if you just joined it's a very welcome aarti life here from our studios in central moscow top stories now that a plane crash in russia's western siberia kills thirty one on board after the aircraft went down just twelve minutes following takeoff twelve people survived the accident possibly thanks to the attempted and. technical failure of the build up of ice on the french italian made aircraft the main course is being investigated. the international envoy to syria tells the un security council damascus has agreed to an april tenth deadline to stop the violence but says the friends of syria group

that reportedly decided to fund opposition forces is criticized by russia. backed peace efforts. and the much anticipated prefer loosening up registration for political parties in russia a controversial response some opposition leaders fear the legislation prompted by mass protests too many factions bidding for power. but that's it for me and the news team for the moment will be back with more news for you in half an hour from now in the meantime it's our special report the latest in our discovering russia series is an overview of the peculiar winter sports one can enjoy here in russia. with the winter olympics coming to sochi in twenty fourteen it won't be long before the always of the world to train them russia's snow easters. thankfully you don't have to be limping athlete to make the most of the country's one stone. i think it's fair to say how do real russian experience until you've lived through one of

their wins it's snow comes up the knees and bone chilling temperatures that last for months at a time but if you travel around a little you're find that one thing the russians do really well is have fun when it's freezing. but we're not just on your average trip to the peace to my chilly journey is going to spam you three thousand kilometers take me from the racetracks of western russia to the streets of some period sunset with some culture so i could see. my friends i went to pretty for example the losses by this with my seven sons so i until the spring. but there are a great variety is this a guy still the best seller.

this busy gary just fully speedway competitors men who think nothing of racing round frozen tracks at one hundred thirty kilometers an hour with no breaks and i was being shown around by russia's best three saw him seem world champion genteel even off so this is mega law they're ok so this is this is danielle steve these are the guys who actually won the world championship because they look at that bike. so this. is your bike yes it. was. the. and it's time has a something to the holes please spikes some. of this. ok. the downside they see from places like. phase. the old school house and push him off but trying to make sure he doesn't pick up

any new ones. they might think currently i'm the only russian athletes who wear this kind of year some pretty serious protection they need just in case it's like a full suit of armor plus extra. it was time to make a longer goal is now comes the truck and for me to take my place in the stands. for the drugs. but. it's just the backside of. the way small as the same rules as some a speedway full half century clockwise among the things i wouldn't advise many against a live. wire no we'll. just leave it but yeah. it's

not just the speedway right it should be ronald's in the winter. well i would have thought that in conditions like these driving would be tough enough in itself but it seems that there's always a way to make it a little bit challenging and locked away in a tally actually garrincha to buy cars on a one wheeled monster. that's considered a low blow i'm alexy to me and this is your famous yes it's our uni motto we're preparing for the competitions you want to help we're planning to load it of course we can't. read it over this so let's say it is a unit moto writer a firm believer that one wheel is better than two on the design of his highly international creation. so i don't think a lot of surprised me fully who knew who ski customs people so this is their custom

made a russian bike with a japanese essentially. the wheel is from the army. indeed. a lot of. the headlight comes from india. and there is also art that used to belong to singur assume the sheen. existence of the boy schooled megalopolis which translates as mega slipper but to two hundred kilos she's not all that comfortable to teal with. so this is. the legacy. to make us last in the unit's championship below me. going to win. i don't think. we're ready to head off some megalopolis let it up and i get to see what she can do. in the stadium.

