match president good to have you with us here on r t our top story the new strategic arms reduction treaty between russia and the u.s.

has come into force at a special ceremony at the munich security conference the treaty aims to limit the nuclear arsenals of both countries to fifteen hundred warheads of peace. as more. so words put into action a historic exchange of ratification documents and the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is officially in force and when it comes to the button that has worried us the most over the years the one that would unleash nuclear destruction today we take another step to ensure it will never be pushed. to last for the next ten years the treaty said to reduce the number of nuclear weapons on both sides over a third and which would have appeared impossible even a decade ago i think we will be presented with a photo of this historical moment the green light has been given in around six weeks to russia.