in addition to all the developments around russia we. are back here where there are a reminder of the top stories for you on the set to unleash a massive observer mission to syria in a last ditch attempt to prevent an all out civil war the security council is expected to approve the deployment of three hundred monitors later on saturday. decision time in france after final appeals to voters are made by hand presidential hopefuls eyeing up the top job in a country riven by social divisions and record unemployment voters will cast their choices on sunday with incumbent presidents and they go to sarkozy and popular socialist leader francois hollande the main contenders. plus the chinese economic powerhouse sets its sights on the arctic as she weighs in for

a slice of the untapped riches the chinese premier is touring europe to seal collaboration deals on exploring arctic resources. next the latest edition of our program this time whether oriental twist. hello konichiwa on the streets probably taking a look at japanese culture here in the russian capital although it's seven one hundred thousand kilometers away many muscovites are fascinated by such subjects as our gali asian cuisine and japanese animation so join us as we take a look at various shops classes sports and personals starting off here in japan. although thousands of kilometers from moscow some people forget that russia borders

japan the far eastern areas of the country the creels and the island sound. the two countries have strong commercial relations and missions have been fascinated by japanese traditions and culture for centuries. opened in one thousand nine hundred eight to japan foundation here is a welcome addition for everyone in moscow from japanese ex-pats to the thousands of russian students to the japanese. as you can see the live restocks thousands of books videos d.v.d.'s and c.d.'s. and all are available to rent the study hall as your purpose is. from oregon always a language crosses the cultural department is a focal point of education and creativity as various workshops a master classes are held here. here you can see class in action the art form of japanese calligraphy as in being studied for over three thousand years and knowledge of calligraphy is an important step in the understanding of japanese

culture because here practicing with water it's my first time and it's not as easy as i thought it would be skill patience and imagination is needed. brushstrokes can i. and the lack of confidence will show up in the what characters must be written on the walls and there's no altering touching up going to them afterwards. there are several other workshops people of all ages and to nationalities can participate in. this is a class showcasing the art of peacefully arranging flowers and leaves invoices and other contain is a choice of what flowers to arrange is guarded by the desire to create harmony between the flower and contain a fine fly was a blend in well with its surroundings the key consideration is to use as few stems as possible and to compose elegant consuls to highlight the flowers b.c.

. to our next location and shopping like any other major capital city moscow has its own foreign communities many of these have set up schools in moscow publish their own newspapers magazines and open stores selling their own crafts and local produce khan's make it to tokyo never mind you can still visit the japanese supermarkets to stock up on delicious sushi in japanese saki. the store here wolf is an authentic japanese korea experience based around the fundamental principles the quality and freshness of ingredients. great. for my friend well this store starts pretty much everything you need for a taste of japan that said it's not just about food stuffs like seaweed or plum why are there and why whole range of products such as tea sets. and shampoo which you can see here yes surprise surprise it's not cheap but what to do if you're after

that offensive japanese experience here in the russian capital. and as a showcase to the diverse and ever developing cultural scene and lifestyle of the russian capital this is huge restaurants and six feet shops are opening at an amazing great. we had our first store open in one thousand. ninety three on prospect neurons our idea back then was to sell japanese food for the japanese community in moscow our main customers were ex-pats until nine hundred years and then japanese food became very popular and fashionable among russians to. the invasion of japanese cuisine to the russian market of the past decade is only to prepare it there are hundreds of japanese eateries in moscow including both high end restaurants and student cafes promise twenty famous restaurant loaded television fast food kiosks you can get your sushi twenty four hours a day. the festival of contemporary japanese culture called j fest has become a large annual event in the recent capital. featuring all

aspects of pop culture including fashion cuisine computer games and japanese animation manga it attracts thousands of generally young this is. the last i saw was held in a level and highlighted for aspects russian music animation and architecture. to the japanese embassy now and its theme here to be promotes that country's culture in russia and to find out more about the promotion of japanese culture in moscow let's meet this week's guests great to me today thank you very much for your time now tell me about your job here at the japanese embassy is. a lot about to happen these power the music ptolemy what's going on in japan including culture. and more and more russian people understand and feel close to speaking of how close they are it's i find it fascinating that moscow is in fact. a long way away but i believe that russia is the closest neighbor to japan

and yes russia is the largest country in the world and the eastern part is very close to actually the distance between japan and russia is only for forty three kilometers. and yes. well they're both very culturally very very different yes very different and i think every year the interest in japan you know gets larger and larger every year no matter what kind of japanese festivals like there are in the music. and traditional cultures paintings i don't people can't just come for last year we have. japanese contemporary culture festival in the offender and during the two day period where we have over twelve thousand people well coming from visit so. there is no doubt that the japanese culture in japan itself. very very popular and becoming more and more popular among the

