to get out of something they created world orthodox church allegations are in ukraine's capital of kiev to follow the st andrew's cross a symbolic relic that had united the nations of ancient russia president putin is set to meet the leaders of ukraine and belarus starting the festivities artie's a regular school looks at the historical twists and turns between moscow and kiev. ukraine again seems to be facing a choice either siding with moscow with which its political cultural and economic ties go back for centuries or to turn its back on his old relations and trying to make its way towards the european union relations which in moscow and kiev haven't been exactly seamless as of late specially over the past several years of course there was the orange revolution the recent gazprom flicks yet the robberies is inside the country and say ukraine would be a much better off staying on friendly terms with russia rather than playing a back seat role for europe. ukraine is distance destroying for favorable relations with russia for thousands of reasons posted to say that every third ukrainian

his old relations and trying to make its way towards the european union relations with moscow and kiev haven't been exactly seamless as of late specially over the past several years of course there was the orange revolution the recent gas kong here the raw bourses inside the country and say that you would feel much better off staying on friendly terms with russia rather than playing a back seat role for your. ukraine is distant to strive for favorable relations with russia for thousands of reasons suffice it to say that every third ukrainian has close relatives living in russia and although more than half of the country prefer to choose a moscow friendly course the league is moving in the opposite direction afraid of dissent because the voice of the protesters isn't and it won't be. at the same time moscow wants to see its next door neighbor to play a bit of a more active role in regional cooperation for example by starting by joining the customs union of which russia of course is a. player ukraine's economy is also highly dependent on russia with some seven hundred thousand ukrainians

of the cross of st andrew brought from greece to kiev with hundreds of thousands of people coming to pay their respects and of course to take part in this really really important orthodox event it's not just faith and orthodox that united russia and ukraine as both presidents of russia and ukraine have mentioned over the past couple of days and several times it's their cultural. of course religious and economic ties which go back for centuries and now is the fleet there have been has been increasing movement towards westernisation in ukraine some of the political elite believe should side with your up there are some who believe that russia is looking to encroach upon ukraine's independence for example during his duties in kiev on saturday there has been and. rally by the nationalist movement others are questioning whether it is something the great ukraine really should be doing because it is risking to lose its independence since ukraine really it's historically and culturally closer to russia and may not be. me not really fits with the european lifestyle which has been a kind of und

to him which we have the same ideas i feel good around him it was the main reason for me to go to kiev with him which i believe that you should take any chances your life gives you i would feel bad if i didn't say i strongly believe it's better to do something and probably regret it later than not to do it at all and feel sorry about that afterwards we just have to get by while travelling in china i went to shanghai i felt i could live there it was the moment the project actually started a russian girl living on the floor below me was going to leave. one day i came to see her and noticed an easel there i was looking for one of the time. so i asked her to sell it to me but she didn't want to do that but it was a friend's gift apparently. that is why i offered to swap for it instead i gave her a painting in exchange for the easel it was my first barter i'm so good but i got the idea to organize it as an art project which is your job. but i started to get letters which. one of them was from a couple that was going to get married and wanted back kind of portrayed as a wedding present for t

brought from greece to kiev with hundreds of thousands of people coming to pay their respects and of course to take part in this. event it's not just. russia and ukraine as both presidents of russia and ukraine have mentioned over the past couple of days that several times it's their cultural. and economic ties which go for centuries and now is the fleet there has been an increasing movement towards westernisation in ukraine some of the political elite believe. russia is looking to encroach upon ukraine's independence for example during the. day there has been. a nationalist movement others are questioning whether it is something the ukraine really should be doing because. really it's historically and culturally closer to russia. not really. lifestyle which has been a kind of which has been undergoing several changes for example the adoption of gay marriage laws and of course the economic crisis not necessarily something that you could be looking out and finding very attractive. when it's time to. break though and it's the truth seeker. i've got a big question for you how stupid can

viktoria of its parties or in english go look at the historical twists and turns between moscow and kiev. well it's really the center of one of the most religious festivities you have seen in the last several years of hundreds of thousands of people have flocked here. taking part. because one thousand and twenty five years ago it was here and it was adopted as official religion. and then spread its way across the country and there have been several you can see conflicts that russia and ukraine have participated in over the past several decades the orange revolution which increasingly saw ukraine pushing. away from russian towards europe of course there are people in ukraine who look at her and looking west they're looking at europe. it's in the european union that. tension and their priorities lie. they want to see some of the values at the same time of course russia and ukraine share a lot of cultural historic and of course the economic ties and a lot of critics. of ukraine warned that should the country's turn westward risking basically diluting its national identity. well let's take a

