when we speak about the olympics it's about the development of the sochi resort which is going to be both the winter and summer resort the one the other cheese so we can speak about the development of any russian cities. let's see if russians themselves are excited about hosting huge sporting events. there has tried to find that hi there well recently russia was chosen to host the two thousand and eighteen world cup with that it's in them but you do events which will be held in russia only or puter. well let's see the russians think that they can she suppose such events is a big games world cup formula one grand prix. yes i think we should in order to develop a sports infrastructure but as we see yes it will be good for the development of our sport but it should also serve as a good incentive for our youth. yes i think it is a good investment for our country and i mustn't i think we should only host the world cup and not deliver the games because i think that money which will be spent on the olympics should be spent on people however the world cup will help better the conditions for

we're joined by r t sean thomas in the eastern city of you have sara firth is in the southern city of sochi. is here in the capital moscow good evening she also sean first to you when we caught up with you an hour ago your new year had already just begun i guess celebrations are still going strong then i. certainly kevin in fact we've brought the party outside i don't know why because this is the coldest region on earth in fact it's about thirty four degrees below zero out here centigrade but that's ok it's not stopping any of the fun in fact i am joined by actually khan who is the version of good models which of course is the russian version of father frost celebrations couldn't be better out here in fact one of the main features about this area because it is so cold a lot of the decorations for new year are involve ice involve the cold in fact we're standing in the midst of a beautiful frozen ice sculpture village which is all that a beautiful with lights it's just an amazing amazing time earlier today we had to you had the opportunity to spend preparing for the new year with families get

i think helping them is the fact that they actually won the right to stage the sochi limp. nixon twenty forty they've had a few years to start developing down there in the i.f.c. is very happy with progress made say they've learnt a bit if you like it don't think it's a really steep learning curve to try and get this thing off the ground they can look back at the experience of what they're doing in sochi to try and help them but you're right an awful lot of work needs to be obviously everybody thinks they can do it tory do a child just now before talking to you an analyst from of moscow's locomotive football club was trying to get ahead what's it going to mean to develop talent football talent do you think we're going to see a lot more young boys and girls teenagers knocking at the doors of the clubs lower level saying hey look we want to be on the pitch we want to be playing for russia in twenty eight and you think is going to be real impetus and will inflow to the clubs now of new talent. definitely for a couple of reasons we've talked about a legacy that's going to be le

for sochi it's not only a great opportunity it's also a great responsibility as it will become a role model for other cities in the country our organizing committee will normally exist until twenty fourteen however we have to do a lot to lay down the foundations for the future we have to change people's attitudes towards poland be explored and old is able to people i'm very proud that we're starting such a project and that it's not the only one we should keep in mind that all efforts and investments will be spent not only on the most in dissipated sports around but on our historical heritage as well. and that's all the sports news for this present on one historic day for russia but for me i think. any news. download the official location to go on the phone or i pod touch from the q dumps to. life on the go. video on demand on t.v.'s my bold colors and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the t.v. dot com.

hope people are preparing to see in the new year in this time zone because in the olympic city of sochi just seen. in the capital moscow getting both early is first to many people around the world to them red square is a place to be on new year's eve is near the city certainly knows how to celebrate. well as you can hear behind me kept celebrations here almost. well underway already had some fabulous performances on the stage behind me including some raul the fabulous. and it's all of course because we're all less than an hour away from the. midnight we are expecting. the whole of people to converge almost downtown area the main street to better sky will be closed to concert hall past eleven means that the time can be turned into a large street party the atmosphere really is building here and that's of course because you here is the number one holiday here in trucks even christmas. holiday what about friends and family champagne and stuff i was like sound of course wishes resolutions for the new year. i just want everybody to be happy the chinese here have the rabbit i want this year to

for sochi it's not only a great opportunity it's also a great responsibility as it will become a role model for other cities in the country our organizing committee will only exist until twenty fourteen however we have to do a lot to lay down the foundations for the future we have to change people's attitudes towards poland exports and all these able to people i'm very proud that we're storing such a project and that it's not the only one we should keep in mind it all in for it's an investment to spend not only on the most and dissipated sports around but our historical heritage as well. cricket now and australia have dropped mitchell johnson for the second ashes test in adelaide that decision followed the result of the first test which ended in a draw with interlacing this year second innings of five hundred seventeen for one after conceding a dangerous two hundred twenty one run first innings lead in the series opener doug ballinger and ryan harris are to compete for the vacant spot in captivity hunting insisted that picking the players most likely to win the game was the selectors

