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playing. well that was all rather surreal. definitely the way to stream i've had for a while. there was a memorable ceremony. with one pretty sure the high priestess never spoke to me. what was it she sent full of the flame or something. i have a lot more of course at base. the top story this morning than the thirty twenty pulteney olympic flame of the bright in moscow seven days after it was first late in the ancient greek city of elim carried by russia's deputy prime minister dmitri cool with ak the flame travelled in a small amount into red square where president vladimir putin spoke of its meaning for the russian people in the limbic chill of the symbol of the world's primary

sports competition of peace and of friendship. but he has come to russia. there are many marks the start of the longest tools relay in a limb take a street the same boy it's great that so many people have turned out to the start of the russian really it looks like a lot of fun up there. in a minute. but it was. the stone i picked up in and then it was on my mantel piece and if that isn't a sign i don't know what it is. i knew i had to get down to red square and experienced atmosphere for myself fortunately they were having a two day event. so from sunny greece to rather soggy moscow just at the very start of the torch is journey around the whole of russia

i'm excited. the days first run there was paralympic star alessio bloody who picked up two gold medals in the beijing and london games. he's still a big gold medal is there still something special for you. of course it's a unique feeling because i had never carried the torch before i had first i ran with a quite easily then i felt i was becoming heavier and heavier but i was determined to carry it properly and show it to everyone so that they could all appreciate the moment and. put in lights and the crowd's reaction word sexists i missed out on going to my home games in london and i was determined not to let such a twenty four team pass me by there were fourteen thousand torchbearers slots up for grabs one of them was going to be mine. when we were making the technical

order for the factory we say look let's make the thing we want to her. you're whole and also desirable should be like wow. a lot of questions where are. weight it's quite heavy we have to take all the cover and the middle that out by the machine extra weight of the aluminum so it's really fine. if the feather feather over the period of burton firebird in the russian. stories and fairy tales and

to get this feather from the firebird is a super challenge for the guild. the problem can be. underneath here and it's just the far but in this kid we have a special. wiring inside which melted and of like really a red color. and it's the fire so basically it's a rift fire in itself. i

was going to have to wait a while before i found out if i'd been picked as a torch bearer more than enough time to try and learn a little more about my mysterious stone. some of russia's most eminent geologists live in. the center of russia's diamond industry on the rocks down here in the most expensive in the country. the pits descends more than a kilometer under and uses the most sophisticated drilling equipment to get up the pressure. once the stones have been taken to assaulting sense and closely examined each rough gem is appraised. and only had a close only focused on my precious stone two. must be

some kind of limestone. there i can see small crystals here proving that it's ancient rock. movement but really it shouldn't lights up should it really miss and. know it's false but it's luminescent as from. ok maybe you could make it luminescent if you really believed it right i think you did you really expected to go. maybe maybe i'm just not right. there's certainly something very special about this and this ground i don't know but it might just be because they use to pulling glittering thing this out of the dark here. but who wants minis diamonds with the top attraction in

turn it was time to head towards the city's most well known landmark where they were getting ready to welcome some very special guests. from all over forty years these huge realized trucks one of the most famous symbols in your kooky year carrying the region's diamonds soon from its quarries and factories and now. it's getting ready for its most important passenger ever. it might have been close to minus forty celsius but these are limping torches and torch bearer is made of stern stuff. this huge quarry has been the frozen heartbeat of the city for more than fifty years producing more than seventeen billion dollars diamonds my stone it meant i was here to watch the parade but what was i supposed to do next. great shot.

lives so when two mates were two. and again show me the and. by carlo. choice. they can be few more famous natural landmarks in russia than lake baikal the oldest and deepest lake on the planet and the site of a very special olympic celebration. for the first time ever they're planning to light the olympic flame on the water. in this case your average tool which isn't going to cut it so special equipment is required and special people to carry it and who better than the local rescue ranger

