the manager runs over international companies plenty of tourists from russia finland all over europe. if you're visiting the former capital on a budget but she does hotel accommodation insipidus but can be found at whole the soviet era hotels some of which offer economy class rooms as well as more comfortable renovated interiors. but just like us and it's time for me to go up to my room even though such rooms are more expensive sometimes apartments or suites can work out cheaper especially when charged a room instead of a person wherever you decide to stay do your math research for deals and office on the internet. expensive breakfast buffets and how many times you might need taxis for example because often you'd be surprised the high end hotels cheaper in the long run. out of more than three hundred rooms there are various luxury apartments and suites like this one perfect for families and celebrity entourages they come

with several connecting bedrooms and a large living room with kids from the seventy's so whenever you're bored of eating out don't worry as you can always make the good old trusted carry. time to eat and we've arrived at. opened in two thousand and seven this one teacher is one of the brightest newcomers petersburg's restaurant scene. national study domania features various quizzing. italian japanese and russian dishes that are vegetarian meals as well and also a wide variety of tasty beautiful desirous of. booking is advised if you want to eat here soft sofas in pillows easy lounge music an ambience beach for people and simply. guy this is the ideal place for dinner after a busy day of sightseeing. now it's time for me to try out a favorite. gorgeous berry. the thing i love about the city is all the good

locations if you do your research take a look on the internet all the local guys you'll find some incredible places new restaurants popping up every week and teressa here i think has the best location in the city just look at the stunning cathedral behind us and despite the down the road you can see the church of the spells blood. that's what the south solitaire at that see what it tastes like. while. absolutely beautiful. a city known for its revolutions over the last ten years there's been a different type of uprising that of the restaurant and hotel scene times have changed in the former capital now offer some of the best food and lodgings in russia and to discuss the western influence and development of simply dispense cultural scene let's meet this week's guest. you can let me.

so you're the general manager here at the hotel yes been here like since january. in some petersburg and in russia now for four years but i came here in. a different of the things that this is my thing so so so every every morning when i wake up i can't wait to. start my day so it seems that the different hotels and restaurants are opening every single week in the city at the moment you know this is just booming because like when i came here like four years ago they were basically the few feist store hold those in the morgue it but now we are getting more and more not only for the store but they also also hold those in some other segments or for for all the old of travelers who wants to come to be the spirit so now it's currently white nights and surely you must see a huge influx of tourists coming to the city just. greatest actually.

come from from finland from exactly the same thing but they have done so great job with the white knights here so so so i don't understand that white people chose some little hills and it's just because of theme. but the great job well done great great great p.r. marketing this is the time of the year to come here if you want to enjoy something with this beautiful. and regarding cultural activities it seems that the list is absolutely endless from. trip's it's amazing that's true but on the other hand i would love to say that the there are no younger generation who comes to experience life here and experience life. they don't even need those excuses that there is a next is next to the whole they just want to see how the life goes here they

rather go for clapping you know this is a great city also for that twenty four hours nonstop so it's wonderful it's great to meet you. thank you just nice to meet you too. moving on and what other hotels and restaurants i was mentioning insipidus back to back there are some great places to stay in the capital which would burn a hole in your pocket location hostile situated in the heart of the city of his wonderful views a palace square from its windows prices here just six hundred roubles that's roughly around twenty don't miss. the concepts hostel as they call it also both contempt and a friendly and international atmosphere not only will be given a bed for the night but supports many projects they also offer advice on the most news in events in the city. one of our. as

a location hostile guide it's a nontraditional city guide featuring the most interesting places in the city you know how mill opinion and includes information on where to downs eat our shop and there are all kinds of places from flea markets to concepts stores from two to five star places so it's yes. when visiting look around for many of the city's yards and many of them you'll find cozy restaurants diplo meeting wolf is a so-called living room restaurant the interiors of it several halls and terrace are indeed very homey and if you're traveling with children there's even a special room for them. next up the new ball called twenty two thirty inspired with traveling around the world it's junk and if you just own this can create a fashionable place for lunches and also cocktails after dark. the bombing at the venue make amazing drinks and there's also a sweet shop here ten microbrew the takeaway place.

