igor smirnoff has a much more creative use for it he claims he's the only coal sculptor in the world it's amazing to think you can create something as fine and detailed as this out of such a fragile and the tourist difficult tiriel to work with but without a little incentive from a friend none of these might be here at all one of the goals makes bets in that he'd never be able to make a sculpture out of coal. he didn't put too much money on. his work ranges from fantasy pieces to portraits of the saints and he's quite happy to give lessons to. do less work on a design. this is such a tricky material to work with the coal is coated with a special glue to stop it shattering but with every stroke of the chisel i was afraid i was going to chop the bear's head off and i'm pretty sure that ego is going to have to do a little reconstructive surgery. look at he's looking at you good. i think it's. a little bit of tidying up. he's not blind but he might need glasses i think. ok my. eager showing off his work around siberia but his biggest fans closer to home. my daughter arranged for me to ex

addition of the president of the present blood and him being an artist himself he really liked what igor did and what the elation. he was a huge fan of it so all he constantly infused fresh blood from western europe i believe that was the reason and at the time and that was pretty successful. later his policy changed he lost a little bit of interest in the mission itself. and the studio started to stall a little bit technical it official it still exists but it's out of the business well let's take a look at some of the recent russian animation of success stories and the report by spotlights in the demeter. impressionist painting is moving that's how alexander petrov's cartoons are often described the artist is drawn when released fingertips on gloss the disconnect brought him international recognition and the highest possible award an oscar russian cartoons have lately been more often nominated for the cademy awards than russian movies the latest nominee was a simplistic black man why denham ation my constantine bronze eat and although the ski team then again still boast of at least twen

know bought by the ton for russia's biggest party which this year left over twenty people injured as igor never ports next it's often down to many lethal substandard fireworks leading to horrific consequences. two decades after consumer fireworks were first imported into russia they have become an essential part of the festive tradition this holiday season russians will be setting off nearly one hundred million dollars worth of fireworks in their backyards and many of them will end up here in the burns unit but on the huge problem is that many of these m. assumes fireworks do not work as advertised for example a firework doesn't quite ignite when it's meant to people pick it up and then it explodes burns damage blown off fingers we've got it all here authorities say there isn't enough control over the quality of the fireworks which can be sold anywhere but anyone most don't find out they've bought a defective firework until it's too late the. really aren't safe to fight the pavers that the popular moscow store. with their colorful packaging these chinese made imports are aimed at casual p

throughout the year which have put european nations on high alert over the spread of islamic radicalism igor has gone off investigate. over a year of investigations and a massive police raid in the end brought results twenty six people have been arrested in belgium germany the netherlands belgium dutch moroccans and churchills all are suspected of recruiting so-called jihad is candidates and financing terrorist organizations right from the horror of europe police mission a success absolutely but is the battle over it's just a visible part of the iceberg it's huge there is a whole machine behind this redo a ruse was born in belgium in the family of christians and converted to islam when he was lame t. he says he did it on his own will because it simply provided the answers he couldn't find in other religions according to him is peace and tolerance but unfortunately due to generally poor knowledge about it it can be. used to teach the exact opposite. there are really extreme arms acting in europe and the problem is people who don't know erratic and don't understand the muslim philosophy they e

yesterday's discussion of russia's investment climate is the personal commitment deputy prime minister igor saval of has shown this is a very good example of how we can demonstrate our belief in our country and explain what steps we're taking. and in other news coming from the former russian authorities have approved pepsico three point eight billion dollar question of the countries day rejoined. internews pepsico c.e.o. says russia is the perfect platform for further global expansion. using women down i think we can expand into cia central and eastern europe because those markets can all be serviced out of wimbledon and russia we have to decide how to take the bill with our technology develop a whole range of products that we can sell in other parts of the world so we can leverage the rhumba value added dairy expertise. to saudi arabian dairy company and figure out how to bring the expertise of both companies together to build out their platform for the company how much can you grow wimbledon as a company our nutrition business which is about ten billion today and with wimbledon becomes tw