from the freezing temperatures to the relatively balmy black sea resort of sochi. in the new year in a couple of hours time with temperatures of a very warm for the time of year plus ten. but. lovely hair really mild evening we've got a little way to go yet before on yeah it gets underway but the preparation room ready getting going we've got the markets in the background a bandstand in the distance is going to be starting at around ten pm but as you said ten degrees at the moment not a tool what you'd expect in the russian winter but actually even in the coldest month of january here in sochi temperatures doesn't fall much below ninety three so really very enjoyable actually yesterday it was woman the first to have a little paddle in the black sea it is about five minutes away from where we are in the center but of course not just. the track millions of tourists to sochi every year because just about an hour away from the case line you've got the snowy mountains the incredibly popular skiers the crowd. which attracts the likes of president medvedev and prime minis

world cup which is quite a long term play and we think of all of the games held in the stadiums in sochi that have been built for the olympics i'm not sure because things such as they're building because both early home of the rainy winter sports can be organized and the football stadium i'm not sure that maybe only if there is only one of the but i know i know that some of the stadiums they are building in sochi are meant to be kind of taken down and be able to be rebuilt into other stadiums so perhaps it will be that i mean i do agree with the city with the years that took into account and also it's a natural thing to have and i have a lot anyway commercial sense and it makes for transportation sense as well such few developed an infrastructure anyway for most of that like yelling and to use it for the world cup to have a good example it gave the summer olympic games in brazil in the world cup in brazil just two years it seems like there's a bit of a trend going on as well because we have the olympics coming up in rio the world cup coming up in rio the olympics in sochi the other comin

no you can figure out where they are from by their names so the caucasus is in sochi in the north caucasus in the crimea is in the crimea the crimea is now at the disposal of the ukrainian president of the caucasus who was the russian president's ship until recently is too old now it's outdated and is now in the process of being decommissioned it doesn't meet more than requirements is there going to be a new one. there is going to be a new one we are working on that in the beginning of the next year we will have a new ship are you converting a warship again or building a new one you. know it's not a warship and we're not building a new one but in order to save money we just decided to buy a ship on the market the market today's launches we choose the model that works for us and. the quicker we localize it like a million euros yacht or what is it. no it's not a million years. it's almost the same size as the old boat about forty to fifty meters it will fulfill the functions who are purchasing it for that it will accommodate the president and his guests sail in the black sea and all the sea

main residence the president can work and stay in three other places they are approach a which is in sochi on the black sea as you know. then work in nine where he mostly lives and works and also was small residence involved i. was the one they were building for yeltsin right. right it's very small so prison inventive doesn't go there very often. so let's. not said yes i think i know what you're going to ask next but it's just people names dozens of places all over russia saying they are presidential residence is that not true. when he stays somewhere for example at some residence in the. people start saying it is a presidential residence it's not his residence it belongs to the regional authorities or some other all in or. they just find the best place for the president to stay when he visits. interesting when the president chooses a place to stay besides his own residences who is more picky bush is in the president himself or his security service his staff including your people with the president has only one requirement he needs to be able to function well as these accommodation he goes

been in the running it's the first time russia will host the show at this event the southern city of sochi in the most possible venue is the result of sporting stronghold in the making with the winter olympics and the formula one race to that in twenty fourteen so a lot of what we've done for russia in the years to come on the promise to live up to the challenges of growth and the prosecutor mr president. all the members of the . executive committee dearest friends and colleagues and everybody who is here you have any trust that this weird. people wake up for training. and i just can't promise we all can drummond's you will never regret let us make your street together. and russia will pass on the baton to cats are the middle east country was named the host of the twenty twenty two tournament and is the first arab nation to be bestowed with the honor qatar is also the smallest country to host the event had been chosen ahead of the giants that are the usa australia japan and south korea and in other football news tesco moscow are gunning to in group f. in the europa league a game early the

well mr read ahead of their measuring the twenty fourteen sochi olympics one thing you didn't mention is well it is going to rush to formula one now we say even a spoiled for choice as well that was there for me toward the olympics and the world cup coming here the experience that's going from those to the people we want on the olympics coming before the world cup can only serve to help the preparations they'll be put in place over the next eight years to make sure that those finals are the best finals that russia could put forward and one of the main statements is being made in the build up to the decision to choose russia for the finals as peter said that they wanted to have a tournament that would be remembered for generations to come. well that's no to russia to put us in place though they've said seven that they can do it to try and do it as a tree but the reaction has been from a political level this is really stretched the hearts and minds of people here in russia where i'm still right now is just in front of the luzhniki stadium in moscow where the final will take place in eig

