markets. the momentum of the morning. made in germany. your business magazine d w. this sea of azoff lies between russia and ukraine and is shared by both nations however russia is increasingly imposing its sovereignty over the waters ukrainian fishermen are afraid. of mrs grose but i think most of the russian side of the border control they check everyone remarkable your children out there have to face all these russian security forces on their own what on earth is good for you. hardly any ships currently coming to ukrainian ports the economy is suffering at

the hands of russian domination. civilian self-defense forces are training for a worst case scenario many of them fear an attack on the azoff region. which we have to be prepared for a new wave of aggression from russia it's just a matter of time. the fishing boat vieira's sets out from a port on the ukrainian side which has become somewhat of a rarity businesses not be good for vladimir chair or possibly the owner of the fishing company it's a job where you work at it we're now sailing along the canal to the port of bradley and sick or the tragically empty you know freight ships in sight although it. which

is in your. vicinity of as of borders russia and ukraine a treaty states that both countries have equal usage rights yet since the kurdish bridge opened linking russia to the annex crimean peninsula russia has been treating the sea as its own softened water as russia decides who is committed to sail on the sea and who is not. sort of us our ship is here the russian ship is in front of us. and one of our coast guards or. a couple of the four of the russian border control officers check everyone asking each ship for its name the size of their crew their nationality. or. anything you want to see how busy they are that the people are working they're getting on with their business. the group of workers. the ukrainians feel intimidated. it's one fifty one this is vera hello.

is that correct yes we're staying here. the fishing zone lies far beyond the ukrainian ballet and the russians have control lot of b.h. airport ski knows it's dangerous to have journalists on board his boat but he has another problem russia and ukraine have not yet agreed on common annual fishing quotas so the ukrainian authorities have banned all fishing activity while the russians continue to let their fishermen carry on blood in me i can't understand why he's not willing to cast his nets with the cameras running. one of. the ukrainian side could confiscate our fish which makes no sense at all unusual but the russian side could cause problems to. the crates will stay empty today in recent weeks letting me. has been out fishing but he takes

a risk when every douse. one of all of them all go for your project frequently by the russians they inspect all their fishing permits and licenses they don't cause any trouble as long as everything is in order to get you but bizarrely is the ukrainian saying that not everything is very hard. due to the on regulated fishing quota key have obviously wants to avoid any escalation on the c. of s. off this means they are hurting their own fisherman in december blood in me and was not permitted to go out to sea at all causing human loss of almost eighty thousand euros in january his catch was confiscated by the fishing authorities. the first time it took over the entire catch the second time they only wanted half of it which we managed to prevent for is the logic in that. uncertain times on the ukrainian as off the coast which borders on the program

separatist area in the east half a million people live in the port city of mario paul just a few kilometers from the war in eastern ukraine the city is surrounded by checkpoints. maria pretty bailo is afraid that the hostilities will go on for a long time she's preparing the population for the worst as an activist and officer she acts as a link between the army and civilians maria is travelling close to the front line to get a picture of the situation this area was previously occupied by russians but ukrainians were able to win back. over there from the peak of that hill. they shoot at us. it's a russian post an elevated position. so that area is currently occupied territory. with. people are trying to build up something again here but the fields were mind

back then. there is always shooting here even at civilian buildings but the people who live here are not necessarily political or super patriotic. but they do realise exactly where the shooting is coming from. the front line is only two kilometers away from here. this war has already claimed the lives of more than ten thousand ukrainians. watch them all of the young man fell in the war here he was born in one thousand nine hundred six but we can definitely expect a new wave of aggression from russia it's only a question of time. we have to be prepared. since the spring of twenty eighteen. and ukrainian sovereignty is clearly also being threatened from the sea of azov we could say it is already occupied that's why we need decisive action now in the

world this is not stopped it won't only be ukraine which suffers. back to mary opal a twenty minute drive. from western ukraine the first language is ukrainian. almost half the population of mario bull is russian and russian is spoken on a daily basis there was serious clashes here after the annexation of crimea in twenty fourteen. the town hall was in flames when opponents of the new power in kiev tried to win the upper hand in the city but they failed is convinced that russia was behind this attack. this is where people gathered who had been brought in by bus from russia they demonstrated here and occupied the town hall. they set fire to car

tires on the street. chanting out slogans like they're not they're always there to get over here putin start this place out there. they were trying to imitate a crimea scenario. in the hopes of seizing this region just as quickly as crimea then claiming it as russian. it would dilute. the war has dramatic economic consequences to the city because of mario paul estimates its losses since the outbreak of the war at two hundred million euros key cargo handling from the donbass region has declined when the russians built the crimean bridge it prevented large cargo ships from reaching the sea of hours of russian instituted controls calls long delays and at the end of november the russians attacked ukrainian vessels for the shipping companies the journey is too expensive and too dangerous. the tug boats are not bringing cargo vessels with them today. which is

we feel like these two boats they sail out but they bring nothing back there's nothing behind them we work just like them we have strength of potential possibility but we can't use any of it that's our problem because something outside of our control is preventing us. the twins are human and twelve now only work a four day week at the port for two thirds of their regular pay. for the oil it's more than an economic blockade on the whole region is being suffocated. all of the differences left on the ukrainian controlled territory depend on our port in the. state owned companies get support from kiev so far they have not been mass redundancies the twins and their colleagues are highly skilled dock workers but often all. all there is for them to do is clean work and this is all well paid

work elite work. the neighboring shipyard is experiencing tough times too with little actual work to do so geishas cohen his colleagues passed the time playing dominoes. unlike the poor this privately owned firm does not receive state support. games we are hoping that power will change hands in the next elections when either through my games. at the moment we spend most of our time sitting at home and our pay as been cut. the conflicts should stop then everything will get easier.

