absolutely 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 swing to 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 italy's the cultural center of the world and with its breathtaking architecture 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. still it's amazing here we're especially impressed that despite so many tourists the city is still clean quiet safe and relaxed who are you. 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 a lot he specially fanatic good ideas that. would make is the hometown of michelangelo and. they spent a lot of time living and working in this region of italy the art and culture that have created and contribute influenced many outstanding russians came to florence for inspiration and stayed here for a while for which there are many ways talented and skilled italians in which to

pursue cultural marsh and vice versa over the centuries italian architects and 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 designer brute of 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 they will ever see reads like an exciting novel the

story of the brands 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 person saw me collide the second and says she clothing range was old european and american customers but the prince had a little business sense and two years after the nine hundred twenty nine the street crash ruined his most prosperous clients do you suppose was forced to shut up shop . almost eight decades after the original house of m. street clothes stores. has restored the branches for 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 far in time this is something to consider will damage over the years but was restored several times elegant and exotic and matches 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 cons in florence and it's a place that brings the local community closer together and welcome addition to vision life in tuscany. because i knew most of the congregation of our 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 very appeared and only five years ago a big church in rome was built cities that. tchaikovsky the demi the family to c.s.t. are all russians with a strong connection to italy. twenty minutes outside the city will match with beautiful scenery vibrant colors. but what has this pod 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 your time nice to meet you while we here in this beautiful park and i guess have given the question this place is called upon to lead. and there are many beautiful areas here one of them in fact where we're standing right now is named after dusty of ski he spent a year in the city and it was said to be one of the happiest times of his life. 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 her mockable trace in the history of this city. and it's not just the esky who lived tchaikovsky's 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 to

ski also leave here in the nineteen seventy's and eighty's then there is joseph brought ski but turner who has not been to florence and 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 their were in a sense an 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. thank you very much for your time and enjoy your time. moving on and what other locations in florence are connected to russia one of the most beautiful palaces is still officially named. after a noble russian family the nineteenth century it was pulled by count to me to be

truly a senator and the director of the hermit's harsh to the god son of empress catherine the great palace also contained impressive library which you started to put together in italy to replace his previous collection of books which were lost in the great. in eighteen twelve. brutally is where not the only wealthy russian family who made an impression in florence. in the city are also connected to the demeter family there 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 dromo basilica of st mary the flower as it's officially cooled when money was needed to restore the cathedral princedom it 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 stood on galloway has existed for several years now and now we are working on a new concept. we want to showcase work which would combine art blind and sound and would affect as many senses as visitors as possible the want to share that art is 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. one local met is that if you rub this board snouts and put a coin in its mouth you will return to florence at some point in your life and no he doesn't really like to has poor rubles christian and italian 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 crane tools rocks churches cheap away. the russian connections you can find in italy and you'll be amazed at the results. as tchaikovsky did call florence the city of dreams he said and they had a point but unfortunately that's that's how we have left on this week's program and 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 from me and the rest of the moscow our group.

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and after two weeks of talks in a deadlock and agree standards of lenders could now be near a deal within days that will reduce the country's debt meanwhile the eurozone crisis has been the focal point at the annual world economic forum in davos. next to the latest sports news with union and a why saturday was a day to forget for russian tennis star maria sharapova. 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 obvious trillian open crushed 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 their twenty fourth straight year siberia place host to eat on the weekend finals on the bench which brings together some of the world's best on the mount. 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 our 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 siberian native sharapova showing of that vast 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 for you 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 her game as azarenka continued the onslaught. the second said one sharapova would want to forget in a hurry as azarenka wrap things up amazing six 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. of that and that's why i'm still working so hard and extreme and. the pleasure that you get in the excitement this is what you were special so when he was so great for new rule number one i was a ring an inaugural major title in the bag and the respect that goes with it the russian tennis fans will now get to celebrate the first grand slam singles champion in their country's history happy d b. r t. that's one singles title but a potentially epic encounter lies ahead on sunday it's the powerful of the world's top ranked players in the men's final reaming champion novak djokovic against rafael nadal the two thousand and nine winner at melbourne park second rock metal holds the opera hundred head to head meetings with sixteen wins thirteen of the

last six times that have met the serb has seen all of the spying. brings us to football where a couple of tasty tires were served up in england's f.a. cup on saturday chelsea visited fellow top tier side queens park rangers while liverpool among chester united renewed old acquaintances failed lothar encounter a real end to end affair liverpool getting things going twenty minutes in. rising highest to not home the corner but really questions have to be. done with positioning you know what is the level of moderation half a dozen minutes from the break gene song park the score after good work done the win from raw fail the silver. not too many clear cut chances in the second period with a replay looking like to see if bad but no one told for it the dutchman locking on to on the corals not going to blast home with just two minutes to go to daylight for the liverpool field full to watch the finals.

while chelsea will be joining them in the next stage one mob is 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 the last watch in the us i now on 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 and former governor captain c'est 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 because it was the complete big gun fight for for for anything to enter one votes 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.p.l. m v t v divisions and take away the confusion that currently reigns his on for too . much too much we were taking on spartacus and peter's book about two weeks ago when a group of fans approached me and asked what tournament we're planning and. i was unable to answer that question right away so we decided to try and create one beautiful new competition we have to have all the preliminary planning done by march or april this year and. the entire basketball community schools 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 on you all tournaments and on or off the lake to tama lympics freestyle champion here you can eleven finals have already been held since friday are among cost of cannot bring us all to take with all the latest goings on and crossed. the border of a. series that just happened to be one of the most sought after wrestling titles at this year's competition more significant than the of the summer and the picks 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. but 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 which is the huge turnout. 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 bond yet again grand prix saw the arrival of nine the limbic champions among nearly three hundred athletes from twenty countries. the main events 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 up denise. now it's safe to say the battle for the big ticket in this weight category will unfold between the grand prix find the list. was weird brief for stepping back on the mat following a three year struggle with injuries is thirty two years old now in spirit difficult to get to the summit at this age but he displayed. character is still a force to be reckoned with in

a blowout 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 that 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 sign for the heavyweights to sippin it promises to be quite intense and we will be here to cover it ramon cost of artsy

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greece and its lenders. deal with him days that will reduce half the country's debt meanwhile the eurozone crisis has been the focal point. broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow glad to have you with us the arab league has frozen. it's a monitoring mission in syria because of the escalation in violence there more than a hundred people are thought to have been killed in clashes between syrian security forces and opposition groups in the past three days a syrian official told state t.v. the mission's suspended suspension will encourage more violence by armed groups and is increasing pressure on the united nations for foreign military intervention in the security council is split on how to end.