sochi winter games and we're handing it over now to our studio in the heart of the city of sochi kevin owen standing by to tell us some exciting news about the russian team kevin. yes war evening everyone what an hour is just a welcome back to make everyone here in our special coverage of the twenty second winter olympic games and this is a moment of triumph for the russians millions of fans just been cheering in to watch the pairs figure skating has just wrapped up an event very close of course to the hearts of many people here on the home team didn't disappoint they took both the gold and the silver in front of a jam packed arena our very own paul scott watched that competition as well all their poor great moment wasn't the skaters the performance from them the rules of the crowd. and he was russian have secured their second gold medal at these homes twenty fourteen winter olympics and they've continued their dominance in the figure skating they secured a one two in the pairs event with the world and european champions tatyana villas are maxime trunk of securing gold with a no the full li

yeah hi all nice to see again well welcome back to oxy so kevin owen as you can see we're broadcasting from just above the beautiful olympic lovely behind us it's not the sporting venues on the coastal cluster here of course as you say i'm out with no weekend to the game just flown by the bin triumph who's been defeats has even been a heartbreak to we've loaded all few let's cross now live to pull scott the sun for us so far today day seven poll. yes well russia could be about to that medals tonally elated nikita is currently in the bronze medal position. going into the final round of the will women's skeleton event up in the mountains of krasnaya polyana meanwhile in the men's event russian xander tritiya caught is the man to catch at the halfway stage he actually set a new course record in the first round the event doesn't conclude until saturday what r.t. caught up with tretiak of before the start of the games and he admits that the ability or the opportunity rather to perform on home ice is a real advantage. to being in sochi for more than a year and i've gone to know it like the b

hi there hi all nice to see again yet welcome back to sort she was me kevin owen in this is our own going special coverage of the twenty second winter olympic games here in sochi and what a moment it is right now millions of fans and as we speak to watch the figure skating we're talking about just then out of bed so close to the hearts of so many russians what's more the news is the home team of favorites for gold too well for our very own pool scott let's cross to him all the latest details on this as we watch the competition unfold other pull ahead to this the chance of more than just one medal today for russia right. yes well all eyes are on the iceberg skating palace right now where there's real tension in the air it's the final of the figure skating pairs event and there are three russian teams that are going for a medal now the main focus of attention however is going to be on the world and european champions tatyana valas is a. trunk of they led at the halfway stage of the event going into tonight's free program after a world record score in the short program on tuesday evening now

watching r t here on our international channel but let's cross now live to our studios in sochi where kevin owen is there for us he will be bringing you the latest from the twenty second winter olympics kevin. yeah hi sean hi everyone now welcome to our final round of than of the day all day to hear the twenty fourteen winter olympics which brought the first gold to the host in team figure skating russian athletes live an impressive performance is now the disciplines as well winning silver and bronze medals as a result russia has now been tied for fourth place in the medal table with kind of the breaks down the day's results for us. celebrations beginning with the fireworks behind me russia's first gold came in the figure skating team event they saw and challenges from canada and the united states to take the top spot and they were helped along the way by a foolish display from one of russia's most famous sporting sons if gagne pushed blowing the competition away in the men's free program a magnificent display when you consider in recent days he's been plagued by injury and has undergone surgery

drama of the twenty second winter games for the details we go live again to our sochi studios with kevin owen standing by. he did get evening everybody welcome to the heights of sochi and the day's big events on what is now day six oh it's just closing in the course of the olympic city and it's been a day of extreme ups and downs for russia from joy at the victory of the red machine to a sad ending of one of the most outstanding figure skating careers in more times. today's polarizing events. twenty years in the sport thirty one year old. has announced his retirement from figure skating and it ends in disappointing fashion injury has forced him to withdraw from the men's individual competition here in sochi now he landed quickly during his warm up and aggravated a long time complaint the career on the ice has taken its toll on his physical health over the years he's undergone surgery no less than twelve times and even has a prosthetic disc in his back now he was looking to become the single most decorated figure skater in winter olympic history only needed was a third place finish to achieve

