the churn it turned into something all society could use in think it was well intentioned to be doing. this man was to. time and he's still idealist now i think it's completely over the top to keep him in there and you don't share him in the ground and using everyone else. he turned everything upside down. there's nothing else to say. he was in london the father of the so you. right. and they were friends for the younger generations you could say that the image of the bolshevik leader has turned into a retro. figure not helped by tacky pop star t. shirts and cheesy as it seems now. equally celebrated and mourned and the good and bad he did in his life acknowledged dawn of the days of

thousands of people queuing up to see his. recording locations it's still the main association. with him. the real many other places. in front of his life. for most of the previous century lennon has to make it the administrative center of the country. because of german threats move the ball. as it was called. what's become. his life and will become his final resting place originally i wouldn't. say i'm still open for public viewing. but his body might move. even if that happens no matter what your political. welcome back ground it is clear

that lenin was an exceptional human being even if you don't like the policies or ideology he stood for lenin moved into the kremlin in nineteen eighteen legend has it that he took both his wife. and his. french born revolutionary innocent ottomans with him. in riyadh i'm nash where we head towards the national hunt the last two decades of the access to many many locations previously closed or even a moon in the us a soft museums houses hotels bunkers it seems the russian capital is now open to all well almost if you want an example of a classic hotel from the last century this is perfect built in one thousand or three by the famed bush an architect from the event of the national home tallies been historic landmark for more than a century before the revolution the hotel hosted foreign diplomats. loyalty

business tycoons and indeed in the fullness after nine hundred seventy international has proclaimed the first house of the soviet became a residence of the bullshit government's top communist leaders our main point of interest is really one of seven the bright spots in syria since the location while antique furniture high ceilings and a sense of history is in the room one hundred and seventy here in my opinion only has one of the best years of the capital but it's also packed full of history accommodating the ball straight party this with inside the hotel was famously home to lennon and his wife for two weeks and last night in a city in the hotel has been renovated since but still want. this grand twentieth century to it yes. you too can gaze across to the kremlin and much of this cause desk. today this room costs thousands of dollars on. right

i'm not quite sure to be too impressed with the price. same rights for everyone. and. for many and those interested do not necessarily need to book a room you can apply for a special tour as the department of. exclusions are organized twice a year. other cations connects with. them in the office and thomas is now on historical exhibits in. which he lived. when it was open to the public in one nine hundred fifty five the most visited in the country but as it was located in the kremlin. government of president. it was decided to move the cabinet to the state like spain.

moved including clock but still shows the time when he left the group. represent the period for nine hundred eighteen thousand nine hundred twenty three but the personal belongings from the collection which we used by lenin in his everyday life but older than that some of them were used by several generations of the family and date back to eight hundred forty two. lookalikes. and even the second one hundred roubles that's around three dollars you can have a cheesy reminder time. specially popular among foreigners but i have to say there are more going to comes to money but they understand it's just like everything else. monuments to.

the symbols of the. twenty's. there are dozens of sculptures of the passionately directed. in front of administrative buildings and you can still see many of them to this. most luxurious hotel was once a stage speeches the metropole hotel built in the beginning of the twentieth century became a base for the bolshevik government many leaders lived and worked in the metropol and it was often visited by lenin when he addressed his associates in the one hundred twenty s. it started functioning as a hotel again for decades its rooms were only available for russian and international celebrities and politicians. anyone can stay at the historic hotel but remember. the price. of. the hotel

has been preserved in its original look despite all the wars and revolutions of the twentieth century here today is the same as it was in nine hundred eighteen when the bolshevik government had its meetings here but it's defeatist smoked a lot so when restoration work was carried out in the ninety eight is all to spawn doubt that the painted walls ten glossy were all but a small damaged which they had to clean to restore their original decorations. his life works and theories are still studied by hundreds of institutions around the school with the ideology of communism. political in research look at the impact on the us. actually around the country for almost six years and here's his legacy still. in all parts of russia. vital figure for the twenty. moving ten kilometers

south of moscow here we are our final location the estate. this vast green space belonged to various nobleman from the eighteenth century ending up in the possession of the. widow of the famous moscow industrialist and theatrical patron. of the serbian government moved to. the looks yuri's property was nationalized and became. the winter garden here is breathtaking it's really something to be seen and on that note the answer running grounds are open to the public today but only for organized tours the house is filled with lennon's possessions here you can see everything from gifts given to man in his wheelchair various clothes and his four thousand book collection. in may nineteenth twenty three he followed medical advice and left the moscow kremlin. it was here as

a frown man only in his early fifty's vladimir image in the loft would spend his final years as september eighteenth. after. i mean crystal. as his health deteriorated over the coming years finally living in retirement he died in this. on the twenty first of january twenty fourth . after lennon's death the complex was renamed linsky officially became a museum in one nine hundred thirty eight and was a place of pilgrimage citizens right up to the fall of the iron curtain from viewing his death mask here to visiting his red square with a talking about local historians tourists communists the epic achievements of lenin still have a cult following and all the places connected with his life and legacy. as the journey. i was going to let it slide for

a beautiful building well unfortunately that's what's home we have on this week's program i'll see you again at the same time next week so until then for me and the rest of the crew from london's spectacular. for now eleven. slow slow slow slow slow slow slow sullen. feel. the lists .

