we will never forget. we have a very noisy mixture of course the most common throughout the summer. the management of 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 older soviet era hotels some of which offer economy class rooms as well as more comfortable renovated interiors. 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. opens in two thousand and seven this one teacher is one of the brightest newcomers on st petersburg's restaurant scene. national study domania features various cuisine. italian japanese and russian dishes you know 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 and ambience people and simpy. guy this is the ideal place for dinner after a busy day of sight seeing. now it's time for me to try out

a series. just a burial 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 just by the down the road you can see the church of the spells blood. and. solitaire except 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 cast. me so you're the general manager here at the hotel yes been here like since january. and from 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 just a few feist store hold us 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. it's currently

white nights and surely you must see a huge influx of tourists coming to the. greatest actually no need to come from from finland from exactly the same thing but they have done so great job with the white nights here so so so i don't understand that white people chose some petersburg instead of just because of the 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. trips it's amazing that's true but on the other hand i would love to say that there are no younger generation who comes to experience life here and experience life. they don't even need those excuses that

there's a next is next to the whole don't they just want to see how the life goes here they rather go for clapping you know this is a great city also for the twenty four hours. so it's wonderful it's great to meet you. thank you it was nice to meet you too. moving on and what other hotels and restaurants i was mentioning in sin petersburg to bangkok is 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 as they call it also both contempt designed and a friendly and international atmosphere not only will be given a bed for the night but supports many projects bills offer advice to the most people. venusian events in the city. one of our projects is unlike

asian hostel 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 cooled twenty two thirty am inspired with traveling around the world it's jungle if you just owners have created a fashionable place to lunches and also cocktails after dark. the bombing at the venue make amazing drinks and there's also a sweet shop here ten micrograms 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 the 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 its 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 a loud and busy nightclub. next up when we've arrived at our final location the w. hotel. in one thousand nine hundred eight the branches in six. bandish with over

fifty hotels and resorts around the world. if you're looking for stylish accommodation call find better than the trust to double your best hotel already it's packed full of the who's who of st petersburg jessel 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 grand you should try our best to harmonize the cuisine with the city's spirits through to be tough policy and at the same time reasonably priced to be the best of all existence of. the fullness of the north is

a great city to 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 in st 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 business you will never fail to disappoint and that's all the time we have on this week's program sell 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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think still tries to shift some blame to russia. pals and camp out in israel for protest against poor living conditions song already drawing comparisons between taria uprising egypt's need to al sadr way. hello welcome to the sports news live from our team here in moscow and here are the headlines. managerial merry go round argentina appoint a hundred or so bad as the new coach of the usa part company with bob bradley. while from strength to strength fresh from his german grand prix triumph lewis hamilton sets the pace in practice for sunday's race in hungary. and i get back in the hunt for the world number one woods is set to return to golf attack planned

next week after a three month injury break. but will first though and samuel eto could become the world's highest earning player if the into milan and cameroon striker joins brazil legend roberto call us at free spending russian side and shiny the thirty year old has signed for the serious side until twenty forty and has said he doesn't have any plans to leave but he still emerged as a top target for the russian club from the southern region of pakistan on the club just by billionaire sort of man cut him off earlier this year and the man from seemed to be prepared to splash out twenty million euros and here it is wages. well elsewhere spartak moscow about it some dutch feel to them midfield as netherlands playmaker they may desire house donned his new red and white jersey after transferring from the acts that are trying to pass in his first public training session for a spot back which is russia's most successful club despite being a thirteen being thirteen points off the top spots midway through the premier league season is a comes to spot with the club hitting

a bit of form we three of the last four games the twenty eight year old who played in last year's world cup final says football in russia is a step up from his native land but that. dark day we want to do by me and. hold it for two months. it gets more interesting to play for sure i get a good conversation with a trainer. with a lot of people from the to our worship and good stories about as far as they're going about their worship. or the players are coming to disarm ph d.'s i think the level is more higher than general now russian men as i have given themselves a fighting chance of playing in this season's you right from the gulf they drew one one in times like side october in the surge qualifying runs along we are in the second tier of russian football and haven't played in europe for ten years they went behind off just eleven minutes of that malik man what are you going for it is

it is about twenty one year olds that summarized what i ask for and a second half equaliser the second leg is next thursday. staying with the ball and argentina have appointed a new national coach as fifty six year old. takes over from sergio bettis to so when the copilot but the daughter is as coach as a studio interest two years ago after playing career that included stints at sheffield united and leeds in england he had been set to take charge of al-jazeera in the united arab emirates before back east this exit last week after argentina he was hosting the event looks to europe white and not one of the crops for america plus the less there is have not won the tournament since nine hundred ninety three and the last two world cups and the torture final defeat by germany all those countries the limbic team did win gold at the two thousand and four two thousand and eight games and meanwhile bob bradley has been fired as the coach of the u.s. national team after five years in charge this follows the team's loss to mexico in the final of the gold cup bradley has overall record actually reach pretty well

