they are just meters from the main disaster zone with little hope of any survivors being. well those are the headlines here on our team but do stay with us if you can if you've never been to moscow now and your chance. takes you to all these spectacular locations are near the kremlin and all around it and other special parts of the russian capital. hello and welcome the sun is shining and it's a beautiful day on this program who are taking a look. around the kremlin with a history dating back centuries the whole area is a walking open museum and the capital has certainly seen its someone's truest times over the past few hundred years from stories to legends school every area. full of interesting facts and figures there are few cities worldwide that resonates with

history and culture the way moscow does whether you find yourself in. the kremlin you can spend hours gazing at the various sites here. a little deeper away from the typical tourist spots and you'll be amazed at the stories that each building an area of the city has. the. bridge it's a concrete bridge that spans the most of. the street with red square immediately east of the kremlin built in one hundred thirty seven the bridge has a total of forty eight car lanes. is five hundred and fifty four. is pretty extreme on the left of the some of the best views. and it's. an international television channels. and we

now pass the department store good building bill between eighty nine hundred ninety three features an interesting combination of elements of russian medieval architecture and a steel frame work and glass roof a similar style to the great nineteenth century train stations of london. today this. hundred forty two metre long building boasts a luxurious shopping arcade although it's not cheap so maybe it's best to stick to cultural excursions instead. passing the reconstructed orthodox cathedral of our lady of khazan at the bottom of red square we passed through the resurrection gates is here next to the tacky tourist stalls and just in front of the iberian chapel but you can find a bronze plaque on the cobbled floor that gets lots of attention from locals and tourists one thing here is a small coin. ok and here we have it the famous spot so close why is

a question of why the korean. ferry i hope it comes true as the spot from where all distances from moscow are measured apparently it's good luck to throw a coin over your shoulder. so for everything is beautiful. i'm still trying to figure out exactly where things are and where i have to see people have been friendly it doesn't seem to have a really small center like a really big area would be a big routes. and by beautiful the buildings are amazing is my first day in the city and i already love it moscow is beautiful splendid in grand. proving all and goes need more translates as guest house is a large buildings to couple of minutes walk from the kremlin from the fourteenth century the area was the epicenter of trade in moscow with merchants around the world arriving to the spot the building we see now is a result of

a major research ration that took place in the one nine hundred ninety s. making it a large business trade and cultural center to host numerous offense each month. may stop we take a brief to the top left hand side of the kremlin for many years the splendid palace of white stone the stands on the hill as a maze people and. considered to be one of the most peaceful buildings in the russian capital the situation of the building is rather unorthodox too since the main entrance is from a side street and not from the facade which you can see here moving around the corner take a look at this pretty courtyard this building was erected between seventy eighty four and seventy eighty six by the russian noble like coffin interesting enough it was also used as a meeting place for various characters. very striking building reality it was once moscow's first public library in the nineteenth century and

today the palaces is the russian state library i wonder what looks like inside let's find out. inside it's almost like going back in time the interiors of bright historic and grand. just shook this room. you can imagine the space being used for large parties instead it was used. for the looks of the blue and the space was actually used as a library for most of its time. and looking through the window in the second floor here i think this room might have one of the best views in russia. the building is believed to have been designed by famous russian architect of a silly version of no documented evidence of his involvement but the house exists however as the records of question of projects were lost in a fire at the mostly town planning archives. two books now and let's take

a look at one of the libraries here today the right wing of the house houses the manuscripts the palm and while it's left wing houses the music department and the maps department of the russian state library. it's rather strange to hold a book which is hundreds of years old. crypts he is in great condition i wonder. held it before me. even more interesting is that the depths of the area underneath the passage of house is said to be one of the several possible locations of the legendary library of ivan the terrible now that is something i would like to see. moving on. as it's known russian is a contemporary central exhibition hall the venue houses dozens of various displays and interests in the enough the building was not meant as a cultural venue in the first place in eight hundred eighty eight the structure was

arrested as the first power plant in the center of moscow but it was abandoned shortly to become a vast gallery a century later. to our next location now and not all the museums around in the kremlin dedicated to history and art those who are interested in nature don't need to travel further from the city center as well as moscow's oldest and largest is the logical museum is located just a short walk from red square this museum of the moscow state university was founded in seventy nine and since then the funds that make it in the first ten of such collections in the world. are display represents all kinds of animals like our planet it's easy and comprehensive to walk around the museum as the displays organized in a systematic order so that visitors can explore various species from single celled organisms to be enemies with the one behind my back.

