it's largest arms market in the middle east even as the gulf kingdom continues its ruthless crackdown on protests. because of our hardliners threaten to block the good shipment from serbia this weekend as local serbs in the disputed region come under increasing pressure from the albanian majority. also reporting that the us wants you to iran's supreme leader against attempts to block oil trade in the gulf threatening to respond with force if further it further turns up the heat on tehran ahead of a shuttle visit by u.n. nuclear watchdog inspectors. will be back with another summary of those new stories very short in about fifteen minutes from now meantime italian culture with a russian flavor as we travel to rome to explore the cultural connections you may never have noticed before this is a party. 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 kalyan connections will be meeting experts ex-pats will prove my theory russia is closer than you think. standing in front of the inventory on a moments you really get a sense of how grounds the italian capital is rich in history culture and style drawn to many cities around the world the bostitch 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 disinhibition for russian tourists by its might if some past sensational landmarks shopping climate. muscovites revel in the romantic charm of the city then again we all. face location now we've arrived at the museum of roman civilization one of the largest of its kind with this imposing columns striking design it's an impressive building from the outside but it's the treasures inside the brain this is from far right. in the main lobby of the museum is a photographic insufficient give us 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 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 and other bands highlighting russian culture have been organized in the 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 two at the 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 italy and vice versa in russia. many russian immigrants music if you join the late nineteenth century onwards generations later well you still today has a thriving russian community many locals cherish the russian origin and keep the heritage and values a life families and a scots and the children to this russian speaking school. our school was founded as a cultural association my parents their 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 kenya.

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 of russian language and ukraine and latin each other they have two schools here and we have a lot of the elfrida because this. is this collaboration between sri qantas like you. and me it's so important. moving on and what other western influences can be found in me telling capital. that. one of the most special and exclusive places in central rome is named after the famous russian composer and pianist of the twentieth century igor stravinsky the sort of the city's look serious hotel door to see is

a place to mingle with the jets sent the venue is famous for its healthy alcohol free cocktails which can be enjoyed either the ball or in the movie 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 help to explore the list known facts and cites for example you can have a tour around so-called russian prime 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 there were people there or lated 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 there are many russian to use. regulations stated that the burial ground was reserved for the use of certain countries being tournaments of their citizens a protestant rule for dogs 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 called rudolph. there also are 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 for the 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 culture palace interior is a very good. i mean to say the least in. the sense of his visitors of all nationalities a chance to improve their knowledge of russian culture history and traditions and

also host language classes exhibitions concerts and meetings with writings and directors this library boasts of which collection of printed and these electronic books. various social events take place here each month and i want to space it is just lovely and i love 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 immersing russian culture history and i'm science to its audience and this is of all ages. visitors will also be able to make virtual to it was of the russian museum in st petersburg in the push to museum of fine angst in moscow. as a magnet for the arts rose also shopping mecca for russians and other nationalities moscow based specialists is in the credit cards assessing legal continue to 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 six glory shows no sign of abating and that's a cultural influence on moscow and st petersburg also appears to be its home. was an amazing city well unfortunately that's the stuff we have left on this week's program i'll see you again at the same time next week and tell them for me and the rest of the crew from us by the steps here in the sense of right now. this is our time. to reclaim the american dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth

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free. free. free. willed free broadcast quality video for your media project a free media. dot com. top stories this hour and our chief treasure the aaa credit rating is on course for a possible downgrade for the first time ever threatening to unravel the relative economic stability recently established by leaders. moscow wants its u.n. partners not to try to alter its draft resolution on syria russia wants an end to the bloody fighting and the start of peace talks but others are backing regime change. british prime minister david cameron arrives in saudi arabia the u.k.'s largest market in the middle east even as the gulf kingdom continues its ruthless crackdown on protests. and hardliners threaten to block

a good shipment from serbia this weekend the local serbs in the disputed region come under increasing pressure from the albanian majority more no stories and fifteen minutes from now in the meantime sports news next with kate. thank you for joining me for the friday sports roundup this is what's coming up staying put star striker samuel eto says he wants to end his career with russian premier and she while frankly speaking chelsea manager and radio show as dismisses talk is set to sell in the midfielder frank lampard during the january transfer window and in the last gasp prep a new coach began lendl watches andy murray win as the big names in tennis complete their warm up events next week's australian open but first of all a striker samuel eto says he'd like to see out his career with russian premier league side and she the cameroon forward has been

a big hit with the southern russian troops of joining the last august on the three year contract the surge here also 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 currently seventh in the league which is in the middle of its winter break however he says he remains committed to the dagestan outfit especially if they fulfil their ambition of the changing champions league football. i think all in my playing career at times the quality of the football and the life i have that has been a real surprise i'm not that young but even though i'm thirty i could sue play 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 i and the club would like it to then i'll finish my career. well in the meantime one man on the way out of my house gallery is balance usually the hungary winger has joined by moscow on a four year contract but only five year old failed to make an impact on injury

after joining from dutch giants b.s.p. last june he only made eight appearances mainly from the bench however he is hoping for a new started another war fly out to the club's training camp in the u.a.e. on monday for me while over in. france big spending paris and you learn have signed to defend a maxwell from barcelona they threw in the half year deal for favre out of seven million euros the signing his new coach carlos mencia lottie's first to the italian immediately looking to strengthen his side's defense this new addition takes the french side spending to around ninety million euros this season while maxwell says he is delighted to join the caribbean club. this is a premier moment motivated by the initial conversations i had with a very sincere man and i'm pleased to meet piers g. fits perfectly with my career path and my aim is to always depend on july did to sign for this club. while over in england liverpool captain steven gerrard is set to remain a one club man 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 and his career return field think of starvation his debut for the reds back in one nine hundred ninety eight and yet it is one hundred forty fourth goal for the club on wednesday scoring the only goal in liverpool's one there when it manchester city in the first leg of the carling cup semifinal well meanwhile chelsea manager of the us insists he won't sell frank lampard generate transfer window the thirty three year old england midfielder has scored ten goals in twenty six games this season but is either been substituted or come off the bench in eleven of those ninety two were removed to be interested but manager sir alex ferguson has also dismissed this meanwhile the fourth place blues have won one of their last five league games martin o'neill's in form sunderland on saturday. i think martino the right one of the top managers in the in the game with tremendous success. domestically in. scotland of course.

