to east is it the russians. role we should mostly tell about tells about the russians who came here for almost seventeen sent in one thousand one thousand and the beginning of the twentieth century who were living here working here and mostly there were people there or lated to the culture of the protestant cemetery in rome also known as symmetry of artists and poets is considered by many to be one of the world's most beautiful and impressive in the world thousands have gone to their rest here and there are many russian to. regulations stated that the burial ground was reserved for the use of certain countries being tenants of their citizens a protestant rule for dogs faith which was later modified to non catholic citizens in general one of the most artistic gravestones at cemetery is the one of the team of the russian nineteenth century painter hope. there are also several collective russian national teams located here. there are a particularly large amount of russians buried in this area of the cemetery as you

and russian history russian parts to change which is a pretty very tough thing for russian for some russians to be good by the impression is that it means existence you will have to pay a bribe so it's quite the easier the wall the maximize and bribes the capacity of system so if you break up because the corruption yes in the lower levels of your break this is will be just a boost of corruption that nothing else surely is usually happens because no mechanism provided or from what ford does it that she should dump russian culture russian constitution well to sweep streets miles there is absolute knowledge well and also this may be an additional burden for companies that are employing. foreigners yes i think so. i mean i think it's something that should be encouraged and i would say the same about you know my country united kingdom that these so-called nationality tests. are becoming tougher and tougher and i think it's around the world now you know we're entering into an era of protectionism where jobs are scarce where people don't want foreigners coming in and so this is a way to. t

with thousands of russians just. in the italian capital every week there are several toll companies and private guys offering excursions around the city in russian there are also special tools which provide information not only on rome's most popular landmarks but also help to explore the looks no facts and cites for example you can have a tour around so-called russian prime time with thirty six dated old and have a newer stores and one of them which is a very interesting year for a russian to east is it the russians in role we should tell about. the russians who came here for almost seventeen send in the eighteenth nineteenth and the beginning twentieth century living here working here and mostly there were people there early to does a culture of the process and symmetry in writing symmetry of all to some poets is considered by many to be one of the world's most beautiful and impressive in the world thousands have gone to their rest here and that many russian to. regulations stated that the burial ground was reserve

there's been a russian orthodox church on the site since mighty no three built by the russian community in far in time this is something to consider will damage over the years but was restored several times elegant exotic and much is the city's cultural heritage perfectly reflecting in the true architectural style of seventeenth century moscow today the church is popular with orthodox worship as from all over tuscany. the church in florence houses many historic relics of the russian orthodox church including works by both russian and it's how you artists it's on the market you can't miss in florence and it's a place that brings the local russian community closer together and welcome addition to mission life in tuscany. when you know most of the congregation of our church consists of people of many nationalities including russians ukrainians georgians greeks italians serbs and bulgarians this church is the first big orthodox cathedral that was built initially then more cathedrals and son removed and barry appeared and only five years ago a big church in rome was built that. tchaikovsky t

owned by the russian mobile sort of her these three of the russian fashion they go after she reads like an exciting novel the story of the brand you could say is part of russia's heritage and history. founded in paris in one thousand twenty four by prince philip you suppose and his wife marina the niece of the last person thought nikolai the second and says she clothing range was old european and american customers but the prince had a little business sense and two years after the nine hundred twenty nine the street crash ruined his most prosperous clients use of force was forced to shut up shop. almost eight decades after the original house of entry closed stores all the struggling has restored the brand to his former glory. to our next location now and in the city known as the cradle of the renaissance surrounded by terra cotta roofs a cluster of onion domes each topped with a tall cross is certainly not what you would expect to see in the florence skyline less than a mile from florence is dromo these brightly colored domes of a different kind marked the surviving history of russian i

frankly of the of course yes but my tories the us the russian empower their russians for a united by itself a little squishy need to veil it really goes to the u.n. so he knew and they were united by so it was what what wages we should be united not well let's hear how putting formulates his nation building strategy. we need a national policy strategy be used on civic patch which is a breeze no need for anyone living in russia to get their religion requires or to meet with the issues identity pointed to selves primarily as citizens of russia and take pride in that no one has the right to be religious interest is all glammed the same time nationals must take into account the specific characteristics you can have any religious group. as similarly said in one of the passages put in calls ethnic russians the state constituent people. that are there isn't it contradict the constitution of the russian federation which says that that russia is constituted by its multi ethnic people well as always if not for the fans but this is a matter of interpretation how it should end up because it coul

has been a russian orthodox church on the site since mighty mary three built by the russian community and foreign time artists suffered considerable damage over the years but was restored several times elegant and exotic in much is the city's cultural heritage perfectly reflecting in the true architectural style of seventeenth century moscow today the church is popular with orthodox worshippers from all over tuscany. crooners head now with a business. hello and welcome to our business up at the south as for joining me right now is sun is moving closer to increasing its share in the russian comic after speaking to r.t. at the devils economic forum they head of the alliance said that the agreement could even come within weeks his plan to raise the share from this current twenty five percent to fifty percent that carl is going expects after the us to have the lion's share in the alliance is growing sales in russia. there is a lot of progress hopefully i'm not going to tell you when but soon we'll be able to announce for you a push people usually hopefully weeks maybe months but i don't t

