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 about these three of the russian fashion they will ever see reads like an exciting novel the story of the brand you can say is part of russia's heritage and history. founded in paris one nine hundred twenty four by prince philip you suppose and his wife marina the niece of the last russian saw me collide 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 a street crash ruined his most prosperous clients do you suppose it was forced to shut up shop. almost eight decades after the original house of their faith closed stores august iraq and has restored the branches for the glory. to our next location now and in a 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 to omo these brightly colored domes of a different kind marked the surviving history of rus

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

there's been a russian orthodox church on the site since ninety three built by the russian community in florence 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 bush in life in tuscany. although you know most of the congregation of our church consisted 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. tchaik

war in the russian russian government academy well many of the art schools around the world they focus now on contemporary art maybe here the training is more strict with this russian roots maybe. balance because our opinion of where giving plastic foundations called base without foundation a classic school base you can develop your own style a diverse a school the nonprofessional way. which is it's me in our opinion that we're bringing school in the people and this is school will develop their own. well it was great to meet you and good luck with it thank you there was a lot but. so what other cultural links is florence have with russia one of the most celebrated filmmakers of the twentieth century person director undertow kosky lived in france in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the capital of tuscany took a walk on his two last films and sacrifice he was even pronounced as an honest citizen of florence by its authorities took over 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 the house in vs i'm nicolo b

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

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and russian such as. it said that writer nicholai google especially likes 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 floppy hats are also meeting 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 gazey 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 russian sculptor. it was presented to the villa borghe

and russian history russian constitution which is a pretty brutal thing for russian for some russians to be good by the impression is that italy has existed she will have to pay a bribe so it's quite the easier the all the maximize and bribes capacity of system so here is the corruption yet in the lower levels of your break this is will be just a boost of corruption that nothing else surely as 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 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 night 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. kind of stem the flow do you think th

war in the russia 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 dependence and because our opinion of where giving plastic foundation school base without foundation a classic school base you can develop your own style a diverse a school the nonprofessional way. which is it's me in our opinion that we're bringing school in the people and. when the business school will develop the. theatre is great to meet you and good luck with it thank you there was a lot but. so what other cultural links is florence have with russia one of the most celebrated filmmakers of the twentieth century person director undertow kosky lived in france in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the capital of the skinny. on his two last films and sacrifice he was even pronounced as an honest citizen of florence by its authority is so close to left italy and nine hundred eighty six and moved to paris where he died the same year now a memor

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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

and russian history russian constitution which is a pretty brutal thing for russian for some russians to be good by the impression is that they will be as exist as you will have to be. as quiet easier than all the maximize and bribes capacity of system so you're going to see the corruption yet in the lower levels of your break this is will be just a boost of corruption at nothing else surely as 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 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. to kind of stem the flow do you thin

to east is it the russians. role we should mostly tell about tells about the russians who came here for almost seventeen cents in the eighteenth nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century who were living here working here and mostly there were people there early to does a culture of the process and 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 tournaments of their citizens a protestant oral photogs faith which was later modified to non catholic citizens in general one of the most artistic gravestones and so much rick is the one of the team of the russian nineteenth century painter called rudolph. there also are several collective russian national teams located here. there are a particularly large amount of russians buried in this area of

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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

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

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

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and russian history russian prostitution which is a pretty brutal thing for russian for some russians to be good by the press is that it appears exist if you will have to pay a bribe so it's quite the easier. or the maximize i'm bribes the capacity of system so if you break up the corruption yes in the lower levels of your city and 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 confusion about to sweep streets miles there is absolute knowledge 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 now where jobs are scarce where people don't want foreigners coming in and so this is a way to. to kind of stem the f

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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

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

war in the russia 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. balance because our opinion of where giving plastic foundation school base without foundation a classic school because you can develop your own style a diverse a school the nonprofessional way. which is the to me in our opinion the bringing school in the people and. this is cool will develop there. is great to meet you and good luck with it thank you very much it's a lot but. so what other cultural links is florence have with russia one of the most celebrated filmmakers of the twentieth century person director undertow kosky lived in france in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the capital of tuscany to work 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 s

created by russian sculptor. it was presented to the villa borghese you state by the moscow government as a gesture highlighting cultural achievements. rome 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 calm. cauldron 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 sell them for me and the rest of the crew from the magnificent trevi fountain here in rome for 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 the we hope. to me the american dream is to live in peace and prosperi

owned by the russian what. are these three of the russian fashion label reads like an exciting novel the story of the brand you can say is part of russia's heritage and history. founded in paris one nine hundred twenty four by prince philip you suppose and his wife marina the niece of the last russian saw me collide the second and says she clothing range tasseled european and american customers but the prince has a little business sense and two years after the nine hundred twenty nine the street crash ruins his most prosperous clients do you suppose was forced to shut up shop. almost eight decades after the original house eventually closed stores are still going to has restored the brand to his former glory. to our next location now and in a 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 to most these brightly colored domes of

