pulled out of the country this comes against the backdrop of a political crisis with government leaders putting the blame for the violence on the opposition. your every move and the world could be recorded and used against you human rights activists in britain by an increasing number of surveillance cameras now to be installed in every taxi in the city of oxford authorities insist that the risk of intrusion is acceptable compared to the public safety benefits. next time to get that festive feeling here in the russian capital is next in preparation for christmas day.

hello welcome merry christmas. take a look at some final preparations for the christmas holidays it's a long celebration here but still some people leave everything. including that one crucial. the good old the best it. has flown by and the new year period is here again when it comes to buying trees and this happens much later as christmas in the country's most widely celebrated on january the seventh calling the orthodox calendar new year's day january the first perceives the russian christmas celebration as a more important holiday and is the day when machines generally give presents. it was true about. fifteen years ago. almost celebrated christmas day. became fresh. for the old.

catholics here sole. expecting a lot of customers here on christmas day. you buy a tray the choice is online companies shops and doggie senses temporary warehouses greenhouses like this one for the summer demand. when it comes to choosing a christmas or new year's tree as it's called in russia people are increasingly divided between those who opt for a convenient artificial tree for those who prefer to have the genuine one each has its own advantages and trade is much cheaper i could be wheeled out. needles on the floor. from trees are in fact dangerous be used to decorate streets offices. when you play such as. it might really some dangerous chemical while

authentic pine inferred trees but use natural antibacterial substances which can help kill cold and flu is real for trees if growing especially for christmas environmentally friendly choosing a tree can be a great fun family occasion coming in all shapes and sizes you know two real ones are of the same the problem now is transporting it back home and great work outs and then comes the fun part the decoration. time for christmas shopping now and there are hundreds of last minute places to shop in moscow for markets to discount stores full price ranges covered however if you want a grand christmas experience take a look at this next location the do department store. the spectacular fountain centerpiece has been covered by a huge model of a christmas carousel the cherry on top of the cake is a gigantic slide which children of all ages can enjoy.

everywhere you look all decorations christmas trees impressive goblins festive silhouettes and sparkling lights have. brought talk about the makeup of this place that's felt sick in the run up to christmas and the new period a good a set a quota all the stops we got in the decorations this year situated right next to red square it was the best place to get into the festive mood and get something all simply the watch and there's even a christmas band to peep at spain's. d.c. band members dress in a typical because shoes that represent the russian father christmas rose playing out soviet era. and international christmas hits it creates a wonderful atmosphere and visual feast to shop as he passes by.

with his phone they would perform use it from various countries here at groom to create a special festive atmosphere for all shoppers we want to wish everyone happiness health and wealth in the new year. is certainly one of the most glamorous stores in russia what else can you expect from a mall that stands right next to the kremlin known for its expensive shops this year a display of decorated trees muscles are being set up the she's being designed by luxury a popular brand such as christian dior at a mass of quito is very interesting how i festive ornament can look so different there are some great designs here. shopping for the ones you love is a great thrill although not for your wallet. bags in hand i'm full of the festive mood moscow during the holiday season never fails to impress if it's a real winter wonderland experience you want this is the place to come.

moving on and what major piece of activities are occasions i was mentioning in the russian capital. one of the most sought after productions in the country is the performance of the not kaka ballet at the bolshoi theatre. britain at the end of the nineteenth century by the outstanding wishing composer peer through tchaikovsky the by his being performed in the bolshoi stage for decades tickets for the show on the as eve are sold out months in advance and prices on the black market could be as high as thousands of dollars a true new year's treat. for those who are not lucky to get tickets to the bolshoi for the thirty first december there is another quite popular way into the new year . in fact celebrating the holiday with family and friends at home is a widely followed tradition in russia several. hours before the clock strikes midnight people start creating various dishes with salad being among the highlights

the president addresses the nation on t.v. everyone raises a glass of champagne and makes a wish of criminal charges. while some prefer to watch fireworks and celebrations on and others prefer to venture to moscow's red square full of thousands of excited muscovites tourists and this is its application to meet in the new year right in the heart of the russian capital. there are various films around the world that have become associated with the festive season in russia is the romantic nineteen seventy five comedy called the irony of fate or ensure your bath not title yes the plot is based on the similarity of houses in the soviet times how many people across the country lived in similar blocks main character travels from moscow to st petersburg by mistake and finds his true love just like the sound the musical may poppins in the west millions of

russians watched this film on new year's eve after decades. of rioting at our final location although moscow's ever changing restaurant scene is busy throughout the whole year it's clear things are certainly stepped up for the various holiday periods special fiends nights best events celebrity gatherings elite parties and decorations. and at the top of smolinski a new restaurant called white rabbit aims to be the highest flier in the new flock of moscow restaurants that have taken to the skies. you know one thing i love about living in moscow a swanky developing restaurant scene seriously is now one of the best in the world and over the past six years that i've lived here a whole range of spectacular eateries have opened and closed and now seems that many of them are battling it out against each other to become the highest and most glamorous entire city. location on the sixteenth floor provides wonderful views of

