self-determination movement promised to block goods shipments from serbia that's as belgrade continues to compromise leaving local service in the disputed region under pressure from the albanian majority. in the u.s. warns iran's a supreme leader against attempts to block oil trade in the gulf threatening to respond with force it further turns up the heat on tyrone ahead of a visit by u.n. nuclear watchdog inspectors. to stay with us if you can hear and see the next italian culture with a russian flavor which havel to roam to explore the cultural connections you may have never noticed before this is artsy.

hello good to see you again as we continue our exploration of the italian capital now russian culture has made its impact in many corners of the world the road is no exception so in this week's program we'll be exploring a various russian it's highly and connections will be meeting experts ex-pats will prove my theory russia is closer than you think. standing in front of the ill to be on a monument you really get a sense of how grounds the italian capital is rich in history culture and style there aren't that many cities around the world the bostitch history intense music scene autistic treasuries and all round appeal london athens moscow the russian capital is often called the rome of the comparison is mostly religious connotations two countries share many cultural similarities today the most metropolis of rome is a very popular disintegration for russian tourists by its might if some past

sensational landmarks shopping climate. muscovites revel in the romantic charm of the city then again don't we all. go to a first location now we've arrived at the museum of roman civilization one of the largest of its kind in this imposing columns striking design it's an impressive building from the outside but it's the treasures inside the bring businesses from far and wide. in the main lobby of the museum is a photographic insufficient canvas just can see a variety of views of the russian capital the kremlin writes. where sellers skyscrapers the new terms of the christ say to be drilled but why must guard for the museum is displaying them within a possibly ground project called culture of the eastern european countries in rome . twenty eleven has seen its russia collaborating culturally with many italian displays all in russia and vice

versa as part of the big project this exhibition has been set up at the museum of roman civilization alongside many of the ancient artifacts and exhibits a whole range of contemporary russian art is displayed three responses to live and work in these how incompetent creating separate pieces especially for the exhibition. of expression and off the seat cushion. to promote the developing world of fashion comes from the office. that is where the concept of many concerts exhibitions another events highlighting russian culture have been organized in the town capitals to strengthen the ties between the two nations russian nature they have had numerous interconnections over the centuries both cultural and political and for me as an artist these ties are only two at parent the display was another edition the final part of the year of russian culture and russian language in italy two thousand and eleven so hundreds of russian cultural events conferences

exhibitions concerts performances staged all of it italy and vice versa in russia. many russian immigrants meet if you join the late nineteenth century onwards generations later still today has a thriving russian community many locals cherish the russian origin and to keep the heritage of colleagues alive families and ex-pats and the children to this russian speech school. our school was founded as a cultural association by parents who there are children to be able to study various subjects in russia. ulan live in the bronx. located on a quaint street in the city center half the sound of italian chit chats mixed with russian is fascinating at the same time he would you. tell me about this location where now i am going to cost for

a yes so this is the italian school of course. for every saturday the students can study a russian language and ukraine and that choice is up to schools and we have a lot of the elf we have to because this. is this collaboration between sri qantas like ukraine and to me it's an important. moving on and what other russian influences can be found it means how in capital. one of the most fashionable and exclusive b.-c. places in central rome is named after the famous russian composer and pianist of the twentieth century eagle sort of in. the sort of the city's luxurious hotel go to see it is a case to mingle with the jet sense the venue is famous for its healthy alcohol

free cocktails which can be enjoyed either the ball or in the mobile this private garden. with thousands of russians visiting the italian capital every week there are several toll companies and private guys offering excursions around the city in russian there are also special tools which provide information not only on rome's most popular landmarks but also helps with the list known facts and sites for example you can have a tour around so-called russian rhyme time into the sing a little and have a new era stores and one of them which is a very interesting year for a russian to east is it the russians. role we should mostly tell about tells about the russians who came here for almost seventeen send in the eighteenth nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century who were living here working here and mostly there were people there or later does a culture of the protestant cemetery in rome also known as symmetry of artists and

poets is considered by many to be one of the world's most beautiful and impressive in the world thousands have gone to their rest here and that all many russian to. regulations stated that the burial ground was reserved for the use of certain countries being tournaments of their citizens a protestant oral photogs faith which was later modified to non catholic citizens in general one of the most artistic gravestones at cemetery is the one of the team of the russian nineteenth century painter. there are also several collective russian national teams located here. there are a particularly large amount of russians buried in this area of the cemetery as you can see from the russian orthodox crosses here we have to remember that room in the eighteen hundreds was the place to visit if you were an artist of any kind so

the place was full of artists painters sculptors poets writers and it must have been a really stimulating place to come to. the year of russian israelis cultural exchange might a finish but many aspects of the year long event will last well into the future threat of developing the cultural relationship between the two countries. the opening of the center for russian science and culture for example dubbed the russian house it occupies one of the floors of the historic some to call cheap palace interiors of very good. at least to say the least. since office visit is of all nationalities a chance to improve their knowledge of russian culture history and traditions it also host language classes exhibitions concerts and meetings with writers directors