. are professional activity is mostly dedicated to rescuing people on lake baikal our job is important difficult interesting and in a way romantic by cow has many faces in winter it's tough and in summer it's beautiful you can't help but admire its power because it attracts you and it's very important to me because it's a jewel of russia. everything's ready lets go then as nicholas puts the final touches to his equipment the excitement begins to build along the water's edge. the torch rallies have been warmly welcomed across the country but the crowds here are about to witness something that's never been done before.

then there's plenty of local showmen own hands went to tame them while they wait. a mass of noise and color to cheer the torch bearers on. this torch is based on a special system there is a pirate technique charge that can burn at any depth in any temperature and under any circumstances. why do when it's under water it's like a second sun the flame literally illuminates the entire lake. autumn when you curious you can feel its enormous power. of the water temperature is four degrees celsius it's really freezing we could feel it on our uncovered faces but we were united by this flame that had absorbed the energy of the entire country of every single person who cares about the flame that was what united us and that's why everything went perfectly.

as i watched from out on the water you could almost feel the crowd's energy coming across the waves it had been another remarkable spectacle for this record breaking tool tree and i was wondering what could possibly top it. looks like on the right track. but in. new york london. the whole world is on the. feet of the original one of the one on the end there are funded to hang up the coins

that building at the end of the street another one the more transparent society gets the money or the proper tears become we see military and state police forces mobilized against people who blend into the city the city the more people trust electronic devices the more defenseless they are. the fear that has a thousand on. hierarchy. in one corner the wall street superhero jami that done in drug goes wild. and in the other corners the evil no good who refused to help bellow long-term capital management always dick the gorilla for move. here to mediate this fight is hank bama paulson well he rescued this state's longball in the wall street jungle with a seven or billion times out the audience shrinks yes the game is rigged. you

. might move from one ship to another but what a ship. i was on board the ice breaker fifty years of victory the pride of the russian nuclear fleet for a truly once in

a lifetime experience. deliberate flame was traveling to the north pole i was going with. it my stone was telling me to follow the flame i was going to take it as far as i could. see hundred nautical miles of stark beautiful ocean lay between us and the top of the world. well just in case you didn't actually believe we were going to the north pole i think. that eliminates any doubt. it's another historic first for the sochi torch and a relay around the ship was planned for the occasion. and you can learn so many new things but if you get the chance to test your own as well as the cruise experience and check what the ice breaker is really capable of. i mean this tour of the olympic torch to the north pole never before has a surface ship gone there so late in the season the ice was much heavier and to cope with it we almost needed the ice breakers maximum power.

we were making incredible progress slicing through the thick polar ice like bazza after only four days we were already near our destination that's a world record pace. let you ninety degrees north to top of the world. ah. once the champagne had been finished everything kicked into gear the torch bearers went off to get ready and our organizing committee began making preparations for the relay and we love the one on the other one and. tried to

hold it the right way all. right but what. with everyone in position we were ready to go and our captain was given the honor of starting off the run my main task was to keep the torch warm and make sure it goes into pat's hand in time and just seconds later she was away and i was on collections. you see. i think that's we now. think. yes so i got to take a look off the list and return it may. i was it good. yes go through it most of it. no if. we stepped off the ship and on to the ice the torches glow flickering through the pitch black poland nights. a pioneering survey of polar explorer auteuil chilling goal of would ignite the culture of the most

northerly place on the planet. it's not often you get witness a moment of history this is the first time the olympic flame is ever been at the north pole. and i'm here to see it. from as far north as it's possible to go it was time to head east with the olympic organizing committee . the flame the ip that is has its own security team at all times not to mention its own private jet. blue gulf this special service the flame cooper which is just responsible for the security of torchbearer and the plane they keep the planes little. on this special food bill you know all of these flamed will never go up.

