Live from moscow studio where it is current just past 2 oclock in the morning here watching r. T. International thank you for joining us. Now 30 years ago the berlin wall was torn down reuniting east and west berlin and heralding the beginning of the end of the cold war security is high with major celebrations being held across the country in berlin the thousands have been taken bald numerous events including exhibitions on the walls history is jacqueline with a quick look at its rise and fall. The berlin wall a symbol of the cold war and division a line that separated the city families friends and changed berlin for the remainder of the 20th century 40 kilometers long at slice of the city and was erected in the night of august 13th 1981 1st it was just a barbed wire and concrete fence with 12 checkpoints but it swiftly grew into the fortified version most know it today the checkpoints were reduced to 3 and crossing became all but impossible. Imagine this a concrete wall 3. 6 meters hi
9 for from moscow studio where its currently just past 4 oclock in the morning q watching r. T. International thank you for joining us. Now 30 years ago the berlin wall was torn down reuniting east and west berlin and heralding the beginning of the end of the cold war security is high with major celebrations being held across germany and thousands have been taking for a new or service including exhibitions on the bulls history is Jacqueline Bouvier now with a quick look at its rise and fall. Of. The berlin wall a symbol of the cold war and division a line that separated the city families friends and changed berlin for the remainder of the 20th century 40 kilometers long at slice of the city and was erected in the night of august 13th 1961 1st it was just a barbed wire and concrete fence with 12 checkpoints but it swiftly grew into the fortified version most know it today the checkpoints were reduced to 3 and crossing became all but impossible. Imagine this a concrete wall 3. 6 meters h
Substances while the understands that this decision will cause dismay and frustration among athletes the agency supports the i. O. C. Is intention to analyze these decisions very carefully and consider all options including an appeal to the swiss federal tribe you know. On thursday the court of arbitration for sport decided to lift all sanctions imposed on twenty eight russian athletes and reinstate the olympic medal some have won eleven others will miss the upcoming Winter Olympics inside korea but their lifetime bans were overturned and sanctions partially lifted however the decision had disappointed some athletes from other countries who were hoping to move into medal positions retrospectively from the sort twenty fourteen games. But anything else this is a very very very dark day for the olympics and this is a very very very dark day for clean sport if there is such a thing when. People are saying they cant prove they were dirty in the same breath you can prove that they were innoc