in the bolshoi, walls have ears. everybody knows everything. >> rumor is saying this girl came to sergei asking for the big part, and sergei said he does not think she's ready yet for this part, and he thinks if she wants to have this part, it will be very wise for her to work with some female professors. so i don't think it's the offending person. >> the bolshoi would clearly love the focus now to switch back to ballet, but the very public row which has broken out between one of its biggest stars and the management suggests that, for now, dramas off stage will stay in the spotlight. >> steve, a fascinating report, and frankly, you've made the bolshoi look like a nest of vipers. i just wonder how much damage you believe it is doing to the bolshoi. >> well, i think people here would admit that it is doing damage to the reputation of the world's most famous ballet company. i mean, on the one hand, you have the big star here, the principal dancer, pointing the finger of blame at his bosses, at the management, calling on

i said in the bolshoi, walls had ears. everybody knows everything. >> they came to see him, asking for a big part in the big ballet, and he said he did not think she was ready for the part and said if she wants to dance it, it would be wise for her to work with some female professors. >> the bolshoi would clearly love the focus now to switch back to its ballet, but the very public row which has broken out between one of its biggest stars and the management suggests that for now, dramas offstage will stay in the spotlight. >> more plot twists than "downton abbey" at the bolshoi. now to china. an estimated 700 million people will tune in to china central television's lunar new year gala. the performance has become unstable family fare, a staple tv moment like few others -- the performance has become family fare, a staple tv moment like few others. >> backstage, a chance to see the performers about to face a very big audience indeed. hundreds of musicians, actors, and dancers are getting ready for one of the most-watched tv s

afraid to come back to the bolshoi. no for one main reason i still don't feel that i have ever left before us. now ballet believe it or not is notorious for having this jealous dark side to it dancers and artistic directors thinking that they should have their way of the artistic direction of the community in fact the bolshoi theater just reopening after a six year long multimillion dollar renovation. being the artistic director ever since that renovation took place a lot of people who are not happy with the direction it has. taken in fact actually an entire movie was made about this side if you recall the black swan about dancers not liking the parts that they're getting are doing anything they could to go and get the parts that they need so one thing about the bolshoi itself. who is one of the prima ballerina of this great stage she has fled to canada and they are saying that she has received threats also not sure that they're. connected but talks about what's going on behind the scenes at the bolshoi sean thanks very

afraid to come back to the bolshoi. for one main reason i still don't feel that i have ever left now ballet believe it or not is notorious for having this jealous dark side to it dancers and artistic directors thinking that they should have their way of the artistic direction of the community in fact the bolshoi theater just reopening after a six year long multimillion dollar renovation. being the artistic director ever since that renovation took place a lot of people who are not happy with the direction it has taken in fact actually an entire movie was made about this side if you recall the black swan about dan. not liking the parts that they're getting you doing anything that they could to to go and get the parts that they need so one thing about the ball so itself though. who is one of the prima ballerina is all of this a great stage she has fled to canada and they're saying that she has received threats also not sure that they're committed they're connected but it's talks about what's going on behind the scenes at t

the artistic director of moscow's world famous bolshoi ballet who suffered horrific injuries when acid was thrown in his face has said he knows who was behind the incident set to get fit in is currently undergoing surgery following the attack in the center of the russian capital but doctors warned they may not be able to save his sight well for more on the story let's talk to sean thomas joins us live central moscow just outside of the bolshoi sure there's been huge speculation in the world's press around who is responsible for this attack what's the latest we now know. well bill it certainly is a strange and bizarre story under exposing the deep and dark underbelly of the world of ballet if you believe it or not. who is the artistic director says he doesn't know exactly who did it he says he's certain he knows but he won't say anything until the police have released their statement regarding the situation and have made an official announcement a little bit about the attack that actually happened about two weeks ago sergei filin was coming from his car to his home here in moscow where

fifteen minutes past the hour now around bolshoi ballet's artistic director will get treatment in germany in hopes of saving his eyesight this after say gay feel and how acid thrown in his face over two weeks ago while feeling claims he knows exactly who was behind the attack no one has yet been arrested or to reports from the moscow hospital where the director was taken after the assault. he's doing rather well surprisingly well actually he did thank the doctors for doing everything in their power to pull him out of a very difficult situation that he found himself in. third degree burns and those are very severe to his face and neck he said he's full of hope for a full recovery and he is full of willpower and he actually looked very enthusiastic and upbeat about the whole situation of course considering his circumstances actually he did appear to be quite so on his road to recovery he did speak about person who is who has been supposedly behind the attack he did say that he knows exactly who it was on this particular day today did not want to talk about the investigation at all so as not

