two thirty am in moscow here r.t. headlights russian billionaire mikhail prokhorov enters frontline politics as leader of a liberal business minded party setting his sights on becoming prime minister he was elected on a promise to make the right cause party second largest after united russia in the upcoming parliamentary lasting parliamentary election asking if not mean who. doesn't skilled in a terror attack in a hospital in eastern afghanistan while president obama pushes forward with

a plan for drastic troop reduction label risky by some in the u.s. military obama wants to reduce troops in the country by a third amid an upsurge in violence following the death of osama bin laden. the u.k. he was to double standards for providing safe haven to egypt's former finance minister who was convicted of corruption despite london publicly supporting the pro-democracy movement you said he was sentenced in absentia to thirty years in jail but fled the country. up next are his bargain entries walks the same streets as lenin in the russian capital moscow out coming your way into.

hello and welcome to the show on this week's program i'll be exploring that is life in moscow of all straight leaders change the course of this trade and starting off here on the red square next to the magnificent moscow kremlin tony martin amis as we take a look at his epic journey and visit various landmarks associated with his life and . is one of the main names associated with russia fully eight hundred seventy s. let me in she choses to name living in nineteen i want as one of the leading political figures and revolution we think is of the twentieth century and he changed the world the most i'm ali velshi takeover of power in russia in one thousand nine hundred eighty the communist party and religion was a class free economy life for an adopted form of marxism but what is the soviet leaders like to see today. for the developments in syria who feel you. might say their mission those guys are really able to take

a philosophy turn it and then turn it into something that all society could use and it was well intentioned to get in their checks disco music on the national review this man was to idealise for his time and he's still idealist now i think is completely over the top to keep him in there and you know cheering him in the ground and using the real soon. he turns everything upside down. there's nothing else to say. he was ill and in the father of the so you're. right and then changed. and there were friends here from the younger generations you could say that the image of the leader has turned into a retro almost extinct not helped by tacky c veneers pop star t. shirts and she owns it seems now that lennon said she equally celebrated and mourns and the good and bad he did in his life of both acknowledged one of the days

and thousands of people queuing up to see his. comments were at the recording locations it's still the main association. with him. in this program we were real many other places that were close to the bullshit leader which was a distant friends of his life. was in the capital for most of the previous century when in fact to make it the ministry said center of the country. because of german threats move the ball strict policy from separatist buy off the ground as it was called and said last year in march one thousand eight seeing red square on the kremlin what's become a landmarks in his life will become his final resting place originally i wouldn't say i'm the stone that most of them which we see the highlands today was opened in nineteen thirty and still open for public viewing recent rumors that suggested by his body might be removed elsewhere. even if in fact happens no matter what your

political or historical background 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 most the kremlin in the one nine hundred eighteen legend has it not he took both his wife and the cooks kyra and his and that's not french born revolutionary innocent ottomans with him. was a hot new reality i'm an ashtray we head towards the national front now the last cheese a case of the access to many many locations previously closed and even a nursery and us soft museums have. houses hotels bunkers it seems the russian capital is now open to well almost if you want an example of a consequence house in the last century this is perfect built in one hundred three by the famed version are attacks from the event of a national home town has been in storage for more than a century before the revolution the hotel hosted foreign diplomats clutch issues

routine business talkies indeed a famous after nine hundred seventy international has been claimed the first house of the soviets became a residence of the bolshevik government committed some top communist leaders our main point of interest is really one of seven the bright spots in syria serves the location well antique furniture high ceilings and a sense of history name is in the room one hundred and seventy here in my opinion but only has one of the best years of the capital but it's also packed full of history accommodating the ball straight party this was inside the russell hotel was famously home to lennon and his life for two weeks and last nights in a city in a hotel has been renovated since but still want a result ice in the mains this grounds this century that's with us. each you can gaze across the kremlin and much of his cars task. today this ring

costs thousands of dollars a night i'm not quite sure the beach impressed with the price idea same rights for everyone needs a little moses said victuals hutto is historically connected with linen and the bullshit girl mentioned is still of interest for many and only those interested do not necessarily need to book a room you can apply for a special tour as the department of cultural heritage with more skilled surgeon exclusions are organized twice a year. living all and wants other muscular cations connects with men's life. then it is often. and how much he is now on historical exhibits in detail representing the atmosphere in which he lived and watch for several years the regional cabinet was opened to the public in one nine hundred fifty five and became 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 niger ninety's it was decided to move the cabinet to the state and in such a complex

a goalkeeper one fifty thousand historical i seem to be moved including many is clogged which still shows the time when he left the group for the last time. a book items which relate to lennon's work represent a period for nine hundred eighteen thousand nine hundred twenty three and the personal belongings from the collection which were used by lennon in his everyday life but older than that some of them were used by several generations of the union or family and date back to eight hundred forty two while this in red square you often see lennon lookalikes snap happy tourists. friends across taken to the wrong place axes various men to train many. and even nicholas the seconds and for one hundred roubles that's around three dollars you tube and her cheesy reminder of your time. with the lennon is especially popular among foreigners but i have to say there are more stranger when it comes to money they understand lennon sells just

