barring signs that radical islam is gaining traction in the country. and america's efforts in afghanistan we can assess the cia report and scratch the situation as it stands may turn the option of governance undermining previous into an optimism a decade long. it's hard in the culture with a russian flavor as we travel to rome to explore the cultural connections between the two nations. 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 over to the on a moment you would 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 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 and climate. muscovites revel in the romantic charm of the city then again don't we all.

go to a special occasion now we've arrived at the museum of roman civilization one of the largest it's kind with this imposing columns striking design it's an impressive building from the outside but it's the treasures inside the brain businesses from far why it's. in the main lobby of the museum is a photographic insufficient he has just can see a variety of views of the russian capital the kremlin writes. where sellers skyscrapers the and in terms of the christ the city could be drilled but why must guard the museums displaying them within a possibly ground project called art and culture of eastern european countries in rome. twenty eleven has seen its only 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 creating separate pieces especially for the exhibition. of expression and off the seat cushion. to promote the developing world of russian 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 to have a parent 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.

because 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 a life families and a scots and the children of this russian speaking school. our school was founded as a cultural association by parents or children to be able to study various subjects in russia. you 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 of russian language and ukrainian and latin try to

get up to schools here and we have a lot of yell for you to because this. is this collaboration between three contests like you. and me it's an important. moving on and what other western influences can be found in me telling capital. one of them especially about an 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 if it is a case to mingle with the jets sent the venue is famous for its healthy alcohol free cocktails which can be enjoyed i've at the bar 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 help to explore the least known facts and sites for example you can have a tour around so-called russian prime time into the signet in old and have a new era of 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 sent in one thousand one thousand 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. regulations stated that the burial

ground was reserved for the use of certain countries being tenants 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 hope. 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 a finish 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. at least 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 look at 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 rising russian culture history and science to italian and this is of all ages. visitors will also be able to make virtual tools of the russian museum exhibit is back 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 critical it's assessing they will 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 and sell them for me and the rest of the crew from the spanish steps here in the sense of right now. if they shoot something inappropriate for public they can easily be shot by a sex slave as she's a war ok. i wish she would have never happened but it has happened. in a war a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary what destroys their own safety all foreign nationals

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a stalemate option and governance undermining previous pentagon optimism. all the sports news now with richard. hello and welcome to school today great to have you with us as always for headlines . top of a tall big day english premier league action where women's united all told the hall to. join the table. russia's youth olympic hockey team get that's the perfect start for when it's all try this canada. ready to rumble of atomic each dog continues his preparations his fight to get it just sorta makes long. football and tom hotspur could go level on points with

munched a city at the top of the english premier league table if they manage to claim all three points home to struggling wolverhampton wanderers on saturday i read mom's side of the run of form of lates that win and also wants an eighteen games and they hope to welcome back scott parker into the midfield as being the international has missed his side's last three games of a needed three meanwhile wolves find themselves just two spots on for relegation zone although the odds of winning any competition in over a month. more munched united also have a chance to go joint top and they managed to beat bolton wanderers of old trafford however sonic's purgason sidearms in the best of form losing the last two premier league encounters paul scholes is once again in the united squad and could make his first premier league appearance since retiring at the end of last season however there are diamond so the defenders chris smalling and phil jones both rio ferdinand

is set to return. what chelsea are in action against sunderland at coach on the a.b.'s more us state of the club won't be selling frank. gary cahill is set to undergo a medical as a low. you will be joining the longer this from bolton blues are currently in fourth place in the table but are eleven points behind the current leaders manchester city so in desperate need of all three points. elsewhere on loan robbie keane could make his aston villa bow. post an injury to his efforts inside google's one hundred debut to new signing darron gibson elsewhere robotham blank take on full i'm fresh from signing a new deal steven gerrard he'll lay down a little paul as bay welcome stove time west brom with just two wins at home so far they ignore age of nine from the table. and staying with football and real madrid head coach was a merino says he won't be making any changes to his squad during the transfer

window aside from the spanish capital company have a five point lead over onto one of those barcelona at the top of the league and they could extend the bandage to aids all for at least twenty four hours if they managed to beat my old car on saturday has been much speculation about car car may leave reale during the transfer window however marino says the brazilian is going nowhere. or was musicals nothing is going to change we're going to have the same clearance from the first day to the last day of the season is who we wanted and it's who we continue to want the transfer window will be open for two more weeks we're not interested in buying or selling anyone. little mr winters young hockey players have a day to remember the first ever day of the youth winter olympics which are being held in innsbruck the red machine beating arch rivals canada by four goals to free trade early on but it was the russians who moved into a two one lead in period alexander. and if you go it's because of getting the