executive committee just as russia's olympic bid team did in guatemala to win the winter games for sochi. russia ski r.t. reporting from moscow. well there's been a lot of attention given to russia the russian bid especially from the british press one of the main questions coming from them is whether prime minister vladimir putin is coming well now he said that he will be staying home and he's also made comments on the media allegations of corruption in a fee fight now joining us in the discussion is r.t. sports presenter andrew farmer no address what what impact do you think it will have on russia's bid well it sounds like bad news doesn't it that mr putin is decided to stay home but actually could be a p.r. masterstroke because he's actually sounding very sympathetic towards fee for in the executive committee saying he's staying at home because he doesn't want to put pressure on them he's then come out to criticize the timing of the media campaign which is alleged corruption within feet for saying that this whole event which is here really to decide who will host the next two world cup

gazprom may become the main sponsor for russia's team at the olympic games in london and sochi but a misty daily reports the gas giant is in talks with russia's olympic committee which has promised to finance preparations for the games the sponsorship could cost up to one hundred twenty million dollars is expected to receive advertising space in exchange but officials call the deal donation and say no contract will be signed . this chicken stock markets around the world now the footsies edging closer to six thousand points in lloyd's pre-holiday trade is a top gain on the dax as germany's airports return to a more normal sched jewel after days of snow fuelled chaos in asia hong kong has fallen for the first day in three as investors cash profits their thing has slipped under twenty three thousand but petro china is up point six percent benchmark crude futures rise past ninety dollars a barrel overnight lifted energy stocks trans nikkei is closed on thursday for a public holiday. here in moscow both the r.t.s. and my six have reversed after early warning gains in economic news russia'

this out and gloves face proud to believe big city of sochi at the heart of the russian riviera. construction on the olympic stadium is already underway and the forty seven thousand seat value will be complete in just a few years in time for the twenty fourteen winter olympics the majestic greebo ball that runs through the heart of our cluster because i know he's building a brand new stat here for the twenty thirteen university games sitting forty five thousand fans the venue will be completed within three years in fact nine of the proposed stadia are already under construction near completion or under renovation . send it is burke is the capital of our northern cluster sense it is there it is the valley so the north the cultural capital of russia and the home of some of the most spectacular sights in the world. that brand new seventy thousand seat stadium is being. village in victory and will be completed next year. yes into the world cup in russia has never been easier over one hundred sixty international destinations have direct flights tell the host city so far as will have n

executive committee just as russia's olympic bid team did in guatemala to win the winter games for sochi. russia ski r.t. reporting from moscow. and of course we're across that story for you on line let's have a look at what else is just a click away r.t. dot com russian history for sale thousands of letters photos postcards and drawings of the lost exhausted family appearing under the auctioneers that. meet one girl who don't want to mess with the teen sumo wrestler proving she's tough enough to beat the boys. for the f.b.i. it seems like an early christmas present in the capture of a terror suspect who it claims was plotting to set off a bomb during a ceremony to switch on festive lights former agents aren't so sure and say the nineteen year old somali american who was led into the plot by officers he's in a situation explains. this winter season the f.b.i. celebrates the reason the arrest of a potential terrorist but a little something is wrong with this picture over the eighteen months they cultivated him the alleged plot or as a teenager a bomb he planted a fake and the f.b.i. alleg

executive committee just as russia's olympic bid team didn't want tamala to win the winter games for sochi. russia ski r.t. reporting from moscow. and of course over across that story for you online that let's have a count what else we're bringing you at r.t. dot com today russia's foreign legion on the rules are changing downing immigrants to sign up to seven but a tree for the first time. i meet one girl you don't want to mess with a team that sumo wrestler proving she's tough enough to beat the boys. for the f.b.i. seemed like an early christmas present capture of the terrorist suspect who it claims was plotting to set off a bomb during a ceremony to switch on festive lights former agents aren't so sure and say the nineteen year old somali american was let into the plot by officers he's an associate explains. this winter season the f.b.i. celebrates the reason the arrest of a potential terrorist but a little something is wrong with this picture over the eighteen months they cultivated him the alleged plot or as a teenager the bomb he planted a fake and the f.b.i. allegedly manipulated h