the capitol skyline offering incredible images of high rises to god a moon rose in the distance kremlin. impressive to say the least and sky high views of course mean sky high prices but it's christmas so why not. celebrate in style in the restaurant's casual yet elegant atmosphere for all those who don't fancy cooking their christmas or new year dinner at home white rabbit here is the ideal substitute but you know fellow employees as part of our special christmas menu are called starters i've created a turkey parte with hazelnut and cognac it's very tasty an aromatic has served with vague and not. appetizer i suggest carpaccio made of penny bun mushrooms with cheesy cream crunchy parsley and white truffle oil. christmassy mush and the u.s.s.r. was not publicly celebrated your much of the twentieth century but now with the festivities why december twenty fifth the thirty first january the seventh it's

clear the whole country is now geared up for one huge party and whether you rejoice at a christmas moment in not the russian capital is one of the leading cultural hot spots in the world but always a fantastic choice of events and attractions if you knew the experience and also called the christmas in moscow the city the heart. and wow incredible sensational food from a beautiful restaurant well unfortunately that's that's how we have left on this week's program i'll see you again at the same time next week until then for me and the rest of the crew goodbye and a very merry christmas. to. please

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word could be recorded and used against you human rights activists in britain fighting an increasing number of surveillance cameras to be installed in every taxi in the city but authorities insist that the risk of intrusion is acceptable compared to the public safety benefits. back with more news in court right now it's all the action with sports time. hello welcome to the latest sports update this friday night and here's what's coming up football fighters chelsea captain john terry puts his racism charge to want to side as he helps the blues draw one want to talk them into a crunch premier league in london dhabi. while the rise and fall at once go second in the k.h. old western conference after having to scrap their seventh straight defeat for two here in moscow. and the legendary dreamers russian pole vaulter yelena isinbayeva

sets her sights on historic third and then picked a gold medal at next summer's games in london. but first chelsea captain john terry was back in action on thursday night twenty four hours after being charged with racially abusing q.p.r. defender anton ferdinand with terry helping the blues club a one one draw in a pivotal london dobby at top of the thirty one year old son to haul for the pair in court on february the first over one month he allegedly made in chelsea's one goal defeat at loftus road on october the twenty third however in the meantime please manager and there are those who are still selected his skipper to last night's game spurs took an eight minute lead to emmanuel out of by all but a quarter of an hour later as the visitors levelled thanks to daniel sturridge so science had more chances but one one is how it finished after it's been praised terry's commitment red not noted his side season so far. well after that match at white hart lane tottenham state thirty nine points adrift

of the top of the game in chelsea remain fourth two points behind much to city are top of the table for christmas two points and ten goals paid rivals manchester united. this is performances have increased since the incident happened and just the player his commitment to the window and his quality and talent is never in doubt shoreham him is completely. focus to the causes of the football club and its performances of not two drops to a single level without a great start see ferdie five points for us it is stage a season is incredible tally losing the first two games so we're going great liverpool be there arsenal chelsea going to be top top four is going to be very close. well looking ahead and they'll be eight english premier league matches next monday for the traditional boxing day programme with chelsea in full and kicking things off with a lunchtime west london derby when i'm a bit i suppose side look to me from tottenham into third with an early victory are

still aiming to keep up the pressure on the top four as they host struggling also second from bottom bolton host newcastle again haven't won six little pull welcome embattled steve king's rock bottom blank burn on monday night should second still missing nine players through injury if they take on wigan recently draw with liverpool and chelsea leaders manchester city go to west brom and stoke welcome aston villa in atlanta diabate sunderland who won two out of three games under martin o'neill has to financially strapped everson were hoping to get in a striker in the transfer window opens. also more try try try to get a center forward and you know i would certainly want to bitch. because we know we're all a little bit short so if we could do that it would help us if we do it. to keep going. a quick look back at the top half of the table sees newcastle in seventh my pies worst highest third has not won since november the fifth and not one of the sports direct arena since the grounds nine of strangeness in james's park four days

later and pardew side are at second bottom bolton on monday and the manager says he is sidestepping for it's just a blip. that's just happens in the premier league of these periods where teams in form and things you feel like things are going against you. but you know we've got to be mentally strong and if we just do what we do. we do it well then we should win the squad car meanwhile over in spain barcelona have reached the last sixteen of the carpet already with quite a lot of these actually thrashing a thirty a side hospital at nine mill if the new camp to go through ten mil and i guess it's by resting several key players well balanced they also went through to the next round with a foreigner win over cardiff. i stuck it out under the k.h. outlands or up to second in the western conference after winning forty one misfiring to skye here in moscow this is atlanta opened through dimitri.

