continues its crackdown on protesters. members of the radical self-determination movement promised to block good shipment from serbia that's as belgrade continues to compromise leaving local serbs in the disputed region under the pressure from the. majority. and also in top stories the u.s. is warning that iran supremely there against attempts to block oil trade in the gulf threatening to respond with force further it further turns up ahead of a visit by u.n. nuclear watchdog inspectors. so those are our main stories we're following for you at the moment here in r.t. i have more on those a little later in the meantime italian culture with a russian flavor for you as we travel to rome to explore the cultural connections you may have never noticed before this is.

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 in rome is no exception so in this week's program we'll be exploring a various russian it's early and connections will be meeting experts ex-pats will prove my theory russia is closer than you think. standing in front of the ylva to be on a monument so 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 beausejour history intense music scene artistic treasures and all round appeal london athens moscow the russian

capital is often called the third 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 with this imposing columns the striking design it's an impressive building from the outside but it's the trenches inside the brain businesses from far why it's. 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 most cared for

the museum is displaying them within a possible ground project called culture of eastern european countries in rome. twenty eleven has seen its early al-rashid 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 created separate pieces especially for the exhibition . of expression and off to see the show. to promote the developing world of russian content the odds. that is where the concept of many concerts exhibitions and other bands highlighting russian culture have been organized in the italian capital to strengthen the ties between the two nations russia nurture they have had

numerous interconnections over the centuries both cultural and political and for me as an artist these ties are only to happy parents the display was another addition to 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 a bit silly 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 keep the heritage and values alive families and scots and the children to this russian speech school. our school was founded as a cultural association by parents children to be able to study various subjects in russia. ulan live in the bronx. located on

a quaint street in the city center the sound of italian chit chats mixed with russian is fascinating at the same time can't you. tell me about this location where now and 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 ukrainian and latin try to get up to schools and we have a lot of the elfrida because this. is this collaboration between three contests like ukraine and into me it's an important. moving on and what other western influences can be found in the italian capital.

one of the most special 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 ski the stravinsky bar at the city's luxurious hotel door to see it is a case to mingle with the jet sent the venue is famous for its healthy alcohol free cocktails this can be enjoyed either at the bar or in the movie this private garden . with thousands of russians visiting the italian capital every week there are several toll companies and private guards 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 help to explore the least 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 at our 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 cent in the eighteenth nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century who were living here working here and mostly they were people there are related to the 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 i met a 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 tomb 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 rome 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 have finished but many aspects of the year long event will last well into the future further developing the cultural relationship between the two countries. helping 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 can tear is a very good. to say the least. since

office visitors 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 a rich collection of printed and electronic books. various social events take place here each month and what a space it is just love to have these breathtaking interiors now as a focal point for the russian expat community here in rome it provides a great networking location as well as some are saying russian culture history and science to italian and this is of all ages. this is when they should be able to make virtual tools of the russian museum in st petersburg in the push to 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 shopping a side road 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 musical to stick lurie 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 center aisle brian todd by now .

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a pale gray continues to compromise leaving locals in the disputed region under pressure from the albanian majority. of us want to run supreme leader against attempts to block all trade and girlfriend interests with force it further turns up the heat on tehran ahead of a shuttle visit by you when you clearly don't expect. born those stories in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime the latest with kate. thank you for joining me and here are the latest sports headlines. staying put starstruck aside military says he wants to end his career as backing premier league clubs a machine. to outlaw guns and new culture even little waters and do very well as the big names in tennis complete their warm up event next week so you know

. i'm back to the job that i was here and then two game losing streak ten second western conference in the k h l. the first a football striker samuel eto says he wants to end his career with russian premier league side angie the current forward has been a big hit with the southern russian club since joining them last august mr weir contract the thirty year old has scored eight goals in eleven me games and is reportedly earning twenty million euros a year making him one of the world's highest paid players a career in sevens in the league which is a middle of the twenty break however at least as he remains committed to the club especially if they fulfil their ambition of achieving champions league football. i think i'll 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 i could sue play to a very high level and jump 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 i and

the club would like it to then i'll finish my career. but meanwhile one man on the way out of my castle our. country wing has joined now and lost out on the four year contract the twenty five year old failed to make an impact on gionta joining the dutch times because. he only made eight appearances made him from the bench however they started for he started out on the fly out of the club's training camp in the us. on monday well meanwhile over in france big spending paris and your man have signed defender maxwell from barcelona on a string a half year deal for a fee of around seven million euros the signing is the coach carlo and chill out his first if you tally and immediately looking to strengthen his side's defense this new edition takes the french side spending to around ninety billion euros this season while much more says he's delighted to join the caribbean club. is a real moment i'm motivated by the initial conversations i had with barry's and

jermaine and i'm pleased to. be is g. fits perfectly with my career path and my aim is to always depends i'm delighted to sign for this club. well elsewhere liverpool captain steven geraghty sets to remain a one top man in 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 new contract to see if you're out end his career return the england star made his debut for the reds back in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight and he met it is one hundred forty fourth goal for the club on wednesday it's going to be only going to propose one they'll win at manchester city in the first leg of the carling cup semifinal but in the meantime chelsea manager under first insists he won't sell frank lampard during the january transfer window the thirty three year old england midfielder has scored ten goals in twenty six games this season but 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 as eighteen months left on his

