the so-called friends of syria group of nations sparks controversy fear is there a teary motives for the gathering in tunisia besides providing aid to the violence toward a country that's reports emerged that washington is in talks with u.k. france italy and turkey the preparations for military intervention. the media war on iran is gathering pace in the u.s. appears to be having an impact according to latest opinion poll that it suggests a third of americans now c.d.'s on it because the nation's biggest enemy nearly hoff's supporting military action against iran. and the man took to be russia's next president has been capturing the imagination of british authors and filmmakers less than a fortnight before russians head to the polls a book on the bloodiness personality is due to hit british bookshops on the heels of two documentaries featuring the russian prime minister. what next we set out to explore how foreigners try to get to grips with the russian language teaching

students of various nationalities and ages who share their first hand experience that's in our program moscow at. hello and welcome in this week's moscow out south where we're taking a look at fast food culture from the arrival of those famous golden arches over twenty years ago today various international brands and new russian companies are popping up here every week donuts burgers pizza chicken wings there's no wider range of such food here than ever before but is that a good thing is it unhealthy i want to find this think of russian fast food let's find out. in the. banking baskin robbins subway papa johns the list of foreign imports is impressively building up here perhaps the

booth abroad company also lobby sandwich has had its day as the international chains make their mark one thing is clear everyday food alongside popular culture in russia has changed forever in those dishes union fast food restaurant the cheaper the nurse school canteen for example that is why you go to mcdonald's even though in our current teen food is more tasty muslim's mother doing most of the you going to mcdonald's sushi places in venues like that is just bad taste it's disgusting people should be proper food there is a lot of fast food. much more than friends so it's cool runnings to approximately the same price. is first a mistake fast food venture was raw steak fried chicken restaurant as a major player against the someone'll but donald and his burgas chicken joint proved very popular several years ago the company went into partnership with the u.s. chain k.f.c. which eventually gained control of the company.

so clipboard and markings in hand let's see how k.f.c. does. to find out what foreigners think of the fast food scene here we've asked for guests to take part in the program the shanker peter ella and blessing. they will evaluate the food menu appeal taste value for money and overall experience of each location. and pushing to blake is a well known t.v. and stage actress from london with her grandmother originally from the moscow region she has finally achieved her dream of visiting russia departing the glamorous five star park hyatt hotel into the car and off for lunch shanker has longed to try the authentic russian food she ate as a child will she be disappointed leaving expensive restaurants out of the equation

we want to give our guests the typical tourist experience. to a first russian chain along the glamorous but shanker we arrived at the popular low key eatery. opening its first site in the russian capital in one to ninety six its name translates to for trees and sticks in english and the traditional countryside interiors and quirky stuff costumes give some idea of the food here and has settled upon the all you can eat pasta salad bar option which allows you to choose from a buffet of both hot and cold meals and salads a great idea if you want a chance to sample different dishes just try it all and hope for the best carrot salad plus beetroot potatoes with dale and adding a glass of morse to complement a meal it's time to try does. look impressed as if it was a great experience in excellent as a wide variety could choose what everyone's it and obviously sometimes as a menu in a foreign language you don't know what you would bring great if the book a. great.

white man who was that the bus. but. let's take a look at some price comparisons now a sound that big macand. holds comes in at just two and a half dollars in london they charge the equivalent of three point eight dollars a little more pricey however popular treat in new york it comes in at four dollars twenty by the way the cheapest country to buy a big mac in the world is in india at a price comparison of one point six two dollars feeling hungry yet quite a difference depending where you live. the prices mean here is the standard and quality one of the.

ok. english. food whether he likes it or not take a role in his life on a daily basis he needs quick reliable yet healthy fuel to assist with his endless hours at the office q so popular chain restaurants with a variety of pizzas past is salads. last year spiral celebrated his fifty fifth anniversary worldwide concept of food is popular with people who care about their health and looks our menus constantly updated we still stay true to our traditional italian recipes of high quality. hungry peter has opted for. a slice of vegetarian pizza. pasta and.

italian food fresh in fabulous. and plastic cheese time. will tell he seems to be quite satisfied and the peace is don't look too bad either let's find out what our guest thinks. being a businessman usually i don't know much fun to go for luxury but being so close to places like here with dolls is good. in space noise it doesn't take that long and it's really good value for money. looking straight at the bolshoi theater everything here is times and cool native to perfection and he spoke in the wheel that doesn't work means disaster for the management i'm food production plant people but. there. it is meant to be fast food. back to our guests and we welcome ella cullum she was born in the philippines and has lived in moscow three years elah lives here with her canadian husband and

