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position. of politics as head of a liberal pro-business party aiming to become the second largest after putin's united russia in an upcoming parliamentary election. in afghanistan as barack obama promises to follow through with the decision to withdraw one third of u.s. troops from the country the white house is acting against the advice of top military commanders who want a much smaller troop reduction. london is accused of harboring foreign fugitives after it was revealed the egyptian finance minister is living openly in britain despite a thirty year jail sentence he said he was convicted of corruption and power abuse for personal profit but. about. fifteen minutes from now. martin andrews walks the same streets as lenin in the russian capital moscow art is next stay with us for that.

hello and welcome to the show on this week's program i'll be exploring that in slice. of australia to change the course of the straits and starting off the red square next to the magnificent moscow kremlin joining us as we take a look at his epic journey and visit various landmarks associated with his life at . one of the main names associated with. eight hundred seventy s. . it shows his pseudo name living in nineteen i was one of the leading political figures and revolution we think is of the twentieth century he changed the world. bolshevik takeover of power in russia in nine hundred seventeen the communist party

manage an unwanted class free economy life for an adopted form of marxism but what is the soviet leaders like you see today. for the developments in syria who for all their. might say their mission those guys are really able to take a philosophy churn it and if they turn it into something that whole society could use and think it was well intentioned begin. to lose it on the national review this man was to release time and he's still idealist now i think is completely over the top to keep him in there and you know cherry him in the ground and using the renewal so. he turned everything upside down. there's nothing else to say. it was in london the father of the so you're. right and then changed. they were friends for the younger generation as you could say that the image of the

. and into a retro. figure not helped by pop star t. shirts and. it seems now. equally celebrated and. the good and bad he did in his life acknowledged. the days of thousands of people queuing up to see him. but regarding locations it's still the main association. with him. the real many other places that were close to the leader. which was at the forefront of his life. in the capital for most of the previous century lennon has to make it. center of the country. because of german threats. as it was called.

for public viewing. his body moves. even. political backgrounds it is clear lennon was an exceptional human being even. moved into the. legend has it that he took both his wife. and his. ottomans with him. we head towards the national front the last two decades of the access to many many locations previously closed even on moon and us soft museums have. hotels bunkers it seems the russian capital is now open to all. almost if you want an example of

a consequence house in the last century this is perfect built in one thousand or three by the architect. of. the century before the revolution the hotel hosted foreign diplomats. loyalty business and indeed to the famous after nine hundred seventy international has proclaimed the first house of the soviet became a residence of the government's top communist leader our main point of interest is really one of seven bright. serves the location of antique furniture high ceilings and a sense of history the one hundred. best years of the capital but it's also packed full of history. that party this week inside the hotel was famous they aren't at his wife for two weeks. in the hotel has been

renovated since but still. this. century yes. you can gaze across the kremlin much of those cars task. today this room costs thousands of dollars a night i'm not quite sure the big impressive price. same rights for everyone. this. is historically connected then. and is still of interest for many and those interested do not necessarily need to book a route you can apply for a special tour as the department of. exclusions are organized twice a year. other moscow locations connects with. office. homage to the kremlin is now historical exhibits in detail representing the

atmosphere in which he lived and watched for several years the regional cabinet was opened to the public in one nine hundred fifty five became one of the most visited museums in the country but as it was located in the kremlin the same building where the actual russian government president was in the one nine hundred ninety s. it was decided to move the cabinet to the state and touch complex in. historical items have been moved including clogg but still shows the time when he left the group for the last time. of birth which relate to lennon's work represent the period from one thousand eight hundred nine hundred twenty three but the personal belongings from the collection which we used by lennon 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. lennon lookalikes. act as various men. and even the second one hundred roubles that's

around three dollars you can have a cheesy reminder of your time. as a special popular among foreigners but i have to say they are more stingy going to comes to money but they understand lennon sells just like everything else in this world. monuments to lenin only examples of studied art but they're also one of the main symbols of the era since the one nine hundred twenty s. thousands of monuments were erected in almost every city and small town of the west . with dozens of sculptures of the phosphate leader erected in the city squares in front of administrative buildings and you can still see many of them today's. most luxurious hotels in the city center 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 metropole

. many when he addressed his associates in the monte twenties it started functioning hotel again for decades its rules were only available for. politicians. at the historic hotel but remember. 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. so when restoration work was carried out in the. hall to spawn doubt that the painted walls and gloss. damaged which they had to clean to restore their original decorations. hundreds of. communism.

