beautiful welcome to florence and the famous pontiff bridge on this week's program we'll be continuing our exploration of russian culture and the influence of broad from famous people who live here to curb russians who live and work in italy and who wouldn't be happy here with glorious winter sun sensational food and often culture i realize it's the beginning of the nineteenth century saw a number of russian wealthy families to skinny italy has always held a special attraction for russians many tools of each of these the cultural center of the world and with its breathtaking architecture art food and style it gets you thinking there may be some truth in that today dozens of tall companies offer excursions by plane and bus loads of russians arrive every week. with famous landmarks such that one murder conservation bridge in a fancy museum it goes without saying that everyone will be impressed on the first visit here. it's amazing here we're especially impressed that despite

so many tourists the city is still clean quiet safe and relaxed no you. with that used and living in florence for nine years and in my experience russians like not only the architectural and cultural beauty of the city that also enjoy shopping here and lot especially for not a good ideas that. would make is the hometown of michelangelo and to the venture they spent a lot of time living and working in this region of italy the art and culture that have created and contribute it influenced many outstanding russians who came to florence for inspiration and stayed here for a while for which there are many ways talented and skilled italians in which machine cultural life and vice versa over the centuries tell you expect a huge influence in the design of moscow and st petersburg. one of the other great things about florence is the shopping. pastime of many russian tourists prices are

lower here for designer goods than back home although this next luxurious pretty well it might be better not to look at the price tags. in the main shopping street of florence you can find a design a boutique a brand that was founded at the beginning of the twentieth century by a russian noble family. in two thousand and eight it's now an international company based in france with several stores in italy. owned by the russian what. are these three of the russian fashion label reads like an exciting novel the story of the brand you can say is part of russia's heritage and history. founded in paris one nine hundred twenty four by prince philip you suppose and his wife marina the niece of the last russian saw me collide the second and says she clothing range tasseled

european and american customers but the prince has a little business sense and two years after the nine hundred twenty nine the street crash ruins his most prosperous clients do you suppose was forced to shut up shop. almost eight decades after the original house eventually closed stores are still going to has restored the brand to his former glory. to our next location now and in a city known as the cradle of the renaissance surrounded by terra cotta roofs a cluster of onion domes each topped with a tall cross is certainly not what you would expect to see in the florence skyline less than a mile from florence is to most these brightly colored domes of a different kind marked the surviving history of russian immigration to italy and florence the russian orthodox church of the nativity of christ's.

there's been a russian orthodox church on the site since ninety three built by the russian community in foreign time this is something to consider will damage over the years but was restored several times elegant and exotic in much is the city's cultural heritage perfectly reflecting in the true architectural style of seventeenth century moscow today the church is popular with orthodox worship as from all over tuscany. the church in florence houses many historic relics of the russian orthodox church including works by both russian and it's how you artists it's on the market you can't miss in florence and it's a place that brings the local russian community closer together welcome addition to prison life in tuscany. although i knew most of the congregation it was her church

consisted of people of many nationalities including russians ukrainians georgians greeks italians serbs and bulgarians this church is the first big orthodox cathedral that was built initially then more cathedrals and son removed and barry appeared and only five years ago a big church in rome was built that. tchaikovsky the demeter family to c.s.t. a real russians with a strong connection to italy. twenty minutes outside the city will match between scenery vibrant colors. but what has this park got to do with russian culture. to answer that question let's meet this week's guest. great to meet you thank you very much for it's nice to meet you while we here in this beautiful and i guess a big question this place is called par dellec

a sheen and there are many beautiful alleys here one of them in fact where we're standing right now is named after dusty of ski he spent a year in this city and it was said to be one of the happiest times and as. live. came to florence with his young wife and they found out here that they were going to have a baby and the couple stayed in the city while she was pregnant. also finished the eaters' here so she left a remarkable trace in the history of this city. and it's not just the esky who lived here but on this life there are many russian influences in florence. tchaikovsky spend seventy years in florence and composed quilts and he's here enjoyed florence a lot there whether architecture art and the many museums the famous director also lived here in the ninety's seventy's and eighty's then there was joseph brought ski but turner who has not been to florence to go up to the model it seems that many russians love it but one particular florence there's nor about this place the city

