down high street alleyways in the basement of the local shopping. at the thought of shopping in such places. still every. ok sure some of the. supermarkets. pay for goods to food it's. really. well we move to an extrication let's take a look at this week's news a psychological thriller by american film director darren aronofsky black swan has recently premiered the story which revolves around

a ballet production by one of new york starts companies has been influenced by the russian ballet not only do they perform one of the most famous. in the nineteenth century but the film's director. who searched. several times. which includes. the presentation. the women will not represent the country's art of making. jump into the world. for contemporary art. objects.

people leave behind online the exhibition is organized by the victoria and albert museum in london a la since the first of april beauty comes in a variety of films this week it was depicted through fascinating crystal artwork you can buy such items here in the russian capital is the french company because i have opened another store this time at the barbican village despite the snowy weather the world renowned luxury brand organize a spectacular show marking the event exits from said cicely entertained the younger guests and they presented a thrilling show created specially for the grand opening. and moving to our next location as they say the best things in life offered. the sale of located in the center of the capital is a true it's a treasure popular with everyone from students to local businesspeople this loki's

is this a sign of any crisis or recession it simply gives you the time you put in coming here and use. the money on our models we practice haircuts blow drying and make up everything is for free so everyone who wants to be pampered is absolutely welcome. so in underground b.c. school you students need real guinea pigs but don't worry that you'll come out looking like students in the final levels only allowed to practice on real people. and ok it might take a little while researching what venues offer free trials office or free treatments but it will save you a lot of at the same time you get to visit a whole range of different places before you have to part with any cash and yes i understand why such coupon collecting could be seen as uncouth but i think it's really about having common sense and being proactive in a very very expensive city. and moving on to the street. central markets here

campbell it's just plain clothes food fresh produce stated to be affordable but do they pose the question in the extreme world of we tell industry it's also where we're meeting this week's guest. so tell me how i've been living here in moscow now for about a year so i was here for the nine months initially went back to the u.k. and decided to come back and stay for a little bit longer now maybe a couple of years which would be because now what you think about the prices here in the russian capital the price is very i mean there are so many different prices for different things some things are really expensive other things are really cheap and so it's a big mix of getting used to walk costs one compared to the u.k. show moscow is famously said to be one of the most expensive cities in the world what you think is cheap because there are all lots of different things public transport ridiculously cheap i love it i use it quite often so for me it's really great taxis if you want to pick up trucks or even a gypsy cab a couple of pounds can get you to several miles which we see in the u.k. you're paying in least ten fifteen pounds if you're in london i really like the

business lunches if your lazy and don't want to cook you can realize it's going to be three courses two or three four pounds you know it's fantastic what you think is free you know here in moscow the galleries free to some concerts an exhibition which are free and there's a really good website which i use where people exchange information about where you can go evenings you can go to conversation classes all these different aspects which don't cost anything and it's just because people want to share that information i also think that with all these new restaurants clubs like clubs open all the time i think that there are more promotions in moscow and opening nights none of us are party to so much paris parties going to other cities new york paris yeah i mean i've been to a couple of days which are either cheap or free and i've heard about those three girls are enabled and then it's real time that if you've got the time inclination then yeah absolutely i don't know about them i've got to stick with you a little bit more to get more freebies will. thank you very much.

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free. free. tickets or. whatever you find in moscow whether it's free or cheap you also come up against things that are frighteningly expensive. and thriving metropolis brings us to our final location. there are many ways in which we can escape the stress of. busy city living from

traditional pressure banier to today's latest fad yoga waiting to attract new people to yoga who have an interest in it might have never tried it over them virus practices for free so they can choose one suitable for them it is also essential to choose a yoga teacher that feels right and no free classes provide such an opportunity the free costs are held each weekend. an hour and half the men surveyed simple center helps to recruit new customers save money and improve your health at the same time that says to pave yoga classes during the week because only a few hundred roubles under ten dollars. for the most expensive cities in the. capital full of extremes unexplored areas and it in opportunities private jets oligarchs and champagne aside for most it's a regular mega city full of cost cutting committee says he didn't watch what they spend and as the aspiring middle class flourishes in moscow it may be cheap and

cheerful will be the way forward. oh well i feel better already and it didn't cost anything well unfortunately that's on that's how we have on this week's program about moscow i'll see you get the same time next week for more cultural inventions around the russian capital until then for me and the rest of the team by and i hope.

