he now holds the title for that everything has gone off very well here and saatchi on from the weather holding nice and rights to land the organizational and facilities but the surrounding all of the art competitions and the festivities. of course to take my word for it. let's listen to the athletes and spectators. it is this the eleven year reign. once the razor and racing with the meaning of these. team and be a lot of leaders agreed to be there because this is amazing too. so it's it's all small to you. so some emotion. it's a pretty good. the beach and security into the top thirty ah the sweet they are. on the net else this is also about a legacy that the paralympics are leaving here in russia and its that of wife beating adversity and ending up on top. plan to break a two hour documentary on america's controversial term program. i am i am. i want to be good to force a tie is right he's opinion pieces but ukrainian milk out hits really close to my heart and affect people i know what i see obama gleefully talking to self elected new ukrainian prime minister just turns his head in a

a lot of work is cut into developing the here and saatchi. in fact be a president of the paralympic committee circle prevent shared his thoughts about the conditions for this year and stocking up with. very very pleased with the incredible work of a speed duel in the last few years to really transform really a piece of wasteland into it to the coast to coast or the olympics and ireland pick up that way you will the valley and see what's been installed there and you get to snap the liana and move them into mischief quite amazing. the home team is at this point i still dominating the medal count. here's to hoping that i can continue this momentum and stay at the top the medal rankings this was a lot has changed on a few of the will was as clean and the third stanza need to buy an increase of ten to nineteen sixty one unit to carry made that pioneering third step to force the stops he would be celebrating his eighteenth the right to die in it. you can see footage from the moment is foliage which sold the cause north pole the compact his nine rap

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paralympic committee sir philip craven shared his thoughts about the conditions for this here and saatchi let's listen very very pleased with the incredible speed in the last few years to really transform really. into it to the course to cluster in the olympic and paralympic park and then when you go to the valley and see what's pretty installed and then you get to. move the mountain it's just quite amazing so as russia heads into day two of these such a paralympics here's to hoping that it can it continue this momentum and stay at the top of the medal rankings. this was a flight that changed our view of the world as we know it by becoming the first man in space in one hundred sixty one garden literally brought the stars closer and today we would have been celebrating his birthday right now you're looking at footage from the legendary voyage which saw the course of all circled the earth. two years now joining the ranks of those marking the historic day. welcoming you to do so as well in fact we went on to the streets of london and new york to find out what europeans and americans know abo

he now holds the title for that everything has gone off very well here and saatchi on from the weather holding nice and bright to lead the organization all the facilities that are surrounding all of the art competitions and the festivities. of course to take my word for it. let's listen to the athletes and spectators. it is this the eleven year reign. once the razor and racing with the singing of these. team and the lighting isn't very hard to beat everton awesome this is amazing too. so it is all smiles and was used to house some emotion. it's a pretty good. in addition to security in the water to top thirty on the topic they are on the net else this is also about a legacy that the paralympics are leaving here in russia and its that of wife beating adversity and ending up on top. as our respondents difference. now to los angeles where residents woke up with it till this morning when at four point four magnitude earthquake struck the area around six thirty this morning. no major damage and no injuries were reported as a result of the earthquake however it did scare some local reporters

now the first day of the paralympics and saatchi has wrapped up with the russian athletes and topping the medal table the host nation has pulled away from the rest with twelve medals including four balls tees and the friends and just wanted to the two thousand fourteen winter paralympic games here in sa she started off with a spectacular opening ceremony last night when the olympic flame was lit at this stadium just behind me the fireworks to light displays the dancers it was a great way to start it off. it is just as good at opening ceremony as the winter games and of course things started off bright and early today with pineapple on an alpine skiing russia already securing four gold medals the last pair let the games were held in vancouver two thousand ten russia got away with twelve gold medals their first aid competition. it's already up at four this afternoon is when curling be kenya's and sledge hockey it's the first time for team russia competing interests like talking so well. hope to see that the f twenty two keep up their momentum and still stay at number one in the medal ra