olympics that has just wrapped up we join now our sochi studio where they are broadcasting live kevin owen joining us with all the latest. here to everybody it is kevin and here is my continuing special coverage of the twenty second winter olympic games and what tonight is playing for russia millions of fans today in just a bit earlier tonight to watch the home team take both gold and silver medals in the figure skating final an event very close of course to the hearts of many russians pool scott was watching the competition this cut with him pole you want still those of us are fortunate enough not to be that take us through the highlights of it. well there was pure emotion inside the iceberg skating palace is russia continued their dominance of the figure skating world in european champions tatyana volunteers are in maxing trunk of broke down amid a standing ovation at the end of their free program which secured them the gold medal rush to actually go to one to win the pairs event with. federal claim of claiming silver now germany got the bronze but it one stage it looked as if the german

the twenty second winter olympic games and of course we go live now to our sochi studios where kevin owen is standing by to give you all the latest. yeah how about hi everyone the time is flying by day six already welcome back to the hot on the heights of here i'm kevin and you watching all of these continuing special coverage of the games so we don't pick city what a polarizing day it's been today for russia from joy the victory of the red machine to a very sad ending to one of the most outstanding figure skating careers in modern times details now. the biggest events with. paul first of all. started practicing and then suddenly pulled what do we know. it's very much the end of an era twenty years in the sport thirty one year old. has announced his retirement from figure skating and it ends in disappointing fashion injury has forced him to withdraw from the men's individual competition here in sochi now he landed awkwardly during his warm up and aggravated a long complaint the career on the ice has taken its toll on his physical health over the years he's undergone surgery no less than t

performance at the so she bolshoi ice arena the fans certainly got their money's worth tonight and kevin owen is telling us all about it kevin. yeah. ruling an instant classic now just a few of the was used to describe one of the closest the most beautiful contests in the limbic history twenty thousand spectators pop the bolshoi. there to watch the red machine and team usa battle each of the oldest was. scott took us through the gate. it promised to draw julie delivered one of the most thrilling ice hockey matches in winter olympic history really went the way of the usa in the most dramatic of circumstances it was two two at the end of regulation time with nothing separating the two sides russia captain led by example he gave the home side the lead midway through the second period a great moment for him he of course plays his home in the n.h.l. but goals from. then. put the usa to one up before it was on hand again to level matches at two two with five minutes to go russia thought they'd done enough to win the match but what would have been the winning goal was cancelled out in the final few

at the moscow m rule receive a with the latest world news so let's head straight down to sochi kevin owen is standing by in our studio there ready for a look at the first official day of competition at the winter olympics. hi again yep as you say officially day one of the winter olympics here in sochi that was incredibly successful day for the norwegians up in the mountains and maybe we should call the flying dutch turn on the black sea coast spoke a bit of correspondent paul scott to find out exactly who has dreams of a limpy goal came true today than. well there are no medals for russia on day one of the sochi twenty fourteen winter olympics but they are in a good position to pick up their first medal of these games in the figure skating team event after five of eight rounds they currently lead the overall standings meanwhile biathlete ole darling has created history he's become the joint record holder for the most amount of winter olympic medals he now has twelve to his name and seven of them a gold he's also become the oldest individual gold medal winner in winter olympics history thi

but the two congratulated each other on the finish line of that spoke to our kevin owen right here in our sochi studio. it was a very very tough race for me it was a long one i was expecting way given the broken injuries. when i crossed the finish line. a lot of support. that came from peru from even from the goal winner or gold medal winner and usually just. to explain to all of you if you go here with a broken rib before you got to sochi to also be a bit of a bug. because well which is it but you're still determined to go on without race your competitors when you got over the finish line eventually there you have rallied around you didn't yeah if you refer to her. decided to go. compete. there read appreciate it i've been getting a lot of feedback from media from a hundred emails so far from people and they were. so excited about the story inspired by the story. i got close to five thousand facebook facebook likes. in a matter of twelve hours or. being great i'm so happy that people got a story. while definitely one of the great feel good stories from these olympics so far we're sti

