dot com it is the christmas orthodox service happening at christ the savior cathedral in moscow the patriarch of russia is no overseeing that you can go to our correspondent in serbia broun who's an expert in russian orthodoxy that's on our website r.t. dot com if you want to know more about russian christmas stay with us. in two thousand and sixteen the panama papers show the world with a tax haven the secrets two trillion united states dollars pass through most. in the amount of time that we've been in panama papers exposure that's what it shows a lot of money it really is. journalism it's a fact of journalism looking at things that people want to keep secret and asking why would they want to keep these things secret. millions of. documents were examined. all the people we. have tried to get an advantage out of this sort of war. and probably other politician which was the other politician the media would point to find targets such as the kings of morocco and saudi arabia the president of argentina several prime ministers. and russian president vladimir putin of course. oh my god i've had so

the world of course including russia worshippers gathered for midnight services at christ the savior cathedral here in moscow the city center of orthodox christianity. jacqueline who was that. quite the cold it's an extremely warm and silver tory atmosphere here on the streets of moscow where this is one of the holiest days of the year being recognized christmas day the holiday falls on january the seventh not december the twenty fifth for orthodox christians due to an issue of calendars and for them this is a whole day that has a focus on the village and just behind me you can see the cathedral of christ the savior where crowds have been pouring into attend those services that are actually being held by the head of russia's orthodox church patriarch keel and as the people have been coming to attend the services we have talked to a few about what the holiday means to them let's take a listen just first of all christmas for me is a family holiday my grandmother was a very religious person so i'm here for her to one of my family traditions and i have always dreamt of celebrating this holiday at

not included in russia where we just saw president putin joining the service the christ the savior cathedral in moscow these are live pictures from the center of orthodox christianity we'll go live to our correspondent in. for a feeling of how things have been going on there for the last hour. we are churning in from around the world this hour welcome to moscow onto our team international good to have your company i mean and only a fourth day pro-government marches has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the country's leaders it comes in response to a seven day opera icing triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. i. look. well on friday night the united nations security council on washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that iran should be left alone to deal with it so minturn leffers that sentiment was echoed by a number of other members of the security council to. in the past week what has happened on the ground throughout the nation

pictures from christ the savior cathedral the center of orthodox christianity in moscow with the service has been ongoing for more than two hours we've got updates from our correspondent coming. around the clock across the world this is our team international from the team and myself you know neil welcome to the program a fourth day of pro-government marches has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the countries of the. it comes in response to a seven day off pricing triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty six. god. i. rock rock. rock rock. while on a friday night the united nations security council at washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that iran should be left alone to deal with its own internal affairs that sentiment was echoed by a number of other members of the security council to. in the past week what has happened on the ground throughout the nation of iran is something the world must take note of. however the worrying given for

in moscow russian patriarch kirill held christmas mass in the city's opulent christ the savior cathedral in a ceremony rich in song like the other orthodox christian denominations the russian orthodox church also follows the julian calendar which is thirteen days behind the gregorian calendar used by catholics and protestants. russian orthodox christians celebrate christmas eve on january sixth. that will fans in germany currently having to make do without that week a fix as the bundesliga takes its mid-season break but they can still stay up to date with their favorite players who share snippets of their everyday lives on twitter facebook and instagram and it's not just a way to interact with fans but also big business for the pros. fans lined up to catch a glimpse of their idols but signing autographs and taking selfies isn't enough. social media is the most important point of contact for supporters posting daily updates is almost as important as training for stars like messi and cristiano ronaldo. was different and it's fun and fans want to feel close to them to have a connection they

in moscow russian patriarch kirill held christmas mass in the city's opulent christ the savior cathedral in a ceremony rich in song. like the other orthodox christian denominations the russian orthodox church also follows the julian calendar which is thirteen days behind the gregorian calendar used by catholics and protestants. russian orthodox christians celebrate christmas eve on january six. key talks are getting underway here in germany on possibly forming a new government a coalition to lead the country until americans conservatives and the center left social democrats are holding exploratory discussions to see how much common ground they can find major sticking points are expected to include germany's migration policies and its approach towards europe if the talks fail germany could face fresh elections and with them and uncertain future for chancellor merkel. will be going live to our correspondent in the next hour for more on those talks well how germany proceeds and its relations with turkey could also come up before discussion in the coalition talks times between the two nato a

many orthodox christians around the world including russians these are pictures from christ the savior cathedral the center of orthodox christianity in moscow. thank you for watching the headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow. a fourth day of mass pro-government rallies has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been on marches to show their support for the country's leaders these come in response to a seven day uprising triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. oh. on friday night the united nations security council at washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that terror on should be left alone to do with its own internal affairs well that sentiment was echoed by a number of other members of the security council. in the past week what has happened on the ground throughout the nation of iran is something the world must take note of. given the last few days in iran may be they do not constitute per se the threat to international peace and security every un m

many orthodox christians around the world including russians these are pictures from christ the savior cathedral the center of also christianity in moscow. for more on these and all out of the stories. coming up max and stacy bring you the latest kaiser report and go away. kaiser this is the kaiser report happy orthodox christmas you know a lot of people en masse are shopping over the holidays and apparently they're suffering a big debt hanging over all was. yes of course it's an orthodox christmas today and that's why you look like a christmas present there. if you take the hat off. because that is not a new shank and i want to bring that up because moscow today while we record this thirty six degrees raleigh where we are is twenty three degrees and this isn't fahrenheit and this should be the case we should not be having a polar vortex is or more to seas or whatever however you plural are tat yeah the vortex well we should know how that is we don't have because here we're not allowed to show that big for the wear in moscow if there is warm yeah brain cogitating that's a great clipping the must

many orthodox christians around the world including russians these are pictures from christ the savior cathedral the center of orthodox christianity in moscow. well we're back next hour my colleague rory sushi will take you through the news that the shape the week up next on r.t. international is going underground and for our viewers in the u.k. and ireland that's put me. here we're going on the ground on the day a representative of the victorious outside government in syria takes to the stage at the u.n. general assembly after years of british backed rebels going over there. is there to be no u.k. post nearly. after all the creator of the breakfast referendum. speech so far goldman sachs's winning and the british people losing. his party conference in the southeast of england we. voted against the iraq war former labor cabinet minister lord chris smith the outgoing chair of the regulator of british advertising. plus the queen of mean on to raise a major seventy eight percent increase in hate crime in the u.k. winner of ru paul's drag race insult comedian. you know why it is legal in twenty nine