don't be surprised if you see many students who are walking around the kremlin as the building across the street from the less square is home to the faculty of journalism of the moscow state university. the university bears the name of the outstanding scientists of the eighteenth century the north off. known as the old university building the main complex was moved to the spring hills area in the middle of the twentieth century and now it's the future journalists who are lucky to study right in the heart of moscow. our final location. is the moscow museum. the physical changes between medieval moscow to the modern day capital are quite significant in the various models situated in the museum you can see buildings and street plans for the

various stages in history all of the main differences is the existence of a river which once used to lie along the top side of the kremlin where most go was rebuilt after the fire of eighteen twelve the was confined to an underground tunnel several years later and the bridge was buried interesting stuff like a visual history book at the museum here you can see if yourselves how the city's changing cityscape came into effect the museum opened in ninety nine to seven and was located seven meters underground on the exact spot where a large archaeological digs took place during the mid ninety's ninety's the main space is sensitive around this part reconstruction of the old seventeenth century bridge which you can see here and during the excavations a whole range of other items such as metal coins and household objects were also found many of which you can also see on display here inside the museum. the team

involved in the project foundations of stone buildings from the eighteenth much centuries they also discovered wooden streets as well as chambers and other structures. allowed to discover traces of the handicraft industry and to reconstruct the life of people who inhabited this district centuries ago none of these want to. not many people realize that they are walking on top of a museum but nevertheless venue is popular and there are even more visitors during weekends when we have experienced interactive educational events. whether it is through its beauty all grotesqueness may be up for debate but what combi tonight is that moscow inspires and has done for hundreds of years as a city almost eight hundred seventy years old mosco has many reminders of its dramatic past and for visitors and even locals it's quite often the small and intricate sights and locations that make up the cultural thread one of the city.

yes the kremlin might be the powerhouse and provide the fabulous photo opportunities but it's also the areas around command mogs which also hold by two stories to the makeup of the city. well you'll sadly be impressed with the long lists of cultural laws around the area of the kremlin that's the salt for today about so that's how we have left on this week's program i'll see you again at the same time next week will be said look i various and stayman spots around and sell them for me and the rest the same from a square here about. there

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thank you very much laurie welcome to the sports headlines here's what's coming up the name game russian manager dick advocaat announces his provisional twenty six man squad for this summer's european football championship in poland and ukraine. clay court complaints rafael nadal threatens not to return to the madrid masters unless there are changes to the surface place after a surprise three set defeat to compile three at fernando verdasco. prize assets in poulter and martin led lead the way after the first round of the players' championship at sawgrass as the world's best to battle for the biggest prize possible goal. but starting with football on russia manager dick advocaat has named his provisional twenty six man squad for this summer's european football championship there are two uncapped players in the lineup magonet as do it from

a local multi readymade grown up from deny moscow are included for the very first time although there's no call up for former everton man d.d.r. dean of the final squad of twenty three will be confirmed on may the twenty ninth meanwhile the sixty four year old advocate has now signed a one year deal with p.s.v. eindhoven will join the dutch club straight after the euros after turning down a two year extension on his contract with the russian football union. now to control the sea on the tennis courts and world number two roughly on the dart has threatened not to return to the madrid masters in twelve months time after complaining about the quality of the court's play specialist nidal suffered a surprise third round defeat to compact reds fernando verdasco going down six three three six seven five but the world number nineteen had never beaten his fellow countrymen in thirteen previous meetings not part of it looks set to continue in the third set with an adult leading five two. however dusk i strung

together five consecutive games to take it seventy five it was an adult earliest clay court in eight days and afterwards he said if things continue as they are there would be one less tournament in his calendar next year the spaniard is one of many players unhappy with the blue clay saying changing the course was and i quote a bad decision. however roger federer eased into the quarterfinals with a comfortable straight sets win over france and russia just a six three six two the comfortable school run this western are face planted started for a last late friday. now let's move to the ice where russia still unbeaten at the world championship in sweden and finland this times in a chula dinos men beat denmark three one in group a and have guaranteed themselves a playoff spot in the process so should we have gagne didn't you have any malkin at the meeting cullinane secure the winner for the russians malkin is now the tournament's top scorer with three goals of course this is

a tough test for russia later on friday against co-host sweden and the other group the gang the czech republic sort labia by the same school i. mean while in group a defending champions greenland's first france seven one for the usa by three win over television. now the golf season is just beginning here in russia the sport not quite as popular as in other parts of the world but there's a dedicated bunch of people aiming to change all of that has more from the country's most prestigious course the moscow city club. this club located a short ride from the country's kremlin and red square launched russia's first attempt at finding a place on the international golf map twenty five years ago back then only a chosen few could appreciate this game which was recently welcome to the olympic family the history of golf in russia began as any other congress did so it was the private very expensive clubs for very wealthy people bought now we are

