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continue to. cover the sights and sounds of. for the next fifteen minutes. hello and welcome to the program summer is the perfect time to visit russia a long weekend here in st petersburg is a must the former capital is bursting full of history and culture of certain join me as we visit major logs and take part in various fun filled activities that we start off here at the spectacular cathedral originally the city's main church in the largest cathedral in russia it was built between eighteen eighteen and eight

hundred fifty eight a french born architect month around almost two centuries later the gilded dome of sin isaac still dominates the skyline of st petersburg a trip to the top provides excellent views of the city coming from the russian capital moscow out team travelled by the fast subsume train network the journey takes four hours and costs around three thousand five hundred rubles that's roughly one hundred twenty five dollars one way you can see here the location of the city situated to the northwest of russia in the eighteenth century it was piece of the great stream to create a window to your with a vast canal network press taking architecture and palaces that were built to rival who are paying counterparts this vision was well achieved just come here from moscow. we think this is a very grand place. story enjoyed it we've been to the hermitage. we've begun. the spilled blood.

on the store shelves i believe and now i'm visiting st petersburg for the second time i love it here especially the wingtip. crew. it's very beautiful misty prospect in st petersburg's main avenue as one of the best known streets in russia i suppose you could contest the prospect to oxford street in london. the area is packed full of restaurants shops museums and historical sites the main point has to be this magnificent. constructed two hundred years ago it was closed by the bolsheviks in one thousand twenty nine to them became a museum of cool services. and today the area in front of it is one of the city's main meeting points and tourist spots. the church of the spilled blood is located off the main streets here not to be confused the same battles cathedral in moscow

was built on the site but saw alexander the second was assassinated and was dedicated in his memory. and in this week's program we aim to show you some alternative sightseeing excursions. to the city's answer to. this very popular with international tourists tickets cost seven hundred rubles that's roughly around twenty five dollars. for two. similar projects in. his visit to people who seek some emotions since. the thirty feel. included those who are interested in history literature. represent. connected to the city's most famous story. theme. for example legend has it that tchaikovsky died insipidus back in eighty ninety

three not because of color but because he famously said his last symphony was launched and his entire life hours later. his dad. another in show. the body of the bush is still configured for species burned by conspires after he was poisoned shot and drowned. the pharmacy isn't famed for the light hearted tourists among us i think it's the perfect escape and alternative instruments have to be subjected to hours inside the city's palaces. welcome to the tourism scientists and interactive museum dedicated to the myths and legends of the city the last. through a labyrinth of thirteen rooms where you come up close and personal to terrifying exhibits witness ghost the characters of the past disrespected and peter the great . so what other alternative activities could you enjoy it said

in his book the ford museum of dreams located in the st petersburg institute of psychoanalysis opened in one thousand nine hundred nine to mark the one hundred years since for its famous book positions of dreams was published there are two holes exploring the psychologist's theories the so-called light school splays historical facts and figures where the guide explains freud's work while the dog is a collection of at first sight meaningless things the guide suggests the visitors should perceive the display in accordance with their own experience fancies and desires. there's a museum in the northern capital which celebrates the rich history of the world famous drink vodka display cover such history in russia starting from the eleventh century when it was originally called red wine and expose drinking traditions and rituals. during peter the great sway in many votes good drinking traditions were

established and many of them exist to this day for example this ice and sheer is called the big eagle gold blood which was a prototype for a ritual of penalty shots for being late to policy the amount of which one had to drink from the goblet must be. and totaled one litter too late to bulls badly large to drink. thousands of exhibits amazing broken bottles spanning centuries there are also several unusual items on display which include even. space. with exploring the. rights to focus in a room which contains over two hundred. museum there's a restaurant called poker room which offers of course traditional hussein. and if you have a special occasion it's a petersburg will just look top notch in the city officials will take care of your star no dozens of stylists make. mythologists if you constantly upgrading their

skills and you were top schools for professionals of the industry will help you look your best. the celebrations phenomenon of the white nights a source of much pleasure. as. it's an exciting time to visit the city not just to do we'll bring in personal time clothes and discuss the culture in the city with this insider let's meet this week's guests lower lovely to meet you and so your been living here and. so we try to promote the culture of cooperation between russia. it seems that some petersburg is a completely different city in the winter than it is in the summer tell me about some of the activities that you enjoy you know what. first of all people act

totally differently during the summertime. to go out. there. trying to get home. so people go. in the restaurant if you had any visitors or any any tourist coming to the city where would you recommend that they want to visit they had to. pause fortress which is. really beautiful especially this really really nice. church bell. ringing and take a walk around around downtown because it's amazing the architecture is amazing and beautiful well what if the weather is bad because you know one that can be a rainy day can be sunny it's a bit temperamental little bit like. some inside. there's this amazing traditional old russian vodka. called.