spoke exclusively to deputy prime minister igor following the signing of the deal. is working on a new strategy aimed at transforming the company into an international energy holder or deal with b.p. is of course part of the strategy they've gained a great deal of experience including the gulf of mexico oil spill cleanup operation b.p. has learned from this experience and our joint venture will be carried out with the greatest level of measures aimed at protecting the environment we've been working with b.p. for many years they're competent and have strong experience of russian companies arguably a deal with rosneft improves the case energy security and it also puts b.p. on a firm of financial footing following last year's massive oil. in the gulf of mexico but the question on everyone's lips is whether b.p. is a suitable partner for developing the textile following that huge environmental disaster that b.p.'s c.e.o. bob dudley says the company learnt a lot from that and they're ready to move into the delicate environment has been working with ross now for twelve ye

out the two day talks with iran say they're disappointed with the outcome in istanbul correspondent igorpiskun office in the turkish capital. the situation is quite two sided at the moment because on one hand the six nations including the united states russia germany france great britain and china were not able to reach any concrete agreements would you run neither has tehran made an official reply to the international atomic energy agency's effort to enrich its uranium of broad in third countries and supplying iran with nuclear fuel for its peaceful nuclear reactors doss providing international control over the entire process and according to the six nations official representative they will hoping for an open discussion without any preconditions and this was not possible since iran three continues you demand to be a lifting of the later set of the un sanctions on the other hand the six nations were able to show you around that they are absolutely united in their views and were able to provide concrete offers to iran how to get the situation moving out of the current deadlock and we wer

i attended two of the review sessions and i was struck by the igor in the report. we make sure that we do the best job possible in rating countries based on political rights and civil liberties. based on this course they get, that determines the color that they get. host: how can you look at it from our perspective when we have a different perspective? guest: we base it on a universal values, not american values. these are universal values, as well as other bodies and organizations that countries belong to. where a number of these organizations have it charters that lay out basic principles, and those are also guides for us when we undertake our study. host: david kramer is the executive director of freedom house. from minnesota, you are first up, on our independent line. caller: i am calling to say with all due respect to the gentleman, it is true what you guys are saying. world of freedom is in decline, and that includes the great united states of america. i don't see how we have their rights to talk about civil liberties and freedom and all that junk when every

ton cocoa chanel and igor stravinsky. designer played by a and the and music revolutionary igor stravinsky played by matt nicholson. the attraction between the was instant and electric especially after a shell invites her to live at her villa outside paris along with his alien wife and children. >> hereafter starring matt damon he plays a man with a gift to what he considers a curse for being connected to the dead. was written by the same man who wrote the queen and frost nixon. in did you see? >> no i didn't. if broadway is a coming-of-age about '70s teenage pump band of the teenage title. it stars chris didn't store in seeds of conflict is properly with drugs and alcohol and a mix that sounds familiar and jealousies arise. >> i remember that band. coming in at number seven other what i enjoyed was city island if the result family played by andy garcia, julianne moore believes all part of a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations with one another. everyone lives in secrecy and the family finds are delicate web

i attended two of the review sessions and i was struck by the igor in the report. we make sure that we do the best job possible in rating countries based on political rights and civil liberties. based on this course they get, that determines the color that they get. host: how can you look at it from our perspective when we have a different perspective? guest: we base it on a universal values, not american values. these are universal values, as well as other bodies and organizations that countries belong to. where a number of these organizations have it charters that lay out basic principles, and those are also guides for us when we undertake our study. host: david kramer is the executive director of freedom house. from minnesota, you are first up, on our independent line. caller: i am calling to say with all due respect to the gentleman, it is true what you guys are saying. world of freedom is in decline, and that includes the great united states of america. i don't see how we have their rights to talk about civil liberties and freedom and all that junk when every

i attended two of the review igor in the report. we make sure that we do the best job possible in rating countries based on polical rights and sed on this course they get, that determines the color that they get. host: how can youook at it from our perspective when we have a different perspective? guest: we base it on a universal values, not american values. these are universal values, as well as other bodies and organizations that countries belong to. where a number of these organizations have it charters that lay out basic principles, and those are also guides for us when we undertake our study. host: david kramer is the minnet up, on our independent line. caller: i am calling to say with all due respect to the gentleman, world of freedom is , and that includes the great united states of america. i don't see how we have their rights to talk about civil liberties and freedom and all that junk when every single day they do something with the constitution to change the amendments on it. number two, we do torture and all that and neve