studies russian tough times university is full of students of all ages and for those on budgets fast food can be their main then email the most counties have asked how to crowd the pitch a crushed car tosca the no frills hang out which is on the road to the humble potato looking at the menu what will alice decide on there's plenty of choices here you can get your car to share in the crush the style i.e. baked with a choice of fillings such especially cheese the crab bacon is some cream stew to name a few. as alex hunks to have to take this off filipino guests look happy to fully people to light and fluffy out to the fillings actually taste. i think a very delicious for a russian fast food and i will recommend for you to eat here and it's a good balance and it's very delicious and it's very filling the recipe of eleven

hubs and spices used by kasey in preparation of the chicken remains a trade secret ok. am time for preparation now safety and food hygiene is very important that all stop a given street straining my attention is given to all freshness of the project there was. no additives a foot into any of the dishes i can see. from my greens had an. operation like taking taking. a final guess and lets me blessing less who was born in nigeria and she lived in moscow since two thousand and nine after coming here to complete a mouse's program we poor blessing to fast food outlets telemark a popular chain in russia that specializes in russian pancakes or police as the note here sides also offers various other versions issues such as buckwheat cash

kind of powerage for soup and the fast and all menus are available in english blessing has a wide range of choice here savory pancakes with meat cheese or caviar fillings and sweet alternatives with various fruits berries jams and chocolate fillings. blessing has decided on a pin on a pancake with a chocolate drink she sits down and tastes her russian flavor fast food. because to much evaluation from blessing please. i just went to take a walk right now i knew was fantastic and actually recommend you to try to pancakes which is guzzling he loved. and out of this called my dad also recommended to try you place. a drop in income share in the recent crisis was a big factor in increasing the demand for fast food in russia and as moscow's

aspiring middle class find that feat perhaps western style food is something we'll cultural. and socially symbolic than the actual tasty treat that is served the bold advertisements that come with such imported brands almost always seem to feature foreign lifestyles recipes fashion and behavior it soon catches on and crisis or not twenty first century russia is literally eating its. spending a day behind the scenes here i'm really surprised at the at the goes into making simple fast food i didn't know such care was put into making such products very good bread enjoying real just about. well unfortunately that's what time we have left on this program on food culture here in the russian capital i'll see you again at the same time next week until

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to. see. what the bay area. meeting all the so-called friends of syria group of nations spock's controversy affaires their motives for the gathering in tunisia besides providing aid to the bottoms torn country. that's reports emerged that washington is in talks with u.k.

france italy and turkey over preparations for military intervention. and media war on iran is gathering pace in the us and appears to be having an impact poured into the latest opinion poll there it suggests a third of americans now see that it's not because the nation's biggest enemy in any part of supporting military action against tehran. tend to be russia's next president has been capturing the imagination of british authors and filmmakers less than a fortnight all russians head to the polls a book on the putin's personality is due to hit british bookshops pot on the heels of two documentaries featuring the russian prime minister. but at sports news up next with underfoot. hello there welcome to the sport good to have you company and our top stories new

heights olympic pole vault champion isn't by the breaks her own indoor world record . motif in the room being thrown police groan ends with defeats to athletic bilbao and elin p.r. . tiger woods crashes out of the world match play championship while westwood remarkably stay on course for the number one spot. but first olympic pole vault champion lean is in by that has broken her indoor world record the russian jumping five meters and one centimeter at the xcel gallon meeting in stock i'm a twenty nine year old just beating her previous best of five meters and it is a real boost for the athlete who hasn't won a major championship since the last olympics afterwards isn't by of a declared her late mark her real comeback it was a massive twenty nine centimeters higher than under the nearest rival holly bleasdale who came second the russian now heads to next week's indoor world championships in the ball as they clear favorite. football automotive moscow and

rubin cars than right at the europa league they failed to reach the last sixteen after losing to athletic bilbao and in p.r. cost respectively there are one man went into their game with a c. one advantage from the first leg but the bears won their victory last night was enough to send them on their way goals also frustration there for rubin is anteing losing both legs to win p.r. caused by a single goal and another results munched united squeeze past i x. three two and i got it after losing to one of the old trafford a bit too close for comfort for united boss sir alex ferguson who admits he made a mistake with his team selection. responsibility because. remember your poor position was a big. talker to nothing we was a good opportunity to give some small joins us because of the group or sort of social long term. well there were big

promises of the work you experience in terms of not returning not in the game. or a problem for us in other games plenty of progress to be expensive stokes also joining the spaniards in the last sixteen the standard deviation he said this matter list. and sporting. now the russian premier league starts again next week after the winter break and while the likes of rubin and locomotive have had european competition to help them prepare others of how to make do with friendly's dinara currently in turkey and got a two two draw with partisan belgrade last night with more is richard poor flicked . with moscow under a blanket of snow and the temperatures well below freezing to the moscow have been preparing for the russian premier league season in warmer climes however despite being on the southern turkish coast the weather had a distinctly chilly feel to its bloom winds have assembled a very strong squad and made