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it's good to have you with us as always. a couple games. both when very europa league matches but no such good news both as a need to move being. president salva gives. of all name calling but also to be timely in the australian open the victory in the bali. world championships get underway in moscow shortly we take an in-depth look ahead one of the world's passes growing monologs. football it was a mixed day for the four russian clubs involved in the europa league on thursday will be they slipped to a disappointing defeat against twenty two late goals putting the dutch sort of in control but news both the serious crowd who under the pools and when the sun want to go to thomas net said strike on twenty nine minutes the performance of the day about belong to sponsor. time goals from three to come bottom. group of

his does that have all just a minute to go. and hans is growing a reputation by scoring a fantastic free kick to get the red white stick tree such good news both as it needs young boys from the. go aside from bernie equaliser early in the second half and they would go on to get stoppage time when a. has been charged with gruesome sporting conduct after headbutting a member of tom's coaching staff during ac milan's champions league tie with the spurs on tuesday while the ac milan camps and had bought it system coach joe jordan off the final whistle milan last game by goal to nail the two so apologize almost immediately for exactions but he could still be facing a three games or more leaving a battalion internationals found not guilty and won't be able to play. any part in the return leg as he picked up a yellow card meaning he suspended for the second leg of white hart lane which gets underway on the ninth of march. now a spot of good news for

a russian winter olympic followers it's been confirmed that seventy five percent of the venues for the two thousand and fourteen sancia games will be built by the end of the year months ahead of schedule that's according to the i.o.c. co-ordination commission chairman john called clearly he's currently in silence inspecting the around the plant construction clearly stating he was impressed by the speed of the work going on in the city russia will host the winter games for the first time ever for french and also stressing that awarding salt should be lympics certainly the right decision. almost every month no and we have seen your progress. believable it is the greatest bet ever on the. model olympics never before. we award the game is. going to be there the already five percent of everything

had to be built and so we are very part of that because. the olympics is to spread the value of them that's one and then spread the practice of sports. going to tennis with salva successfully booked her place in the quarterfinals but by championships for a victory of a player in the longest mind she in women's singles history last month the russian who lost marathon encounter last month in melbourne didn't get off to the best of starts as francesca schiavone raced to take the first set six one however the game turned on its head in a second say it's the sixteenth seed took its love to send a mansion to the side of a third proved to be by far the tightest set of a manage but it was because it solved i was able to hold her no. prevail and. freesat. needs just one more victory to regain the world number one ranking from compliances but dane disposing of japan for the loss

of just one game and she'll become world number one again she can be charged pair the quarterfinals. confirmation of course that solvers win there on your screens there was a surprise defeat for the world number three there was one of the all that was beaten in straight sets for the russian army to clear them out of play of plenty of potential for a place in the semifinals. meanwhile on the men's stall juan martin del potro continues his road to recovery for an injury that ruined the whole of last season with his latest picture in memphis of yard time was up against creatures even though good and he showed few signs of discomforts against the world number sixty two although paltrow who won the two thousand and nine u.s. open and slipped two hundred ninety eight in the world had to get a wild card to play in this tournament looks like he's recovering from the wrist injury that ruled last season for him as he took the opening set six. few problems for argentina second since he took it by the same scoreline.

