petersburg?of the answer is yes you should do it and if the answer is no you probably shouldn't do it even if every but he wants you to do it so you run through the filter and in our case that is the mission and we have five ways to get there. one is to make it safer and improve public safety. number two is improve your neighborhoods. number three is participate in improving your schools which was the radical idea when i ran for the city and i will tell you why in a second. member for is economic diplomat and economic development has to be across-the-board. number five is improving the city services and operations which it talked about when running the business of the city. those are the five components. identify the five strategies and i promise you every manager in our government can tell you those five principles at any time they were asked to read i promise you because of righetti understood that was our objective. as a public safety, we did a lot of things mayor goldsmith that mayor giuliani

to russia's ministry of culture the sixty five metre phallus whitewashed on a drawbridge in st petersburg has won the twenty ten innovation prize for best visual artwork self-styled aren't terrorists vyner meaning war in russian are the unpopular with us yet there are i think it's essentially vandalism approved as a cultural and historical monument and anything on it is an act of vandalism and it should be punished not rewarded. here in the center of contemporary art and see the other entries for the award nothing is stimulating no shocking or as innovative as viner's and according to the jury that's why they won purely on artistic merit but now it's not as simple as that the same symbol the ministry rewarded is now being brandished in mocking a protest based russian youth group is angry four hundred thousand rubles of taxpayers' money will be given to a group it calls vandals for vyner the protest only legitimizes their own but. it's a very awkward situation when the state award goes to a group that in fact organizes an action aimed against the state but this is a very important signal w

look at a competition to pick the names for some exotic and adorable jaguar was born at the st petersburg zoo all this and many more at archie dot com. a decision to hand the national art award to a controversial piece of graffiti drawn in the historical center of st petersburg has sparked debate in russia many see the giant phallic symbol as obscene others say it's a sign of an emerging civil society are things i've heard bennett looks at both sides. this is award winning ant according to russia's ministry of culture a sixty five metre phallus whitewashed on a drawbridge in st petersburg has won the twenty ten innovation prize for best visual artwork self-styled aren't terrorists vyner really war in russian are the unpopular winds there are i think it's essentially vandalism a bridge is a cultural and historical monument and to pin anything on it is an act of vandalism and it should be punished not rewarded. here in the center of contemporary art you can see the other entries for the award nothing is stimulating no shocking or innovative is violence and according to the jury that's why t

petersburg or anywhere. we need to work on that. we need to work towards changing that and some people would buy into that and so i said there's a second reason too. and the second reason is it's better for you. because if right now we are pouring a disproportionate amount of money to public safety and social services into this part of our community and we're not getting any tax revenues from it. and so if we could flip it, we would have less services and we would give more revenues out so it will be better for you. and i'll tell you between those two points we had great unanimity of our city focusing in on that. the book talks at length of midtown to turn it around but i will tell you that i'm a conservative republican. i admit that. and i ran for re-election against the chairman of the democratic party of pinellas county when i ran in 2005. and we won 90% of the vote in the midtown community during that re-election. that will tell you that they believed we turned that part of the community in a different direction. it's important

there's also high speed train connection now between moscow and st petersburg so that makes it much easier and faster to get from one city to another and it's not the first time it's far from the first time for moscow to host the international hockey championship that was done both during the soviet times and after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. seemed petersburg held one such event before so there's already experience in that sense definitely is going to give a boost for peace or quarter in both cities and probably for the entire country as well and earlier prime minister vladimir putin personally came here too but i just love it you intended this ceremony and watched the big rush was the final presentation of the bid before the winner was announced or less listen to what he had to say on this. potential deserves to force through these championships not just to fill in memory though a glorious future humans and not just because we have not been his former indicates. but because of our great desire to feature greatly with him and for me for the ideas of the. chief sleepy's them we are

