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that. the most exciting. hello and welcome to the program on this week's moscow special we'll be looking over the highlights of the pasir twenty eleven has been an exciting year for the world of russian culture and indeed for the mosque are out so over the next twelve minutes we'll be really instancing you to some of the best bits from culture news and shows we've produced over the past twelve months and what had to be the most

exciting events of the whole year the reopening of the bolshoi theatre. as the main cultural symbol of russia twenty eleven saw the states and finally returned to its former glory striking day or night illuminated exterior now shines proud off the years of being covered by scaffolding canvas and building materials. the reconstruction took six years and cost billions of rubles but now the pull of space is open to the public it can continue to nurture and showcase the present and future of russian and international talent. it's a once in a lifetime experience or for me it's. going out on to the stage and seeing really. how big it is and now granite is and how beautiful the restoration has been it's it's really once in a lifetime. next up and one of my favorite shows

of the year was filmed at star city the cosmonaut training facility originally secret ample space we ventured off to russia's only school for cosmonauts and then i was put through a whole range of training procedures underwater weightlessness zero gravity and being spun around inside a centrifuge. it really pushed me to my limit. the program also highlighted how american astronauts are she comes from notes now what she got on missions so she's the international space station project. to celebrities in twenty living now in many ages just around the world have made their way to the russian capital to film premieres concerts and private policies must sees many of the world's top activists saying it's impossible to come here every week. pushing crowds love them and they seem to be impressed with the

city honestly there's an energy in this city. even more than we always hear two and a half years ago. very vibrant kind of this is under the surface you feel. a really positive energy. where anything can happen the possibility is there we went to the museum that houses the faberge eggs and the coronation dresses and. and perhaps the most exciting part of yesterday in some ways was going and standing outside the bolshoi theater it's been a dream of mine it's been great the people have been really welcoming and enjoyed my brief time here so far and i hope i get to see some of the city this time but i'll definitely come back to come and some are going to figure my dates out here but it's you know it's very cold or last time. so many tourists come here that's get the christmas eve it's beautiful there's a beautiful city going you know seeing the christmas trees exclusive interview

moving on and working capital is a totally different place during the summer months that terraces dominate the restaurant scene and people can enjoy a whole range of sun filled activities including some bathing swimming and water sports temperatures a high and so is the entity of the capital's entertainment saying let's take a look at some of the shows we produced during the summer highlighting popular tourist destinations la la. hot and happening activities and excursions. when the capitol heats up tens of thousands of sun worshippers head to moscow's forests seventy board is an island surrounded by an artificial lake and waterways are some a show in the area i took to a jet ski to prove how much metropolis in the summer. the temperatures reaching the mid thirty's the trip to one of the beaches is the perfect way to cool down. next stop and as the oxford

street or fifth avenue of the russian capital the street first sky has unquestionably been the city's most important direction for centuries if here is the district has fundamentally changed over the centuries through a narrow medieval wouldn't just wrote today's slightly allele eight lane highway. or some show on the famous street highlighted up from various statues to modern day sushi cafes this diverse berry will impress the most diehard of tourists. a weekly and salmon show in arctic spoils every aspect of arts and culture we also explore cities outside of moscow in the summer so me in the team travel to st petersburg to discover the exciting attractions surrounding the white's knights also known as the venice of the north and the eighteenth century it was a piece of the great stream to create a window to your and with a vast canal network breathtaking architecture and palaces that were built to rival their your pink counterparts his vision has been well achieved.

our series of some of programmes in twenty eleven looked at the city's hotels restaurants waterways attractions and various some activities for visitors to enjoy . a city of palaces and museums broad avenues and winding canals simply this place history has provided the city with a well funded textual and artistic treasures. oh the best time to be here is the summer for sure i just definitely love it really and love all the beautiful buildings the architecture everything the people there are so happy and the time this goes far beyond my expectations is incredible is the same thing. you can only dream about. is about the hermitage museum and the spectacular fountains of peterhof rivaling such will be seems as the loser in paris and the metropolitan in new york. truly is

a cultural wonder. and peterhof which is often referred to as the mission of a sign is one of the most breathtaking sights and popular tourist destinations in russia. now one thing i love about my job here at r.t.s. the crazy adrenaline filled activities i'm constantly asked to try out speed boats planes jumping heights being set on fire the list goes on for many shows we produce and try to give you an insight into the real russia from the food they eat the music they enjoy developing pastimes to adrenaline filled sports so with that in mind here's a small selection of. twenty eleven and me in action. on the subject of flights as much experience i move never forget invited to take to the skies in a young airplane to experience aerobatics it was a stomach churning roller coaster at ten thousand feet as we banked to an

incredible sixty degrees and experienced great weightlessness. not the face hearty to be any pain to say the experience what zero g. feels like to battle terms under the loops the views from above are impressive but it felt different to a typical commercial flight. a program called moscow wants to. expose the police fire and ambulance moved she said in the machine capital we saw how such facilities are constantly at the ready twenty four hours a day. and of course such a program in action sequences. finally the action sequences. action sequences. filmmaking and.

