twenty fourteen winter olympics marked with phenomenal lot of performances conclude with an enchanting spectacle the night sky sparkling in the world's eyes tuned into the breathtaking closing ceremony. with the olympic flame having been extinguished the look back at the competition record breaking achievements and top notch support and spectators. and other news ukraine moving closer toward splitting apart the opposition dominated parliament appoint its own acting ministers and president while the south east refuses to bend to its will with a head of state nowhere to be found.

midnight in moscow i met trezeguet very good to have you with us the twenty second winter olympic games officially closed capped by a spectacular closing ceremony and fireworks display that drew the all of all who watched the organizers promise to put on a show and they delivered even poking fun of themselves over that one last ring that wouldn't open up during the opening spectacle the i.o.c. president personally thanked russia for the games that he said lived up to expectations and more it was a memorable lympics with plenty of new records and celebrations but also heartbreak congratulations to the winners and the participants especially the russian home team for their late surge to the top of the medal count we've been busy here at our team putting together the best and brightest moments of the games our team in sochi presents the olympic program. sensations while russia comes to mind their own drew will talk about them at a minute you're starting are you number five we're ok holland the netherlands the

dutch nation wondering six in the medals table the rules my face will tell you why because they got eight gold medals all in speedskating over one day you know one sport kind of sort of person if you like they got twenty four medals in total twenty three of those were in speed skating and the other one came from. i told you last hour all good stops really or wonder at the speed skating i've got a car else could have come from so that's number five the dutch the next one the new generation of russians that we've seen at these unempowered zidan that new generation do well also wearing skates we're talking figure skating at least what a star she was threshers really on her it really was too because the other star there was the fifteen year old sky who fell twice during her routines many people oh no that's russia hopes gone but it's not the giver turns up puts in the best performance of her life and she is russia's first woman ever to win figure skating gold in the individual event and in pics amazing for her we've also got new russians to enjoy because four years ago wild victory they were on. guard

amazing i'm a fantastic then i got russian passport speak wild as an american he married a siberian then got a russian passport and asked why did he come here what was the story just because he knows a well he know initially he wanted funding he couldn't get the funding he needed to do his training from america and russia gave him the option but they said look you have to be right you russian citizen how can i do that you can marry that russian girl friend of yours who happens to be a snowboarder so they did anyway so coming here he got a career and he got love drea and love i mean they were together before we have to say that it wasn't an arranged marriage and from that respect kevin it was love there already but look at blossom on the slopes too because she got a bronze medal brilliant victory and victory on. he didn't he fell out with a south korean federation skating photo with him would he fall over there i don't know do i but i'm sure the pope had a step too on the phone is what i'm saying you must be some green eyes in the south korean i mean well i'm going to go let me give you

a quick story first he fell out of the federation he had an injury to you which meant that we did not seem at the last olympics but russia said look if you need another country to represent here we are will give you all the funding and the expertise you need it was a bit of a gamble from russia's point but look at paid off your three gold medal crackers where next. well next i'm going to turn the page where next we're going to go to the old wolf darlin he did or we did so was forty two that is old for the libyans know it is for an impi and it is for million and look he became what he has become the most decorated winter olympians ever because during his time in sochi he picked up two gold medals which means he's now got thirteen in total over six olympics so that's amazing and then of course how can i not talk about teams you know russia is number one number one and this is the main reason for me i was in vancouver four years ago everybody was so disappointed distraught it was a lot of soul searching because they only got three gold medals that was their

worst performance ever since the fall of the soviet union forward wind for years and then put in the best performance since the fall of the soviet union that got thirteen gold medals at no time as russia got more than that and really accelerated towards the end though to me it did it really did an article that don't well it's hard to say but i think a lot of sport is down to your mental preparation too and once you know you've got the the ground swell of your home nation. building on your flavor seventy percent of the people watching ever think up to seventy percent were russians themselves like that and we saw great examples of that vic wild i'm a big fan now but he was almost out in one of his hate on his route or on route to the final but he didn't panic he carried on and you could see he wanted it more than the other guy and he got it. so she's also this fair share of scandals to it can be argued that it got more than it deserved indeed from western a styria over gay rights to highly debated rulings by the judges and referees of the game's most of ours because of the busy laughing the biggest controversies of these olympics

