attack that killed twenty six people in central damascus meanwhile arab league observers are expected to present their initial report on the situation in the country on sunday. in libya welcome sudan's president omar al bashir wanted internationally for crimes against humanity the state visits and drawn outrage from human rights groups with high profile figures questioning the n.p.c.s. commitment to the rule of law. next we have a special moscow out from the italian capital as artie's martin andrews explores the cultural connections between rome and russia.

hello and welcome to the program from architecture to music russians have been fascinated with the telling culture for centuries and today they come here in the tens of thousands in search of everything from fabulous fashion to the world of italian cuisine so join the lot of anders as we explore various locations connected with russia one of the most historic and beautiful cities in the world right. is one of the main symbols of the roman empire it stands proud in the city after almost two thousand years actually called the fluffy and beefeater it was given the name of a colossal statue of nero that was later destroyed beneath the hundreds of tourists from all over the world including many russians the glorious history architecture food style and the climate are all reasons why rome a superior especially with modern day muscovites. i live in moscow and i think that the roman moscow have many things in common and are really great cities each street in rome is packed full of history coming to all my life it's really an eternal city

i enjoy it's monuments and impressive architecture. where she's a nation with a witch and the nation history and many russians are very much into history they like to study it and that's why they like rome so much i was born and grew up in most cases and when i first came to rome more than ten years ago i had culture shock i was so impressed with its magnificence and its history over the. the largest country in the world. share many similarities as they both made a huge impact on the global and culture scene the last two centuries especially. appreciation of the cultural importance and today both countries created worlds flourish because each of those influenced showcasing classical music literature and art. moving on and to the i mean

shaped domes of the church of st catherine of alexandria the history of the compound goes back to the nineteenth century when the proposals put forward to building an orthodox church in the italian capital there are only a few russian orthodox cathedrals to route italy and this is the largest and most traditional looking dogs church in rome. the russian cathedral abroad is not just a church it's a russian house in a way people come here not just for allegiance reasons but also to spend time together and communicate in their native language just something that you miss a lot in a foreign country. inside you can see various bits for icons and works by tell you a machine must is from the inside you'd never realize that the building is brand new. this church opened in two thousand and nine located on

a hill not far from st pete is its mobile designs and bright interior is a striking say the least as a new place of worship and run hundreds of russians from the nearby areas come to various religious services here in the building also acts as a social outlet for the community. the outdoor space above the chapel offers a necklace and view of the city. it is also home to a large selection of bells and whenever rang the sensational sounds can be heard around the city. tronics location now and welcome to hotel door to see a glittering five star hotel the italian style design and innovation. its name

suggests ties to russia. as its name to the many members of the russian imperial house. is impressively situated between the piazza del popolo and the spanish steps of the pretty upscale shopping areas. as they say location is everything. to fall from your old. images. from a few. to. having enjoyed a recent make over the hotel the sea is a hotel in the elegance grand metropolitan tradition despite some one hundred twenty two rooms getting thirty three suites. and impeccable standards of personal service. the russian elite come here in droves. situated on the sixth and top floor of the highlights of the hotel. suite named after the popular.

target for. business or pleasure hotels or c. also has several conference rooms and banqueting several of which names such as the full the ellis stadium and the roman. whose and to find out more about the russian connection with the stunning house let's meet this week's guest great to meet you great to meet you in this wonderful hotel tell me where did the name come about well being. this hotel. was in the nineteenth century. called the view. because many have actually moved to broome were staying in these. so we we kept the name to see in. the region and mean look here and it seems that

rome is a very very popular place for visits is very mountainous never very much so and. growing year by year and i hear that the hotels very popular with. celebrities russian politicians and hollywood a listers as well very much very much many both russian and local hollywood celebrities have chosen to come to the scene since since the day we opened here the very beginning when we opened in two thousand we hosted all the movie are from the ocean the. state here with. well i think i would spend time thank you. very much. to the jury of terrorist dogs now and you can see why despite the deception use of popular with hollywood avis just what was

a modest spin your in the seventeenth century now is a celebrated meeting point for the high profile guests from the shot and tourist sees restaurant is open in the garden and summer months. in the bush is i wouldn't be surprised welcome to the secret garden situated at the back of the hotel good to see this green getaway is lush and spectacular in every possible way the ones at this location is popular with russian and international jetsetter is in the winter you can enjoy a drink outside here but is if you can afford it no protests. moving on and there are many russian influences and connections in rome collection of russian icons has been put on display and one of the main sights of rome with an annular consul the exhibition consists of almost fifty icons which were handpicked by italian olga nonces from the collection of the private moscow museums showcasing

