fears of a violent arab spring style revolt to all the big concerns the country could shut down its oil exports which are vital. next on our team are today hundreds delves into russian culture in rome. 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 and 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 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 ought to seek 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 don't we all. face location now me for arrives at the museum of roman civilization one of the largest sits behind this imposing columns the striking design it's an impressive

building from the outside but it's the treasures inside the brain businesses from far right. 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 displayed then 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 for 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 the r.c.c.

question the artists are keen to promote the developing world of christian construct the odds. that it would leave 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 parents who 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

a heritage and values a life families in its past and the children of this russian speaking school. our school was founded as a cultural association my 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 q could 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 let me try to take it up to schools and we have a lot of elfrida because this. is this collaboration

between three contests like ukraine in the us and in dili it's an important. moving on and what other russian influences can be found in the italian 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 ski the sort of the city's luxurious hotel door to see is a place to mingle with the jet sent the venue is famous for its healthy alcohol free cocktails which can be enjoyed either 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 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 cigarette in the hole and have a new at our stores and one of them which is a very interesting year for our 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 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 rule for the space which was later modified to non catholic citizens in general one of the most artistic gravestones and so much rick 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 official 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 sides and culture for example dubbed the russian house it occupies one of the floors of the historic some to call cheap palace conspiracy of very good. at least to say the least. the central 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 electronic books. various social events take place here each month i want to 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 it's amazing russian culture history and science to italians and this is his of all ages. this is his wish to 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 base specialises in the credit cards assessing a broken tail stroll the streets in style and gazing 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 secluded 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 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 the crew from the spanish steps here in the sense of right now.

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hello welcome to this court and here are the headlines. paul scholes opens on a fairytale lead return as manchester united beat bolton three nil joint top of the english premier league top needs all with wolves. while planks. hitting rules out of russia for the film i now have consultancy role responding club. you'll mogs former champion maria sharapova prepared to do top of your story that the title and the world's top ranking in melbourne. india get underway next week. first a football where paul scholes has made a dream league return from retirement scoring the open as manchester united won three nil a time to studying bolton to go level on points with manchester city at the top of

the english premier league wayne rooney had a first tall penalty safe but thirty seven year old scholes popped up to score on the stroke of half time and great efforts from danny welbeck michael carrick secured united's victory level on points with leaders manchester city however third place tottenham missed the chance to join them in college to a one want to draw with wolves else well next to the equaliser that is everton three one wanted to aston villa ten but moved out of the relegation zone after beating for them three wanted despite any penny uku seeing the twenty three minutes francom possibly strike a chelsea one though victory over sunderland and steve morrison grabbed the late we're not as norwich she won the west brom. staying with football and russia's former national coach crusading has turned down the job of technical director at mega rich russian premier league. the dutchman was quoted as saying that the angy offer contradicted his football philosophy. the sixty five year old wanted to both

scout the new stars and foster home grown talent but was denied access to the club's used team getting led russia to the semifinals of euro two thousand and eight but fails to steer the country to the world cup finals two years later and since resigned as head coach of techie. tennis now and with the first grand slam of the season the australian open just two days away from starting in melbourne former champion reassure up a very hoping to repeat of two thousand and eight success and she spearheads a strong russian contingent the twenty four year old is seeded fourth and will play argentina just tell adults in her right that sharapova is also in line to play combat troops that are in the business so that in the fourth round and there was one all over in the quarter finals over fourteen russians are in the women's draw trafford it says the australian open is the perfect place to gauge your own form and that of your parents. and this is the start of the year for us we're coming off a little bit of. training on the day so maybe we feel we needed to improve just

gonna give this time to settle down and get away from. the tour life for a little bit and this is just one of the fans and i think it's not just for you or anyone remember for me to. see how one comes out of the where they are and how they're playing and where their level was welsher up with will be facing tough competition in the guise of defending champion kim clijsters and five time when this arena williams own side injury scares during their warm up events top recovered in time for the big tournament serino is pretty against austria's time in a passion in the first round while the twenty eight year old mother does who is set to retire for a second time later this year will kickstart title defense against portuguese qualifier. but has played down the chances of a second straight trophy. so you automatically get that positive fine. again but