joins with a you've got your top five and i says that by saying that sochi has been surrounded by more scandal than any other olympics in recent history to glue way is the games went on it is indeed someone into russia's got ninety nine problems but the olympics is that one room. i'll start with number five five is doping overall the olympics were very quick game special mention that the latest technology they did and it happened just lately because the latest technology can detect the smallest traces of any kind of substance. we had a german by athlete whose results were an old we had ukrainian skier who was caught and her scored discounted and austrian skier in fact was banned from today's just this morning fifty k. . cross-country ski rush of course own the podium and that and then the most recent more hockey as well that field hockey player will be sanctioned for his results and tonight in the gold medal game a swedish player wasn't allowed to play this was just breaking news a couple of hours ago because of his doping results before number four is no it was

one of the biggest criticisms coming it is how beautiful abs article players have snow all of the major news networks showing the beach down here no one bothered to show the beautiful mountains we have just an hour's drive away the snow was here was great weather lots of sun that did create a bit of a problem to have to report the slopes when there were in short sleeves sure not just a day many days we had people one of the i.o.c. . organizing committee was here speccing people were complaining they were getting sunburned but the snow was slushy we had a lot of falls but when it comes down to it the athletes and the i.o.c. it was very happy with with the conditions there was a backup plan we had a couple of fog delays but overall everyone skis snowboards on the same snow number three number three is versus yeah but you know was a huge one so debatable whether or not it should be number three but let's have

that three tonight because it was a huge scandal leading up to the olympics it should be mentioned during the olympics there weren't any kind of instances reported of discrimination or any kind of problems for that matter we spoke to many many athletes scores of them that were very happy with the way things went. all the. such a big issue with the world cup because gays are legal is of course people are saying ok search is over where will the critics go now kandahar is going to be one interesting they try to keep much much more severe. laws there concerning. sexual orientation it should be mentioned though ironically at the same time as these games all of the noise about about russia and anti-gay laws in the united states in arizona during the games a law was passed we expect sickly allows anyone to to decline any kind of service to someone based on their sexual orientation because of their religious beliefs but look at number two the moving goal post number two. i think it's fair to say the

most exciting match of the olympics the usa versus russia of course a long time rivals goes way back to soviet times really. there was a goal that was there would have been a third point could have been a winning goal for us so they scored international hockey federation's if the goalpost is off its pegs the goal doesn't count the ref on the ground was american that was a problem for many on social media but up in the box the the judges who watched the tape did say that according to the rules the goal does not count but many unhappy russian fans especially on the internet. watch talk realistic i still number one media media's been leading up to these olympics we heard about sochi being held in a war zone about toothpaste bombers terrorism terrorism terrorism of course that's no joke security was a big thing we heard about hotels not being done no doors of blackwater it was just

just a tremendous tremendous media coverage really not about the sport not about the athletes but it should be said that once the games got started it did become about them and that was what the organizing committee wanted so their overall satisfied hoping that sochi could have broken some of those russian stereotypes top five scandals thanks for telling us what you thought about in the run you put the bid in this in a lovely. it was truly a limpy and i think you'll agree from years long rivalries to a plethora of photo finishes the winners were forced to give it their all if they wanted to find themselves on the podium end of the day scott to spread the games the seaside plasticized of it aside to tell us about the high pole for us not olympians it's quite hard to imagine the intensity of the competition for the people taking part in it. yes it really is a fine line isn't it between success and failure for all those joyous moments that we've seen spare a thought for those athletes who have now really missed out on success by