look at the impact. around the country for. his. for the twentieth century. from the eighteenth century. in the. thanks to b. c. and the notes the dutch 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 nine hundred twenty three he followed medical advice and left the moscow kremlin to go it was here is a frown man only in his early fifty's vladimir image in one of would spend his final years in september lived in eighty in a soviet leader book in praise of him after an assassination attempt and he spent i mean chris amount of time. as his health deteriorated over the coming years finally living in some retirement he died in this actual bad in the twenty first of january ninety twenty four. after the incident the complex was renamed linsky the state officially became a museum in one nine hundred thirty eight and was a place of pilgrimage for serbia citizens right up to the fall of the i'm quoting

from viewing his death mosque here to visiting his embalmed body and red square with a talking about local historians tourists or modern day communists the epic achievements of lenin still have a cult following and all the places connected with his life and legacy are stassen a thing as the journey that was not his life. a beautiful building well unfortunately that's what's how 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. day children play war in the old teach me.

but in june nine hundred forty one these walls were the first barrier for the nazi troops on their way to moscow. sunders arrests were dying one by one under siege of the water. in the last shelter an unnamed soldier left a few simple words farewell motherland i'm dying but i'm not surrendering. twenty years ago the largest country in the world to certain places of.

what had been trying. to teach began a journey. where did it take the. invasion cluster in the center of siberia one city has revolutionary ideas for the automotive industry you're a cool bandages that stopped the infection straight out of software to make three d. gobble street and the building blocks for russia's first nationwide four g. network tomes going top consequently up to. the future covered. bookstores are not one of russia's richest men says if not me then who is he sets his sights on the prime minister's position. big politics as head of a liberal pro-business party and to become the second largest after putin's united russia in the upcoming parliamentary election. dozens die in terrible news in

afghanistan as barack obama promises to follow through with the decision to withdraw u.s. troops from the country the white house is acting against the advice of top military commanders who want a much smaller troop reduction. london is accused of harboring foreign fugitives after it was revealed the egyptian finance minister is living openly in britain despite a thirty year jail sentence back home use of bitters god he was convicted of corruption for personal profit but fled. if not with more news stories when less than fifteen minutes from now the meantime natasha is here with the latest action from the world of sport. hello and welcome abel she was sports news here in r t the headlines. shot up over continues around the world the former champion beating. excepts in the third stage

. made a career win for ben spies the american capitalizes on marcus in on challenge is it really a crash to claim the dutch move the grand prix. and also spinning not swimming apparel french riders are involved in an unusual accident of money cool with the bikes performing a bizarre down to colliding. tennis first alpha male set up over continues a quest for a second wimbledon title the fifth seed is into the last sixteen after saying all. set up was taken to her so tie breaking her previous marriage for british hopeful laura robson bob noyce took the time in the following clash on her way to the russian. six two six three big. group could as much expectations as maybe you guys haven't made based on the fact that like you said i haven't. crossed the forest. for a few years so. at this point. hopefully this year i can go step further

and even more. and sort of us performances being watched closely not only in england but also here in the russian capital recently retired star and olympic champion and i do mean several believes that she could win in london this year even though sort of as last major title camera came of the australian open three years ago. wimbledon was maria's first grand slam title back in two thousand and four i think she likes to play on grass and has a good chance of winning this tournament this season and of course will be supporting her and the only russian man there are usually. now shut up over. namesake and old school friend very clearly i'm going to have a much tougher opponent in the form of defending champion sorry no williams and was unable to find announcers care namco losing six three six two elsewhere world number one caroline was not keys through with a win over little known germany. have all the strength and joining us now in the

last sixteen of them and you could see a book over the top seeded explain next. hour that brings us to the men's side of action where mikhail youzhny has booked a place in the last sixteen up to be two nicolas almagro in four sets next stop for the russian is roger federer a swiss german eighteen throughout his encounter with arjun time veterans of a. very big deal pull troops on gulf air and also through bob the fear of see the broken sword and was knocked out by and suited. and earlier defending champion rafael nadal successfully won his match against a move which was suspended from the day before. so that. all the boys who were first serve. i wonder boy floyd so. the russian olympic committee has been marking its centennial this week and the state it is in moscow followed up international olympic day which was on thursday constantin went along to the celebrations and there luzhniki

stadium. russia has a massive olympic tradition there's been many ups and downs throughout the past century for sports in the country but the biggest achievement is be happy that the russian olympic committee has not been going for one hundred years and delusion hysteria that housed in the moscow olympics in one thousand eight hundred became the center of celebrations marking that fact russian olympic champions and famous athletes turn up giving everyone the chance to talk to some top sports stars. i think an event such as this one should be held every year as it is an important occasion for all the current former and future russian olympians and of the population sees its athletes give it their all during the games the exposure would increase regardless of the result. i consider this special day to be a personal holiday for me since i mean pick champion i'm going to employ of the olympic