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 in south africa bradley's replacement is expected to be announced before an exhibition match between the usa and mexico because the tennis. well over in england match the city have completed the signing of argentina striker said i getto from athletico madrid the twenty three year old has penned a five year deal saying he believes he's joined a club that would be fighting for trophies every year so he has sort of paid around sixty two million dollars for the attacker who scored one hundred two thousand two hundred thirty four games rafa has ego has also netted thirteen times for his country in twenty nine games i getto who's diego maradona son in law is expected to be in city squad for this weekend's pre-season dublin super cup tournament. i mean while you venters have clinched their second win in three days at the pre-season world football challenge event after beating she was going in north carolina it only took twelve minutes for the italian side to take the lead they had

a passing after defense after mistake of the draw from a gallon and one nil was how it finished have yet to score in the tournament after being beaten three nil by rail madrid based barcelona and we have this the third it's we number two for you very well so for the club america. and elsewhere much united are looking forward to the chance of getting one back over boss alone after being beaten by the catalan side in the champions league final and the size meet again in a friendly on saturday although boss that may choose to field the youngest stars and united could follow suit. they played by an american yesterday and played all the umpires and you know in the power they were fantastic if i thought they were all the players on saturday i would put all my own course you know in the. last name game i would like to play against them in the trunk once again and win because i already lost twice and this is

a very painful. you know when i play against him like that i just want to beat the team because for the moment the best team in the world and. player is difficult to accept because you want to be the best in the world but so i just want to play again and make sure you be them. forward on now and mclaren's lewis hamilton was fastest in the first practice session for the hungary ingrown prix he was a fraction of a second ahead of red bulls world champion sebastian vettel and hamilton is targeting pole for this sunday's race which he believes will be crucial this is a it is a very difficult subject to make a disconsolate because they turning you don't really have many straights between each corner to get up behind someone and so it is a little 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 probation this year so i you know my my aim this weekend is to get off first for . next week tiger woods will resume his hunt for his first golfing title in almost

two years the former wild number one is set to make his comeback from injury at the bridgestone invitational in ohio this will be tiger's first tournament since may when he was drunk from the first round of the players championship with leg injuries and went on to miss both the u.s. and british opens the americans last triumph came at the b.m.w. championship in september two thousand and nine and he's since the age of twenty first in the world rankings the thirty five year old also about his new caddy a second his long time partner steve williams last week. the upcoming world judo championships in paris is an important event for the big hopefuls ahead of the london games such as russia's unocal who's hoping to accumulate enough points in order to travel next year run cars or have caught up with her in her hometown 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 flight it was already all the is though that she would become a professional athlete mom though wanted her daughter to have nothing to do with combat sports and send her to track and field instead. of them chunk of 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 at the world championship in paris she stands a good chance of representing russia in the under sixty three kilogram category at the london olympics none of those names are trying to be among the top fourteen in the ratings in every white category in order to be able to go to the olympic games and 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. 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. of 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. so that's. what i'd like to vera and shame. like so many in london next year will be hoping to get her hands on one of these the medals for next summer's olympic games have been unveiled in the british capital they each way around four hundred

grams you are one of the biggest and heaviest of any summer olympics the front of each shows images of nikhil the greek goddess of victory metal with design at david walk ins created the latest medals and says he's pleased with how they turned that i'm so exhausted it's done a great job i mean i don't think it could have been done any better than i did my best it's coming. and with the rugby world cup starting in just six weeks hosts new zealand are aiming for good performances in the trying to nations by play south africa in their first game of this season's tournament on saturday new zealand will be missing several key players who are being rested or as injured fly half dan carter has been recalled and is one of four changes to the side that thrashed fiji on the last outing south africa who lost their right not to australia are also depleted but saturday's game is seen as a chance for new faces to shine in the run up to the world cup this competition with and the whole squad syria wants to make the most of the charts but to do that

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gateway photo the grand imperial truly the george weston. you can a lesser till her toe see don't need to go and. run this and the colonel was her job as a retreat. they've been given the truth and the truth is on their of her learned reluctantly admit to being chiefly responsible for the plane crash that killed the nation's president last year still trying to shift the blame to russia. we should have on putin and greece from the euro zone longer google the greek drain always on spain the country's credit rating for bad was because of euro zone stablemates instability paul germany refuses to find the mountains junk bonds also. deadline tuesday but still no sign of a decision in the us debt time ever as rival paulson is wrestling for us and america's

biggest landed something to take the spot. on the square roots of civil unrest thousands compounds in israel's public classes demanding better and if you get additions with concerns it may raise the terror uprising that still leaves its leader sticks. golden so a prices are on the rise as investors look for a safe haven due to uncertainty over the u.s. debt resolution join me for a full business bulletin in twenty minutes time. a very warm welcome see this is live from moscow with malice habit. colin's investigation into the presidential plane crash near smolensk last year says the tragedy was caused by its crew but it has also partly blamed russia for the

catastrophe which killed. off the polish losses and. also for us and actually you were the news conference what else did the investigation team. well clearly the main highlight of this brand press conference of the commission which was investigating this tragic plane crash was that poland officially admitted that its crew the crew of the presidential plane was the one to blame for this tragic crash in the russian city of smolensk last year in april last year indeed this commission believes that the crew was very low qualified to operate the plane in such heavy weather conditions and the actions which the crew took in those moments when the plane was trying to land in the fog. of smolensk were crucial so that the plane crashed and everyone on board ninety six people all the country's political leaders looting the presidential couple died now.