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that spared no one from asia debt ridden europe asia and european markets and their worst week since two thousand and eight and seems the u.s. is heading in the same direction. also for much clashes between pro and anti-government forces in yemen intensified with the death toll from five days of violence now reaching one hundred that says the country's president returns to the emily capital three months after surviving an assassination attempt. co-stars of course have dated as well online if not me i web sites r.t. dot com up next the moscow out scene takes you to the ancient russian turn of the board it's time to get many for your own r.t. .

hello good to see you again and welcome on this week's episode the must go out scene are in the back door of the largest and most beautiful towns of the leningrad region and russia once owned by sweden and then finland today it still poseurs the great medieval look of a northern european town so join me as we travel back in time and see what cultural attractions are on offer to get him a scout team took an overnight train from the negro ski station known as be prepared to finish this quaint russian town is located around ancient columbus is the russian capital. walking around to see barry's medieval houses some in the condition that others walk along the cobbled lanes and witness the wonderful clock tower cathedrals and various architecture the medieval town stuff on. the back is a true cross cultural point of the caribbean swedish finnish and russian traditions

and all of them can be traced in the towns heritage customs shape and history leave it was founded in the end of the thirteenth century during the crusades by one of the swedish martial clips and as a result of the russian swedish wars in the seventeenth century and citizens enjoying the reign of peter the great a treaty was signed the people had become a part of russia finland which was historically process we need to make a meal thomas grand duchy state within the russian empire the veba being on its territory. in one thousand forty four it was pronounced as a city in the u.s.s.r. by the nineteen fifties industrial enterprises where restored in vivo a multi-story residential and office buildings were constructed. the role of rebirth in the u.s.s.r. as a railway and seaports terminal and as a cultural and tourist center increased. the birth is very beautiful. much history a beautiful nature and time and perfect question right so we could all of us leave

it sirrah first time in forever we come here often and like it a lot if used different from other russian towns it's very european and we enjoy its park its own streets and lanes and exams for you in general all the. old buildings of the old castle and everything that has importance to the finished history yes i think it's also very emotional moment to be here the proximity to the means that many of the names of farah shops pass by some restaurants both in finnish and russian market square is a central popular tourist spots with various restaurants markets which is play area it's difficult to get lost and be back with a population of around eighty thousand it's one of russia's smaller cities and at the top cans of this cobbled area is a rather interesting focal point the architecture is certainly different here via

back then another russians ounds it feels more european now that our behind us that was built in the fifteenth century by order of king good stuff of sweden originally part of the old city wall in the eighteenth century locals nickname that pat's katherina in that in reference to that rather overweight empress of the. people can be so cruel. alex location is the hems harsh museum opened in two thousand and ten and it's an offshoot of the famous heritage museum in st petersburg of the several permanent representations of the museum in russia and around the world. the exhibition center opened in two thousand and ten and already it's now one of the main cultural attractions in the area five arts and cultures from all over the world represent the end of the exposition changes every six months a surprise every time we visit. the display here today it's called easter mass the history of islamic world exhibition consists of several parts ange to

kate's cultural interaction of the muslim world to other regions including york china india and russia. i think on display back to the seventh century and include various silver and bronze tableware clothes jewelry and weapons his skin grafting in more than half of adult visitors to our museum or tourists from finland most of them are deeply impressed with their exposition as a display from the hermitage collection can rarely be seen anywhere in the world and because there are so many finnish tourists we decided that all information in our museum should be provided in three languages russian english and finish. the building is also shared with a vbac art school hematologist art historian selections on the history of the world's art to people of all ages. so what other historical sites are that in the book as in many cities in russia one of the banks main squares is called red square although the name of this case comes from the