the head of moscow's bolshoi ballet company is traveling to germany two weeks after having acid thrown in his face sergei filin will have further treatment that to help him fully regain his eyesight he's arena going to school was at the moscow hospital the westphalian will stay can alter that tague. he is doing rather well surprisingly well actually he did thank the doctors for doing everything in their power to pull him out of a very difficult situation that he found himself in to did suffer third degree burns and those a very severe to his face and neck he said he's full of hope for full recovery and he is full of willpower and he actually looked very enthusiastic and upbeat about the whole situation of course considering his circumstances actually he did appear to be quieter on his road to florida robbery at me i did speak about person who is who has been supposedly in mind the attack he did say that he knows exactly who it was on this particular day today did not want to talk about the investigation at all so as not to interfere with the investigation he did however mention. he did

and the artistic director of moscow's world famous bolshoi ballet heads to germany for specialist i treatment this office saying he knows who was behind the violent acid attack on him two weeks ago. just after four pm on monday here in moscow this is with me will receive your news from around the world the president has confirmed that french troops are being guarding one of the country's biggest your rainy and in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria the details now from sean thomas who's coming to join us live in the studio good to see you today so we know about the french troops in mali now we hear about a group of them being sent to need to protect a mind what do you know about well certainly we've been hearing of the possibility of french troops in for a while but now we know for fact in fact france's president has confirmed that they have sent special forces troops tunisia specifically to guard one of the largest uranium mines in that country the. french company a red one has a large stake in the arlott mining facility which you can see right h

and who done it the ballet director had the bolshoi sanchez says he knows who threw acid in his face severely damaging his eyesight and got the details on that and the minutes ahead. wealthy british soil it's time to play let's go. to. the. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. cars a report on our. mission. critical three. stores three. three. three. three. golds three blog video for your media project a free meal gondar t. dot com. hello again you're watching altie like a mosque president bashar al assad says syria can take on any force that confronted while accusing israel of trying to destabilize the country it was his first public statement since an alleged is rated as trying to inside syria last week israel's defense minister has given the strongest indication yet that they i.d.f. was behind that time also his policy of reports. it does come from the israeli defense minister it would be rock and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of ac

the artistic director of moscow's a world famous bolshoi ballet heads to germany for a specialist i treatment for saying he knows who is behind the violent acid attack on him that occurred two weeks ago. this is from a very snowy moscow. share with world wide top stories right now and the president has confirmed that the french troops have been guarding one of the country's biggest you're a new mines it's all in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria let's go the details right now thomas joins us live right here in the studio good to see you today french troops already in mali and now we've got some boots on the ground because they need to protect. this is that correct yes certainly it's been an interesting situation developing for a while now and we've had some thoughts but now it has been confirmed in fact president confirms that france has sent special forces troops to his country specifically to guard one of the largest during your minds and there in fact it's the arlette mine right here. and you can see its proximity to mali but the mine in ques

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and the artistic director of moscow's world famous bolshoi ballet heads to germany for specialist i treatment this office saying he knows who was behind the violent acid attack on him two weeks ago. just after four pm on monday here in moscow this is with me rule and your news from around the world the president has confirmed that a french troops have been guarding one of the country's biggest your rainy and mine in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria the details now from sean thomas who's coming to join us live in the studio good to see you today so we know about the french troops in mali now we hear about a group of them being sent to need to protect a mine what do you know about it well certainly we've been hearing of the possibility of french troops in for a while but now we know for fact in fact france's president has confirmed that they have sent special forces troops tunisia specifically to guard one of the largest uranium mines in that country the. french company a revenue has a large stake in the arlott mining facility which you can see r

the work continues as normal. >> he took over as artistic director at the bolshoi in 2011. once a world-class dancer, he now has power over the rise and fall of others i the powerful dance world. his attacker wanted to end his career at the prestigious theater. a spokeswoman denies that there are rivalries. >> we are closer now than before. what has happened is a tragedy, but it is not typical of the troop out all. all the speculation is untrue. >> he received threats before hand and claims he can identify the assailant. investigators have only found one major piece of evidence, a jar with traces of acid. >> coming up, germany needs new plans to turn around a steady decline in its population. >> that story and cambodia remembering their prints. -- their prince. for >> decades, german women have been having your and your children. the government has recently put large amounts of money into programs aligned it to be easier. >> more money is not turning the situation around, says a recent study. germany has been investing heavily in efforts to encourage people to have more chi