executive committee just as russia's olympic bid team did in guatemala to win the winter games for sochi. russia ascii r.t. reporting from moscow. and of course i were across that store a few online that's how the white house for bringing you at r.t. dot com russian history for sale thousands of letters photos postcards and drawings of the lost designer's family and the auction is hammer. meet one girl you don't want to mess with the teen a sumo wrestler proving she's tough enough to beat the boys. another year of their own country might need a financial bailout soon italy which is the third largest economy that uses the euro currency and started plunging in the same direction as greece and ireland it comes as fresh protests sweeping across europe with people angry at facing tough cuts to pay for it all with talk more on this with the european parliament member nigel farage who's the leader of the u.k. independence party thank you very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. now on the bailout the candidate list seems to be lengthening doesn't it as well as portugal and spain italy seems

bidding committee says even if it loses the right to host the cup it has won in other ways to look at sochi and every promise that we have. to the. full. felde right now as we speak. we do have a lot of things to built but it's it's no secret and we have already started that even regardless of the first choice out of sixteen stadiums will be built regardless of the outcome of the december second footballers playing both in russia and abroad are relishing the prospect of playing on world class pitches but they say russia needs the world cup to both revive its one strong football traditions and to open the country to the rest of the footballing world. but i won't be playing at that cup anyway but i think it will be the biggest victory for my country if it gets this world cup it's a world game brings brings people together you know it's it's a great tournament so huge form in europe even south africa was a great success you know into something like that is a huge thing and i'm sure the people are actually broken. experts say thursday's voting in zurich will be completely unpredictable the brit

executive committee just as russia's olympic bid team did in guatemala to win the winter games for sochi. russia. reporting from moscow. well artist tests are silly as in zurich where like the world cup voting will take place on thursday sales more on russia's chances to win and the scandals behind the. let's have a look at the a bit currently in the ready for the hosting rights and it's and today i have to present or add to a forward to have a bit more insight about that this how does russia fare compared with the other competitors and i think russia's bid is very strong simply because it is so different from its rivals its main rivals which are england and the joint bid from spain and portugal and russia has never hosted a world cup before england had it albeit back in one thousand nine hundred sixty six and spain had it in nine hundred eighty two and feature is very conscious that it should be giving the world cup to new parts of the world on top of that faith is very interested in the development of a legacy in the country so for example if russia was awarded this world cup it would

for executive committee just as russia's limp beat team did in guatemala to win the winter games for sochi. russia. reporting from moscow well as we've heard there's still a lot of work to be done in russia but officials behind the russian bed are not looking at this as a disadvantage in fact they see this as an advantage a potential for growth and development. as well as a legacy what they feed the legacy behind could be a massive now joining me to talk a little bit more about this is our. andrew farmer adjure russia's pulling out the big guns that was the latest from the camp site the big guns but the big news at the moment is that prime minister putin will not be coming to europe he says he does not want to put pressure on the feet the executive committee which will vote tomorrow not a logic behind it is that mr putin was largely credited with bringing the winter olympics in sochi twenty fourteen to russia heated up in guatemala. see who then gave the vote to russia but this time around he says he wants russia to win the debate on its own merits and therefore he does not want to be seen

another logic behind it is that mr putin was largely credited with bringing the winter olympics in sochi twenty fourteen to russia heated up in guatemala. to russia but this time around he says he wants russia to win the debate on its own merits and therefore he does not want to be saying to be putting more leaning on the decision makers but we hear the vice prime minister. the big presentation also coming later today is the russia captain. as well as the chelsea iron man up or i'm over church ok a lot of big names there but russia is not the only one doing is that right. the spanish presence up there will be here the british prime minister david cameron has a right he came yesterday along with prince william david beckham is also here for them he spoke to the media yesterday speaking to the media today and he reiterated the fact he felt that the negative publicity that's been in the british press concerning allegations of corruption involving faith will not affect the british but he feels or least trust the fever executive committee will make their decision based on what is good for foo

must do it properly of course we'll have the experience of the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi but it's still a very big challenge it's a lot of responsibility for our national team to live in i'm sure all the players will put in their will to achieve the best results this is really wonderful news i congratulate everyone and now we'll support our team to get ready for the world cup you mean you're the girl notion studios in this they have no idea. but as for prime minister vladimir putin he decided to stay in moscow for the vote but is now flown into europe to address the media here we do not surely about why he was in moscow he thought that russia won this contest because it takes all the right boxes as far as faith was can say. that your public a very i want to thank the few for executives committee for his decision for trusting us to host the twenty thousand world cup this decision is in tune with people's philosophy to promote football globally especially in regions where it's needed the most with my feet and russia's victory was based on the fact that russia is truly worth

