good to have you with us the sound this is from the russian capital with twenty four hours a day top stories now france is accused of forcing the elderly to scrimp and save all the government spends a fortune on increasing its military presence abroad and her is currently fighting in libya by every coast in afghanistan with tens of thousands of troops also stationed elsewhere. to russian nationalists have been jailed for murdering a human rights lawyer and a journalist in central moscow two years ago it was given life while his accomplice was sentenced to eighteen years jail in one of the biggest convictions of its kind

in russia. the tide turns on waterboarding as american officials claim to have helped capture osama bin laden but human rights defenders say voluntary cation achieves nothing more than proof as to help techniques valuable information. but also a show stopping performance courtesy of russia's top flight aerial displays worlds as they mark that twentieth birthday he was in the infant death defying stunts such as flight less than a meeting between each plane is we. will be back with more news for another update in fifteen years another one time one hundred percent of the moscow streets that are steeped in history and continue to draw crowds today.

hello and welcome this week show will be exploring all the latest stories in the last best guy a good way also a story of a machine allegedly a way out of the medieval it's a bell not good odds today in the sense elvis is not life and famous i will again this is part of the starting rule i was afraid to add musical historic blastoff as house historical landmark in itself within easy walking distance of most of most of his major downtown numb arcs and attractions such as the kremlin the bolshoi theatre to name a few this hotel easily has were the best locations in russia situated at the very bottom of the sky it's a paddock starting point for today's program when it's my rate was extended to st peter's night and seven hundred thirty eight to sky became unquestionably the

city's most important person. as the city expanded beyond the kremlin first sky became a residential area populated by wealthy merchants. back to the whole town today the national is an architectural at a store or a landmark and it's right. on. the historical grounds you're an understated elegance and the prophecy makes the national have talent favorite dissemination ok it is own school but it's a taste of the past you want this is it. unless the hotel was built in life and i played out of time if i lived in a fall about and. besides art nouveau and their faces of the historians about reconstruction costs over one billion rubles a huge sum for that time it was the most prestigious accommodation for the revolution after which it was used briefly by many when he moved the cost of the

government here to moscow it was known then as the house of the soviet residence party officials booking flights could begin our journey through one of the most vibrant streets in the world. although most of the original buildings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have been replaced the streets showcases stalinists you can see some acts of gets past. the first main sites or you should take notice of is coming to your ski through looking cranes in full of character to find several restaurants and cafes in this pretty sure nice lane many with outdoor terraces why it's not only a shop in this nation there are many cultural amongst the several features are located in the district at the end of the nineteenth century stanislaw ski together with the playwright and director mueller it's tangential down to the cheek of most of our theatre i'm coming here still aimed to see if he quickly became famous but

it stayed several of and some chick os major works beginning with its production of the siegel in eighteen ninety eight. reading on it's time she continued up first time. opposite moscow's main office you will find this request reinstate you to vote the founder of moscow pretty soon a dog rocky construction began in one nine hundred forty seven so all at the base hundredth anniversary of last hour however construction took seven years due to conflicts between the three sculptures and since a lack of funding also as they have no ritual images or pictures of the prince they all decided that the strategy should represent a typical russian lives. i'm from century old statues the moment a sushi cafes take it from a diverse street express i will impress the most diehard of tourists so what are your must provide some visitors think of the area. and then it's

a long meeting and spending time here especially in the kind of gasoline area if you like the most beautiful people in market all gathered here so we know what you've done and the surroundings turning to specially when the response was. terrified you absolutely stunning there is so much did you hear the difference between the kinds of great bars and restaurants french president loved going out on . the party that it started to go late into the night which is very new and there's a sort topping. i mean all the top advisors and there are budget conscious the plane is you know. you find a shop almost immediately expressed guys buildings it's not all about fashion brands open in one hundred sixty eight most fox is one of the city's largest bookstores because i didn't want to talk in the morning. trying to commute found

here and there's a lot selection of books in english german french and other languages. house number forty one first guy not far from school scott square some famous u.c.s.d. story building itself is an eighteenth century storable an architectural monument because you see in eighty ninety eight by the billion imagine from st petersburg greatly you see if you can the saw in nineteen zero one it became the most to lose your a space of future being at a time when among many other core expense truffles and were on sale. no one's going around the clock more than a century on the beach was still still attracts many customers and fascinated tourists. the street is packed full of interesting facts and figures for centuries it was the fish to root for the sauce which session official visits to muster nine hundred thirty s. it was renamed off the rights of next i'm going to go to the streets and sell and have the road significantly widens. diffuse the streets has fundamentally changed

over the centuries from a narrow medieval wooden surface straight to today's slightly overwhelming eight lanes highway. congestion is a major problem but mixed together with grand juries buildings the airy boulevards that cross the street green spaces meandering tourists and local people enjoying outdoor space it all seems to work together rather well hand in hand. waving all now we've arrived at pushkin skies where one of them a meeting place is there the russian capital think of it as times square open for the circus it's also a place where love is like for me to read books paul has had the flowers very nice and in the center here is the eleven meters statue of the famous russian poet. the pencil best the poetry lines of pushkin and the monuments position was not selected by mistake either many pages of the poet's life should be linked with her