same with tennis just says she's struggling to come to terms with having to quit tennis because of a persistent elbow problem and she her decision to quit the sport following last month's defeat to spittle on the course meant solver at the australian open had first retired from the game in two thousand and eight only to make a comeback two years later however her problems continued to trouble her forcing her to quit the sport. i'm going to let alone in the last two months to come back a. woman and then. the damage is much more important in terms of a. tendency to bend the knee to say gee we need three years and we want you it's a very small distance to come back to my level and there's no guarantee of this illness and it will be a lot of the stuff when you do come back and on the tour. been ten twenty nine few months and unfortunately i think with the doctors we took tomorrow we realize it

was the better and the best option just to rest and think about myself and. to be reasonable and. i can look back and make you wince a wisp intensity. to possible in dallas small thirteen thousand and fourteen falling one hundred twelve points one hundred six when phoenix suns will the mavericks have a dirk nowitzki defying the german weighing in with thirty five points for despite being one of the n.b.a.'s form teams dollars from the going tough going to the weak side and six times in the last seven games in our exchange with us in the three point advantage of the whole time brady of a maverick spans a ploy down the stretch. for instance something up. here that is to some breathing space. just as the sun's looks like they might be able to come back. ups that limits. the german nailing that free point to the damage inside

to victory. or finish the game high spreading my point silverman riggs thirteenth win in fourteen so great work on the paint as this does eventually run out of time to drop points to having sex with as. well as fast is furious and it's one of the fastest growing martial arts in russia it's also one of the planet's youngest martial arts combining a number of ancient fighting techniques and what the world cup championships coming up this weekend in the russian capital. as a preview. most martial arts have piece stories that stretch back centrists this one however is just thirty years old the mixed martial art of also known as furious claims to have incorporated all the major fighting picnics. punches from boxing.

pics taken from one judge throws in submission speed from judo some ball and jujitsu. this is how the human body turns into present two of unarmed self-defense according to the handbook. the sport was founded and developed in japan although it's russians who have dominated the couter mat in recent years in particular the country's undisputed five down world. and we could up with him demonstrating his stunning skills in downtown moscow. people may get a little confused thinking koodoo is just a combination of different techniques saying it's boxing wrestling something else it's not as much more complicated it's fine choose various styles both in wrestling and standup fighting for use within the framework of karate to design a specific

a very efficient and universal. spalls further on thursday when the originator of touchdown in the capital. zuma than one thousand nine hundred eighty seven full contact world champion who left one great martial art for the sake of creating a new one the grandmaster in town to examine could have practitioners from all over the globe and witness the best in his sport settle scores at the world cup and said rate. on a little actually is just what fights looked like in ancient times this is how fighting history began with all aspects involved later this ultimate martial art gave birth to various styles like judo karate but the point is that every real fight includes all those elements applied and so we are just trying to breathe new life into the ancient martial art if you'd like to see just. speaking about in

your new job into the coulda world cup over the weekend and see talk made real otherwise tune in sunday live events halides here sport. coming up in our. next. culture is that so much of the definition is an issue on the market as protest and people's power rage across the arab middle east there are those who say france political establishment is next in line to be toppled.

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alliances distrusts new wiki leaks cables reveal how america has been spying on nato top officials to prevent closer ties with russia. and roaming the red planet is a cruel but unique virtual mars expedition carries out a second mock up space walk in a simulation that's hope to bring the real thing a step closer. puzzle bridging the conflict to save lives in israel a clinic is taking in children with heart conditions from some neighboring countries disregarding tons relations between states. and the un you're across the aisle speaking only for a man is underway in east to siberia there once again looking at ways of modernizing the economy and attracting the capital find out more and twenty min to start.

it's five pm here in moscow this is archie coming to you live with me a nice and now a first stop this hour. a diplomatic cable published by wiki leaks has revealed the u.s. was snooping on nato secretary general washington received information on his private conversations using top officials on staff and are doing it because i mean those are reports the revelation explains more about the u.s. domination of nato. cat among the pigeons whistleblower weekly strikes again this time at the very heart of neat-o. according to documents published by two european newspapers a us most was planted right in the office of the alliance's secretary-general several of the cables revealed by wiki leaks indicate america is trying to control nato.