i think. there is a significant difference is that team was a motivation and self belief and managed to get themselves together to be dilly the two into into all results that by. is everybody well in the meantime chelsea have failed to sign defender gary cahill from bolton in time for that match with sunderland which is one of seven taking place in england on saturday elsewhere on loan robbie keane could make his aston villa bad injury hit everton you could handle davie to new signing darron gibson elsewhere rock bottom blackburn take on full and gerald will lead a little more as they welcome daddy stoke manchester united on the back of two straight defeats take on third bottom neighbors bolton and west brom with just two or wins so far place and then form top known who are now just three points of top spot so struggling. and is now a 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 leonor of china six two one six six three to clinch the sydney

international title while to undeceive it players will battle it out for the men's crown don't go nieminen of finland will take on french when julian beneteau in the sydney decider well even in his spot in the final after beating fellow qualifier the stolen from still on the finn surviving a lengthy first time break to take it to the team twelve went on to serve out the second set six three while better so at last it's cypriot who must really in a higher market that is in another tight to set a six four six four with the way this one finished. while the big guns are warming up for the first grand slam of the year it's an exhibition tormenting melbourne with world number eight mardy fish setting up a final meeting with local up and come up with a nod to make america's number one seal to spot with an ace to beat austria zero good meltzer six two four six six one in your brain interrupted match while world number four andy murray was watched by his new coach and eight time major winner

yvonne lendl as the scot played argentina's david nalbandian in a not a competitive match now abandon did push murray hard at times but the double australian open what interrupt was not to be taken lightly and toils to win in straight sets six three seven six and delighted coach lendl later said that mary is an absolute pleasure to work late. while for timeform of the seventy finalists andy roddick vented his anger by smashing his record as the former while the board lost to inform japanese corey six three six three to suffer a substantial blow to his warm up plans to take the end of the park. moving on to motor sport and for one driver spin on the alonso and philippe must say all the ingredients are in place to help their team ferrari to drastically improve in the forthcoming new season do spoke at the annual media ski rating that brings together for motor g.p. cassy so motorcycle great valentino rossi and teammates nicky hayden were also on

hand at the mansion retreat of madonna who can't deal in northern italy while the ferrari duo said they have 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 mclaren miss avies last year. has been working. more effective. if you swim away in the last couple of months or. i think the resources we have to come should come immediately i don't think that we need any time the important thing is to steal back and. on the winning there actually you know i want to ring races i want to. to be. perfect from living age again of the season. has moved on to ice hockey now and i must tell rookies left operad for one on thursday to go second in the western conference. enormous suffered 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 inside one bush of their two previous encounters in our wasted their opportunities in the opening period while the visitors converted their only chance to take the lead the much magic with a fake move ghosted busted defenseman and was shorted to the net after a probable had drained 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 walked and they all come off wasted no time to send it into the net two minutes later and philip mark with the seismic slack shut down and gave do now more than lead to one after the middle period and the homesite continued to buzz around the offensive zone enjoying their passing moves come out of here. with a boss who netted his daughter goal of the season with a powerful wrist shot and denominated one more to make it four one just thirty

seconds later constantin woke up was weakest in the golmaal square mile to send that back home to his down for into the season and that's how it's been issued. for now but we played solid hockey into p.b.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 with others or we were on the road and it was our first match of honduras year so we're supposed to start aggressively and take an early lead we failed but fortunately founder of game in the second period and came from behind to grab a well deserved when the namur earned an important three points in. leapfrogged don't want to go third in the western conference while no poor breaks off for the feast story defeat and are now ten points off a play of sporting concerns about both or cheat. and finally former n.b.a. star might have retired from basketball last year but still remains

a towering figure in the cultural life of his native china and now in one of its special causes in his latest public outing the tourist n.b.a. player of his generation to regis and twenty nine centimeters attended the ceremony to release a six pack of the breading captivity into the wild the hours helping to throw more light on the endangered species who are regarded as china's national treasure rather like the man himself and the former houston rockets center was overwhelmed by his task. over. because there were calls like that over for the u.k. lot of sleep they're moving over. and that's where the sport is friday bison. culture is that so much and i do think you should be sitting on the market in syria there are regions of defiance of violence continues to intensify and spread the

assad regime says it is a victim of conspiracy. it's

easy to. believe. it's not about spilling blood. just the war of the barricades from one side and fears blockade from the other. invisible border has cut people from the land for twelve year. the conflict that divided serbia into two hostile parts is still not over.

the. 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 drop me for more details in a few moments. also british prime minister david cameron arrives in saudi arabia the u.k.'s largest market in the middle east even as the gulf kingdom continues its ruthless crackdown on the protests a lot of reaction on that very shortly here on r.t. . plus syrian government forces supported by tanks have reported to be got a military operation against the rebels close to the border with eleven other top stories this hour.