have a glass of water which costs twenty roubles. but if you're not into drinking. museums . there's a whole range of different. you want to party. with historical sites considered cultural capital. reflects the country's extrude we state. there are various ways to see the city by speedboat rollerblading bicycles you can hire them privately or take part in group guided tours either where you can see all the major sites such as the peaceful way here for those who crave adrenaline filled activities there are

a few other suggestions too like this next form of transport follow me. city during the day unlike most functional tourists. and there are many people who dream of once riding a bike and another town on our city's popular destination for tourists so we decided to combine these two facts and to show our city to those who fancy riding a bike from your perspective or experience bikers can give you a tour and not only tell you about the main most popular landmarks but also provide an unusual tour shows some hidden gems of st petersburg which you won't find in a guide book. dot. com it moves to pull it off we are. so long since two thousand the prices down from three thousand five hundred roubles

that's around one hundred twenty dollars the tool started as an initiative of the group of bikers who decided that many people's passion proposed raising the city's plans tourists interests can be combined one of their most saying is you will see the city and the city see you. for some a motorbike fast build school might be too much for me such an adrenaline filled excursion levy sums up the city in the summer exciting and simply breathtaking. what i mean credible experience what a spectacular view behind us all the hollywood stars i love the city before sleep that's all that's how we have on this week's program from st petersburg i'll see you again at the same time next week until then for me and the rest of the kurds. butt out.

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this is r t moscow these are the top stories thousands of protesters for straighted with egypt's interim government has filled up cairo's tahrir square and other cities across the country they're demanding faster reforms and the prosecution of a former president his top officials and the trying to keep the pressure up on the country's military rulers. pro palestinian activists on a mission to ease the gaza blockade have been detained for questioning as they arrive in tel of eve the majority of the campaigners were blocked at european airports at israel's request will several who made it through the pool to. the last launch of atlantis marks the end of the u.s. space shuttle program and the end of an era experts have warned of a high chance that the launch would be delayed by bad weather but at the end of the day blast off happened just a minute behind should. come up to twenty six now you know moscow for the night

sport. hello welcome to the sports news and here are the headlines red bull flying last year's winner mark west that's the fastest time by some large and a rain affected practice day at the british grand prix. while the heavyweights the kids go brothers to show off their world title belts before god gives up his w.b.i. trophy you can tell it is. in the army now stay scout moscow and value europe's top boss people play out. their final acquisition ahead of the new season. start with formula one where mark webber has set the fastest time in friday's free practices ahead of sunday's british grand prix at silverstone but sessions were affected by rain at the english track the wet weather taking the worst toll kamui

kobayashi lost control of his son but the crash occurred during the morning run which was a much faster affair where red bull's stray unit was the only driver to talk a lot of time on that one minute forty seven seconds for our especially famous i was the fastest in the afternoon his best result was still more than three seconds behind you about. cycling now and sprint king mark cavendish has claimed his second stage victory in three days at the tour de france that's winning stage five on wednesday and the monks missed out also triumph in the sprint finish to stage seven however it was the last stage before the race into the massive central this weekend a few riders crashed with bradley wiggins picking up a suspected crack your collarbone and how to retire now we just talked who's supposed to tame the overall leaders yellow jersey. to boxing now out of slang and alexander povetkin have confirmed their badge for the w.b. a belt will be an effort in germany on august twenty seventh while the belts. the

holder has been here in moscow for about holed up with the matrix co that also changed the w.p.a. title on july the second in his unifying rant against david haye in so doing he became known as the super champion boxer by a quest means he's w b a ballot is technically vacant and that can now vying for it well meanwhile though the mayor and his brother vitali arrived in the russian capital to reveal all six of the world's heavyweight belts which they hold between them and forgiveness that he'd like to organize about him not the kiev or the anderson if you stay in europe and go to sign his next opponent within the next few weeks. where there are two champions and there's no matter how many belts are out there or other belts you know we have super championship belts and then the other interim championship golf i wouldn't choose. a diversion we're going to be champions and we'll see who's a lake challenger and i'll see who's in a challenger in next couple of weeks so make sure who is the guy who was going to

be staged. while staying in moscow and basketball team have unveiled the biggest signing of the year or leagues close season so far off the middle of. a straight year contract this week the twenty four year also been is one of the best point guards on the continent and as rich and poor reports he's delighted to have joined one of the best sides in europe. after last season's disappointments with serious car didn't even make it out of the group stages of the euro lee the only minute show they're looking to get right back to the top ahead of a new campaign twenty four year old serbian point guard me last year dosage was delayed as planned to join the moscow i am states and a former n.p.r. course says it was an easy decision in the time when the. same time was. the. best player in the whole. i was really enjoying watching it. and from that time i thought.

