for me as one their president now protest against corruption and low wages turned with hundreds of arrested dozens injured in clashes with police. so the top stories up next stay with us. hello and welcome to the persian today the moscow team are in italy as we continue our exploration of russian culture abroad music from tar koskie or condone ski racing creativity has been studied and celebrated for centuries around the world to joey martyrdom roots as we take a look at russian influence and connections one of the most beautiful historic and

romantic cities in the world florence. christians have been fascinated with italian culture for centuries florence is often compared to st petersburg. with its architecture and classical entertainment see consisting of art music and literature it's easy to draw comparisons to the cultural grand jury of russia's former capital . moved around the major cities in italy today and you definitely hear the chit chat with excited russian tourists they devour the social scene here and they're exploring what it has to offer now more than ever before they just get to that part of the world i feel ashame in florida is that my children in russia was raised studying the culture of the renascence and the principles of humanism and this city is the essence of such coaches are supposed. to be doing just before we just are stuck with it as we feel comfortable here which in italy doesn't even seem like a foreign country and italians are very frowned like probably in all my life was

time interest it's how an arts and russian art nothing else because it's the most maybe fancy is the most difficult difficult technique difficult collar's. everything else there will dozens of connections. between italy and russia dissociation within the field of odds goes back centuries. we arrived at the russian art academy located in a grand building in the center of the city that brings together all lovers of all ages and nationalities you can almost feel the creativity as you walk in here. many students have taken sabbaticals to come to florence and learn more about art the school is angled towards classical russian teaching methods and takes individuals back to basics studying the works of old masses. nice work but. classes are taken as part of a full time course we can't or evening classes and

a whole range of subjects to study from canvas painting to much touring but why come to a russian arts school in florence. because we're kind of trained see for what you can get did you ever see the like other. art schools around here it's just very focused on spirit affective it actually i never planned to come to parents to painting i can't do sculpture but i was convinced by the russian method and all the way that they they teach me my dream and improve the scene as i came here most of the buildings are still authentic show it does give the sort of prose the ideal background for all to make sure. many lines models are using the conses tools in english russian and italian shouldn't take visual photographs with the aim of recreating the image in sketch form.

based on consequence additions and values in the modern art world because here is learning about site size technique. of the training here besides the basics of technique the use of color and the study of a master made out of portraits most of the changes here offer russia and they bring with them a whole range of classical knowledge and experience having trained at various prestigious universities in moscow and st petersburg are being sent to and say help each student find that expression whatever standard that may be the school in france is aware that many of our colleges around the world are opening up to contemporary styles and radical new training methods and on that note to discuss the key. these objectives let's meet this week's guest. lovely to meet you so tell

me about the economy here in florence of a here during two years which is years ago or the first course. into a funeral of already doing ten years doing different planned workshops and. cared to want to bring a russian academic classic school. europeans to the us and of course bring spiritual wildness and art which is very important for the mission european students here you have russian or international italians or it's almost an international of the students which is a half from belgium from italy from you glance from america around the wall can anybody come here or they have to be you know a decent artist yeah i think you can be here which is a normal student just sending their application form together with the war but after one year of professor choosing if that student will continue filthier or

second which is a don't have an answer or an exam but they would have exam after one year were serious and the tutors are mostly russian teachers that most are russian which is that it's teachers a who are already graduated in russia who is a professional artist but himself the most time of. war in the russia or the russian government academy well many of the art schools around the world they focus now on contemporary art maybe the training is more strict with its russian roots moby dick balance because our opinion of where giving plastic foundations called base without foundation a classic school because you can't develop your own style a diverse school the nonprofessional way. which is that's me in our opinion that we're bringing school in the people. this is cool will develop the. theater it was great to meet you and good luck with the academy here thank you their minds but

. so what other cultural links does florence have with russia one of the most celebrated filmmakers of the twentieth century person director under took on ski lived in france in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the capital of tuscany took a watch on his two last films and the sacrifice he was even pronounced as an honest citizen of florence by its authorities took over the left italy and nine hundred eighty six and moved to paris where he died the same year now a memorial plate to be seen on the house and via some nicolo but the filmmaker lived and worked. in the beautiful surroundings of florence nestled in the tuscan countryside as a hotel bearing a russian name the damage of country result is a modern four star hotel then after the famous for some wealthy and influential demetre family from the eighteenth century the german dubs had a villa in this part of italy and they definitely chose the location wisely as the

views here a spectacular and relaxing. about twenty minutes drive from the center of florence the hotel offers one hundred rooms and suites with all modern comforts absolutely. how a hotel is there for business and leisure changes that the middle family used to enjoy the surroundings many centuries ago and now our guests can enjoy the same nature and the more festive it is to relax. florence is a sensational city the center is an open i'm easy i'm itself every corner is a photo opportunity no wonder many famous russian figures came to live here. just ask you for example chose fly. not only because of its inspiring the true so many other foreigners but many because of the library they contain russian periodicals

