watching r.t. coming to live from moscow is of course eleven pm here now and these are our top stories minute through the week the syrian people make their choice tonight voting on a new constitution the perils of enter fifteen years of single party rule is coming to a close after reportedly high turnout the results are expected on monday and. thousands of people have joined hands in a massive flash mob for fair elections in russia the activists made the sixteen kilometer ring around moscow's city center a week before the country chooses its next president. atomic agency is struggling

to reach a conclusion about iran's nuclear weapons but u.s. intelligence agencies agree there's no evidence that surround is building a bomb but it's not stopping israel from threatening a military attack on iran's nuclear sites. and thousands of students and teachers again march in anger at education cuts in spain as the euro crisis tightens its grip around the med but greece is breathing a sigh of relief after even leaders finally approved an eleventh hour bailout to stave off default. i'm kevin i bring you the news in full in half an hour between now and then a special report for you from nizhni novgorod russia's fourth largest city. for almost eight hundred years news has stood along the banks of the volga river and its one of european russia's most picturesque cities is the fourth largest in the country an important economic and cultural center and home to one point three

million people. steadily one of the better waterfront views of nice name you can see where the river meets the volga and also take a good look at the city's famous market and some of its churches. streets are filled with echoes of its past from the statues that line the promenade to the city's beautiful range of architecture but it's also home to a modern business community and one of the biggest markets here is transport. so this is a. minibus they're everywhere in russia cheap reliable and if you're very lucky really comfy. and seventy percent of them are made. and they're made by guys one of the city's most famous brands they've been producing automobiles since the one nine hundred thirty s.

and all the classics are on display in the company music. so you can see that used to produce some pretty snazzy family vehicles including the famous volga which every soviet citizen wanted to own but it's commercial vehicles that have always been the company's. thirty two this very first thing that rolled off the production line. the guy has a. they still make trucks today. of course along side the mission because. gas has seen some tough times but production is now on the increase and it's all

overseen by swedish c.e.o. boeheim dessen who previously worked for general motors for more than twenty years . grab among the big bull small. stuff. like excuse me strengthen james brown the company thank you very much for how it's i haven't you got a minute to tell us more about it up there but off them. i've been looking at the museum so you can already see there's a long history with sweetness and you know the road on gas how important do you think this factory and company offer the city begins extremely important i mean first next year we're turning eighteen year. cycle only to go through been anything noble old love the seventy five without the whole nation building we have three plants here of three complexes is a lot just business three thousand hectares of land. and there's fifteen thousand

employees are expecting a busy time ahead that churning out one of the most popular mini buses the guys micro bus on this line and each component is fitted in a matter of seconds they each cost around fourteen thousand dollars and they can produce four hundred every day. then once the puzzles been put together there's just a few final checks to take care of. sort of the last test that they do. make sure the entire car's was approved see. with my fingers firmly crossed we entered the college. ok as you can see i was prepared for the worst parts i can safely say these are very good job. but dr. point tour of gas was almost over but unfortunately my new minibus wasn't taking me home but at least in a commercial vehicles company you can always hitch

a lift in something. i started with a very modern factory but now i want to get a feel from this nice cultural life well you might not think it to look around here but when it is almost over there's a few buds up here on the trees i'll always come to this old village to have a look at a very traditional. rite of spring new right. to be light on your feet for the celebration. for the wrong season this kind. of. thing this big because. sadly my tank spills on. much of the break to join only to find out a little more about what was going on. so i got some time.

too old for this. who don't know so what's going on here then there is a bit of marrow making going on here spring has come the snow is melting away when you call those with tradition but it's a festive occasion. and it's been celebrated for well over a century mothers would bake shaped biscuits and when everyone how to treat it was time for the procession. everybody sings in books around the village leaving a biscuit on the door of every house. the idea of putting these little birds here is that they're supposed to attract the real you'll then fly down and bring spring with. the nesting locks were regarded as a good omen meant to protect the villages homes from fire and disease and finally

when the biscuits are thrown into the air it's believed they become part of spring itself. but if you're taking part in this ritual you might want to keep an eye on your new friends. the way to a parent i've got some spring inside. and this snow is also supposed to be good for your health. go right down my neck. now that spring had officially sprung i was eager to continue my sightseeing and all got pointed me in the direction of one of the area's most popular tourist spots this has got to get it literally means little town in russian and it's one of the most picturesque places in the news media of growed region originally though it was founded as

