children of each college. at you know to put you know hotel peer to show my photos yesterday in kildare a boutique hotel and your maternity. in serbia multis available in moscow and hyatt regency favorite. this is our secret live from moscow breaking news this hour a french fighter jet is part of the libyan military think it's the first reported strike since planes began patrolling the skies of libya to enforce the u.n. sanction no fly zone pro-government forces reportedly advance into the rebel stronghold of benghazi despite the clearing a cease from. world leaders meeting in paris agreed to use all necessary military means to stop any aggression by colonel gadhafi the french president says their forces ready to intervene against any threats to our own civilians including tanks and armored vehicles. and engine is a locked in

a desperate battle board meltdown in japan's tsunami damaged provision of power plant teams struggle to restore electricity despite being exposed to the dangerously high levels of radiation. would not a summary for you in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime not imagine now explores the influence of russian culture in the french capital stay with us for that. hello and welcome to one of the most loved and visit cities in the world paris pittsburgh great to look at the culture and architecture here and throughout the

centuries as many russians emigrated to france the cultural links between the psychiatrist became stronger and stronger today paris is part of russian history and culture and that's what i'll be exploring on the streets program paris has always held a special attraction for russians many have believed for centuries it is the cultural center. and with breathtaking architecture opera food wine in style the kitchen thinking maybe some truth in that. but let's not include tacky see vinnie's. it was the emperor piece the great streets of france seven hundred seventy two in the front gates mark has since been a constant stream of fresh immigrants. moving inside this is the to me start. taking the reins magnificent

chandeliers and models why he's the one decent use often use the occasional. museum i'm going to educational institutes. welcome some of the most prestigious universities. next up we arrived at the famous old golf university thousand a year twelve hundred fifty seven it's. it's be popular with the students for centuries for a famous person artists or writers of politicians graduated sports here and stay there around one thousand russian students in higher education in paris. and looking at this we can stand case for me as we make the vice chancellor of the university. italy thank you very much for your time that's how many so far has a long history with russian students yes. you can consider

that peter to greet was the first russian student in paris because he came just to see the grave of the show you you know vishal you had the well known the prime minister in the seventeenth century was buried here and after his his death and peter the greed was a great admirer and perhaps you know the well known sentence when he said i would have given to you the half my empire just to have such a minister as you well so he was a great admirer and then you have. a story of many well known russian writers or. scientists coming to paris in one thousand century. and then you have a new twentieth century very fascinating history because on the one side you have many russian immigrates of the twenty's just coming to paris and studying in the

sorbonne or teaching at the sorbonne and on the other side you always had prominent representatives of the soviet union coming to paris eisenstein in one thousand nine hundred eighty just to speak about the russian cinema and you had a prison kosygin coming in one thousand nine hundred seventy likud which of gorbachev came. and held the big speech with a wide audience listening to him in nineteen eighty nine so this is a symbol also for for for for every rush and i would say when the folks there's a listen here thank you very much yes i think you like you must be. the river seine and it's a rest isn't the worst and without doubt the city's most opulent the decorated bridge really connected with russia. this place was

named after the rest of alexander the third bill to the end of the nineteenth century it was erected to symbolize the positive relationship between frogs and russia and at the same time as an exchange a stone bridge was erected in st petersburg distracted by french workers. building destructions resulted in a very low forty minutes of bridge with its golden sculptures of chariots of nymphs it really is something russia and france should be proud of. taking a look at other places are connected to russia catherine allopathic she'll meaning niggled robinson english is the oldest cooperate in paris mamata dating back to eight hundred sixty bank then it was outside the city area why was cheap year so many artistic musical literary folk gathered at the venue to see songs reciting the new words loudly discussing arts and having fun the atmosphere has been preserved at the venue for people coming here to listen to and sing traditional french songs

thinking back centuries ago sitting at wooden tables into the surfaces of which initials i think our to protect against the venue is very popular with russian tourists who come here seeking a taste of french culture just as the theme is artistic compatriots just to experience. the local for whom they were being a little bit of the place where is the. pianist rishta their. love to go hear hear. if every very very very was going to be here and i didn't know where he was by this place you know and i read that when he was drinking more and he used to play piano in the. very late at. our foundation just outside paris is

a cheat created by jumping out and of undercover cop which welcomes a limited number of young men as boys every year the practice craft starting with an eye in a metal workshop the art of university aims to pass on the tradition of moral and spiritual values such as cross we can shatter tradition and now walk and there's one man with christian roots within the foundation community the truth. about this and all its repulsive it's all just a curiosity a story and for us it's off five years old to have a french education but the preserve my russian as well and my family's home we speak both french and russian from those liberals here. the area of money and i think in paris has for decades been popular among russians gatherings of artists musicians and write is taking place in various cafes in this city one such venue is cafe clarity on the service the beginning of the twentieth century