terrifying events originally it was called the square of the red well in the sixteenth century the spring was located here and so many public executions took place next to it the legend has it that the underground was has in the area became fragile with blood of course the belt is long gone and now i want to spot a monument to lenin constructed in the one nine hundred fifty s. locators. really all of the clock tower was built in the fifteenth century and originally it was the belfry of people it's cathedral which was later destroyed it was then the copper tower later but atop a clock was placed on it. a structure something from fire as many times it was bad to the ground on several occasions but it was always restored towards the end of the eighteenth century and chris cuffe from the great presented be there with a huge bell as a gift which is placed on the building which became a fire lookout tower as well catherine's gift hangs in the town to the stay and you can still witness bring in. unlike many historical buildings which were built by

the swedes and the good and useful to occasions it is an architectural monument dating back to the times when the town became a part of russia. the construction of the bastion started in seventeen thirty during the reign of compress on a year on the if not in losses of every twenty years the first occasion featured numerous structures made of stone but only two gates been preserved so nowadays living area is still used as a connecting route between two parts of the city. so our final location now in the costly in the back stands in the middle of a straight on a small rocky islands wealthy. thousand seven hundred metres long and two hundred metres wide the fortress was built in the year twelve ninety three and over the centuries it has witnessed everything from battles celebrations and asked to today well we're here to take part in another event that includes lots of souls costumes and all. the medieval attraction today is called the knights tournament he says but

as a great archery summer fighting is one of the main anyone seems here in favor of the sheer amount of battle between german and french nights is one of the highlights the specifically brings a large amount of sports faces. the festival also features a concert of folk music dance and craft for people by various items such as wooden utensils clothing a medieval memorabilia full of noise laughter and wonderful costumes it's like he's been transported back in time. since we've been there for our festival differs from all other similar events not only because it's held in an authentic medieval castle but also because it features not only battle installations but it's also educational every year we're going to ask conferences and lectures on a particular subject from the mean to ages attractions and off teacher moments of evoke a closely connected with its history the unique scenery of

a castle provides the museum with an exceptional opportunity and housing various concerts for exhaustible and how to fights we are the a st petersburg club we reckon struck the are tourists from the thirteenth fourteenth century endure and that's why this is the annual festival we take part any early and we have our tournaments and of course we would show the public how to do this that's fun and we just love some part of sport at the same time you're dressed so nicely and it's great people from all over russia come to the festival and for them it's a culmination of month preparations for the event. for several months before the civil they not only get the handmade questions ready but also study various store documents on the exact subject areas to it's the best of what is the case it's a you can see a small fighter plane that's when. it looks ok the real from the way down with obama it's one of them to move us all. there are various activities you can try

outs here i'm trying my hand at archery i have to list before there has to be a few years and here we go and find rights in the stands or not passed. over centuries because it was reconstructed several times required educational buildings in fact now it's the only cost in russia designed in the european tradition. that's how it is the focal point is really one of the symbols of the region. for the energetic amongst us a trip to the top is well worth a visit making up the dusty staircases it's best not to count the number of steps. in the eight hundred fifty s. as a result of fireworks celebrating the opening of a nearby major canal because it was seriously damaged by fire after the restoration eighty ninety one to eighty ninety eight it seemed the current form we see here today. the views from the top are just incredible for

the three hundred sixty pound iran or you can see the whole region with all its sites both old and new living side by side. and that's what the berg is a fusion of many political social and cultural influences. but that we have unfortunately that's that's all we have on this week's program i'll see you get the same time next week for more exploration of the beautiful city people i saw them for me and the rest the crew from the dizzying heights of a castle tower here. now. this is a city. of about one hundred ninety thousand people and we have the fouls and

