you're watching our team now here's a quick recap of the top stories this hour egyptian leader hosni mubarak once again disappoint his people by refusing to step down but promising to hand some power to his vice president however some believe it will be washington to egypt will have the final say in. a territorial dispute between moscow and tokyo flares up again as as foreign minister visits russia for talks a day earlier rated his country's claim for the korea which had been officially russia since the end of world war two. and the sweden is under fire for its

controversial wiretapping law slammed as the most far reaching eavesdropping plot in europe a week leaks cables on the country's close cooperation with the us suggest it was adopted under american pressure. march and andrews in his search of the russian spirit in the british capital. for hundreds of thousands of us living in great britain such. as let's take a look at recent history. this. is a magnet for many. scenes that

come fishies. to. find just how much. he. has several in fact. one thing is for sure. the british. just. think well. you can if. it's celebrations of the seventh anniversary of the. new style. several. times and everything.

i'm trying to trips to. the senate passed me on here in one of my states it might mean you're. working in russia i think. it's a wonderful. may seem a kitchen appliance frank said just a little and i think you're going to be the one thing i love my life. wrong in this well because. i buy that. take everything out. that there might. be a sense of style what they do they know what they want and. they go off trail and we will work very well together. to love russian. love the paddy and love their i think. they are going to have a man then that. night the idea. of

a man. with more move russians actually moving to the u.k. ever you know went to the calling the capital london grads and in fact many experts say that russians about that this is the crux the bruising the british i mean. some might be afraid the relationship is such emerging markets others to. cherish in the new opportunities include trucks they bring. christian playwrights and i can schools have been very popular around the world for decades and the british capital is no exception very strict and pays off performed on the stage by both russian and british these companies. whenever there is a play or. usually trickles there is it's sold out almost immediately when the national trust theatre does it or any private company or even the smaller french companies it's a put on

a russian play. it's. so certain terms of service there is a huge amount for a fair recently the shelf it has to the performance staged by the prominent person director so you are specially titled the marriage the play is a comedy by the outstanding writer nikolai gogol britain almost two centuries ago to. action remains popular still today controlled by faith come from moscow if it was cost the states a festival called russian classics of the theatre in great britain. one of the oldest most famous opera system five houses christy's which is founded in london in the seventeenth sixty's and sell week twice a year for the ocean itself organizes. to give collectors a better chance to examine to learn more about the art piece on offer to dish and they've always been. a tradition in london it's always been. just happens to coincide with christmas. but i think that is. to say now is

saying very serious. that she take time to do things and we need to make a decision about what they want and that collection a preview party for the show itself is also an event the b.b.c. get a. living aboard including artists and descendants from autistic families as well as collectors of the latest ocean they gathered at christie's to door more than three hundred lots of russian fine art including paintings imperial porcelain jewelry and furniture which are sold for almost fifty million pounds twenty four million dollars in total actually we're quite a. bit option that we still are in the eighteenth century right up to the present day so for example in this auction we have nineteenth century rights twentieth century right up space contemporary. one of my favorite way and says that she this levittown which by the forces which is a fantastic probably eighteen ninety's through

a private collection here and it's really really special saying it chrissie let's meet this week's guest. thank you very much for your time but tell me about your position here christians position the. the international head of the russian department kristi's. started to work at christie's twenty five years ago in the russian department i became the head of the department in london in one to one and i believe it became the international head i mean sort of the five seven years ago and it seems that russian art has exploded here in london and paris and new york recently well i think it's the great paradox about russian audience has always been present in the old market. yes you have kind of a boom in the field which started five six years ago but you need to keep in mind

that you do very straight in a very strange way to second boom you already had the boom in the late eighty's about nine hundred eighty nine at the time of the perestroika people who could great interest in russia. and we got a military says especially well i presume there were many restrictions about why you could take in and out of russia or the u.s. is ours it was that well you're putting your finger on something was interesting that. at christie's or thing even in a certain way even with or all the auction houses we sourcing if i can put it this way russian of arts around europe around the states that in fact can not in russia . and people buy russian or in europe and in a certain way bring it back to russia but we're not sourcing this. in russia which explains why us specialists are pretty busy in the russian field

sort of travelling around europe or the states and when you're traveling who is by not the main by is always al dowd the russian but to say that it's only russian to buy a russian would be totally wrong you still have sort of strong buyers who are not russian who are interested by russian all it's far more difficult for them to. to be. put it this way during the auction but very much present i mean you have to keep in mind that the meat up to the ninety's the. russian bottles what are we talking about. everything you when you're talking about. the nineteenth century early twentieth century. one thousand century early twentieth century. we used.