one of my favorite teams wasn't so difficult. most cohen says to dosages rated as one of the best plays in europe while the twenty four he still has a space years ahead of him part of the reason he's so highly rated is his versatility where he can play point guard will shooting guard likely to serve will start in a play making role given that say is come on going to be offering veteran american john robert holden a new contract until the dosage is eager to make his mark on the new season gets under way this year we build a great team. all big teams and he's one of biggest in europe. we do. believe we can be a true true true. tito sichuan be the only serve and say it's cause. he'll be

joining good friend maine and pre-stage who signed to be on him in just a couple of weeks ago wanted to see chances for the countryman played a big role in persuading him to join sas camp yeah. we was all together and he was also. most cool and i say this is also most of my wish because i believe this is this is. for me. to push me to go final pieces of gene sarah being put into place for the new year league season due to get on the way and. however the signing of tear dosage sins out a signal to the rest of europe it's a scoundrel term and to once again become one of the top clubs on the continent richard don't see. moving to the ice now where the two biggest hockey leagues in the wilds the n.h.l. and the k h l have reached an agreement to stop poaching each other's players and.

it's hoped the deal will lead to better relations between the two in the future the so-called player movement pact calls on both leagues to respect the contracts signed in each other and follows after a series of bitter disputes over transfers in the past the biggest of these was you have getting malkin switch from metal by the divorce to pittsburgh in two thousand and six despite him having signed a new one year contract with the russian club and then in two thousand and eight alexander moved from the nashville predators to some of us to live although he still had one year left on his contract with the n.h.l. president alexander lebedev says he hopes the new agreement would reflect positively in the broader development of the sport. meanwhile looking out of moscow or of the brink of signing ecuadorian strike us. who is currently on international duty at the copper america the moscow side has agreed a fee of ten million euros with the players current spanish club they were down to two year old will now have a medical with the russian premier league club but he is expected to sign

a four year deal and reportedly is currently just quadruple. has scored thirteen goals in twenty seven matches for land and he made his debut for his country aged just sixteen and has already played football match the city and sporting lisbon. and in the meantime hundreds of proud south koreans of flux to seoul international airport to greet their new heroes the triumphant winter olympics the successful group of managers and ambassadors for asking in the glory the security durban south africa the ski resort of one of the olympic vote by landslides to host the twenty one thousand games ahead of the unit and honestly there's a case of third time lucky for the korean city after losing the two previous bids to vancouver and sochi and ongoing scare time we do also who helped allow the games comes to make sure at least some of the medals will stay in mission. i would be more than willing to help bring in some new young athletes and snowboarding or

freestyle skiing and whatever else and make sure that they have a chance to fulfill their dreams as well. and finally golf and u.s. open champion rory mcilroy is resting ahead of next week's british open however at twenty two the northern irishman could still be playing in the fall though serious which inspired him to become a major when he is considering the top off reports on the use development program which has come to moscow to help produce a russian champion. british six time major winner sarah nick faldo founded his series in one nine hundred ninety six and the blessed through of champions have already developed through the system including the likes of u.s. open champion rory mcilroy and yannis seeing the youngest player male or female in the mall in a way to win four major championships could this game have any better at various moments it's great for us to have to say we did the whole program does well you can see kids here today oh i want to be the next rory mcilroy say they want to come

play of us it's the fourth time before the su is has come to moscow and the rand offers a unique chance for russia's young golfers to show off their skills and game tournament experience and under the inspiring supervision of those personal coach keith mood. the kids could hardly help but grow to love the sport and progress quickly but every year i come back i see a difference which is fantastic which is a credit to i think to your to your your whole development their year old to each time so physically they're changing and with that their golf swings are changing. and i think you know if you can if you can continue to develop the techniques to your to your coaches then there's no reason why you can't you can't really aggressively progress that with while his assistant the young players get ready to take the next step and break into the professional rinks a small country like northern ireland the hips might not have expected to produce

such a talented young major as michael roy sold a deer is there with great passion and determination future champions can appear from anywhere every country once wants to see a champion for a domestic champion and it's very difficult to say at this stage at these ages because obviously players that are progressing faster than they may may plateau off going through different changes in the physiology. and so at this point you can't you can't say whether you've got a champion on your hands but if they keep progressing and they keep working at it and and your coaches continue to improve these kids then who knows you could of course you can have a rory mcilroy the fall the serious games that producing future champions and the search for young talent all round the world these here thousands of teenagers will take to the courses in thirty five tournament in twenty five countries to drive cheap and point their way to the fifteen grand final which will be held in northern

ireland in september was named by the above. and as always for this bulletin i think. hungry for the full story we've got it for the time the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers.

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