greetings for all of you celebrating christmas good days marked all over the world but for many russians orthodox christmas it will only come in about two weeks' time because of a different calendar. now she's one of britain's finest and most beautiful actresses next dame helen mirren joins al going off to talk about her role as tolstoy's wife and her russian heritage don't miss it. for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.

greetings for all of you celebrating christmas the days marked all over the world but for many russians orthodox christmas will only come in about two weeks' time because of a different calendar. up next peter lavelle's guests ask why christians in palestinian areas are leaving at a rate of knots despite living in multireligious communities there for centuries that's here in just a few moments.

so here in russia orthodox christmas is still a couple weeks off but in our weekly segment moscow martin explores ways to have a perfect christmas in the russian capital for those who are celebrating on the twenty fifth coming your way in the next hour but here's a quick preview. we must go out program we'll be taking a look at christmas food and while russians have their main celebrations on the year's eve and january the seventh millions of other people around the world and some here i must go already popping in the champagne so join me martha dandridge let me take a look at a merry christmas to you in the russian capital. georgian newspapers have launched an anti soviet cartoon campaign backed by president saakashvili a number of soviet era monuments have already been dismantled across the country and schoolchildren are being shown documentary that likens the u.s.s.r. to nazi germany but as r.t.s. our fourth reports many georgians do feel nostalgic about their country's soviet past. the destruction is savior at monuments a law banning savior symbols and now an anticipated documentary and a series of cartoons like who needs papers part of an

russians start celebrating christmas who the rest of the world all depends if a full december. then move into the new years fisted it says and then off course celebrates their own russian orthodox christmas all the seventh all january nearly two weeks holidays make fun of expanding holiday shopping in russia will do three town sales by forty two percent this december which is ten percent higher than the same period last year clothing purchases and food retail will grew over fifty percent this month. well restored sales will increase a whopping one hundred sixty three percent but russian shoppers are no longer as impulsive as they used to be before the crisis. this year every version will spend an average around three hundred eighty five euros on holiday shopping which is just five euros more than in the crisis year of two thousand and nine. but this is still twenty percent lower than for example german spend on presents and festive dinners additionally russians will still be on holiday for more than a week after the new year while most european countries return to full time work analysts saying such long holidays are merely a luxury when considering that russians do do people a

greetings for all of you celebrating christmas today's marks all over the world but for many russians orthodox christmas. in about two weeks' time because of a different calendar. up next we're off to one corner of the united states where it's russian roots are still very much in evidence. once it was a part of russian territory there are still reminders to this day children wearing russian national costumes people having russian names and many orthodox churches are standing here but more than one hundred forty years ago it became the u.s. territory though some americans still don't know about. just over the last have no idea about let's like nothing i don't know anything about that alaska it's cold. it was cold a box of ice a polar bear garden.

greetings for all of you celebrating christmas day is marked all over the world but for many russians orthodox christmas will only come about two weeks because it's on a different calendar. she's one of britain's finest and most beautiful actresses next helen mirren joins us to talk about her role as tolstoy's wife and her russian heritage don't miss it.

christmas tree lot you would think they are giving them away. the clientele here today mostly eastern orthodox christians. >> i'm here to pick up a christmas tree for the russianx christmas celebration. >> it's a european custom. we don't send up the trees before. everything is done today and today is a celebration. >> reporter: for donations, these happy folks are going home with christmas trees. but why today? >> actually the reason for december 24 is because the delancey street foundation gives out christmas trees for free. there is really no difference in the holiday itself between the western christmas and orthodox christmas. >> the only real difference is the date. the eastern orthodox church calculated the birth of christ according to the julian calendar. so december 25th according to the western calendar translates into january 7th in the orthodox. >> we don't need to use them until 13 days later. it's a practical thing more than anything. >> reporter: traditional as last-minute shopping. because of this -- >> it works fine, yeah. one of the -- another practical side is the -- i'm celebrating christmas after the western christmas is that we get the ben

century old christmas tree was delivered just this week to the kremlin's cathedral square it's going to stand tall for the next three weeks that this year the tree was a blessed by a russian orthodox priest. decorated with thousands of russian. christmas trees have been back in use of the kremlin nearly fifteen years when president boris yeltsin revived the revolutionary tradition the event was accompanied by a theatrical show including a visit from the frost rabbit as the symbol of the coming year according to the chinese calendar. with top stories in just a few moments. observe nature and discover its beauty. communicate with the wild and. test yourself and become free. see what nature can give you. hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice ceased to face with the news makers. the latest headlines on the week's top stories here on our team and it just a few hours remain for polls close in presidential election the country's incumbent leader is currently the clear favorite to win a likes on that it looks has already served three consecutive adding up to sixteen years in power he has been dubbed by the west as it europe's last dictator. russian auth

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here in russia orthodox christmas is still a couple weeks off but in our weekly show moscow out artie's martin andrews explores ways to have a perfect festive season here in the russian capital that's coming your way next hour but here is a quick preview. of the festive moscow out program we'll be taking a look at christmas food and while russians have their main celebrations on the year's eve and january the seventh millions of other people around the world and some here i must go already popping up in the champagne to join me most of andrew's let me take a look at the merry christmas here in the russian capital. russian authorities are looking for areas closer to tourist spots to build new zones for legal gambling the gaming ban first enforced almost two years ago is widely seen as a failure and the original four official gambling spots just haven't taken off. stacks of cash and roofs of one are bandits federal security service agents breed an illegal casino in moscow eighteen months ago a strict gambling law meant casinos in russia could only exist in four special zones but it failed then the show idea to build gambling. from residential areas just didn't work it

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