i live in the unit district of st petersburg this is my entrance. the fellow. this is my district. football field it's my old school in my nine story apartment block. so this is where i live. i used to take drugs and drink like a fish i skipped school and was a real hooligan i stayed out all night and well you know. listen to me watch superstar you come here sit down and have a chat all right guys i don't know what we can do about this scene hasn't come together yet and full of holes please let's rehearse the final scene. to my. right action. the concept is pretty simple we're circus a poorly constructed and we break down stereotypes about kids from disadvantaged backgrounds. in school also the circus is a modern circus stuff by socially disadvantaged kids. yeah just at five years. ago i did ok thank you. guys we need to buy cloths. when you to meet all the guests and think about their accommodation like everyone should be comfortable. then we should finish the staging and we her role it's a pity we don't have thirty six hours in a day then we have plenty of time for everything tha

we take new students once every three years we find most of our kids in st petersburg crisis centers. you know i'm back now but it will get us inside and i want social workers bring them to us sometimes our friends call and say we know who he gunned he's just what he need company at him one popcorn get to be right it's just going to the police brought me here i played football and tennis and first thing and then i heard about the circus i didn't take it seriously but came to have a look anyway. i saw kids who were really doing something so i decided to try and i really liked it even brought my sister and two friends here that's just. not beating it was look at the audience sees my life is pointless. for you sure it's fine it's fine as a play on don't ruin your own act. see how poor you guys remember your places i've got and are you running like a little rat like a rat if you want to go back and it should be like. this girl has just turned my life upside down and you're like hey dude should we go somewhere watch clone bomb bomb bomb. and the more expressive. that you are is facing the

in london seven years ago and this is the sixth time i'm at the festival in st petersburg and. the biggest difference between cell service and the ones that i know in europe is the fact that they have a very tight group it's small and they're very committed to the project social circles in general it's more like. circus being taken in to. kindergarten into different institutions but here it's different the children come here and they become like a family so in that way it's very different. because they asked what to do when you gave when i look at the audience i think the old look so nice to get an opinion i think about twenty percent of them have no idea what the oakleigh circus was for a whole to yell applies to almost every performance by explaining what kind of circus we are before the performance tomorrow i'll do the same thing that was goes with. the horse also the thing about the city codes i don't know i don't know it from home i did not from any other place i'm sorry it's just to set up on the roofs and say you're going to strike and you feel so free and i really love

petersburg since they were bailed in november.prosecutor's offers is summoning them one by one. they go there for the offers, they receive a document which proves, an individual document that proves that the charges against them, charges of hooliganism which carry a seven-year jail sentence have, in fact, been dropped. then the next process is that the defendants have to take that document to the federal migration service to get their exit visa put in their passport and only then can they leave st. petersburg. but it's a very time-consuming practice he is. is they were hoping they would be home for christmas, now they are hoping to be back by the new year. they are all going to be released. they are all going to be -- the charges will all be dropped against them. it's just this legal hoops you've got to jump through in st. petersburg to get the process complete today allow them to leave the country because they had no entry permits in their passport, they were taken a sea and without an entry permit, you can't get an exit permit.

petersburg hotel.or many prison was a horrifying experience. >> the psychological effect of being 23 hours inside the cell, and not knowing what was going on outside. >> reporter: it's believed the amnesty decree will become law on thursday and the activists are hoping to leave russia and be home in time for christmas. peter sharp, al jazeera, moscow. >> opposition forces and the ukrainian government are at odds. on tuesday russia greed to buy billions of dollars in ukrainian bonds and cut gas prices. the deal guarantees stability but opposition activists say it could worsen the country's economic troubles. >> everyone should respect sovereignty of every country, including ukraine, and everyone should allow the peoples to make the free choice of how they want to develop their country, how they want to develop their sta state. >> the trade between moscow and the rue crane i ukraine is not p trade request e.u. >>> indian diplomat is charged with visa fraud for sneaking her into the u.s. and paying her fa

bags containing polar clothing are stored in the freezer when the ship left some petersburg four months ago the weather was rainy and damp most of the time if the banks were to get wet. they may rot in a warm hold to keep them in optimum condition the clothes are kept on ice until they need to get out of there your phrase the standard winter outfit consists of shoes. of the wind cheetah. this one is for winter. the other one is a mid season coat. and this one's for special occasions because it's so much better this time of the look they also have a vest. way to turn around but did they listen to what we said no they didn't one of the straps to be crossed otherwise they slip off your back. where we were at the same comments every single year but it's not so often that they put things right. most of the passengers on board a driver mechanics they'll usually go through about four sets of clothing in a year. is to deliver fuel to the most remote and hard to reach stations. is ok does it look fine of course it's ok for work not your wedding. of course it's a little loose it's almost twice th