a fraction of a second in some cases the margin between success and failure between joy and despair is so narrow that even the latest technologies concept right the competitors take for example the women's downhill skiing for the first time in winter olympics history the gold medal was actually shared and tina mays clocking identical times not even a piece of tracing paper could separate them well in the men's biathlon must start french when not in full card was going for a sochi hat trick he was going for his third medal of these games he threw himself over the line in desperation but was now really missed out of it is not only edged out in the photo finish by norway's emil haye play spence in a match in the despair before card and who can forget one of the more humorous climaxes and finishes to any race in winter olympics history it came in the men's ski cross now of the four compact it says three of them fell at the final jump they all slid over the line at exactly the same time in different positions and shapes

along the ground no one of them knew exactly what was going on so as we celebrate the sporting successes here in sochi let's just take a second and spare a thought for those who haven't narrowly missed out by a fraction of a second all those years of training and hard work and it comes down to the blink of an eye but of course not all the competitors here in sochi were expecting to compete for gold and not all competitors here in sochi needed a photo finish to determine their final position in the standings. i think. for some athletes such a twenty fourteen was simply about taking part take for example indian illusia shiva can shave in his commitment to his sport highlighted by his training regime winding his way down dusty tracks by passing goats and lorries along the way. my wife's insight yes he may have come thirty seven thousand and thirty nine but the him there was more at stake following accusations of corruption the indian and

limpid committee were suspended by the i.o.c. in two thousand and twelve and was lifted during these games meaning cachet than could finally compete under his nation's fly unfortunately there's a lot of politics played with the flag of india which i'm sure many people back home were not happy with but now that's over that's a lesson learned for everybody and lot of things to look ahead to one of the more colorful characters of these games was prince who purchase of hohenlohe a london the fifty five year old is a descendant of a former german royal dinner state he's also a photographer and the pop star who goes by the name of royal disaster. these are his sixth olympics the jewel nationality miti skis for mexico he's never won a medal for the maybe deserves gold for p.r. so i think that russia the only problem that at this stage that i or the p.r. person like it's a big bit of p.r.

before i mean you know it's a great place. on the floor but you know what the for everything is really. the issue that just got a positive from my over to europe and to america that we're so negative it's time to make his debut in these games bruno banani went in the luge it's not his real name mind as part of a sponsorship deal he changed his name to that of the german underwear company but he told me he wants to be known for his sporting prowess. if i didn't qualify for the olympics they wouldn't care at all what names i am so i think is the most important thing that i try hard and train hard to get to the next and is any winter olympics complete without the jamaican bobsled team the main attraction for press and fans raising their own funds to compete missing a connecting flight losing their luggage on coming second last still didn't dampen their party spirit proving that in amongst all the sporting excellence there is still room for sports to be fun. such as. the

finds have been inspiration throughout these games of course and it seems they've really taken the problem so as to enjoy the experience to the fullest from wacky outfits to some very soul vocal chords as well these olympics will be remembered as cherished as a modern andrus reports that. stand out from the crowd wigs schemes flags banas passionate diehard fans will do anything to support that chosen country this month's olympics has brought to trusting the rev characters from russia and around the world the brighter the better patriotically stand and cheer for their sporting heroes for some it's taken lots of preparation. as soon as it was announced that the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics would take place in song i started getting ready for there are a lot of things i prepared for it helmet clubs posters flags for others it's the first time in russia and face paints an extreme outfit so the only accepted form of

attire spread the love and leave your inhibitions. so she's been off gnostic it has been great like it has been a great time for having fun. if you like at all everybody's friendly. the russian team fans house located inside the olympic park is a central point as an interactive indoor museum more than ten. thousands of fans come here every day sharing emotions passions discuss russia's victories and watch the competitions life russian foreign. here everyone is part of the team well as the russia two man bobsled team score goals where better to have your photograph taken here in the russian fan house there are also various other locations where you can pretend to participate in various winter olympic sports. fans are invited to participate in physical competitions over courses on the