religious art your actions on display representation i complain to the fifteenth the twentieth centuries. the cafe greco is a historical. six eight the venue to see many celebrity visitors as its guests whose autographs drawings and personal belongings are now displayed at the cafe international artistically often came to the venue including lord byron go to nature and russians such as sherlock and. it's said that right in the collide google especially likes the cafe and spends a lot of time there writing his famous dead souls novel. the jerry thomas speakeasy project is a secret location in central rome for a whole selection of special russian themed cocktails are created in a very italian atmosphere of the bar you can find quite surprising drinks inspired by russia the team has created a special cocktail menu called twist on

a classic number three from russia with love in the heart of rome you can be served with such cocktails as the kremlin flip floppy hats are also in red square in italian and said petersburg delight. wondering around the city's site should be surprised what you might bump into in the park available gazey a situated two monuments that were erected to on a russian writers the statue is of right at nikolai gogol the second is dedicated to alexander pushkin that was in belgium the year two thousand. created by russian sculptor. it was presented to the villa borghese the state by the moscow government as a gesture highlighting cultural achievements. roam as one of the most beautiful and historic cities in the world as a popular tourist destination it's clear why millions come here trevi fountain here for example office the perfect photo opportunity but quite often it's the small

influences and nuances that make up the subtextual soul and roots of the city and with the cultural connections italy has to russia it only helps to. ate a cold drink of creativity elegance and style. it. was an incredible city well unfortunately that's the time we have left on this week's program i'll see you again at the same time next week and sell them for me and the rest of the crew from the magnificent trevi fountain here in rome bye bye for now. this is our time to reclaim the american dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth

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this beauty brings deaths at a speed of more than four hundred kilometers per. step in babylon she. battle for the truth r.t. investigates the iraqi government's continued crackdown on freedom of speech and journalists we meet some reporters who claim to have been jailed and even torture. the u.s. and u.k. call for the exclusion of syria from unesco's human rights committees they say the country's president damages of the organization's reputation the move comes as tension runs high in syria following a suicide attack that killed twenty six people in central damascus meanwhile arab league observers are expected to present their initial report on the situation in the country on sunday. libya welcome sudan's president omar al bashir wanted internationally for crimes against humanity the state visits drawn

outrage from the human rights groups with high profile figures questioning the commitment to the rule of law. right now sports. hello and welcome to the sports these are the headlines. tellers talk improves through leave to swindon stunning weekend while bolton and q.p.r. could only train draws on a dramatic day of third round action in the f.a. cup. one spain puts the united denial record into the strike will be used to be sold in the january transfer window. as dagestan dojo we take a trip to the caucuses martial arts school by the first young chinese of kung fu he

was training. at first english football where league two side swindon beat premier league wigan while top flight bolton and q.p.r. could both only draw against lower league opponents in the traditional new year the f.a. cup third round well twenty six matches took place on saturday and among that is danny graham scored twice as one of the rallies to be. forced to run and was the reply after that goal the smitten dog everton beat part time this time was two nil can then see scored a hat trick has fallen thrashed charlton born allan a london garvey tell you to stick his bag sign the form of a jersey number where they came back with twenty one david wait as late head help dalton snapped into two draw under replay because michael's failed wrong sixty four places below them in the well as well as high they held us and snatched the last minute equaliser and a replay drew one want to move on and on the injured rangers were down to ten men

when asked the other struck the stoppage time without as new cancer came back to beat but went to one of the only premier league tie deflected shots i'm so proud to carry to swindon fight back in the top flight we can to one. rather than go back the second is to be lead to challenge three male and simon cox netted a hat trick at west brom held in cardiff or to. turn to the means i managed united have denied a report wayne rooney is to be sold in the january transfer window a british newspaper claims rooney has relationship with managers around exposures and has broken down well earlier this week the striker was fined a week's wages following a night out but a joint statement from rooney on the club said the report was complete nonsense the twenty six year old went out on december the twenty six following united five meals fashion week and he was going to drop to the three two defeat by blackburn before returning for the three no loss at new council substituted late on rooney agreed a new five year deal at united in october twenty ten two days after saying he

wanted to leave. staying in manchester city will be without ya and color to a for sunday's much anticipated cup clash at home to rivals united i request manager françoise we has told the pair they must report to the nation's training camp this weekend ahead of the africa cup of nations the coach has opted to follow fee for rules which allow call ups two weeks prior to the tournament while city coach about the munching it says ja to raise absence on sunday could be an issue for his team. if i do that we can never problem in general you can have a problem because yeah it is an important player for us. we call is different because we have a defenders and if we are lucky we don't have injury we don't have. that. i don't feel that we can have a big problem we did events but with me three that we have a big brother for some parts and then we have only two games and niger.