russian hockey commentator sergei crabb who told my colleague kevin owen that the wise thing would be to simply update the rules. the goal was disallowed because do you believe the good the next was moved it was disloyal for our mates moorings and the goalie who is moving from one side to another side and he does it he moves the posts he puts it in this case i think it was one hundred percent unintentional on the side of four johnson a quick because he was just moving from one side in order to another side and the situation was not very dangerous terms of the goal it was just luck that there was an american refereeing this much and was it was a should that be thought of now in the future reassess i think probably years just to avoid controversies like this probably it will be just that wise to take the decision and said no not not to have. referees from one country just to working on the games ways of the national team games have seen their fair share of weather troubles after the men's mass start bath lawn had to be postponed due to severe fog that's after some deemed the conditions

saying president assad has no future in syria political activist amar walk off told my colleague kevin owen earlier that such verbal attacks could jeopardize the next round of talks which are scheduled to start in a week's time the u.s. congress is routed during the negotiations to arm the rebels to me there is a long. answer for ows people who don't even represent. the came under which is the syrian national coalition the syrian government is desperately trying to negotiate with someone who could have some powers to you know hold to their word into their agreement and what about that threat from washington that would use force of syria failed to get rid of its chemical stockpiles by the summer there are some pretty cool reasons why this is happening you know i knew from from friends and family that whoever travels along that route between damascus and other newer southward there are certain segments of the road where they have to drive closer to like a hundred miles an hour or under sixty can orders an hour because of you know sniper power last night were shots from moderate opposition so

president assad has no future in syria syrian political activist amara walker after old my colleague kevin owen that such a verbal attacks could jeopardize the next round of talks which are scheduled to start in a week. this congress is looted during the negotiations to arm the rebels so there is a lot to answer for and from the language we're hearing from the americans they don't seem to be you know having any shima that is what about the threat from washington that would use force if syria failed to get rid of its chemical stockpiles by the summer there are some political reasons why this is happening you know i know from from friends and family that whoever travels along that route between damascus and homs either know who or what there are certain segments of the road where they have to drive closer to like a hundred miles an hour or hundred sixty can or has an hour because of fear of sniper fire power or shots from moderate opposition so if you want to move military grade equipment and vehicles through they have to be moved you know a much slower than that and they would be vulnerable espe

saying president assad has no future in syria syrian political activist omar told my colleague kevin owen that such verbal attacks could jeopardize the next round of talks which are scheduled to start in a week's time eavis congress is looted during that because he issues to arm the rebels so there is a lot to answer for around from the language we're here to really americans don't seem to be you know having any of that is what about the threat from washington that would use force if syria failed to get rid of its chemical stockpiles by the summer there are some pretty cool reasons why this is happening you know i knew from from friends and family that who would travel his along that route we don't ask this and other know who is the south but there are certain segments of that where they have to drive closer to like a hundred miles an hour or under sixty you can orders an hour because a few know sniper power or shots from moderate opposition so if you want to move military grade equipment and vehicles into that through the they have to be moved you know much lower than that and they would

biting performance at the sochi bolshoi ice arena fans certainly got their money's worth tonight kevin owen standing by in our sochi center to tell us all about. the ride on my head there it's been now it's not over the city of sochi still a buzz off to one of the most bitterly fought contest of the olympics twenty thousand spectators part the bolshoi ice arena behind me to watch the red machine team usa but leads other out almost to a standstill in the ice rink multis pulled scott to this through that game. it promised to draw julie delivered one of the most thrilling ice hockey matches in winter olympic history really went the way of the usa in the most dramatic of circumstances it was two two at the end of regulation time with nothing separating the two sides russia captain pavel datsyuk led by example he gave the home side the lead midway through the second period a great moment for him he of course plays his hole in the n.h.l. but goals from. and then. put the usa to one up before that it was on hand again to level matches to two with five minutes to go russia thought they'd done enoug

