sol tests during naval drills over the next few days putting gauges in military posturing with washington the move comes as the west threatens to toughen sanctions against iran over its nuclear program. but it's not all bad news for two thousand and eleven the up next alamo scare a whole team looks over some of the highlights of the past year and a festive theme to recap from the opening of the grand bolshoi daring stunts caught on film if you want to see mark nine hundred seven self on fire to stay with us. hello and welcome to the program on this weeks moscow out 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 bolshoi states and finally returned to its former glory striking day or night illumination exterior now shines after years of being covered by scaffolding canvas and building materials. the reconstruction took six years and cost billions of rubles but now the fall of space is open to the public it can continue to not show 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 in granite is and help you for the restoration has been it's it's really once in

a lifetime. next up on 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 i'm being spun around inside a centrifuge. it really pushed me to my limits. the program also highlighted how american astronauts are she calls for now what you call missions so she's the international space station project. to celebrities in twenty eleven now and many able to around the world have made their way to the russian capital to film premieres concerts and private parties

sees many of the world's top axes 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. really positive energy. where anything going to happen the possibility is there we went to the museum that houses the faberge eggs in 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 got 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 it's 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 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 produce during the summer highlighting popular tourist destinations lot along. 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 bay. 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 parish for centuries if here is the district has fundamentally changed over the centuries from a narrow medieval would insert distro to today's slightly a lemming 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. a weekly and salmon share of arctic spoils every aspect of arts and culture we also explore cities outside of moscow and this summer saw me in the team travel to st petersburg to discover the exciting attractions surrounding the whites knights also known as the venice of the north and the eighteenth century it was 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 funky textual and artistic treasures. oh the best time to be here is the summer i just love it really and love all the beautiful buildings the architecture everything the people there are so happy and the this goes far beyond my expectations is incredible is the same thing. you can only dream about. is about the hermitage museum the spectacular fountains of pisa half 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 russian side is one of the most breathtaking sights in popular tourist destinations in russia. the one thing i love about my job here at our taste 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 flight was experience i move never forget invited to take to the

skies in a young airplane to experience aerobatics it was a stomach churning blow herself at ten thousand feet as we banked to an incredible sixty degrees an experienced weightlessness. not the face hospitable any paying to see can experience what zero g. feels like to battle terms under the loops the views from above are impressive but it felt very different to a typical commercial flight. a programme called moscow wants to. expose 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 in action sequences.

finally the action sequences. action sequences. filmmaking and. expose the film studios and we're invited to set up a new content shazam drama called white tiger. the program finished the stunt school where i was asked if i would like to participate. and take shots i was given instructions on what 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 was. to be tried. as an efficiently run program. to safely

undertake to define feats the world of russian cinema and t.v. by now. i lived to tell the tale i lied to them both in one take well it's long london is a market for many russians today the set to be almost half a million russian speakers in britain many call the capital grab as the ever changing multicultural city becomes a melting pot for russians so. british and french capitals russian influence and connections abroad. delve deep you'll find just how much russian culture is invented 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 devour the social scene in paris and as we proved the modern day french capital is scattered 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 a volcano is 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 do you sing the most go 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 hours hard flies in the mean time

best wishes from the moscow team and a very happy new year. wealthy by. time to. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines join in two cars

a report on. the close up team has been to new stuff birthplace to the most ambitious football club in the world. if. not all of our g.d.p. goes to the far east where the timber industry attracts the legendary siberian tigers where the ancient native community loses its weight in the modern world. and where the country's mineral wealth starts its way across the ocean. to the mars creature russia.

time for the headlines. in the final hours all two thousand and eleven we look back at the year that ushered in protest civil war and regime change. in the arab oil those well as public theory in america and across europe and all the headlines but . syria's opposition unites against the government and made a new wave of violence which has reportedly left dozens of dead since friday right on the nose of our. five thousand people have died in ten months of protests with damascus blaming us for the unrest. iran is planning to carry out long range missile tests during naval drills over the last two over the next few days scuse me continue military posturing with washington the move comes as the west. over its nuclear program. more

news to come in just a few but for now it's the sports. watching the sports these are the headlines. to bring to it all. back on the n.b.a. . club. and it rushes makes. for an easy win. seven incredible win for the. premier league. three two at old trafford to lift themselves off the bottom of the table a result which also prevents these men from going top at new year on the seventieth birthday was the ultimate. putting one.

