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four thirty am in moscow these are the headlines making a splash in russian politics billionaire. launches himself as the 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 election asking if not me then who. does those killed in a terror attack on a hospital in eastern afghanistan while president obama pushes forward with plans for a drastic troop reduction labeled risky by some u.s. military men obama wants to drive bring down the number of u.s. troops in the country by a third amid a surge in violence following the killing of osama bin laden. the u.k. accused of double standards for providing safe harbor to egypt's former finance minister who was convicted of corruption despite london publicly supporting the

pro-democracy movement you said he was a can sentenced in absentia to thirty years in jail but the country. up next martin enters walks the same streets as lenin in the russian capital moscow out coming up next. hello and welcome to the show in this week's program i'll be exploring that in slice. the ball straight lead to change the course of the straight and starting off red square next to the magnificent moscow kremlin. as we take a look at his epic journey and visit various landmarks associated with his life at

. one of the names associated with. eight hundred seventy s. . chose his studio 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 one nine hundred seventeen the communist party religion wanted a class free economy life and adapted for marxism but what is the soviet leaders like to see today. for the developments in their group. might say. 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 that 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 cherie him in the ground and using the renewal so. he turned everything upside down. there's nothing else to say. it was a limb in the father of the so he. really. changed. they were friends for the younger generations you could say that the image of the. figure not helped by pop. and. it seems now. equally celebrated and. good and bad he did. acknowledged. the days of thousands of people queuing up to see his. regarding locations it's still the main association. with him. the real many other places.

in front of his life. most of the. center of the country. because of threats moved. as it was. for public viewing. his body might. even. political backgrounds it is clear that lennon was an exceptional human being even if you. moved into the. legend has it that he took his wife. and his.

own among. the national front the last two decades of the access to many many locations previously closed. and u.s.s.r. 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 and three by the famed 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 residence of the. communist leader our main point of interest is really one of seven the bright area since the

location of antique furniture high ceilings and a sense of history the one hundred seventy. best years of the capital but it's also packed full of history a. part of this with inside the hotel was famously home to his wife for two weeks in a city in the hotel has been renovated since but still. this. century yes. you can gaze across to the kremlin much of this cost. today this room costs thousands of dollars a night i'm not quite sure len and the beach impressed with the. same rights for everyone. this. is historically. and 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 shared. exclusions are organized twice a year. other moscow locations connects with. office. homage to the kremlin is now a historical exhibit in detail representing the atmosphere in which he lived and watched for several years delusional cabin it was open 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 same building where the actual russian government of president was in the one nine hundred ninety s. it was decided to move the cabinet to the state line in such complex and. historical items have been moved including clogged but still shows the time when he left the group the last time. which relate to lennon's work represent the period for nine hundred eighteen thousand nine hundred twenty three

but the personal belongings from the collection which we used by lennon in his everyday life that 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. and even the second one hundred roubles that's around three dollars you can have a cheesy reminder of your time. especially 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 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. there were

dozens of sculptures of the phosphate lead to erected in the city squares in front of administrative buildings and you can still see many of them to this day. one of those 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 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 it's really only available from russian and international celebrity 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 a 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 ten glossy. damaged which they had to clean to restore the decorations. theories are still studied by hundreds of. communism. research look at the impact. around the country for. his. vital figure for the twentieth century. from the eighteenth century. in the.

property was nationalized and became. it's really something. to b.c. and on that note 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 nineteenth eighteen a soviet leader recuperated him after an assassination attempt and he spent i mean chris 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 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 we're talking about local historians tourists all modern day communists the epic achievements of lenin still have a cult following and all the places connected with his life and legacy are space amazing as the journey that was named in 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 keys me. but in june nine hundred forty one these walls were the first barrier for the nazi troops on their way to moscow and. senators and restless were dying one by one under ceaselessly. water and. in the last shelter and on main soldier left a few simple words farewell mother i'm dying but i'm not surrendering.