for now back to you in the studio yes and we also have in sochi you and our colleague kevin owen there are new so now a live with the latest from sochi. the g. twenty fourteen promises we call to make an exhilarating winter and keep him here in germany and it's now a make seven zero in on the bus tomorrow let me take you staying for sochi twenty four take. on. thousands of protesters in cities across bosnia storm local government buildings and clashed with police as anger over unemployment and economic stagnation turned violent when the two hundred people wounded in demonstrations most of them police in the capital sarajevo rioters set the presidential building on fire along with police cars and tires authorities fired rubber bullets water cannons and tear gas to disperse the angry crowds in other parts of the country protesters are older rocks at security forces and torched local government buildings on arrest initially erupting over the closure of several state owned companies that were privatized later filed for bankruptcy analyst mark mason thinks the violence is growing into a ful

twenty thousand strong during that game was our teens and he said now he and a she told my colleague kevin owen her impressions of the contest between the two hockey powerhouses. it was an intense. mats to watch all together partly rooting for russia because they are the underdogs and they haven't won for twenty years but so much controversy is kicked off tonight on social media and the indeed there was a goal which of course was counted as a goal by the refs on the ice it was then notified by the international federation because the goalposts was a little bit off its pegs so basically a huge debate going on right now on social media from the american ambassador moscow to russian diplomats i mean people i talk he is a political sport because when you look back at the history of the cold war it's so it's getting a bit in ten thousand there will despite the bitter pill of the hockey to feed russia is still performing well the country has won the most medals and is in third place in the golden sweep while germany heads up the standings. now earlier events took a darker turn when it emerged that ru

have been a winning goal for russia against the usa russian hockey commentator told my colleague kevin owen that the wise thing would be to simply update the worlds. the goal was disallowed because to build the good the nets was moved to the dislocations from its moorings and the goalie was moving from one side to another side and he does it he moved the post as he puts it in this case i think it was one hundred percent unintentional on the side of just on the quick because he was just moving from one side and on to another side and the situation was not very dangerous in terms of the goal it was just luck that there was an american refereeing this much is it why should that be thought of now in the future reassess i think probably years just to avoid controversies like this probably that there will be just that wise to take the decision and so. not to have. referees from one country just working on their games with the national team in other along because lines this week the hopes of millions of fans were dashed when russian figure skater you can push and pull down of the men short program

spectators in the stands during that game or was artie's very own and he said she told my colleague kevin owen her impressions of the contest between the two hockey powerhouses. it was an intense. match to watch all together partly rooting for russia because they are the underdogs and haven't won for twenty years that so much controversy is kicked off tonight on social media isn't it what are they indeed there was a goal which of course was counted as a goal by the refs on the ice and been notified by the international federation because the goalpost was a little bit off its pegs so basically a huge debate going on right now on social media from the american ambassador moscow to russian diplomats i mean people talk he is a political sport because when you look back to the history of the cold war so it's getting a bit in ten thousand there afterwards one of russia's highest ranking supporters told anita that fans should not be too downhearted chief of staff for the presidential administration so he gave an off believes that with a week of the games to go the country should keep its pockets open

biting performance at the sochi bolshoi ice arena fans certainly getting their money's worth tonight kevin owen standing by live at our sochi studios to tell us all about it and more. you know what day it was we're going to in just a second welcome but first the top the studio. you join me right here above the olympic. as you say and then one of the most bitterly fought contest of the olympics so far concluded today twenty thousand spectators packed the bolshoi isolated to watch the red machine russia face off against team usa in the men's ice hockey but without any more do let's go live to our team's pool skull for the highlights pull one of those with this is to go to the group stage. yes it promised a drama and it julie delivered one of the most thrilling ice hockey matches in winter olympic history not really went the way of the usa in the most dramatic of circumstances it was two two at the end of regulation time with nothing separating the two sides russia captain pavel datsyuk led by example he gave the home side the lead midway through the second period a great moment for him he of cour

