this is no ordinary tramp it's a rest site on the streets of st petersburg historians with a cunning never remembers what it was like writing these trams nearly seventy years ago in one hundred forty one german troops encircled the city then cold leningrad to isolated from the rest of the country the siege lasted for nine hundred days. leningrad was the country's second most important city off to moscow at the time. nazi leader outof it look for details troops to capture the soviet union's european territories by november nine hundred forty one leningrad was a priority objective in that plan a. million strong german army hundreds of tanks and thousands of back office were massed against the city. at the same time finish troops advanced from the notice the nazi advance was halted in september nineteenth. then enemy troops and already encircle many. a massive bombing campaign was unleashed on leningrad in the autumn of nine hundred forty one. the diet where houses were one of the first time. the gates of the german asteroids. they housed most of the city's food supplies. all of the war

st petersburg. stay with us as we continue or during the week's news here on our t.v. i'll be back in a few moments with the headlines. so . this history still keeps its secrets but now it's time to reveal the city of the soviet files you can see in case every. city every month we give you the future the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for technology update on our jeep. with. this data data generated from an electrical grid. and you can do to do it in california. hundreds of energy sources for simplicity. let's go to support a planet. or viewing the week's news from here on our t.v. thanks for being with us ten thirty pm in moscow these are your headlines russia's republic of north of the seventeen victims of thursday's terror attack that hit its capital's busy market. as the u.s. marks nine years since the deadliest terror attack the world has ever seen we'll look at how the ground zero tragedy has led to zero tolerance towards islam by some people in the u.s. . and the pilots who became here. courage under pressure as t

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and some near st. petersburg, where i live use that and i will say that now. >> we have until 3:30, and i want to be sure we have time for questions. and before i hand this to maggie, i want to make my own observations and like jack, i work for the city. and for san francisco, there are two things that i am thinking about differently, one is outreach, and be sure that we look at the true nature of san francisco and the languages, and the preparing of outreach materials. and the second one is education, and that's a two way thing and i started to write down the community and policy makers. and often in san francisco the community is the policy maker and the planners are the community. that gives us a new way to look at two different things, maggie. >> i would like to encourage as many of you as possible, and if you can't go, tell your colleagues, and other members, if you are a member of an advocacy group, to go to this workshop, it's a big investment of time, three days, but what we were talking about

petersburg and ukraine's kiev both leaders seemed to enjoy their experience so perhaps we'll be seeing them revving up retro style more often. and that brings you up to date for this hour coming up next artie's martin and his team sample some of moscow's best cuisine from the far east japanese and vietnamese food you can find it all right here in the russian capital. past fifteen years has seen an explosion of japanese thai and vietnamese restaurants in moscow muscovites for example atsushi crazy so joe we must as we delve into the subject of missing cuisine the theme for this week's moscow out. asian food many russians love it plus some still haven't even tried it but here the ever changing culture muscovites means more diversity when it comes to eating. starting in style yes can you believe it so when i even haven't visited the russian capital yes the world famous restaurant and social elite. ninety ninety three hollywood actor robert de niro invited japanese chef neighbor might so he's a sensible restaurant and tried back in new york paris into the noble partnership to critical accl

. >> in this shipyard in st. petersburg, they are preparing for the big push towards the north pole. they are building floating nuclear power stations, due to be deployed in the arctic to provide electricity and heating. >> [speaking foreign language] >> it has great potential, making it possible to extract oil and gas. we need to ensure a reliable energy supply there. >> with all this hard work, russia's goal seems clear, to control the bulk of the resources in the arctic. >> canada wants to assert its control on the potentially lucrative shipping route. >> welcome to the hudson bay explorer, a tugboat heading north toward the arctic circle. we are about 15 miles off the western shore of canada's bay. it is an area that's very inaccessible. there are no roads, but there are people who live along that shore. take a look behind us. we are pulling an enormous barge that carries cars and construction materials. for those communities, this is the only way of getting the materials to them. this is a vital supply line.