and as well as in sochi because she hosting the olympics in a couple of years' time no also going to be getting ready for the third he will cope a few years later on the not so the v. a new stadium built there as well but really the work just starting as far as planning and as far as building goes to make sure that russia is ready to host the storm and in eight years time. all right peter oliver live from moscow thank you very much for that. well of course a big day for russia winning the world cup bid for twenty eighteen now as russia of course waited for this announcement we heard from we heard from the head of from the russia team we'll have that interview for you later today we're going to take a short break here in our to stay with us. thank you. thank. you. thank you thank . you thank you thank you. thank you thank you thank you. thank you thank you thank you you. thank . thank you these changes. there were fifty five thousand italy's top. ten seconds left to try and russia this week. he was featured so should discuss these since he was the youngest person to still be certainly

europe's tier two nations including home and away matches with georgia with a home game being played in sochi. russia are going to have their work in a tough group which also contains australia ireland italy in the us. their own money to make it free to been excluded strange the most important thing is a bit of qualified and this experience going up against the world's best will be very beneficial for the future development of rugby in the country which a bumpy three dartrey. over the eyes now a metal my mr gorst have gone top of the kontinental hockey league in the last three matches which took place on thursday that's just losing to the c.b.s. shootout magnetic force side are one point clear of the racing dinallo in the other games sell about july have a sort of rock bottom let's look now because that's away by a single goal and a lot also made it a penalty shoot out your best effort to one when that. one finally to one of the world's most extreme sports base jumping where russian the larry rolls off has become the first ever person to perform a jump from the antarctic of a turn or base or

tier two nations including home and away matches with georgia with their home game being played in sochi. russia are going to have their work cut out in a tough group which also contains australia ireland italy and the usa although they are unlikely to make it through to be mixed group stage the most important thing is a bit of qualified and this experience going up against the world's best will be very beneficial for the future development of rugby in the country which are bumpily darty. and finally to one of the world's most extreme sports base jumping where russian valeri rolls off has made a bit of history in the antarctic he's the first person to leap from mind over tana along with climbing colleague alexander route kin and photographer thomas then they prepared for two weeks at the foot of the mountain before climbing it temperatures fell to minus thirty degrees celsius that was the easy part of the mission the real challenge lay in his descent now wearing his wing suit rolls of took a death defying jump of the three thousand meter paid the lighting for around forty five seconds be

for the olympic games in sochi. russia has a large scale it very very complicated work sometimes it's even technical and technological. because there is a man. that requires more than eight hundred bridges and very tunnels there railroad office that will run up to mansions and new highways. supply fly sewage. a large amount of objects and infrastructure but he. would have been implemented the work has been started for and i believe. present russian for a civil justice careful with the way we are the world cup he would let me repeat and then you can do to the fact that that will be landing holding a number of large competitions let me repeat that. the university games in cousin the olympic games and. their world cup the football cup the these enable us to make. part of the. competitions. basically it makes her task here but when your stand that the trolling up savation will be very hard and very straight but we will do our best. do you think you released yesterday by showing solidarity with her members helped you to

europe's tier two nations including home and away matches with georgia with a home game being played in sochi. russia are going to have to work hard times in a tough group which also contains australia ireland italy in the usa overt very unlikely to make it for each of an excuse to change the most important thing is a very qualified and his experience going up against the world's best will be very beneficial for the future development of rugby in the country richard bumpily totty . looking forward to it already now when with american football because the n.f.l. playoffs and all far away even though every way brings new hair right after thirteen of them there are two plays that probably stand that histamine trails in public spending why tom brady and michael vick the top contenders the end the pay award more often than not throughout the n.f.l. history the most valuable player award has gone to quarterbacks and it's only right the q.b. is the most important position on the field he controls the afghans and you can say team is only as good as their quarterback peyton manning has been the poster

it looks like we didn't learn any lessons from vancouver this might have a very negative effect in sochi twenty fourteen many still think the team just had a bad day and lost accidentally but the fact is we kept failing throughout the season later on we lost the world championship final to the czech republic which was represented by a very weak team then in my opinion it's difficult maybe even impossible to combine the two roles being in charge of a club and an olympic team at the same time although that's exactly what the russian national team coaches do the olympic tournament cannot be considered just as a break from doing the main job at a club that's why we got what we got in vancouver. for instance when mike here was the continental hockey league control level with the n.h.l. in about five years in terms of following the right policy and proper development and this will allow the two leagues to forge good connections and maybe even exchange players anyway ok he is growing year by year plans are always curious about interleague clashes i think they can be quite useful for some of the