that's it for me on the russian black sea coast for now kevin owen will be here in our sochi stew. you know in a few hours' time stay with r.t. for our continuous all access olympic coverage. the g twenty four team promises we call timid and exhilarating winter sports not to eat you still need you so now i have to make seven zero am the last of our located news team for sochi twenty four take. on r.t. . and i lots more news for you after the break on r.t. international including why germany's economic recovery is not filtering down to the country's poorest roback interest. fly a transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. world of. science technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international today european politicians are in high spirits latest stats show a modest recovery across the eurozone germany performed slightly better as well than expected in the last quarter of the country is seen as the main driver of the european economy and yet the number of germans living

promises we call to make an exhilarating winter in our team a team in germany and it's now a i'm a kevin owen on the must of marlin cake news team for sochi twenty four take. on oxy. welcome back to worlds apart a real discussing changing gender roles for a psychologist wilson professor wilson earlier we were talking about the steep rise in single parent households and there are many downsides to raising children along the sides for children for parents for societies at large and yet. these small is becoming increasingly more widespread and it is often presented in terms of. women's liberation so much so that any government's efforts to intervene or protect the institution of marriage is sometimes viewed this suspicion or even condemnation i wonder if you think that government has any role to play in gender politics i think government can alter things perhaps by incentives rather than by. by negative sanctions and compulsion but we have passed the point where we can tell people that they have to get married that they can't produce children out of wedlock and if they do they will take the chil

we're actually asking you to post your questions for the athletes i will ask the best ones when kevin owen spoke with the olympic champion skier picabo street through one of your questions so don't miss your chance to take part in our special coverage from all the way throughout the. g twenty four team promise is the ultimate in exhilarating winter. storm and you make the most of our live news team for sochi twenty four take. on. technology innovations all the developments around russia. the future. there's a city you know when you're in the arctic you have feel entire world at your feet. she looks like a fairly simple ship but really she's not symbol of the. handful of people have access to the nuclear icebreakers the real king here is that the polar bear and ice breakers come second not a single complex expedition to the arctic can be conducted without the russian nuclear powered fleet of ice breakers we've undertaken a unique operation in. the northern sea route russia's arctic ice breakers. it's all the international thanks for joining us a number of coordinated anti n.s.a. protests on

came in the women's biathlon six kilometers relay with russia coming in second when my colleague kevin owenis at the saudi studio with all the details. craig women's biathlon team just took the gold in the six kilometer relates to a bit of cheer there for the ukrainians the silver prize in the stanley went to the russians scored just behind their neighbors that adding to the already high spirits here in sochi where euphoria from yesterday is still in the air if you don't know what i'm talking about if you've been talking about russian records for the first time in history where your limpid gold in the ladies figure skating that prize going to seventeen year old adelina sotnikova she really fought the odds on that one beating very strong competition including that of a teammate the olympics we tell you lee skier we caught up with the girls right after their performance this is what they had to say to us i did my best healings and all the elements of the program and it wasn't credible to finally see i had scored the most points here however i still can say i can feel the force packed of emoti

live not too are so few studios for kevin owens standing by when i get to that of the show dr seconds he loves the credits as leave the big stadiums the full tonight's been a big day the day of extreme ups and downs and five from russia from july the victory the red machine to the side and the one the most outstanding figure skating to raise the mormon times article stall rest of today's polarizing events the house to twenties in the sport thirty one your gift any patient care has announced his retirement from figure skating and events in disappointing fashion. injury has forced into withdrawal from the men's individual competition has been so lucky now. he landed awkwardly during his warm up and aggravated a long time back complaints. the career on the ice has taken its toll on his physical health by dubya's he's undergone surgery no less than twelve times and even has a perspective disc in his back now he was looking to become the single most decorated think it's going to win to even think history will be needed was a third place finish to achieve top of the sun or not he now has to