petersburg last week and martial arts originated in russia in the 20s and 30s and it's growing thanks of steven segal and vladimir putin. >> reporter: he is unknown to the world and compare that to other fighting it is getting its time in the spotlight thanks to action film star steven segal and vladimir putin and they attended a training center in march and segal put on a demonstration. >> slide the punch. >> reporter: and just last week the president was on hand to open the world sombo championships in st. petersburg. >> translator: i'd like to congratulate those participating and welcome all of those who love sambo for the 37th world championships in st. petersburg and it's nice to hold sports in our country and it's the 75th anniversary of sambo. >> reporter: sambo was used by soviet forces to disable attackers without weapons and a melding of different martial arts to create the most efficient one and back to the world championship in st. petersburg 500 athletes from 75 countries were represented and the host country russia claims 27 metals including 15 golds to lead the way. fou

to be sent to an institute in st petersburg and the equipment needs regular adjustment. in fact every. specifics such details are handed down to each new generation of polar explorer. information to a console at the station. is very important we make charts for aircraft like helicopters fly for instance similar balloons are released all over the world at midnight g.m.t. russian polar explorers have long invented new ways to make the process more efficient such as how to make them easier to release. it is so short but we can still set up like this there's about fifty meters of rope here how to make it go. in a mixture of kerosene and benzene that. we came up with it makes it fly higher it can fly up to thirty kilometers. without it it will only go as high as twenty two. other countries don't care so much. and how to make it. through inflated with hydrogen. there's a rope down there it's all reference point i can check the top point of the balloon by using that there we go. today none of the scientists remember who actually came up with these ideas. from arctic experience

petersburg. the time behind bars was terrible, they say. aggressive risen guards, scary cellmates who did not speak english, and being allowed out only once a day. >> i remember being brought to this dark, dirty, covert exercise yard, and there i did have the opportunity to speak of some of the other women of the arctic 30. it was quite difficult to communicate with them because we were all in separate, dark rocks is, but we were able to shout over the walls, and that was the main point of contact where we could check if everybody was ok. >> andre, one of four russians on the arctic sunrise, is back at work. in the greenpeace office in moscow, they are celebrating his return. >> ahoy there, pirate. shiver me timbers. >> hey, buddy, you buccaneer. >> they plan to keep up the fight for the arctic. >> there will definitely be more protests. we will have to see what exactly. and not just in russia. we are not against russia. we are opposed to any drilling in the arctic. >> but he has little hope for himself and his fellow activists. he fears ru

petersburg. forgiveness is expressed in the attacks rebel soldiers who freely mingled with the plakon verse. as a spectacle of magnanimity never before witnessed. lien sought, african-american magnanimity at appomattox is the exercise of moral authority come a conscious effort as purposeful as grandson act of clemency to leave to break the cycle of violence the slaveholders had so long perpetuated. in the year after the surrender, each of the interpretations about the income emphasis on restoration from a vindication of liberation aquinas and others came to incorporate an argument about the last promise of appomattox. adherents of each interpretation argued their political opponents had betrayed the true spirit of green's magnanimity. everyone embraces magnanimity, but they invest with different meanings. for lee and his followers from the radical republicans for the arch betrayers that the appomattox covenant for imposing a regime and black suffrage in political representation that contravene th

petersburg last year.art's popularity is growing thanks to russian president vladimir putin. >> reporter: russia sambo is relatively unknown to the rest of the world. it's less of a style and more of an attitude, and it is finally getting it time in the spotlight thanks to steven segal and vladimir putin. the pair attended the opening of a multi-million dollars facility that opened in march. and last week the president was on hand to open the championships in st. petersburg. >> translator: i would like to welcome all of those who love sambo, it's very nice to hold sports in in our country. today is the 75th anniversary of sambow. >> reporter: sambo was first used by soviet military forces as a way to disable attackers without weapons. it was meant to be a melding of different martial arts. >> it was mostly a military type of anti-hand combat. and different type of wrestling and punches and kicks [ inaudible ] like more russian type of thinking. >> reporter: back to the sambo world championships in st. pete