this library boasts of which collection of printed and these electronic books. various social events take place here each month and what a space it is just love these breathtaking interiors now as a focal point for the russian expat community here in rome it provides a great many working location as well as some are saying russian culture history i'm science too it's allianz and this is his of all ages. this is his wish to be able to make virtual tools of the russian museum exhibit is back in the push museum of fine arts in moscow. as a matter for the us right is also shopping mecca for russians and other nationalities moscow based specialists is in the credit cards assessing the growth continue stroll the streets in style and gaze at the remarkable sights joking aside running is a sensational city overloaded with everything any tourist would want known to many

as the eternal city the russian cultural union with rome with all this music i'm just exploring shows no sign of abating and that's a cultural influence on moscow and st petersburg who so appears to be its home. was an amazing city well unfortunately that's why this time 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 from the spanish steps here in the sense of right now. this is our time. to reclaim the american dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many we are one that won't we breathe the we hope. to me the american

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time for the r.t. headlines now moscow warns its un partners not to try and alter its draft resolution on syria russia wants an end to the bloody fighting and the start of peace talks but others appear to be just backing a regime change. british prime minister david cameron arrives in saudi arabia the u.k.'s largest arms market in the middle east even as the gulf kingdom continues its crackdown on protesters. members of the cause of allah radical self-determination movement promised to block good shipments from serbia. belgrade continues to compromise leaving local service in the disputed region under pressure

from the albanian majority. the us that warns iran's a supremely against attempts to block oil trade in the gulf threatening to respond with force if it further turns up the heat on terror on the head of a visit by a u.n. nuclear watchdog inspectors. time for the sports comes kate. hello welcome to the sports and these are the headlines staying put star striker samuel eto says he wants to end his career with russian prime elite club and. while the last gasp read new courage and lendl watches andy murray win as the big names in tennis completely i want to prevent the next week's australian open. teenage kicks russia take on canada an international ice hockey big rivalry as you know you'll

use the winter olympics get underway in austria. first of all and strike a sign a letter says he wants to end his career with russian premier league side angy the cameroon forward has been a big hit with the southern russian club since joining them last august on a three year contract the thirty year old has scored eight goals in eleven league games and is reportedly earning twenty million euros a year making him one of the world's highest paid players and apparently seven this in the league which is in the middle of its winter break however better says he remains committed to the club especially if they fulfil their ambition of achieving champions league football. who i think will end my playing career at a time she the quality of the football and the life i have that has been a real surprise i'm not that young now but even though i'm thirty because super eight to a very high level and john thirty five thirty six it depends on how much success we have and we return to european competition but if the project works the way our and the club would like it to then i'll finish my career. well meanwhile one man on the

way out of my cash color is the hungry winger has joined by moscow on a four year contract the twenty five year old failed to make an impact at angie after joining the club from dutch giants p.s.v. last june he only made eight appearances mainly from the bench however he's hoping for a new start. they never and will fly out to the clubs training camp in the u.a.e. on monday but meanwhile over in france big spending paris and you must have signs defender maxwell from wasilla on a three and a half year deal for a fee of around seven million euros the signing is new coach carlo enchiladas first with the italian immediately looking to strengthen his side's defense this new addition takes the french side spending to around ninety really this season on maxwell says he's delighted to join the police in club. is a premier the moment. the initial conversations i heard we were very. pleased to. be use g. fits perfectly with my career plans and my aim is to. do my due to strong for this

club. well elsewhere liveable captain steven geraghty sets to remain a one man club the thirty one year old england midfielder has signed a new long term deal with the club the details have not been disclosed but it's believed the new contract will see gerrard end his career at anfield big and start made his debut for the reds back in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight and he netted these one hundred forty fourth goal for the club on wednesday scoring the only goal in the polls one nowhere at manchester city in the first leg of the conning cup semifinal while our skipper robbie keane is raring to go for his new club aston villa as they prepare to host everton in the english premier league on saturday the thirty one year old striker joins from the los angeles galaxy on a two month loan to maintain his match fitness during the winter break in america he's aiming to get his name on the scoresheet for the twelfth club has varied career. kind of the meantime chelsea manager and david as well as insists he won't sell frank lot of college during the january transfer window this is

a three year old england midfielder has scored ten goals in twenty six games this season has been frustrated by either being substituted or coming off the bench in eleven of those matches manchester united were rumored to be interested but managers for alex ferguson has also dismissed this fan's favorite part has eighteen months left on his current contract meanwhile the fourth place blues have won. one of the last five games to overturn that title hopes in-form sunderland on saturday i think martino the right thing but it's one of the top managers in the in the game with a tremendous success. domestically and and in scotland of course. i think what is a significant difference is that team was so low in moderation self belief and managed to get themselves together to be dilly the door into a door of the results that is by as everybody. now at another moscow base k h l rookies left operad for one on thursday to get