a front here outpost and it's the place where the most famous russian warrior a prince of all time i was on the near ski died. over the centuries gurra jets gained an enviable reputation renowned for its painting architecture and woodwork and down by the riverside there's a house where the old arts are still practiced nowadays the artists make souvenirs and entertain the hundreds of visitors who pass through here every week. well i think. these guys tackle the brushwork today but i'm still going to take on something birch additional and very russian but it's much more up my street. burst back in the day having a couple was a very elaborate affair in all my time in russia i'd never had tea from a some of our gary jets boast the largest exhibition in the country it seemed like a good place to break the habit there are some of us here that date back to the

seventeenth century from single person pots to ones that can hold more than fifty liters of water but always talking really was making me thirsty. but i've got to have a drink so. let's go ok. but there were still some serious preparations to take care of. there's a good. getting the sum of all going takes time out of your water you need to put in plenty of kindling lighten up just a little. more pile on the charcoal belinelli give it some air. you have done only way you. can put on the chimney. and now we wait it was pretty cold outside and i was getting a little impatient yes. yes. ok let's take

this off ok now i'm lost for each. segment on top but apparently the russians had an ingenious method to turn up the heat you just needed to give it a good showing ok that's. what. i. point to. but i have it doesn't taste of. going to be very tasty and i've heard of. the wellington. boots did the job i'm rebelling and we lost some of our steaming we headed into the dining room to be greeted by a fantastic spread. saw through all that effort i think this is a cup or the deserves a bit of ceremony and they definitely do off noon tea here and there are addicts.

it was a very civilized way to end my trip together and yes but sadly i haven't come to the news new region for tea and cakes. the time for relaxation was over ok well it wouldn't be discovering rush to show if i didn't do something bizarre and potentially dangerous outdoors so i've come here to a place called extreme and to see what they've got to offer. it's set in several hectares of land around an hour's drive from but they promise it's worth the trip ok well this looks interesting it seems that one of the most popular activities here involves inflatable fruits going very fast so i need to cry out i think if i fall

off the extreme but on a. this is a. band attached to another snowmobile but was given a tour of the complex. even gripping on for dear life one save you on the stage. so this is going to. take two. zero. zero zero years old to several more crashes and might be around a rest but here is extremely they make you put up or shut up. those who are still. growing. so i thought i was going to break. your heart me it's time. to show that a little bit intends. to.

have no idea what i'm going royce. people with this royal. it seems that if i wanted my lumps i was going to have to fight for my food and he's a watching the celebrity gladiator programmes would eventually come in handy. they may be filled cubes but believe me you still don't want to get smacked in the wrong place for. the bottle went back and forth on you in the end of the brain even highly tactical assault on the red team would seem very. well. it's. important. that they can be quite a come down once the adrenaline ways off. who

ever thought inflatable things could be so dangerous. in this case of ducking without a good boy. i had suffered enough for one day when i was ready to head back to the safety of the city it was time to explore more of nizhny novgorod itself i just needed to find someone to kick me out. wealthy british style.

markets. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on our. line. would be so much brighter if only about someone from phones to impressions. whose friends totty dot com. i don't he seen plenty of the outskirts of nizhny novgorod but it was time to get out and take a proper look at the region's capital. it's always good to get a bit of local knowledge on these trips so i'm off to meet

a man who's going to help me get to know you know goods a little bit better. soon so it is nice to meet you. beautiful me a little bit of news me i want to show the crime of bad taste you're going to come up. siegfried moved here from germany back in two thousand and six within a few months he was married getting regular work as a translator and he's lived here ever since so what would you say some of your favorite things are about the city if it's just the russian to take this over the hallways. i will show you some of them and you will visit one of the director of monuments right now in the crable this huge stone citadel was built from fifteen hundred to fifteen eleven but most of its original buildings were destroyed during the soviet union nowadays it houses news news local government but it's still an imposing place to walk right in the heart of the city. these monuments and

architecture have earned a place on unesco's one hundred cities of the world of great cultural and historical value and secret had one more striking example for me. so please have a look at this beautiful old building it was built in the nineteenth century and it was the house of. tradesmen rise to the successful true regional museum what do you think visitors to news the north court can expect. they can expect. a very friendly. with much. sides. and that's hospitality also applies to one of ms nice most cutting edge attractions. so