a key addition during the winter break bringing in christian a boy from rubin cousin yes it was a half a year in there he was coming down to time champion but there is. too much you know he need i need to change you're going to hear that i'm going to have both sides took time to get into the game. putting some passing moves together but we're not really able to test for partisan keeper. aside from the serbian capital also in the middle of their winter break but they would take the lead ten minutes before half time impressively as a markovitch are too much pace for alexander. and the seventeen year old showed a remarkably cool head for supporting the ball passed beyond rushing roman because of skin to normal would pull level nine minutes after the half time break from an indirect free kick inside the penalty area of almost have to mark a lot made sure former partisan belgrade defender unleashed an unstoppable shantz

to restore parity the serbian league leaders were looking very comfortable in possession because in the russian i have fits defends a number of problems and they would restore their lead just after the hour mark of the bank for guilty of slack marking the gloom whites were not to be denied and equalized for a second time this time from a penalty spot underneath our own into the responsibility upon himself to keep a guest rights of ukraine internationals right footed shot nestled into the bottom right hand corner two equalized and two to have a game of finish this. game if you go again by the way that we know in. we need to have a game here a little better because you know it's. only been in the meanwhile the partisan head coach out from grams was very complimentary about their russian opponents but i must go i saw him in the they were in the league is a. very good i like the city of moving the ball good. players are very good players

and. very good too this may have only been a friendly both teams certainly gave one hundred percent and for good reason it's very specter domestic campaigns get underway again in less than two weeks time a good workout for the nominee moscow against a decent partisan belgrade side of the club have assembled a good squad with some pine individual players and a more than capable of challenging for the russian premier league title when the season resumes on the fifth of march against none of us and those hearings on jima . richemont portrayed r.t. billick turkey. meanwhile the top basketball teams in europe are fighting for yearly quarter final places although than have missed their chance to book an early berth after losing to phillip bad shape because emptying lost ninety four points to eight hundred seventy two champions but only after forcing the game into overtime greer led the scoring with an impressive thirty three points but it wasn't enough against the fed about the side they were fighting to stay in the competition is

down now i have to be greatly disappointed for my course to book a quarter final but. in goal of britain's lee westwood and rory mcilroy have kept alive their hopes of becoming the new number one they are through to the last sixteen of the world match play championship although tiger woods has been knocked down so he lost to nick watney who got off to a strong start here in arizona this putt for birdie on the twelfth woods a three time champion he did pull himself back into contention but lost the match on the last hole after failing to make that putt what the next place england's lee westwood who saw for a bit carson three and two westwood needs to win the title to reclaim the number one spot from the already departed luke donald while northern ireland's rory mcilroy could also grab the top spot with victory history into the last sixteen after beating and is hansen three and two. now lympics figure skating champion you can improve schenker has undergone

successful knee surgery but still won't be going to next month's world championships in nice the twenty nine year old tweeted he is feeling fine after the operation but had already said he wouldn't be competing place fourth world title in front schenker was crowned european champion for the seventh time in england just last month and he's targeting the sochi olympics in two thousand and fourteen while last year's bronze medalist and european runner up to ski will be russia's biggest hope next month's tournament. and will finish on the ice because muscovites have been given a rare chance to see the likes of prost and david coulthard in action the race of stars for the formula one legends compete against the best russian drivers in arctic conditions with more trouble down yet. snow and ice under will see a perfect way to add some more drive to any race.

once a year the russian capital helps the so-called race of stars competition among russia's still or specialist. at the most even dormant tuesday since summer superstars. one of the boys all time greats for john were no one champ down well and trust you go fifty six year old also one of the few fringe ice wasting cup trophy andrus returns and was quick to take wright. has to try. to like it. but seriously just. take some extra skills. it's always different you know every kind of discipline that you need to get used to it you know we can fight the you know a few laps we don't know exactly what to do and how we could be better right so the

. but the more you run and the more you would be configured to. order this. kind of races it's done for specialist and david coltart really is one another form a one star that check dicey track of the day. it was great times coming to moscow this is my second experience of being here on the national holiday for men. new ice course to drive on here at the hippodrome and. yeah. big challenge i think to to be able to race with these like. they would enjoy fulfilled it's great people to watch and hopefully we'll see some great racing. according to the foreman of the competition the russian drivers were the birds and to settle scores among each other with the winner coming out for the super final races against the fourth. and fourth q.

were beginning to show the best ice recent skills and again with no sign of been the reigning begin h.d.l. both jerome d'ambrosio was currently a reserve driver for former one team lotus and the man was already been there and done that david coltart. i can't believe it's true so many participants and all can prove to be very strong building up such tough competition i just want to thank my team and all the fans who supported me great win and agreed holidays but they tigers are going to have some region celebration tonight. love the game became the first man in a history of the event to leave the race of stars cup three times over for the new orleans must go. so that's how the sport is looking for the moment so we've got more into asked. fish. fish to. keep.

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