russian people here from a question what do you miss about about japan with the whiniest the hot springs and . of course people of my god my hometown. but thanks very much for the time although you're welcome you're watching a machine couple thank you very much six years in. the japanese arthur gray miniature trees in a false bonsai has found many followers in research to the original bonsai practice focuses on long time cultivation the shaping of very small trees which are not easy to grow and demand for a cat to show up here others have asserted all russian exhibition center has various bonsai trees you can buy the young tree for around thirty dollars and trying crate yourself you can get an already shakes takes tree which might cost us eight thousand dollars. cultural and instead the calendar is packed with various

events celebrating the land of the rising sun all year round the museum of modern art is now hosting an exhibition of contemporary art course double perspectives that showcase work by over thirty artists from japan. dubai to this and i on the project we tried. oh this of various styles ages and from different parts of japan europe is a whole diversity of the countries contemporary art there's talk of. the french five millimeter cinema organizes annual festivals of anime. while performances of japanese traumas always sold out advance of moscow's very speech because. she wants to express yourself through song and why not try outs karaoke coming from the japanese words being empty orchestra from underground and grungy to v.i.p.'s and swanky there are hundreds of karaoke holes in the russian capital many venues have thousands of songs to choose from including

russian and english and it's a popular form of payment for people of all ages plans nationalities. and travelling half an hour outside the city since we've arrived here by not location and if you thought the japanese culture was all about going for one side trees graceful kimono dress and meditation you thought wrong so well always well the statue next to me like if you some ideas let me. just take a look at the medals here the men and women at the center have been winning awards pairs combat sports competitions says the nineteen sixty's although other martial arts are enjoyed here japanese sumo wrestling is one of the most popular. order when a school opened fifteen years ago it was the first school in russia which held soon a practice then sumo was generally unknown and an unusual activity for russians but now it's become very common or. it's really girls mostly just it's

a competitive full context sports where wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out to such a range it's a great way to keep fit for many it's an ideal way to distress and a great outlet for expression men and women included just take a look. to start it's on with the belts otherwise known as the washing in japan these can be traditionally over night meters long and you would make it just feel quite strange but they provide the great nieces. i can all sit of like and the ring with the russian champion a leg but hers tension is not the worst to come face to face with a giants award winning russian sumo wrestler is simply terrifying. and here.

from the paper folding fascinating hobby of origami to the recent sushi mania that's taken as a mosque our japanese culture has exploded in the russian capital luckily for many they don't have to be training for sumo wrestling ring swiss muscovites ties the cultural grace. at all the icons of the battle to prove how amazing the city of moscow is this is most fights i'm sure i went with. well at least i've tried them for saying that's all the time we have left on the space program on japanese culture in the russian capital i'll see you again at the same time next week about a specific. way. wealthy

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and he's next. hello there welcome to the school good to have you company ambitions out of the headlines. three having god placed and almost die with the chance of being frank a jail champion for the first time. while the need had to come out in the dark knowing three points would all but make them the russian prime league champions. i'm nancy grace top seeds novak djokovic for nothing the dial brings into the semifinals of the monte carlo masters and the marie cox exact. just over an hour's time on god will be battling for the cage championship crime victory over dinar more skyward and then the title the first time in their history it's a very inside client claimed in overtime victory in moscow on thursday to go three one up in the best of seven to gar in cup series and today they will have home

advantage as the action switches to however dynamic alex and says his team will not panic under the pressure and believe they can produce a victory to keep the tire alive and they will be without injured forward alexei could be shot. well the weekend's action in the russian prime league has begun but it's an inside spot at now chika taking on carlie's neil neil at the moment hard time approaching again now she's really much when they currently reach the bottom points from safety at the other ends in a take on compound a bit later a victory for the simply disposed side would be enough to back to back titles if spartak moscow fail to beat angie tomorrow elsewhere third place the now welcome city rivals to cheers from moscow replaced looking to leapfrog spartak into second place in the race the champions league places relegation threatened to face volga libron england there are seven matches that i had been important for both from the relegation zone face nor agents from the respectively while at the top it's about

the rights for the. final champions league spot tottenham currently fourth. by leaving for chelsea who are just two points behind they are still in the london darby the blues in high spirits after their recent picture able to barcelona in the champions league but they know they are in a tough fight to qualify for next season's torn. it's important to be in the job incident for this club but it's proof the difficulties are for this club and season in the premier league and we are trying our best to make up. for instead we hear from the teams in front of us and we have made some points up you know in the short time but the there isn't much time and we just have to try our best and try and get as many points as we can he's a massive game for us course i don't need to look good nor go up close with. but. we have been remarkably consistent in valastro moments and.

i'm confident that. a very strong response from. well barcelona are looking to bounce back from their champions league defeat to chelsea in tonight's el classico a victory over rearmed grid at the nou camp would cut the gap on the league leaders to a single point besides have met five times already this season pass alone have yet to be beaten so it is no surprise guardiola says his team will keep playing the way they have done all season. straight to find. more control the game. in that way you will. it will be better you'll have more chances to create the opportunities to score and score goals. and we know each other very well.

