we think. we've been to the edge. i live in and now i'm visiting st petersburg for the second time i love it here especially in winter. is very beautiful misty prospect in st petersburg's made as one of the best known streets in russia i suppose you could control the prospect. shops museums and historical sites the main point has to be this magnificent. two hundred years ago it was closed by the. museum of cool services. and today the area in front of it is one of the city's main. tourist spots. the

church of the spilled blood is located off the main streets here. on the site. of the second was assassinated. in his memory. we show you some alternative sites excursions. to the city's. very popular. seven hundred roubles that's roughly around twenty five. similar projects in. his visit to people. since. the early feel. interested in history literature.

the city's most famous story literature characters all united by one theme jack. for example legend has it actually cost died in simpy his blood in eighty ninety three not because of color but because he famously said his last simply was larger than his entire life hours later. he stands. in the ring shows the body of the she still can't figure her species burns by conspires off against police and shot and drowned. the harnessing isn't for the faint but 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. the welcome to the forest and same place back and interactive museum dedicated to the myths and legends of the city the last book it's who wants a see through a labyrinth of the same rooms where you come up close and personal to terrifying

exhibits i witnessed don't think as of the past is disputed and peter the great. so what other alternative activities can you enjoy it said petersburg 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 the interpretations 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 cool is a collection of at first sight meaningless things to 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 a result of history in russia. party from eleven century but it was originally

called red wine and explores drinking traditions and rituals. during peter the greats when many votes could drink in traditional were established and many of them exist to this day for example they size and cheer a school should be illegal goblet 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 was fixed and totaled to one litter guess who relayed to business bulls danced badly broken large to drink. thousands of exhibits amazing broken bottles spanning centuries there are also several unusual items on display which include even vulcan for cosmonauts to drink in space after you're done with exploring the items in glass cabinets invites to focus in a room which contains over two hundred various machines and next door to the museum is a restaurant called russian folk or room number one which offers of course traditional

russian hussein. and if you have a special occasion it's a petersburg or just want to look top notch in the city where professionals will take care of your style of dozens of hair stylists make artists and cosmetologists which are constantly upgrading their skills and your top schools are professionals of the industry will help you look your best. to celebrate the phenomenon of the white knights is a source of much pleasure in petersburg as the cool businesses it's an exciting time to visit the city not just to do will bring in regards to your personal time clock and discuss the culture in the city with its insider let's meet this week's guests lower level to me year so you're from berlin they've been living here. so we try to promote the culture of cooperation between finland and russia. very

useful but 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 i mean. first of all people act totally differently during the summer time people russian people. love to go out into time they're just trying to get home possible so people go hang out in the parks in the restaurants terrorists if you had any visitors already any tourists coming to the city where would you recommend that they want to visit they had to. pause fortress which is on the other side 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 suddenly a little bit temperamental little bit like. you recommend. some inside activity

well there's this amazing traditional old russian vodka. called. going to. have a glass of water which costs twenty roubles as far as i remember. but if you're not into drinking. museums. there's a whole range of different. story here. you want to party. immerse yourself with historical sites considered cultural capital st petersburg reflects the country's extrude we state. there are various ways to see the city by speedboat roller blading bicycle. you can hire them privately or take part in group

guided tours either way you can see all the major sites such as the peaceful way and for those who crave adrenaline filled activities there are a few other suggestions too like this next form of transport. welcome to the world of the fun to the furious the funk is also the early sixty's she's around the city. council and we were told that there are many people who dream of once riding a bike and our city is 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 showing some hidden gems of st petersburg which you won't find in a guidebook. on the move to pull it off.

but. to last about two hours the price is gone from three thousand five hundred dollars that's around one hundred twenty dollars that's who started this initiative the group of bikers who decided that many people should be strays in cities towns tourists interests can be combined one. is you will see a city in the city to see you. for some a motorbike still school might be too much for me such an adrenaline filled excursion sums up the city in the summer exciting and simply take. what i mean credible experience a spectacular view. on this week's program from st petersburg. next we can tell them from me and the rest the kurds. that are