the now i was lucky enough to witness the competition at the iceberg skating palace she talked to kevin owen in our such a studio to share a unique experience. it was huge i think we can say that playing on the home field as they say really benefited russia tonight there were tons of russians in the audience we were quite high up and our whole section was it was full of russians and everyone had a good skate but i think this is where we're going to say that russia's back and they'd. actually put in the soviets. in the huge stadium when it when it kicks off it's buzzing it's buzzing of course the russians when they came on to the ice and i'm sure anyone who's watching it at home felt the advantage of having the home support in the crowd was going wild and i think that helped them mad a lot of confidence. of course he's a veteran only thirty one one of the old. great show just phenomenal and of course he's been having horrible back trouble and injuries and then young you did just phenomenal i hadn't seen fifteen years old i hadn't seen her skate and this is her of course olympic debut i think

we begin with our special coverage of the games from the heart of the olympic city where archy's kevin owen is standing by to take it all away. yeah they're not even a whole welcome back to kevin always with us to give to you from the heart of the action of course a guy with a magnificent view of the shoulder of the olympic is now where a week of course go into these winter games there's been no shortage of both celebration and sadly but a heartbreak to let's cross to pull scott the some of the day for us so far. are we going to. have them will continue that russian alexander threat to call of the man to catch at the home off way stage of the men's skeleton competition that he set a new. track record in the first round the final two rounds conclude on saturday however the women's skeleton event is finishing up this evening and russia also have high hopes of a medal there yelling and a kid skier is in the bronze medal position going into tonight's final two rounds as for trash he has caused while he admits the opportunity to perform on home ice is a real advantage. for more than a year and i

twenty second winter olympics now and our special coverage begins again from the host city of sochi kevin owen standing by in our studios in the heart of the city. yeah hi again old nice to see again welcome back to sochi kevin oh you joy this high above the park is of course the main seaside spalding but you can see over my shoulder there the limping flame burning bright into the night as you say we know we can into the games now what a journey it's been so far the celebration the upsets and yes even the heartbreak to the reporting yesterday pool scott sums up the day's events for us. well the russians have added a bronze medal to that tally on day seven eleven in a key to finish third in the women's skeleton event up in the mountains of krasnaya polyana it was the first. time the russian have a secured a medal in the women's skeleton meanwhile alexander tretiak of is the man to catch at the halfway stage of the men's competition he actually set a new track record in his first run the men's event actually concludes with the final two rounds on saturday when r.t. caught up with him before the

games and we start with our special coverage of the olympics from our studio in the heart of sochi kevin owen standing by. hi all my sissy again welcome back to our. part it's a beautifully as ever you can see that huge torch burning into the night in the dark really doesn't do justice is another breeze has to be said to the view from here we're now just a week into the events and by any measure it's been full of limb pigs periods complete with pride and even heartbreak to pour scott sums up the day's events for us. while russia has added a bronze medal to their tally on day seven elaina nikitin a finished third in the women's skeleton event up in the mountains of krasnaya polyana it was the first time the russian have a secured a medal in the women's skeleton meanwhile alexander tretyakov is the man to catch at the halfway stage of the men's competition he actually set a new track record in his first run the men's event actually concludes with the final two rounds on saturday when r.t. caught up with him before the start of the games and he admitted that performing on home ice is an advantag

nailbiting performance at the sochi bolshoi ice arena and certainly getting their money's worth tonight kevin owen standing by in the olympic host city to give us all the details. yeah. you join me here we should say but above the olympic one of the most beautiful contests of the concluded today twenty thousand spectators packed the bolshoi isolated to watch the red machine russia face off against team usa in the men's ice hockey pool scott takes us through the game. they promised a drama and julie delivered one of the most thrilling ice hockey matches in winter olympic history narrowly went the way of the usa in the most dramatic of circumstances it was two two at the end of regulation time with nothing separating the two sides russia captain pavel datsyuk led by example he gave the home side the lead midway through the second period a great moment for him he of course plays his hockey in the n.h.l. but goals from cam fowler and then joe put the usa to one up before that man datsyuk was on hand again to level matches to two with five minutes to go russia thought they'd done enough to win the matc