he wrote the idiot here in january one thousand nine hundred eighty nine after seventeen months of work. another russian legend spent a considerable length of time in italy was the composer tchaikovsky he came to florence in the year eight hundred seventy eight to write quietly in a villa overlooking the city situated on the beautiful street via the sun live another twenty minutes outside the city it has a completely different feel to the center of florence it was stated that tchaikovsky called florence the city of dreams for him it was one of the best locations in the world as he enjoyed the architecture landscapes and soul of the area he said it was one of the most inspirational places to live and to work he wrote the famous russian opera the queen of spades here in italy in eighty ninety and back in russia to celebrate his beloved city he wrote the piece souvenir to florence.

from the art world in florence or oligarchs and their glamour shots on the island of capri the prism of russian influence and connections in italy and vice versa isn't it too apparent and not just here but it is closer to many european cities than you think is the love affair with all things european shows no signs of slowing down. the punch of the here bridge is a beautiful metaphor landmark not to be missed as a focal point of the city it represents medieval florence in all its glory and whether you are chinese english american or russian the historic landmarks and fantastic cultural world of florence with a longstanding russian italian connections. something everyone should church what an amazing city well unfortunately that's all we have left on this week's program

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a report on when an uncomfortable question leads to a grave accusation the world's who is more as you know foggy. the president who isn't supposed to hide anything. or it's someone asking him why do you make a secret of it when the powers to be suppress the voice of those who think different culture when you get experiencing very serious problems off of the saakashvili government came to power in two thousand and three if you put it full of bull that was when the problems began piling up. interviews were now off limits to our journalists they were all from beason up and humiliated in public and one of the attempt to protect property puts life in real danger is that we have been deprived of the only means of earning a living and i have the gall to originals of all the papers. they legalized the ownership rights on the basis of companies freedom becomes just.

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communicate with you want to. test yourself and become free. nature can give you. what a blood still flowing at a body count growing the arab league or reportedly wants to carry on monitoring in syria the spy being slammed for being totally ineffective. silenced him thrown out iran's english language press t.v. news program gets kicked off british airways for falling foul of broadcasting laws something that channels delta coyer active censorship. romanians want their president protest against corruption and low wages turned away with hundreds of arrested and dozens injured clashes with police. elsewhere are the headlines here in our next sports with kate.

hello welcome to the most sport in this business saturday and here are the headlines just to reassure up of the drops just three games in a straight sets win over germany's angela go into the last sixteen of the astray you know but on the road and more options for day for patrick creative out. while stance to strength defending champion over drug which cruises to a straight sets win over ailing nikolaus to reach the fourth round. winning ways alexander go to court scores the winner as is in eight to rocky olympic team two one to reach the final of the friendly match world cup tournament in dubai. but first to tennis and world number four maria sharapova has gone through to the fourth round of the australian open with a comprehensive six one six two victory over. the two thousand and eight champion

and had limited preparation for the first grand slam of the season has dropped five games in three matches so far than part. going to be before the match so if you prepare for nothing if. you play well enough to win the comfortable scoreline. so the three time major winner will expose germany's sabine lisicki who came from a second down to knock out russia because that's over two six six six to. this point. while it's also the end of the road for voters one are over who suffered a shock defeat at the hands of fellow russian he got but he never got over that returning five time champion serena williams is looking good against hundreds grettir on. yes and other russian maria kirilenko pulled out with a leg injury as a step down against second seed patrick of the czech republic wimbledon champion

books per second. major title the chance to leapfrog caroline wozniacki at the top of the world rankings. when i played the first five games was going. found our last match when i played it was bigoted far and. away by how i play it today and hopefully it will be continued. well standing in the way next is for what world number one and if out of it the serbian needed just over an hour to outmuscle american value king six three six four she aims to return to the story of a final for the first time since two thousand and eight. is going to be a very tough one i mean i just doubt it will bring some great. one in the heart this moment then it's going to be great for me and bode. really. our dear and draw my best of her and you know the bad player when. wall on the men's side reigning champion novak djokovic powered past nicolas mono the top right

after a six six one six one victory in just over an hour as the french struggled with only injury. you know taking his situation right now in matter but looking just over my game was was really really well really fantastic going from from serve to the return all the shots going to the net so. i'm happy with the way my first first we were here in australia hopefully we can continue the same way and . also through is former finalist jo will fade tsonga the frenchman wasn't easy we're not over portugal's frederico killed after taking all three sets of six to score. meanwhile to see david ferrer is also still after beating quite that seven five six two six one and four c. one hundred barry is currently taking on michael audra. football now and top scorer alexander netted the winner as the russian champions beat the iraq in big. two won