zinni st petersburg missed their chance go so patrick see one's feet at selham you get hysterical with a powerful header after thirty six minutes of this joy was short lived however within four minutes they cut a fison and have that along past aleksey on off and disappointed the home crowd with an equaliser bud's needs goalie had even more room in the second half but just love but if they failed to collect the ball after a scrappy four and five abortion was the quickest of the rebound it's on their biggest victory so far this season. elsewhere three second have goals so rosoff rash on current home server romana example getting a somewhat surprising opener the strikers had it with the world but it did get in alexander got scotland and double disc world with a pinpoint strike and the route out of reach for the third must be comical ski dragon black yak seal the deal for ross solved make it three nothing and handing them their third base rate in ten games. and did not a moscow one fifth with a one nil when at home to bolton seeded. yes and that's a given karanka might it be on the line pi

national art awarded to a controversial piece of graffiti drawn in the historical center of st petersburg has sparked a debate in russia many see the giant phallic symbol as obscene others say it's the sign of an emerging civil society ivor but it looks at both sides. vece is award winning aren't according to russia's ministry of culture a sixty five metre phallus whitewashed on a drawbridge in st petersburg has won the twenty thousand innovation prize for best visual artwork self-styled aren't terrorists by now meaning war in russian are the unpopular with us. i think it's essentially vandalism a bridge is a cultural and historical monument and to paint anything on it is an act of vandalism and it should be punished not rewarded. here in the center of contemporary art and see the other entries for the awards nothing is stimulating no shocking or innovative as viner's and according to the jury that's why they won purely artistic merit but now it's not as simple as that the same symbol the ministry rewarded is now being brandished in mocking protest based russian youth group is angry four

petersburg, florida. >> st. petersburg, they had, as you know segregated housing facilities and everything else when we went down there. the cardinals trained there. we couldn't stay with the team. so the cardinals finally were forced to get a hotel and they put all of us in the hotel and what happened there was that we all finally got to know each other. and this was about in 1962. and we ate together, the kids played together, the wives knew each other, and it made us a better teap. 1963, we came close, in 1964, we won. i think because we came close. the whites, the gibsons trk everybody were together in that period. tavis: why did bill white heed the broadcast move? >> i wanted to go about 20 years, i had about 18. and the head of the search group for the president of the national league called me, he offered me the job or offered me to come up and interview, i said, i've got a pretty good job, i work 60 days a year, i fish in the morning, go do the game, come back at night and go back and fish again. i don't

the st petersburg economic forum which is well known around the world and its annual than it already for its national reputation you're holding yours for the first time at an economic forum is usually you are judged by the number of contracts signed during the storm so what will be the criteria of judging your for and the judicial for. it will be the cause of the discussion of the law or legal forum because of course we are not expecting sign agreements and contracts we are not economists but. did usury and war in general is a thing that should resign and in the life of a robot it constantly and that effect could become obvious years later so the cause of the discussion of the quality of the of the discussion and what's the the source of that quality the names here surely we tried to attract to this event top notch specials and different directions of practice and law. you need four months of his form be in health for the very first time and put his book is that we're trying to get together to go to the same place in the same time people of different legal professions not area advoca

the richest football club in russia just got wealthier they need some petersburg given i further injection of cash after unveiling their sponsorship deal with one of europe's biggest car manufacturers folks who are again the russian champions will hold a friendly match against byron munich on wednesday the actual details will they haven't been released as yet but it's expected to poor for any. there's such deal in the country being culture with byron is the first of what's neat chiefs hope will become an annual event this so named euro fest with the same petersburg i've had facing various clubs and there are pre-season russian moves to the european football pounder director general moxy mitra fun of stating such games can only eat from an all in pitch point of view is what. they see playing the game is the biggest form of practice underscoring potence which is going in munich to provide us with great training both teams managers will be able to experiment with the lineups and trying new things such a high level of play will definitely do a good. good up brings us to the english premier lea

justice is facing a jury in st petersburg it's what's being discussed in spotlights next. hello again and welcome to spotlight the answer michelle in our take i'll get all bent very my guest in the studio is alex out of that come out of. the international just as far as kicking off at st petersburg itself for the first time but it's managed to sign big names to its list after this of the forum is blessed by the russian president a lawyer himself and is managed by the justice minister the conference comes just in time as making the bed of press is modernization of the country's judicial system so what ideas is the gathering going to generate here's the russian justice minister alexander come along that. doesn't think that it has set a goal to recruit the largely outdated russian justice system the young and energetic alexander kind of all it was sent to spearhead the justice ministry which has already introduced a range of softer penalties and a contemporary approach to crimes but some experts say further liberalizations of the justice system could cause an undesirable kick

