more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images we're seeing from the streets of kandahar. operation. friday night here in moscow the top stories from r.t. no thank you britain wishes the euro all the best and walks out on the eve of saving the common currency while chancellor merkel still calls parts of the deal a breakthrough the head of the european commission slammed for fact not everyone's back to. israeli missiles rained down on gaza targeting militants but hitting civilians at least one palestinians been killed and twenty five wounded mostly women and children tell of if steps up its assault on hamas. and the official

results of russia's parliamentary election are announced the ruling united russia party has confirmed that the winner sunday's poll was to determine the makeup of the country's parliament for the next five years. up next for the first into the face for moscow takes a look at christmas in the capital is just twenty seconds away. maundering. historic. frankly. dynamic. frank buckley a. month ago. hello

and welcome on this week's program we'll be taking a look at various activities you can enjoy over the festive period that's right christmas is just a few weeks away and there's a real magical atmosphere in moscow over the new year period i want it to start something good all i skating here i'm at school. open for three months until the beginning of march one of the best things about coming here is the historic location the impressive red kremlin move on the opposite the ice rink while the colorful and in terms of the sixteenth century symbols cathedral can be seen as one and a magnificent site. as it's known in mission has been set up by the company that runs the elegant shopping arcade on the east side of the square. skate away and enjoy the moment surrounded by sensational history and stunning architecture. trend

. towards where you saw a. place you'll. love it since we are. right now we're right here and we can state. i think is the basics first. yes you can get because it's like candy you know fairy tale you have all these amazing i'd take. it as feel like you know tell me that. this canting rink is great i especially like the old russian songs here the ones my grandma used to listen to when she was my age i'm. from beginning to advance people of all levels can come here i'm not doing too badly. to hear well practice makes perfect i suppose. don't worry if it's your first time on the. members of staff and that's striking.

advice and give safety tips be prepared to. be more professional the most western. many tourists don't have the chance to skate every winter. either way popular with muscovites. it seems. is the ideal christmas day out relax listen to the festive music and those calories. want to enjoy christmas shopping experience while moving to our next location it's time to get your wallets ready. i personally love. the shops and stores here. any christmas shopping traditional. christmas or. various christmas markets is located next to red square just opposite the bolshoi

theater and it's a great place to bring the family and friends it's open until the tenth of january from. warm you can get quite chilly through both. today. is known for its freezing weather. take note when visiting any attraction outside here you can see a range of christmas decorations so candy crafts an art or closely connected with local history and in all of russia would has been an essential part of everyday life. interest also known as the nesting dolls is arguably one of the most popular russian souvenirs here it's been redesigned to look like a christmas tree inside a miniature some to close. for the christmas and most cool we have ever watched his from us and we got to hear their market everything is beautiful the trees are

really nice and the people are friendly. christmas states can be confusing in russia this is a christmas day falls on the seventh of january the reason is because the orthodox church still follows the old julian calendar which is currently thirteen days behind the gregorian calendar he used in western countries. for nine hundred seventeen revolution until the fall of communism christmas as a whole had a rather tenuous status in the soviet union although the holiday was officially frowned upon many and surprising people turned it into a new year's festival. with western influence meeting such russian tradition this has created a month long celebration in the capital there are many religious services held in the russian capital during the festive period i regard him buildings the christ the savior cathedral here is one highlight. with an overall height of one hundred five meters is the two most orthodox church in the world and can hold up to ten thousand

people. it's a beautiful place to visit over the christmas holidays brightly decorated in serious and soothing festive music welcomes visitors the old carols a sung mass is given and people reflect them pray for a healthy and successful year had the. this is an extremely busy period when it comes to accommodation in the capital from party planning to special events moscow's five star like asians plan such facilities well head like all hotels in major cities. christmas program is very extensive. it's an exciting time for us here obviously we have the weather we have the location. is normally snowy around christmas time so the environment it's pretty much close to perfect i would say we run a lot of activities in the hotel very busy with corporate events obviously through

the through the whole december and as we move towards christmas time we have all the traditional family events like brunch and news parties and so on. what are the christmas activities are worth mentioning in moscow apart from another impressive skating rink a moscow historical goopy park the park has been completely renovated to share now it boasts the largest rink in newark you can skate on its fifteen thousand square meters of ice until midnight every night there are many other festive winter beaches in the park such as hockey rinks. ski tracks and an ice labyrinth to children. if it's not tacky even if you want but rather design a christmas decorations. department store is the ideal place to shop annually a spectacular festive bazaar is set up on the ground floor thousands of sparking toys and. music all around just make sure not to be carried away as you might end

up bankrupt before the holidays even begin. a green fur tree with its distinctive scent reminiscent of the christmas period is one of the main with symbols in russia in many families it's a tradition to buy a real treat instead of an artificial attempt not to harm the environment make sure to purchase a tree from authorized companies to sell trees that have been. especially great for christmas and not illegally chopped down you can choose from a range of dutch russian factories and pine trees you can even all of them online and have a tree delivered. finally there are dozens of hotels and restaurants and the special christmas menus for those who want a five star canary delight head to the ritz carlton hotel throughout december a special festive menu created by the french chef is offered to the guests the dinner of three courses cost three thousand two hundred rubles bypass and that's around one hundred dollars to the restaurant.

