expose a corner of london that's most definitely part of russia. hello and welcome to the program of exploring different cities around you are taking a look at russian history and culture meeting russian experts ex-pats exploring russian life outside of russia and we begin this week showed the beautiful city of london for centuries russia has influenced culture all over the world today that fusion continues in arts and entertainment a rich and diverse mix that it cites the census. says the feel of the u.s. is solved thousands of russians have moved to london the recent opportunity to close proximity to moscow tax good education established class system status. even a reason for taking their the football clubs newspapers to make major moves in the fashion art scenes influential russians have certainly made their mark in the british capital for the past twenty years with dance show range of business is good to russians have opened up in london like this. if you're looking for authentic. this is the place to come this is one of the most popular russia

come here enjoy reading with a cup of tea and sweets for those who live outside london. children's books are in big demand there are many multilingual families where one parent speaks russian and they want their kids to be able to speak russian to the literature for children is very popular with our customers. many young people from russia come here to study for a good experience. there are many russian students taking courses in fashion at london's famous university but some choose the only way to get into the industry. came to the british as a journalist writing for top fashion magazines in the u.k. as well as working on articles. from russian vogue was another female. they decided to work on a label creating collections of clothes and accessories for self-made business women. where. for example this jacket over a little. it. was sick. the quality is very. our next location is the beautiful russian orthodox cathedral in west london the parish is one of the oldest in western europe dating back to the end of the seventeenth century when peter the great visit to england i

a welcome addition to russian life in london. mixed up the glamorous world of caviar. i say in the recently and yes below market now you have to cover your business here in the u.k. for those who do it for the last three years because the company supplies coverage of the u.k. market and apparently you have some very very important customers yes we do have a number of customers and the last customer who joined our exclusive clients we think came from buckingham palace or expects to whatever the uk. the salvia couple . are usually quite using one very famous school prize which was out of the monkey school. but it used to be the free would go to school russian stars really through our. discovery always bad news now in some areas yes there was a bill don't buy it but on for two years which is now lifted but russia kazakhstan and the other custom countries are imposing their own in february experience and that's when it would last five years and that's so the first stop has multiplied exactly because sergio was one of the great progra

and it's not just russian food the has a successful market in london now moscow's restaurant is making an impact to lead us to this week's guest. ok love recently you now you're famous you're obviously in moscow tell me about. your goal this goal i was looking for a place for a long time and find one just recently currently i'm working on a restaurant in may fear it will be an asian restaurant and italian restaurant and bar. how did you start off in the restaurant business. the bills and it was a long time ago. i've been working in restaurants for thirty years now and i don't my first one in one nine hundred ninety one. i had them bishan and want to talk my own and then step by step i created more and more restaurants and no i've reached london of the also the now you have dozens of amazing glamorous restaurants in moscow how do you think the two cities of london and the russian capital compare. along the news that there was delicious food is in demand in london do you need the right people as well. in moscow to my disappointment people are going to restaurants where there's some kind

is solved thousands of russians have moved to london the recent opportunity to close proximity to moscow tax good education class system status. even a reason for taking their the football clubs newspapers to make major moves in the fashion scenes influential russians have certainly made their mark in the british capital over the past twenty years with dance show range of business is good to russians have opened up in london like this. if you're looking for authentic. this is the place to come this is one of the most popular russian stores in the capital whether you're looking for russian class or any other ingredients you'll find it all because my favorite. although you will pay for it good so approximately double the cost of a all in moscow. prices aside what's the most popular purchase here. one of the most popular products is great weeks according to. summer course there has been a funk we crises in russia but we have regular supplies and you can always find in our shop even though it's in major demand we always have enough of it another popular item is roy bread every russian should

a welcome addition to russian life in london. mixed up the glamorous world of caviar. i say recently and yes cologne was now you have a caviar business here in the u.k. something else you do every last three years because a company supplies coverage of the u.k. market and apparently you have some very very important customers yes we do have a number of customers in the last customer who joined our exclusive clients we think came from buckingham palace and stay what i want. the self you hear a couple. of their. usual quite usual and very famous scolding right which was out of the monkey school. but it used to be the free would be a slow russian saws relations of who are. always bad and now in some areas yes there was a bill. for two years which is now lifted but russia kazakhstan and the other custom countries are imposing their own in february experience and that's when it would last five years and that's so the first stop has multiplied exactly because sergio was one of the great programs pollution and you can control is because