when we were writing on the interior is if you wanted the venue to represent and family comfort for example the sofa was brought from the flagships and now taken paris it took a long time to proceed their owner to sell a time she didn't understand what i needed the old one down so for what we believe in power energy and philosophy furnishings but history. the dorm we too bought and cafe is located in a soviet building of the same name meaning consumer services center it's interiors with old furniture resembles the atmosphere of an apartment in the times of the u.s.s.r. during the day there are dishes of russian and european cuisine on the menu while at nights the venue turns into allows the busy night club. next up when we've arrived at our final location the new w. hotel. launched in one thousand nine hundred eight the brand has since expanded with over fifty hotels and resorts around the world. if you're looking for starship . combination call fine better than the trust to double your best hotel already

it's packed full of the who's who of st petersburg high as jefferson tourists with just one hundred thirty seven rooms the service is. if you do stay here but i do recommend that you bring your credit card. as well as a spectacular rooftop bar and the bliss pool and spa the hotel boasts a restaurant cool makes it invites guests to enjoy killing every muscle pieces by linda cass the master of french cooking in the world records man for the number of michelin stars. st petersburg is amazing cultural historic and ground to try our best to harmonize the cuisine with the city's spirits through to be tough policy and at the same time reasonably priced the best dollars or thirty. the fullness of the north is a great city for dining out with restaurants to suit every pocket from humble

backpack is to a list celebrities as for accommodation simplest most hotels range from grand historic properties to budget many hotels and wherever that may be inside petersburg it's ultimately the wealth of culture and history that will amaze you and most of that is for free. very light so wherever you sleep eat or visit here in st petersburg this city will never fail to disappoint and that's all the time we have on this week's program sal see you again at the same time next week for more adventures around the former russian capital until then for me and the rest of the crew from the beautiful and balance of the never ever.

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hello there you're watching the sport here on r.t. this is what is coming up. the managerial merry go round argentina of points of batteries their new coach while the usa part company with bradley. glass done deal manchester city complete the signing of argentina's red hot strikers quero. and de mean big games we take a look at one russian girl's dream of making even the next summer. but first the news that argentina have appointed a new coach for their national football team fifty six year old bella takes over from. sabella had led a studio is to be called political to doris title two years ago and was due to take charge of al-jazeera in the united arab emirates before parties to step down last

week argentina hoping he can revive their fortunes on the world stage the team got knocked out of the quarter finals of the recent corporate america having got past the last eight in the last two world cup meanwhile bob bradley has been fired as the coach of the u.s. team after five years in charge of followers the team's loss to mexico in the final of the gold cup although bradley's overall record isn't bad with forty three wins twenty five draws and just twelve defeats during his reign he also led the team to the last sixteen of the twenty ten world cup bradley's replacement is expected to be announced before an exhibition match between the usa and mexico on aug tenth. now manchester city have completed the signing of argentina striker from athletico madrid the twenty three year old signed a five year deal saying he believes he has joined a club that will be fighting for trophies every year city are thought to have paid around sixty two million dollars for the attacker who scored one hundred two goals

in two thousand for going for a flaky he's also not. thirteen times for his country and twenty nine appearances who is diego maradona his son in law incidentally is expected to be a man city squad for the pre-season dublin super cup tournament this weekend. in russia spot moscow have added some dutch steel to their midfield netherlands international demi does donning his new red and white jersey after transferring from iran as he took part in his first public training session this apartheid russia's most successful club despite sitting a full thirteen points off the top spot midway through the premier league season comes despite that with things looking on the up the club winning three of the last four games the twenty eight year old who played in last year's world cup final saying football here is a step up from his native land. for the first two games. we want to do by me and they hold it for i think two more try to get

more interesting to play for the. conversation with the train. with a lot of people from those who are aware the good stories about for the dark and about the worship. more the players are going to do differently and she's i think the level is more higher than in all the. elsewhere russian minnows are learning you have given themselves a fighting chance of playing in this season's europa league they drew one one at home with toby in the third qualifying round of the competition in the second tier of russian football and have not played in europe for ten years so they went behind after just eleven minutes after malik manwell open to the visitors but twenty one year old would i have got a second half equaliser the second leg is next week. and actually now from european pre-season my eventis have got their second win in three days the world football challenge event this time beating chivas battle harder one mill in north carolina

it took only twelve minutes for the talents to take the lead. singer after state by the end joining magelang one nil then finished two of us have yet to score in the tournament after being beaten three newberry on the face barcelona are all disputed qualities we number two for you very it will also be club america. where months united are looking forward to the chance of getting one back over barcelona united were beaten by the catalans in the champions league final and the side meet again in a friendly on saturday although boston may choose to feel their younger stars and united could follow suit. by only here so they put all the employers. to their own the power they were fantastic if i thought they were. on saturday i would put all my own person you know in to be fascinating game i would like to play

against. the trumpets again and we really lost twice and this is a very painful. you know when i play a good team like that i just want to beat the team because for the moment the best team in the war. or. player is difficult to accept because you want to be the best in the war that's why you just want to play again and make sure you beat them. in other knees mclaren's lewis hamilton was fast this in the first practice session for one daring grand prix he was a fraction of a second ahead of red bull with world champion sebastian vettel how much in targeting pole for this sunday's race which to billings will be crucial. this is it is very difficult to make a disconsolately returning didn't really have many streets between each corner to get up behind someone and so it looked more much more like monaco in a sense but i think this is a track where you need to be in population and need to disappear and so we haven't