another after the break to score twice on these. visits is a very welcome three points united at the same number of points. to play tomorrow but after that shot results have the chance to go within a point. one one as i think with. time approaching fourth place chelsea have just gone three behind. he has scored his thirty fifth goal of the year as arsenal need. goals and they'll. buy the same school imo both inside bolton are moved currently tied at one of pace elsewhere looks like they're just not sure when that they've gone. against the well on sunday everton travel to west brom amongst the city travel to sunderland with the chance to extend their lead at the top of the table to three point. two united blues boss roberto

mancini hoping his side of learned some lessons from that going strong with west brom last weekend. if you don't pay attention you. rescored shoot to the last because i. was brought the second out we conceded to go into a dark area we took some risk. for this reason to do that this game is important at risk or we could be recalled from the game of football news everton midfield the billionaire dean of could soon be back playing in russia british media say the twenty six year old will be sold to rubin in the january transfer window the russian international has not played for the top three since december tenth and is concerned a lack of first team football could affect his chances of playing for his country at next summer's european championships but yet they know it was sold to everton by lokomotiv moscow just over two years ago for thirteen million dollars and it's

believed everton would want to sell him for around nine million dollars meanwhile basketball star undertaker langar has decided to continue his career in his native russia turning his back on the n.b.a. office to stay with sco the former utah jazz man became a free agent this season and joined the army man during the n.b.a. lockout but despite generating interest from the new jersey nets and sacramento kings the thirty year old has decided to stay put in moscow during his brief spell wittier scar they have qualified for the last sixteen of the euro league undefeated and are also riding high in the russian the mess stickley. now russia's mixed martial arts king photo you merely non-cash has beaten japan's to toshi ichi in devastating fashion knocking at the former judo olympic champion in the first round in japan an important winter you for the russian who is playing to get his career back on track after dominating the sport as world champion for seven years he lost his prime in twenty ten and then went on to lose three bites in a row but tonight's win follows victory over jeff johnson in november and the

thirty five year old russian says he's determined to keep on fighting. let's switch to ice hockey where else side in america lost three two in the final of the spangler cup to hostile force in switzerland both sides reach the final between the doubles through the better side during this one goal from your only and school daughter brandel saving the win without a last minute after from then amish which in years did set up a nervy ending this is the first time in the ideas doubles have won the tournament which is an annual invitational event. but the man who guarded the all blacks' rugby team to world cup glory has been knighted in the new years on his list graham henry that the site of their first world cup title in twenty four years this autumn after that narrow eight seven when over france in the final the sixty five year old former schoolteacher is nice if graeme henry the latest in a house full of former players or coaches to see who is england's highest honor for blacks captain richie mccaw was also approached by prime minister john cable turned

an eyeful down saying he was too young thirty to receive such an accolade henry was delighted with his on. the corners grudges and you know me feel very humble about birds and as i say it's a reflection on what people have done over long periods. where it's come from and got a lot of respect for them. but i would not be asked because. now russia made their debut at that world cup and despite not winning a game it was a success nonetheless for the baz a quick look back now at what was a significant sporting event for them in twenty eleven poor fleet was following their every tackle. over the last month or so rusher of made a lot of friends around new zealand the vast majority of the team they have never experienced such a level of interest from the general public if league matches in russia only attract a few hundred spectators is fairly surprising for the squad tough similar numbers