it actually looks quite good value coming to london right now. >>reporter: another boost for the capital...the london 2012 olympics. although the games themselves are only 3 weeks long, the effects last beyond that and start earlier. >>dixon: we've had huge levels of interest for people that want to book accommodation for 2012. but also, more importantly, people coming to london in 2011 to start to make their plans. >>reporter: so, as south africa got a boost during the recession from football's world cup, luxury hotel owners in london are hoping that the 2012 olympic games will bring them the gold... >>still to come on world business... >>the high tech public transport system being tested in stockholm >>saving the planet, one holiday at the time. we look at the impressive growth of volunteer eco tourism >>we thought it would be slightly more interesting to do something worthwhile instead of lying on a beach for two weeks. >>a holiday to help... and the rest in just a moment on world business... >>stockholm is one of several swedish cities planni

london's famous university but some choose the only way to get into the industry. came to the british capital as a journalist writing for top fashion magazines in the u.k. as well as working on articles. from russian vogue. she met another female. who decided to work on a label creating collections of clothes and accessories for self-made business women. where. for example this jacket over a little. it. was sick. the quality. our next location is the beautiful russian orthodox cathedral in west london the parish is one of the oldest in western europe dating back to the end of the seventeenth century when peter the great visit to england in sixty ninety eight the church founded then was called the greek russian church it was attached to the russian embassy in november one thousand nine hundred seventy the first stone was laid for the foundation of the new russian cathedral here in harvard road she sick. personal for our church and she's a quest london was built over ten years ago founded using private money it's an important place for many russians here in the capit

visited london six times between the year. eleven allegedly lenin and stalin for the first time inside this pub the swiss mosque library just down the road these three can have a lot of strength elsewhere. and i think you believe you still ensconced say this is a very leftist sort of area and we have we have a lot of tourists coming in just because of that side. however there's another story that infests misspelling of the bullshit claim which sort of spilling in nineteen or five i don't wake many feet legs in p.t. is enough to still believe that. the cultural center pushkin house was founded in one nine hundred fifty six a routine that catered in notting hill and moved to this new bag in bloomsbury square in two thousand and six now they have over four hundred members or friends that called and every month they have a range of cultural activities including exhibition concepts and actions. is a showcase for russian culture in london focused on the english and cultural exchange . to provide educational information in russian la

along the news that there was delicious food is in demand in london and do you need the right people as well. in moscow to my disappointment people are going to restaurants where there's some kind of action. you know the place is visited by popular people and celebrities. it's all just about fashion. and i love the taste the restaurants i love the food. and worked as a chef for a long time but i want people to praise the food not the people. how competitive do you think the london restaurant scene is and how successful do you hope to be here. recently i walked around chelsea of the district where i live at ten in the evening. but if that was what i wanted to see how few of the restaurants were voting on tuesday all the seven restaurants i visited. i could hardly find an empty seat that's a must but they seem time in moscow it's empty. tasty food is important for me. your clothes and i understand the both londoners and serious school to restaurants for delicious food here which is. the final question all the restaurants and the russians here in london all foreigners all this is all pa

the streets of london. for centuries. a facilitation is a quintessential british. green it has been no grants here for maybe three hundred years it's a fine day so mr densher business. area in the early twentieth century it was a whole range of leftism. originally known as the crown and anchor public house then he drank here he published a russian social democratic east paper to the spot not far from here during his exile in london. the good old english pub everyone loves me including possible leaders lenin visited london six times between the lines you know to ninety eleven allegedly then in silence for the first time inside this pub these two it must library just down the road these three can have a lot of strength elsewhere. and i think you believe you use them because so this is a very leftist sort of area and we have we have a lot of tourists coming in just because of that side. however there's a new story but then first mr allen at the bullshit congress sort of spilling a nine hundred five i don't wake many feet legs and pukki is in london still very relevant

