activity in this city was enabled by the moscow canal which linked the capital's river with the mighty volga with the help of the longest river in europe captains and barking from moscow can take their vessels to any of five possible outlets the white and baltic seas to the north as well as to the as a black and caspian seas to the south. but if one staying within the capital itself there's no more enjoyable way to take in the sights than from aboard one of the many ships cruising the river way and the pilgrim boat with a retractable glass roof is the latest addition to the capital's pleasure fleet. but these shores talking boats are far from a new idea well they were initially envisioned as just another form of public transport in the early one nine hundred seventy s. the must evolve was launched as a true pleasure boat for both measured and and visitors alike. but as the times have changed so too have moscow's ships these new pilgrim models were developed on the basis of the old must. with room on board for up to one hundred twenty passengers the ship can easily function as a ferry or even

globe but what have the authority made of it all while his international olympic committee presidencia volga i'm very happy and grateful my with very happy with the gave so very grateful to said to paul to the entire team. on the sixth of july two thousand and five in singapore. from his at least caves that's exactly what we thought a splendid footage trace of the venue's forty fourth world record seventeen olympic records. i will see history being written by many many athletes i think of the trouble in both of course fighting the fight or for. passing by that is that it is. three stories six medals peninsula and five medals it's only five consecutive medals marie winning his first major title and i could go on for the rest of the david american finishes into a full hour for my speech. so i walk in russia from the london games ahead of the winter olympics in sochi in tng is time on the pulse of the main sponsor of the countries and impacts kate's kids his thoughts on the matter. think that this experience of the olympic games should be used to head of the store chill and a lot of good points

put the tide to bed once for all six to the final score coupon climb into the top half of the table volga continue to look like prime relegation material. attention turns to the european game and choose to. overcome a two no deficit against a guard in the europa league qualification play off thoroughly i played in the first leg down protest fuz charges know they have a mountain to climb for the russian premier league's bottom team or wherever it gave themselves a timely boost on saturday winning three two at city rivals local t.v. the game ending their five march losing start professor who is well aware they need another high scoring performance if they are to reach the group stage of european football secondary competition we need. the. plea for. the game against the quality of course is totally different much you know because in europe and lucifer is going to zero. and we cannot afford to lose two worlds make against. him what you've very easy to stumble but we will try to. pull this is what you're staying with for probably look at moderates has signed a five year deal with spanish cham

sometimes they can be a destination in and of themselves and right now on the banks of the volga river there's one project that sets out to make life a little more and maybe if i. live near russia's main waterways current is as much of a part of life as laying down to sleep at night so should come as no surprise that people are. to. the north of moscow a group of coworkers and friends about trying to get the most out of their proximity to european russia's made riverway started out as just a fun idea two years ago is now sprouting into an actual business with orders reportedly already on the books with that in mind i hit the road to check out their first model. so dimitri what is this and this is a houseboat. which means a rainbow trout. there were quite a few different design ideas which if you today is the one we consider to be the best. however it is entirely possible that the future. of course. out there. to improve on the tried and. true idea it took about a year. before they decided. according to the designers. but they can't take all the credit themselves. on the. naval architec

tide of bed once and for all six to the final score keeper and climb into the top half of the table volga continue to look like prime relegation material. attention turns to be european game and choose the. overcomer to no deficit against a guard in the europa league qualification play off thoroughly played in the first leg up pressed charges know they have a mountain to climb the russian premier league's bottom team or ever give themselves a timely boost on sunday winning three two at city rivals locomotive the game ending their five march losing start domestically on press who is well aware they need another high scoring performance if they are to reach the group stages of european football's secondary competition we need. the. plea for. begin with. of course is totally different much nobody was in europe in lieu of the food is given to you. and we cannot afford to lose to make against. them what you've very easy to stumble but we will do very. well bill this is wish you well start mileage are bruno loved his side will be striving to hold off hold on to their two goal advantage much lik

seoul russian premier league clash six to school i'm in favor of as the president our side condemned volga to their fifth consecutive defeat the game marking your across the jan second match in charge and the russian beating manager so his side bounce back after last weekend's two one loss adeline year. three new up before the end of the first half he would have a ball day with the last of which a minute from the break marcos would continue the route not you second of the clash moments into the second period that seemed to evolve garage with the new get out the net in their first fifty three minutes in from the penalty spot sharmell daughter of the cool customer they would add another later on but two further strikes from the home side including a second to put the result beyond doubt six the final score keeper and i went to the top of the table. difficult season. staying with football look a moderate chance signed a five year deal with spanish champions real madrid the midfielder completing his transfer from tottenham for a fee of forty seven and a half million dollars the crozier playmak

was where locke marty struck twice in the second half to see a two no victory at struggling volga philippe chi sado netted in the sixty fifth minute from a corner of the ecuadorians third goal of the campaign and nice to show off opened his tally for this season as he added a late second last go to score line and go thirty two points are tack. while in england samir nasri grabbed a late winner as defending champions manchester city came back from two goals down to be promoted southampton three to in australia in their opening game as the new premier league campaign with seventeen minutes gone hostile theirs was up ended in the penalty area but goalkeeper kelvin davis say that he still has tevez fit then five minutes before the interval test finally put sci fi in front however only out of st substitute rickie lambert can. also dead at the levels and stephen davis quickly does the same to make it to one of the visitors sub and inject here then snatch a goal back to the champions nasser grab the win that ten minutes from time what we're going to slather than a bitch strike and frank lampard p

