time for a look at the main stories we're covering today arundhati peace draft under fire moscow holds back o. western push to amend its un road map on solving the syrian crisis which calls on all sides of the club to nail down alms washington wants to blame the bloodshed on to mask one of the north opposition. oil town kills ten in because it stunned the army moves in striking workers to stop independence day celebrations and some troops for the live rounds into the crowd and trouble. us court rules iran supported al qaida apparent carrying out the nine eleven attacks

it's fresh fears of a mounting town pain against islamic state as a possible pretext to war. but next. just the thing for the hungry for more curious cuisine. hello and welcome to the pride when this speech i will take a look at that through to restaurants in moscow from persian food today to meet face russian capital with cuisine from all over the world but let's find anything here and now a far cry from say a decade or so ago. of the armenian food store situated since guys.

like any other major capital city moscow has its own foreign communities many of their own schools in moscow publisher and these papers magazines and open stools selling the rain crofts on local produce coming. never mind you can still visit this armenian supermarket on the corner off to school boulevard stock up on delicious jams pastries around cognac as well as the armenian flatbread. just take a look at the wonderful varieties they have here nice the prices are a lot high here than they would be in all media nevertheless people still come here from all of the moscow to stock up on various items and gradients anything to create that home from feeling. good in goes in the. stores over sixty years old it's always been a place to shop for the basic goods from the former republic of the us system we

not only have food and drink from the mean you very soon is even musical instruments of the also school so you whereas years ago it was quite difficult to find national speciality goods from foodstuffs in most. today there are several stores in the city to offer things like chinese lanterns peruvian ponchos and chimneys fans and as russians travel more around the world such stores i'm sure will only rise in popularity a true sign of a multicultural city russia is connected with many areas of the world of course food and drink from the countries that made up the former u.s.s.r. are still popular today many muscovites were born in countries such as georgia armenia or and their communities thrive on their national cuisines food and culture play a large part in their roots and heritage and with more money and development more stores like this one are opening up around the russian capital.

moving to an extra new and welcome to could tell a weird and wonderful new middle east since by venue located on chemical ski lane first of all you're asked to remove your shoes. contemporary arabic music plays softly in the background and a frame to roam of incense adds to the chilled out atmosphere. a large bulbous tree like structure is situated in the center of the small dining room with private balconies perched above the hollowed out centerpiece it's an intriguing place to say the least from the patent klein ceilings to the intricately carved wooden tables inlaid with traditional brass and copper designs it's clear that careful attention is being paid to every last detail of the interior. prices won't break the bank here after tomorrow either a three course meal costs around one thousand two hundred rubles that's roughly forty dollars. the venue is laid back an extensive cocktail menu make it an ideal

place for afternoon evening or even late night drinks while it's refined and soothing environment make it the perfect themed dinner venue and here is my shoes very nice now the arabian sea is the sea of carpets and pillows galore the onus here to create elements of arabic design while still being tasteful stylish and not tacky always good thing for the north african themes food it's good to say that it's let's try the homeless here. and we go well. fresh and delicious i could close my eyes and imagine i was back in america. with many restaurants of different cuisine opening up in moscow obviously the demand for foreign chefs with knowledge of the national food has risen dramatically with budget cuts and redundancies around the world many chefs have moved to moscow

enticed by the exciting corner is seen here. and to discuss i think food and restaurants let's meet this week's guest was great to meet you and i said if you're born into his ear but you work to do by so you've got business businesses in cyprus and switzerland you hear moscow yeah i was. i was working in. dubai and also in mali suits in tunisia and no way to kill about what i saw on consumers in london and another one also in cyprus tell me about your work here in the russian capital and i say here we have company to make the. banquet and for consultation the opening some restaurant with a new idea with a new item you know. when you're a pop and now this is a really neat set up we've got here yes is so special is a lie as buddhist temple with. these many things like the japanese and

indian will definitely the world traveler yeah because we travel too much with my wife and in india and some island something that is so important and special about my mind just all about the world of amusing to have another idea about another group of another product to meet people and then he sold it and with all these ethnic and exotic restaurants opening up here moscow do you think that the russian pilots is changing in these last years. russian. people and they travel. it's so much and everywhere in the ward so and many iceland them into thailand thailand with number of on some some other country in a seashell mile dever fiji you. must feel so we need many people many russians also there and now with these many people they jump to india to north india south india so russia and the russian. people now hand the