like everything else in this world. monuments to lenin are not only examples of study of art but the also one of the main symbols for the era says the dungeon twenty's thousands of monuments were erected in almost every city a small town of the west he saw in moscow alone there were dozens of sculptures of the fawcett leader erected in the city squares in front of mistreated buildings and you can still see many of them today stack. one of moscow's most luxurious hotels in a city center was once a stage eleven 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 and it was often visited by many when he addressed his associates in the one hundred twenty s. it started functioning as a hotel again for decades it's rooms are only available from russian and international celebrities and politicians now anyone can stay at the historic hotel

but remember it does come to a price up with what's in the cup in 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 nine hundred eighteen when the bolshevik government had its meetings here but its deputies smoked a lot so when restoration right was carried out in the nineteen inches it all to spawn doubt that the painted walls and stained gloss were all but a small damaged which they had to clean to restore their original their gratian. many his life works and theories are still studied by hundreds of institutions around the world school is evaluate the ideology of communism naturists his political influence and researches look at the bolshevik impact on the u.s.s.r. was the man who organized evolution and around the country for almost six years has his legacy still visible in all parts of russia. was

a vital figure for the twentieth century that's for sure. ten kilometers south of moscow he we are ok should be a state. this vast space belong to various nobleman from the eighteenth century ending up in the position of deny the morals of the widow of the famous. patron. the saudi government. looks yuri's property was nationalized and became. the winter garden here is breathtaking. thanks to b. c. and another note a dutch answer running grounds are open to the public today but only for organized tours the house is filled with lennon's possessions and you can see everything from gifts given to man in his wheelchair there is close to his four thousand to collections. in may nineteen twenty three he followed medical advice and left the

moscow kremlin. he was here as a frown man only in his early fifty's vladimir image enough to spend his final years in september ninety eighty in a soviet leader were completed here after i listen ation attempts and he spends an increased amount of time at the 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 instant the complex was renamed linsky estate officially became a museum in one hundred thirty eight and was a place of pilgrimage so the citizens right up to the fall of the iron curtain from viewing his death mask here to visiting his embalmed point the red square we're talking about local historian tourists all modern day communists the epic achievements of lenin still has a cult following and all the places connected with his life and legacy are as

fascinating as the journey that was made his life. a place called 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. seventy six hours of intense fighting. six thousand desert.

front panel feel several kilometers long. and now there is only one person who cares. you see we are surrounded by garbage everywhere but also there are. on this beach which of course is the very most appropriate signification a symbol of everything that's wrong with our goddamn government allowing not only garbage but to accumulate where so many guys died. a new battle is going on. will the history be protected. return to terra with julian cooper story on our t.v. . information cluster in the center of siberia one city has revolutionary ideas for

the automotive industry drakula interested soaked in fiction straight out of software to make free just gobble street from the building blocks from bush's first nationwide four g. network to install in top gun free college a few. weeks ago the future covered. russian billionaire much prover of interest from line politics says the leader of a liberal business minded party and says his sights on becoming prime minister he was elected on a promise to make the right cause party second largest after united russia in the upcoming parliamentary election asking if not mean than. dozens killed in a terror attack on a hospital in eastern afghanistan while president obama pushes forward with plans for drastic troop with reductions labeled risky by some in the u.s. military and obama wants to scale down the number of u.s. troops in the country by a third amid a surge in violence calling the killing of osama bin ladin and. the u.k.

cues to double standards for providing safe haven to egypt's former finance minister who was convicted of corruption despite london publicly supporting the pro-democracy movement. he was sentenced in absentia to thirty years in jail but the country. is up next with the latest from the world of sports stay with us here on our quiz. hello and welcome abel she was course nears here marty the headlines. shut up i can see there's a run of the former champion. excepts into that stage. and made a career win for ben spies the american capitalizes on marcus in on shelley's really crashed a plane with dutch mo the grand prix. and also spinning not swinging apparel french riders are involved in an unusual accident of money where their bikes performing

a bizarre downs after colliding. tennis first often matters a lot over continues a quest for a second wimbledon title see it is into the last sixteen after seeing off a couple of our so i was taken to her so tie breaking her previous model british local laura robson wasted no time in the bowling clash on her way to. the russian with some powerful shots up properly six two six three victory. put as much expectations as may be. based on the fact that i haven't. crossed the forest. for a few years so. happy at this point that. hopefully the sciri can go a step further and even more. as sort of us performances being watched closely not only in england but also here in the russian capital recently retired star envelope a champion and i do mean several believes that she could win in london this year even though she thought of us last major title count it came at the australian open