is not too big and not too small and its historical centrist packed with everything one might fancy museum goers admirers of there are nations and art lovers is perfect for everyone also those who are into fashion are excited to come here not to mention those seeking good food and wine. well thank you very much for your time and enjoy your time here for. moving on and what other locations in florence are connected to russia one of the most beautiful palaces is still officially named brutally after a noble russian family who ended the nineteenth century it was pulled by count to me to be truly a senator and the director of the home a charge into the god son of empress catherine the great palace also contained brutally impressive library which you started to put together in italy to replace his previous collection of books which were lost in the great fire in eighteen

twelve. the brazilians were not the only wealthy russian family who made an impression in florence. in the city are also connected. the demeter family they're all squares villas and monuments in honor of the family members who lived in florence in the nineteenth century and the family emblem can even be seen on the front of the basilica of st mary the flower as it's officially cooled when money was needed to restore the cathedral prince to meet off donated a large sum as his contribution was so great the florentine governess thanked him by putting the emblem right next to the main entrance. many russian artists traveled all lived in italy in the previous centuries and the country is still an inspiration to many of their works far from classical but rather unusual controversial contemporary art is displayed at a russian art gallery in the center of florence. and she still.

has existed for several years now and now we are working on a new concept. who want to showcase his work which would combine art blind and sound and would affect as many senses the visitors as possible the want to share that art can be not only a visual treat little so heal a person because it will focus and. florence is full of captivating stories and legends connects to many corners of the world. while local met is that if you rub this bourse snout and put a coin in its mouth you will return to florence at some point in your life i'm no he doesn't really like dollars for rubles. and italian i share many similarities the culture of the two countries is very classical based and complementary in many ways both have a rich history incumbent's a long tradition of excellence in every aspect of arts and design. and from modern russian french fashion houses to cranes all throughout churches cheap await the

russian connections you can find in italy and you'll be amazed at the results. it's a costly did call florence the city of dreams is certainly. points well unfortunately that's so that's how we have left on this week's program i think that's the end of our exploration of russian culture here in italy i'll see you again at the same time next week we'll be back in the russian capital to tell them for me and the rest of the moscow our group by. wealthy british style. time.

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the struggling eurozone nations. including spain and e.u. leaders. the world. today was a day to forget. this is sports today plenty ahead over the next ten minutes or so including these stories in brief. all from you grace maria sharapova gets well and truly grounded in the final of the is truly an open brush in straight sets by victoria azarenka. on the march liverpool get one over their biggest rivals manchester united to make the fifth run of the f.a.

cup. on wrestle mania for the twenty fourth straight siberia place host to even get finals on the bench which brings together some of the world's best. we begin with tennis where it was a day to forget for maria sharapova the russian absolutely walloped in the australian open women singles final by victoria azarenka even as of course she takes a look back at the one sided. sharapova was taking part in or six grand slam final and a third in melbourne azarenka on the other hand was appearing in the ultimate round of a major for the first ever time siberia native sharapova showing of that best experience by settling into the match quicker breaking her belorussian opponent for two of the lead in the opening. that sequin seemingly woke up as our anchor who began to find her groove the twenty two year old break in right back with a bang can down the line to level matters at two games apiece the minsk starlet

maintaining her newfound momentum for the remainder of the set knowing that a world number one ranking was also on the line azarenka is back can bali for a five three the seemingly demoralising sure up of a with the opening set eventually going against her six three but few expected the breakdown there was to follow in the second the russian conceding breaks left and right and really having little rhythm to a game as azarenka continued the onslaught. the second said one the sharapova would want to forget in a hurry as azarenka wrap things up amazing sex love. clearly not the outing that the soon to be world number three needed in a quest for a first major title. as hard as it is in the us as much as you want to be the champion. and there's only one and when it's like the ceiling assessed by selling to achieve that and not science are working so hard and extreme and. and that's why

the pleasure that you get in the excitement this is what you work for because in hospice i'm still plenty to celebrate for a new world number one as a rank of an inaugural major title in the bag and the respect that goes with it the russian tennis fans also now get to celebrate the first grand slam singles champion in their country's history happy days the bonds of course tea party. one singles title potentially epic in country lies ahead on sunday it's the bottle of the world's top ranked players in the men's final reeling champion novak djokovic off against rafael nadal the two thousand and nine winner at melbourne park second ragna doll who's the opera hundred head to head meetings with sixteen wins. thirteen but the last six times that match the serve has seen all of the spot . brings us to football where a couple of tasty ties were served up in england's f.a.