here and cover the games and in about six minutes time we'll be going live to sochi with our own kevin owen entities who now are standing by to kick off our official coverage. of the g twenty four team promises we alternate in the exhilarating winter sports in our. social media and use in our way to make heaven and the rest of our lives take news team for sochi twenty four will take. on. well the spirit of the games might offer the warring sides in syria some respite or rush urging all those involved in conflicts around the world emphasizing syria to sign a so-called olympic truce to stop the violence at least during the time of the events but the situation in the conflict zone seems to worsen daily its consequences being felt far and wide as hundreds of europeans who joined the fight in sochi returned home the alarm is being raised that they are bringing jihad back with them a group of extremists with british citizenship fighting in the middle eastern war zone now threatening to carry out terror attacks back in the u.k. they are already spreading the virus of extremist propaganda issuing p

disappointment for others as she offers up another day of golden opportunities for another for me kevin owen that was day twelve here at the winter olympics. well we return now to our top story this hour and the latest development in ukraine and we're hearing that russia's president vladimir putin has told the german chancellor in a telephone conversation that should stop blaming the government for the extremism and rioting in ukraine he said the west should condemn those within the opposition would be inciting the deadly violence well earlier russia's foreign minister said the west bears responsibility for supporting radicals and encouraging the arrest these are live pictures from nighttime kiev at the moment where tensions are running high we'll have more on this at the top of the hour and we continue with a special report here on r.t. international on the driving force behind the mob violence in ukraine but if you're in the u.k. it's going underground and then we'll all be back together again for more news in half an hour from now. trend zero to vnukovo report your best way to the house o

spirit still plenty to come will of course and in an hour's time more extensive coverage for me kevin owen down here in sochi from about the studio archive and thanks very much indeed for that we have got more of the sports coming our way that will be our special coverage in a couple hours time here at r.t. international i missed that with all the latest updates from the olympics with bosh which. there's a saying you know when you're in the arctic you have the entire world at your feet . she looks like a fairly simple ship but really she's got symbol little. handful of people able to have access to the nuclear icebreakers the real king here is that the polar bears and ice breakers come second not a single complex expedition to the arctic can be conducted with the russian nuclear powered fleet of ice breakers we undertake in the hay unique operation of. the northern sea route russia's arctic ice breakers. only. right on the same. search string. and i think that you're. on our reporters. in. the in the. quarter past the hour here in the russian capital business r.t. international thank you f

gold winner daria but the two congratulated each other on the finish line and spoke to our team's kevin owen in our sochi studio. it was a very very tough race for me it was a long one i was expecting way given the broken injuries. when i crossed the finish line. a lot of support. it came from peru from even from the gold winner or gold medal winner floyd usually just. just explodes will view as you go here with a broken rib before you go to sochi to also have a bit of a bug this week as well which is brought you down a little bit but you're still determined to go on without race your competitors when you got over the finish line eventually there you have rallied around you didn't mean the recruiters were. decided to go with this traces of competing. there read appreciate it i've been getting a lot of feedback from media from a hundred emails so far from people and they were. so excited about the story inspired by the story. i got close to five thousand facebook facebook likes and a lot of twelve hours overnight it's been great i'm so happy that people got what an athlete that's definitely o

assad has no future in syria syrian political activist omar walk off earlier told my colleague kevin owen such a verbal attacks could jeopardize the next round of talks which are scheduled to start in a week. the u.s. congress is looted jewelry because he she was to arm the rebels so there is a lot to answer for around from the language really really americans they don't seem to be you know having any shima that you know what about that threat from washington that would use force if syria failed to get rid of its chemical stockpiles by the summer there are some pretty cool reasons why this is happening you know i knew from from friends and family that whoever travels along that route between damascus and the will who are southward there are certain segments of that when they have to drive closer to like a hundred miles an hour or under sixty can orders an hour because of fuel sniper power sniper shots from moderate opposition so if you want to move military grade equipment and vehicles into that through the they have to be moved you know that much slower than that and they would be vulner