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touch your room the photo a good girl how would international house flood the cheap evergreen laurel hotel in talk of. the top stories tonight palestinian leader mahmoud abbas submits a bid for full statehood to the un chief shortly before addressing the general assembly in new york to spite the u.s. promise to veto the bill in the security council. and chaos breaks out on the israeli palestinian border with stones and bullets flying across the checkpoint at a palestinian shot dead and several wounded in clashes with israeli soldiers. also from r.t. fears of a double dip global recession intensified today in the wake of first those huge markets plunge that spared no one from asia the debt ridden europe asia and european markets ended their worst week since two thousand and eight and sings the u.s. is heading in the same direction. and clashes between pro and anti-government forces in yemen intensified with the death toll from five days of violence now reaching

one hundred but says the country's president returns to the yemeni capital three months after surviving sussed nation attacks and keep abreast of all the latest news course online twenty four seven at r.t. dot com so twenty two forty six about moscow time time for some. the russian rugby teams are playing for the next pull see the rugby world cup game against ireland of course on sunday going yes that's right the tone is all display of us just like glass shop will miss out but one young bear is aiming to roar against the irish more or less from. a lot of the sports roundup this friday like the top stories bama says is russia make sweeping changes to their side ahead of sunday's rugby world cup clash with islands. while maiden paula zahn last week for the alexander sayed of received his

first ever call up the russia's final to euro two thousand and twelve qualifiers. closer to the defense formula one champion sebastian vettel dominates practice for the scene the full grown creek which could see him retain his title. but first we'll start with the rugby world cup where russia are reading the changes ahead of sunday's game with which reports hello and welcome to tauranga where russia has made any changes to the side loss to italy last time i was very face island a very poor game of rugby world cup on sunday while the team was announced in the hotel just behind me and our example a young kid will capture the side of the retrieval of five changes of a prank including a completely new front row did a simple cleavage or when his first ever counted as a twenty year old starting on the. it will be a special moment for the c.v.r. to move will be playing against a country where he grew up but a good few years that has really going for it i mean when i was growing up in

ireland i was always looking up at the irish national team and there are all these . really big players there and really kind of look at them when i was just playing my rugby there in school. so yeah it's going to be very interesting and i hope this is something i know i haven't seen for a couple years he pitches club growth szabo isn't in the twenty two or thirty eight year old had started his country's first three matches in this rugby world cup but he's been given a night off and i caught up or the oldest player in this rugby world cup. he's the ground out of the team and his eighteen years older than the youngest member of the russian party discipline of each is only twenty which is not good for seen at all during his rugby career which spanned four decades and says making it all the way to the rugby world cup is fairly sing on the cake and. it's a dream for any rugby player to play in the world cup this is the biggest

tournaments in the game all the world's best players and coaching staff are here and i'm delighted i've been given the opportunity to play here the thirty eight year old has had an interesting career path he was born in was because star and started playing rugby in a small town of gaiety in it was here but his rugby career would take off and he would have a distinguished career in france playing the top fourteen which he says had a big impact on his development as a player and lost on the. experience of playing in the french leagues has been vital and helped me develop as a player unfortunately the level of the russian championship is a lot lower than the moment in comparison to the level in the top we've played in england and france. however the last few years have been very frustrating for me just love he suffered a horrific injury which left doctors thinking he's not be able to walk again are needed let alone take to the rugby pitch grandchild who is no quitter and after

spending more than two years out of a game he's battled its way back to full fitness blog i was out of action for two years and spent another season trying to get back to full fitness thankfully for me the world cup came. at the rate i would like to say a big thank you to my doctor my surgeon and the fitness trainers for helping me get back into she just who he loves to travel industry time which has been doing since he was a child as well as spending time with his wife and children and slobber is also a father figure to new teams younger players a role which he relishes so watching your. youngsters in the team look up to me and i'm more than happy to pass on my experience to do p.t. can board what tips i can pass on to them and this is great for me i really do get a great amount of pleasure through this in fact this perhaps gives me greater motivation to keep on improving and keep my game at the highest possible level

little bitches love has been played for so long that even managed to play in the sub it leaves twenty years on this rugby world card one totally be his swan song and he'll be trying to pass on his past experience and expertise in the hope that russia might be able to pull off a shock or two at this rugby world cup so russia travelled the world to rule on saturday which will take them around an hour and a half as they face their toughest test yet at this rugby world cup in new zealand when they play ireland on sunday richard humble fried r.t. new zealand. well meanwhile the irish have made nine changes to the side the basal strayer fifteen six with leo cullen coming in as captain well in the meantime coached up from kidney trained fifteen pretended to be injured. over the wallabies all star in the us for straining a sensitive horn had alleged ireland had a deliberate plan c.