by the end of the first period and to love here the targets were tight angled. he then went on to add another in the second period slicing through the army men to make it three male. that's below did pull it back to three want and then go conceded another round even in partial reduce the deficit again with this effort for two is how it finished a worrying seven straight defeat the army many states in the west. well that game so atlanta alex they cover your return to action for the first time in three months following a knee injury once while he's been out of the former n.h.l. great had also helped teach some children and support a charity that's close to his heart on course or every ports. nine hundred ninety four stanley cup winner and one thousand nine hundred sewell unpick champion and the sake of an elf has spent almost his entire career in the n.h.l. following eighteen seasons across the atlantic the thirty eight year old right wing

signs at city year deal with moscow region's auckland's last summer but away from the club makes sure he has his talent to help future generations of players it's exciting for the kids because they always put the stuff in the deposition when you're there a chance and they never had a chance to weigh in on had a chance skated with a summer superstar or one of the puck a player. but they have the chance and a lot of a lot of players by the commandant of the council the compu of practices the scale of the kids for which is this exciting for them and i know how they feel like i want to feel the same way helping out lance juniors is just one way and the sake of a gives back ache a twenty seven as he was loving it jobs in the n.h.l. has his own sharon seen canada which helps kids with cardiac problems around the world heart trouble is something alex is just too familiar with as he spends two years in treatment himself from the age of eight there's

a lot more about things you could do in russia about just of with your own chardy in our help the kids help the little six kids through a to be up to two to believe in self of china you know ball tired and not afraid to meet the friends or do other activities so be just because you think if you're sick in bed they cannot bring things but you have to make them believe you know you will find you can get all you can do anything you want whatever you want. is there in that list athletes at thirty eight the thought of brits i ring has never crossed his mind my mind is still in the game in my mind still i have a drive for this game i really enjoyed it the other kind of gone for the ring i really enjoyed the be in a lot poem being in the gym on the ice and i like a little kid still having fun which is important when you don't have that in him. always it really dressed up with ordinary russian ice hockey has gradually increase the quality over recent years and the return of seasoned veterans from the n.h.l. has added to the popularity of the kontinental hockey league there f.e.i.

sick to its knees don't hurt either. moscow region athletics now and russian pole vaulting elena isn't by over is preparing for the london games with the aim of becoming the first female track and field athlete to win three straight olympic golds and become a legend in her sport the twenty nine year old set a world record at the two thousand and four olympics in athens and then she became the first woman to carry the five metre mark at the beijing games four years later but since that achievement russians form has dipped although ambition hasn't weighed it isn't by a has been training hard in her adopted home of monte carlo and he's going all out for that historic third gold in london. there this year it's got that i knew that if i became the first woman to jump moderns five meters then i would be making atlantics history i will always be remembered and she learned all of the other women who manage to do this will always be number two to a certain degree and being the first in sports is always good i'm really happy that

my name is forever in the history book of track and field at this point much ignorance i don't consider myself to be living large in your heart you know female track and soon after that has managed to become an individual and be champion in three successive so this is my go and i want to become a legend with the rest even with the basketball now where fenerbahce has caught up and emporio armani were among the teams who advanced into the top sixteen group stage after the final day of the regular season in the europa league well first turkish champions spent about a run out eighty three to seventy six winners at a time as i can to the finish i think a host also guaranteed it last sixteen spots but they'd already confirmed third place however come soon. fail to contain well done bomb damage he finished with nineteen points to make use also had an impressive night in a season high twenty one points. also qualify for

a west spanish side has cut out clinch and historic time breaking wind to reach the second phase of the season for the first time the team from bilbao sealed a seventy seven to seventy two home victory over fellow spanish side i love our marco panic sinking again high eighteen points. turning to see italian side where i'm only also went through the milan i came back from eleven points down to win seventy two sixty six in a winner takes all clash parties and in belgrade malik heston recorded a game high eighty points while solid zone defense also helped hold off the said team. and finally only a select few are immortalized in bronze while they're still alive and australian cricket legend shane warne has just joined that elite one of the greatest bowlers of all time was present in the flesh at the end value of his statue on the parade

of champions at the elderly cricket ground is the former record holder the most wickets taken by a goalie in international test cricket with an impressive tally of seven hundred night at forty two in his door take to the pitch just in a domestic league morning is only the eleventh astray in sports going to be restored to such an honor and the flattered by the result. looks fantastic a very very good so well dug very proud it's a great all around us was sort of weird seeing yourself up there but it's a very good likeness and very proud of it and it's all supported by.

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