would put the result beyond doubt six to the final school i'm applying to the top half of the table volga meanwhile except for a difficult season. now staying with football in lucca moderate signed a five year deal with spanish champions real madrid the midfielder completing his transfer from tottenham for a fee of forty seven and a half million dollars the croatia playmaker saying and i quote it is happy and proud to join the league of giants who have claimed just a single point from the opening two games this season twenty six year old moderate to ride to spurs in two thousand and eight from dinamo zagreb making over one hundred fifty appearances for the north london side scoring a seventeen goals tottenham also announcing on the day that they are entering into a working partnership with ray i'll. now engulfed the biannual ryder cup is looming large next month europe captain jose maria olazabal naming his wild card picks for the transatlantic clash nicholas called certain ian poulter impressing enough to be selected meaning big names such as two time british open winner patrick harringt

sometimes they can be a destination in and of themselves and right now on the banks of the volga river there's one project that sets out to make life a little more and maybe its. main waterways current is as much of a part of life. so should come as no surprise that people are attempting to get to . the north of a group of coworkers and friends about trying to get the most out of their proximity. to fun idea two years ago is now sprouting into an actual business. poorly already on the books in mind i hit the road to check out their first model. so dimitri what is this this is a houseboat. which means. there were quite a few different design ideas. to day is the one we consider to be the best. however it is entirely possible. future. of course. their. true idea it took about a year and a half. before they decided on the one that they felt gave them the best performance according to the designers their plan has several distinct advantages over other such. main fruits of their labors all interlock but they can't take all the credit themselves they ended up leaning on the special naval arc

meanwhile the last fixture of game week three is underway right now volga hosting rubin with both sides knowing a win would move them into the top five and after the first half halftime was one nil to the hosts thanks to a strike from alexander cut a total. that is all from the world of sport for now but i'll be back with plenty more in just under two hours time to join it.

on monday were being scored to a second half goals as they came from behind to beat the volga a two one victory helped carbone birdie halves side to leapfrog lokomotiv up to fifth place. but that is all from the world of sport for now but i'll have plenty more for you including an update on the latest at the olympics in just under two hours time the world weather is next here on r.t. followed by the headlines with. lines in russia would be soon which brightened if you knew about sound from phones to impressions. please for instance on t.v. dot com. nuclear file pulls side. radioactive fallout all government betrayal of the government of law and laud and laud and claude how can the truth be revealed if there's no official evidence there was indeed a very great danger to the service make a search who will given no problem protection and to the people of this country generally because all right you like the full. the secrets of the u.k.'s nuclear tests exposed. wealthy british scientists on. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons are fo

the line yet after long have sent up to seven minutes from time walter reich are currently hosting volga in the late game which one overhead. how funny to ice hockey where the russian on the twenty's thrashed canada six three and jaroslav all to tie their exhibition series and one or after losing the opening day three to the home side we're back with a vengeance after the sold out everywhere two thousand and local board curial cup which then sent the fans into a frenzy i scored three times we rushed to a sweet six three when the tournament next moved to how i fax in canada for the final two matches and the walls talked to use dave's applying to each other to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the summit series between the u.s.s.r. canada russia are led to point foster rising young forward. and to the n.h.l. top draft pick says he's happy to be captain. of a few only pressure though it just sits where people sit for me being captain it was my dream and just spoiled me to win every game and. just. play hard work hard. and that's all from this was desk bike and. world. markets technolo

while we wrap up this week's pictures is monday night as twelve players c'mon host second bottom volga the game is uniqueness john's the second in charge of the hosts after losing to want isolani a twelve although who lost the last four games could go a level of points with divine it's a win. now into tennis olympic champion andy murray will kickstart his quest for his maiden grand slam title against russia's welcome all of as the u.s. open gets under way this monday the british third seed could be in line to play top ranked roger federer in the semifinals the third. big meeting in two months mari lost of a swiss in the wimbledon final only to have betters that defeat at the same venue in the gold medal match at the london olympics however the scorching since been out of sorts and admits he needs to find his form and fast. out of the what they have done this comes more confidence probably. but it is a measure that afterwards you know works hard but that's the most important. work you do all the right things and. you're going to get results. most important you know because he worked har

seven or eight years ago next to the renovated orthodox cathedral within the kremlin overlooking the volga river. this was interesting to us because in soviet times there were 15 union republics, 18 autonomous republics all with a roughly ethnic base, and the joke was they were never autonomous, nor republics. and that when the soviet union collapsed, it was a question what would happen to the other ethnic places. in the case of chechnya, as you all know, civil war broke out ending in the flight of russian authority, and it's still a scene of violence today. ca zahn was different. the capital had an interesting president. his name was shamiyev. and he had been an orthodox communist, and he had been the regional boss of tartarstan. be but when he saw what was happening, he decided to try something interesting. and that is that he wanted to make a deal with yeltsin, then the president of russia, that would give substantial awe on a, particularly cultural autonomy, to tartarstan. and what he did was he stretched the word "sovereignty." he sponsored a member side in which the peoples of tartar