it actually looks quite good value coming to london right now. >>reporter: another boost for the capital...the london 2012 olympics. although the games themselves are only 3 weeks long, the effects last beyond that and start earlier. >>dixon: we've had huge levels of interest for people that want to book accommodation for 2012. but also, more importantly, people coming to london in 2011 to start to make their plans. >>reporter: so, as south africa got a boost during the recession from football's world cup, luxury hotel owners in london are hoping that the 2012 olympic games will bring them the gold... >>still to come on world business... >>the high tech public transport system being tested in stockholm >>saving the planet, one holiday at the time. we look at the impressive growth of volunteer eco tourism >>we thought it would be slightly more interesting to do something worthwhile instead of lying on a beach for two weeks. >>a holiday to help... and the rest in just a moment on world business... >>stockholm is one of several swedish cities planni

showcase for russian culture in london focused. cultural exchange. sent to provide educational information in russian language and culture and is an excellent resource and networking center for individuals and institutions. to see people coming in different people russians russians alike. we welcome will everybody from from central asia all the nations that used to be part of the soviet union that's very important for us to know if it's a wonderful people coming in here people like people like there was only one of the group in chicago of of the great bob musician who's been here three times sometimes he comes who tries out his new songs with us before he recalls them which is fantastic finds came here and read a short story by check of. a cough came here. came here so it has some really wonderful people and they come here they enjoy coming here and we look after them and that's how i see push the house you know in the years to come besides its own events pushkin house welcomes and encourages collaboration with other institutions and groups dedicated

when he was 18-plus, he left india to study law in london. he was born and spent his choold hood year -- childhood and then took a ship to england. after he arrived in england in 88, shortly after his arrival in england, he started keeping a journal of his thoughts and experiences, and this is what he writes after having arrived in england about the send off that he received from his town. this is an 18-year-old young man who is being sent off, and this is what he writes after he arrives in england. when he had come to bid me farewell on the night. [speaking in native tongue] they were among those who came. others may be added. supposedly timid teenager is really a leader in his limited world that many should see him off is not surprising in itself. departures for london were not every day affairs in the day of 1888, but what is striking is the lack of surprise about the send off. he takes it for granted, and the way he reels off the names of persons who quote on quote for among those who came suggests a leader in the making if not one alread

we asked americans living in london what they think. the former head of europe's biggest entertainment company has been found guilty of embezzlement by a court in paris. they will appeal his suspended sentence. >> he was once the darling of global business. he took a water utility in turned into the media giant. he even called himself a master of the world. the purchase of universal film studios cost a fortune. the dot com bubble burst in he was ousted after the value collapsed. for the first time, he is convicted of criminal charges. in the court found that he deliberately misled the market about the company's's true financial position. >> we don't understand the steps taken by the courts. especially the advocation of public funds when nothing like to his pocket. >> it is an important -- >> the court was not unfair. the crime of insider trading. they used it for their own personal enrichment to the detriment of the company for which we are shareholders. >> manipulating the share price. >> the headlines this hour, the u.s. congresswoman

as you need a kind of a trend in london. there are some a shock to them in where you can buy russian feed for the machines you want the british traditional delicatessen it also is not only groceries but also a major portion dishes including. the cakes various salads and sheeps including good old fish using a great product only when you chefs combine traditional recipes with some mighty is healthy eating. and that brings us to this week's. real reason me hi nice to meet some now tell me how to do on the pier in the u.k. . a marriage in the sky. as it happens and i was working when i was working for a television. news program. but after we got married i spoke quite good english my husband didn't speak i knew national he's also an academic print it's quite difficult to find a job for a known russian speaking academic in russia so we decided to move here so you're working fulltime business developer but you also work as a narrative for a magazine india is tell me about this this is our this is this magazine started ten years ago

london. are due to you know to go out on the ongoing rescue operation to free a final ship trapped in ice off russia's far east now so it could take another few more days to get the job to icebreakers are making a second term to tow the coming factory ship with still three hundred people aboard to safety but weather conditions are deteriorating it's no easy task as art is a country over explain. the ship rescue operation has entered its final stage while the two icebreakers us still working hard to battle this extremely tough weather conditions that have made this mission so challenging the admiral mike are offend the cross in ice breakers and owing the seal before its rescue in the larger of the two vessels that have got stuck in freezing waters off russia's far east coast it's almost two weeks ago and has been really hard as the vessel is huge it has heavy cargo on board this smaller one has been taken to a safe area to an area within eyes where it is no waiting to fulfill the mission the t