they were then taken to st petersburg. with the piracy charges were dropped. they are still using hooliganism which means seven years in jail. sir trial especially for the twenty six foreigners in the crew. radio operator colin russell is one of them. and the duty the reason wanting to do this in two months. our food done nothing wrong meanwhile all thirty of free games for the time being the foreign activists like size of walnuts and must remain in st petersburg right at the time behind bars was terrible and say aggressive prison guards carry still need to do not speak english and being allowed out only once a day that were brought to this dark interrogate that covered exercise yard and then i did have the opportunity to speak of some of the other women of the arctic thirty. it was cool. it was quite difficult to communicate with them because we're all in separate dark mark says. but we were able to shout over the walls and that was i think the main point of contact with the tag is everybody okay with you adriano instead of one of four russians on the arctic

petersburg, florida. >> glor: that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. scott pelley i'm j >>> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda m. macdonald >>> now at 6:00, rifles, shotguns, flying off store shelves! good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm juliette goodrich in for elizabeth cook. a new gun law set to take effect in just a few days is behind the rush on long gun sales. new at 6:00, our linda yee with the new requirements and why some people say they are an invasion of privacy. linda. >> reporter: well, juliette, bay area gun stores like this big five in daly city all reporting a slight uptick in gun sales, long gun sales, but nothing they say like last year at this same time after the newtown, connecticut school shootings. back then there were people who were afraid that long guns would be outlawed. this new law is designed to help cops identify the owner of a rifle or shotgun in case those guns were used in a crime. just like handguns, all rifles and shotguns sold will be tracked. the make, the model, serial number and owner will be registered with t

flights to dublin from moscow and st petersburg will start in march next year so just in time to send up for the day celebrations line as the main rival easyjet began offering services to moscow from both london gatwick manchester back in march this year. rushes in to see giant metal company has been given extra time to pay back a one billion dollar like it now has until the end the twenty fourteen board time is necessary for me to pay debts which right now are testing almost ten. billion dollars. bank has announced its profits rise by eight cents but despite this loss is not just that it will still last thirty thousand and three thousand six hundred brought to his eyes the next five years and have to double profits by twenty eighteen. and i take aim with mr thomas and see what he's been up to because for the first time event to capital history you're in positive territory last week you stayed in the desire and in deed i am in fact it's been a week of mixed messages let me talk about the rest of my portfolio first it was a gas problem fifty percent in that industry down four percent t

coming to live from moscow up next the story of a theater in some petersburg that takes disadvantaged children off the streets and turns them into high flies it's artsy international thank you for joining us. as we all know the holidays are a great time for families to get together and sometimes on the alcohol gets flowing they're also a great time for us to argue about everything from politics to religion with the ones we love but if you happen to be an n.s.a. agent and the government has an official list of talking points that way you could win those family arguments for sure yeah that's right the government is now giving and the cia agents lists a very corny talking points going to firedoglake so that way they could convince their relatives over the holidays of just how awesome effective and necessary the national security agency truly is despite all those little revelation thinks of mass spying by snowden trust me talking points exist for a reason political social and religious organizations and use them so that when their members who may not be the best debaters on the planet can

petersburg to speak with two of them. greenpeace activists who were arrested for trying to stop russian oil drilling in the arctic. then amazon justice. a court in canada rolls ecuadorian farmers and fishermen can try to seize the assets of oil giant chevron based on a 2011 decision that found the company liable for billions for oil pollution. the chevron has filed its own lawsuit argues the verdict was one through fabrication of evidence and bribery. >> nearly every single person who has been named as a defendant in chevron's rotella jory rico suit has loved ones, family members who died, who have contracted cancer, suffered from birth defects and other oil-related illness through chevron's. this lawsuit essentially rubs salt in their wins. >> we will speak with all barrett of bloomberg businessweek about how oil corporations from chevron to bp are fighting all suits brought against them by attacking lawyers handling the cases. then in a major victory for prisoner rights advocates, president obama has commuted the senten

would he go would he do his room if he was going to moscow there was rumors he was going to st petersburg and then it all came out that he was was going to st petersburg but from there he was getting on a private jet and flying here to berlin now the man behind organizing that plane i'm guessing in the visa does seem to be the former german foreign minister. now missed the game show it seems has been instrumental in this and has petitioned for for many years to try to get you to come here to germany it also seems that it was behind the scenes work by the german government and german chancellor angela merkel to make that happen and to get him the visa which he needs to to arrive here in berlin. what must have been quite difficult is of course the holocaust he was a convicted criminal he was convicted of serious financial crimes in russia despite what may be said about him being some form of political prisoner that's the reason that he was in jail he was found guilty by a russian court so when he eventually got here we would have heard some comments from him saying that he was grateful to s