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with cars made when the two countries were both part of the soviet union in a race connects russia's st petersburg and ukraine's kiev both leaders seemed to enjoy their experience so perhaps we'll be seeing them revving up retro style a little bit more often now. coming up next artie's martin andrews and his team sample some of moscow's best cuisine from the far east japanese and vietnamese food well you can find it all here in the russian capital. of japanese thai. cuisine the theme for this week's. asian food. some still haven't even tried it but here the ever changing culture muscovites means more diversity when it comes to eating. starting in. three hollywood actor robert deniro invited japanese chef neighbor matthew he's a sensible restaurant and tried back. into the ship to critical acclaim today from las vegas to london and dubai nobu has dozens of locations around the world truly is as famous as the brand itself from his signature dish which is black . to sushi tasting many millions of people around the world have enjoyed no dismounts. dishes sitting down and presented with the

petersburg. the method of creating the beverage hasn't changed much over the centuries but indeed to put. and the machines they use out of. one bottle costs around thirty five roubles that's just over one dollar not bad. unfortunately the factory here is close to the public but don't think that you're completely missing out. how this looks when you get its traditional resetting and consume stuff you can try several times. to you know tasting room we have various media who play this was presented each taste with different variants in spices and also a traditional pure kind guests get ten cups and they should start from the alpha left one moving from left to rise group by relentless writing to feel each label properly traditional russian snatch should be eaten between the cups such as south apples and breeze and sauerkraut. about how you see. or you must try many who quit while you're here and i've never tried it before i hear the devastation hole of the fire for you can sample various flavors as h

become a participant of the world festival of russian language and will an exciting trip to st petersburg in russia. for more information visit the festival website. every month we give you the future of the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world to join us for technology update on our. data data generated from an electrical grid. and you can do to do it in california . resources for simplicity. let's go to sort of. ten thirty pm here in moscow thanks for staying with us here on our t.v.'s are your headlines new details emerge after russian pilots managed to crash land a crippled passenger jet in the republic of coney on tuesday all eighty one people aboard the one five four had a miraculous escape what overshot a remote airstrip and came to rest in the middle of a forest. the u.s. army slams a former sergeant for planting grenades in the cars of iraq he said checkpoints just for fun he filmed himself and the reaction of drivers and posted it all on you tube. and the u.k. has announced it will carry out an independent review of its extradition laws just . b

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singer sting could run into some trouble with the police here in russia during his tour in moscow and st petersburg communist group called for his arrest the demand was provoked by the rock was recent suggestion to legalize marijuana the communist describe it as a leading proponent of drug use or should be an example for the younger. regardless of these troubles though at least sting now knows the russians love their children to. say. this is. our analysis check in with the latest business news with you. hello and a very warm welcome to the business news another republican former yugoslavia has agreed to join the south stream project prime minister of the republic of sarah miron had thought it was in moscow in one state to sign a cooperation agreement on the south stream gas pipeline precious energy minister said court said it was in the interest of europe to create favorable conditions to implement south stream don't add it that there were no real eternity after the project. if we're being told that the project is too expensive and this is not needed in europe i'd like to draw attention

petersburg a communist group called for his arrest their demand was provoked by the rocker's recent suggestion to legalize marijuana becoming describe the singer as a leading proponent of drug use should be an example for the younger generation regardless of these troubles though at least sting now knows the russians love their children to. see him. well that's where the news folks this hour from r.t. and ten minutes from now we'll hear from a harvard university professor an expert on russia and prospects for the start treaty but before that let's get the latest business news with you here. hello and a very warm welcome to the business news business leaders from around the world are arriving in sort of the twenty four thousand olympics r.t.s. nicholas bull is that is there. the newly refurbished sochi airport is open it's the first of the olympic projects to become operational at a cost of just two hundred million dollars it represents just a fraction of the board of work going on for the olympics the company behind the development is basal aero. pass because basic element group whi