to say. that more or less everything. particular nightspot so. some say has been. coming in. has never seemed so popular. every day. to the british. it's a great place. just. have . one of you

actually used to allegedly. has dozens of different flavors of great. tasty menu. drinks makes me shake. absolutely delicious. from taking on the newspapers to make you uneasy moves within the fashion and scenes of the kids the russians are now fixing everyone's lives in the u.k. while some are skeptical of these new foreign businessmen and women of the brace the collaboration and opportunity it brings seems russians and the amazing culture they offer are in london to stay. not just here russia is no closer to many european cities than you think and on our next moscow our special series we should be visiting durham and historical city of paris exploring it through the prism of

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the senate leader hosni mubarak once again disappoints his people by refusing to step down but promising to had some power to his vice president however some believe it will be washington who will have the final say in mubarak's successor. a territorial dispute between moscow and tokyo flares up again as your foreign minister bassists russia for talks well a day earlier he reiterated his country's claim to be cool real islands which have been officially russia's since the end of world war two. and sweden is under fire for its controversial wiretapping law as the most far reaching eavesdropping plot in europe weaken leaks cables on the country's close cooperation with the us suggest it was adopted under american pressure. time for all the latest in sports

with the human. good to have you with us this is sports today i mean you know neal i'm these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. zero from one russia lose to iran in their first match of twenty eleven. caribbean france's superb record against brazil continues out of the blue. poison another international friends. on six notes elice through three time grand slam champion maria sharapova part of the policy. let's start with the news though that russia's quest for a third euro hockey tour crown in four years remains very much on track the red machine winning the opening fixture of the l.g. swedish games against finland in the moscow region after a title the pendulum swung dramatically in the hosts favor in the second team

russia dominating proceedings to eventually finish the stage three one up but this is far from finished third period goal for. the tie to a box on the fins making it for three. charges to have the final say in the game ending by three russia the all short not another european title he's top ranked schiphol. it's been a less than stellar start to the new football year for russia dick advocaat smen losing in their opening game of twenty eleven against iran but richard von poor fate reports the result wasn't the only newsworthy story of the night. this could be seen as the start of a new era for russian football it's the first time a national team has played a friendly match of a neutral venue abu dhabi has been very well received by dick of the cats and the rest of the russian national football team obscenities here are absolutely second to none while the temperature has been very mild in the low to mid twenty's which

makes a very refreshing change for most of russia which is covered by a blanket of snow of a moment. the only thing lacking was spectators have imagine played in dubai as was originally supposed to be the plan b. attendance figure would have been much higher nevertheless interest in the match has been high such as the large ex-pat russian population in the u.a.e. the only are nowhere but enough that i don't know exactly what influenced the choice of the city but if the game was played in don't lie we would have had more russian spectators to support our national side. nevertheless a couple of thousand russian fans still managed to make the game the majority travelling from all around the emirates. i don't know how many russian fans have come to the game to support our football loose maybe couple of thousand but they're much more iranian fans here just as this is because i feel at home now there are so many russians here russian flags everywhere we're all in high spirits and hope that

our players will not let us down. iran the russians opponents and the reigning football federation have actually paid their russian counterparts a sum reaching into hundreds of thousands of dollars to play this game venue chosen to host the matches b u e two to warm climates of both countries having large export populations here however for the majority of fans who are watching russia play for the first time there was little to cheer about the chances of being at a premium for second half sort of weary looking russian side the majority of which are still in pre-season ahead of the new russian campaign feel to create many scoring opportunities while iran would steal the undeserved victory in in stoppage . time you could see that some players didn't have the three days was needed to play against you will still be fit. because you are in is coming out of the goal. was a good preparation and is the only of those three weeks but it's no issues i

think this game did observer with. those scoring allows we have seen. still some players these more to leave you. seem a return to the gulf region sooner rather than later as it's rumored to catholic outside will play friendly in qatar in late march has been a successful experiment by the russian football union to play a friendly mansion a neutral venue for the first time was also given thousands of fans the opportunity to watch russia play live had never previously had by chance but unfortunately they didn't get the result they wanted as russia slipped a one nil defeat after violate iran go richard pombo played darby united arab emirates now elsewhere on a busy night afore pulling action france to their great record against brazil beating the summer boys one nil in part this dreadful challenge by turning those on covering benzema resulted in the visitors being just two ten men five minutes before the break the referee left with no other option but to use the red ball