one member of st petersburg's legislative assembly is trying to get child beauty pageants banned in russia starting with his hometown you know i couldn't agree more with this gent on this issue these kids' beauty pageants not only put a ton of pressure on children to achieve something absolutely pointless but they're also a pedophile's dream come true and are will very very creepy but why are they creepy that's because with the like are not human beauty is related to sex so when you try to make children beautiful and wear bathing suits let's just say active poses yeah that's called sexualizing children and it's disgusting although adult beauty pageants are also sort of stupid at least the participants are all adults so see it because beauty pageants are obviously related to sexuality should be able to participate in them until you reach the age of consent in your country otherwise it is just a pedophile buffet but that's just my opinion. weeks between thanksgiving and christmas in the united states a confluence roughly twenty percent of annual mall shopping during that period of time peopl

petersburg florida. welcome back to "bottom line."ood to see you again. >> nice to be with you. >> any surprises in the report? >> not really. i think we were focusing on what the key headline phrase was going to be. they had used this phrase, modesty oh moderate growth for the previous for the beige book. this is now five in a row. the messages essentially that it is more of the same. gradualoing to be a recovery. year, i think the biggest headway has been the federal government. the economy has certainly been once we gethere it beyond that, we do expect the economy to pick up some steam here. >> if the government to get out of the way, maybe this thing with take off area >> i think there has been a huge miss focus .n the budget deficit it is really a long-term problem. the key thing you want to do right now is get the economy back on its feet and coming along. you are actually slowing that recovery down. i think it is just misguided policy. we do not expect that to last forever. we are also saying state and local government coming b

petersburg before being released on bail after greenpeace posted a $60,000 bond. they passed the amnesty bill that would include the activists. >> this is a way for russia to start selling more human rights, and i'm not prepared to say that i see that coming at this point. >> all confined to st. petersburg hotel for many the prison was a horrifying experience. >> to spend 24 hours in cell, and not knowing what was going on outside. >> reporter: it's believed the amnesty decree will become law on thursday, and the activists will be hoping they'll be able to leave russia and be home in time for christmas. peter sharp, al jazeera, moscow. >> the bailout deal that the country signed with moscow on tuesday will help the country. but with reports from kiev what is russia expecting in return. >> reporter: the people at this camp of supporters of president viktor yanukovych are happy with the deal with russia. >> it's a good deal. we needed this deal. >> reporter: in moscow president putin promised to bayou cranan government bonds as well as cut the cost of gas that mosco

petersburg this friday. they spent 2 months in detention for protests on an oil rig. seen as an effort to improve russia's image in head -- image ahead of the sochi olympics. he is the first of 28 greenpeace activists to leave russia. the swedish american boarded a train to finland on thursday after having spent 2 months nine the bars. -- 2 months behind bars. >> this is an absolute shock to us. up. try to shut us it has had the exact opposite effect. this did not stop the state- controlled energy giant from starting oil production last week. in september, the greenpeace crew post tested. he activists from 18 different countries were arrested, faced with hooliganism charges. they risk up to seven years in jail. in a surprise move, the kremlin decided to give them amnesty. i am happy to go home. i still feel it was an unjust situation. it comes just two months before the winter olympics held in sochi. it is an attempt to improve russia's limp -- image ahead of the international sporting events. >> the two members of the russian punk band were freed as part of the amnes

the world championships came to a close in sates petersburg last month.er's popularity is growing. relatively unknowned to the mix marshal arts world. it is no so different, which are popular in mixed marshal arts. it is less of a style and more of an attitude. thanks to the help of stephen assessment gal and vladimir putin. >> slide the punch. >> and just last week, the president was on hand to open the world's championships in saint petersburg. >> >> i'd like to congratulate those participating and welcome all of those who love for the 37th world championships here. it is very nice to hold sports in our country. today is the seventy-fifth anniversary. >> it was first used by soviet military forces beginning in the 1920's. it was meant to be a melding of different martial arts to create the most official one. >> russian type of thinking. >> back to the sambo world champion, 500 athletes from 75 countries were represented. the host country russia claims 27 metals including 15 golds to lead the way. four other former soviet countries the ukraine, bell ruis