a second in the western conference because i didn't get up off reports planned you know myself for two straight narrow losses on the road and were eager to rebound in front of their fans as they faced gay trails new boys now barbara however the slovak and side won both of their two previous encounters deny wasted their opportunities in the opening period while the visitors converted their only chance to take the lead so much magic with a fake move go stick buster defenseman and it was shorted to the net after a probable had drawing from my legs not oconee into well the blue and whites regain momentum and it took them four minutes to level matters constantin going to the course shot was blocked and they all come off wasted no time to send it into the net two minutes later and philip more work with the seismic slack shut down and gave the normal the lead to one after the middle period and the home side continued to buzz around their fancy zone enjoying their passing moves come out of here to

riverbank with a boss connected he's got a goal of the season with a ball for a shot and denominated one more to make it four one just thirty seconds later constantin woke up was weakest in the golmaal square mile just sent it back home for his down five points of the season and that's how it's been. for naught. we played solid hockey into p.b.s. and we needed this victory the playoffs start in a month and a half that's still a long way to go but we focus on every game and try to win it over we're not thinking about the playoffs at the moment that will be a different story because others are more we were on the road and it was our first match at home this year so we're supposed to start aggressively to take an early lead we feel but fortunately found their game in the second period and came from behind to grab a world deserved. and important three points and leapfrog that one to go third in the western conference well a. few stray defeat and are now ten points off a play of sport concerns about top of or. tennis and women's well number three

victoria azarenka has wrapped up her preparations for next week's australian open in style the better russian at last and french open champion li na six two one six six three to clinch the sydney international title while two unseated players will battle it out for the men's crown the most decider will feature yako name in an affinity and against frenchman julian beneteau and even in good taste spot in the final after beating fellow qualifier in the system went from a speck of stone within surviving a lengthy first set tie break to take it fourteen twelve down to seven the second set six three beneteau outlasted cypriots and form a fairly high profile as marcus thatis and i know that tight to set a six four six four was the way this one finished. well the big guns are warming up for the first grand slam of the year at an exhibition tournament in melbourne with world number eight marty fish setting up a final meeting with local up and come up by now to make america's number one

sealed his spots with an ace to beat austria's juergen meltzer six two four six six one in the rain interrupted match while world number four andy murray was watched by his new coach and eight time major winner yvonne lundell as the scot played argentina's david nalbandian in a known competitive match now brandy and did push mari hard at times that's the double australian open runner up was not to be taken lightly and toiled to win in straight sets six three seven six and right of coach lendl later said that mary is an absolute pleasure to work with. while for timeform is that a finalist andy roddick vented his anger by smashing his racket as the former while the one lost to inform the japanese case corey six three six three suffered a substantial blow to his warm up plans this friday night. and finally the first ever win to use the olympics are underway in his book rising stars from seventy

countries are taking part in the ten day global event with russia facing off against old rivals canada in friday's ice hockey open his events of course he reveals the one to watch in austria. extraordinary talent getting noticed in the youth ranks is nothing new across the sporting spectrum but now aspiring winter athletes have the chance to call themselves the limbic champions in the fourteen to eighteen year old age category sixty three sets of medals and fifty disciplines are up for grabs in innsbrook the start of the nine hundred sixty four and the nine hundred seventy six senior winter games russia have sent sixty seven athletes to be inaugural events with the figure skaters facing perhaps the largest amount of podium pressure three time domestic champion i believe assad may cover in junior world championships runner up your lizaveta to come we should. i have every reason to feel confident the games will be similar in structure and format to the sochi two thousand and fourteen olympics making for a perfect rehearsal for the russian duo but it's going to be much more than just

a competition for me myself and my team might. choose and to represent our country at the games it's a big responsibility and a new exciting experience at the same time that we will have a great chance to for what it's all about two years ahead of such a two thousand and fourteen what it feels like to even communicate with other athletes under the pressure and hopefully when. of course we expect some good results from our team at the games hopefully each of them to fulfil their potential despite the pressure which is always there. the russian youth hockey team also feeling the pressure facing off against arch rivals canada on that friday the thirteenth starting date the red machine celeb though have had plenty of practice time and the kids still supported m.h.l. youth hockey league these past few months while around one thousand young athletes in total will be vying to take baby steps in the quest to become the next legends of their sport and with the likes of lindsey vonn sidney crosby and benjamin rae

clicking on its ambassadors the opportunity to seize the day and the podium has never been greater. gorski archie.

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has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations today. moscow warns its u.n. partners not to try and alter its draw for a solution on syria russia wants an end to the bloody fighting on the start of peace talks but others appear to be pushing for regime change. british prime minister david cameron a arrives in saudi arabia the u.k.'s largest arms market in the middle east even as the gulf kingdom continues its crackdown on protests. and cause of all hardliners threatening to block good shipments from serbia this weekend as local serbs in the disputed region come under increasing pressure from the albanian majority. is cup a bird.