war in the russian government academy. many of the art schools around the world they focus now on contemporary arts maybe here the training is more strict with its russian roots maybe depends because our opinion the world where giving plastic foundation school base without foundation classic school because you can develop your own style a diverse a school the nonprofessional way. which is it's me in our opinion the bringing school in the people and. this is cool will develop. it is great to meet you and good luck with your career and your minds. so what other cultural links does florence have with russia one of the most celebrated filmmakers of the twentieth century person director under took off ski lived in france in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the capital of tuscany took on his two lost films and the sacrifice he was even pronounced as an honest citizen of florence by its authorities took the left italy and nine hundred eighty six and moved to paris where he died the same year now a memorial plate to be seen on th

cared to want to bring a russian academic classic school. europeans to the us and of course bring spiritual wildness and art which is very important for the mission european students here you have russian or international italians or it's almost an international of the students which is a half from belgium from italy from you glance from america around the wall can anybody come here or they have to be you know a decent artist yeah i think you can be here which is a normal student just sending their application form together with the war but after one year of professor choosing if that student will continue filthier or second which is a don't have an answer or an exam but they would have exam after one year were serious and the tutors are mostly russian teachers that most are russian which is that it's teachers a who are already graduated in russia who is a professional artist but himself the most time of. war in the russia or the russian government academy well many of the art schools around the world they focus now on contemporary art maybe

audiences about the russian spectators about the russian theater you know that the russian audience is the best in the world. it is true or people are trying to be nice and probably be yeah you have to be nice to the public with that yes of course yeah well you know i've been very fortunate to experience many audiences throughout the world cuba japan australia new york everywhere. there's something about the moscow audiences and the russian audiences that i've never really felt before elsewhere which is the fact that they have ballet in their cars in their culture they have ballet in their blood they have this appreciation for the art form that. does not it's in comparable throughout the rest of the world you can feel it in the applause you can feel it in what they appreciate and what they show their appreciation for a lot of newer audiences on the clap for the big turns in the big jumps and all of that but i feel the russian audiences really know what they're looking at they really know what to look at they're educated you know they know how to how to watch classical ballet so so s

and russian such as. it said that writing little i google especially like the cafe and spent a lot of time there writing his famous dead souls novel. the jerry thomas speakeasy project is a secret location in central rome for a whole selection of special russian themed cocktails are created in a very italian atmosphere of the bar you can find quite surprising drinks inspired by russia the team has created a special cocktail menu called twist on a classic number three from russia with love in the heart of rome you can be served with such cocktails as the kremlin flip so also meaning red square in italian and said petersburg delight. wondering around the city's site should be surprised what you might bump into in the park available a situated two monuments that were erected to on a russian writers this statue is of right at nikolai gogol the second is dedicated to alexander pushkin that was in belgium the year two thousand. created by a russian sculptor. it was presented to the villa borghese the state by t

created by russian sculptor. it was presented to the villa borghese the state by the moscow government as a gesture highlighting cultural achievements. as one of the most beautiful and historic cities in the world as a popular tourist destination it's clear why millions come here trevi fountain here for example office the perfect photo opportunity but quite often it's the small influences and nuances that make up the subtextual soul and roots of the city and with the cultural connections italy has to russia it only helps to. culturing of creativity elegance and style. was an incredible city well unfortunately that's the time we have left on this week's program i'll see you again at the same time next week and tell them for me and the rest of the crew from the magnificent trevi fountain here in rome by the now. this is our time to reclaim the american dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many we are one that won't we breathe oh we hope. to me the american dream is to live in peace and prosperity a

a multi-billion pound london court duel between russian tycoon and chelsea football club owner roman abramovich and fugitive russian billionaire boris berezovsky is close to its conclusion the judge is mulling over the verdict in the financial so showdown after armies of expensive lawyers went to war for their clients exposing some juicy details along the way our correspondent in the british capital ivor bennett has been it's been dubbed the trial of the century for two reasons really firstly because of the sheer money involved a six and a half billion dollars at stake here making it the most expensive civil lawsuit in the u.k. legal history and more importantly perhaps is the subject matter it's really laid bare all those dodgy dealings of ninety's russia in the wild east reaffirming all those stereotypes there are that i don't think anyone actually thought because could possibly be true but it turns out they are and what makes it even more unbelievable is that they've come from two of the main players in those turbulent times remember him over. to former friends now arch enemies as