three years ago. then 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 usually. now should. ovals namesake and also called for and very clearly on call had a much tougher opponents in the form of defending champion sorry no williams and was unable to find an answer to your example losing six three six two elsewhere world number one carrying was not he's through with a win over little. guy who will serve all the strength and joining us now in the last sixteen or somebody puts a book over the top seeded explain next. hour that brings us to the men's side of action where mikel usually has a place in the last sixty enough to beat a nicholas a logger in four sets next hour for the russian is roger federer this wisdom in eighteen throughout his encounter with arjun time veterans of. their dictabelt

waltraud song gulf air and also through biography of see the broken sword and was knocked out by an suited to a top notch and earlier defending champion rafael nadal successfully won his match against a move which was suspended from the day before. so that mentally. all the boys who were first serve and played no imposed the said. i want to play that with boyd so. the russian olympic committee has been marking its centennial this week and most of it is in moscow followed up international olympic day which was on thursday and spent in part up of one so long to the celebrations and delusion at the stadium. russia has a massive olympic tradition there's been many ups and downs throughout the pos century for sports in the country but the biggest achievement is perhaps that the russian olympic committee has not been going for one hundred years and delusion

hysteria in that house to the mosque 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 see that athletes give it their all during the games the exposure will increase regardless of the result. i consider this special day to be a personal holiday for me since i'm in a limpid campaign 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 the governing body of the russian olympic movement but it has had to raise

a lot of champions and once an athlete takes part in the olympics and then olympian forever you know that the that you know forget it but you know 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 and many people have a lot of effort into making an olympic champion out of it what is that that that. some of the athletes who arrived at the round are still aiming for olympic gold and with his social effects in mind rushing to national hockey player might seem a few idea yet who this announcement of the pointy end of the needle i believe you know as russia's new head coach. this. that's the fourth quarter to one for himself. and the medals. people who are disappointed by what was just

a little 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 students gain in cuz i think twenty thirteen next year you see the winners such olympics and then of course the world cup in twenty teams 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 the same build up of archie must go. and the meantime the ministry of sports to resume new policy should straighten punish any sport federation failing to prepare athletes properly for international competitions that's according to president nixon it's very different to have gotten a meeting over a sports council. and a head of state believes the sanctions should be tough. this sports ministry must watch particular programs very closely into the call corresponding measures if

they're not being carried out quickly and then a story could go as far as just going in the professional licenses of good relations in the worst case you could even take them away permanently. a bit of google news now on the black and blue half of milan have welcomed their fourth manager we're going to well months ago john kerry neither man hoping to become a fixture at this in cereal the fifty three year old knows the game well having been groomed think event as youth system during the start of his playing career guess very late. as juno a managing two thousand and six finishing fifth in siri in two thousand and nine and second behind city rivals a sum a long season with manager they are not of the promptly stepping down to take over as director as well we have more essential 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 cannot from a game of the second group stage socolovsky squalled beating the czech republic

sixty nine to fifty five russia play rock bottom great britain next in the final group game on monday. and has been a double success for a bull in qualifying ahead of the european grand prix in bali on sale with sébastien would sell and mark webber securing the first two spots on the grade there are easter nod to all those are posted only the fourth weakest time on the day despite winning friday's practice in style his teammate felipe i'm also will start arriving hind him from fifth while lewis hamilton was third fastest when mcclaren russia and renault was meant to settle 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 everything a corner right is it's very very difficult sort of get the perfect lap in this is quite tough but i think my first run was was quite good i was very happy and mark

of me in the second run. meanwhile saturday was a race day for the latest moto g.p. stop in nelson in the netherlands with american ben spies winning his maiden full life race with some help from his rivals though and opening left crash involving world champion jorge lorenzo. mark the see my challenge among all those propellants to it's up spot spies opens up a full second advantage of the keystone and then on the back the nation head of the australian and on triple busy instead still no extended his overall lead over the run so it's a twenty one so. it's special because this cracker is a tracker 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 had a friend over from the states and all the special colors here ason or the way the weather was maybe it was just all happen for a reason and we were able to do it today but the race was the race of the stuff in

some ways and easy in some ways. as saying with multiple crashes which run to have a life decide to then would have a collisions frequently causing injuries the following amants a bike crash though thankfully only resulted in a few laughs for the spectators the morning track has seen a special thrilling moments as a form aside for formula one french prime three though no form of want to accident ever came close to the bomb that befell teammates cereal and somebody coming here the pair losing control of their eyes during its off there and then 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 men every one of the duo getting a kick out of the situation as the baffle further and further down the standings come yet however i was able to regroup from prostration and managed to pull a five for the final off the finishing seventeenth. now that was the sport coming up next is the weather stay with our team.

all. more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and charge it up and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization showing thomas discovers what makes sense arctic is so special and instructive for many life in antarctica is the closest and the friends of. the expedition to the bottom of the earth are three.