to try to play the same philosophy now is not going to change many many things. now elsewhere russia is preparing for a fed cup semi final showdown with serbia in moscow although russia skipper she'll talk doesn't agree his team are the favorites russia i would add their top stars maria sharapova and it is of one of the over and have handed the job to and to see public change convertible facing the new yankee beach in the days first singles match because nets will play an hour of an eviction the second rubber of the day serbia have never got this far before while the hosts have won the fed cup four times under tarp each year although the veteran captain says we should expect a close battle. i consider the draw to be good i was judging from the reaction of forward and there were not some i don't draw the main fracture as all the games are important but i have no complaints and as for the chances of a man or was not injured in the team chances would be what it is from now on the

two teams are nearly all. going on about djokovic and rafael nadal remain on course to meet in the final of the monte carlo masters both got through their quarter finals without any major problems although joke of it didn't start so well against the dutch when someone's a broken in the game but the world number one came back to take the first set six for. the second six one standing in the way next checked on is perfect he came from a set down to upset to see andy murray in t.v. sets to one. hundred al kept up his amazing record at monte carlo where he's been champion for the last seven years the spaniard defeated stanislav in straight sets record his fourteenth win in a row on these clay courts and plays your son on in a semi the frenchman got past another frenchwoman free to tsonga. despite the civil unrest sunday's bahrain grand prix will definitely go ahead that is according to

the country's crown prince taliban bin hamad al khalifa he spoke ahead of the final practice session which is now. now underway sadie's nico rosberg is looking to build on his good for mark to talk in the time she was yesterday by almost half a second the german claimed pole by a similar margin in china last sunday before securing his maiden victory i mean more force india are taking part in today's practice they had cut short yesterday session to go back to their hotel in daylight after mechanics were a quarter century protests during the week qualifying takes place in a couple of hours time. precious to him is of putting in a few good times to wear with a limp at home for showing they're on track for the london games at the national championships in moscow on break from his peers to take first place in the men's fifty meter freestyle event circuit fifty calls also booked his ticket to london after he beat fellow olympic hopefuls loaded him or herself to second place the men's two hundred meter backstroke event was won by the olympic bronze medalist

carvey the action in. i was worried for my team but you've got to look at more than semifinal yesterday and i really got worried in the final but in the end he won a hundred meter gold as did i and that's the main thing and now we're just going to focus on preparing for the little bit already olympic bank if i'm over who won the women's hundred breaststroke on thursday repeated the fate in the fifty meter category little fellow olympian that idea about by over a second to clinch her second gold medal unfunny and this is the cemented her position on russia's national olympic team by winning the women's fifty two pac strake event. we have a good team at the moment especially recently unlike four years ago where it was a little fraction our training has been a good job preparing us the team has stayed friends so will both of them pick some high spirits and will be supporting each other. everyone is in great shape they'll

want to go to the olympics unfortunately the national championships are the only event where you can qualify and there's a sportsman who does have to go to throw me under par right now but at this point with and competition is really tough. and out of the water this is good news for russian gymnasts stuff and she has recovered from knee ligament damage and a comeback is being eagerly awaited at the olympics with a story is constantine picked up off. this soviet union used to be the world's best in women's gymnastics producing employer threw off the top gene missed brought home thirty three olympic gold eleven more than our tribal romania the global competition in the sport has increased dramatically over the last three decades. but in the guinness can complete the belly there are forty two medals at stake overall at the olympics it's the end of the last world championships these medals went to twenty one countries but slowly in the women's events just forty six

teams will battle for gold and our priority is the team competition because it's the most prestigious the all around events come second after a leader mustaf you know won the first medal in twenty years for russia in the all around event at the world championships and we are counting on her you know with russia's brightest star the twenty to an all round world champion. suffered a serious knee injury at last year's european championships and was ruled out for more than six months however the seventy year old is back and preparing for early for her most important event so for the london olympics. i've almost recovered from my injury i competed at the domestic championship i was happy with my performance i doubt i'm the biggest star on the team however i feel the responsibility of the olympics will be even higher than at the world championships. before her insurance stuff and i had the most difficult program

in the world where trying not to rush a comeback cover is going well and she's regaining her form step by step she's already training at full strength and will be ready for. just two gymnast who have suffered such an e e a year before the olympics have made successful returns but none of them won the gold. however some point didn't say that most stuff it was injury may be a blessing for. the last reigning world champion to win olympic gold was ukraine. back in one nine hundred ninety six. so perhaps by missing last year's world championships the great game's focus is off russia's best medal hopes and could ensure she finishes where she belongs on top of the podium in spain r.t. . so that's all the sport will be here in a couple of minutes time he said. just

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