popular as a meeting place for intellectuals it's up to speed has attracted many famous guess including russian artist alexander young off it was inspired to create a painting the. next up to the delight of classical music as we arrive at the segue rachmaninoff washington savitri stops by to the most illustrious persist of imperial russia. on track man of. the county teaches many nice clean streets. to students of various levels and ages it also regularly holds concerts by prestigious musicians from across the globe. the rock of service was founded in the night twenties after the successful attack

of seasons one of the self is the first president and for decades this house has provided a cultural link with him russian and your peers and so casing it's how it's highlighting you composers this is the order of the cultural organization which was created in one or one thousand nine hundred twenty five to twenty three by all the immigrants coming up through the roof and as you know a new russian can live without. music or culture. and it was. the place which was going to. cover all russians in immigration. from the

dozens of photographs of the use of various french and russian musicians you can see how important this building has been and continues to be thousands of performers. one final location artist paint outside i can hear the soft soothing sounds of the french coming. in and it's not a muscle hands but a famous russian song them to be empty meaning victory day often forms of the most intimate celebrated feats of the nazis in one nine hundred fifty five but. legend has it that two russian soldiers visited a cafe here it was cervix treme fans and athletes shouted out the words mr meaning fast in russian locals believe that's how he threw company received this name. wow i love it a lot of my favorite places in the world it's a bit of a state was against it once you're here it's well worth the effort from the kids

and cozy cafe bar so the beguiling cabarets saying the whole area was extremely popular with russian immigrants and still is the russian forests today. in crystal clear weather like this economy help with nothing tires and after my day of exploration the connection strong bond between france and russia is only too obvious. when the russians have such a loose and she a shoot with the city from being involved with university education and creating beautiful bridges to opening famous music service was crushing the city made its mark here in this stunning city.

as my neighbor then those with business joined in a fun we're here to. make a short presentation about the week of these projects. the first. in the for the day in three to get information about the real world. player. on. the secret to the biggest. market or. the five up and sauces in danger it would hunt me down and kill. this is exactly one of the reasons why we left the culture because it has become a war of all those old james and. then all the actual informational. thank you. the whole people around the wold. be.

breaking news this hour here on r.t. a french fighter jet has fought on the libyan military vehicle is the first reported strike since planes began patrolling the skies over libya to enforce the u.n. sanction no fly zone as pro-government forces reportedly advance into the rebel stronghold of benghazi despite declaring a cease fire and. world leaders meeting in paris agreed to use all necessary military means to stop any aggression by colonel gadhafi the french president says his air force is ready to intervene against any threats to civilians including tanks armored vehicles. and i'll be back with more news for you in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime the

latest from the world of sports when you don't stay with us. thank you for joining us this is sports live on twenty four hour r t i mean these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. historical day f.-c. crust record their first ever premier league winning beating start technology. in the opening drawing to true fixture. d.-day in dublin in winter aiming to clinch their first six nations grand slam and eight arlan team standing in their way currently we'll update the latest from the irish capital in just a moment. small the next generation of russian basketball meets one of the soviet union's greatest ever exports. let's get the ball

rolling with russian football where new boys f.c. cross claim their first win in the big leagues. doing the business again on sunday afternoon well they came to town seeking to make it to enter into the season it looks for all the world but the visitors will take the lead twenty minutes in the process are somehow kept the ball out of their nets the home side then took the lead through igor pick the shock headed home brilliantly in ten minutes before the break seventy minutes you are making no mistake when i want to know cross into the final score they moved up pretty at least. else words you know might not stop their first win of the season three second half goals consigning previous table toppers rust off to a one sided three one defeat last week's door we lost a lot more t. forgot about a real conflict and manchester united have stretched their lead at the top of the

english premier league to five points alex ferguson's side leaving. however at home to bolton united were to machar berbatov to the bulgarian with a win or two minutes from and second place are still feel to keep the pressure up on the leaders though drawing shoot to with west brom before the tottenham also missed a chance to off their points tally registering a disappointing nil nil draw west holland aston villa were left to brew a plethora of missed opportunities going down one nil to lowly wolves stoke were the biggest winners on the day hitting newcastle for four on the north west jewell between block burn and black pool finish top of two two thought of the table wigan registered only their sixth win of the season this time at the expense of birmingham city un currently in action are everton and four no scores yet though goodison with around fifteen minutes of play. to the continental hockey league have ensured their quarterfinal clash with up and god will go down to the wire following

victory in game six a little earlier today well let's lurch a king i think man and regular time the first period was scoreless but the home side there's a nice stuff got things going seven minutes into the second before you gov jaeger equal proceedings just moments later a stylus love to go off was to prove the hero having moments from the final closer to one scoreline three three knowing games in the best of seven last eight fixtures . yesterday meanwhile atlantis leveled their western conference semifinal series with also three games apiece after posting a normal win on home ice the winner will now be decided in game seven on sunday confiscate the top off from port. car haven't gone through a matrix indecently in atlanta who scored only once in the previous two home matches against the same petersburg side would have to do if he were to break the record louis nubile in period move teams were thinking only mode the pins with no