each city's greasing ceremony is unique and hundreds of volunteers helped make the occasion memorable. there's a possibility also to keep the security for the torchbearer you know and nobody will harm me nobody will get this. to show police aren't just the bearer of the curse is just a flame that's very dangerous for everybody. this is come chopped up a volcanic peninsula that's one of the most easterly places in russia. that is the highest so that you don't burn yourself when you're torch is lit or going. for the root fortune we've got never talks to the flaming torch bearer and russian because you never. everybody every had an inhabitant of the cities just very proud that

comes to his cd i must say that i hope you lation no three of them. it was the end of another relay and i was in one of the most beautiful places in the country on the shores of the pacific itself but i was beginning to lose patience. i've come to the end of. what's. what do you want. where am i to go.

my literally from the house of land. but the torch would move all over the mountains across the sea. even else of this world. live show. yes another historic moment it paid a visit to the international space station more than four hundred kilometers above the planet's. safety reasons made its on board a heavily fuel rocket a bad idea the world's first olympic spacewalk was no problem. i was getting some inspiration. yes. i've come so far with the torch i was going to have to see it through to the

end but what so many different people in relays all over russia and even beyond now i was going to have my own moments with the symbol of the sochi games i was in to follow in the south of the country in under two hours i was going to be a torch bearer. for one official uniform. it was time to suit up pick up the most vital piece of equipment. i think. let's make. a stimulus up of their english training thank you. last. more than two hundred of us would be running through the streets and the excitement was already beginning to build there was just time for

a few tips on how to make the most of the moment. smile and wave your hand then they put out my torch and i stepped back and i'm not there anymore it's your turn you start and i'll be in the car that will be filming us starts to move up and we can run towards it ok go to. the russians are. none of us could wait to get started on the pulse he was in full swing as we moved through the city thousands of people had turned out to cheer us all and watch the parade and we even had a few guests from the north pole putting in an appearance. we were dropping off people every two hundred meters so i just had a few minutes to go. my neighbor cotton mill.

you can really imagine how exciting it is. looking forward to the moment when the whole country will see me it was. honestly i can't believe it. did school really freezing today isn't it. planned so let's meet our troops. as i wave to the crowd i hadn't expected to be so nervous my whole epic journey had led to this moment and as i waited for number one million three to pulse me the flame all i could think of was for goodness sake don't drop it. by. the dream come true i missed. london twenty games i never thought of the thoughts of another day and now i'm. going to play with this moment one suspect.

i am. i think. i'm going to little further to go on with this tour. i was with it when it was lit for the very first time in a limpia increase it went deep underground into diamond mines and you could see i was with it when it plunged into the waters of lake but i called and i was with it when the winds but it didn't have the very top of the world and then it went out so this will hold the international space station. to believe. if you could combine

elements of. that you could base metal into goals this tool which all of those elements even a fifth element the quintessence from space itself well i believe that this torch has the energy to help you win gold in sochi. russia believe in us. now the power is now in.

technology innovation. developments around russia. the future. the united states. technological. spy on the rest there was the deal between the u.s. and england where u.s. spy agencies couldn't spy on people in the u.s. but british spy agencies could spy on people in the u.s. so the government said all right each of us will spy on the other citizens and then we'll trade and that way it will be surveilling our own people so this is what i

think of as the scandal. is there a new cold war brewing pitting the west against russia what is being called a reset relations at the start of the obama presidency today is in tatters western media and politicians are determined to between russia and the worst. even to the point of undermining the sochi games what are these new cold war years to achieve. right from the sea. the first trip. and i think put. on our reporter's. instagram.

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the notion of the place. the olympic flame arrives in sochi after a historic relay covering more than sixty thousand kilometers while delivery of the prize medals peril the imminent start of the winter games. the u.s. warning international firms against doing business with iran saying the partial lifting of sanctions doesn't mean the country's market is yet for grabs. that canister reveals it's been trying to hammer out a hush hush deal with the taliban as the u.s. role in the country after twenty fourteen becomes less clear. eleven pm in moscow i'm at present good to have you with us.