they actually started searching in london. then they went to new york, los angeles, honolulu. and then when they landed in manila they flew, i think, a couple of people out of hong kong to see the producers. >> hinojosa: and is that... like, that kind if international search, is that common? >> i think it depends. i think if they're able to find somebody in the city that they're first looking, then i don't think that they would have needed to go all the way to the phillipines to search for the lead of this particular show. >> hinojosa: and did you know at that point... did you know at that point that there had been, like, a search, that they had auditioned... >> no. i was not aware of how exhaustive the seach had been previous to their arrival in manila. i had no idea. it's probably better that i didn't have any idea, that i didn't really have the bigger picture of who these people were. and i knew that they had created les miserables, and that cameron had produced all these other shows, but it didn't really occur to me, and i really had no idea, how big of a deal these shows

the lorries would come down to london. thousands of these would arrive, go to the gin factor it would be poured into the bats, the gin plant and using the professor's magical techniques, first of all from the taps at the bottom of the vats would come a struggle and a team and a gush and detroit of pure acetone which was been taken in take two cars down to the royal naval ordnance factory, turned into cordite which was then loaded onto the royal naval ships and guns started firing again, and by the late autumn 1916, the whole tide of the battle of the atlantic was reversed and the german submarines were being sought again, and war started to turn very much in europe's favor. the following summer, it was clear everything had changed over the battle of the atlantic, the complexion of a change in our favor, it was decided among other things that we should give this fellow a metal, and the war, a knighthood or something like that. and so the government talked about this and it said, he is a foreigner. the person that should giv

we go to charlie beckett he's a professor at the london school of economics and in new york we cross to steve glasser he is the editor of the op ed news and another member of our cross talk team yelena hunger all right gentlemen again crosstalk rules are not in effect they'll be in effect in the next the days and of cross talk but not this one so i return to our virtual table here to talk about the new years that it has just come jam i started out the last program where the american empire stood at the end of the year where do you think it's going to stand at the end of this year at the end of two thousand and eleven some big choices coming up there again they include the usual suspects they're saying if we can still can have a stable government in iraq at the end of the year they were you know maybe all glimmer of hope afghanistan is still a quagmire with a lot of people saying it's time to get out and and we'll bring charlie back in a week the leaks didn't do mr obama a favor or maybe it did where is he going to stand jim at the end of this year. well i think is as we start this ye

european stock markets traded in the black on tuesday in london the footsie was up a percent for the strong financial rally after tensions over the euro area sovereign debt eased in frankfurt the dax ended up also one point zero eight percent shares and siemens gained three percent of the electronics and engineering groups chief financial officer said the company would report higher first quarter earnings and cycles.

eleven with firework displays and policies so happy new year london and the rest of the u.k. as well as the republic of ireland. also spice candles unpredictable weather historic new clegg cuts agreement would be if you want and much much more twenty turn truly was a get the books. and hundreds of thousands of people in europe took to the streets in twenty times as governments used public money in a scramble to keep big business afloat from among the student demonstrations in london to police and strike income gave up the loot that's what to expect in the eurozone twenty eleven. class with a crown in clocks chime at midnight many hope for miracles and russians make their pushes countries. has the headlines up next a farewell to twenty ten in a special edition of cost talk. well. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future covered. and you can. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle what do you hear it was if anything two thousand and ten showed is just how fragile the world is was it a good year bad year for a lot in t

market association which is sort of the standard bearer here in london. and they're predicting probably about 1,457 dollars an ounce as an average for 2011 but anything is possible. gaern it's all dependent on factors that really have nothing to do with gold, making it really tough to predict. >> suzanne: and, cam, your research shows over a long stretch of time that gold actually has underperformed other assets, looking from 1944 to the present, that gold-- stocks did better, bonds did better than gold. >> absolutely. gold has a really short track record in terms of the kind of prices that we've been seeing. in the last couple years, especially since the collapse of lehmann brothers, when people were deps troot find some kind of safe haven for their money in the wake of all the currency concerns that we've been seeing in europe and the u.s. so it's really tough to know where this run is going to go and how long it's going to last. >> suzanne: and besides the spider e.t.f.s we've been talking about, there are a the lot of other gold e.t.f.s and looking at