be participant of the world festival of russian language and really exciting trip to st petersburg in russia. for more information visit the festival website. ten thirty pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r t easier headlines thousands of europeans gather in brussels to demonstrate against government austerity measures that slashing jobs and spain's been paralyzed by a general strike at least twelve other eurozone countries have been gripped by protests and clashes with police. moscow's deposed mayor says he won't appeal in his court in court against his forced resignation he says he'll be staying in politics despite falling out of favor with the russian president. plus kyrgyzstan gears up for parliamentary elections amid simmering fears of more violence in a country yet to fully recover from deadly ethnic clashes this summer former prime minister felix kulov is among the favorites to lead the nation. the nato summit in lisbon in november will focus on the alliances course for the twenty first century from afghanistan and missile defense to improving relations with russia a

st petersburg. the business news with yulia is up next. that's right time to delve into the world of business texas pacific group is in talks to buy ten percent of b two b. russia second largest bank the russian government owns eighty five point five percent of b two b. and has officially said it would consider selling ten percent of the bank this year and another twenty five in twenty eleven twenty thirteen it could take a few weeks and the g one of the world's biggest private equity firms with forty seven billion dollars under management might not be the only shooter. but it's been two decades since russia switched to a market economy business r.t. has been speaking to the man who helped his country through similar changes poland's former finance minister head of the national bank and now professor lester but several of which he supports the russian government's a.g.a of privatizing large state owned companies as being essential for developing a morton economy. even in the worst economy. were there was on the twenty percent of the state

check this amazing footage out capturing a st petersburg pedestrian narrow there it is narrow getting avoiding getting crushed to death thanks to the quick thinking and even faster feet. and find out why moscow's gay community has been allowed to hold protests on the city's streets for the first time in the group's history. and if you feel like exploring the russian countryside check out the eco friendly hotel farms set up by a friend all this and more one click away. stephanie monday joins us after a short break hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. hello and welcome to the business bulletin investors are once again focusing on the poor state of european banks the government of violent has announced it will be taking a majority stake in the country's second largest bank as part of a fresh spate out it's also revealed the price tag for bailing out all of its banks will be more than fifty billion dollars this will raise it stephanie. it to thirty two percent of g.d.p. in two thousand and ten meanwhile moody's has th

he could no longer hide not long after his escape from the psychiatric facility in st petersburg. six has emerged in norway where he handed himself paper to authorities asking them to grant him political asylum and that i think you've been. fighting with them there were a. day as well as highs of the last this party this loving this grabbing the attention. wearing a t. shirt with a swastika and carrying a loaded gun he turns himself and he makes a right equinox calling for the ugly to die and praising his slavic god for a party members have openly supported his as. he called me several hours before that video was made and said he was going to turn himself in i replied that it was up to him he thanked me for supporting him murder threats assault and robbery and an alleged psychotic breakdown placed in high security psychiatric can but after he transferred to a low security facility he made light work of escaping whipping up a wire fence of his hands he simply walked away the doctors a dissing him too intimidated to intervene serious questions have been raised as to how exactly a ps

biggest of the foreign investors know little about russia's regions usually it's limited to moscow and st petersburg while the rest is just huge clusters like the far east europe also siberia but less investors learn more and get their hands on experience we can't be sitting still we should hold roadshows advertise ourselves that's the global practice forums like this to help everywhere to attract investment the amount of investment in the region after the forum is estimated at between two and a half and three point two billion dollars which is a key sum of russia. leading banks outlining their investment plans that the. plans to spend one point two billion dollars on olympic infrastructure speaking about the rebels their banks president karen kraft said despite the recent wakin in the russian chorus it is still quite stable to. the current situation on the foreign exchange market i.e. the ruble dollar and the ruble euro relations is stable enough and i'd say the fluctuation that we're seeing now is quite logical and is mainly tied to the actions of the market players and traders but i ca