this shipyard has lost most of its income because sixty percent of the orders came from russia the longstanding company was successful during the time of design the soviet union and the new republic of ukraine so guys grandfather also worked at the shipyard. but otherwise i feel torn russia is close to my heart and ukraine is my home i wish they were brothers again as they used to be you but i should be friendship again between russia and ukraine i can't be split into. three ball. but it's bring it over here. at the moment there's only one ship in the dark but there's still some work for sergei and his colleagues. you know the most political i think our manager is trying his best to do something here but in this situation

everything depends on the government because. the shipyard workers are worried about losing their jobs it's getting harder for director all of to reassure them. that the money if nothing else but usually i only have eleven months until i retire with a shipyard exist for that long it will it will can you guarantee that i'm really afraid of losing my job. one isn't actually coming here. is your week we've still got twenty days of work to do with this ship. it's obvious we still have to change forty six wells which will be mean there's nothing else to do there will be more tomorrow morning we used to have two or three ships here we had three docks now there's just one work for as long as you can you're just in shambles you're sure you don't feel i'm really pessimistic any. nobody knows how things will go on here

before parliament doesn't know what it's doing then things will soon look really grim morcombe what if there's another escalation of hostilities at the current bridge what they're going to be war you would have no stability people are fleeing ukraine would be the thing you did it because of that because the great north you if i would like to go abroad to but i belong here and i don't want to leave my family in the city i'm too old for that. was it as you put this situation is bound to drag on the president's is really super power schenkel said he would end the war within two or three weeks but he's been working on it now for five years. really this guy can really talk he's got he's like a politician if he gets into parliament the others will have to look out. he's a really good worker to push. the fishing boat vieira has coming to the point this morning the crew brought in five and a half tons of sidings. it was

a good day for the owner flemmi a check up of ski. cause for how was it today unloading at the poor little were there any problems or issues in the english with almost all the people from the fishing authorities were there again you can they want anything from you know if you're not like the last time you went because they show your document banning us from treasure to be able no nothing they just watched how we had loaded the fish this is. good for you didn't touch anything just because i showed them our permits and that was all sort of the. idea it was a different story with catches a video taken by the fishing authorities claim that vladimir was poaching for him the video is proof that he wanted to protect his catch from the. fishing authorities without paying

a bribe. do you think. well if you analyze what this video shows it confirms that these law protectors only turn up to put a system in place for states where they can extract bribes and bonuses in the crowd in. just three years. i'm explaining to them here that it won't work with me. was not as the aggressive that's what i'm fighting against now i'm only yeah they do it with a. lot of me as company processes the fish it catches but its future is tenuous. the working hours of his staff have already been cut to three days a week. do a few hours ago and. know things could be better but what can you do. of course

it's hard to make ends meet with such low wages but we understand and hope things will pick up in ukraine with the work situation until i find general. vladimir has had to sell two of his three ships he was committed to keep part of his catch this year but the fishing authorities still reported him for poaching. may do all of those i don't think it's right to take an official word from us and we want them but in the current situation it's impossible for us to defend our rights it's just human and the means are already had to lay off our stuff in the board nickel would be out there when there's been the discipline. to me a chair is now facing legal action.

on the outskirts of mario paul this is the home of shipyard workers so again. the front line of the separatist area is not far away in twenty four seeing the war reach these residential blocks. are all of a sudden there were explosions and i took my wife and daughter into the corridor and covered them up on the ground as the explosions were going off the window pane shattered and black smoke filled the apartment we couldn't see anything when it stank. after things had calmed down we looked outside and everything was inflamed by starting is going to i mean we were just so people were screaming and there were dead and injured people lying on the street. no harm no to the critters all of the novel that i knew in. the family is trying to lead a normal life. so gaye's wife reno works for the city's tax authorities his daughter victoria is studying law in odessa and is currently home for the holidays . i think i'll probably stay in there desa yes i think that's what i want to do

with it. she only wants to return when there is peace if this doesn't happen soon so guy is not ruling out the worst case. russia would probably annex the whole of ukraine it's a lot stronger than us. there could even be a world war if other countries got involved that would be a catastrophe for. the other end of mario the village. this is where the dock workers are live since their working hours have been cut they have been focusing more on their wine business. that. is in your water the real work starts in a month's time. that's only buying the grapes just like at the moment the grapes are resting it's like they're hibernating. some of the grapes are sold to bolster

the household finances the twins also grow their own vegetables. but our wages are just enough to pay for the electricity water and gas the price of gas alone has gone up twelve times more than it was five years ago. the increase in gas prices is a direct result of the conflict with russia things were different five years ago as the grenades were flying sunday asked his father to build a bunker. sure enough there you are right it was your home you were the first to light the candle back then to. mississippi even as my wife was five months pregnant back then and my son was six when he came to us with this idea and said don't be afraid i know how to keep you safe. you could hear gunfire just two kilometers away.