to tell you how to use you to tell championships everyone here is loving the bills is a machine guns like the roads become a wide range of shapes and sizes individuality is the name of the game no two bikes with the like a way to compete is one wheel propulsion system this is the first ever i see an image of a festival in schools found all the way for us to see. was unique is that this is the twenty one year odyssey to come in this at the store was

originally invented for the people of the world this is not a money man's sport this is for people who are creative who can take an idea from inside their mind that consumers feel and then have the guts to get on it and ride it but everybody can do that it doesn't matter to young old men women children there's a class for everyone money will not win this war creativity and ingenuity will. and there was plenty of not so i'm sure along with some serious speeds and omega luck that's certainly holding its own. but if you're looking for a broader more genteel way to spend a winter we spoke to. the trip to the track i'm here in russia they've got their own style of racing which takes a bit. the. this

stock foam prepares horses pacifically for the troika is a uniquely russian form of racing the dates back to the time of catherine the great and uses three horses honest alongside each of those a polish sleigh. the stable uses all of trucks has a powerful elegant breed and it was torn to get them ready for the big day. oh boy. oh razor go for rise. of. the senior statesman of the stables. the most experienced. they have. believed forcible sledge. everything is prepared as it would have been back in the eighteenth century complete with the

bells that told everyone to try to was on its way. you can see why this would be some spectacle how these three. in full flow together. three. beautiful triplets frets a tree. and i was about to get a taste of what they could do but this is what i call riding in style i was underneath and alexander are ready to go i were off to the races forward so. it's certainly a metallic way to travel just make sure you're well on. the

minus of loomed up for the horses set in the house and once they go into the race track a ridge that leaves alexandra eats and his trainer have been winning titles for the best part of twenty years and it was no surprise to see them searched through to take another trophy back to the stables. one of russia's more ancient methods of winter transport it was time for me to try one of the nearest i don't know it was invented far away and new zealand it's become a common signs the country ski resorts. in most sports you need certain skills to succeed nimble footwork brute strength mind but seemingly in this next one just coming to gravity to the trick. it's the gun it's the. morning hello hello. it's on my strong leaders if i can be contained here is no injuries ok let's

go miss you mean you haven't had a launch breakfast it probably is just in case our instructor was on hand to give me some safety tips. ok so there are two spheres the inside spirit has a day amateur of two meters the outside one measures three point two meters you will be fast not six points and some of the straps will keep your hands and feet in place others will hold your body in check was your job is to spread out your weight overall six fasteners in so if you're ready let's go i'm ready i think so. reiss. it. was very comforting. feel safe secure.

and ready to roll that hill hey. it seems hopelessly turning head over heels can go to squash the range of emotions ready as i'll ever be. the lady who. proved by. the. book that. was all about ok i'm going to add one small cabbage what i said before a strong stomach is definitely an advantage. just make sure the call is close by because you might have trouble walking a straight line for a while but i think i. only need a little while. six.

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on. to rolling down a hill in a giant plastic bowl i was hoping that my next piece would be wrong of all states fans of the frozen lakes of the country southwest not slowing down any more. now i'm here to say he'll look at one of the newest and fastest growing winter sports in russia combine skiing snowboarding windsurfing from one of these this is snow can't sing along at the top of. tommy ask you brings together some of the best riders from all across the country for his i knew all of them it's a race across the ice the house passed his truck two hundred kilometers an hour. boy. you were going to give me a very quick basic introduction and she's so close so we have all our lists known

as little. there's a little wind a little luck we should be good friends. and even a little context takes a lot of preparation. for starting. the first. time where the wind from where now the birth of his half. the guys. here. with nine feet into been c.e.o. . you think you know found some snow and. then you just have to let the lines out after one or two full stops on the way. all of my might be you know like you're driving a. bus keeping you in the air is easier said than done live. or let let let you know left that. if.

i go. i'm crash. if. i do that i was great fun to tell you although i can't imagine actually doing something which is going to slowly me across the snow and it fortunately this time i don't have to i'm just about maintaining you the moment i think and that's when i . close and i will attach but. this will do me i'm going to leave the actual racing to eagle here and see. how far to go with this very. well i practiced eagle once to get ready for the serious business of the day and i joined him for his final preparations. special about the. discipline.

in russia for the president here and once the wind really begins to blow conditions start to get very tough. best of luck thank you see finish wide. and his competitors started to move away eagle scout. eagle lining up to take his place in the start. it's very funny because there isn't any whistles all klaxons or anything but i'm reliably informed he's about to head off first to see what i mean makes them. the riders make two loops of the thirty kilometer race skiis travel far more quickly than the snowboarders so it looks like we might be in for points in the ranks. here is not one.