attending the training sessions or even autograph sessions. were not really used to this level of attention from the fans and the t.v. and stanmer autographs here that have done throughout my life here everyone follows both russian and global rugby it's great it's inspiring and it gives you the motivation to work even harder. this wasn't most of the players first experience of new zealand the team had been here on a training camp just after the new year. the squad would take the opportunity to see the sights as well as taking time off to take their minds away from all things rugby. this was by far the biggest events russia's players ever played in and in terms of experience it will take something special to beat the memories that they have had from this world cup it's been awesome and it's really good to be to be here at the heart of the world as a rugby and being at the world cup stage is just it's just an amazing experience and very welcoming from from from the local people and we've already been to quite

a few towns and cities so it's very interesting to see lee did mention that russia had to do plenty of travelling and this was perhaps be only downside of the trip being new boys to rugby's biggest event the bears were given a very tough schedule which would see the team have to travel more than seven times to different locations unless for the mum of the critics of the russians there were hardly ever any complaints and they always had a smile on their face while they would pick up an army of unexpected followers along the way who went to rather extreme measures to show their dedication to a newly found heroes. only zero is good enough supporters rush is they they probably are going to have too many supporters so we go for a nomad same way russia fair so oil cap and a great tour and a sale and thirty plenty for russia to build on over the next four years they will have to find a new head coach after nikolai neeraj resigned however at the moment it is likely that kingsley jones will take up the reins of the bears on

a more official basis before the moments for russians can be turned proudly back home in the knowledge that they have played some excellent rugby over the last month or so here in new zealand for russia as the world cup campaign has come to an end of one experience or has been for the best players over the last month made a lot of friends around here in new zealand and around the world with their exemplary behavior off a page as well and spirit in which. richard i'm hoping artie nelson. well have also been some unusual achievements if you throw two should give each became the first russian to successfully kies earth across the gulf of finland in a record time of just over three hours and our man mr paul from there for this one as well. after much frustration it finally seems as though peter might be able to stand his attempt to kite surfer across the gulf of finland but with the conditions that hindered him up till now and even now in what was his latest efforts the

elements were once again proving to be unfavorable as a distinct lack of wind was always going to prove a problem however he made a promising start and in what seemed no time at all he was already miles away from a stone in coastline and his coach aleksey was pleased with his progress a quarter of the way through the eighty kilometer journey with the shadow of the wind this pretty quiet now but according to forecast should pick up at once we get closer to filling up with a lack of wind continue to cause pita problems so much so he fell into the water as there wasn't enough wind to keep his kind airborne however he was soon back on his board as a finished coast line which is also his finishing line through ever close this hole challenger is a completely new experience for the twenty four year old russian he may be a world champion kite surfer but normally he's used to performing tricks over a short period of time in good conditions and not having to surf a distance of around eighty kilometers with the elements against him as you see

with in the end the wind drops so i was barely keeping going in the luckily there was a long the way so i go in tight as you. see i mean there's a lot of pressure on the feet and the way i was up and down laws who had to go up when the bird so. not surprisingly he was shattered after his endeavors as he had to work doubly hard due to the lack of wind however he can now relax after completing this fantastic feeds has been a fine efforts where once again the weather conditions haven't been on page a side where the lack of wind really hindering is progress but number less he's become the first russian to kite surfer across the gulf of finland an impressive time of just over three hours he may have completed this challenge the page here has no intention of putting his feet up he still wants to underline his status as one of the world's best kite surface but also in the future try to kite serve down the river never in his native son petersburg richmond paul fleet r.t. finland. but it's

a sport and i just want to tell you that chelsea have lost aston villa three one. one zero one one an arsenal beat q.p.r. by a goal to nil i have the full round up all the results in an expletive into ass time .

soon which brightened. soon from plans to transition some. stunts on t.v. don't come. ticking down the final hours

of two thousand and eleven we look back at the year that i should in protest civil war and regime change. syria's opposition that unites against the government so limited a new wave of violence which is reportedly left dozens dead since friday right under the noses of the arab league. plus the ron plans long range missile tests are sitting gauges in military posturing with washington after the west threatens to toughen sanctions against iran over its nuclear program. it is good to have your company on this new year's eve this is artsy with me rule research showing that with just under three hours left until we celebrate the

arrival of two thousand and twelve here in moscow we have a special so.