each other to host the curling the skating and the ice hockey and this is the june in the crown the bolshoi i stay inside this bar hockey arena is persisting in i'm ready for geese will stage the under eighteen world championships in april going to keep does an international event that will test the olympic venue people the games begin the cycle for stocks in twenty fourteen is hot cool your thought because they don't think park is them by the blacks in case they're on call because all the alpine events or take place alone just forty kilometers away. it is a similar story that not much was here before but the loss of couture resorts has sprung up from nowhere to become the home of points the biathlon and cross-country courses have also been created along with the bob slate track and then there's something you can't fail to meet but if you make your way down the mountain will eventually come to hey one of the most dramatic sights at any winter olympics the ski jumping the larger ramp on the left hand side is for the men and the smaller one on the right is for the women he will be competing f

each other to host the curling the skating and the ice hockey and this is the june in the crown the bolshoi i stay inside this bar hockey arena it's prestigious i'm ready for geese will stage the under eighteen world championships in april going to keep does an international event that will test the olympic venue before the games begin the slogan for thought you twenty fourteen is hot cool your top because the limbic park is them by their backs in case their i'm cold because all the alpine events or take place alone just forty kilometers away. it is a similar story to tell you not much was here before but there are also couture resorts has sprung up from nowhere to become the home of the biathlon and cross-country courses have also been created along with the ball play track and then there's something you can't fail to meet but if you make your way down the mountain will eventually come to hey one of the most dramatic sights at any winter olympics the ski jumping the larger ramp on the left hand side is for the men and the smaller one on the right is for the women he will be competing for t

olympics in the then his big celebrations down there and saw kicking off today for his off with the bolshoi guys the palace and then of course you know gas and a big iceberg with some of the leading the stars and not a russian figure skating when i know we have it all out with a large fireworks display over a foot in the woods now the hope is that russia will take home good at least eleven or gold medals to winter olympics and no doubt many experts are saying when the olympics bring on home turf or russia it could just very well carry that off now organizers are saying that even though the others events is your business not being spared whatsoever to organize these olympic games at the ticket prices will. average person she went bad same with them to give us a better idea of just what it is. like i didn't get any years of yelling at that either. of us etc a lot of what the state of things. piece by piece she's a limp dick dream is coming together would continue around the clock but with a year to go things are shaping up in the company in charge of construction has a simple message despite

the artistic director of moscow's world famous bolshoi ballet heads to germany for a special treatment. acid attack on him two weeks ago. here in moscow this is r.t. with the twenty four hours a day the president. has confirmed that french troops have been guarding one of his country's biggest year a new mines that's in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria. spoke to my colleague. the mine in question is the olive facility a location in which the french company a river has a large stake now it's important to know that this is the second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month as neighbors mali and the situation there continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole protecting assets in the region many know that france gets most of its energy from nuclear power hence the uranium is very very important indeed so massive economic concerns are inde

and for now the head of moscow's bolshoi ballet company is traveling to germany almost three weeks after having acid thrown in his face sort of a feeling we'll have a treatment that a try and help him fully regain his eyesight. was at the moscow hospital where feeling was taken after the attack. he's doing rather well surprisingly well actually he did thank the doctors for doing everything in their. very difficult situation that. third degree burns and those are very. sad he's full of hope. and he actually looked. of course considering his circumstances. who is who has been supposedly he did say that he knows exactly who it was on this particular day today did not want to talk about the investigation at all so as not to interfere with the investigation he did however. before but he also mentioned this is important. he didn't mention that he's continuing to work with everybody. performances and everything in. the theater will be carrying on. some of the global headlines for you in brief with. twenty four hours off. there's been another explosion just north of baghdad a suicide bomber atta

the head of moskos the bolshoi ballet company is traveling to germany now two weeks after having acid thrown in his face sergei filin will have the treatment that to help him fully regain his eyesight on his reign i'm going to ask i was at the moscow hospital what's that in all steak and after that time. he is doing rather well surprisingly well actually he did thank the doctors for doing everything in their power to pull him out of a very difficult situation that he found himself in to did suffer third degree burns and those a very severe to his face and neck he said he's full of hope for full recovery and he's full of willpower and he actually looked very enthusiastic and upbeat about the whole situation of course considering his circumstances actually he did appear to be quite so on his road to florida robbery did speak about person who is who has been supposedly behind the attack he did say that he knows exactly who it was but on this particular day today did not want to talk about the investigation at all so as not to interfere with the investigation he did however mention. he di

on the artistic director of moscow's famous bolshoi ballet has to germany for specialist i treatment this office saying he knows who's behind the violent acid attack on him from two weeks ago. thank you so much for joining us who are not here today. with your worldwide news. the president has confirmed that french troops have been guarding one of his country's biggest you raney of mines in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria. thomas filled me in on all the details. the mine in question is the olive facility a location in which the french company a river has a large stake now it's important to know that this is the second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month as neighbors mali and the situation continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole protecting assets in the region many know that gets most of its energy from nuclear power hence th