explore the film studios and we're invited to set up a new kind of shazam drama called. the program finished off the stunts must go well i was asked if i would like to participate. and take shots i was given instructions away was placed on my head and. was applied to my face with everything ready for my back and legs of my suit and the flying. colors. to be tried. as an efficiently run program. to take to find feeds the world of russian cinema and t.v.

by now. i lived to tell the tale i lied to them both and well it's long london is a market for many russians today they said to be almost a million russian speakers in britain many call the capital london grab as the ever changing multicultural city becomes a melting pot for russians so. british and french capitals to explore russian influence and connections abroad. delve deep you'll find just how much russian culture is imbedded into many aspects of western society one thing for sure from owning football clubs to major newspapers russians are certainly making their mark on the british capital. moving south into a series of russians have also been fascinated with french culture for centuries shows showcase how much christians devoured the social scene in paris and as we

proved the modern day french capital is scottish with russian connections and cultural aspects. well that we have a small selection from the dozens of shows we produce for you could buy twenty eleven how many people i meet in the u.k. for example i have no idea about the cultural diversity of this country has to offer and from palm trees in the south in the east i think russia is one of the most misunderstood destinations moscow st petersburg offer two of the most spectacular cultural scenes in the world but if you haven't explored them well you don't know what you're saying but must go on team has a whole range of exciting programmes planned for next year so stay tuned and watch out for more cultural excursions in twenty twelve hours hard flies in the mean time best wishes from the moscow team and a very happy new year. least

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headlines with. hello and welcome to this post and these other headlines. back for more well number one novak djokovic when is his open as in abu dhabi exhibition event following an illustrious year on the a.t.p. tour. while i was up at celtic beat rangers one electronic heads to win the old and he felt that on travels at the top of the scottish premier league. was up and down argentina legendary go maradona faces a fine for insulting a fellow coach in the arab emirates but still wants to manage the national team. but start with tennis where this year's star novak djokovic has kickstarted his preparations for the fast approaching new season the top ranked serbian outmuscled

france's feast at a year ending exhibition event in abu dhabi talk of asia seem to have put behind him any fatigue and open proceedings with a trademark back comes down the line around some of the rallies did look more like entertainment than competition but the match turned into a pitched battle with djokovic eventually gaining the upper hand next up for the world number one is third ranked roger federer who had received a buy into the semifinals talk about spearheads the six strong star studded lineup in abu dhabi as the twenty four year old aims to emulate this year's outstanding season so if you capture three grand slam titles and the record five masters tribes . before that came from behind to knock out another frenchman jungle fried tsonga the world number six was head and shoulders above the fifth ranked spaniard the open at once was taken the distance in the second set and lost it on a tie break. but from then on the momentum was with farah and the twenty nine year

old didn't fail to deliver wrapping up with the side at six two. and patrick and defending a child going to rough on a doll is waiting in the semifinal after receiving a by the upper darby events doesn't offer any ranking points to those taking part but a winner takes a check of two hundred fifty thousand dollars is at stake. football now and back in russia moscow's prolific striker say doodoo has been voted the premier league player of the year by the country sports journalists the twenty three year old is the top flight's leading scorer going into the winter break after netting an impressive twenty four goals in thirty games for the argument so far and the in-form ivorian has also starred in the champions league adding another five in as many appearances as this got a place in the last sixteen. and a moscow captain and the way that all men came second in the journalist poll he's netted eleven goals as well as not gin up

a leading twelve assists in his named also ukraine's player of the year last week while the needs alexander cocksure golf completes the top three the russia star has scored sixteen goals for the defending champions this campaign including memorable hat trick against ricky's class in august. will be one i have a full will miss striker luis suarez for friday's premier league game at highlands newcastle the first of six days of top flight action the iroquois star was banned for one match after giving an obscene hand gesture to follow fans earlier this month suarez has scored five goals this campaign while record signing andy carroll has netted three times the low scoring reds are unbeaten his home in the league so far have drawn six of those nine games on newcastle last only twice on the right. everybody wants that award for the play that of just different is your only goal because i'm sure you continue to pursue that. i'm sure