not greater as i had the idea of bringing candles and matches and everything necessary so we could live here. at first my wife and i were shocked that he wanted to prepare everything so we could stay here in safety in case the bombs came. there and i did so then i reinforced the feeling with metal good as. you put in you beams and poured concrete over them. is a little they really didn't know. what and now we can store good wine here. in what. is trying to create a good life for his family which has ukrainian and russian roots. he wants the children to have a normal upbringing without fear. him built most of the things in his home himself

and never wants to be forced to leave it. yes. still the parents have prepared for the worst case. third if work breaks out again here it's my responsibility to drive the children to a safe place. my husband will stay here in the house when i was not and make sure it doesn't get looted just yet there's reason to a huge risk with not one single human life should be sacrificed for political ambitions and quarrels. the two related nations have bates' their hands in blood so they should forgive one another. and that they have to find a compromise nothing good kind of arise if there isn't a dialogue i tell my children learn to talk to people learn to argue your position without using weapons you know. so far there's been difficult chance for

dialogue the ceasefire governed by the treaty of minsk is repeatedly broken. clock glory to ukraine glory to our heroes in the evening maria visits and in the headquarters of the organization new mary opal she's the coordinator here and wants to talk about the training of the civilian self-defense forces the next day. along with supporting the army knew mary opal is dedicated to fighting progress and propaganda. the population was totally disoriented in twenty fourteen. they had been fed russian propaganda for years. russia or since the the russians. most of them want to restore the russian empire they

still have this imperial thinking the whole world is russia this is a russian city we should govern it. washes they've been trying to change our way of thinking for centuries but in some cases it worked. for instance even i speak russian but. at nine o'clock the next morning the volunteers line up for a roll call at a military compound near the say. she is very. very mad. for their training the group goes to the nearby beach men from all backgrounds to hear from the doctor to the simple worker . from new mary opal takes part two he's a program and the local steelworks. the men practice armed warfare under the instruction of

a training officer. group. so hang on one man covers and the other one the other but decide who is number one and who is number two. just know i'm not afraid if we have to then we'll fight as patriots we have to lead the way when it comes. back to. the second largest port city on the ukrainian azoff coast eighty kilometers away from mario. fishing company owner vladimir cherub pasta is on his way to court the court proceedings against him beginning today he's accused of poaching. with the support of his lawyer latimeria wants the court to grant him permission to fish undisturbed the on regulated fishing quotas between kiev and moscow have created a legal vacuum bladder is fighting so that he and his staff do not have to be penalized for it.

misha misha what about the paperwork before you need anything else interesting. we've got everything from the most important thing is that we have the original permits. of the most important thing is that there here is a solution for. the court hearing is due to start at eight thirty. vladimir is called into the judge's office but just for a few minutes the hearing is postponed neither the fishing authorities nor the public prosecutor were invited see wouldn't. today i did not get a court decision which would have made it clear whether i'm right or they are that's the worst thing there's uncertainty. so i'm deeply disappointed but if the way this country is governed i see absolutely no future and no prospect for you

with this. on the ukrainian azoff coast. sins of people's livelihoods depend on fishing these men have not been out to sea since early december the fishermen are old acquaintances of law to me and. so many news for months just like before none of us have been able to see so that there is no ban but there isn't a permit either. look at us that. of course it's a slap in the face. russian fishermen are still out working. but we're not allowed to i'm with you more than about that by now but we need clear rules this uncertainty has us living in constant tension this is our life now so they can appear hood's. property as it was. some of the easiest thing is to open it up look inside clean everything and then it

might work again but you used to do it so recently the temperature changed over three months and it's been down it has an effect on it. so that's right it's not good for the engine not to be running yes just standing idle for three months is no good. and these are the effects of our ban on going out to sea. look they're out there. yes there are always two to three russian ships patrolling . fact that they have weapons on board is also on settling for us. with the most. revenue yes that's why we didn't drop anchor we just wanted to get home fast they were pretty close to the shore six or seven kilometers they were warships and i got to believe this is true. russia is definitely in the wrong

occupying the coast. but on the other hand there is no feeling of confidence if there is no order. don't you believe that if our government maintains order then hats off to them and. if someone else has to maintain the order here then sorry here there would be what kind of weak government do we have us with the biggest problem. if ukraine doesn't allow fish from ukraine under the ukrainian market then i'll take my fish to russia change my flag and apply for political asylum but he's just. a nice. we still have hope. but i don't know how much longer it will last you.

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