benzema his revenge though on fifty four minutes great work from jeremy menace on the right wing setting the real madrid man off for the easiest of finishes one nil the final score france about beat brazil more than twice as many times in head to head making. the problems for last year's world cup finalists and i'm told in the netherlands seeing off austria courtesy of some stunning football the other run here getting the ball rolling right through the former first title with probably the knights who are brilliant build up auction on the way to number two it became a felony the grateful recipient end of it all a couple of shirts second penalty funds for. elsewhere the team that beat the dutch in the world cup final last july spain overcame colombia thanks to a late silva goal lionel messi the bragging rights over. to

one and then came from behind to record their first win of the year in copenhagen denmark to one germany couldn't be separated dortmund scotland show drove an ardent who's boss nations cup wild brushes next to euro two thousand and twelve qualifying opponents armenia well they didn't have a great evening losing at home to georgia. after having teams in the united states on his native neverland's ruud hall it's has begun on his next adventure in russia the former european football are all of the year touching down in the country's chechen republic to take over a premier league side f.c. turk. carrick are a very strong team they work diligently and so far i don't see any weak points they have a strong soul and great potential there's no reason to go to a team lacking ambition though one should move forward very cautiously only a few people in the netherlands knew about the team last month now and the whole country knows about us. it's

a new start as well from money or the togo international and join real madrid last week after a disappointing to your spell chester city now although his new side lie a full seven points off camera league or leaders barcelona the rangy striker sais that in monitored. that got the right man to catch the champions up. you know how to talk to people if you go to school in which talk to people to make you know some what's he want from you and you don't that's always important to have the money was to you what you what your specific you know what's he wanted to do so for me he's very easy to work with me joe would tell you straight from the give me i want to i want you to do does does. more bad news for maria sharapova fams the injury blighted three time grand slam champion is set to miss the par us open with a flu bug she partly picked up the virus while in moscow last weekend lining up for her country in the face of the former world number one stating she wanted to play in front of. her supporters drop of a house have

a stalled career with an injury missing nine months and an eight zero nine with a shoulder tear a siberian native also withdrew from miami and tried to attend rushing right elbow ensenada montreal tournaments with a foot injury. but there has been some good news at last for injured formula one driver robert qubits the pole of intensive care five days after a career threatening accident and the girl. who puts a scene here at the on failing of his challenger for twenty seven a rally event on sunday he then underwent seven hours of surgery to try and save the use of a severely damaged right so i believe the twenty six year old will recover sufficiently to drive again but this season doesn't mean. whose partner is russian vitaly petrov has been transferred to the accident emergency unit at sumter krone hospital and. ok that brings us on to golf for

rory mcilroy is in control after the opening round of the by desert classic the northern irish star leaving the big names behind on the day getting off to a blistering starts approach shots like this on the seeing the twenty one year old finish with just a single bogey on eight birdies the world's top three golfers in order eat west with martin kaymer tiger woods well the old fields from the press west wing came right through a leader by four shots while tiger he's six bok second place sergio garcia lies two strokes behind us those thomas taken off south africa i probably could have been a little bit lower but you know i'll take sixty five any time i step out on this golf course and it was specially weather conditions that we had on the back and. felt as if i did really well and it's a great start to turn just over a week now before cricket world cup champions australia begin their title defense skipper ricky ponting who still recovering from

a broken finger so his side lose the ashes for a second straight time last month a massive disappointment head of the year's biggest tournament. pretty fresh. a month from the saw. i was looking forward to getting back into it again into back into proper trying and then more importantly back into international cricket as i said it's been a wall between between games for me and sitting back watching the gods play the last few weeks have been pretty difficult decision as well as there has been very satisfying. that wraps up the sport for this summer i'll see you soon world weather though it's coming up in just a tick. are not stopped going to come back.

we'll have a rally we'll sell lots of beer will. say we'll wear uniforms and a little damage is in the black and then moving but very little damming the white. and they are the key to our problem our own right. culture is that so much as i was about the middle class you know given really incredible even under the worst kinds of oppression people all around the world demonstrate time and again they want freedom and democratic institutions.

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