all the way. a number of judges keep track of each race timing the riders as they possibly checkpoints and author of their each in the last i saw regal heading for the finish line. i couldn't make a winter sports program without a visit to siberia russia small just on coldest region and fight to get some chilly head coaches have to warm up the pools so players don't get injured they live here in cameroon but it's no footy the brings the crowds out here. it's a whole different build a. city i say i james already going well yeah we're ahead of the game it's good that. yeah it's very loud. at the stadium can hold up to thirty thousand five

and it's easy to get drawn into the speed and dynamism of the game you learn you have you know if you go well penalty say they get. back a symbiotic i was. i. knew. they score. so you already did and it's not just a fan favorites in siberia. i this board has always been popular all across russia but i'm somewhat of skin cream or yale the way t.v. can trace west including our hahnville skin more months on the white sea coast in other words people really enjoy this open air game all over russia i can understand

why it was goals flowing in from both angles the final straw the finish seven sixth who's boss and it turns out you've got to be a pretty to get. no play on skates generally equals me on the full fairly quickly but there is a bit more of a fun friendly version of funny that you can play using these i'm not is what we're all here. had to go out today. i just needed to meet up a second coming up the supply quickly. with a good anyone can play bandy all you need is stick some felt boots ok so my folks what's most important is that you played with passion ok you got your boots and will supply you with a stick. you might as well try to your self. righteous don't teach your opponent will just do the job and it's also forbidden to push your opponent for you so let's

go now this is a game that they play outside in song period so it's important to have the right head kid. in the. friendly unimposing status of i may. kill it but me almost but. it seems my teammates and sets my natural tone scoring ability and i was sent up front in a time i was just having small problems with my turning circle. so this is why i stay on your feet. and ballance. when will. the senate always been and. was behind so it was probably a very small time text. and there were a few crunching tackles going into. possibly

my contribution wasn't the most telling but all to fifteen minutes that felt like an out my team ended up on top of. all nothing. just to fit. guernsey three. points no he schools old a c. was almost as a man's and i have one brother most famous still trying. to. hold . that frugal. well i think of gold fake images of some. sun bunkers plus creams but today i've gone some mara snowdrifts and whites but they don't let

a small thing like winter get in the way around. and back in tallahassee they don't their own place it's says a little cooler to some kind today. so many competition in a can because we have four holes. to keep. as many fans as we want ok and see who comes out on sol for the ice cold championship but always been in the good spoils camp when it came to golf but the needle is a cane plant and he promised to give me a few tips. for annoying all and thank you because with great expertise i think this is obviously the. club from this distance you know what she dimitri and. always what your doors greasily different in russian. or the wind but knowing the right thing to shout was not my biggest obstacle. nice

fluid swing. keathley. it is. only going to. look that's one. price so yeah i think this is what we call being in the rough. is it isn't it and is it somewhere it's. got a deep belief in the snowdrifts that the meal was having no such problems as he hits one sweet shots after another. very nice. ok so i can understand some a goal for nice weather business on the links but when you think there's a freezing cold. it's about. fifty in the school for.

people missy missing goals you know and. so. wants to be whole window we get to be able to socialize and maybe have a drink after work. and i can really say yes yes we're late as. cole says we can and he's from the studio went to catch up with the competition i started to get the hang of things mark at least i hadn't worked our action gently. delicately into the white. seal. the bit to haunt. him pretty hard the lawyer was rolling. over the temperature close to minus fifteen celsius the concert was too worried about my signature i was ready to finish my round back to the comps. and the crowd

roared a magnificent hundred. cool glow he. said he can only get better than that. the winter in russia can certainly be brutal but if you're happy to give the outdoors a trawick there's no shortage of things that will keep you entertained through the frosty months whether you say she parks or just relaxing unless you have the studio we're going to the end of the day spring snow for the. filmmaker. and. the.

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