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as an incentive for brain champions and it's in petersburg could go three points clear of the top of the roof of the table that they have seen on sunday. and they have a bad seeded memphis grizzlies become just team in history to get scored in the opening round looking out of the sun so you. start with a ball and spawns i must end it says carson beaton start of a russian premier league season with a one zero victory of illusion in the stadium got the only goal of the game which is twelve minutes to go to get a red and white are not cheated big. came into the game knowing they would go top of the table with a win in a game of few chances of a spot side look at the only goal of the game just twelve minutes in. karting in from the left of course and make a point right for that shot from the run up to their. great strike from the brazilian when it was first goal of the season. it's quite important victory for britain why it's undervalued the carpet still picking the team despite resigning as manager of the parts course not the season. but it was a game between two even teams but thankful

while russia champions and it's in petersburg will play a friendly match with by munich tonight after securing a new sponsorship deal with german car manufacturer volkswagen already russia's richest club and although details of the latest deal hasn't been released it's believed that towards any other sponsorship deal in russia an encounter with bae is the first of what the chiefs hope will be an annual event to be called your a festival see this in petersburg facing various clubs in their pre-season russia the european football calendar. lucy playing the game is the bush team of practice and the sparring partner search is going on music will provide us with great training both teams managers will be able to experiment with the lineups and trying new things such a high level of play will definitely do our club a lot of good. now he's being likened to jay's a marine porto manager under a v. as well as hopes to emulate him further tonight when his side take on braga in the europa league final the thirty three year old has already steered the club to a domestic title this season and i hop

their lead at the top of the russian premier league does three points if they win it promoted some petersburg club have lost only one of their opening fixtures i'll be hoping for more goals from informed by phone was a bitch he's the lead tops for this fight those in six games while their opponents are without a win in their last of thrashed four one time from the automotive moscow last time around. and elsewhere on sunday there is a basement battle the second bottom card against rock bottom tone with better colors is angie an action against ross and finally to sign champions rubin haven't won in four games go to critique is a bit of. a while on saturday spartak moscow ended unbeaten start to the season with a late one nil doggy victory at the luzhniki stadium a victory for the all the men would have sent them to the top of the table however in a game with few chances it was spots like united only go once from time to zillion ari storms first out of the season by sending a fine shot and russia's number one goal i can say it was a vital third win of the campaign for the right of whites and for

the russian premier league to three points as mabel to be newly promoted class as an petersburg side lost only one of the opening fixtures for their opponents have a lot of wind in their last two i'm afraid for one moment a locomotive. responder still scoreless of a great run of fifteen minutes bad elsewhere about to call us all the only gold in the fifty seventh minute from a come to sports as is angie got the better of it are stored at home thought she tongues champions are being go to some other box and work previous other years of in the late game. meanwhile tom won the basement battle against fellow strugglers on carts who won however they had to come from behind the stage during the home side the lead it's going to be the circle of sunday one one to see a replay about one in a hurry this does well at all just before the break for hard time as possible clues shoves the plate to the shot on the back of the nats just a free minutes late out of the interval about money galicia of robson second brought his side of vital three points apart fine strike. you know on saturdays fast i'm

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use the brain first class advanced i was going to serbia was a bigger well he's thirty in some petersburg and moscow. respectively in two thousand and ten two thousand and seven but i believe all the lessons. you get are most fear that all the fans will enjoy this is a definitely a great event for russian hockey and for just all the sport lovers out there in the country but it's also part of a whole chain of very successful bid for cheap. thousand and fourteen and we've got the football world championship which doesn't eighteen what does all this mean for russia i believe it shows that all of russia in the world because you can get that for granted and with a very serious companies that asbos denmark and to create. all the radio and surround to be a first class supporting the nations they decided to withdraw because they are lies that our arguments are stronger and there's also another competition obviously still going on here in the current world hockey championship and russia is going to play in the summer final today against finland what do you think are the chances yes but you're in y