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all right up next in the kaiser report stacey her tries to speak russian and has a shot of russian vodka a special new year version of the program is right now enjoy. keyser welcome to the kaiser report one of the great things about doing a show on our today is that new year lasts oh seems like almost two weeks days are over now maggs is only eight days there are light weight we're still partying here . protesting well that's because i found what's considered to be a shot in russia a shot of vodka look at the down involved though this is just a typical russian bob with a few of these and you'll be taken off a few days or so yeah i think hey max i learned how to say happy new year in russian here it goes from good the best friend faster. that's really going bilingual well yes max this is our eastern european special here we're going to start with the headline here on russia russia economic growth bodes well for putin election this is from forbes and they're reporting on the new statistics which say that g.d.p. is that nearly five percent year over year ending september the key indicator t

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to east is it the russians. role we should mostly tell about tells about the russians who came here for almost seventeen cent in the eighteenth nineteenth and the beginning of twentieth century living here working here and mostly there were people there early to does a 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 that all many russian to. regulations stated that the burial ground was reserved for the use of certain countries king tournaments of their citizens a protestant oral photogs faith which was later modified to non catholic citizens in general one of the most artistic gravestones and so much rick is the one of the team of the russian nineteenth century painter called rudolph. there also are several collective russian national teams located here. there are a particularly large amount of russians buried in this area of the cemetery as

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young russians is. 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 their declaration never mention marx or lenin or communism they talked 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 v

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created by russian sculptor. it was presented to the villa borghese the state by the moscow government as a gesture highlighting cultural achievements. roam 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 calm. great cauldron of creativity elegance and style. was an incredible city full of fortunately that so that's how 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 for now. live from moscow this is good to have you with us and a serious interior minister says twenty six have been killed after a suicide bomb attack targeting a police bus ripped through a residentia

there's been a russian orthodox church on the site since ninety 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 welcome addition to russian life in tuscany. although 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 sundry move and bury appeared and only five years ago a big church in rome was built that. tchaikovsky th

owned by the russian what. are these three of the russian fashion they will ever see reads like an exciting novel the story of the brands you can say is part of russia's heritage and history. founded in paris one nine hundred twenty four by prince philip you suppose and his wife marina the niece of the last person saw me collide 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 do you suppose was forced to shut up shop . almost eight decades after the original house of m. street clothes stores. has restored the branches for glory. to our next location now and in a 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 to most these brightly colored domes of a diffe

war in the russia 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 moby dick balance and because our opinion the world where giving plastic foundation school base without foundation classic school base you can develop your own style a diverse a school the nonprofessional way. which is it's me in our opinion that we're bringing school in the people and. and the business school will develop the balls. it was great to meet you and good luck with it thank you very much but. so what other cultural links is florence have with russia one of the most celebrated filmmakers of the twentieth century person director undertow kosky lived in france in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the capital of tuscany took on his two last films and sacrifice anything pronounced as an honest citizen of florence by its authority as talk of the left italy and nine hundred eighty six a move to paris where he died the same year now a memorial

to east is it the russians. nurul we should mostly tell about tells about the russians who came here for almost seventeen sand in the eighteenth nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century living here working here and mostly there were people there early to does a 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 that i met a russian to. regulations stated that the burial ground was reserved for the use of certain countries being tournaments of their citizens a protestant rule for the uk 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 called rudolph. there also are several collective russian national teams located here. there are a particularly large amount of russians buried in this area of the cemetery

