forest soaries in the. decades have passed but the discussion still rages was this applause a fait accompli. capital officials say twenty five thousand people gave voice to a peaceful rally in the center of. the protest and organizers say the number was much higher demonstrators have been contesting the outcome of sunday's parliamentary election. out of a pan-european deal to save the euro. the rest to work out new budget rules and taxes amongst them so. it is really

a blockade and sanctions continue to squeeze. people killed over the last few days it's a situation. even in libya. with another summer stores in about fifteen minutes from the mean time with the winter. team checks out how to have fun in the freezing cold. 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 that's a real much a spear in moscow over the new year period i want it to start something good all i skating here on red square. open for three months into the beginning of march one of the best things about coming here is the historic location the impressive read kremlin moves down the opposite the ice rink while the colorful and in terms of the sixteenth century symbols cathedral can be seen and worn and what a magnificent sight. the talk 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. french. doors 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 best expired. yes you can get because it's like being you know fairy tale you have all these amazing to take there and just feel like you know tell me that. this can't wait i especially like the old russian songs here the ones my grandma used to listen to when she was my age i'm. beginning to advance people of all levels can come here i'm not doing too badly. well practice makes perfect i suppose. if i'm on the.

members of staff in striking. advice and give safety tips be prepared. be more proficient. many tourists don't have the chance to skate every winter. either way popular with muscovites. it seems. is the ideal christmas day out. and those calories. are going 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. traditional. christmas all of.

those 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. quite chilly. temperatures 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 a closely connected with local history and an old russia would has been an essential part of everyday life. 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 cause. for the christmas and most cool we have ever watched his from us and we got to hear the 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 used in western countries. from the 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 storm occasions plan such festivities 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 news parties and so on. what other christmas activities are worth mentioning in moscow apart from red square there's another impressive skating rink a moscow historical goopy park the park has been completely renovated to share now it boasts the largest rink in new york you can skate on its fifteen thousand square meters of ice until midnight every night there are many other festive winter features in the park such as hockey rinks. ski tracks and an ice labyrinth to children. if it's not tacky souvenirs 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 confesses 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 winter 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 to be chopped down you can choose from a range of dutch trees and pine trees you can even all of them online and have a tree to live it. 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 first of menu created by the french chef is offered to the guests the dinner of three courses costs three thousand two hundred rubles bypass and that's

around one hundred dollars to the restaurant. final location now in moscow to some may seem to be a great city of concrete and towering glass but there are several places where you can still find traditional batches and chapels the perfect winter wonderland. although one problem at the moment is that it's still cold enough the 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 least. the calmest. is a unique waist is 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 the scene is busy businesses are told

about life as it was in russia. but you can see blacksmiths working. hard and relentless work as well as describing old fashioned take meek's stuff also introduce you to the various christmas traditions and customs of russia. is there is a history of fashion times salt your. christmas time and this could turn us into the fairy tale residence upon the resonance of rational times one of the main highlights here is a troika ride to the principal auckland the museum is of as exciting does to programs including his writing i'm trying his. hardest to 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 are 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 lots of fun 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 of the team by going to have.

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three. three stooges free. old free broadcast quality video for your media project a free video. officials say twenty five thousand people gave voice to a peaceful rally in the center of moscow however the protest organizers say the number was too much higher demonstrators have been contesting the outcome of sunday's parliamentary election. you came out of a pan-european deal to save the euro shattering the unity agreement leaving the rest to work out new budget rules and taxes amongst themselves. and israeli rockets a blockade and sanctions continue to squeeze palestinians poor people killed over the last few days is a situation forcing gazans to seek a better future even in war ravaged libya. i'll be back with more on those stories for in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime the sports update is next

with dmitri. follow the sports on our to good head again this star and first our top stories. back to the g.m. and bear players held their official training sessions after the end of the lockout . braun's a russian ladies team denmark in style to complete the podium if european calling championship here in moscow. and a canadian in qatar start when they tie up with a man who is more than left his mark on the continental hockey eyes. so let's start with biathlon where russia has claimed silver in the women's pursuit race at the second stage of the world cup in whole foods in austria after the final

shooting range there were three athletes mundelein annoying. and resigned to the who all left it at approximately the same time the fate of the race was decided on the last one hundred meters of the track. by only three tenths of a second the finish line germany's north finished third three seconds behind the winner. curling now way sweden a lost twice at the european championships in the russian capital as norway called out a narrow seven six victory in the men's final while the swedish women's team suffered a heavy two eight defeat by scotland russian ladies won bronze denmark in a confident way the two thousand and six european champions russia lost the opening but found their stride later on lading by four points midway through denmark didn't come close to levelling matters in the penultimate and thus the russians showed their dominance by controlling the last one five male living the final score