current contract for me while the fourth place these have won one of the last five games to overturn the title hopes and host martin o'neill's in for sunderland on saturday. i think martin you know the right thing but it's one of the top managers in in the game with tremendous success. domestically and in scotland of course. i think what what is a significant difference is that a team was all in what division self belief or managed to get themselves together to be the lead the two into and to want to run the results that inspires everybody . till i snuck in now at and i must tell rookies let up that four want to stay to get a second in the western conference but apple for faults. deny my son 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. however the slow back and side won both of their two

previous encounters in our ways to damper two majors in the opening period while the visitors converted their only chance to take the lead almost magic with a fake move ghosted busted defenseman and was shorted to the net after a probable had drained from my legs not all can the entire well the blue and whites regain momentum and it took them four minutes to level matters constantin going to cost short was walked and they all come off wasted no time to send it into the net two minutes later and felipe mark with a seismic slap shot down and gave denominator only two one after the middle period and the home site continued to buzz around defensive zone enjoying their passing moves amount of heat you are banking on with a boss who netted his thought goal of the season with a ball forest shot and denominated one more to make it four one just thirty seconds later constantin woke up was weakest in the golmaal square hole to send that back

home to his down for into the season and that's how it's been issued. for never we played solid hockey into p.d.'s and we needed this victory the playoffs start in a month and a half it's still a long way to go we focus on every game and try to win it but we're not thinking about the playoffs at the moment that will be a different story than the others or we were on the road and it was our first match at home this year so we're supposed to start aggressively and take an early lead we failed but fortunately found her game in the second period and came from behind to grab a well deserved when the namur earned an important three points and leapfrog a death warrant to go third in the western conference while no poor brit suffered the. a few stray defeat and i now turn point over boy of sport. or. tennis now and women's world number three victoria azarenka has wrapped up her preparations for next week's australian open in some style the russian outlasted french open champion lean out of china six two one six six three to finish the

sydney international title want to undeceive players will battle it out for the men's crown was this i don't all feature jaco nieminen of finland against frenchman julien benneteau and even then booked his spot in the final after beating fellow qualifier denise stemming from his back a star on the finn surviving a lengthy first set tie break it to take it fourteen twelve and went to serve out the second set six three while then so at last it cypriot and former australian open final is marcos baghdatis in another tight to set a six four six four with the way this one finished. while the big guns are holding up for the first grand slam of the year at an exhibition tournament in melbourne with wall number eight marty fish setting up a final meeting with local up and comer then on turmeric america's number one sealed his spot with an ace to beat austria's yogen meltzer six two four six six one in the rain interrupted now. meanwhile world number four and the worry was

watched by his new coach and a time major winner yvonne lendl as the scot played argentina's david nalbandian in a noncompetitive match now bandra did push murray hard at times but the double australian open runner up was not to be taken lightly and toiled to win in straight sets six three seven six and the right approach and then the letter said that mary is an absolute pleasure to work. fourteen former seven finalist andy roddick vented his anger by smashing his racket as the former world number one lost to inform japanese keynsham corey six three six three seven a substantial blow to his war crimes and it seems to me instead now one part. basketball now and in the n.b.a. the atlanta hawks ease past the charlotte b'sobcats by thirty points to inflict a fist straight defeat on the visitors the hawks came into this encounter without all star send out but he was hardly missed as the home side began to take control

following a tight first quarter jeff teague giving atlanta a double digit lead in the second. and there was to be no let up for the bobcats as josh smith came to the fore the power forward condition all this week with another three pointer and he would go on to finish with a double double its thirteen points and thirteen we. didn't ease off down the stretch and eventually cruised to a one hundred eleven points to eighty one with the home shot of a night's defeat in the last ten matches. while four way stop yelling at my dad retired from the sport last year but still remains a towering figure in the cultural life of his native china and his latest public outing the tourist n.b.a. player of his generation at two meters and twenty nine centimeters attended a ceremony to release the six pounders who were bred in captivity into the wild yeah is seeking to throw more light onto the endangered species who are regarded as

china's national treasure rather like the man himself. it will come out. funny to me just boughten formula one drivers fernando alonso and philippe massa say all the ingredients are in place to help their team ferrari to drastically improve in the forthcoming new season the two spoke at the annual media ski meeting brings together harare devoted to pizza and you can see so motorcycle great valentino rossi and his teammates nicky hayden were also on hand not in retreat of the goal of the company in northern italy but the ferrari geo said they had high hopes for the upcoming season which begins in just over two months time after f one's most decorated team finished behind red bull and miss avies last year. team has been working my think a more effective more efficient way in the last couple of months so. i think the resources we have to come in this should come immediately i don't think that we need any time the important thing is to be back. in the winning direction

you know i want to win races i want to. be. perfect from the beginning to the end of the season. and that's all support this bill isn't bison. culture is that so much of an elite musician. market in syria there are regions of defiance of violence continues to intensify and spread beside regimes says he's a victim of conspiracy.

top official sources say s. and p. is set to downgrade france's credit rating by one notch it may well lose its prize aaa join me for more details in a few moments. also this hour british pm david cameron arrives in saudi arabia u.k.'s largest arms market in the middle east even as the gulf kingdom continues its ruthless crackdown on protests in. moscow wanted to try and alter its draft resolution on syria from the two men to be bloody fighting in the start of peace talks but all those are pushing for regime change but top stories this hour.