the service is underway in kiev's main cathedral to mark the arrival of the st andrew's cross a symbolic relic that has united nations of ancient russia president vladimir putin is in the capital for the festivities let's cross now live to who is there for us. thanks so much for joining me i know it's a beautiful day behind you this certainly looks gorgeous what's happening in kiev right now. one of the most religious festivities you have seen in the last several years of course russia. more than one thousand years. and hundreds of thousands of people have flocked here as you mentioned president. north of here today we have of course the ukrainian president. president presidents are all here but of course there's hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and just people who flock here from all over russia other countries to see that very relic. cross which is one of the main relics in. moscow for several days it made its way all the way from greece on a special train it was in moscow for several days where hundreds of thousands of people have paid their respects of course that is a relic of utmo

but moscow, kiev on the cooler side in the 20s with rain.cross the eastern continental asia we have a tropical depression that formed near the mariana islands bringing stormy conditions and it's going to intensify over the hot sea surface temperature and it will likely become a tropical storm status. it will be a named storm into the next 24 hours. it's already bringing swells and rip currents across this area. watch out for that. a pacific high dominates much of japan. we saw a sudden burst of showers yesterday and that will continue to happen across the country. now the rainy season already has ended. it has been declared on saturday in tokyo. and this is when the heatstroke is going to be in the very high risk. we do need to take really well precautions for the heatstroke across the country. the northeastern area of china and down into says wan is gusty conditions. this is the area where we will find 100 millimeters on top of the 90 millimeters we have been seeing. now here across north america we have tropical storm eric. we have tropica

sorry to turn down your request but with a method i got that message from person who invited me to kiev i received this morning just as i was about to leave. alone marina this is sergei bahl over the painter. well here's the problem we don't have a place to stay and i have no idea what to do you hope it works out. ok we can walk there from the beatles here by. ha ha it's us. if this is and yemen and nice to me that i marry now. that was what i heard you so this is what we traded for next do you like fruit the fruit. sure i did and i'm as oranges some sort of tea ok let's have some tea bowls all healthy. or near the game and i am really interested in his story i am a sissy ologist i study those living on the margins sometimes i think that only super humans a crazy people can live like this some breakfast people you know but he's ok a guy who stands firmly on his feet and who is certain in his actions in the house i was kind of amazed the project was a lot of interest not only from regular guys and girls who wanted to get their part traits but also from the mass media that i knew. how do

i'm not talking about muscle beach in venice, california, but kiev. >> what is that?> this is a legitimate gym, but as you can see the equipment is unconventional and made using parts and scrap metal from soviet world war ii tanks. >> this is smart and recycling material already out there, and they put old equipment to good use. >> they have the elliptical machines and the girl is doing it backwards. >> nevermind that, it is looking completely dangerous and awesome, and you will feel like a total man after working out here. you are like, ugh, erg. >> tank parts? that makes you feel stronger no matter what. >> this was apparently founded back in the '70s by yuri cook, and it is maintained by enthusiasts and as time has passed, people have built their own machines. >>> somebody went fishing for a large mouth bass in pennsylvania, and that is not what he caught. >> he was using a blue gill to lure a large mouth bass. >> is that a snake? is that a snake? >> that is a northern water sna snake. >> but i don't know what the water snake to do with it. >> if you notice that th

that russia is looking to encroach upon ukraine's independence for example during the facilities in kiev on saturday there has been and. rally by the nationalist movement yet others are questioning whether it is something the great ukraine really should be doing because it is risking to lose its independence since ukraine really it's historically and culturally closer to russia and may not. make me not really fit with the european lifestyle which has been a kind of under which has been undergoing several changes for example the adoption of gay marriage laws and of course the economic crisis is not necessarily something that ukraine could be looking at and finding very attractive. coming up after the break it's over truth seeker here on r.t. with host danielle bush. i've got a big question for you how stupid can stupid terrorist paranoia get according to for progressives dot com the texas department of public safety demanded that any women entering the state senate hand over any tampons or pads before entering wow so why would they do this are they really that scared that some terrorists