in the friendly match world cup tournament india boy well just eight minutes in around should talk of fed in a long cross exam of the cut off to open for the st petersburg side the striker making amends often missing and even earlier chants however a quick counterattack early in the second half solve iraq is beloved by how many a few volleying need to like. however fifteen minutes later found winning gold thanks elizabeth chipping in across the persian gulf to knock the ball i didn't think it was a great finish this it makes taking a second to get by with a spot in the final this return. will also have a transfer saw that continues to call us seven days after the manchester city and argentina striker house reportedly rejected him leave to make the rich perry signs among the french league leaders announced on friday that an agreement had been reached the deal fell through at the last minute often both sides failed to

finalize terms and reports suggest that twenty seven year old tethers will be earning more than ten million dollars a year. well meanwhile italian johns into milan have also targeted the striker but if so far too much that is valuation on manager out of work the one chain insists tevez should. be impossible. i don't want to see. we had a problem i did it for you it's important now before you start to play because. we want players. to remember that the game play. is not good for very. long there is a bunch there finish premier league football on sunday and the sea man cine city host in-form title rivals top men while second place manchester united travel to all snow spurs are thirty five points behind united but manager harry redknapp has once again laid down his side's title ambitions. we want to go to get

a result and play woman come away with strength from the. but. many times you know six point seven point eight point lead can evaporate very quickly can't they were seen it so many times over the years so. it's sort of playing for everybody still it's like everything i keep saying that top four is is really where we want to be we want to get champions league football anything above that is a bonus for us. well meanwhile there is a patch in the english premier league this saturday with fourth place chelsea travelling to norah to nearly kick off to have its own post improving newcastle that this is i guess a full and keep we are welcome bottom side we can in a relegation dogfight side city's i phone was probably wallspace aston villa into midland darby's sunderland place one is eight hundred second bottom bolton face liverpool also looking to get better in the play game. ball meanwhile chelsea striker didier drogba has confirmed he will remain sound bridge until at least the

summer the ivory coast star has scored ninety eight goals in two hundred seventeen games to the police and have been strongly linked with a move to chinese side shanghai show our contract is set to expire in june and so he's free to talk to other clubs the blues are reportedly offering the thirty three year old a twelve month extension walsh and while reportedly set to give the strike a three year deal is due to play for ivory coast against adani equitorial guinea on the sunday what could be his last africa cup of nations. to the n.b.a. now overall leader should go continue their impressive form with a one hundred fourteen to seventy five win in cleveland to inflict their worst ever home defeat on the cavaliers mobile superstar derrick rose was missing his third straight game with a strange left big toe but the balls barely missed him as long as it is in front twenty seven twenty six at the end of the first quarter. they're going to pull away in the second round carlos boozer made the score sixty five forty four early in the third while in the fourth everything went wrong for the cavs losing the ball and

given richard hutton an opportunity for two easy points chicago winners by thirty nine points to time their fourteenth victory from seventeen games so far stretching preventing next ice games against teams who made the playoffs last year. and finally russia's pentathlete are marking one hundred years since the sport came to the country but with the olympics fast approaching there's this. time for the best performance of last fall to celebrate as a political school reports be russia's been a powerhouse this past decade in modern pentathlon the national team winning men's gold at three straight olympic games and dream or save following in the footsteps of sydney gold medal is the koskie by winning in athens and then again in beijing and the man himself knows that nothing short of flawlessness in each discipline will be enough for a third straight gold. there's not one particular thing to work on as

a pentathlete you pretty much have to do well in every discipline if you cannot perform at the highest level in every event you will never be able to become an olympic medalist of a century of shooting swimming fencing equestrian and cross country is be marked in russia london two thousand and twelve looms large amid celebrations of past accolades and while moyes surface top of the european and world championships in two thousand and eleven there are plenty of youngsters hot on the thirty two year old heels only two athletes will go to represent their country this summer a selection process which will definitely challenge the coaching staff and ideas for the replay have to make a choice based on who gives us the best chance to win but it will be a tough one after this season at least in a moisi champion and runner up medals going for them for oil and cutting cane or past champions so no doubt the selection process is going to be tough with other competitors such as two thousand and ten world champion sergei currie arkin cannot

be ruled out of the qualifying yet another man i know gold this summer the recently turned twenty four year old knows exactly who he has to beat out for the spot if he is to achieve that podium feat. says we all know who our opponents will be so the main thing for us is to get selected for the olympic games we've had the first preparation period already and are starting the second phase of our work now out of the bush after that will be entering a series of competitions so i'm going to work hard. and hopefully stay injury free national so now and so plenty at stake for russian what is a historic year for the sport in the country and while there's been no shortage of pentathlon glory during the past decade the pressure is greater than ever for the russians to win their fourth straight gold uganda gorski our team. i think.

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