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good to have you with us this is sports today here on twenty four hour r.t. i'm going in no need for heads. up for grabs it's confirmed. bacon w.b. a world heavyweight title will be contested between alexander ovechkin and. gridiron red bulls mark webber holds his pole for sunday's british grand prix out silverstone. on a new home quest to once again reach the top ranks of european basketball picks all pace with the addition of serbian milosz.

let's get going with boxing where the next new heavyweight champion of the world will he'll either from russia or alexander privette. have to clash on august twenty seventh for vladimir klitschko as vacated w b a cron to score securing the belts so last weekend from david haye in doing so he became known as super a champion of the w.p.a. division not because it could technically take years for klitschko a to defend three other titles needing to be fought over as well but that. will do battle. brother for telling touching base in the russian capital this week to show off all six crawl and the hole between them the younger sibling stating he'd like to organize a party in either his home kiev or. the stadium. where the absolute champions. doesn't matter how many belts are out there are other belts you know we have super championship bells and other interim chambers of both we

didn't choose. the diversion we're going to be champions and we'll see who's in the challenger and i'll see who's my challenger in the next couple of weeks so i'll make sure who's the guy who was going to be staged. ok let's talk football the cup america where chile have maintained their position as group c. leaders coming from behind to draw one one with your ago-i both sides who had numerous chances in the first off but neither could convert them who swore it was the guilty here and then what would have unquestionably being the strangest goal of the chairman to date was just divide kept by the euro why crossbar a remarkable effort on the moment why did eventually seize the initiative ten minutes after the break patience the key for this one story is in no rush before setting up i'll follow pereira to county celts home for one nil but chile where to leave empty handed he seemed to suggest finding danger man how alexis sunshades

here in the z. danger man to find things in your eye. the champions on top of group c. then but only because of goal scored per thurst surprise partners at the summit following a shock when over mexico jose go to air zero with the only goal of the game eighty two minutes enough to slide from the mix in the fans room in chile thus leading the table with four points from two. at least most cup player has called it a day after almost two decades on the big stage fabio cannavaro announcing his retirement from football at the age of thirty seven two to a lingering knee injury the defender played in four cups coming italy to the title in two thousand and six he i'm off the top of one hundred thirty six inch arsenal caps before retiring from the national scene i year ago kind of our own was also named fifa world player of the year no six becoming the only defender to ever be

awarded the accolade the neapolitan play for a total of six teams during his club career including two stance with eventis on three seasons with rielle madrid where he won two titles kind of r.-o. finishing his playing career with awfully dubai. i will now take over as the club's technical advisor. red bull are showing no signs of letting go of their formula one stranglehold over all leader sebastian vettel second only to teammate mark webber in a british g.p. qualifying made some inclement weather that you intend to start at one and two on the grid in a repeat of last year's results where one here last season on edge vettel i thought this time around to put himself into prime decision to repeat the achievement history and seemingly in sync with the silverstone circuit he also dominated practice a day ago perforates keeping things tighter with the two time champion fernando alonso and sleep and must say writes on the heels of all the red hot red bulls

jenson button who trails vettel by seventy seven points in the overall standings will start from fish form. cycling's most prestigious event meanwhile has entered the martens for the first time this season rudi alberto cost of portugal the sending to the finish line ahead of the competition on stage eight of the tour de france the twenty four year old showing his climbing progress to hand his movie star team their first ever stage when the event all rounder philip gilberto one of the future break from a group in the final two kilometer climb that earned him a second place on the effort also propels the belgian to first in the points classification condell evans he was third were first told me while finished sixteenth but still good enough to hold on to the overall leadership yellow jersey for another all day. baseball is still reeling from thursday's shock death of a fun during a texas rangers game with the oakland athletics thirty nine year old shannon stone falling over the railings in front of a song after attempting to catch