faking injuries to slow the game down and for straight their opponents well astray were also in actual fire that have thrashed the usa sixty seven points to five in wellington it was the seventh time. one of these had beaten the americans top pool scene. having played the game more than the irish were two points behind in second but that really came with a price and sense of instant and how to make a fullback kurtley beale injured. football now and they'll be a new face in the russian squad for the two remaining year oh twenty twelve qualifiers another midfielder alexander son near death is set to win his first ever kept indic at the course side so does that mean old has been brought in as a direct replacement for injured locker mathias started in two minsky with coach advocaat brushing aside allegations that somewhere else in the wake of public pressure the midfielder has been a regular starter for a number of the season and his school five goals ease of azerbaijani dissent has

repeatedly rejected his to play for the quotation nation russia two points clear at the top of group b. travel to slovakia on november the seventh before hosting on jura four days later. while goalkeeper russia's love not a baby is also on the preliminary squad even though you know mr zinni next going into struggling tunnel on saturday well if they have picked up an injury in last sunday's st to win it rubin have escaping the shot stuff but will be fit in time so if you see your old has been left to tend the goal for rochelle regular. asking for your so called that around six months in august. i mean while it's a man's newly appointed coach claudio ranieri has his first training session with syria our side he takes over from junk you know gets primi and becomes into sports coach and shows a marine or led them to the champions league title only sixteen months ago ranieri has plenty of managerial experience his former clubs include chelsea and more

recently your dentist and roma. thought opening liverpool manager kenny dalglish has against price was wrong to stick with steven gerrard the midfielder made his first appearance of the six months in the reds two one car and cup third round. in brighton on wednesday that's the thirty one year old played only twenty minutes of that game and maybe on the bench again for some space one flash. ounds while europe's top clubs are doing battle in the champions league the trophy itself has arrived in moscow to go on show in red square for the weekend it was accompanied by former greats double shook up from the respect go post one of europe's top competition with wales addressed the collation doing it in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight and the portuguese four years later and europe's most prestigious football phratry was welcomed by the only russian player to lift it i let me shift he won it in two thousand and four with porto and the job as a marine yeah right figo denied remans he'd been in the running to be the interim

manager. my name was coming in the press but. nothing more than that so. the plug decide now to to bed my new coach is really sure just hope that things change for the positive way and that we can come back through to the victories. defending four we want champion sebastian vettel has prevailed in friday's practice ahead of the night race at the singapore ground create on sunday but never drive a piece twice so much unconfirmed on the loans i buy to hundreds of a second in the much faster for a concession there is some of them tops the time sheets in the first one but have to settle for third sponsor happy and is the day that all could retain his title on sunday should results go his way the red bull man is one hundred twelve points clear of a long sigh at the top of the championship standings another six races to go before

the end of the season. now elsewhere alembic chief say that taking allegations of corruption seriously over the b.b.c. claimed money had been paid to guarantee the azerbaijan team will win two boxing medals in next summer's london games i.o.c. president jacques rogge says the claims and they're being investigated. shifting i'd like to say welcome to work that is going to be conjecture. but. we have. to give this week if. everything. the scotian it's going to. fixate. well in preparing for the olympics and paralympics in twenty fourteen the russian black sea resort of sochi will be transformed into an obstacle free environment for the disabled the announcement was made at the general assembly of the european paralympic committee she's being held in russia for the first time

with thirty three member countries attending return to russia is fairly new to the concept of providing good access for the disabled since the country won the bid to host the french and fourteen games it's a start and to find solutions. the most important that this would feel the servant is the model see the all the professor or hold with them there are no bad news. slow chip. thanks for the go michael support will become a big hole through an obligatory for a name construction loan payment away some of the existing venues. around the country. and that's all the scorsese resigns i think.

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