it is right now day number two of competition at the paralympics and saatchi host nation russia already taking a big lead at the top of the medals table is lindsey france. the home team is at this point still dominating the medal count so when day two of these such a paralympics dawned bright and beautiful today the crowds were definitely in a hurry to get the game started once again hopefully the home team can keep up that momentum you know one of the things that to mazing to see down here and saatchi is the ability that the people with impaired mobility have to really get around not just the athletes but their fans their family members and their loved ones for every set of stairs there is a very comfortable ramp to go up and down and that's so important for these people to be able to properly access all of all of the facilities whether it's the train stations the airports or even just the sidewalks a lot of work has got into developing that here in sochi in fact the president of the paralympic committee sir philip craven shared his thoughts about the conditions for this here and saatc

this is the culmination of the festivities here in saatchi and what the week and more of festivities it's been the home team has broken a very important record it was a record set back in one thousand nine hundred four by austria which took home seventy medals will team russia is taking home eighty that's thirty gold twenty eight silver and twenty two bronze and it's also worth mentioning that as of today team russia skier roman to scoff has officially taken home six paralympic gold medals he now holds the title for that everything has gone off very well here in saatchi from the weather holding nice and bright to the organizational facilities surrounding all of the competitions and the festivities of course so take my word for it let's listen to the athletes and the spectators. it is it was phenomenal everybody was great. by ski racer and the racing was extremely low for this kind of farley's. lot of being there's no overhead imagery here because it's just amazing to believe for this. to have such an immersion during the time it's there that it should be and all the people are very o

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an upcoming summit in saatchi has now been moved to brussels without moscow involved. the russian foreign minister calls it detracted the new mass trial in cairo ahead of the muslim brotherhood is in court today with some seven hundred others on charges of sabotage and murder. on monday the same ports and since i'm not that five hundred brother and then there's today. what you saw santa at first the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight three seventy eight has been put on hold. gale force winds and heavy rain are keeping ships and planes away from us on the southern indian ocean the plane is thought to have disappeared. just yesterday the malaysian prime minister said that the nascent jetliner crashed into the water. it's devastating news for the families of flight recently court desperate for answers and angry. hearing it from wire reports the aer in the system needs to be connected with the decline in its nascent like this. i agree that it keeps cricket team eighteen month the pentagon said don't trust what they say. i believe are from the system in life th

to get the game started once again you know one of the things that's amazing to see down here and saatchi is the ability that people with impaired mobility have to really get around to not just the athletes but their fair their family members and their loved ones for every set of stairs there is a very comfortable ramp to go up and down and that's so important for these people to be able to properly access all of the all of the facilities whether it's the train stations the airports or even just the sidewalks a lot of work has got into developing that here in sochi in fact the president of the paralympic committee served philip craven shared his thoughts about the conditions for this here and saatchi let's listen very very pleased with the incredible work in the last few years to really transform really. into into the course to cluster in the olympic and paralympic park and then when you go and see what's pretty installed and then you get to. move up the mountain it's just quite amazing the home team is at this point still dominating the medal count here's to hoping that it can it continu

we spoke to the president of the saatchi twenty fourteen organizing committee for more on that. all. the proper to all these. people. to come through it will work. for food for the interest and regards the development of the sport. and of course it's not just about the athletes after these paralympic games it's also about the universal access that the games have have brought to russia and that concept that will hopefully carry on let's go back to the medal count seventy medals means that russia is tied for most successful home team hosting the paralympic games and i hate the day is not over so we'll see what happens ok we'll keep an eye on that thank you very much lindsey that means the fronts live. on the final day of the winter paralympics thank you. coming up. with us on the point. with economic down in the final. days. and the rest. will be every week. according. to. our. own welcome to worlds apart residents of pioneer go to the polls today to choose a breech country they want to be a part of but the final decision on the status of the peninsula will most likely be made hun