we've had our ups and downs during this pre-season as we lost a dilemma kiev in a friendly shocked are one in top form tonight it is just a friendly match but it's good we beat them and we should be pleased our aim next term is to win one of the three titles so sparge a big shock to her to kneel in a match that was billed as a friendly but turned out to be a real greca and thousands of the red and white fans who flocked to the stadium can be optimistic about the mix is it that kicks at bring this idea that one july the sixteenth can say about that both are to moscow. well and stay with the beautiful game as more big moves went through last week though it seems manchester united striker wayne rooney could be staying with the english champions the twenty seven year old has been linked with london rivals arsenal and chelsea but new united manager david moyes arrived at the club's current and training ground for the first time after succeeding sir alex ferguson and said the england star is to remain at old trafford. for the chance to speak to win you know i'm sure it's a question on your l

holy relic the st andrews cross that unites the nations of ancient russia but the symbolic event in kiev comes during politically hard times for ukraine or the country at the crossroads between russia and the e.u. renegotiate now explains. well it's really the center of one of the most religious festivities you have seen in the last several years that hundreds of thousands of people have flocked. taking part. because one thousand and twenty five years ago it was here in. russia and then spread its way across the country and there have been several. that russia and ukraine have participated in over the past several decades the orange revolution which increasingly saw ukraine pushing its way. away from russia ukraine is just and destroying. reasons to say that ukrainians. living in russia and the country. moving in the opposite direction. because. of course there are people in ukraine who a look who are looking west they're looking at europe and they're thinking. it's in the european union that. their attention and their priorities lie they want to adopt. european lifestyle they want to se

the events that have been transpiring here in kiev as well as his plans for the run in moscow's mayoral elections are that she will make that announcement on saturday mediately after he gets off the train in one of the train stations in moscow. thanks for this us now our turn to andrew farmer who is in moscow for us an andrew yesterday's a verdict of course sparked a mass protest by in awhile the supporters anything major expected today what are you hearing. well yes i mean if you're talking about today to start with. protests have been planned over the weekend by the opposition but it's still unclear to what extent that will happen given the fact that turnaround he has now been released albeit temporarily but there's go back to what happened yesterday just a few hours after his conviction fantasies of his supporters did take to the streets of moscow to protest. organizers say around three to seven thousand sorry people took part the police say it's near at three thousand they had planned regionally to demonstrate admission a square but they did not have official permission from the aut

interest there's really not much you're going to be able to do about that except maybe go live in kiev somewhere. so what your country spied on and wasn't working perhaps with the u.s. intelligence you can find all the details right now at odyssey dot com you can go to edward snowden timeline and click on an interactive map that shows the scope of the n.s.a.'s global operations. and why you that you can find out what the u.s. intelligence agency is doing to carry on spying a story about the n.s.a. to wrangling with congress of a wide scale surveillance that's now just a click away. thanks for joining us here on r.t. today to north east syria we go al-qaeda linked extremists are holding around two hundred kurdish civilians hostage starts according to the russian foreign ministry and the kurds in the area have long been trying to protect their homes and made heavy fighting between jihadist forces and syrian government troops details here to watch he's pulled a sweat. more than two hundred civilians and let me stress that we're talking here about innocent men women and children all being

we've had our ups and downs during this pre-season as we lost a dilemma kiev in a friendly shocked are one in top form tonight it is just a friendly match but it's good we beat them and we should be pleased our aim next term is to win one of the three titles so sparge a big shock to her to kneel in a match that was billed as a friendly but turned out to be a real bracket and thousands of the red and white fans who flocked to the stadium can be optimistic about the mix is it that at bring this idea that one july the sixteenth can say about that of archie moscow. well it started with the beautiful game as more big moves went through last week though it seems manchester united striker wayne rooney could be staying with the english champions the twenty seven year old has been linked with london rivals arsenal and chelsea but new united manager david moyes arrived at the club's carrington training ground for the first time after succeeding sir alex ferguson and said the england star is to remain at old trafford. for the chance to speak to win you know i'm sure it's a question on your lips a

sponsoring to try and win a first premier league title since two thousand and one while opponents to naama kiev haven't won their domestic championship since two thousand and nine was shocked or don't you know it's emerging as a major power house in ukraine there's been talk of trying to create a c.i.s. league which would include the top sides from russia ukraine and bella ruse however this idea has had mixed reactions for months for players. in simple that's a good idea but what will the rest of the teams do who can give a guarantee that a c.i.s. league would last the test of time and will be viable for the next twenty or thirty years in the money of course will be great but i just can't see this working you know these are the games you want to play every game these are the games you want to play. every week and these are change you really want to go and check yourself against so definitely wish we would play in every game every week but definitely you know it's good to measure yourself and you know play against these guys the match itself has played out in temperature. of over thirty degrees