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this is all. top stories this hour the u.s. house of representatives has just voted down a measure giving president barack obama the authority to continue american military action in libya more on this development a little later here on also all the top news this saudi classified documents reveal the u.k. was happy to hand over terrorist suspects to the us with little regard to what will be waiting for them in secret prisons washington's jurisdiction hundreds and developing between two and accused without a trial and. also reporting this morning the year over the fate of the common currency is in serious doubt as europe agrees on another bailout the debt laden greece is the country to get behind savage spending cuts however some experts argue it's too late as the europe already has both feet in the grave.

plus the former prime minister of ukraine goes on trial for abuse of power that's alleged to have cost her country millions of dollars needed to machine could face up to ten years behind false if convicted in kenya. with more on those stories we're in the fifteen minutes from now the meantime natasha is here with the latest action from the world of sports. hello welcome to what she was forced news live on r.t. and here are they had a sour welcome war is russian media reports for regions are sad to lose the ride to house matches at the twenty eighteen tournaments. mixed feelings might have shot up of all makes of her into the stage of last year's runner up then as the light always out in straight sets with don appear on kobol.

and also russia's only driving the truck racing championship fails to make the podium at the latest stage and for all to catch up with wobbles at his home leg next month. football fans and locals alike and for russian regions could be in for a massive disappointment ahead of the twenty two in the world cup according to media reports in the country fourteen of the planned areas may become up to ten the moscow region some. of those in the spotlight russian dailies based and states and they ministry of tourism documents which do not place those four originally planned locations in the spending budget plan prime minister for tim said last month the stadiums would not change but stressed upon all say arrests with the way it does document though submitted a fortnight ago. explaining with one area listed as having no financial backing from sponsors or local governments the head of russia's organizing committee

aleksey and however says everything is according to plan. meanwhile the russian football union reacted to the throwing incident that involved about to call us on wednesday the brazil legend walked off the field with. three male extremists and that of all to hold fans and launch their true voltage you had said it before sent gold claimed that some are club should not be punished and bought the. town thousand dollar fine imposed on friday. now to tennis where there's a lot of second and also third round action today after rain and then bad light cancelled most of the afternoon session matches on says day and there are some

mixed results in the ladies event for russian fouls might have shot up of a claim to a second victory of the tournament upsetting the seventeen year old british hopeful laura robson on friday the two thousand and four wimbledon champion and the fifth seed this year make me through a relatively easy seven six six three in a match that had been postponed from fans to. expect her to come out and play really well. anything to lose in this match and. brings out the best in someone's when they go in they play free. elsewhere not if it isn't say that this time around bochy has booked a place in the fourth round already a bad day meanwhile for business and the sack and see the idea of us both went down in the last thirty two disappointments was one idea of all this lee who was the runner up last year. some more is also known as williams had no problems against mario san martino asuncion rushing house six love six two french open semifinalist

mario and basilio france needed all the three cents to send another spaniard. packing while world number one carried was not just for games on the way to the stage as the dane simply outclassed visioneer us on the promise to please him most devoted supporters. well my whole family is your memoir my dad my brother and it's nice to have the family here they're always here. if you know my dad a smile on my coach i'm nervous he tells tells me about the time sixty minutes just in there was saying you so important part of my career and my mom and my brother don't really know too much about thomas so you know i don't really listen too much to rebuild again service. now speaking of the russian contingent in the man's joy. of both ags and the singles event on able to successfully complete their second round match is also suspended from well number one meanwhile rafael nadal. is on

the way again. luxembourg and he leads by a set a lot of fun to play has been stopped due to rain lately but because today's action also sees andy mari take on creation better on the new beach which permeating of course. and apparently the biggest upset so far so grass court specialist and three time wimbledon finalist andy roddick lose to pull us out a lot as the american failed to take the single sat going down and out seven six seven six six four. you could well i mean. this year is a lot easier to deal with than let's say last year where i feel like i gave it away . i got to be he came out he served about as well as someone has and. you know the stuff that's enabled me to beat him you know seven times making passes shots. wanted to make him play defense on his forehead and he did well today