petersburg. but it's a very time-consuming process.eople were really hoping they would be home by christmas. they are all going to be released -- they are all -- the charges will all be dropped against them. it's just this legal hoops you have got to jump through here to get the process completed to allow them to leave the country, because of course they had no entry permits in their passport. they were taken at sea, and without an entrance permit you have can't get an exit permit. >>> the singer katy perry wants to use her fame to help the world's children. unicef just appointed the pop star to be the next goodwill ambassador. >> reporter: throughout its existen existence the un has been trying to help the most needy in the world. 60 years ago it tried a novel approach. it was in 1954 that danny kay, became the first-ever goodwill ambassador. for unicef. his path was followed by many over years. stars, singers, sports stars, and even one special agent. >> my name is moore, roger moore, and i'm a goodwill ambassador for unicef. >> repo

petersburg with knives dangling from his waistband and getting in fights. charles francis adams in london, the grandson of john adams, lincoln blank minister in london. he had amazing characters. and you have lincoln who is always interesting and was an aspect of the presidency under cover. >> we have been talking with kevin peraino, whose new book blink in and the portal but the making of a statesman and the dawn of american power. you're watching book tv on c-span2. >> social media is a very old idea. we think it is recent and the only people today but really what i'd argue that there's a long rich tradition of social media that goes back to the era of cicero, the late roman republic that is the first century bc. the point is you don't need a digital network to social media. if you have wanted was faster but you could do it in the old days. cicero did it with messengers running to afro and other members of the elite and they all spoke to him and it was very much a social environment that there've been many other examples throughout history. martin luther

petersburg on friday.ave been released as part of the amnesty under which thousands of prisoners are being freed. >> thanks for having us. st. petersburg is a beautiful, wonderful city, but yet still very much concerned about the invasive drilling in the arctic. we'll take a breather, but the ultimate goal is to stop drilling in the arctic, so we'll carry on. >>> a ukrainian journalist who was chased down and beaten as a result offer this report against the government has spoken out. >> reporter: this video on the dashboard of this woman's car revealed terrifying chase. the assailants crippled her car, savagely beat her, and left her in a ditch. her nose was broken and one of her eyes don't close. >> translator: i was really scared. i thought they were going to kill me. >> reporter: the attack came a few hours after she visited the house of the interior general. demonstrators call on him to step down and held up photos of the journalist. she is no stranger to the controversy, earlier this month she chained

petersburg before being released on bail after green peace posted a $60 million bond.n wednesday the news they had been waiting for over the last three months. >> we were illegally arrested. if this is a way for russia to start celebrating more human righting then like everybody i would be overjoyed, but i'm not prepared to say i see thatment cog at th-- that coming at this point. >> the psychological terror of being actually 23 hours inside this cell, and not -- not knowing what was going on outside. >> it's believed the amnesty decree will become law on thursday and the activists will be hoping they will be able to leave russia and be home in time for christmas. >>> the anger following the arrest of an indian diplomat in new york showing no signs of easing today. she was also given full immunity. kat turner has more on the case. >> reporter: outside of the u.s. embassy in new delhi, police oversee the removal of concrete barricades. another sign diplomatic relations with washington are quickly deteriorating. indian authorities have reportedly asked officers to return

one member of st petersburg's legislative assembly is trying to get child beauty pageants banned in russia starting with his hometown you know i couldn't agree more with this gent on this issue these kids beauty pageants not only put a ton of pressure on children to achieve something absolutely pointless but they're also a pedophile's dream come true and are will very very creepy but why are they creepy that's because whether you like it or not human beauty is related to sex so when you try to make children beautiful and wear bathing suits or let's just say active poses yeah that's called sex lies and children and it's disgusting although adult beauty pageants are also sort of stupid at least the participants are all adults so see it because beauty pageants are obviously related to sexuality you should be able to participate in them until you reach the age of consent in your country otherwise it is just a pedophile buffet but that's just my opinion. it's probably the most complex of. you know i. think the phenomenon of friendly fire probably extends back to the invention of gunpowder. kill

petersburg with lowly knives dangling from his waistband getting into fistfights and charles francis adams in london the grandson of john adams lincoln's minister in london. so you have these amazing cast of characters and then you have lincoln who was always interesting. i think was an aspect of his presidency that he had been under cover. >> we have been talking with kevin peraino whose new book "lincoln in the world" the making of a statesman and the dawn of american power. you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> what we know of the founders of 30-second version is the guys that were against the constitution or the religious conservatives of the day, the anti-federalist who very much -- henry at the time wanted to have religious tests for office and so forth. the founders were the cosmopolitans and yet less of them were bible believing christians. why did they take the approach they did? what are the ultimate come down where madison came down? they believed also no faith including their own was beyond faction. madison's prescription was essentially a multiplicity of sects. that is