someone the food and the history. you know with the disco in the russian people they like. the. new people. for them is an example they like the changing restaurant well it was great to me and good luck with your a consultation services here with thank you thank you so much thank you thank you. moving on and what other foreign restaurants are worth mentioning. chinese takeaway may not be as popular. as in many european and american cities but there are still several places in the russian capital fans of chinese cuisine. might be pockets. friendly places like. the restaurant traditional chinese dishes such as rolls and

peking duck and generous portions and false service. is located in the area of downtown moscow you can also order takeaway. everyone how authentic russian bourse differs from the famous russian soup ukrainian restaurant. is the place for russia's neighboring country could see such traditional dishes as the starts of course. with the drink which is forty percent proof. stuff where ukrainian national spirits of the country. and a so-called national from one until six o'clock. and to experience the future of the russian magical tiger region you don't necessarily need to go to siberia tyrosine meaning from the tiger restaurant experience which makes its guests feel like that far away from the hustle and bustle of the city but rather in a forest its interior is

a decorated with fur coats weapons and handmade embroidery and the menu highlights include venison and wild. to our final restaurant now and to the first restaurant specializing in a reigning cuisine in moscow names for each rate opened in the summer of two thousand and situated at the hotel ukraine the new radisson hotel iranian hyundai carpets flooring. lamps teens who is a striking to say the least. is ancient and cosmopolitan it's a welcome decision to the restaurant scene. the only pulled out all the stops regarding to ration and the mouth water. is there any is one of the. restaurant.

elsewhere on tissues are conspiring in chefs to. known for its red halves and precious spices such suffering dishes here fozzy include stews dumplings cabarrus and stuffed festivals accompanied by different sources the result is a physical feast of flavors and textures. armenian iraq in persian whatever cuisine you find appealing you certainly wouldn't be disappointed on a visit to the christian capital as a showcase to the diverse and ever developing cultural scene in live south of moscow the city's restaurants and food shops are opening at an amazing rate. and the people who get to reap the rewards of such changes or of course the locals and visitors who can try such food and relish in the delights of worldwide cuisine .

while absolutely delicious well unfortunately that's all the time we have left on this week's program on ethnic food and restaurants here in the us and capital i'll see you again at the same time next week until then for me and the rest of the crew from the fozzy restaurant at the radisson hotel here in moscow by now. here in bygone days sleds were vital to get around. but today they're more leisure than lifeline. one drives people to quit their modern lives and settle in remote woods. one finds them up to

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peace draft under fire moscow holds back a western push to amend its un roadmap on solving the syrian crisis which calls on all sides of the conflict and down arms washington wants to blame the bloodshed on damascus or on the opposition. or oil town kills ten in kazakhstan the army moves in striking workers disrupt independence day celebrations still troops fired rounds into the crowd when trouble for. us a u.s. court rules iran supported al qaida in preparing turning out the nine eleven attacks it's part fresh phase of a mounting campaign against islamic state as a possible pretext to war. unions next with sports teams.

i welcome to sport today i'm you know neal plenty head over the next ten minutes or so including the stories and brief. continental quest it's tough tougher for us as representatives in the champions league discover their last sixteen opponents. final verdicts baseball home run king bari bones a voice jail after an eight year investigation into illegal drug use. on countless polling we profile the rise of russia's top heavyweight boxer alexander perfect in the six his holy grail a world title but. a fascinating few months of football lies ahead in the european club game the draws for the champions league a league both made on friday with four russian teams discovering their fate this is

how the champions league last sixteen draw looks for the russian contingent domestic title holders and meets will face spend fico of portugal the side who helped end manchester united's participation in the group of eight years while to school certainly have it all to do take on spanish giants ryall madrid the most successful club in the history of the competition with nine crohn's in total elsewhere a surprise package awful well were heard with leon it's italy versus england with not only on the line going up against chelsea and arsenal respectively defending champions barcelona a big buyer leverkusen twenty ten winners in terms of more say side basel will need to be at their best to get anything out of byron munich first leg much as takes place from february fourteenth to twenty seconds while the return leg will be played from march sixth to fourteen. all to russian involvement in europe's secondary club competition the europa league rubin kazan handed. a far from easy fixture with greek champions and costs while the informal school who started. in

the first of their two legged tie a russian team last went all the way here in two thousand and eight wins and heath's lifted. plenty of eye catching fixtures elsewhere in the draw defending champions portugal will take on english premier league leaders manchester city ball munch just united and i x. go head to head at the arena first on february sixteenth lots of verses of medico could very well be the clash of the round the only other remaining ish i put stoke to contend with last year's winner shop bra get me for she of turkey and ukrainian are fit. for. to be international game where the venue for the first match of your twenty twelve is all but ready head of next summer's tournaments start final touch ups being drawn to the warsaw national stadium which will host the poland greece opener on june the if the construction of the stadium began back