mazing footage captures the st petersburg pedestrian narrowly avoiding getting crushed to death thanks to quick thinking and even quicker feet. find out why moscow's gay community has been allowed to hold protests on the city's streets for the first time in its history. plus if you feel like exploring the russian countryside check out the eco friendly hotel farms set up by a ex-pat all this and more. stephanie money's up next with your business update stay with us here on r.t. . hello and welcome to the business bulletin investors are once again focusing on the poor state of european banks the government of violent has announced it will be taking a majority stake in the country's second largest bank as part of a fresh bailout it's also revealed the price tag for bailing out all of its banks will be more than fifty billion dollars this will raise its deficit to thirty two percent of g.d.p. in two thousand and ten meanwhile moody's has no it's spain's top credit rating up by one notch this puts additional pressure on the country's government as it prepares to pass the most austere budget

become a participant of the world festival of russian language and will an exciting trip to st petersburg in russia. for more information visit the festival website. would be soon which brightened if you knew about someone from funniest impressions . he's fluent stunts on t.v. dot com. now while boom welcome back to sell the flow of russian oil to china will triple by next year the target for the need is of both countries as they met to officially open comment on the men's incident. as jewish activists say a public aid to gaza with a humanitarian mission r.t. talks to members of the aid to tell it but by israeli forces came back. on the side of pilots of rupture attempt to get official setting up the political parties who have paid for the legalisation of free fall sorry. for those with a headline specs were off to have some fun in the city of rostov on bone in southern russia talking. as one of russia's most important southern cities an industrial and cultural center with more than one point three million people this is a twenty first century town that's proud of its history where you ca

singer's staying could run into some trouble with the police in russia during his tour in moscow and st petersburg communist group call for his a roust their demand was provoked by the rockers recent suggestion to legalize marijuana communist scribe the singer as a leading proponent of drug use through should be an example for the younger generation but regardless of these troubles at least sting now knows for sure the russians love their children to. see him. and that's what the news looks this hour from our today in a little while we talk to a harvard professor and russian expert timothy called him about dilemmas facing the country that rose from the past and percept perspectives rather of resetting relations with the us. a little bit with. timothy colton professor and chairman of the department of government at harvard university and an expert on russia questions today thank you very much for joining us mr cole you're a regular participant of the volga discussions club this year is topic is russia's history and future development why do you think russia is so interested in history to

petersburg events that has emerged in norway where his article thirty. political. wearing a t. shirt with a swastika and carrying a loaded gun he turned himself in that is now under arrest. this is a breach of the weapon we have found a weapon and confiscated other interesting items which gives this case a priority the investigation is now under way he used to be best known for his aggressive fighting style within the ring now it's his imprisonment escape and his ties with the band nationalists fashion party the slavic union that's grabbing the attention. he called me several hours before that video was made and said he was going to turn himself in i replied that it was up to him he thanked me for supporting him murder threats assault and robbery and an alleged psychotic breakdown placed in high security psychiatric can but after transfer to a low security facility he made light work of escaping whipping up a wire fence of his hands he simply walked away the doctors a disinherit too intimidated to intervene it's raising serious questions as to how exactl

the good the participant of the world festival of russian language and little exciting trip to st petersburg in russia. for more information visit the festival website. a warm welcome back it's home now i have a myspace is the flow of oil to china will triple by next year the target for the leaders of both countries as they met to officially open call in the men to stand. as jewish activists assailed for what they did goals of with a humanitarian mission all team talks to members of the a brutally attacked by israeli forces back in may. on the soul of a pirates of attempt to go officials setting up a new school policy to campaign for the legalisation of for you false sharing. next we talked to american author and public speaker john nesbitt a political observer doris naismith's about the modernization of china having published many books about the country they explain how china has managed to reinvent itself in such a short time. thank you very much to you both for joining us now i'll start with you.

