all right peter oliver live from moscow thank you very much for that. well of course a big day for russia winning the world cup bid for twenty eighteen now as russia of course waited for this announcement we heard from we heard from the head of from the russia team we'll have that interview for you later today we're going to take a short break here in our to stay with us. thank you. thank. you. thank you thank . you thank you thank you. thank you thank you thank you. thank you thank you thank you you. thank . thank you these changes. there were fifty five thousand italy's top. ten seconds left to try and russia this week. he was featured so should discuss these since he was the youngest person to still be certainly the shortest it says that you do i believe that he should i'll show you who's going to take the kids decision was done usually was was was. with. thanks. was. was. was a. social wake up it's your b. day. thank you he now following russ' spectacular win in the betting for the twenty eighteen world cup we'll bring you an exclusive interview wit

peter oliver r.t. perm region. the latest addition to the prime minister's kennel now has a name buffy that's what vladimir putin's new vocal garion sheep dogs now called after a nationwide competition thousands of suggestions were sent in for the puppy who was given to putin by his ball gary and counterpart during a trip to sofia lots of months when the name was chosen by a five year old boy from moscow who got a chance to meet the dog who's in the says his other dog a labrador in the colony is getting on well with the newcomers he said to be growing up with. or you can always find more on everything we cover a click away at our t. dot com including this wrapping for pete's. cute little human lives we told me to be consumed with. find out more about the middle eastern musicians who are reinventing the protest song. and some go that extra mile for their adrenaline rush like this guy a russian base jumper taking on an antarctic mountain all this and more a click away at our team. stay with us here on our t.v. i'll b

will carry out experiments and take seasonal gifts to those currently on board the i s s r t s peter oliver reports. the rocket itself arrives in bike you know in three different parts in the process of putting it together is incredibly intricate it's every screw every bolt for us to be checked and rechecked to make sure that it's correct those putting putting in the work on the ground to make sure that's all good and safe know that they have in their hands the safety of those going up into space preparations take a long time it can take from five days to two weeks to unload all the separate parts of the rocket and assemble them after the rocket is assembled it has to undergo a series of tests every team looks through some part of the rocket the engine the electronics those so used to him a real. widely regarded as the best way the most safe way and the most reliable way of getting people into space and plenty of people coming gathering here most some of them former astronauts former cosmonauts coming to see the rocket being loaded into place and they still get that old of knowing what it w

next to go as far east as europe gets as we go around russia city of perth artie's peter oliver takes in nature's beauty beneath the ural mountains and doubles with the devil but only of course in the name of allah. the perm region is full of myths and legends and there are plenty of places for visitors to the area to get up close and personal with them the congo the ice caves are a few hours drive away from the city of perm and provide visitors with some or inspiring views. normally cave ices grow at certain heights but this particular case has them right near its mouth you can't come across this phenomenon anywhere else in the world. it's the uniqueness that has led to a string of stories becoming attached to the five kilometer long cave system of. the most ancient tale is about the legendary the man you're mark who conquered siberia he lost his way and had to spend the winter in this cave each period gives rise to its own myth one modern me that's played out for visitors to the cave concerns the white spelling ologist someone who studies character it said that he found breaking his

a so he's rocket and blast off to the international space station before their average journey peter oliver a math the intrepid explorers and discover a love story. when it comes to space travel clinical accuracy and pinpoint engineering of the norm that these on science his main concerns she's the wife of european space agency astronauts on this pulley and watches the soyuz rockets for their husbands safety depends on absolute the sure that things will be fine and i am. really glad to see that we can let's all take care of them international space station family with space exploration running through their veins the couple met while paolo was training near moscow sasha was a nurse at the space center and her father is a constant instructor i met my wife in star city actually during training some some years ago and we figured out that nevertheless i will culture are fairly different she is russian i mean talian there was a lot of things in common and so we decided to to join together and that went in your life today we have a daughter a year and a half old daughter and we are very happy fol

peter oliver r.t. perm region. the latest addition to the prime minister's canales now has a name. this is buffy that's what vladimir putin's new bulgarian sheep dogs now called after a nationwide competition thousands of suggestions were sent in for the poppy who was given to putin by his bald garion counterpart during a trip to sofia last month the winning name was chosen by a five year old boy from moscow who got a chance to meet buffy putin says his other dog a labrador named tawny is getting on well with a newcomer who said to be growing up very quickly. and here is what you're clicking on right now on the new and improved. singing a song for peace. we told me. find out about the middle eastern musicians who are reinventing the protests. and some go the extra mile for their adrenaline rush to see a russian base jumper take on an antarctic mountain it's all online at r.t. dot com. stay with us we'll be back with the headlines after this short break. as you watch this tape i can only imagine the fear and the despair that you face for this is being recorded for viewing only after

russian an american and an italian on the twenty six mission to the international space station peter oliver reports next on the rockets journey to its launch site in kazakhstan. hereward baikonur the final preparations underway ahead of the launch of the soyuz t.m.a. twenty rockets which will carry cosmonaut to meet to be called and astronauts apollo and katherine coleman up to the international space station for the rocket has received a blessing from a priest from the russian orthodox church in line with tradition here at baikonur that's not the only tradition they have many many traditions and superstitions if you will to be carried out before the launch one of those traditions as that the astronauts and cosmonauts visit the cosmonaut museum here and by can also they get to look at what those who have gone before them days and what they brought back from space while at the museum they also sign a board with the picture of the soyuz t.m.a. rocket on it and write a little message of a memory of what they are about to do with this mission now there's been plenty of former astronauts and cos

the i assess on friday the crew brought seasonal gifts to those currently on board the station peter oliver was at the by canoe cosmodrome in kazakhstan with a blast off. over my shoulder you'll be able to see the soyuz t.m.a. twenty rockets that will be blasting off sending cosmonaut the meat to be called the last year and astronauts apollo in a scholarly from the european space agency and catherine colgan from nasa into space now this is the product of two years of very intense training in the trio will be spending six months on board the international space station while they're up there they'll be carrying out a number of experiments and continuing the work in space that the international space station carries out now i think with the fireworks of the stuff behind me i'll let you get on with. going to go see it by you know as the story stimulates once the rocket blasts off from the coast majola kazakhstan sending the message to become the monster paolo nespoli and katherine coleman of the international space station. it takes pride of place at the heart of russia's capital over the fest

all right we're going to scale no andrew farmer and peter oliver live for us covering this breaking news of russia winning its bid to host the world cup in twenty eight what we're going to keep the conversation going joining me now in the studio is. he is he works for and t.v. station and our sports. parters thanks for being with us let me ask both of you how big of a surprise it seems almost like russians are more surprised they won then the rest of the world not russia with a lot sort of growth if you really think about it i'm very surprised evolve the role that the are built with the world cup given to south africa to brazil to russia and then to qatar this is interesting about how the trend of emerging developing countries being able to also take the stage and also it's not just countries that are already like england seems like they're not lying they're bringing football costs of people they really do what about u.k. we're ready for russia to when i was ready for russia to win on the basis for a couple reasons you don't generally like doing so and he i had a feeling that the netherl