the moscow team heads to florence to look for traces of russian culture in the heart of italy. hello and welcome to the program today the moscow team are in italy as we continue our exploration of russian culture abroad music from tar koskie or condone ski racing creativity has been studied and celebrated for centuries around the world to judge me martyred on roots as we take a look at russian influence and connections one of the most beautiful historic and romantic cities in the world florence. christians have been fascinated with italian culture for centuries florence is often compared to st petersburg. with its architecture and classical entertainment see consisting of art music and literature it's easy to draw comparisons to the cultural grand jury of russia's former capital . around the major cities in italy today and you definitely hear the chit chat with excited russian tourists they devour the social scene here and they're exploring what it has to offer now more than ever before and it was really interesting that both of those i feel ashame in florence is about my child

the fall and the russian ruble had to be devalued twice during his time in office for millions of russians this was yet another time of troubles. yeltsin played a critical role in ending communist rule the us president he ordered the army to tackle mutinous parliament he then ran through constitutional reforms that extended his powers as president at the expense of parliament and few can forget the brutality of the first chechen conflict by the end of his presidency yeltsin like so many russians at the time became wary of the west i told near to the americans the germans don't push us toward military action otherwise there will be a european war for sure and possibly world war. there's no doubt that boris yeltsin is an outstanding historical figure though it may take decades for the russians themselves to find a consensus about a name that changed russian and world history forever. for crosstalk martin. ok alex i'd like to go back to you in london. in the studio brought up a very interesting point about how russia looked at the west and the west looked at russia during yeltsin's tenure how

here in the russian capital of moscow has led the liturgy at christ the savior cathedral. the orthodox christian celebration comes thirteen days after christmas in accordance with the julian told. by big city life. the tragic and turbulent story of a modern day revolutionary living on the us mexico border. and the immigration bill goes down in the senate that is the subject of the seedings talking points memo critics of arizona's newly signed immigration be.

fellow at the center for transatlantic relations and in london we go to alex proud he's director of russian and eurasian studies center at the university of oxford all right gentlemen cross talk rules and if that means you can jump in anytime you want well the reason why we're doing this we're doing our series here i go on cross talk on the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago and twenty years ago on june twelfth one thousand nine hundred ninety also became the first popularly elected president of the russian soviet federated socialist republic well basically the beginning of the demise of the soviet union that would follow later in the year dimitri. let's look at that time twenty years ago and how the soviet union unraveled how much was yeltsin involved with that unraveling of the soviet union people talk a lot about going to charge what about yeltsin at this time well i think there are two parallel process that's going on which should not be mixed up there was the process of democratization and i think it was yeltsin storrow for the first time in russian history and man came to p

want to bring a russian academic classic school. european stay with us and of course bring spiritual wildness and ours which is very important for us to mention european students here you have russian or international italians or it's a little international of the students which is a half from belgium or from italy from you glance from america around the world can anybody come here or they have to be you know a decent artist. then i think you can be here which is normally students just sending their application form together with the war but after one year of professor choosing if that student will continue fills the year or second year which is a bit the answer 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 and 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 contem

war in the russia 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 this russian roots maybe. balance because our opinion of where giving plastic foundation school base without foundation a classic school base you can develop your own style a diverse a school the nonprofessional way. which is it's me in our opinion that we're bringing school in the people and. this is cool will develop there. was great to meet you and good luck with it thank you there was a lot but. so what other cultural links is florence have with russia one of the most celebrated filmmakers of the twentieth century person director undertow kosky lived in france in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the capital of tuscany took on his two last films and sacrifice anything pronounced as an honest citizen of florence by its authority as took a skill 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

owned by the russian mobile sort of about these three of the russian fashion they will ever see reads like an exciting novel the story of the brands you can say is part of russia's heritage and history. founded in paris one nine hundred twenty four by prince felix you suppose and his wife marina the niece of the last russian thought the second and says she clothing range does old european and american customers but the prince has a little business sense and two years after the nine hundred twenty nine a street crash ruins his most prosperous clients do you suppose it was forced to shut up shop. almost eight decades after the original house especially close stores of the struggle has restored the branches for the glory. to our next location now and in a 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 to most these brightly colored domes of a different kind marked the surviving history of russian immigr

and russian history russian constitution which is a pretty brutal thing for russian for some russians to be good by the impression is that italy has existed she will have to be. as quiet the easier than all the maximize and bribes the capacity of system so if you're going to squeeze 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 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 night 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. to kind of stem the flow do

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audiences about the russian spectators about the russian theater that the russian audience is the best in the world. it is true or people are trying to be nice to the public but yeah you have to be nice to the public with it 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 which is 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 and 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 so