innovation cluster in the center of siberia one city has revolutionary ideas for the automotive industry you're a cool bandages that suck the infection straight out of software to make three shuttles free and the building blocks for russia's first nationwide four g. network tomsk on top line technology up to. the future covered.

maybe no splash in russian politics billionaire mikhail prokhorov launches him self as the 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 election if not me then. dozens killed in a terror attack on a hospital in eastern afghanistan while president obama pushes forward with plans for a drastic troop reduction labeled a risky by some commanders in the u.s. military obama wants to reduce u.s. troops in the country by a third amid a surge in violence following the killing of osama bin laden. the u.k. accused of double standards for providing safe haven for egypt's former finance minister who was convicted of corruption despite london publicly supporting the pro-democracy movement. he was sentenced in absentia to three decades in jail but fled the country. is up next with all the latest from the world of sports stay with

us. hello and welcome but 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 marco simoncelli as early crash to claim the dutch move the grand prix. and also spinning knots winning apparel french riders are involved in an unusual accident of money with their bikes performing a bizarre down to colliding. tennis first often made up of a continues a quest for a second wimbledon title the five seat is into the last sixteen after saying all. set up was taken to her so tie break in her previous british hopeful laura robson

bob wasted time in the forward clash on her way to a quick when the russians. have a six two six three big. group could as much expectations as maybe you guys have a need based on the fact that like you said i haven't been across the forest. for a few years so. at this point. hopefully this year i can go step further and even more. and set up as 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 at the australian open three years ago. when building 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 we'll be

supporting her and the only russian man there usually. now shut up. namesake and overcalled friend very clearly on the go had a much tougher opponent in the form of defending champion serina 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 a little known journey. of all the strain and joining 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 put the place in the last sixteen up to be to nicolas a logger 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 paltrow its own gulf air and also through bob the fear of see the broken sword and was not valid by and see the told match and earlier defending champion rafael nadal successfully won his match against a move which was suspended from the day before. i think so that.

all the boys who were first serve. i wonder boy in the void 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 constantin went along to the celebrations and the 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 is steady and that hosted 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 results. i consider this special day to be a personal holiday for me since i'm in a limp it 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 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 and then olympian forever you know that the planning 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 have a lot of effort into making an olympic champion out of me. that that was some of the athletes who arrived at the round still aiming for olympic gold and with the sochi olympics in mind rushing to national hockey player might seem i feel like you know if this announcement of the appointment of an employer as russia's new head coach. this. that's the floor for the forward to the one for himself. in the middle. 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 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 me 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 playing by the archie must go. and then 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 for 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 not pollute 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 hall for milan have welcomed their fourth manager within twelve months and screamy the man hoping to become a fixture at this in syria with a fifty three year old knows the game well having been groomed for the big event as youth system during the start of his playing career gets very neatly. as juno managing to thousand six finishing fifth and sciri in two thousand and nine. second behind save to 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 the things 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 ferries

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 settle for eleventh place only a towel now 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 here my first run was was quite good i was very happy and mark obviously in the second run. meanwhile saturday was a race day for the latest moto g.p. stopping elson in the netherlands with american ben spies winning his maiden to life race with some help from his rivals though and opening less crash involving world champion holding the all round so and marcus among cheli among all this

propelling the yamaha rider to top spot spies opened up a full second advantage of a keystone and back the nation head of the australian and instead still no extended his overall lead over the run so to twenty points. 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 here 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 was tough in some ways and easy in some ways. now staying with crashes which ran to have a life aside to them would have a collisions frequently causing injuries the following emmott's a bike crash though thankfully only resulted in a few lofts for this big taters the money track has seen this special thrilling

moments as the foremost side for formula one french though no form of the want to accident ever came close to the wanted befell teammates cereal and somebody come here the pair losing control of their eyes during a tough the ad 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 pull the fi for the final off the finishing seventeen. now that was useful coming up next is the weather stay with our team. twenty years ago the largest country in the world to see two cases of.

what had been born to try. to teach began a journey. where did it take them.