more than twenty years of intelligence service in profits of the soviet union. killed his choice on party. clothes r.t. coming to live from moscow this early friday evening it's now past eight pm moscow time our top stories for you moscow calling on arab and western states not to thwart kofi announce mediating african syria amid high hopes the special envoys reports the u.n. security council may bring the crisis closer to a solution. sparing no expense a rat is exiled from the global banking system leaving oil prices soaring and western nations rushing to work with emergency domestic reserves now. in the

controversial tradition of remembering s.s. veterans as heroes latvian nationalists gather for an annual march condemned by half of the population and seen as an inspiration for young neo nazis. next month taking a carnivore to a cultural level indeed in the russian capital and his late edition this weekend of moscow at. t.-bone fillets topsides praise minced there are many cuts and ways we can put meat or a dog is such meat produced with russian or international at the restaurant and shocking scene has flourished in the past two decades of course meat has been popular in

russia for centuries but now it's a whole different game. that needs festivals through the exhibitions in conferences such as world meet moscow and are part of the on your calendar. meetings while first location now a welcome to spent more central market the store here unites the farmers' bazaar approach i guess you know mix supermarkets and restaurant concepts the softer trains are answer any questions about how super pac cooks and he produce in the stores counts is whether you want recipes or information about the best nearby celluloid. sakes. i'm very pleased with this show and it's just across the road and have come here since it opened its shop assistants are very helpful and the products are always fresh and raise i think there's much weight issues of need for a unit in america is better than things to venues like this decision here is good better shopping for me to this market is an unusual experience for me i'm used to

buying these in vacuum packs. you can see the impressive range of meats on offer labels are pretty good in english and russian and give details comments about what is on sale presentation is everything and the contemporary design music needs uniforms and some beads what's the trees here i decided to try cut a russian model steak at almost two hundred rubles around seven dollars was a price the price. no but. it does cost considerably less. nice and affordable for many people it tastes good is famous is trading in american cards. every service is provided for customers here for example if you have your meat cooks while you wait. a grill is positioned here to sell steak sandwiches i deal for them on star markets now i'm getting hungry. and there are also various restaurants situated throughout the complex here these

three am to soul is fully aware hungry guests might not want to wait until they get home simply ask i'm a chef here will cook it for you it's almost bizarre offers a way to choices me you have on the menu of. people in moscow become much more fancier. they tend to believe very good quality. even when using. the kitchen is an organized circus of kaleri activity regarding conover starts today more meat is being eaten in russia every year various reports state that the yearly pack outs of meat consumption in russia is sixty three kilograms per person it's a good forty to fifty kilos and other places like america and western europe yes but this figure has shot up by twenty kilos in the last ten years. but very nicely here in the kitchens where the guy is going to cook the meat alexander. therefore it's. ok. other main things to do

that the service is not free cost one hundred rubles for every one hundred grams of steak. a very. very nice beautiful time to talk in take a look at this steak. dishes made by the chefs here are brought to a new level with the signatures. else is unbalanced one card these elements make the most of the meat on each plate in this case you know gaulish all saw i dish is nothing straightforward piece at this best i like my steak medium rare now this looks delicious. and to discuss the world of meat in the recent capital let's needs no pun intended this week's guests don't feel great to see the man with the meats three hundred friends of his here we have four different types of main. ones from

australia one is independents are from america so i'm going to try and explain to you what i can about the different types of name and this is a popular dish here mistily or it's yes we're going to we're going to start off with a three yucky soup. ok so what do we have here so here we have the base it's other expensive must always cows with that's right it's over no less expensive to make it and while. yeah i would take a fifth. this is great fun. let's take a break to take a look at some other restaurants in moscow given restaurant was the first steakhouse in the capital opening in two thousand and four since then it's grown into an impressive chain of eateries locations not only in the russian capital but also in the ukraine england and switzerland goodman specializes in states made of

marble before this mrs cook using natural wood cold called a hot spot no suspicion equipment is used to preserve the freshness of the meat. movie demanding clients mckinnell first snakes made of july aged neat dishes like that have the reach of flavor in our restaurants on tours is truly to have a special draw aging machine to put meat that's no fun. and it's there for twenty one days there was a song at a time for stuff to do things. if you'd rather create a meat recipe on the road there are plenty of other places in the russian capital to buy fresh meat. and for a real experience of shopping for meat. market in central moscow is a place for all kinds and varieties of meat although this place to shop is definitely not for vegetarians or the lights hot is. needed here is very fresh it

doesn't lie around on soda here as there are so many customers every day also there's a laboratory where every product is calling attention to. if you fancy a. series and grand. restaurants and the jury especially called hotel might be choice for you. in french on the code means a premium cut of beef and of course on the high quality meat produced is used at the restaurants the shake is coast to coast chefs signature recipes as feature special selection of hubs and spices. and i'm not no it's back to our interview with. at the chef missing late so why do the meats that we think are great. that we have we have three different cuts of meat. very wary of them are very low as cuts and. we come to the restaurant for grams of either this is the story because. it's in the law and.