year old was quick to discover that it went on to achieve that victory for the most recent stops at saatchi she showed her versatility winning gold in the super combined and silver in the super g four years at the vancouver games sheet of gold in the super combined and asylum. before announcing every time and the end of one of the greatest peace in korea is in alpine skiing. she received it on to a crisp low prices. with this issue to contend with and the intensity it was a very very difficult decision for me. on the one hand i love this pool. it was my sole rezoned and the last fifteen years and everything and it really isn't about it. but after the two thousand and ten olympic games which was the perfect time to meet with two gold medals. the next big challenge and possibly the last play he said and promised so so once again the wind and indigo. and i did many seconds or tea whoops goddesses who can win it. thus weakening the cup finals in a sense of pride in switzerland the gym was leading the world cup overall standings. i said to be nice to see some that those two mythic medals in a bl

fall in the us including its preparations for the g eight summit to be held in the russian city of saatchi in june. british foreign secretary william payne coupon sites to avoid conflict lainey take ukraine sovereignty. americans. with hopes this moment of escalating tension. i think russia will see increasingly over the coming days the very strong bones the us around the world by many many nations. and i hope that that direct communication between the two countries will do is take place. the key influences to hold emergency talks and crossbones on monday. amongst the well being is that the new calling out the president on inefficient use of the judgment also angle of local who you spoke to president region the day on today and expressed views on what she called russia's unacceptable intervention in ukraine. what also to nudge from the discussion is the patient is reported to have accepted michael's proposal to establish what's being described as a fact finding mission all time great aimed at creating donald. so with a view to advancing the tension that week ukraine but not too many more d

an upcoming summit in saatchi has now been moved to brussels without moscow involved. the russian foreign minister calls it detracted the new mass trial inai

saatchi itself underwent a transformation and plans are in place to make that a nationwide norm. it's something that the russian paralympic team set out to prove along with its metal the athletes are agents for change not only in their communities but in the wider world as representatives of the game and that's certainly true here in russia now focusing on the home team. i in vancouver two thousand and eight. they were ranked second in the medal standings with thirty eight for talking ten gold sixteen silver and ten bronze bell in order to break the record as most successful host of the paralympic games. gotta take seventy one. the lot where was he thinking doing now settled some other stories from around the world facebook and youtube may soon be out on her feet the country's prime minister is accusing his political rivals of posting forge audio clips online in a plot to crack his government have upcoming local elections in a latest recording are shut tight there is no one is allegedly heard suggesting to journalists should be fired and i recently time control they can pronounce

helping saatchi become not only a uniquely sub tropical winter in the big venue but also a purpose built disabled friendly sporting city which sets a new standard for the event planners across russia. what happens here previous bread overtime in legacy to the rest of russia while it's a great idea that there should be accessibility for everybody and when you can go and do something in your mind free so you think i can do some more with my life i can decide a lot more about what i want to do it online according to the ministry of health fifty million russians live with a disability. which is around nine percent of the population. although medical provisions were available under the said the union. there's a nationwide legacy of buildings and transport which lacked lifts and step free access. given the quality of life and opportunities for many people this is why the government launched a multi billion delay initiative in twenty eleven to improve health care facilities. the education system folder options and salty serves as a benchmark for the future. as a safety and as a sporting venue.

both of them plus britain and france have decided to suspend operations for the g eight summit and saatchi. the is foreign policy chief weight and imploring russia's potential use of force. and her british colleague says there's no excuse for not tying outside military intervention. all this despite moscow's still not having decided whether to send troops. edited to conduct more on what was probably the strongest threat secondary carry threatening to isolate russia economically and politically he's like an of the season these events. he said russia may not remain the g eight deal with threats and there was chris is a lesson. it's really nineteenth century behavior in the twenty first century and there is no way to start with. you just don't invade another country on phony pre tax. in order to assert your interest will be interviewing never asked and what about iraq. what about constant threats to use force coming from washington. even though secretary kerry has not received those question basically cross the minds of those who saw the interview since when does the united states government