schooling edwards. and here's how i have to break it to just twenty seven seconds for the visitors to take the leap after fantastic bans from denise given school much insouciance can pitter chianti breakaway and executive brilliantly i won nothing with no chances for consumption were ruined just say i planned more confused but kept putting the pressure on to break the deadlock it seemed that the park wouldn't be open to panic who was in top form between the pipes denying all the shorts finally at rams efforts were awarded ones being that the a group one time a shot from the right circle to beat the scot goalie you don't get killed in the first period we were a bit nervous as we're not very confident on how my story at the post matches but in the second we got possession and started to play again. with a one zero score the teams and our business as if the red and the winning goal was scored by a young marine who gathered the park after the first attempt was north and would

have blistering short send it into the top corner of the manse to the delight of the food bank need to share we know how it was cars have coached muscle support blame the referees in the incident i think it was it all squad player part of it and nobody could play at least part by the referee right away show that it's it's not icing than a goalie style the pocket and there will start. this moment when we we will. suit you truman's deserving and we know it was and there is still to carry forward the decisive symphony issue of the series in st peter's move on sunday. the first six nations grand slam in eight years is on the table for anyone currently martin johnson's men under way against an irish team intent on denting their neighbors championships hopes it is high time know at the viva stadium it's

the irish who are doing absolutely everything right declan kidney charges in fact seventeen three are getting forty minutes now if arlin continue leading to the final whistle wales can capture the six nations but they must beat france in paris dublin kicking off right after the irish england much earlier scotland got off the mark for the first time this season beating it's only twenty one eight in fact was the final score in. austria have again shown their ski jumping pedigree in slovenia the squad taking the world cup win with norway a distance seconds on the host nation in third austria with all of their jumpers in the world top ten arrived with the nation's couple ready in the sport's leading country lead heading into the final series of leaks with norway and poland playing catch up the only change to that list coming in the final podium place robert klein

the it's decent a jump of two and twelve point five metres to move the venue up to third but it's going to austria who. hold up the top of the world cup. but brings us all into basketball on the pick of friday night's action in the n.b.a. centered on phoenix ending their four game losing streak but for three or golden state channing frye returning from a shoulder injury seventeen point nine republicans for the suns including one from behind they are. in the second quarter which made it forty eight thirty six phoenix grant hill and steve nash the all boys also had seventeen each now sharing a wide open three pointer from the top of the key extending only to seventy nine sixty two in the third but leave enough for the suns to stroll to the final one await ninety seven scoreline despite sitting eleventh in the west pulled into games of memphis for the one time. and finally young basketball fans going to treat in moscow on friday as a limp dick champion and former soviet star of the dust bonus made

a trip to one of the city's economy is to promote this year's european championships richard on port well he was there for us sir. the thirty first of august will be a proud moment for this man out of it as suborn is as his native if you weigh in here will host the european basketball championships for the first time since nine hundred thirty nine and a former child star says it will be a great honor for the birth of lithuania is a country where basketball is the number one sport we managed to sell fifty thousand tickets in just two hours and there are none left it's a great honor for us to hold this event and we will try to put on a great show but a lot depends on how the lithuanian team place. promoting the event which gets underway in six months time isn't the only reason suborn is in moscow he also paid a visit to the local basketball academy a former center was complementary about the facilities and explained why a country likely few a year which only has

a population of three million is able to compete at the highest level. of russia has exactly the same facilities that you would find in lithuania the difference is in popularity i believe encounters which has a population of three hundred thousand and there are six possible schools there where around one thousand five hundred boys able to train this gives us a huge number of plays to truth and no one slips through the net competition is high in russian sport with basketball having to compete with the likes of football ice hockey and ten is which are far more popular the best youngsters however it's unlikely that basketball in this country will ever be able to compete with the popularity it holds look you when you. have over the last couple started to become popular in lithuania before the second world war and it is increasing popularity ever since we are a small country and we always want to win to put our country on the map and the fact we are quite good at basketball also helps majority of children at this academy will have posters of one particular link on the bron james on their bedroom walls it's nice for them to have

a look at someone is younger generation may not know who to meet a twenty one centimeter center actually is our they'll be in for a nice surprise when they find out he was one of the soviet union's greatest in. possible plays. will be possible plays one even bornemann all the someone says in its prime helping the soviet union to win gold it was sold in peace and once ninety eight but if they can go on to have even half a career out of this coma great had been buried for a fantastic possible career future richard oppel three don't see it and that is your last minutes of sport for this hour i'll see you soon weather's coming up though in just a tick. hungry for the full story we've got it's. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on.

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