next year will be over there for this being said before this year was a strange very early camp program where everybody drew selves and so on my new one so that's very helpful for us. now we're going to two tough going and we're looking forward to the new going to those going to the press spirit conference about itself and we're looking forward to going to our field so this is how the table looks with six big days of football to come and launch the city are still top on goal difference of the manchester united top notch athletic seven points behind the meters for the game in hand a fourth best and liverpool sixty one place about friday's opponents newcastle while at the bottom wolves are two points clear of the drop zone that weekend off in its two points ahead of the paulson plan a five points adrift with manager steve king under mounting pressure israel has

said to face the daunting task of a trip to russia just united on saturday. when chester united done you know seventy eight games ago you know they went back to have been solid and you know really hard to beat know the became a little bit more expansive again so we know that the strengths that we have within the squad i think we can take a lot of confidence were when we went to anfield you know when you look at what you know kenny put on the pitch on the bench as well and you know a fair we stuck to our task where we defensively so you know that's going to be key because normally we score when we play we from home. i mean timing things native scotland celtic have leaked from arch rivals rangers at the top of the s.p.l. following a tight one though a victory in the old firm dogma at parkhead chances came and went begging for both sides in the first off before joe ledley finally but the deadlock soon after the restart charlie mulgrew blasted in a corner for ledley to head home to be the way that celtic hung on for the ninth

straight room to rangers by two points which is in stark contrast to early november i trailed by fifty of them for two games and found. argentina legends diego maradona is again facing the consequences of his hot temper. spoken form a midfielder has been fined just under two and a half thousand dollars so certainly abusing a rival coach who a top flight the fifty one year old owl was so manager has been engaged in a feud with one of his opposite numbers since losing an ill tempered match last month. a carton it table while he says he would love to stay on at the helm or even also take up the job as national coach of their merits. if i was given the opportunity to coach the u.a.e. national team i would accept with pleasure i'm very proud of what has been mentioned and what i've heard but first of all i must give my time to so i have a mission here and i want to complete this mission and who knows maybe one day i

will coach both teams. basketball and ryan white nailed a late shots to hands the miami heat's their third straight win since the start of the season the n.b.a. dream team fighting back to edge the charlotte wildcats on the road by a single point well the all cats went out of their way to place their record high at maybe twenty thousand people breaking away right from the off him some of them cruise control for most of the match digital dustin and gerald henderson connecting for forty one points between them but the broader james also ran wild for the heat and game high thirty five points chris bosh added another twenty five then with less than three seconds to go wait what looked like a tough shot. people dead or gusting missed a buzzer beater and straight points out that would save the day to charlotte but for ninety six ninety five to miami is how it finished.

the finish was well basketball rushes to a famous goal was instrumental in the denver nuggets victory at home to the utah jazz on wednesday but space for the season finally started and on the revis at home in the summer the center talked to our own man cost with. time. despite it's not quite making it to the top of the bill just yet city my famous golf had already managed to make the headlines in north america it became part of a blockbuster multiplayer trade i saw him move to denver nuggets and carmelo anthony to the new york knicks well mozzies new team were knocked out of the first playoff round in the n.b.a. giving him an opportunity to visit home and prepare for the upcoming european championships in lithuania winning the continental trophy in twenty eleven automatically education for the london olympics here and there but shouldn't sure why can't make any promises in regards to the euro basket but i can say that i'm

sure the guys will perform at their best and no one will cut corners and i think they found joy a cure and i encourage join. it will have better chances because of his experience to be a great help despite leaving russia still has a large fan base had his previous club called him mozzie keeps in touch with them through his online blog and those lucky enough may even catch one of his master classes in the russian capital but where are the fans most dedicated in russia or the united states. when i played for khimki i saw the same people at all the games it was a group of fans who form the majority of the audience and even followed the team to other cities in regards to the n.b.a. well they might have something similar though i personally never came across such a thing you just get a full audience of people who come to support the team but i never saw such a thing in the us when an organized group of fans would take up a large share of the audience and root for their team. fans the board is not the

only difference between the russian basketball league and the n.b.a. the american schedule is more intense with regular season games sometimes held four times a week so the studying of the opponent shot practice or simply warm up takes center stage during practice providing plenty of room for individual skills. it is team play no one negates saddle but compared to europe it is somehow more individualized i would say the game is based on single players who play one on one and win it they may score a goal just make a pass european basketball not to mention russia is slightly different people try to find other solutions to the difficulties that arise during the game. the russians will be hoping to qualify for the london olympics by winning the european championship in september it's hope that both russian and be a stars and break it and go and two more famous golf will be available to help the team a little rainy out there quired individual skills from the united states and their

home bred team play is expected to be the winning formula. moscow. question is that so much a lot of people at my area will barely old we're going to be done mulching this year two thousand and eleven the world changed in ways hardly anyone could have expected we witnessed the rise of people power on.

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