sky blue vase it was here at the pool that he met his future wife. her other cases of interest lined up for a scarf. if you're hungry mcdonald's is always a model it's a fast food restaurant of the chain which can scar is the largest indoor it opened here in one thousand nine hundred it was the largest in the world many still remember the long queues in front of it to try the first big match people waited in line for hours fortunately accused today a somewhat shorter. state central museum of contemporary history of russia is located on to a scholarly beautiful eighteenth century building. and in one hundred seventeen museum collect research displays historical documents and also facts to represent the social political and economic history of russia and its society. there are around two million items in its collections taking photographs leaflets sculptures

promised coins. location is interesting and for the lucky people who live in that first time they have shops cafes and entertainment at the disposal twenty four hours a day. is the slim bustle traffic and noise too much now transplant question let's meet this week's cast even let me say you miss me too now tell me this is the staycation any of all that i've ever seen you must i know this house halachah lucky to find this on location brilliant greenery great location for meeting you no problem with the traffic and no not at all because because the night turned and it's quite died down and so it's nothing for my toy today and to maybe some noise but i'm not in the palm anyway so it's no problem for me it's all right but tell me what you love about the streets west oh. it is a great street in moscow and hearing the word and people compare it to the surface

of a new oxford street in london and you've got all with attractions within the staff you've got clinton in ritz carlton and so called great theatre is everything so it's amazing place to me it's great to live here but it does come at a price isn't that a taste i'll say that compared to other cities not all that expensive and if you've got a budgets you can stretch and i would recommend to leave yeah it's a lifetime experience so you have these amazing views definitely on the scariest terrace in the world i know i know and i'm looking forward to today through the may day parade next week so i will have the absolute best seat in the world absolutely because it is everything that you have to invite me to come and see the bright. they i think it. was finally we arrived here at the club and our quest for the better us i read it for a while frail says you know i personally love the buildings and surroundings here i think it's the perfect example of old moscow based the new. with an

eclectic mix of architecture that combines medieval sidestreets courtyards and striking twenty first century building projects to sky's diversity is the epitome of morton's a moscow were said to moscow's becoming the new new york might be on to something. here the drilling and constant facelift continues to revive changing which oculus as one of the most expensive streets based on commercial rents in a world that seems to press guys still has a long way to go. many historians just said streets are scarred existed as early as the twelfth century by the way of a next thousand years bring in whatever guys i'm sure one thing is certain it's simpleton street and district full of characters history might actually still be here creating a stand and making its continuous intact on the busy capital. but

unfortunately that's what how we have on this week's program on the central streets first i'll see you again at the same time next week and tell them for me and the rest of the crew is that it will last us on five by allow. minimums looked forward to be held down say. the pain and suffering will never be forgotten. as well

as the joy of the racial. era spring of nineteen forty five on our team. for some this is just a parliament building in berkeley and. then. sixty five years ago. it was the final target i'm going to ask major offensive for the army. it's captured became the symbol on the form of financial settlement. and the victory over nazi germany. the fall i'm in r.g.p. . hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. download the official antti allocation your body phone or i pod touch from the i

choose apps to. watch all sheesh life on the go. video on demand oxys minefield costs and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the quality jobs calm. stores a saucy france is accused of forcing the elderly to scrimp and save all the government spends a fortune on increasing its military presence abroad the country's current fighting in libya ivory coast and afghanistan with tens of thousands of troops stationed elsewhere. two russian nationalists have been jailed for murdering a human rights lawyer and a journalist in central moscow two years. to go to the killer was given life while his accomplice was sentenced to eighteen years jail and one of the biggest convictions of its kind in russia. the tide turns on waterboarding as american officials claim torture helps capture osama bin laden's body human rights defenders

say volatile interrogation achieves nothing at the morning proof is to help torture techniques help acquire valuable information. to show stopping before one's courtesy of russia's top flight carol displays squads as they mark their twentieth birthday it seems and for death defying stunts such as flying less than a meter between each plane's wings. i'll be back with the top stories in just over ten minutes from now but first let's get all the latest sports with richard. oh well gonzales is a great to have you with us we'll start with the headlines. on the way to time n.h.l. m.v.p. alexander ovechkin going to survive here to assist the russian national ice hockey team and their crisis war championship gold. going out of sun as the

c.e.o. of public someone explain home the losing to an informant julia georges in madrid. being all portuguese final in the euro believe this year the quarter both made it to may's final in dublin. russia's national ice hockey squads are beginning a huge boost as more teams battlers of the n.h.l. players alexander ovechkin has his sights set on bratislava capital scots went by the time but the lightning in the eastern conference semifinals twenty five year old has a full collection of world championship medals with two bronze one silver and one gold the russians have and will be hoping to improve the locker room atmosphere in the national team is strong faith in the grassroots have stayed cool lineup of each game will be available on saturday alex great will likely aim to hit the ice against the czechs on sunday as it is in game shape following the n.h.l. postseason. rushers group iraq hauls involved in some