order brides. come from. inside the hood or it doesn't work well for women. but. whatever this is that. there's a lot more things to say. i'm. most by the way but some of us is not the flavor is in the ice or the fact is this which is the river where the fed runs through the me and the so long that. over the top of america. you have it for if you want to last. long floody. you're going to lose a little bit of history and what's the flavor of most popular meat dish but his appearance today with the choice. we can only grow either with

a mounted or with this will have a guest one of the local good will become a beef here it was amazing. one piece left just think great to see you again it's a great first thank you very much. and driving an hour and a half outside the center of moscow we've arrived at this ostrich farm all strauss as i call them russian food and goods of these guys of all think of this with all the snow. this foam here homes the weakest largest population of the world's largest birds all together and form has around two hundred species of african and emus surprisingly the animals quickly get accustomed to local temperatures and have no problems living in russia the only problem is that wilma temperature is on the bits of the egg so special machines are used to call in total has been working for over thirteen years now at the start just several but one takes from your just several years ago the company was

breeding churches only for meat production use most fish meat tastes very different than any other i think it's closest to the flavor of the of. the new management and the concept of the farm changed a year ago now only some bugs need to be dies with injuries or use for meat is said to be extremely. in cholesterol i'm beneficial she human health. capitals kaleri world is now about education choice developments international chefs have revolutionized the food scene here as a new initiative i can separate issues such as kobe beef in japan offered in the city spike eateries on the lower level to supermarkets and wholesalers have a module with meat. from different countries all says i'm prepared in various ways

with the you love rum siloing. one thing is for sure russia is getting. interesting how is he finds the last train station for your next dinner well that's all the time we have left on this thing for a while i'll see you again at the same time next week.

right. lemme just keep. with the end of the core war and the going away of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons disappeared in the risk is not zero that something might be going off by mistake special it sounds a little weapons on hair trigger a lot. of the victims could use it as a threat to all of it but you know if you keep spending a trillion dollars a year on weapons of venture you're going to blow everybody up you can't you know

people are dying from these weapons but until we actually see it people don't wake up to nuclear weapons or will be. that represents all the firepower of the second world war this. is the equivalence of fire power the world's nuclear arsenal today. lethal. just sleep is.

a. headline sought from our team moscow calls on arab and western states not just for kofi downs mediating effort. in syria i mean high hopes the special envoys report to the un security council may bring the crisis closer to a solution. sparing no expense a rat is exiled from the global banking system leaving oil prices soaring and western nations rushing to open emergency domestic reserves. on a controversial tradition of remembering s.s. veterans as heroes that get nationalists gathered for an annual march condemned by half of the population and seen as an inspiration for young neo nazis. next to nazi

those catch up with unity school the latest sport for you tonight. thanks for joining us this is sports today we have got plenty ahead coming up next . and then there were eight that champions league quarter final draw has been made with a pick of the time he's seeing barcelona on the line go head to head. maria versus maria the popple of the name sixty's sharapova see all fellow russian curling kit to reach the semifinals indian well. going back three years michael schumacher posts the fastest time in practice ahead of the opening race of the formula one season in melbourne. who get underway with football where the champions league quarter final draw has been made the most i catch in

fixture bringing together reigning champions porcelain or milan in the tournaments fifty seven year history the two sides of one of eleven times in total elsewhere but in this league spire in munich must go head to head with more say the english premier league salt survivors chelsea will face benfica while the years surprise package cypriots after well will aim to upset the odds once again i can see the competitions move successful squads ryall madrid first day games keep going on march twenty seventh and twenty. europa league has also discovered its quarterfinal pairing in spain once again the most well represented nation month chest united's congress athletic build bar will take on shell can't believe current championship leaders alkmaar but they have hung over for a company while medalist of ukraine must do battle with portugal's sporting first games kick off on march twentieth. the russian football union have announced three

friendly matches for the national team ahead of euro two thousand and twelve dick advocates men will take on lithuania and europe. i had all the tournaments kickoff on june eighth twenty ten world cup semi final this year of lie visit luzhniki stadium on may twenty fifth it's four days after that's russia will take on lithuania in switzerland before meeting four time world cup winners italy on june first russia's first game at euro two thousand and twelve will be against the czech republic on june ninth also in their group our co-host poland on two thoughts and four winners greece. tennis and reassure obvious quest for a first title of the year has picked up pace the russian advancing to the semifinals at indian wells following victory over a complete cretin maria curling the siberian native though forced to do it the hard way in a march which lasted over three hours the opening set going curling this way six three and world number two sharapova with

a breakdown in the second before bottling back to take it seven five this year's australian open final is finally rediscovering her top form and decider claiming it six to an event of its weight in the us. meanwhile in the men's side of the draw world number one on defending champion novak djokovic is through to the semifinals after a six three six four win over spain's nicolas almagro next stop for the serve american john. he may have seven formula one titles are already in the bag but there's no slowing down michael schumacher the forty three year old topping three practice ahead of the opening race of the season in melbourne i went down under but it certainly didn't affect the old masters shui best thing force india new boy who converted by less than a tenth of a second following the two sessions galatea of the germans time webber was brought up afterwards with criticism over the rear wing on his mercedes which is now