in the moment when i expect that number of golfers will grow dramatically in the nearest future quarter of a century own and gold still large their remains beyond reach for everyday amateurs here in moscow the us alone russia where there is one obvious but certain amount of obstacle while the lack of necessary infrastructure which would make goal for the vailable for the masses is hampering the sport's ambitions to stake a claim to the market of the biggest country on earth it's sometimes people say ok the climate in russia too cold to build their goal failed but you see finland and they were using winter and they play bingo and i'm sure that we just have to change the mind of people to that it's not just. it's have to be sport for people and it's very healthy what i can see more healthy than many not a sports the capitol's inner city golf course play neared the sport for muscovites

it's a private club but opens its doors to the public and the media once a year to stage the opening tournaments that will set the pace for the remainder of a short russian season on fourteenth in moscow and if i want season which is maybe short as in the world. you see the weather is nice big golf course is in the buffet it's buffet conditional you see the greens define the grass is finally caught so everything is fine so we're having russian professional golfers you'll be surprised contestants. on any of the globe significant tours for now that is however the country is making small steps towards wider acceptance into the golfing arena and the russian open which will be held in june is a small testament to that remark cost revert see moscow meanwhile over on the p.g.a. tour the world's best to competing for the biggest prize pot in golf in poulter and

martin laird to join leaders at the players championship of sawgrass after one round nearly ten million dollars worth of prize money is up for grabs this weekend england's a poulter was top of the leaderboard for most of the opening day after a run of full birdies around the turn this difficult bunker shot setting up another on the sixteenth he finished with a seven under sixty five u.s. base scott lead finished the day tied with poulter he was the only player not to register a bogey a sixteen and a half foot part for birdie on the second setting the tone for his day he carded eleven birdies in total it wasn't such a good day for tiger woods who hit a seventy four and is tied in one hundred place the former world number one is in real danger of missing the cut grand of the ninth time in his career. by distance score you know hit. you know three decent shots in there and it's got some of the worst lies you know and the best shot i had all day was on three and up at a spot where i really couldn't play from so it's. it was frustrating

a sense you know my good shots in bad spots and i was about shots end up in a war spots now in the n.b.a. the denver nuggets of force the seventh undecided game in the playoff series with the los angeles lakers they won game six one hundred thirteen ninety six to level the series at three three boston have put that place in the semifinals after a forty series when i read a season high twenty eight points and fourteen rebounds from kevin garnett running them an eighty three eighty winning game six they are now facing philadelphia after the seventy six is wrapped up their series with chicago with a narrow seventy nine seventy eight victory the winning points were scored by andre with just two seconds to go and. i got to tell you. i don't know how you could write a better script. or get a rebound drive a mike to the floor struggled all year to foul line and stepped up made two free throws to want to playoff series get stuck around for the first time. and want to

use. finally to chess where current world champion viswanathan anand from india is preparing to defend his title against israeli challenger bodies gelfand the twelve much series starts in moscow on friday as michael press reports that what's been a whole twenty seven years since moscow last played host to such a high caliber chess event is also the first time that it's being held in one of the world's largest art museums that city called gallery organizers hope that with it they will raise test his awareness but also give people a chance to see some of russia's wonderful arts it's an original twist on an otherwise already classic game what's more it's also being held in a country that's heralded many chess champions including the two famous case and a totally off and getting cast bought off but this is two eyes that will compete in israel's boris gelfand versus india's vishwanathan anand they know each other well

having played each other many times before but many of raise the question of whether a man feels intimidated playing a player older than himself in a match of such importance i mean you go to live a minor that is not you was to be something like that. i would say it's just interesting to play someone completely committed. we started playing each other. and. playing with them so but when you sit at the board you just think. boris played down the idea that the match up would be akin to the legendary carp of this is a spot of jewels and revealed how he's been preparing their push that would deal with what i won't be doing is beating any words but with regards to the match i hope it will be a spectacular one of course we all want to perform well but it will all depend on how it goes and we'll see a result in three weeks time. the event brought out a handful of prominent figures including former soviet union pres. and mikhail

gorbachev vaclav its chairman of the supervisory council of the russian chess federation stressed it was a good thing that the final was being held on neutral ground for the us just that ration the fact that we are organizing the world champions much as no other information is that. russia is a leading chess nation and while we don't go for a new participant of this particular match we believe that. holding the world championship. the independent. place the pen from the seat instead of where's the importance think of the route the match will last twenty days in and on the thirty first of may by which time of the world will know who the new undisputed chess champion will be zero and the small matter of who gets the lion's share of the two point five five million dollar prize fund market change r.t.

moscow well that is all the sport for now you know it will be here in a little under two hours time joining the. culture is that so much money they could be going to make it a lot of people a hearing at berkeley or what is happening in here french voters appear to be moving to the left while priest is leaning hard to the right what is causing the collapse of the political scene.

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