obviously doesn't mean that it will go easy and smooth. the next year so. you know i mean i did the was over as well just take one match at a time just make sure that i keep having my same routines and just try to be in the best shape that i can be every day and. see how it goes. well over on the men's side at the world number one novak djokovic will also be getting to retain his crown in a storm against italian palace frenzy in the opening round he could also face andy roddick in the fourth and inform david ferrer in the last eight. inch of his third title. which has yet to play a match on the a.t.p. tour this year and there's the brilliance of last season is going to be a tough act to follow. two thousand and eleven has been the best year so far in my career and. it's going to be very difficult to repeat what i've done. but look i've done it once why not twice you know why why not staying optimistic

and positive about the whole season you know it's a start obviously. thinking too far away from australia. focus is directed to this tournament and i want to start of the year well. well mark edmonson was the last astray and to win his home runs i'm backing nine hundred seventy six that's the local crowd does have a homegrown player to pin their hopes on nineteen year old bernard tomic enters his fourth astray and i've been on the back of his maiden professional in the youngster took on america's top model mardy fish the final of an exhibition tournament in melbourne and the forehand down the line saw time to take a back and forth match six four three six seven five a time a boost for the teenager and his grand slam campaign against the need for an undervote asco. boxing now. is taking nothing for granted as he prepares to defend his. w.b.c.

heavyweight crowd against erik to soar in munich next month but i was a late replacement for his bye bye birdie mia is due to practice or however younger klitschko have stewpot last year to an injury older brother vitali who has a career record of forty three wins and just two losses all start as the strong favorites to defend his w.b.c. belt however dr iron fist is not complacent and says the london that has the potential to cause an upset. with us for a year in 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 weak opponents as it will be not interesting for the audience futures or a push to robert hill a news hard in his last bout so he's a serious challenger he's definitely a threat and we'll see what happens on february the eighteenth that's more now that stay in the ring where dinar momo sky white washed tires it is the bangkok elephants five nil in the world series of boxing here in moscow on friday night in

a tournament where i was a boxers fight bottles of professionals as robert thought i am explains. this is so for the only arena where olympic and professional boxing come together the world series of books inc is a league where amateurs fight like draws no vests or headgear and no intention to score just points but destro real punches deferred and it's also the only completion where punching like draws doesn't bend fire is from amateur olympic boxing they stand around the only russian club in the league in a moscow faced opponents from thailand the bangkok elephants the first up in the action the bantam weights here is the number kept on it to arthur absalom of taking on some suggest from. the russian twenty ten year p. and jumpin prove his class in style though for this weight under fifty four

kilograms and not down never mind and knockout is quite rare absalom of claiming a unanimous decision victory after a full five rounds of fighting. in the fear from he was just running from me he kept fighting. before that i would have definitely knocked him out but i am a counter-puncher so when he started avoiding the fight he just turned into a walk in the park for me was the clash of the light weights so the same outcome although the numbers was against a fight and i was closer to dropping his opponent meanwhile the elephants failed to off with choir in middleweight and lost parents where in the light heavyweight belt was this how did i want to go for an elite head of the most high kitching clash of the night the battle of the head awaits which produced a long specter no celtic it that he could do hope was

a real window functions and fall when the rain blazing through alphonse our goal. and then you give the number moscow st five neal when it was knowledge and i just put 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 with my ultimate goal is to become the world heavyweight boxing champion and i believe i will soon have what it takes. 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 the two champions mentality. martine moscow. and finally the organizers of russia's first ever winter olympics have promised to impress the world by pulling off a record torch relay ahead of the saatchi games in twenty fourteen dimitry china shanker who is the president of the games organizing committee took part in the

flame relay for the inaugural u.s. winter olympics that got underway in austria on friday the official seemed happy with his prestigious task i would like to say that he has to share the olympic spirit in the run up to the senior games which will take place as the black sea resort in two years' time. will be the longest ever in terms of the duration of one two three one hundred twenty three the. relay which will cover of the territory of the biggest three in the walt all the time zones and we will cover the ninety five per cent of this biggest territory and the distance will be bigger than a quarter of the year more than forty five thousand kilometers but we will give the unique opportunity for all the people of russia to be in. that sort of bison.

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