goals it's made of three one because my team loves it if scored early in the second it was four two going into the final period kind of set up a grandstand finish of a pool of gold bank however russia held on to secure for big tree in their bitter rivals. room for boxing and atomically is continuing his preparations to defend his w.b.c. heavyweight crown against david you saw him next month italy was a late replacement for his brother. was judah point just saw however the younger brother had to pull out due to injury that ali who has a career record of forty three wins in just two losses will start as a strong favorite to defend his dominance belts however dull to investors taking nothing for granted stating the longer that has the potential to cause an upset. it's a sport and this sport you know i don't want to underestimate his or he's

a very serious rival and i have no right to be looking to fight week opponents as it will be not interesting for the audience which is or a push to robert hill a news hard in his last bout so he's a serious challenger is definitely a threat and we'll see what happens on february the eighteenth that's there and staying in the ring where the world series of boxing's events saw that on the moscow whitewash for visitors from thailand five to nothing but one was held in the russian capital on friday nights with a sportsman fighting by the rules of professional boxing what about them young explains. this is so for the only arena where olympic and professional boxing come together the world series of boxing is a league where amateurs fight like draws no vests or headgear and no intention to score just points but to throw real punches to hurt and it's also the only can

petition where bunching like draws doesn't bend fire is from amateur olympic boxing the stem around the only russian club in the league the number must still faced opponents from thailand the bangkok elephants the first up an action the bantam weights here is do number captain we do our jobs a limb of taking on demand some suggest brawn. the russian twenty ten year ban proved his class in style though for this weight under fifty four kilograms and no down never mind and knockout is quite rare. absolutely muffed claiming a unanimous decision victory after a full five rounds of fighting. in the field from he was just running for me if he had kept fighting as he did before that i would have definitely knocked him out but i am a counter-puncher so when he started avoiding the fight it just turned into a walk in the park for me. was the clash of the light weights so the same outcome

although. the finance was closer to dropping his opponent meanwhile the elephants failed to choir the middleweight and lost prince where in the light heavyweight bell was this how did i want to go for an elite head of the most by getting pleasure of the night the battle of the hill weights which produced a long expected no kill. it that he could do hope was a real window bunches and fall when the rain blazing through the alfonso not only on the nukes to give deny moscow and st five nil win but it was. my personal purposes to gain experience and get the feeling of what professional boxing is really like this league is a perfect fit in that respect my ultimate goal is to become the world heavyweight boxing champion and i believe i will soon have what it takes amateur boxing is just

a step on the way to the summit the real deal of boxing. well self confidence has always been an essential part of a true champion spinto think. about third in your own party most killed. and offending n.b.a. champions the dallas mavericks suspended their winning streak to four games with an easy one hundred two points to seventy six victory against the walking box vince caught sight of a ball rolling for the mavericks just fine drive to the basket as dallas took control of the on. during the biscayne had a quiet night by his standards. however the german still had time to not shop is twenty four thousand points in the n.b.a. . all seasons m.v.p. it's rested for the entire fourth quarter century dallas has dominance over the box however novitsky still. charge just how little he can be from downtown. mavericks went into the point of water with an impressive twenty point lead with victory

assured dallas turned on the style dime a strange. freaky finish but break away the heavy defeat of the bucs are still looking for the first win on the road this season. will swear at me and be a kobe bryant it affords you third straight games bill akers age but hell is ninety seven to ninety two philadelphia they were easy win is over washington denver have lost that heats cautious and some of the most gold finishing the game with twelve points eight rebounds and three blocked shots don williams weighed in but if five points and fourteen assists for the nets three out of the songs one hundred ten one hundred three derrick rose scored twenty five points helping the ball will stop in eight seventy nine one of the boston celtics also wins for indiana detroit minnesota houston and the san antonio friday night. well despite finishing in

seventh place on stage twelve france and stuff on page one hundred sol still leads but dakar rally with just two stages to go it was a good day for russia. as well he managed to cross the line in second place but still remains in fifth overall stages won by robby gordon who was actually disqualified from the race on wednesday engineer with their liberties found in his car are they still allowed to compete till this appeal has been stefan but the handles nearest rival one almost didn't capitalize on the french winslow you finish . just for. minutes ahead of time dakar rally champion at the one saw has a twenty minute lead going stage. program today it's more small coming up a little later and stay change what's even weather's coming up next and carol be here with all the latest news.

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