r t r t r. my first interest. came. to my first question. what are you doing with the. russian wind has been enjoying a resurgence in recent years thanks in no small part to european technology but it's not only machines that are being imported from the continent. born in the heart of france's wine country has a lifetime of experience in the business after projects all round the world he's made his way east to russia although he's found a winery with a familiar name. he's in charge of the. stock and brown which boasts its grapes of the equal of any in bordeaux and is gearing up for his first harvest. because. he was young people. and after a long.

m r t r t. l r welcome to sophie and co i'm sophie shevardnadze afghanistan has been a black hole swallowing people and the resources of anyone brave enough to step in after eight years and years of battles first with the soviets and the americans still end is still locked in strife is afghanistan hopeless well there is one person would definitely doesn't think so. to be born you know afghanistan. plot could be a harder lot for a person as a baby she was left to die and this not to have to suffer or her life but she survived. the believes in the future of her home. once more than just to improve the fate of women in afghanistan and she wants to be the first woman president in the history of her life. and our guest today fauzia koofi an afghan politician running for president in two thousand and fourteen how's it so great to have you on our show today first of all let me just say that i admire your courage to do what you are doing in afghanistan i'm aware of the situation with women's rights in afgha

their native land it will take more than a bailout exit to keep them home does are still your r t r. r r t international coming to you live from moscow syrian kurds want their own delegation for next month's peace conference on syria it's known as geneva two and just last month the group declared an autonomous a government deep inside the country now kurds are a large ethnic group in the middle east and the majority of them live in the region known as kurdistan it's the area well it's right around here and it's bordering at least four countries we've got turkey syria iraq we have iran and the total population of kurds there in all of the regions is forty million now they are one of the world's largest ethnic groups without their own state but as artie's polis live reports history could very soon be in the make. discriminated repressed and divided for years the kurds were the scapegoats of the middle east but now the fortunes have turned resilient and hopeful history is on their side for four thousand years kurds lived in iraq now they're enjoying defect autonomy and many believe independen

is that i can start again let me become what i was before does or sell your r t r aligned mourners just ahead for you on r t international. so true of the twenty fourteen olympics what's this place like. this is so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the games should be the city's present and future a lot more so it will bring you this is the moment they report you for a look very cold and snowy windy mountainous tough beyond the olympics but the. starting journey of the first. approximately sixteen percent of imports came from illegal fishing and. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. coupon for the territorial waters they fish they load the fish into the ships and leave for europe. to day illegal fishing just taking the bread out of our mouths. welcome back here with our to international live from the russian capital ukraine has banned thirty six foreigners including former georgian president mikheil saakashvili from entering the countr

r t r g dot com. and i welcome to the r t sports show hof an hour of top action from russia and around the globe with me kate poetry and here's what's coming up. the road to rio fabio capello is a happy coach as russia draw belgium algeria and sas korea in their group for next summer's world cup finals. plus a big battle scarred defeated by it says scott adams the moscow traffic while champions unama overcome even for our boss in the k h l. and in the cage we have a double helping of m.m.a. with a master class from probably see over there and frank miller and the latest action from moscow's fight night.