best way to the heart of moscow. two thousand and fourteen winter olympic games marked by phenomenal athletic performance is concluded with an enchanting spectacle the night sky sparkling with the world's eyes glued to the breathtaking closing ceremony. with the olympic flame extinguished we look back at the intense competition this in stations of the games as well as the top notch support from spectators. whether news in ukraine they move closer towards splitting apart the opposition dominated the parliament appoints its new acting ministers and the president while the southeast refuses to bend it to its will with the head of state still nowhere to be found.

and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. i'm john thomas glad to have you with us now the twenty second winter olympic games are now officially over capped by a spectacular closing ceremony and a fireworks display that drew the all of all who watched the organizers promised to put on a show and delivered even poking fun at themselves over that one little ring that just wouldn't open during the opening spectacle the i.o.c. president thanked russia for the games which he said lived up to every expectation and more it was a memorable olympics with plenty of new records and a celebration but also heartbreak as well congratulations to all of the winners and all of the participants especially the russian home team for their late surge to top of the medal count we've been busy putting together the very best and brightest

moments of the games artie's team in sochi represents our limpid program. sensations while russia comes to mind their own drew will talk about them at a minute you're starting your number five we're ok holland the netherlands the dutch nation wondering six in the medals table the rules my face 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 wind speed skating and the other one came from. i told you last hour all good stops we all want to run the speed skating i've got a car else could've come from so that's number five the dutch the next one the new generation of russians that we've seen at these improvs didn't that new generation do well also wearing skates we're talking figure skating at least what a star she was pressure is really on her it really was too because the other star there was the fifteen year old sky who fell twice during who 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 i don't think so mason. also got new russians to enjoy because four years ago wild and big they were on. guard amazing i'm a fantastic then i got russian passport speak wild as an american who married a siberian then got a russian passport and asked why did he come here what was the story just because he is 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 a russian 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 korea and love i mean they were together before have to say that it wasn't an arranged marriage and from that respect kevin there was love there already but look at boston 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 tokyo with him would he fall over there i don't know if you are but i'm sure the pope had a step too on the phone is what i'm saying it must be some green are these in the south korean a little i want you 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 cracky where next. well next i'm going to turn the page where next week we can we go to the old wolf and daryn he did or we just so was forty two is old for a libyan isn't it 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 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 modem 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 here 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. such as excited for a share of scandals to it can be argued that it got more than it deserved indeed from western the styria over gay rights to highly debated rulings by the judges and referees of the games and so that has been covered has been busy mapping the biggest controversies of these olympics she joins with a you've got your top five and i said a start by saying that sochi has been surrounded by more scandal than any other olympics in recent history to clue way is the games went on it is indeed someone into russia's got ninety nine problems but the olympics is that one i'll start with number. five is doping overall the olympics were very quick special mention of 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 or so before number four is no it was one of the biggest criticisms coming it is a. place i 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 approach the slopes when there were in short sleeved shirts and sure not just a day many days we had people one of the i.o.c. . organizing committee was here today saying 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 huge it was a huge one so debatable whether or not it should be number three but let's have

a 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. issue when the world cup. 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 thing 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 which basically allows anyone to to decline any kind of service to someone based on their sexual orientation because of their religious beliefs let's

look at number two moving goal post number two hockey. 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 a cording to international hockey federation's if the goal post 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. 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. those wrestling stereotypes top five scandals thanks for telling us what you thought about when the right you put the minister now at their level. best with the games all know the competition 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 game's seaside plasticized of it aside to tell us about the high pole for us not to limply and say it's quite hard to imagine the intensity of the competitions 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 rate 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 maze clocking identical times not even a piece of tracing paper could separate them well in the men's biathlon must start french remarks 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 only missed out of it is now 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 competitive is 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 not 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 oakum practice here in sochi needed a photo finish to determine their final position in the standings. for some athletes sochi twenty fourteen was simply about taking part take for example indian illusia shiva can shave in his commitment to his sports highlighted by his training regime winding his way down dusty tracks by passing go sonorities 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 but ban was lifted during these games meaning cache vun 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 are not happy with but now that's over think 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 in 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 ski's 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 of 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 four banks for the for everything is really. the issue that just got the positive pipe over to europe and to america that we're so negative it's time to make his debut in these games bruno banani went. louche 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 in training hard to get to the olympics. and does any winter olympics complete without the jamaican bobsled 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.

they are in 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 a light at the beginning of all this so much excitement you saw the tears on people's eyes that i got a bit weepy 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 sochi now means for the olympics because of the sevens but for now let's concentrate on the closing ceremony so it's really unfortunate but it is always par for the course we were able to show. our viewers exactly what was going on inside there because a very strict copyright rules. like that every time with a live picture it's nothing new however we were looking. at wachovia while you were saying it was phenomenal it was family was very different then the opening ceremony

just as grand again they went through the deep russian history this time there was a focus on the story. performing arts so they went to. the boatswain theater downstairs learned. he was there and just just at the very end very famous russian conductor conducting. look 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 say 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 russians more thing here that russians