committee our main goal is to simply expose as many children as possible to sports for a healthier future generation. there is always something to be improved at the governing body of the russian olympic movement but it has helped to raise a lot of champions and wants an athlete takes part in the olympics but then olympian forever yep i'm not one of the many in the fan but everything i do now is connected with sport and that's great i spend more than twenty years in sport and i don't want to let it go i feel some responsibility and i have to give something back after many people had a lot of the effort into making an olympic champion out of me. that that was some of their fleets who arrived at the rand i still aiming for olympic gold and with this such olympics in mind rushing to national hockey player might seem i feel like the end of the science command of the appointment i was in until i really didn't have as russia's new head coach. this.

against the fourth or fifth year one for himself. and the medals. it looks like people who are disappointed by what was a real festival of sport with thirty five different activities to try out there was something for everyone russia is going to host many significant sports events like the world student game in cousin in twenty thirteen the next year it's the winter such olympics and then of course the world cup in twenty teens and a lot is being done to make sports more popular among youth and this event is a big part of the program lots of children here enjoying themselves and hopefully many future sports stars among them designed by the archie must go. and the men time the ministry of sports to resume new policies should strictly punish any sport federation failing to prepare athletes probably for international competitions

that's according to president makes him advantage of the font in the meeting of the sports council. and the head of state believes the sanctions should be tough. the sports ministry must watch particular programs very closely into a call corresponding measures if they are not being carried out properly but the ministry could go as far as to suspend the professional licenses of certain sports federations in the worst case they could even take them away permanently. a bit of football news now on the black and blue half of milan have welcomed their fourth manager within twelve months of john kerry neither man hoping to become a fixture at this and zero the fifty three year old knows the game well having been groomed in the event as youth system during the start of his playing career gets very late. as juno managing two thousand and six finishing fifth in syria in two thousand and nine and surf in second behind city rivals ac milan this season with

manager and they are not of the stepping down to take over as directors well we have party central man in france. now the russian women's basketball team have made it into the quarterfinals of the european championships in poland after winning the penultimate game of the second group stage. school of beatings the czech republic sixty nine to fifty five russia player of bottom great britain next in the final group game on monday. there's been a double success for a bull in qualifying ahead of the european grand prix in bali on sale with sebastian vettel and mark webber securing the first two spots on the grade for ariz fernando alonso posted only the fourth weakest time on the day despite winning friday's practice in style his teammate philip baum also will start right behind him from fifth while lewis hamilton was third fastest for. russia and renault was vitaly petrov settled for eleventh place only. hoping to hold on to his advantage in sunday's response as it's a tricky trick. it's

a tricky circuit there's so many corners we've got twenty five before we you know cross the line again and especially in qualifying to get every single corner right this is very very difficult so to get the perfect lap in this is quite tough but i think my first run was quite good i was very happy and mark obviously in the second round. meanwhile saturday was a race day for the latest moto g.p. stopping all sun in the netherlands with american ben spies winning his maiden to life race with some help from his rivals though and opening left crash involving world champion. marco seaman shelley among all this propelling the yamaha rider to top spot spies opened up a four second advantage of a keystone in the back the nation head of the australian and andrea dovizioso insead stone although we extended his overall lead over lawrence zero to twenty one so. it's special because this track is a track or group watching all my heroes race on forever and with this weekend being

the fiftieth anniversary for yamaha i don't know how it all came together i had a friend over from the states and all the special colors and with the way the weather was maybe it was all happening for a reason and we were able to do it today but the race was the race is tough in some ways an easy and someone is. now staying with multiple crashes which rarely have a life aside to them would have a collisions for when they causing injuries the following emmett's a bike crash though thankfully only resulted in a few lofts for the spectators the money track has seen as fashionable thrilling moments as a formal side for formula one fringe though no form of want to accident ever came close to the wanted befell teammates a real good and somebody come here the pair losing control of their eyes during a tough bad and were unable to regain it after the ensuing incident by going out for a spin without taking the ride is a long causing a massive amount of frustration for both man everyone thought the deal getting a kick out of the situation as the power fell further and further down the

standings come yet however i was able to regroup from prostration and managed to qualify for the final of the finishing seventeenth. now that was useful coming up next is the weather stay with our team.

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