computer and they can try the hands on a limb pick sporting equipment it's also true is from the past lympics on display and over one hundred fifty sporting champions from previous games make guest appearances so far. the fan house is open for interested unlike the games themselves with people from different countries together extreme fans included meaning it's less about medals i'm willing. to take embrace the sport uniting people even if you are dressed up as presley. the amazing closing show we'll talk about that in just a minute it was a really strange moment when the flame extinguished that huge olympic flame that had such a journey together we saw. at the beginning of all this so much excitement you saw the tears on people's eyes that i got to be really strange to see it go really

touching the flame is now officially out it's essentially the official start of the paralympics this is what means for the olympics. but for now let's concentrate on the closing ceremony it's really unfortunate but it is always par for the course we were able to show. us exactly what was going on inside it because very straight copyright rules. like that every time within the picture is nothing new. however we were looking. to watch how much of what i knew was that it was phenomenal it was family was very different then the opening ceremony just as grand again they went back through the deep russian history this time there was a focus on the historic. performing arts so they went through. the boatswain theater downstairs later get largely he was there and just just at the very end very famous russian conductor conducting what looked like a child's chorus and they essentially i assume are singing as we're looking at

these beautiful fireworks so really a tremendous so people were floored lots of people crying in the audience people very proud of course russia coming out on top of these olympics breaking so many records it's it's going to such an emotional moment when it all comes to an end i think people are genuinely happy but also a little bit sad right now but of course we must look to the future as you said the paralympics kicking off on the seventh of march last for just over a week doesn't it and then just remind us what's going to happen remind of us what's going to happen to the majority of this site afterwards well there's a huge hope that this will be the future of russian support saying the earlier that russians did not break and are in fact their worst performance ever at not one thinks and so i think it's a huge dream overhaul of sports there's a hope that this will bring sport back to the polity that it was back in soviet times when there was so much effort into it. just doesn't take a pause because it looks like we're getting some great shots now describe here

follows this but not quite sure what you can see that it all over oh yes you can see that what it is you can see it's going to look at me the heart to be looking out the right move a shot of the moment so you know guys you know you can see the look what a beautiful backdrop what a spectacular end to watch but you know great games thomas barkley are on today he said there were a great game says far as the i.o.c. is concerned and i think that russia russians were a little bit skeptical themselves so i could work with stuff that was the basic norm is. and to have her and i think. maybe a little bit nervous that they wouldn't pull it off and for russia today they realize that they did it and they did it really really well and that means something very important to russians to ordinary russians across the country just want to hear what was very quick i like oh it's so hard to see what we're doing on the spot it being so close for us to get the opportunity people are writing me all of my friends over robert i'm jealous so i feel very lucky to be here. so those sochi two thousand and fourteen winter games are over the olympics provided

unforgettable and inspiring sporting moments i will be remembered for a long time but we'll switch gears now over to the news after the break stay with us here on r.t. . the . economic down in the final. days. and the rest. will be if we.

twenty three minutes past the hour now we're taking a look at some of the day's other top stories of course topping that list turmoil in ukraine after the most turbulent week in its post-war history the country seeing a complete government overhaul since taking over the reins in the capital the opposition's been hard at work establishing its own order there or he's a group is going to has more from kiev. the situation here resembles more and more

cool since the president's fled the city along with some of his supporters those deputies of state or from opposition parties and they have been passing laws like a printing press the latest include the appointment of the acting president and of the russian as the second official language in the country even though in the east up to fifty percent of those living there are ethnic russians still under the full control of the protesters some of the former officials have been arrested while appointed are known for their fire right. to say that events unfolded quickly here is almost say nothing and for more about how things went all in what's the situation here like on the ground here is a report by my colleague. own hell was breaking loose in kiev on tuesday to compromise with seemingly reached all of a sudden ukraine's capital was plunged into the worst violence is seen so far almost two hundred dead the central streets of one of europe's finest cities looking like a war zone and snipers shooting from rooftops including our crew what we have now