now in other news the building of an intercity highway between moscow and st petersburg raises significant social response to summer initially it was planned the road cut through a forest those realisation was postponed by present to me of. a covert discuss the project for the vice president of vinci group is develop. we have worked in close cooperation with the government and the russian authorities and we appreciate determination pragmatism efficiency of their governments because it is a first in concession so i can say we have your opinion on international standard technique on viral and of course what i see is always a crying cease and we do know who are without these european standards and into these projects the brightest and lastly i say joey quest. written on authorities that we have participate in a process of a supplementary dialogue concept when all is a stake order and we consider it's a moment because in a big project the concept ations the explanation information into transparency it's a no model for us and no we are waiting for the issues and also are trying to free russia's

become the participant of the world festival of russian language and really exciting trip to st petersburg in russia. for more information visit the festival website. nine thirty pm in moscow these are your headlines thousands of europeans gather in brussels to demonstrate against government austerity measures that slashing jobs and pensions spain's been paralyzed by a general strike and at least twelve other eurozone countries have been gripped by protests and clashes with police. moscow's deposed mayor says he won't appeal in court against those forced resignation says will be staying in politics despite falling out of favor with the russian president. is up for parliamentary elections amid simmering fears of more violence in a country yet to fully recover from deadly ethnic clashes this summer former prime minister felix who is among the favorites to lead the nation. to the munich pact of nine hundred thirty eight was meant to bring about peace in our time but instead it turned into the final piece of the european appeasement for the war hungry third reich we look back at that event and

petersburg who started the day more than two minutes ahead of the lucky tonight now said the. russian bars gathers she was. defending champion color sun struggled with a damaged bonnet and had to settle for a come out team dominated the trucks classed with their driver securing the top place. so we'll keep you updated on how they get on the back with more sports into us. russia's southern republic of north mourns the seventeen victims of thursday's marketplace called woman meets those who survived the attack and lost their loved ones and the father. on the other bursary of nine eleven as americans clashed over plans to build a mosque near ground zero first aid has worked at the site one years ago the government has abandoned the city trace amounts in medical bills coming through their health. how to build a working democracy and make the world a safer place international power brokers try to find the answers at the. russian city no small. also playing with knives video of a u.s. soldier counting grenades and consequent rocky's is causing outrage and claims that some result of

petersburg a communist group called for his arrest their demand was provoked by the rocker's recent suggestion to legalize marijuana the communists described the singer as a leading proponent of drug use who should be an example for the younger generation regardless of these troubles though at least staying now knows the russians love their children too. and that wraps up our main news block here at r t let's not check in tonight with the business news joins us. for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. would be so much brighter if you move the sun from funds to impression it's. startup team dot com. how it's time to have a look at the world of business business leaders from around the world to driving in such a capital off the twenty fourteen olympics r.t.s. nicholas pool reports from the city is new in the open to air force. the newly refurbished sochi airport is open it's the first to be a limp it projects to become operational at a cost of just two hundred million dollars it represents just a fraction of the ward

let's kick off with the russian football premier league whereas you need st petersburg fails to risk their six point advantage at the summits however his men have managed to keep their unbeaten run in after a goal is draw in chechnya against local outfits girl's name now both sides guilty of being wasteful with chances throughout the lackluster match much to split the surprise would have expected nothing but a win against seventh place ceric however the host looked the more aggressive side towards the end and their last gasp effort was the closest either of the sides got and scoring extra buck amounted to an aerial ball but it hit the post right at the whistle and nil nil was finished. but there is also a clash of two sports. game is also taking place in south or russia and it's the visitors who are in france at the moment brazilian arre for the muscovites and third place a scar at home to rock bottom seeds field goal this and this one with halftime. rubin's quest for a third straight russian championship receive the boost on sunday the men from secured maximum points against on g. w

petersburg those from here that he has state they can see the area is sealed off and there is barbed wire around the perimeter of it certainly not high security this time in psychiatric care with far from the strict rehabilitation that might be expected visits from friends and access to mobile phones enabled him to strengthen relations with nationalist party members and use a sporting nature to gain them followers. actively participated in campaigning for us he helped establish contacts with sportsmen and with the organization to support. the a.d.f. from or is head of the unit that monitored datsik he tells us that he was no longer considered high risk when he was transferred so what actually happened on the day that he. but he wanted for a war. he took control of the washing line and used it to promote the wire for our staff were cautious about.

