this event is important for crimea for sevastopol for all of southern russia indeed for the whole country and for structure projects like this magnificent bridge we've built will have an effect on the entire economy and if. the mega structure is 900 kilometers long and took nearly 4 years to build costing more than 3000000000 euros the 1st scheduled train departed from st petersburg today starting wednesday up to 45 passenger trains will head for crimea each day that route bypasses mainland ukraine. the bridge spans the current strait although russia hopes to increase tourism in the area the bridge is mainly a display of power until now crimea could only be reached from russia by ferry or plane now there's a direct land route to the peninsula which russia annexed in violation of international law in 2014. it's now been 30 years since romania's bloody revolution when citizens brought down longtime communist dictator dictator nicolae ceausescu unlike many of eastern europe uprising the transition was not peaceful hundreds of protesters died at the hands of security forces our next report lo

reach the enix territory people can now travel from st petersburg south to the crimean city of sevastopol the trip takes 44 hours and crosses the recently built crimean bridge the european union has criticized the opening of the bridge and rail line as a violation of ukraine's sovereignty. it's the leading story on russian state t.v. putin's opening of a controversial real way bridge that links an ex crimea to southern russia it's a major triumph for the russian president the bridge was built despite international protests following russia's annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula in 2014. and there was no you do you agree with this event is important for crimea for sevastopol for all of southern russia indeed for the whole country infrastructure projects like this magnificent bridge we've built will have an effect on the entire economy. the mega structure is 1000 kilometers long and took nearly 4 years to build costing more than 3000000000 euros the 1st scheduled train departed from st petersburg today starting wednesday up to 45 passenger trains will head for crimea each day the route

this event is important for crimea for sevastopol for all of southern russia indeed for the whole country infrastructure projects like this magnificent bridge we've built will have an effect on the entire economy. the mega structure is 1000 kilometers long and took nearly 4 years to build costing more than 3000000000 euros the 1st scheduled train departed from st petersburg today starting wednesday up to 45 passenger trains will head for crimea each day the route bypasses mainland ukraine. the bridge spans the current strait although russia hopes to increase tourism in the area the bridge is mainly a display of power until now crimea could only be reached from russia by ferry or plane and now there's a direct land route to the peninsula which russia annexed in violation of international law in 2014. football now and in england a professional players association is calling on the british government to launch an inquiry into racism all that comes after chelsea and germany to phone or internet rigger allegedly face monkey chants during his team's 2 know when over tottenham on sunday. the lat

bypasses mainland ukraine people cannot travel from st petersburg southward toward the crimean city of sevastopol the trip takes 44 hours and crosses the crimean bridge which moscow is accused of building illegally russian president vladimir putin rode along a section of the route on monday to inaugurate the railway moscow sees crimea from ukraine in 2014 drawing international condemnation the new train route is seen as a fresh step to cement russia's grip on the region let's get the latest on the story our correspondent emily sure when is standing by in moscow hi emily why is this new train service so important to vladimir putin. well sumi as you said the move version is moved to annex the crimean peninsula in 2014 was condemned widely by the international community but here in russia it's seen as a patriotic victory and in a way this bridge is kind of a concrete manifestation of that russia russians after all see the crimean peninsula as there is during the soviet union it was a popular holiday destination and the peninsula is actually gifted by crucial to ukraine in 1954 when it didn't really

in the crimean city of sevastopol, they are marking russian navy day.wer at sea. since it took crimea, russia has become the dominant force in the black sea region. here, moscow doesn't use the word "annexation". crimea, it says, has sailed back to its home port. few believe that outside of russia. what we see is a pattern of behaviour where russia is responsible for aggressive actions against neighbours. that reflects that the main problem of russia is that they still believe in the idea of spheres of influence. in response, nato has bolstered its forces near russia's borders. from estonia's amari airbase, nato jets are regularly scrambled. their main task is to intercept russian planes approaching estonian air space, which fail to identify themselves. russia denies it is a threat to estonia or to any of the baltic states but nato is on alert and taking no chances. the baltic has become one of the front—lines of what feels like a new cold war between russia and the west. to moscow, the presence of nato troops near its border is a direct threat to russi

in the garbage here in all the regions separate from moscow sevastopol and st petersburg so they have a delay until 2022 as soon as you can join this program you will and as for it and . have already started it. all the garbage from the large cities is now moved to a region and it's not in. 2 regions get it back in st petersburg with the logistics that is suffering there is no understanding of what trucks are going to move there and people in going about could reach and how the family question why are there so many illegal drugs and so they have. garbage in front of their houses and it being broad somewhere else so can we. speed up that. push the. law makers but we need to have dragged. the community where it's coming why it's coming you. will happen to me that. mr. quest. for the mushroom you. can i interview for 10 minutes up for the press conference on your walk to the car how we can do it well but listen. too early to say. after the press conference. this year maybe next year. we've defined time it's possible. going back to some garbage. january. serving some 1000000 turned it was

it is important for crimea and sevastopol and the whole of russia because infrastructure projects suchill have an impact on the whole economy. "what a beauty of a bridge", the russian leader exclaimed, a view not shared by the ukraine or the european union. an eu spokesman said the bridge was a continuation of russia's forced integration of illegally annexed crimea — going on to say that the mega structure limits the passage of ships headed to ukrainian ports. relations between ukraine and russia made minor improvements in recent months but the opening of the $3.6 billion bridge makes fast—tracking closer political connections ever more unlikely. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: trade tensions spell an uncertain future for a chinese firm building buses in california. the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon say

it is important for crimea, for sevastopol and for the whole of russia.ridge will have an impact on the whole economy. "what a beauty of a bridge", the russian leader exclaimed, a view that's not shared by the ukraine or the european union. an eu spokesman said the bridge was a continuation of russia's forced integration of illegally annexed crimea — going on to say that the megastructure limits the passage of ships headed to ukrainian ports. relations between ukraine and russia have made minor improvements in recent months, but the opening of the $3.6 billion bridge makes fast—tracking closer political connections ever more unlikely. gareth barlow, bbc news. it's almost a year since russian opposition activist anastasia shevchenko was placed under house arrest in southern russia. the case has transformed life for her 15—year—old daughter, vlada, who now runs a popular blog about her mother's arrest and attends events to speak on her behalf. our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford travelled to rostov—on—don to hear vlada's story. provision make you see y

it is important for crimea and sevastopol and the whole of russia because infrastructure projects suchimpact on the whole economy. "what a beauty of a bridge", the russian leader exclaimed, a view not shared by the ukraine or the european union. an eu spokesman said the bridge was a continuation of russia's forced integration of illegally annexed crimea — going on to say that the mega structure limits the passage of ships headed to ukrainian ports. relations between ukraine and russia made minor improvements in recent months but the opening of the $3.6 billion bridge makes fast—tracking closer political connections ever more unlikely. thousands of kenyan schoolchildren are now getting a daily healthy lunch thanks to a new device called tap to eat. it's a smart wristband which parents can load up with money — making it easier to make sure their children are paying for — and eating — their school meals. it's part of a subsided school food programme which aims to tackle malnutrition and improve attendance in public schools in kenya's kiambu and nairobi counties. take a look. food for educ