the evils which is which are consistently talked about in the russian and in russian political establishment and i think that's a very good thing i think actually business looking at a political situation which is inevitably going to be stable for the next few years if you know who's going to be the next president but at the same time with an articulated force asking for more parliamentary democracy more of a discussion more responsiveness more of. a willingness to address the issues which the line behind the very good fundamentals to make sure the fundamentals remain good and sound i think is extremely good and i think once we get through that this period of of of uncertainty and wait and see i think it's going very good for the russian economy because i think investors will get confidence then with the last word go ahead i think we should emphasize that there's no chance of a russian spring in the style of north africa i mean there you had a large population twenty five percent of the population under twenty five who are unemployed and poor russia's revolution such as it is the middle clas

s in russian banking sector need to be and we expect a stable growth together with the russian economy which expect that at least three three and a half percent growth in g.d.p. for this year ok well we wish you all the best on that course and head over the bank you to us from dallas thanks very much thank you very much and that's all we have time for in this edition of business a business update but join me in about fifteen minutes for more. that recap now of our top story. shocking revelations in an already troubled post gadhafi libya human rights groups accuse the military of torturing detainees to death of a mystery internationally is it winning the alarm and doctors without borders wasn't pulled out of the city of misrata from protesters atrocitus. poland witnesses further protests against the government signing of an international anti piracy pact designed to enforce intellectual property rights activists on the streets saying the agreements minors act infringe on the internet freedom of the top online censorship. on their wrong considers banning oil sales to europe preempting th

focus now all contemporary arts maybe the training is more strict with its russian roots maybe. because our opinion. giving class the foundations all without foundation classic school bus you can develop your own style and there was a school the nonprofessional way. which is that's me in our opinion i would bring school in the people and the business school will develop their own future it was great to meet you and good luck with your career thank your minds. so what the cultural links is for it's hard with russia well the most celebrated filmmakers of the twentieth century person director of hundred two kosky lived in france in the mighty eighties in the capital with the skinny. on his two last films astound you and sacrifice anything pronounced as an honest citizen of florence by its authorities took a left italy and my son into six and moved to paris where he died the same year now a memorial play could be seen on the house and the son nicholas but the filmmaker lived and worked. in the beautiful surroundings of florence in the southern the tuscan countryside as a hotel beari

special russian. are created in a very italian atmosphere of the bar you can find quite surprising drinks inspired by russia has created a special cocktail menu called twist on a classic number three from russia with love. with such cocktails as the kremlin flip. and said petersburg delight. wondering around the city's site should be surprised what you might. the bump in safety in the park available a situated two monuments that were erected to on a russian right is the statue is of right at nikolai google the second is dedicated to alexander pushkin that was in belgium the year two thousand. created by russian sculptor. it was presented to the villa borghese you state by the moscow government as a gesture highlighting cultural achievements. as one of the most beautiful and historic cities in the world as a popular tourist destination it's clear why millions come here trevi fountain here for example office the perfect photo opportunity but quite often it's the small influences and nuances that make up

a russian empire. you had the right to be called prussian if you were up that ox creature souls a bell famous here or beggar written here of the war for eight hundred twelve he was half armenian horror for georgia but he was a russian because he was a creature who didn't have this problem in the soviet union because all the people well so it took over thirty people in there were russians that was burke's you mean in europe they still call all of us russians including the ukrainians the jor-ai right guys asshole i mean i think these russians from moscow are different from russians from key of the of course yes but so much more is the us the russian empower the russians for a united by itself a little squishy need to veil it really goes to the u.n. soviet union and they were united by so it was what what wages we should be united not well let's hear how putting formulates his nation building strategy. we need a national policy strategy be used in syria catch which is a breeze no need for anyone living ru

but first despite an aching need a russian figure skating. as one a seventh european figure skating crane throwing in an unexpected quadruple jump in a routine they gave him his highest ever overall mark the twenty nine year old seen here in training picked up just over one hundred seventy six points in the free skate to boost his overall tally to just over two hundred sixty one it was a compelling routine that had the sheffield crowd on their feet and afterwards the former olympic champion who has eighteen major titles to his name said i am called the king by many people try to live up to that name his eighteen year old training partner. can finish second meaning russia grabs seven out of a possible twelve medals at the meeting in the u.k. just two years before hosting the such a winter games pushing today will miss the world championships in march will have an operation polish troubling me next month. now in tennis maria sharapova believes things are looking good for the season ahead despite her crushing astray you know been defeated by the

young russians is zero. may i say yes but i don't think this exactly as analogy will if you're gonna yeah you're in charge exactly and terry jeffrey go ahead. well i don't think this is really about communism a tool communism wasn't involved in the coup remember the coup plotters in the declaration never mention marks or lenin or communism they talk about the integrity of the soviet union and one has to remember that whilst many other non russian nations welcomed liberation from the soviet union the russians saw it as a deprivation and the russian communist party really represents two strands in russians thinking about their own country it represents of course soviet imperialism but it also represents the russian orthodox church the promise love me understanding of russia's history and it's an uneasy combination of the two and that's one reason why it hasn't really been all that effective it's trying to bring together two incompatible narratives about russia and persuade ordinary people that they should vote