seems that the deal are taking the extra step the latest headlines foreign dignitaries boycott the saatchi paralympic games in protest of ukraine in the ukrainian team. my soon to fall asleep. while that was a little premature. but still channels held on to the boycott. deadline for awhile. when the mainstream media to invite this man to give his expertise on auction and the challenge him on his own actions six years ago you know where things stand in their position with mikhail saakashvili who launched a full blown attack on the republic of south pacific killing scores of innocent people and international investigations confirmed that he needed before rushing into being that man is allowed to sit there on a challenge and more lies about russia's actions now here are my questions questions that i would very much like to hear in the mainstream media and i don't mean there's probably a reason for that too. the eu association agreement that spark might die. aside from the fact that it offered disastrous terms for the ukrainian economy. why did it have to force ukraine to decide between russia

a lot of work is cut into developing a cure and saatchi. in fact the act president of the paralympic committee circle prevent shared his thoughts about the conditions for this year and stocking up with. very very pleased with the incredible work of a speed duel in the last few years to really transform really a piece of wasteland into intercourse to cluster in the olympics. ireland beat when you pull the valley and see what's been installed there and you get to snap the liana and move them. it is just what it needs it the home team is at this point i still dominating the medal count. here's to hoping that i can continue this momentum and stay at the top the medal rankings international women's day i tend to make daddy and get me stumble this week is female pride taxes and that the first films from the turkish police during a rowdy with the story some more pictures for you i don t don't come on or side that could yield the weather is a shockingly drying on scene becoming feet. the u s based companies dependent on at croft cake for the foreig

walk the beach the saatchi now with the paralympics just wrap it's a sad day. here's a quick look at the medal count so far. russia is currently the lead with a total of sixteen format allstate has the most bronze silver and gold medals in second place is ukraine with twenty medals the us is in third place with sixteen in germany is in fourth followed by canada austria france and japan announced the winners are on the slopes of sochi us snowboarder evans strong won the gold medal for them and scared snowboard cross eyed american athletes also won the bronze and silver medals that showing a complete domination of that in that division by the us. as for the women's snowboard addition the netherlands bv and mental speed won the gold medal. now some sardines astronomers have identified the largest yellow star ever observed the known galaxy the star is more than thirteen hundred times larger than the sun and a million times brighter. its twelve thousand light years away from her feet was discovered by an international team of scientists. the star apparently has a co

saatchi itself underwent a transformation and plans are in place to make that a nationwide norm it's something that the russian paralympic team has set out to prove along with its medal count. after the opening ceremonies we cannot wait to see these athletes start to compete now for russia as a host country to make it out of the games as the most successful host country in paralympic winter paralympic history it's got to take seventy one medals to beat a previous host now in vancouver two thousand and ten it took thirty eight medals that was twelve gold sixteen silver and ten bronze so it's got a lot of work to do but hey it's a paralympics anything's possible. you're watching the international coming up next it's piece of al with crosstalk. u.s. army specialist albert tell you the third is accused of running a scam in which he helped an afghan trucking company steal huge amounts of fuel by cooking the army books and making it seem as though the fuel had been used what a reality it was diverted they accuse kelly how to make it into a twenty five thousand gallons of fuel vanish into a

it's also what the games mean we've talked to the president of the saatchi twenty fourteen organizing committee for more on that all these the proper to all these. people there who do they have to show all of the country and it will work. for food for the interest and regards the development of the sport the home team is tied for the most successful host city of the winter paralympic games and of course the day is not over so we will wait and see if it breaks the record. yeah well done to everyone of them thanks for being with r.t. today up next we continue to cover the situation in crimea in our special report stay with us. the evils of inflation and private central banks don't just affect the usa alone recently the russian ruble has gone from around thirty roubles to the dollar to thirty five yikes people in the russian media are now debating whether to go dollars or euros but the thing they forget is that all this paper money one way or another is doomed by inflation so if you have a few thousand dollars or rubles that what should you do with it many people say that gold is the way