did not break and are in fact their worst performance ever at nothing thanks 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 that much effort into it. just doesn't take a pause because it looks like we're getting some great shots i describe here follows this but i'm not quite sure what you can see that it over oh yes you can see that over because you can see it's fantastic but look at me the whole shebang looking out the rubble of a shot of the moment so you know guys you know you can see the look what a beautiful backdrop was spectacular ready to watch but you know a 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 the russians were a little bit skeptical themselves so i could work with the top of the pacific norma's and to have her and i think russia may be a little bit nervous that they won'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. well aside from all of the official sporting records there has been a slew of unofficial and even amusing ones let's take a look to start off with almost half of the planet today in at some point to see these particularly lympics with at least three billion viewers talking about fans they said a surprisingly sound record during one of victor speedskating races with their cheers reaching as loud as one hundred and ten decibels another record has to do lets hope with future fans thirty four babies were born in sochi on the day of the opening ceremonies. the single day total of newborns the sochi games will also be remembered for the weather these were the in fact the warmest in elliptic history now those records and many others including some controversies made sochi a star in social media sochi two thousand and fourteen winter olympics have now

officially closed they provided countless unforgettable and inspiring sporting moments that will be remembered for a long time after the break so we will switch gears over to some other news stay with us you're watching our two international. i. see the. show we go into in qatar where we meet some of his sons innovators and. we find out that the black queen's for compazine craft. they like you but still money takes some smocks of the album. that. the future. wealthy british. high. markets.

find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. the reports. and welcome back you're watching the weekly right here on our t.v. now the turmoil in ukraine has been the top story for the past few days some amazing pictures coming out of there after the most turbulent week in its post-war history of the country is currently undergoing a complete government overhaul the parliament has appointed to the speaker as interim president after voting for the resignation of viktor yushchenko which since

taking over the reins in the capital the opposition has been hard at work establishing its own order her to go to peace get off is in kiev for us. the situation here resembles more and more a coup 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 a 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 the 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 on and what's the situation here like on the ground here's 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 with 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 the rooftops including our group what we have now is that you have read. that we have read a column up. 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 to an opposition led government and a return to bottom in the republic there were twenty four of the protests didn't buy it was still. there if the president does not resign by tunisia.

i swear. to you i my ten o'clock on saturday they were is nothing left to store all the police were gone and the ruling party had. lost control over the capital for this is the presidential administration building which used to be the probably the most protected governmental building in the whole of the year of the biggest fight in the first stages of the protest happened here now as you can see we are taking 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 museum will never be back here as a protest the president made to his seriously 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 all that is happening now is the most part is vandalism and 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 than ever before which

with parliament leaving this article i will you get emotional from prison sparking jubilation and to use independence square. trying to seems you use of force to change everything you're hearing here is the best of this country has where protesters are in high spirits and the east and south of the country are sinking deeper into its leaders have declared itself governments and constitutional powers all over the world and break up in the country and the. reporting from kiev in ukraine. a top diplomat catherine ashton is said to travel to kiev on monday to discuss ways out of the current crisis with opposition leaders that says former prime minister yulia timoshenko has already sat down with the u.s. envoy as well as that use chief representative in ukraine because of the former president of the soviet union thinks that the west should let the people of ukraine

decide their own political future. have you seen what's going on there. is you need a bulldozer to push all the consultants from the u.s. and e.u. all told that they should let people decide for themselves issuing recommendations to nations sees an acceptable they shouldn't provoke people they shouldn't send bandits in old sides need to have to the negotiating table and talking on the month or six months if needed they will com to an agreement eventually. now to some other news making headlines around the globe for you this hour pro-government crowds have gathered in venezuela the capital they chanted in support of president nicolas maduro and for the socialist of the libyan revolution the movement led by the late leader hugo chavez anti-government rallies across the country have left eighteen dead in violent clashes over the past. two people were killed including

a twelve year old boy when i grenada exploded at an anti-government rally in bangkok it occurred just hours after a gunman opened fire at protesters in eastern thailand shooting a five year old girl tensions across the country have been escalating it since november with hundreds having been injured. crowds have marched through the main square in madrid rallying against what they claim are curbed civil rights and freedoms the protests that covered a wide range of topics including employment and economic issues as well as immigration demonstrations fell on the thirty third anniversary of the failed coup in one thousand nine hundred one which saw the parliament and cabinet held hostage for eighteen hours. well coming up after the break we take a look at the latest technological innovations you're watching are to international stay with us.

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 thoroughly 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 if a housewife from a small mormon community could stand up to the man what's stopping you but that's just my opinion. and russia trees being gay is not criminalized there are absolutely no punishment for being gay in russia the only thing that. is spreading information family information on nontraditional sexual behavior whether you know legislate against couples who swing you know who. you know trade partners or is it only as certain types of sex that you're legally able to you know so what way is propaganda you know it's so unclear.

hello and welcome to technology updates this month we left the hustle and bustle of moscow i went to top stand which is one of the country's innovation hot spots on today's show we meet some of cousins young scientists. we find out that making plane parts is a bit like baking a cake. and we can face to face with a modern day viking. but first cousin has been paid to become mrs i-t. capsule so it was the perfect place to kick off our trip. son is the capital of the

republic of tatarstan the city's historic site spawning back centuries ally a very modern metropolis and this innovation friendly environment makes it the ideal place for startups. on our first evening in the city we were met by a pair of young intrapreneur as keen to give us a demonstration of their bodog mobile up as well as providing all the features of a traditional dash cam the op also uses computer vision technology to identify road signs and display them on screen it's also remembers the speed limits of the road show on i'm totally remind you if you get a bit heavy on the accelerator the following day we went to i.t.v. parked right in the hearts of cars on this business district builds in two thousand and nine with the sole purpose of boosting bushes i can see industry the parks business incubator is a hive of activity which provides all the infrastructure and support necessary to help putting business men and women in the idea.