to our final location now in moscow to some may seem to be a grey city of concrete and towering glass but there are several places where you can still find traditional batches and chapels the path eight winter wonderland. although one problem at the moment is that it's still cold enough snow keeps on melting december slush is not nice. but in a few weeks as always i'm sure that will be resolved as the skies will clear and temperatures will plummet the typical i see my list and. the calmest museum is a unique way says not far from the city center it was the summer residence of the sauces the time of ivan the terrible today it is vast parkland offering a selection of activities. inside the crate mission is because businesses are told about life as it was in russia. that you can

see blacksmith working. hard and relentless work as well as describing old fashioned take meek's also introduce you to the various christmas traditions and customs of russia. kindness is there is a history of fashion times sought your. christmas time is contestants or the fairy tale residence upon the residents of rational times one of the main highlights here is a troika ride to the prison parkland the museum is of as exciting does to programs including horse riding and triggers three horses harnessed a breast as well as in one post carriages sleighs and on that note it's into the carriage and off we go to. the russian soul comes into its own joy winter don't be afraid of the cold wrap up

warm and enjoy the amazing when to activities inside or out the soviets may have tried to ban christmas festivities but now they'll back in full force bigger and better than ever before. so get the champagne ready and let's make this christmas wherever you are one to remember. wow but so far well unfortunately that's all that's how we have left on this week's program about christmas holidays here in the russian capital i'll see you again at the same time next week it's over for me and the rest will take you by around.

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the headlines tonight no thank you britain wishes that you all the best of walks out on the deal and good saving the common currency chancellor merkel still calls parts of the deal a breakthrough the dream of united europe now seems to look more benevolent. israeli missiles rained down on garza targeting militants but hitting civilians at least one palestinians killed and twenty five wounded mostly women and children as television steps up its assault from among us. and the official results of russia's parliamentary election are announced the ruling united russia party has confirmed the winner in these polls to determine the makeup of the country's parliament for

the next five years. this is our team now friday night sport. hello the sports are not too good company again coming up in the program. first success russian and german and all desire to win medals at the what in. the rain in spain only because i'm sorry for their defeat in basketball as your league against perfect barcelona. and chance of a lifetime with five members of team russia's high scores down to score prepared to travel the world in their quest for success in twenty twelve. but we start with the news that russia's first formula one driver has been let go by ran over talib it

drove now in search of a new team after margaret chan was handed red nosed second seat patrol also known as the vapor grocott was sacked despite having a contract until the end of next year the twenty seven year old began his ride with brando in twenty ten his first put in place the following season in australia tention arrows last month when petrov criticised the british team following the abu dhabi grand prix stating their lacked and question his partner last season has also left him reichen and former team reserve bridge on another man in the driving seat . formula one reserve of. qualis dream coming through is something i've been working. from two years now and. it's a bigger mission for me the. dream come true and this is very difficult to find the exact words to explain. you have fun perfectly good and you can

forward the next season. in biathlon russia has claimed the first podium of the season that's after endemic of a want silver in the men's ten kilometer sprint race at the second stage of the world cup in hot fields in austria the russian was flawless and shooting ranges but lost nine seconds to carve off and go to gold this week was also going shooting benjamin we're going to switzerland finish nineteen seconds behind the winner and completed the podium his rifle also all the targets. then russia's second medal came as all good sides of what in the women's event should maced one target of the first shooting range but it was great on the second gold went to mind of germany who produced a brilliant display both on the track and in shooting. finland finished second. were unable to stop barcelona in the euro league last night this painted on beta

now in eight games but only have reason to celebrate their through to the top sixteen stage despite the last barcelona shooting forty percent from the field but able to dominate proceedings when it mattered most slowing down in the fourth quarter while the catalonia turned up the heat american plate michael adding ten points and making two from as well sixty three fifty the final score. let's move to the ice now when the cage still struggling that is suffered yet another defeat this time in the hands of third place denominate moscow the rocks men were too good for the second from bottom side but only. asked the heavy striking suddenly and swiftly at the end of the first half. of the ship a crowd warming up early with the house policy the opening period. powerplay in the thirty sixth minute to make it one zero decides then exchange goals in the third period and on the scoreboard there were no goals in overtime so