in two thousand and eight with the country sports officials finally getting all the necessary paperwork in order leaving the job essentially finished on there won't be a permanent grass pitch with grass late after the finals the stadium also hosts the opening ceremony a quarterfinal and a semi final in addition to group a not just a group of poland russia the czech republic and greece fifty one thought funds can fit in don't expect this single empty seat time. that brings us to buy off the one where team russia claimed their first gold of the season the third stage of the world cup in austria. doing the honors taking first place in the women's sprint race leaving twenty minutes thirty six seconds to complete the seven point five kilometer distance as i said it did miss once on the second shooting range but the spice up managed to hold off her closest rival daria. by a full thirty seconds to the russian securing silver. sweden finished half

a minute behind the winner and third place. ok let's stay with the winter sports theme or be off for. men's world cup and involved it's only for a time of one minute twenty one point five one seconds proving just too much for the rest of the field on the slopes american buddy miller finished up in second three tenths of a second behind the winner. shell young shrewd completed the podium victory places for in second place overall current leader in the standings. finished fourth in the . now after eight years of investigation baseball's home run king barry bonds will spend a month at his own home time the forty seven all receiving a delayed sentence of two years' probation along with home confinement after an extended probe into store usage bonds who holds the sport's coveted all time single season home run marks have been linked with steroid distributor both co he ended up

receiving an obstruction of justice charge for giving the grand jury vague answers about his drug use during a two thousand and three testimony for the record seven time m.v.p. has long denied using performance enhancing substances and said peeling the current ruling as well. barry was wrongly convicted of a felony and tomorrow all of your reports will say that he was. the moment he is branded a felon we think. we just as we aggressively because of trial. let's move to the ring where the long awaited super six world boxing classic finale takes place later on saturday cora froch and andre ward putting their w.b.c. on w b a on the line to churman just two is the king of the middleweights froch bringing their supporters with him to atlantic city the crew cheering on

a mom at the weekend who's lost just once in twenty nine fights well as opponent has never tasted defeat in the pro game. and stricken twenty four in congress ensuring the american will interest favorite but only just the culmination of the super six a long time coming the first group fights took place back in two thousand and nine . and finally let's stay with boxing russia's top heavyweights alexander prevent can has been a patient injury on contract issues meaning the curse of thousand yet got the bite he dreamt of against one of the kitchen brothers and a driver for dummy reports that thirty two year old is still at least two opponents away from the fight of his life. he's known as the russian knight some call him the white lion whatever his nickname aleksandr put it in his rushes mane contender in boxing is most prestigious division heavyweight rising star in two thousand and four when he won olympic gold

he soon gained so it will be as a prole punching out one win after another. been steered a steady course with a single distillation title belt against the king of the hill which go up at the man who currently holds five major belts with his elder brother vitale adding the w.b.c. crowns to go to their family collection nevertheless one of the most anticipated belts of recent years is yet to happen having been called off several times because of injuries or contractual disputes i think your story here possible sometimes the brothers came on i don't want this fight meanwhile some people tell me they don't want those fights it doesn't make any sense let's just be fair and square it was only serious injuries that stopped me from fighting on all those who are close to me know that's true i hope we will face each other in the ring sooner or later on

satellite scores and the best way we come of your boxing for sure although the question of when is still a pressing one after the pending his w.b.c. title earlier this month but that in his next set to face marcus he's the reigning w.b. old cruiserweight champion a year ago defeated but it can still make the news limited after a very controversial split decision which. i would love to see thomas levet their face marco hardcourts again but it looks like it's my turn to fight him well i'm ready. i've never picked out opponents but i would fight anyone i have to work three rooms are gone but the sole mark of whom are cool mark expressed a desire to fight alexander but it can mean we always pay attention to these kinds of offers but if a man wants to fight let him get the fight is mine and we said yes alexander is

also obliged to defend his title against a w.p.a. number one contender has emerged. so the epic battle between the russian knight vet and doctor still harm or bloody macleish go still gives boxing fans waiting making them even more curious though the. girl will you with a movie it's hard to make any predictions for this fight we will see what happens of course i will train hard to avoid his job it's no secret i will need to break the distance and get inside but it's just words for now let's wait for the fight and see the talk made real. not many would argue but it's on there but they're going to still one of the most dangerous brits vocalise course reign in the world books he wrote. this but it has to take place in the name of the spoiled boxing itself about our team. and that is all the sport for our weather is next

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