holy relic the st andrew's cross that unites the nations of ancient russia but the symbolic event in kiev comes during politically hard times for ukraine right now with a country to crossroads between russia and the e.u. really going to explain. well it's really the center of one of the most grandiose religious festivities you have seen in the last several years that hundreds of thousands of people have flocked here and the reason why the festivities are taking part place is because one thousand and twenty five years ago it was here and it was adopted as official religion. and then spread its way across the country and there have been several you can see conflicts that russia and ukraine have participated in over the past several decades the orange revolution which increasingly saw ukraine pushing its way. away from rushing towards ukraine is distant destroying favorable relations with russia for thousands of reasons suffice it to say that every third ukrainian has close relatives living in russia and although more than half of the country. the course the lead is moving in the opposite di

sponsoring to try and win the first premier league title since two thousand and one while opponents to nama kiev haven't won their domestic championship since two thousand and nine was shocked or don't you know it's emerging as a major power house in ukraine there's been talk of trying to create a c.i.s. league which would include the top sides from russia ukraine and better roosts however this idea has had mixed reactions for months for players. in support it's a good idea but what will the rest of the teams do who can give a guarantee that a c.i.s. league would last the test of time and will be viable for the next twenty or thirty years in the money of course will be great but i just can't see this working you know these are the games you want to play every game these are the games you want to play every week and these are teams you really want to go and check yourself against so definitely wish we would play in every game every week but definitely you know it's good to measure yourself and you know play against his guess the match itself has played out in ten. bridges of over thirty degrees t

. >> kiev reeves attempts to prove security cameras wrong. >>> hello, everybody, i'm betty nguyen. death toll in egypt has climbed to 30. this as supporters of mohamed morsi clashed with egyptian military forces ansz rival protesters. enraged islamists say they want morsi reinstated. >>> a deadly wave of shootings in chicago has killed eight people and wounded 30 since thursday. and widespread flooding throughout alabama. flash flood watches in effect. now it's back to "lockup." ♪ >>> no one speaks the truth. to lie and rumor themselves. we live in the midst of deception. >>> brian voltz's numerous tattoos reflect his beliefs and are a road map through his past. >> how did you get cutthroat? >> it's my nickname my first time in penitentiary. >> why is that? >> self-explanatory. >> they're also among his most prized possessions. >> i've always been unique, and when i met tattoos, that was my way to be even more unique. i like to stand out. what's up? i just got self-expression everywhere. >> but voltz says he treasures more than his ink. "i'm daddy's baby." say it loud and proud. sa

it's his job to kiev into a business and fix it.inute but, first, watch this. >> you and i have a difference in philosophy on appraisal. i like the customer with me during the appraisal and i like the customer to know what i'm doing is fair. if i take them around the car and point out the defects, the imperfections, you can get this replace, costs $300, $400 and when i give them a number lower than when they thought it would be, their expectations are more in line. i would rather ask the questions with them. make sense? >> i like that. >> you, too? >> i would agree. >> marcus, the premise of the program is you go into a business that needs help, and you try and fix it. that is from episode one, i take it tonight. >> it is. >> who are those guys? what was their problem and what did you try to do for them? >> the premise is i put up their 2 million of my own money and i go into small businesses, and this is a company here in new york city. it's located on west 55th called car cash, a place where you sell your car. you can't buy a car,

>> a little chick en kiev as a metaphor. >> do you producers have to do this? >> no, very structured on "squawk on the street." >> when do markets open? >> 8:30. >> there was a guy out there giving a tour. on wednesdays and fridays, they open at 10:00. on -- >> really? >> on mondays -- yeah, they open at 9:15. >> are we interviewing him? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> let's get to the central bank news. the bank of japan is keeping monetary policy steady today. voting to maintain the pledge of increasing base money unchanged at an annual pace of $600 billion to $700 billion. the boj saying japan's economy starting to, quote, recover moderately, this phrase has not been used by the bank since 2011. didn't really recover that year. look at the yen, though, versus the dollar. in south korea, the central bank held the key rate unchanged as expected. the bok raised the 2013 economic growth forecast. the country's negative output gap will narrow in the coming quarters. not to forget china, lousy export numbers yesterday. stocks posted their best daily gain in seven months toda