the winter paralympic games are about to kick off and saatchi with a flame to be lit on the black sea coast in just a few hours let's hear now from lindsey friends giving up with the action and the host city for us hi there lindsey well certainly the olympic games will be quite a tough act to follow do you tell us what's happening there and what should we expect from the paralympics and the home team. well the winter games are indeed a tough act to follow but however these paralympians have shown the incredible strength of character and the athletic prowess to shine just as brightly now the winter paralympics are relatively young they only began in one thousand nine hundred six and since then it's built it's gone from strength to strength it's just been growing this year we've got three new nations one new sport athletes the ranks of athletes have had have grown to all of over one thousand and the home team itself has swelled to nearly two hundred we spent some time with a couple of those home team paralympians to talk to them about the barriers dave. planned to break after the openin

held there and made a very important detour there came back to russian soil made its way down to saatchi and you can see right behind me it's all lit up so she is ready to roll with the paralympics and the athletes and spectators like are very excited and we cannot wait to see what's in store. when the you've just been surrounded by a cloud of fireworks indeed well jel as we wish you all day but you've just given us a taste of what's happening there at the opening of the winter paralympics in sochi . find some time to fill you in with a bit of sochi twenty fourteen winter paralympic trivia five intriguing facts for you for the first time in history the host nation will compete in all disciplines of course hungry to repeat team russia's triumph in the able bodied competition another of this year's a paralympic first is the snowboarding fans are eagerly awaiting their debut at be extreme park also the games have their own mascots and so we won't see any of those cute little doll ling's that we saw during the so she twenty fourteen opening and closing ceremonies and as you remember them the

the weather to the competitions to the festivities everything has gone off without a hitch here and saatchi but of course don't take my word for it let's listen to what the athletes and spectators have to say about that. organization was phenomenal everything was great. by ski racer in the race it was extremely low condition. i don't farley's. a lot of being there's an overabundance of it here because it's just amazing to have to leave for this. to have such an emotional time piece there that the politicians security the all the people are very off the to be here. and so now obviously for the closing ceremonies and if recent history is any teacher they should be absolutely amazing the opening ceremonies were a breathtaking thing to see and very shortly here we've got the closing to anticipate so of course they want our team because we will bring be bringing you all of the details on that very shortly. all right lizzie thank you so much for bringing us this update live from sochi. and in just a moment katie pilbeam who will be guiding you through the week's business news and i'll be back aft

michael jenkins party saatchi. well in the means i watched us figure skaters have been weeping that the rewards of their success in sochi they were presented with big bonuses here in moscow and as much of what we discovered the team's elliptic triumphs are inspiring the country's skaters to hit even greater heights. it's a good time to be a russian winter olympic medalist for those who won gold in sochi a cash prize of one hundred twenty five thousand dollars and a brand new mercedes and waited van counterparts from america and were given twenty five thousand dollars for a first place finish while swayze cross-country skier dario cologne was presented with a pig which he named song she however tatiana also shot a mixing trying to cough of a golden jewel of the moments after topping the podium in both the pants and team events and taking home almost a quarter of a million dollars each because it's changes is a very big because when you finish already begins we always have some loops or some . five special events to

paralympic gold medals he now holds the title for that everything has gone off very well here and saatchi from the weather holding nice and bright to the organizational facilities surrounding all of the competitions and the festivities of course i'll take my word for it let's listen to the athletes and the spectators because it was phenomenal it was great. racing it was extremely low but these are. adults are really. a lot of the there's an over hundreds of here because it's just amazing to believe this. to have such an emotional. there didn't have any additional security and all the people are very obvious to be . this isn't just about taking home the medals this is also about a legacy that the paralympics are leaving here in russia and it's that of beating out for a city and ending up on top. coming up makes it so our interview show suffered. i don't want to beat a dead horse i try to address these opinion pieces but you created melt out hits really close to my heart and affects people i know when i see obama gleefully talking to self elected new ukrainian prime minister just burns the