certainly got their money's worth straight away to our tease team in the olympic city of sochi kevin owen take it away. yeah look day you know i never use a day ten o five. day knowing done and dusted and it's a given russian hockey fans a little consolation just twenty four hours after the reds she lost a team usa in the dramatic shoot series the crowd was up for more this time as soon as the extra period was over russia closed the door in slovakia chances of victory with more on his full score. was a victory for russia but perhaps not in the style of the fashion that they would have hoped full they were made to work hard and pushed all the way. by stubborn and resilient it was nil nil at the end of regulation time and not even overtime could separate the two sides so for the second day in a row russia faced the lottery of a penalty shoot out but this time they were victorious it's actually america who finish top of group a this after a five one victory over slovenia however many observers are saying that the match between the usa and russia on saturday was one of the most thrilling in t

time now to cross over to my colleague kevin owen who's in our such a studio with a summary of day ten of the winter olympics. yeah hi there bill hi everyone nice to see you again well they were leading after every single round and never gave up the advantage of course talking about the heroes of a limping day teles it's been alexander zuckoff and alexei whatever order the russian geo won the highly anticipated gold in the two man bobsled vent here's paul scott now to tell us more about it paul tell us how they won gold in today. where russia have added a gold and a bronze medal to that tally on day ten in the two man bobsled event alexander's zuckoff and alexey voyage voda were dominant from start to finish they even set a track record in the first round now it's the first time the russian have won a bobsled gold since the fall of the soviet union and for thirty nine year old zubkov it completes a fairytale and adds a gold medal to the silver he won in cheering in two thousand and six and the bronze he picked up in vancouver four years ago in fact after those winter olympics in vancou

of the winter olympics has just wrapped up in the fans certainly have gotten their money's worth kevin owen the standing by in our sochi studios in the heart of all the action to tell us more. so bright day nine is just wrapped up now but it gave russian hockey fans a little consolation just twenty four hours out the red machine lost to team usa in that dramatic shootout series the crowd was up for more no stopping them this time as soon as their period was over russia closed the door and slovakia's chances of victory is my colleague paul scott with the details of the match. for russia but perhaps not in the style of the fashion that they or their fans would have hoped for they were made to work hard and pushed all the way by a stubborn and resilience slovakia it was nil nil at the end of regulation time and not even overtime could separate the two sides so for the second day in a row russia faced the lottery of a penalty shoot out but this time they were victorious it's actually america who finish top of group a five one victory over slovenia however many observers are saying that the matc

international time now to cross over to my colleague kevin owen who's in all sorts of studio with a summary of day ten of the winter olympics. here hi bill i all nice to see you again want to date spain that we're leading our for every single round and never gave up the advantage or of course talking about the heroes of olympic day alexander zuckoff for the legacy of the russian jew who won the highly anticipated gold in the bobsled event is out is paul scott. alexander and alexey voyage voda were dominant from start to finish they even set a track record in the first round now it's the first time the russians have won a bobsled gold since the fall of the soviet union and for thirty nine year old zubkov it completes a fairytale and adds a gold medal to the silver he won in cheering in two thousand and six and the bronze he picked up in vancouver four years ago in fact after those winter olympics in vancouver he announced his retirement from the sport but the opportunity to perform at a home olympics games was too much for him to turn down it coaxed him out of retirement and that now looks l

support the host cities guess we go over and out who are socially studios again where our host kevin owen is joined by simon dunton from english first a language school that's tutored tens of thousands of service staff in the run up to the games. you're right my crappy job they do it but we've just heard what a big job you've done when you think about you have to train thirty thousand volunteers here to speak english and two thousand security and serious stuff as well as start well it's been quite a long process so yes english for us we started this quite some time ago about one year ago we started with the volunteers that's the thirty thousand volunteers you were talking about. like a kickoff for them. and they've been studying online since that time but we've also visited them from the different cities there from their nineteen different cities that they've come from from russia and also from around the world so we went there to get them involved in english you know obviously for a while when did this education start with this program stuff so like online started to one year ago and the