exciting one chance in the world championship action read on germany losing a very tough mind she against finland in a shootout. of a child's carolina hurricanes scoring the opening goal in the league late equaliser of the pains to send the game into overtime in minnesota wildcats and mikel quibble their next of twice in the ensuing a shootout to seal the deal against the germans while in a remind should be a gold medal game from the. these champions can either battle it out with us a group that all but one went to a shootout it's which canadians just want to. strangle football an english premier league city aiming to wrap up a place in acces in the champions league or the one chinese placed side need only four points from the next two domestic games they can added some on saturday so this weekend city aiming to be a tough means for the first time in four meetings at everton three times at home

this season the citizens have a game in hand for the european rivals tottenham on tuesday and she is focusing on the points his team meet to reach europe's probably a competition. the great thing that we need to do all the other four point four points. we are sure going to get votes in but we have a different game so. it's important that we are. very well against it if we want to win because they were always difficult for us. but we want to change it you have to change these. staying with for all four of seaports over play but are at an all portuguese europa league final on maybe eleven eighteenth raga winning second lead time home one nil on progressing on away goals for today's champions actually porto regional finals

for the free to away loss in the second leg that i believe both of the first game was more than enough to seal a seven point i will get victory over that off for a final takes place in dublin and the eighteenth of may. with them room will build we have a team of incredible talent all decisive as you know i don't want to praise a plan over the rest of the team please work at their maximum concentration demotivation both on the beach and in the branch where it hits maximum level it makes us much stronger being in final and used we deserve this moment even more my mind is already focused on the final and willingly we can win it even either opponent is a strong team we believe we can win or profound of ours for it to the semifinals of the litter and open up a world number one i would class with a lot better than the straight sets models really tested prize for french opponents an easy six to sixty victory extend his winning streak on clay to thirty six

manches this pioneer is now in the last four as he looks to retain his rights or meanwhile as baluchis continue his excellent run in madrid the brazilian disposing of thomas beard in straight sense of federer and novak djokovic i.q. all on course for a little later on in the women's event an associate public chamber was running with three of his horses caroline wozniacki truly a daughter who is in the quarterfinals of the russian out of sorts in the pairs first ever encounter this in a straight sense underscoring hard set wins because. american money on bartoli set or seems to run ended. slightly now over five rings of moscow race got underway on thursday with local favorites team making clean sweep podium opening stage of a grammy and has more. fairings of must kill this road race was established in one thousand nine hundred ninety two now it is considered as one of the top vance only international cycling calander.

the competition traditionally started with a time trial race with a standard start living each of all one hundred and three riders one one with a so-called small ring assured but tough route on the heels of most school districts scare. although they've been favorites the katyusha team promptly proved they feel at home there and this race was all about settling scores within the team the first one in the sport light last year's champion sergei for the son of making it to the finishing line in less than five minutes although his teammate. was quick to set a time of four point four seven as the next record of the day to chase the ryder a scab storming because of course time but the record proved unbreakable until it came to the last one in the starting line to do just young buck under the salami

nigga the twenty four year old snatched victory from his teammate to take the lead in the firings of moscow rays twenty eleven. it's hard to be the last one in the starting line you know all the results everyone is pretty sure frankly speaking i was very nervous i'd say i was far from being confident you know so all i was trying to do was do my best and catch up with the leaders but it turned out to be enough to win just to just honestly i was sure my time would be the best on a day when i was watching him on the course i realized he could be and he did of course i was a bit absurd but on the other hand he's my teammate and i'm glad for him second place is not a bad result for me. the first and the surest each of the resolver but with another full roots in more than one hundred kilometers lying head the action has just begun robert with the new york city school. and the n.b.a.

hardwood two time defending champions los angeles found themselves in dire straits in the second round of two thousand and eleven and be a playoffs the lakers would have been wanting to ask going on the road against dallas or facing a tutor nothing deficits and the birth of seven series for the ages big man hundred lynam the whole but no one surface tyson chandler the. longtime laker fan jack nicholson one of those stunned to see his team lose two straight at home in the postseason. because ronna rest all so for the upcoming game after leaving the mavericks j.j. . or dallas will hope to avoid the two thousand six hundred went through a lot in the n.b.a. finals of the two loser series of the miami heat. meanwhile twenty two year old chicago john guard derrick rose recently became the youngest ever most valuable player award winner history of the tougher than expected match up against the great hall splits for the bulls plans for canada should seven in june roses always

dazzling the crowd with his spectacular plays is still right in the series at the ceiling game one in the city but losing the second. and the boxing of my plough is meanwhile oprah gearing up to prove he's the best pound for pound fighter once again as he puts his w b o welterweight belt on the line against shane mosley on saturday trainer freddie roach pleased with the training process this time around playing pac-man is much more focused than he was before his previous win of until your knowledge you've got to get it on or about may spell trouble for his opponent sure the shane is coming off the last for him ever way mayweather jr a draw against surgery and mora or pacquiao will get a minimum of twenty million u.s. dollars speakers part of the favorites to win the thirty nine year old challenger. but also more support coming up just in votes to us the weather's coming up next.

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