paralympic gold medals he now holds the title for that everything has gone off very well here and saatchi from the weather holding nice and bright to the organizational facilities surrounding all of the competitions and the festivities of course so take my word for it let's listen to the athletes and the spectators. because isha was phenomenal everybody was great. speed racer racing was extremely. farley's. lot of been there is robert how did you get here because it's just amazing to leave. to have such an immersion. all the people all the. this isn't just about taking home the medals this is also about a legacy that the paralympics are leaving here in russia and it's that of beating adversity and ending up on top. to correspond and lots of friends. now to los angeles where residents will come up with a jolt this morning when a four point four magnitude earthquake struck the area around six thirty this morning no major damage and no injuries were reported as a result of the earthquake however it did scare some local reporters so quickly remember there are emergency drills every california

in twenty eleven to improve health care facilities and the education system for all russians and saatchi serves as a benchmark for the future as a city and as a sporting venue. but when you have for years the problem was that if the sporty infrastructure was there there wasn't any adequate housing and if there was adequate housing there wasn't any infrastructure here in sochi everything is concentrated together which is the perfect model for future generations. sochi twenty fourteen is the biggest winter paralympics in history over the course of ten days nearly seven hundred athletes from forty five countries will compete for seventy two sets of medals over five sports with paris noting also making its debut russia's maiden games are also expected to set new levels in sporting achievement and social awareness with the i.p.c. expecting global t.v. audiences to exceed the one point six billion that she went in to watch the vancouver paralympics four years ago. to news little to upset people who come to these games will see a new russia the myths about our country will be a race and they wo

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international live from moscow it's taken the blue torches one week to reach saatchi in just two days the flame will once again be lit on the black sea coast but this time though we're talking about the winter olympics so as another torch relay draws to a close it's time to hear more about it from our correspondent lindsey france. its began its journey on february twenty sixth not in greece but in russia's far east in that time it's traveled through fifty russian regions in the hands of more than one thousand torchbearers it's also for the first time in paralympic history made an international detour and it went to the u.k. to the stoke mandeville stadium where in one thousand nine hundred forty eight dr ludwig man held the first ever games of this sort for people specifically with physical disabilities impairments then made its way back to russia where it's continued on now the torch is accented in sky blue knots in red as it was for the winter games that's because the sky blue the designers wanted it to signify the very strength of character that's inherent in the athletes to compet

also the games will have their own mascots so you won't be seeing much more from the darlings of the saatchitwenty fourteen opening and closing ceremonies the cute bear the hair the leopard in fact these creatures will make will be making their stage debut we're talking about the paralympic snowflake the ray of light our thanks for joining us here on r.t. international reports claiming that facebook is in talks to take over a company that could provide internet access to remote locations across the globe it sounds lovely but the social media giant could soon have its very own fleet of electronic drones delivering the internet connections wonder how secure that will be full story on the website right now. also this story ahead of the n.s.a. unveils anted leaks legislation that could be implemented in the united states within weeks to protect. us from being x. . or y. you there russia announces its plans to send three rows to the moon as preparations for an eventual mission to mars fascinating details the story the whole write up on r.t. . to see. first rate. and i think that you're. going to.

and ten but there are some changes since then for example paris snowboarding is taking the stage at saatchi and russia serafin pickel love is a guy who wouldn't let a leg amputation stop him from doing what he loves but the more to do with sport because it's my favorite sport i was snowboarding long before it became part of snowboarding and long before it was even declared a sport and so for me it's amazing that snowboarding has become an olympic sport it's very important actually. while he's tackling the slopes team russia is also making it a first on the ice the nation's sledge hockey team will also be making a debut at the games with most every player thinks only about victory how to grab it and never let it go this is important the team captain vadim so you can lost both legs while serving in the military in chechnya and that was in two thousand and two the rink is now his battlefield and he's already led his team to third place in the recent world championships. we are here almost every day at this training base morning till night training marking canada the world sled hockey challenge