flights to dublin from moscow and st petersburg will start in march next year so just in time for sentup for the day celebrations line as the main rival easyjet began offering services to moscow from both london gatwick manchester back in march this year. rushes in to see a giant metal company has been given extra time to pay back a one billion dollar like it now has until the end to twenty fourteen boards time is necessary for me to pay that debt which right now attempting almost ten. billion dollars. bank has announced its profits rise by eight percent but despite this loss is not just that it will still last thirty thousand jobs and three thousand six hundred brought to his eyes the next five years and have to double profits by twenty eighteen. and i take aim with mr thomas and see what he's been up for the first time event to capital history you're in positive territory last week you stayed in the desire and in deed i am in fact it's been a week of mixed messages let me talk about the rest of my portfolio first it was a gas problem fifty percent in that industry down four percent t

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petersburg, florida, he came from the sky, disguised as a window washer. bringing cheer and a wave to children who could use a smile. >> that is too cool. >> reporter: at this children's hospital in orlando there were four of them. two santas and two elves. scaling the walls, washing the windows. and making new friends. for the kids, it's a magical moment. >> hi, sweetie. >> for the man from the window washing company playing santa for a day -- >> i feel like a little bit of a rock star right now. >> it's so rewarding to make this kind of a difference. >> they're very happy to see us and i'm happy to see them, too they're wonderful. >> around the country, children's hospitals and local window-washing companies are joining together to help raise children's spirits, we first met them earlier this year, dressed as super heroes, and now as santa and his elves this time of year. >> it will get kids who are laying in their beds, not feeling well, to kind of forget for a minute. and just sit up and be excited and have something fun happening in their, right in th

petersburg, or maybe even an attack on the olympic sites in sochi. >> what does this mean for the olympicgames? what are security forces doing in order to make sure they are prepared for the tens of thousands of spectators that are expected when they begin in february? >> president vladimir putin, this day, again called on security agencies to take every possible measure to make these winter olympic games, the first ever to be held in russia, maximum safe. he promised that many times before. because authorities are well aware of the threat from the northern caucasus, from islamist rebels, analysts in moscow say the games itself will be sure, because there are more than 30,000 police officers and soldiers already deployed to the region to ensure security during the games. immediately after the games, many here in russia fear that violence and bloodshed will increase extremely. >> thank you very much for the latest. >> you are welcome. >> as we have just heard, the attacks in volgograd are raising fears over the safety at the winter olympics. coming up, -- winter olympics coming up. >> they

petersburg airport. >> they were among 30 activists rescued by the russian coast guard after attempting to board an oil platform to protest against exploration in the arctic ocean. they face up to seven years in jail on charges of hooliganism but were released under a kremlin amnesty. >> in washington, u.s. president barack obama has signed a budget agreement that secures government funding for the next two years and ends a long- running budget dispute. >> the deal raises government expenditures without raising taxes or cutting social entitlement programs. a 63 billion u.s. dollar increase in spending will be funded through a combination of reforms and new nontax revenue. under the bill, federal spending for 2014 is set at just $one trillion. a gas explosion in china has killed at least four and injured dozens. the blast took place at a shopping mall. >> hundreds of firefighters were called to the scene to put out the blaze and rescue people trapped in the building. media reports said a gas leak in the building was to blame. >> germany is a leading export nation, and latest figures show

use its journey to the brotherhood here was more unusual than most after tending university in st petersburg he spent fifteen years living in ministering in the us before retiring to villa he says each monk must end his place in the monastery. special pastor so the monster will decide the whether you're prepared to become a novice and you'll become officially a novice on the part of the brotherhood then spend some time that way and a few years or so or maybe months later if you still do decide to embrace this kind of wife and people see you. as a benefits to the community here you'll be time church and perhaps even are they and so the priest of. the monastic community has been rebuilt in the last twenty years period during the soviet union when the area served as a mental asylum now there are around a hundred brothers living here permanently but before the russian revolution of nine hundred seventeen there were more than a thousand some of whom left a legacy down the ages. this quiet scene is called the smolensk skeet and it's famous in particular because of one monk efraim he took it upon h