a ball tossed into the stands by rangers player josh hamilton the tragedy deeply affecting the team and its president. it hits aside our roots of who we are. we're about making memories. about family entertainment and last night we had a father and son at the game. and had a very tragic and it's on them and it just. drives it to the core of what we are about and the memories of that we tried to make in this game. strayer back on the map in southern hemisphere rugby's biggest club competition the queensland reds winning their first ever super fifteen title beating new zealand powerhouse that canterbury crusaders the reds finished next to last back in two thousand and nine but an amazing turnaround story was there for the taking on suffered a seven time champion two seaters though displaying their pedigree early on museum

and international carter making it five. the twenty nine rule without a penalty in the second half for a ten six lead the underdogs though will get me to tonight's saving the day i think the score tied the somehow stunning sixty five meters to win the contest it to the store so in the stream team takes the ship the rugby title for the first time in seven years i think to try something. boss ball where china is first n.b.a. star yao ming has announced his retirement the houston rockets center quitting the game after eight seasons in the world's top league that thirty year old has suffered numerous foot ankle injuries throughout his career and was forced to miss the entire two thousand and nine season he also played only five times last year the rockets getting past the first round playoff just once during his state never reaching the n.b.a.

finals however yeah i was a hero back home the two point two nine meter shanghai native is an eight time all star no less on this must have me help in promoting the sport in asia. and staying on the hardwood where c.s.k. have unveiled a man they hope can turn around their stuttering form over the past couple of seasons serb theo doll sitch agreeing a three year contract in moscow this week the twenty four year old is regarded as one of the best point guards in europe richard from port reports is delighted to have signed up with the army men. after last season's disappointments well since count didn't even make it out of the group stages of the euro lee the only men have shown they're looking to get right back to the top ahead of a new campaign twenty four year old serbian point guard me last teodor seach has been late as player to join the moscow eye of states and a former olympian arkell star says it was an easy decision in the time when. i believe in the same time was. told.

i was. enjoying watching it. and. you know to be. teams wasn't so difficult to. go and so 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 achieve a point guard all shooting guard so i gave a serval starting to play making role in that sense count 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 blue. to dosage one b.b. only serve on say is cause roster he'll be joining good friend may not creased each end of the arm in just a couple of weeks ago hunted all six says his fellow countryman played a big role in persuading him to join sas camp yeah. it was all together and he was also a. school. and i say i wish this is also more so my wish because i believe this is this is the best choice for me. course or course to push me to live with a little go final pieces of a jigsaw or a being put into place with the new year league season due to get underway in middle toba however of assigning of tear dosage sends out a signal to the rest of europe that say this car determined to once again become one of the top clubs on the continents rich of i don't see moscow. that wraps up

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around the world. three. including president's personal photographer have been charged with spying for russia after being arrested on thursday our correspondent peter all over reports. initially there were four photojournalists arrested on thursday one of those has now been released without charge over the three that remain in custody are all pool reporters meaning that they had very close quarters contact with the president of georgia mikheil saakashvili we are hearing this one of those who is in custody has confessed on video to having been a spy to be sending information to moscow and in enough video confession he is in the case it's a not a one of those three are in custody now with regard to the third member of the team he's believed to be on a hunger strike denying any charges against him now the reason they will charge this comes after their personal hard drives we see stunned detailed mops of the

presidential compound and presidential goings on the the the daily schedule all of mikheil saakashvili was found on that hard drive this resulted in the charges being leveled against them now they will remain in custody until september when they will face a closed doors trial while russia is accused of being a little quick on the draw when it comes to labeling people spies they say that there isn't enough evidence to link these people to to moscow and says that the russians aren't the only people that think that russia has jumped the gun a few times on labeling people spice up to go with the judges are so quick to speak . to anyone i guess is just a level of democracy and that has been noticed not just by russia but by various key international organizations like the u.n. lost to be sold thirteen people arrested on espionage charges now nine of those were found guilty just last week and hunted down sentences for.