had a pole position this year so. this weekend is to get our first full of that switch to go where former masters champion trevor immelman is finally finding some form after missing the cut in his last six tournament he leads after the first day of the greenbrier classic in west virginia to south africa and has a one shot late after carving a six under par sixty four he hasn't been the same player since wrist surgery a couple of years ago i let down out of the blocks on thursday a group of five players are behind him including derek lamb lee who had a nice chippy and here. i. was at the r.h. open india seeing shaun allen's four major stars his eight under par sixty three gives him a two shot lead going into the second day last rawlins big guns british open champion down crockett six shots back and us open champion rory mcilroy seven off the pace of though he did produce the shot of the day yesterday saving on the

fourteenth from the rough with a spectacular i ran the tree graeme mcdowell is nine shots back and public parenting ten of them in. the upcoming world today championships in paris is an important event paralympic hopefuls ahead of the london games and russia's bitter caldwell is hoping to accumulate enough points in order to travel next year but only cos would have caught up with her and her home town of smolensk. when did i call that it was just a child her mother wanted her to go to a dancing school or take up knitting and then broidery but by her own admission she's always been a sort of its own boy and lots of fight it was already all the is though that she would become a professional athlete mam'selle wanted her daughter to have nothing to do with combat sports and send her to track and field instead. of them to a chunk of business when i was sixteen i met a girl who was a wrestler and she took me to a wrestling club for the first time i went there secretly for

a month and my parents had no idea my mom was shocked when she found out she thought this can be the right sport for women but i managed to turn her around when i started winning get our call is currently ranked number seventeen in the world according to the international judo federation and if she approves her medal world championship in paris she stands a good chance of representing russia in the under sixty three kilogram category and the one that picks one of those names if we try to be among the top fourteen in the ratings in every white category in order to be able to go to the olympic games i think that each of us can win the right to be in london and each has a chance to win a medal at the games our positions in the ratings are stable i each country will be represented by only one athlete in every weight category at the summer games that's seven for men and seven for women russia has its eyes and getting a place in all fourteen and the tournaments in paris will set apart the winners and losers. at the world championships in august it will be

a test and stage for our athletes will have an entire year before the olympics in london where we hope to win medals the recent european championships have shown that we have a strong national team. from august the twenty third to russia's finest have six days to make good on those promises before getting fighting fit for london twenty twelve. ramana koester of r.t. it's not. good luck to her and she will be high. we need to get our hands on one of these medals for next summer's olympic games have been unveiled in london they each way around four hundred grams and are among the biggest and heaviest of any summer olympics the front of each one shows images of night greek goddess of victory metalwork design it david what kynge created the latest medals and says he's pleased with how they turned that. because it was done a great job i mean i don't think it could have been done. and i did my best it's come up. with the rugby world cup starting in just six weeks time new zealand are

aiming for good performances in the tri nations they play south africa in the third game of this season's tournament on saturday new zealand will be missing several key plays though being rested or injured and fly half done carter has been recalled and is one of four changes to the side that thrashed fiji in their last outing south africa who lost their own little stray are also depleted but saturday's game is being seen as a chance for new faces to shine in the run up to the world cup competition with the whole squad to make the most of the charts but to do that. for us when people come to. do the job. more to charges of this go is a good. sport from i'm more like your art. culture

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business we're still seeing a lot of red across markets as investors can't seem to see the light at the end of the tunnel as far as the u.s. debt crisis is concerned and amid all of this we'll look at how it impacts all parts and some more of these in our business bulletin. a very warm welcomes you this is. a country which holds more u.s. debt that any alpha has his house at the failure of congress to reach a deal a for its debt ceiling china says the political deadlock in washington threatens the entire economy will say fall republicans and democrats have delayed of. the country as they haven't agreed on. the. until tuesday to appoint a potentially devastating default in the week u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton was in beijing to reassure asia need is that

america will not fall back on its debt payments to shift from investment company pacific capital thinks china could well dump the dollar as its main reserve currency. we can't afford bad relations with china see beijing holds the cards you know we're dancing to the tune that they play the real problem for china is that there's no way that america can pay back the money that the chinese have already loaned us politically is just not going to happen is specially when interest rates rise i'm surprised they can do chinese so long to figure out that they've been throwing a lot of good money after bad i don't think we're going to default i think we're going to inflate which is just as bad but you know we're going to raise the debt ceiling the problem is the debt not the ceiling the ceiling maybe is a solution but unfortunately it's going to be raised ultimately the chinese are going to impose their own ceiling on our debt which is going to be a lending ceiling because we're telling that chinese.