that russia's women's basketball team suffered the second defeat at the european championships in poland on thursday. school going down to belarus and the second group stage clash six to fifteen won the final score despite a loss russia can still make the playoffs the most successful team all the finals need to beat the czech republic and great britain in the two remaining group games the match against the czechs. stay with basketball and kyrie irving has been chosen as the cream of the crop in the twenty eleven n.b.a. draft the point guard finding a new home with a queer one khalili is a big the nineteen year old number one overall the australian born american comes from duke university and will face the pressure of becoming the main attraction in cleveland to replace their recently departed lebron james the minnesota timberwolves to the surprise anyone one of the two carries on the power forward derek williams second overall career all the first six players taken away from

europe including born and. it's so low for overseas to also didn't have time to use college unlike downturn were also taken in the draft but first time. just. try to contribute as much as i'm looking forward to getting the cleveland it's a big sports and i can't wait to embrace all the fans all the fans who are really can't wait you know actually have the chance to see my jersey on the crowd with all those fans or someone really looking forward to. and from basketball to cycling with the tour de france just around the corner mark cavendish has shared his thoughts ahead of the twenty eleven edition of the race they must fly a sprinter scales kemah dishes one fifteen stages in old bought is still chasing the green jersey to see a rider says he's in top form this season making his chances as high as ever the tour kicks off on the second of july i am going for the green jersey and i have

gone for the green jersey the last two years it's just my way you get the green jersey is to try and win as many stages possible which technically there's more points on offer for stage win so technically you should come out on top and the hasn't been the case last year so i am got the job got the green jersey but it's not free not try and put my tactics of getting there was how i did it. and in motor sports final a rush i have been to and enter into the car really for years now but surprisingly cannot boast the same success in the truck racing championship europe's top of and in the category however i'll examine a. representative in the series is the man aiming to change that sound as day advance reports. the european truck racing championship may not be quite as big as formula one but these two high octane sports do have more than one thing in common no just riding spectacular crashes and a solitary russian driver lapping the tracks in his yellow mom truck alexander

visit the name these thirty nine and used to steer smaller cars because in switching to bigger engines he's triumphed in one of the four championship races sweeping the top honors at their previous stop in spain earlier this month so a lonely eleventh place at this latest stage in france was a huge disappointment at that. is nothing new to us racers here always very close with very narrow time margins who did ok but it just didn't turn out to be a good day for us we started well but later in the race it is something happened which stopped us from keeping pace just one seventh place finish all races in the result we were roughed up preparing for the next race at the nergal great in germany germany uk in hand dominated the french leg of the championship is standing the overall lead ahead of these home stage at the legendary newberg ring in a few weeks time well right after the german trip the truck racing circus will pitch up in russia going for the second time to the western region of some lens so

a lot of has about enough time to improve on his ninth overall position and pile it least some pressure on the front runners in the remaining four races this summer months leg nicknamed truck battle russia kicks off on the thirty first of july stevens r.t. . that was a spoil you can always find some of the stories of our you tube channel which is our team sport news and coming up shortly after this as the weather don't go away. wealthy british style stock. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy

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the u.s. house of representatives has just voted down a measure giving president barack obama the authority to continue american military action in libya. but the congressional action is that the fact that we actually do i think. i'll explain why in just a few moments. declassified documents reveal the u.k. was happy to hand over terrorist suspects from iraq to the u.s. with little regard to what will be waiting for them in secret prisons. and also reporting this morning the euro the face of the common currency is in serious doubt as europe agrees another bailout to debt laden greece but this is the country to get behind sovereign spending cuts. and the former prime minister of ukraine

goes on trial for abuse of power that's alleged to have cost the country millions of dollars. around fifteen hundred supporters of you are gathered in front of the court building to protest what they describe as a possible theory joining us for the latest details from the ukrainian capital kiev . prices have stabilized after having dropped almost five percent statewide business in about ten minutes. international news and current life from last year's here in central moscow this is the u.s. house of representatives has ripped president barack obama of the authority to continue the american campaign. in the last hour the motion was carried by two hundred ninety five votes to one hundred twenty three will to talk about the effect this decision will have on the american involvement in libya we cannot possible

have to our washington studio and is therefore is going to so what happens then to the u.s. operation in libya well below the congressional action has no immediate effect on american involvement it's just the resolution it's not a bill but it's meant to sort of reprimand the commander in chief for his policies but there is another proposal on the table of the house of representatives and that is to cut out funding for u.s. participation in combat missions such as drone strikes and the nato led air war analysts say it's a way for the congress to show their frustration over the white house refusal to come to the lawmakers to seek authorization for the military actions under the u.s. constitution only congress can declare war except the obama administration doesn't call it a war although it lasts more than three months and involves many civilian deaths that too is frustrating to many on capitol hill but it's thought the measure.