it wanted to shut up lottery of british plays failed to find the back of the net wanted to nominate one back as checkmark sealed the free to victory. now food universidad chile has defeated quit in the first leg of the copa suit amerikana final a single goal from a dog was just enough for the visitors the challenge of the cameras elin vaska to come on their way to this final while the helps to age over sauce for argentina at midway through the first half quit spawned a golden opportunity to take the lead and universe that wasted no time with their response tournament top striker found himself one on one with a keeper and score tries not go in the eleven games home side trying to get to nick alive in the second half but the result remained the same one for you with the

second leg coming up next wednesday. in the mean time to spend as giants around madrid and barcelona prepare for their one hundred and eight plus a coach's emery newsman counter enjoying a three point lead over their biggest travels at the top of the table over the portuguese manager let his assistant talk head of sunday's clash at the center open about. tomorrow's game is an extra game and it's true there are a direct rival but we must not change anything it's only three points at stake and these three points don't change the team is working really well and is very balanced. meanwhile english premier league surprise package tottenham hotspur prepared to take on stoke this sunday. are countless third in the table with an impressive run of ten wins and one draw in the last eleven fixtures and the manager wants his charges to continue their pursuit of the two sides

a world learned if you. don't last couple of years no great results from one show you know begin easy game at stoke we know it's going to be a child's game so we've got to be prepared for what they offer and we know be difficult but we've got to go and play our game if we do it because jones good chance. moxon now where the therms will witness one of the most anticipated bouts of twenty eleven this saturday i bet and will be a lighter welterweight champion and they can put to his belt on the line against lamont peterson that says life on the streets of d.c. when he was a cape is the stuff of legend but is not at all worried by fighting the tough challenger in his hometown. hometown it's going to be a tough task you know we know how good is he strong these he's only lost one find his whole career and he's going to be a tough night you know you can have the law support here but i really think we love we love a lot more support we're talking for about two miles now that i'm ready to fight

and. looking forward to a great fight this weekend. this may show you beating. now spanish golf. held and nagel on the a teen to take the lead after the second round of the dubai world championship his brilliant display put in four shots clear of the nearest rival and some of sweden with rock and. behind remember the irishman must win the event have any chance of claiming the european my title had a look donald plus michael roy need to hope that the englishman finished no better than ninth to claim that merit crown donald short a sixty eight and eight strokes behind the leader in twelve position midway through the tunnel meant. finally the five members of the russian national team who will participate at the twenty two of red bull crushed ice what chips have been selected as remark or serve now reports

a license to further around the world is now the job description. young russians introduction to this normal unpick adrenaline intact winter sport began last february when a stage of the world championships was held in moscow the country skaters are still far from the accomplishments recorded by their north american and scandinavian counterparts however the leader of team russia under a lot of roff who finished in eighth place at last winter's events in the russian capital has become an integral part of the crushed ice family permanently placing the athletes from his native lands on the international ice cross downhill map last year we. were world championship stopping here in moscow and the russian guys proved that they're really good on the skids but most of the disc eights and in the final part of competition were was sixty four outlets and twenty four when was the russian guys it's a good result only canadian guys showed a bit of

a better score andrea lavrov will be joined by another four skaters of the upcoming crushed ice world championships they were among the twenty one regional russian champions who fought for a place on the national team in moscow for some of these guys it's not only a unique chance to represent their country but also to travel to places their friends can only dream about they were strong enough to stay on ice to fight for their to be the first they're welcome and they're of course over the pleasure they're coming they're fighting for the beach here as a national hero calls to get a chance so surf around the world of all the five stops i'm erica not a suite on the other lands in the world stops and maybe to be the first there so the first stop for these russian daredevils will be the united states with the opening stage of the red bull crashed ice event taking place in january in minnesota the skaters will then move on to the netherlands followed by sweden the

country where the. sport originated and it will all culminate in march with the final race in kind of this quebec which is considered the mecca of ice cross downhill so these are the guys who will represent russia the world crashed ice championships and next year is still uncertain how they will perform at that event but one thing's for sure is that their respective regions will be very proud of their boys are on call sort of reporting for it see from the gorky park in moscow. well you have today more sports news from around the globe in times time have not say weather is next stay with us. the grass nutritious and delicious products on the price of healthy eating. we need to test these toxicity allergenicity immune response lower nutrition for

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