cup on sunday chelsea visited fellow top tier side queens park rangers while liverpool among chester united renewed old acquaintances failed the country a real end to end affair liverpool getting things going twenty minutes in. rising highest and not home the corner really questions have to be. positioning not is the level of moderation half a dozen minutes from the break par score after good work done the wing from raw fail the silver. not too many clear cut chances in the second period with a replay looking like to see if bad books no one told point the dutchman locking on to on the cards not go on to blast home with just two minutes to go queue to light for the liverpool fearful to walk the finals. while chelsea will be joining them in the next stage of

a sixty second minute penalty making all the difference against q.p.r. after daniel sturridge was adjudged have been felled in the area the blues thus keeping well on track for a third f.a. cup triumph in four years taking a little pressure off under fire manager under watch in the. now and sunday are still william to join fellow heavyweights chelsea and liverpool in the fifth round of the cup when they take on us than villa former going to tempt incest farmer gas well he's now hitting the heights of barcelona but he believes victory in that game could be the jolt needed to kick start the london squad season . we've been very unlucky for the. four or five years always injured player. has been injured. it's a shame it's a shame because it was the complete gunfight for four for anything to enter one

that's what c.s.k. moscow as president is proposing to do to russian basketball the vaulted western european league would combine the best of the best from the p b l i v t v divisions take away the confusion that currently reigns for too. much too much we were taking on spartacus in petersburg about two weeks ago when a group of fans approached me and asked what tournament we're playing until i was unable to answer that question right away so i decided then to try and create one unit came competition we have to have all the preliminary planning done by march or april this year and. the entire basketball community sports officials and the russian government are all on the same page with us when it comes to this initiative. and finally some of the world's best wrestlers are in siberia for a three day i knew all tournament in on or off a lake two time olympic freestyle champion here he can eleven finals have already been held since friday or monday cost of cannot bring us all to take with all the

latest goings on and crossed. the board of a. series that just happened to be one of the most sought after for wrestling title at this year's competition more significant since the love the summer and the pics are right around the corner it's the twenty third time the event's been held and as always it's right at the start of the new year giving various national coaches enough time to test their athletes ahead of major stores like the world or european championships. there isn't a single seat available in the sports palace and the opening ceremony was very beautiful today's final in the seventy four kilogram division is probably the main reason for such a huge turnout as for the tournament itself i have to say that it continues to evolve and i'm happy to note that the organizers took my suggestions into consideration. the twenty's wealthy von yet again grand prix saw the arrival of

nine the limbic champions among nearly three hundred athletes from twenty countries . the main event of the opening day marked the return of the two thousand the limbic champion. now despite the support of his brother three time olympic champion . lost the seventy four kilo final to uprise ian denise. now it's safe to say the battle for the big ticket in this weight category will unfold between the grand prix finalist. that you must. keep it was weird brief for stepping back on the mat following a three year struggle with injuries he's thirty two years old now and it's very difficult to get to the summit at this age might he displayed. character is still a force to be reckoned with in a boat against the two time rules. while the men's events was dominated by russian nationals it was a different story on the women sides with competitors from japan making it all but

one final after claiming the top honors in two out of three finals on the opening day of the grand prix athletes from the land of the rising sun wrapped up the tournaments with another it's a gold and won a silver medal by the way while japan won silver in the forty eight kilo group the gold went to elliptic champion. a few crain who made a triumphant return to the sport after giving birth to her second child nevertheless it was evident that japan ruled the other weight classes and it became clear why japanese women's wrestling is considered to be among some of the best in the world and the other three men's finals will be held on the last day of the tournaments here in cross they are ski science but they have a ways to step in it promises to be quite intense and we will be here to cover it ramon koester of artsy eastern siberia. is all your sport for i'll

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hello live from moscow one am this is r t with me kevin now in our top story the arab league has frozen its monitoring mission in syria because of the escalation of violence there more than one hundred people are thought to have been killed now in clashes between syrian security forces and opposition groups in the past two days only the un security council remains split on how to end the crisis russia has given resoundingly no to a new resolution on syria drafted by the u.n. arab states the owners of further action if damascus fails to comply the text called for president assad to transfer power to a deputy moscow says the resolution should not contain any threat or sanctions or imply any outside intervention political and the steve amendment believes it's not by chance the other.