effectively in their form the mclaren pair of jenson button and lewis hamilton set the pace in the early section. now europe's most prestigious ruby competition comes to a close this weekend with the final round of matches in the six nations we all saw will be crowned champions and claim the grand slam if they beat france in cardiff on saturday it's however still possible for going to win the tournament but they'll need a big victory over ireland twickenham on hope france can do the business against the welsh under the guidance of interim coach stuart lancaster and ignorant of improved dramatically following their poor showing at the world cup last autumn it would mean all who scotland to see who gets the wooden spoon. princes to be n.b.a. hardwood or phoenix have a glass reason to smile on the road after ending a four game way losing streak the suns taking on a team who had also lost their way recently after a police training start to this season the los angeles clippers and was the host

led by chris paul who finished the first quarter twenty nine seventeen in front an advantage he kept on to the last twelve minutes but that was when the suns began to shine taking the lead with a three pointer from shannon braun who also wanted for free throws in the final ninety seconds of the game ninety one eighty seven phoenix ended up in l.a. . now the chances of a st least greatest ever olympian making london two thousand and twelve are looking slim today swim legend ian thorpe crushing out of his country's two hundred meter freestyle trials at the semi final stage it means the five time wouldn't be called medalist chances of making it on to the team a strictly a roster lie in the one hundred metres freestyle this weekend's events he's rarely find success in since coming out of retirement last season after a five year break twenty nine year old paedo and finishing twelfth in friday's

events only the top eight make that from. really it's really just want to. lose. a little quicker most. important current and how the historical day on the greens claiming a three shot lead of calls transitions championship in florida following round ones action the irishman carving a career best effort of sixty want to set a course record in a spruik hartington's ten on helping him take a step towards ending seventeen months and thirty seven tournaments with a victory to talk with ten birdies along the way on thursday this fifteen foot putts on the eighteenth breaking the previous record by a single shot the steamed copperhead course american will clutch then lies three shots put it back. ok it up brings us to boxing and with a little over two months before the highly anticipated super lightweight

remastering amir khan on the mount peterson washington d.c. played host to the fighters this week to new old acquaintances you may remember the american it beat by a split decision in december to take over the w.p.a. and i.b.s. belts britain can file a formal complaint afterwards with several boxing authorities contesting the two points controversially that took it from can the complaint though was dropped meaning may nineteenth clash in las vegas should be a highly charged. i'm going to win this fight i mean by a mile even if it's by. i want to i want to show people that you know we want to be fair the way. to get him on and we get to school called us how hard i'm going to train or how focused and how but i want to you know and i'm tired but i want take a back to where i'm finally what's makes on the olympic champion well it seems that russia's republic of dagestan has the answer with gold medal simply not part of the region's fabric cost ref reports on how future champions are developed in part two

of his special report into dagestan's wrestling legacy. freestyle wrestling is paramount in dagestan and locals consider it their national pastime almost every household here has their kids and gauged in some sort of athletic activity which seems to play one of the biggest roles in their upbringing. if a parent tells us their children are feeling at school then we threaten to expel them from there can hardly be a stricter punishment for a child than of battle attending training so maintain contact appearance and that helps us control the children's school results these kids certainly haven't made the comparison to their counterparts a few decades ago two thousand sydney olympic champion said good more. now the head of the good stance pension fund confessed that if it wasn't for sport he would have never achieved his high political status and if he hadn't been so successful after wrestling he would not have been able to help the sports champions of tomorrow.

wrestling helped me to become a respectable person strengthened my will and character and taught me to respect the juniors i will be devoted to it until the end of my days helping to develop wrestling is my holy duty in the face of allah and kids who want to follow my path when i was a child who was often hungry because my family had nothing to eat i don't want today's children to train on empty stomachs. two thousand and four olympic champion . excelled in their second favorite martial arts boxing he admitted that his youth spent high in the caucasus mountains key to his drive as an athlete but now a resident of a big city guy will ensure that his family's well established sports tradition is passed on to future generations we have been promised a new gym since two thousand and fourteen but we are finally getting this year the president signed all documents and we will soon open our state of the art books and

center so far boxers like me have not had such fine conditions once an athlete makes that to stand proud people. or the world championships their sense for life however the unspoken local custom has it that the fortunes been korean so you that it must be spread with traditions like that the world is bound to soon hear about athletes from this tiny region in many more years to come olympic champions and are usually more than just famous athletes many of them were also becoming prominent political figures and others give back by raising future of the big champions and from what i have noticed the pool of candidates is almost bottomless room on call for a party a russian republic of dagestan not seen or monitored by ten wrestling packages but he's never put on the lycra in south maybe some day a little bit lucky but not all the sports weather.

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