and the big showdown as the as we have stadium is the first to fall more us like upside down times on sunday later six time when as a chelsea host portsmouth lifted the cup four years ago i'll smash sheffield wednesday i need west ham and martin o'neill sunderland edging championship peter brown. while here in russia very very very very like say teenage nigeria we've got to make a new search is set to sign a fourth ahau to do a task than most but it's not just a logical the nineteen year old joined at the easy twelve in the summer of twenty ten and scoring eight goals in thirty three games and netting wants his national side in twelve appearances. and is now i'm sure wilfried tsonga has beaten his fellow frenchman gelman face in straight sets to win the final of the cats all right and with just over a week to go until the first grand slam of the of against the australian open so the seed shrugged off

a thirty five minute fall delaine down for playing his eighth career title the third. when four meetings against the wall of the sixteen well known face have knocked out rough on the dollar seventy finals and broke the world to six in the first game and the stopped when it resumes both restricted by three outs and then some to fall back to sixty as the next nineteen points against the set seven five song get them back one face at three two up in the second only breaking the set wrapping it up six training. twice ok now where the russian team have arrived back in moscow after taking so over at the world junior championship in canada following a dramatic one l. defeats to sweden in overtime the junior red machine fails to defend their world title after losing too much at the tournament and both of them too low for winners three closer to gold to change their first victory thirty years russia will host next year's championship in the southwestern city of far however their team didn't seem too disappointed with so over as they won their so-called mini final by

beating eternal arch enemies canada six five in the semifinals and a maple leaf st ten consecutive final appearances. it was great to beat canada i will remember that probably we were emotionally exhausted after that question but it is really disappointing to lose in the point zero in a little golden period you were everyone wanted to win so the guys were for straight it were getting over very well prepared in every aspect to defend the title unfortunately we failed in a final of such a tournament chances are fifty fifty no matter which teams compete. and finally a martial arts school in the heart of the caucasus was celebrating last year after one of its students became the first known chinese to be named the king of kung fu but that's not the only thing that makes this dojo unique john coster have discovered. five the russians of the world is a martial arts school for boys. the russians saw the republic of dagestan some

even call it the show in the caucasus in-tray get well i certainly was that's good check out the school is located in hollenbeck old just over the mountain ridge from the driest any capital over the years is produced and world and eleven european champions as well as a limping gold and silver medalist in beijing in two thousand and eight. same i got my move here with his wife in nine hundred eighty three with just an idea and it tends to live and now it's a full fledged educational facility that nurtures talents from a young age through to graduation from five directions of the world afford geographic points with spray spraying the fifth one to means that we're following global laws clickable to all people in the world and we want these values to dominate other religious national and other values when people live in just four

dimensions it is a lower level but as you and space people become more developed spiritually then will patient kind and can live in peace with each other we decided to develop these qualities through sports chinese martial arts have deep philosophy rich history and important values so that very effective in teaching these are not just words for us we cannot lose our children let them become terrorists. this sound is heard each time one of the boys wins a medal in various events held in russia or anywhere else in the world look at the same works and lives right here at the school and leaves only one his students take part in major competitions but all the trophies eventually end up right here at the five directions of the world moves. this trophy is given at the end of each year to the winner of the conflict. one of our students won this trophy it is

a very valuable price basically it confirms that he was the best fighter of the year so even if. that fighters name is mostly in sally hall paul was also named the king of kong food becoming the only non chinese warrior in the world to be awarded this title though he graduated a while ago mostly still considers it an honor to come by his alma mater to train and convey the philosophy of the next generation which. this is really a unique school first of all it discipline students you are always doing something meaningful practicing studying you have no free time i think that is very important for young people today it doesn't leave room for bad things drugs terrorism which is a big problem today sports can save young people especially in our school kids practice study they're always supervised. the martial arts are the foundation of the school

education is equally if not more important in raising children for now the school is out on spring vacation so good say now has some time to play with his grandkids but that doesn't mean the faculty is an active. while the students are away in a spring break the teachers are busy preparing for the next term the boys should be arriving quite soon for another semester of martial arts and learning the school is now home to three hundred boys from all over russia the martial arts specialisation hasn't prevented it from being one of the countries it's operated in terms of education besides the james and other training facilities it offers suitable classrooms where according to teachers they become decency young adults. as if we graduate a half literate student is not the worst thing in the world the worst thing for us is to graduate to badly behaved student so we pay a lot of attention. teaching them about values. you say megamind his more than

a founder of the school and a martial arts guru his artistic talents cannot be underrated as his students may also witness his artwork each time they have a meal and these paintings are also educational showing the young bucks that everything in this life should be accepted as a whole in union with good and evil. koester of artsy russia south the republic of dagestan. and. well the. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

we tried to speak to journalists who've been arrested in baghdad but everyone was too afraid to appear on camera. battle for the truth to gates the iraqi government's continued crackdown on freedom of speech and of journalists. the u.s. and u.k. call for the exclusion of syria from us goes human rights committees they say the country's president damages the organization's reputation with the move comes as tension once in syria following a suicide attack that killed twenty six people in central damascus. human rights groups condemning the visit of sudan's president omar al bashir to libya they question at the end he sees a commitment to the rule of law after all.