become a participant of the world festival of russian language and really exciting trip to st petersburg in russia. for more information visit the festival website. every month we give you the future best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join our technology update on our jeep now with. this data data generated from an electrical grid. to t.v. you can do to do it in california preparing for alternative energy sources helpless and black and. let's go to support. her welcome to visit here in r t thanks for joining me russian seaports have increased cargo handling by eight percent so far this year that's compared with the same period in two thousand and nine cargoes total there all we had are fifteen million tonnes this is still lower than russia where waste and off we boosted its cargo handling by eleven percent to each almost eight hundred million tons. in russia both the artist and my sex finish the week in the red as u.s. treasuries continue to slide and it shares that the drop. from last nearly half talking the trend was well off telecom up seven and go

league russian premier league leaders in it looking for the best second win and take on a athens in st petersburg while in moscow face a spot of prague at the hume cyrena with both sides aiming to keep their one hundred percent records contain but awful has more. in their first match tesco triumph three kneel at suisse eight laws him with goals from signal in the breeze from wagner alone since then the must do outside continue their winning streak in the russian premier league claiming six points out of six scoring for girls in conceding none as first poor they called out three two victory at home to palermo in their first group match the team from the czech republic is currently second in their domestic league however tears come in a journal and is well known in russia for breaking down his opponent's tactics and it seems like that thirty nine year old coach is already well prepared for thursday's clash. but which i mean spartan as a disciplined team without any obvious weaknesses that czech team is a mixture of youth and experience with established key players as well as talented you

singer sting could run into some trouble with the police here in russia during his tour in moscow and st petersburg a communist group called for his arrest their demand was provoked by the rockers recent suggestion to legalize marijuana the communist described the singer as a leading proponent of drug use we shouldn't be an example for the younger generation regardless of these troubles the word least in downers that the russians love their children to. see it. and in just a moment hughley is here with the latest business news. this is more a region is economically and socially one of russia's better developed provinces the region has a significant scientific and industrial capacity that will realize its full potential after the construction of the. park can tell ya he has completed the i t. park or has r. and d. projects in the spheres of automotive construction aerospace and oil chemistry high tech data center for bridge with cutting edge servers and communication equipment will be constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime minister vladimir p

the construction of an intercity highway between moscow and st petersburg raised a significant social response the summer on the road was initially planned to cut through a forest finally its realisation was postponed by to make sure it r.t. such an appellate court discussed the project with the vice president a venture group its developer. we have worked in close cooperation with the government and the russian authorities and we appreciate determination pragmatism efficiency of their governments because it is a for us in consideration so i can say we have your opinion on international standard techniques on viral input because what i see is always a crying cease from dallas and read bhutto who are without these european standards and insists project pride just one last place i say i do we quest. written on authorities that we have participate in a process of a supplementary dialogue concept when all is a stakeholder and we can see that it's no more because in a big project. concept the explanation information into transparency it's a no model for us and no we are waiting for the issu

british singer staying in jail the famous artist has been criticized by communist party members in st petersburg and the leningrad region over his calls to legalize marijuana despite getting a warm welcome from fans the party branded the pop star a drug pusher and an enemy of healthy living criticism has also been leveled against the police for failing to arrest staying at a concert in russia earlier this week. kareena melican joins us next with all the latest from the world of business stay with us after this short break. this is more a region is economically and socially one of russia's better developed provinces the region has a significant scientific and industrial capacity that will realize its full potential after the construction of this you go to a valley i t. park and tell ya he has completed the id parco has r. and d. projects in the spheres of automotive construction aerospace and oil chemistry high tech data center for bridge with cutting edge servers and communication equipment will be constructed at the core of the park the project has been personally approved by prime m