thirteen seven and place wrapped up that was only the. country is second over piece of silverware. i don't think the game turned out to be very tight were confident how to charge it stayed focused and concentrated on the result and you'll be and so very happy to win the bronze medal. easier than in denmark is a very experienced team and we expected them to fight until the end we kept in mind that we should battle even if the equalized we followed the plan and we won but as the game. now one man has played many times against all the cato teams kevin is this focus of our profile series this week the canadian captain of various our sonar has been busy blazing a trail in the league since he first arrived in kazakhstan in two thousand and eight but what other none has more. this man's name is karen delman he's

a canadian gunner in europe's strongest league the kid. the three year old defenseman captains baristas to not easily beat many forwards in scoring goals and paul is he was born of all three all-star games and will make his fourth at the end of january twentieth twelfth having joined because of side in two thousand and eight down one was quick to stab his knee in the league the canadiens twenty goals and assists within his dad this isn't breaking the soviet and russian hockey record of scoring for his position and bringing him the best defensive in the war definitely out there after my first year when i didn't have a contract during that first year few changes to my agents and i think a few team reaches to reach out very soon and try to get me to leave. the year i had there the french are. grown on the team and the management was

a tough tough decision i couldn't leave and they made me captain and all that just everything went well and it fit well and it was carter water and really i really enjoyed. moving to the capital of physics stan just like a leap in the dark this was a tough decision to make for doma and his family however it didn't take them long to find out what looks like. the city which was named the best in the c.i.s. by the international acidly of capitals and cities into until eleven i think one of the biggest thing that i'm sure more most north americans all agree with me is when you hear russia are like kazakstan or whatever you hear horror stories like it's really rough mean and. so when we got over here when i got over here it's nothing like that everyone is friendly everyone tries to help you know and it's just the same as back on israel walking but it was really modern more really like

back home it was easy to adjust and then i just start stace on the phone and told it was nice and i went from there and now we love it here hopefully we can stay here for the rest of my career. in new environment is always a challenge but the sporting continued until the issue is a little more important it often takes a while for love the american players moving to europe to get used to bigger ice rinks where we're given delmon is quite a different story the canadian player is a real potential game only european ice hockey is the same i mean in the end the only difference is that the service is a little bit bigger and. so you don't get the physical this is not it is not as there as it is back home in the n.h.l. the small i service you know going to his russian i think that's that's not really what help my game but it's the bigger i service to because i like to read plays and jump in the open i saw that i was a big difference for us to mix success over here them and is one of seven north

americans with force in the because it's no leopards some extra blood which often gives them the edge that's the way boris killed their pool in a purely hockey way north american hostile europeans and it's all it's hockey and never on yeah dog gels together there's major peons over there russians and everyone they're all over the place so hockey is a salmon and it's. just we like to bring that aggressive grit body checking in and it intimidates players some players but for most of the most bird i mean it's hockey you know you're going to get hurt you you know you can't be afraid to. look . bertie. finally back on court for their first official practice only six plays turned out for the miami hates training session james when wait. for the

hate is nothing less than a target will get the last two dollars and six games last spring but for now they're simply glad to be back to work. the problem is that you know the smell of joe you know in leagues in a ball about you know looking on the records you go down to work with a coach you work with you know you miss becomes a family and you know we just have you know we've been in the meantime the celtics also go back to practice the boston place know that could be their last chance at the championship with their current lineup kevin garnett and i are in the final year of their contract. was probably most likely our last shot. now and i was honest with them about this so this is a. team that looks at ourselves we have to do it this year because this is our only you we can do. or you may never be in this position again as a player or as

a coach. to english premier league title contenders chelsea and manchester city preparing for monday's had to head fixture on travelodge polish whose men are countless sitting ten points behind their big spending rivals believes that his side has no right to see that coming much away. i think the result that they want to reach is a little blue for getting the three points. duly will come out to do almost with the assurance that the premiership. is at least we want to miss in the run. over to golf now we're. told to lead into the final round of the dubai world championship this shot under seventy in the third round on saturday to total fourteen under two hundred two. luke donald is currently fourth at two hundred six after shooting

a sixty six the englishman is trying to become the first goal for to win both american and european money titles having won the american one. must now be troll remarkable in the race to dubai to double. eighth at eight under after struggling seven to one. and finally surfing where the old master kelly slater has made this pipeline masters quarterfinals in the upcoming round who will meet new talent john doerr florence who is twenty years younger than his compatriot the american pair were also drawn together in the not elimination fourth round on friday what florence got the better of a veteran rival but it was marcus heckman who slater had to be to make the quarters after enduring some parts and a couple of broken boards of the thirty nine year old reigning world champion managed to right his way to that third round victory so the most thrilling contest

of the coming round will see whether youth or experience is going to take the edge . i see john john's got to be it is at three tense when three needs. to be you know he's he's you know he's probably the best guy all around out here now he serves every day lives right there and and so you know if we if i were to lose to my last him earlier but you know it's kind of a nomination thing but if i were to lose tomorrow it's it's definitely no shame i mean i think he's better than basically everyone else in this contest. well that's all from and the sports desk for now well that is next stay with us. well with. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. download the

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