is that you have read. that we have read a. militant there which is somehow here and driven by especially as we see using snipers and so on and which is not controlled by the . by the west directly so everything went out of control just two days later it was a totally different scene to the president make the biggest concessions yet by offering an early election and opposition led government and a return to parliamentary republic there were i think more of the protests didn't buy it was. if the president does not resign by turning. i swear. i my ten o'clock on saturday they were is nothing left to storm all the police were gone and the ruling party had. bleakly lost control over the

capital so this is the presidential administration building which used to be the probably the most protected governmental building in the whole of the of the biggest fight in the first stages of the protest happened here now as you can see we are taken on an excursion that is no longer controlled by the police or the government the protesters have occupied this building as well this means that we see a local which will never be back here as a protest the president made a has c. retreat to the east of ukraine and was stoutly defiant even after receiving news that parliament had ceased to recognize him as leader by an overwhelming majority and announced an early election solutions you look at those who did all that is happening now the most part is than the easement crimes this is my strong belief that i will do everything takes to prevent my country from splitting up to stop the bloodshed it went from bad to worse we have a court which with parliament leading this article i will use it to mush anger from prison sparking jubilation and to use independence square. trying to seeing

you as a force that changed everything your heroes here is the best of this country has while protesters are in high spirits and clear the east and south of the country are simply indifferent to its leaders have declared itself governance and constitutional power unique to all over the world and break up in the country and the. reporting from kiev in ukraine. here's a map that shows you just how much of ukraine is refusing to follow kiev's current lead these ten provinces home to more than half the country's population regional leaders gathered in the dark of this weekend to express disapproval of what's going on in the capital national visits nothing to do local authorities every charge of all political decisions on the ground in these regions we have to protect our land we think that the central authorities are paranoid and that their decisions cannot be considered constitutional but the new order in here is not the only thing people in the east of the country are angry about many say they feel abandoned by president yanukovych chaffer he made concessions to the opposition and fled the

capital. i'm shocked and disgusted by the actions of the president i never thought he'd never betray the korean people i thought that he'd hold on to the end of a legal expert alexander were curious tells us that yanick over his own policies during the crisis may have turned his people against him i think mr yanukovych which is a political call we've seen people in the eastern ukraine it's a saying how utterly betrayed they feel by him there was a release today by his own party what's left of it we've gone to the regions which accused him of betraying the ukraine i think he is an utterly discredited man he's made threats which he's never for through he's never supported cheat he's the police and the security forces who were very loyal to him right up until almost the end and he cut deals with opposition leaders who were quite obviously since the nineteenth of january no longer in control of the crowds and here so he's

a political leadership has been disastrous and i think that he's recognized across the whole country. and after a short break katie pilbeam has that week's financial highlights in venture capital stay with us r.t. international. transit road to vnukovo report you'll best way to the heart of moscow.

judy cox a utah mother out of spite but an entire line of t. shirts at a popular chain store after a local mall the reason that she bought them was because she feels that the images of nearly naked women on them violate her local towns decency code she wants to make it clear though that she feels the store has the right to sell this type of shirt just not displayed in an exterior window ultimately her plan is to return the shirts on day fifty nine of the store's sixty limit let's hope for her sake they don't have a no return policy i bring this up because this is a great example of a nonviolent form of protest that actually works cause the scandal and more importantly it will make the company lose a few dollars technically the girls on the shirts are even fully exposed believe me i checked early and i would even call them r. rated the local communities have the right to be more conservative than the rest of the nation if they want to be and it's good that judy cox actually did something

rather than just sitting at home on the air complaining about moral decay across the country hey if a housewife from a small mormon community can stand up to the man what's stopping you but that's just my opinion. if you see if you see friends and they have such different problems and possibilities of economy of economic possibilities the smaller you have to entities easier and perhaps in a certain way the european union can also learn something from switzerland in that regard.