you wrote. and while the syrian opposition is bursting with footage showing. recent arab league observers have yet to report any atrocities. in the country. right there your friday headlines here on r.t. if you stay with us if you can the. setting out to recap the most exciting events of two thousand and eleven in this exclusive. hello and welcome to the program on this weeks moscow out special we'll be looking over the highlights of the past year 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 introducing you to some of the best bits from culture news and shows we've produced over the past twelve months and first up 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 bolshoi theatre finally returned to its former glory striking day or night illuminated exterior now shines proud of 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 yeah 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 on one of my favorite moscow shows

of the year was filmed at star city the cosmonaut training facility originally a secret apple 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 and she calls me notes now once again our mission is to she's the international space station project. to celebrities in twenty seven hour many ages just around the world have made their way to the russian capital to film premieres concerts and private parties moscow sees many of the world's top acts is saying it's impossible to come here every week

. pushing crowds love them and they didn't seem to be impressed with the city honestly there's an energy in the city. even more than when i was here 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 i'm going to come in the summer and i'm going to figure by dates out here but it's you know it was very it was colder last time. so many tourists come here that get the christmas eve it's beautiful there's

a beautiful city going you know seeing the christmas trees exclusive interviews that 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 are 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 had 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 fun metropolis in the summer being. 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 simple verify for centuries if here is the district has fundamentally changed over the centuries from a narrow medieval would insert distro to today's slightly overwhelming eight lane highway. or some show on the famous street highlighted that from various statues to modern day sushi cafes this diverse berry will impress the most diehard of tourists . how weekly and salmon share an 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 it's brilliant love all the beautiful buildings the architecture everything the people there are so happy in the summertime this goes far beyond all my expectations is incredible is something. that you can only dream about one of the episodes was about the hermitage museum and the spectacular fountains of pisa haas rivaling such will be seems as the loser in paris and the metropolitan in new york damage truly is

a cultural wonder. and peterhof which is often referred to as the russian beside is one of the most british taking sites in popular tourist destinations in russia. now one thing i love about my job here at our tails the crazy adrenaline filled activities i'm constantly asked to try out speedboats 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 moscow that this one twenty eleven and me in action. going on the subject of flight was my experience i will 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 experience great weightlessness. not for the faint hearted to be any paying the next period what zero g. feels like to battle times under the loops the views from above are impressive but it felt very different to a typical commercial flight was for sure. a programme called moscow nine one one for the most ground team expo the police fire and ambulance emergency services 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 involved lots of action sequences. water. finally the action sequences full action sequences you know represented about

filmmaking in modern day moscow explored the most film studios and we're invited to the set of a new convention because of more drama called white tiger. the programme finished off the stunts must go well i was asked. i would like to participate. and take shots i was given instructions away bandana was placed on my head and i'm from the cream was applied to my face with everything ready for school with my back and legs of my suit and the flaming. bag. to be tried. as an efficiently run program it's already prepares its students to safely undertake to find feeds the world of russian cinema and t.v.

but by now. i lived to tell the tale i lied to them both in one take well it's long been known that london is a magnet for many russians today the said to be almost a million russian speakers in britain many joe can call the capital london grab as the ever changing multicultural city becomes a melting pot for new russians so early in the year the must go out to the british and french capitals to explore russian influence and connections abroad. you'll find just how much russian culture is impacted in too many aspects of western society one thing for sure promoting 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 do 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 goodbye 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 of all canines 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 are missing the most who out seem has a whole range of exciting programmes planned for next year so stay tuned and watch out for more cultural excursions in twenty twelve that's hard flies in the mean time best wishes from the moscow team and a very happy new year. to