finally i could back up corner and turn with complete precision and that meant i was ready to head to a brand new just the landmark. so i think we've probably got the worst conditions you could possibly have for driving it's a day to be inside or at the very least walk but here in this new road there is a place where you can burn rubber. whatever the weather. you're looking for me and i think i am. let's check this place up so. i feel ok. so he works at the end ring the country's only f.i.f.a. approved motor sport circuits. all right you're at the major model sports venue in the rush of the entering the start as ring yeah so you've got your eyes and frank how they're all right here to the riot building the main building so there's going to be

a lot of people then yes some of. our openings though and you've still got things to build some wintry techniques was ok and now while they're after practicing here they were driving away safer on the roads and this sort of thing you'll you'll be teaching me a few tricks as well the. brakes. were. the first turn is the most challenging one of the biggest number of precious understand that really this place could. barely see a thing that was looping going just be able to get a feel for the bus again was able to give me a few good tips because your brain here and you try to slow the shortest possible distance. here you're going to break a little this little bit less a bit more the next lap you'll just do a straight guess refused to go my lap time down which was useful because i had

a different type of challenge up ahead ok you know apex right mate so if you can do it the way i said it's ok. to rest of them i think we do. know. we decided we'd do five laps getting the better of things on the streets of those corners was still proving tricky. point and draw. like you know he's. safe and secure in jamestown is attending to. going to win me any races so i have the accelerator. that's the photo holding squeeze post on this. number coming over to take the

chicken. ok i'm probably not going to make the championships but if i ever get into a wintry i'm source it's. my need for speed was still unfulfilled fortunately down by the banks of the volga there's plenty more where that came from now over the chance to try out some pretty flawless machines on discovering russia but here in the region they've created a monster piece of merit so i'm design and she's a record breaker. these are a crown a plane it's a cross between a ship and an airplane and they're the fastest commercial amphibious vehicle on the planet. they're designed to effectively fly on a cushion of air just above the water's surface and were originally developed under a cloak of secrecy in the one nine hundred sixty s. but after the soviet union collapsed so did the project and it's only recently that

small of versions have been built here in the news new region by rubin and his company and the aqua glowing find have is their pride and joy motion picture of a star in. the body of the place and see how light. takes a five. runs on petrol and she's designed as an art market water taxi. so here we have it a fully functional i could glide for life because he's unfit the fact that this river is frozen won't matter a jot we're still going to be able to fly. and he can see he even looks like a plane cockpit inside here as well so i think for a change i'm going to take a break from driving and just relax for this one. once

my pilot was in it was time to sit back enjoy the ride and wait for the speedometer to reach the magic number. so we just crossed the one hundred kilometer an hour barrier and now we have liftoff. literally flying across the ice now. and that was just the start we moved close to hundred seventy kilometers an hour and despite the speed it was still an incredibly smooth trip if you do happen to have a spare half million dollars lying around when highly recommend. called believe i was already flowing just a couple of centimeters above this river. that is a pretty special taxi ride sadly i was going to have to hit the roads again if i wanted to get back to moscow. but i still wanted to pick up some authentic new souvenirs and for those there's really only one place to go. sadly i haven't been elevated to the aristocracy but i think the grandest gift shop that i've ever seen

because this region is the birthplace of one of russia's most famous and lavish painting styles and it has souvenirs fit for a king. this is her folk arts it was developed here in the seventeenth century and almost four hundred years old the industry is still thriving. the style takes simple items then paints them to give them an appearance of great value and my going oksana was ready to show me how it was done. so this is as me would involve made to look like clay but then it has the special oil applied to it which shines it up and then the ladies here it's on this album in name and then almost ready to be fired. but first it goes through one more process. based method to go.

is a serious business the factory employs nearly sixteen hundred people and customers will pay a high price for their work and there's almost no limit to what they'll paint. some great custom jobs that goes well i think i'd be afraid to click that one of damage if i wasn't in the market for a laptop but i did want something original to take home so it's on offer to help me in a little d.i.y. project. some. tips i was working with the traditional colors of red and black but i don't really go in for broad strokes here . small delicate lines and then suddenly it just all came together. is news amazing how your artistic abilities can develop just a little concentration.

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