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in some petersburg and moscow. respectively in two thousand and ten two thousand and seven but i didn't get all the lessons. you got. that all the fans will enjoy this is a definitely agree event for russian hockey and for just all the sport lovers out there in the country but it's also part of the whole cino very successful bid sochi two thousand and fourteen and we've got the football world championship in two thousand and eighteen what does all this mean for russia i believe it. goes that all of russia in the world because you can get this for granted. with a very serious complaint that us boils down not going to play. all the youngs around the first class so fucking the asians but they decided that was their all because it you know lies that oh you was just wrong that. you got this going all the talking to the president of the club's awful hockey league on its own advantage in these capital washington says the u.s. will continue its campaign in libya is kind of that attacks his own that people meanwhile the lib

it's an incentive but reigning champions and it's in petersburg could go three points clear of the top of the table that they have sequestered on sunday. and feared a bad date seeded memphis grizzlies become just team in history to the top seeded squad in the opening round looking out for someone so you know spurs. sort of football and sponsor moscow and it says cause unbeaten start of the russian premier league season with a one zero victory of illusion in stadium how they got the only goal of again which is twelve minutes to go to get the red and white a much needed big cherry came into the game knowing they would go top of the table with a win in a game a few chances of response like look at the only goal of the game just so when it's in r.t. consing in from the left before sending a fine right for the shot russian number one i can play a. great stride from the brazilian first goal of the season. three important victory for the red white and for lady carpet still picking the team despite resigning as manager of the club's course not the season. which is a bit of it was a game betwee

of their pictures which is painting could be restored on the bridge to become a symbol of some petersburg's culture because it's the first work that is proof of a civil society. vyner court controversy usually at the expense of the authorities whether it's art or not they've achieved what they wanted to know to writing they say they'll donate the prize money to political prisoners either bennett artsy. taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe in italy pope benedict the sixteenth has bad a high the late john paul the second before about a million excited believers and these are the live pictures from st peter's square from vatican city where you can see many of them you see the ending in the crowds of the ninety heads of state are also attending the event including the president of the deceased pope's native land poland the late pontiff is said to have performed miracles which is necessary for a bad if occasion these in the final today will be forcing those fears as intensely . turning to germany where leftist demonstrators have clashed with police leaving te

he did it so everybody is now waiting of course for two thousand and sixteen for the moscow st petersburg's to host city. world hockey championship course there's quite a lot of excitement here at this current world hockey championship where russia is still supposed to play in the semifinal final against villains later on friday all right thanks for that report out here live in bratislava good to have you with us and your guest alexander my better head of the continental hockey. stay with us here on r.t. still ahead the forgotten life of the russian provinces professional pastimes have been failing to hold young people in the countryside but change could be just around the corner find out in a few minutes. first though the influx of refugees fleeing uprisings in the arab world is driving a wedge between the states some are calling to reinstate temporary or even permanent border controls within the union unseen since the shang going to greenland came into force sixteen years ago or he's daniel bushell reports in europe might have opened the floodgates for trouble the dream of european integr

consent of both poor matters of hating but we strongly support action to preserve life petersburg is hosting an international conference on legal issues and president medvedev has put the application of the rule of law at the center of his agenda what do you think they should be concentrating on as justice minister at that conference well i think what we have to do is to try and restore some belief and faith scots i'm still not represented on the international stage and until then you know we allow others to do their part we will speak up for what we believed important to the interests of scotland and sports right and proper we don't see because it seemed to go to other countries i think that's a matter that hopefully this will produce some good because there are difficulties we do have to meet sure that wafers preserve not simply in north africa but in africa and indeed elsewhere so we wish to present it where we hope that matters will be what toto i don't think it's for myself or any member of the scottish government. that we should plead hope that matters will coat and we look for