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hello welcome to the sport and these other head. back for more world 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 heads to win the old. on travels at the top of the scottish premier league. last 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. that 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 seem to have put behind him any fatigue and open proceedings with a trademark by 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 is the twenty four year old aims to emulate this year's outstanding season which saw him capture three grand slam titles and the record five masters types. 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 air france has 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 the decider six two and patrick and defending champion rafael nadal is waiting in the semifinal after receiving a bike yabba dabba events doesn't offer any ranking points to those taking part the winner takes a check of two hundred fifty thousand dollars is that state. football now and back in russia says go moscow's prolific striker so you do do has been voted the premier league player of the year but 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 arguments so far and the in-form ivorian has also starred in the champions league adding another five in as many appearances as this that i place in the last sixteen . in a moscow captain and the way that all men came second in the journalist poll he's

netted eleven goals as well as not joining up a leading twelve assists and was 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 a memorable hat trick against ricky's class and in august. call me when i get a fall will miss striker luis suarez for friday's premier league game at home sleeve fassel 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 aren't even as home in the league so far have joined six of those nine games on newcastle last only twice on the right. everybody wants that award for the fantastic play that of just different shop but he goes because i'm still looking ten year pursue that.

i'm sure next year we will be better for the it's been said before this year was a strange fairly come in program where everybody drew selves and sort of my new one so that's very helpful for us. and now we're going to two tough going and we're looking forward to the new going to those going to the brass spirit conference about yourselves and we're looking forward to going to have a field so this is how the table looks with six big days of football to come and lunch the city are still top on goal difference over manchester united top notch after thirty seven points behind the meters with a game in hand chelsea a fourth best and liverpool sixty one place i find his opponents newcastle while at the bottom wolves are two points clear of the drop zone that we can off in it two points ahead of bolton but blackpool a five points adrift with manager steve king under mounting pressure israel said to

face the daunting task of a trip to ny just united on saturday and one gesture united done you know seventy eight games ago you know they went back to 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 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 defensive i saw you know that's going to be key because normally we score when we play we from hole. hanging timing things native scotland celtic have a weak front arch rivals rangers at the top of the s.p.l. having a tight one no victory in the old dog at parkhead chances came and went begging for both sides in the first half before joe ledley finally but the deadlock soon after the restart charlie mulgrew blasted in a corner and ledley to head home to be the winner celtic hung on for the ninth

straight win to rangers by two points which is in stark contrast to early november the trial by fifty two games in hand. 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 for the belly 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 brits. i think 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 was give my time to old boss 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 bobcats on the road by a single point well the cats went out of their way to place their record home that maybe twenty thousand people breaking away right from the off to sleep in cruise control for most of the match justin and gerald henderson connecting for forty one points between them but the bron james also ran wild for the heat point a 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. at the way people bad for customer missed a buzzer beater and straight points out that would save the day for charlotte

ninety six ninety five to miami is how it finished. and we finish with mobile schiphol rushes to a famous goal was instrumental in the denver nuggets victory at home to the utah jazz on wednesday but speed for the season finally started and on the revis at home in the summer the center talked to our own lancaster with. despite it's not quite making it to the top of the bill just yet to my famous golf had already managed to make the headlines in north america he became part of a blockbuster multiplayer trade that saw him move to denver nuggets and carmella 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 will mean automatically education for the london olympics here and i'm sure can 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 the foundry cure lanka. joins us we'll have better chances because of his experience will be a great help despite leaving russia still has a large fan base at his previous club called 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. you're playing. 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 although 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. than support 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 that 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 in lithuania quired individual skills from the united states and the home bred team play is expected to be the winning formula. moscow. i think. culture is that so much a lot of people are hearing all their little old we're trying to be tumultuous year two thousand and eleven the world changed in ways hardly anyone could expect that we witnessed the rise of people power on it.

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world with. its technology innovation all the least of elements from around russia we've gone to the future covered. the u.s. moves through warships near the area where iran is carrying out naval war sold us to iran threatens to block a maritime supply. off of the outgoing year took its toll on a number of eurozone governments many doll the so-called bureaucrats now in charge will bring any relief some of them were behind the initial interview rose from. it seems that any mobile footage is now excepted as a source of all the syrian opposition busting without much of footage showing problems that claim to be recent.