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response from the authorities has been violence and intimidation security officials have arrested thousands of critics are condemning the acts which they say are targeting not only opposition politicians but anyone who dares to protest. just recently a russian opposition leader alexei nevaeh me was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison and many of his supporters have also found themselves behind bars with jails overcrowded some protesters have been brought to a detention center outside the capital moscow friends and relatives often have to wait for hours outside in the bitter cold to bring the prisoners basic supplies. it's minus 15 degrees celsius and herman has been on his feet since 6 am. he's one of dozens of people waiting to give parcels to the inmates of the soccer over the tension center. herman is here for his flatmate speed limits of it. she was

sentenced to 5 days for participating in anti-government protests in moscow. believe collected warmth you use here's a sweater blankets for. you even knew for friends of anything to cover up with. underwear t. shirts and gloves just in case you thing is just terrible it's even brought me to tears. my friends in there. over 7000 people have been arrested since the protests began the police have been especially brutal and moscow and st petersburg they've even taken people away who had nothing to do with the protests just because they happened to be in the area. not just for this group of young people had to sit in a freezing police van for 7 hours they were told there wasn't enough space in the jails for them. these images show conditions in the sun hover over detention center

near moscow overcrowded cells the inmates having to share the bare metal beds there's an open latrine right there in the room berman's flatmates medline it's very cold but also had to endure these conditions. after 5 days spent lana is released she's relieved to be back at home with herman in their kitchen. she says she was unable to contact the outside world during her incarceration and was overjoyed to receive herman's parcel. we suspected i was friends with standing behind the fence. that we worried about them. we thought they might be worse off than we were at least we were inside and not out in the cold. the thought that i had been was that looking out for me helped a lot. she shows us

a video from when she was arrested she and other protesters were standing in front of the jail where opposition activists alexina vall name was being detained the police surrounded them and arrested them one by one. with someone close to. make here for was kidnapped. even if he arrested a legal basis it was totally unacceptable from a humanitarian viewpoint. the law abiding citizens respect our constitution not doing anything is prohibited and suddenly this happened on top of that we're told it's right. it's wrong simply awful svetlana tells us she didn't get anything to eat for the 1st 3 days after her arrest because she was taken from one police station to the next and nobody felt responsible. she was so tense the whole time that she's only just begun to realize how inhumane the situation was she

chess. first i thought i would leave the child to get everything. but now i'm becoming aware of things in retrospect. i'm wondering why we were treated with so little respect. and i keep thinking about how any human in this whole system is just like a parrot with a shiny and. she says like many other protesters herman and said lama did not take to the streets only because not only was arrested they were demonstrating against the current political system more generally. these . people have to have a different russia to live in with russia where we have the freedom to decide our own future has. the storage. system where the powerful rake in the cash

and then tried to tell us how to behave this system is wrong he. said. many of the soccer all the detainees have now been released and they think much the same way many want to take to the streets again to protest against the system. for years the e.u. has had a tense relationship with vladimir putin but the russian president has often been unfazed by appeals from brussels right now there are calls from germany to hits putin where it hurts the economy some and activists are demanding an end to the construction of the controversial pipeline nord stream to it's supposed to transport natural gas from russia to the german town of mean through the baltic sea axel forte is the man there at the moment he and other residents are caught in the political tug of war between moscow and berlin. this is where north stream 2

ends the 2500 kilometer pipeline is said to run from russia through the baltic sea to the coast and when a supposed to look mean in northeastern germany at the german end of the infrastructure facility with its massive pipes and heavy duty safety valves has been ready to go since the summer of 2020. but look means may or acts of forked is worried the pipeline might never be operational. it's been defaced about i'm firmly convinced that we are that is germany and europe as a whole still need the natural gas from nordstrom and. we've begun shutting down nuclear power plants and our phasing out lignite coal but until the time when we are able to power everything by renewable energy germany and europe's energy needs have to be met so i see natural gas from pipelines like nord stream as indispensable. some 130 kilometers of pipeline have yet to be laid on the

baltic sea but that controversy surrounding the project is stalling progress it concerns the supplier russia and may prove to be north stream tucson doing. even before opposition activist alexina his arrest many were calling for a halt to the construction as a means to exert political pressure on russia's president putin in no means there's a different view. is it right to tie a case like for example to a project like nord stream to the uk or should it be considered in isolation. especially when the facts at least as i understand them aren't so clear as to warrant sanctions against the russian government. if in the whole i find novell nice case is reported by media very much from novell needs point of view. and the arguments of russia's government get brushed aside or disregarded you get the added value. you mean and russia have a long history in the 1960 s.

the soviets built the biggest nuclear power plant here and what was then is germany . many of its employees were russian and they lived here. their mark remains in the community to this day. no new speeches are largely deserted these days only a few locals are outside and they share much the same view. about the is not important but no stream is for all of europe can we afford to throw millions or even billions to the wind they ought to find some kind of compromise in i think the pipeline has to be completed. only one man we spoke to was more critical reason the longer they were only a dependable partner for as long as it was good for them because of the not also for leadership and i wouldn't do this project for political reasons was a mishmash. the baltic sea gas pipelines have become

a bone of global contention pitting russia against the united states both have natural gas to sell to europe and want the strategic edge the u.s. has threatened sanctions against germany should europeans opt to use only the cheaper russian natural gas. yes prices from the local trade association sees natural gas imports as a purely economic issue he says politics should stay out of it. is good for a moment on the board or do you need gas suppliers mixer behaves and whoever offers the best price and the best service will win the tender a $100.00 and the deal is made the customer decides that sanctions. the people of the main don't want their home to become a stage for world politics but tend to side with what is familiar is this also there is no denying that we don't want to give up our close ties to russia. we have a past with russia and that past wasn't all that bad on its own and flicked down at

the beach locals are also happy to receive other russian imports. whiskey or vodka i missed a vodka but whisky is not bad. now actually i'd rather choose. where our side no question whatever the spirit of choice many here would toast the day when natural gas flows from russia to no mean they just want freedom and a better life but we are an ethnic minority in china most are muslims and they are facing persecution in their home country at least 1000000 are being held in so-called reeducation camps some have given reports of forced labor and even rape and torture 50000 weekers have fled to turkey. cheek is one of them up until recently the country was

a safe haven that welcomed her and others but now many are afraid that they may be deported. was her father her uncle her grandfather paul for shamsi cheeks family was arrested in china because their weakness. in iraq on the medical market for weeks has been joining protests in front of the chinese consulate in istanbul. everyone here has missing relatives everyone here hopes for a sign of life. isn't it is that the what these photos are all we have we are not dangerous we just want our families back online and that but i don't understand why they are not being released and why nobody talks to us maybe they are afraid of us or afraid of the truth of what you got to tell us that make them call you a lot. 5000 files are piled up in this car 5000

disappeared week is shamsi and the other demonstrators have tried many times to hand the documents over to the chinese consulate but they have not been admitted not today either. at age 15 shamsi it came to istanbul she grew up in cian junk the home of the muslim league of minority in china her father wanted her to go to high school in turkey now she is studying she wants to be a nurse. shamsi has not had contact with her family for years a friend of her mother's who also lives here in istanbul is the only connection to her old life. the name of being a girl from what i know my father was arrested in may 2017 and taken to an internment camp in sheen junge for reeducation as the chinese authorities call it i

think he's in a terrible situation i. seen many videos on social media where we get as a force to labor in the camps and in the factories one of these people could be my father all of the. stories like shamsi is can be heard by the dozen in the streets of the 18 born on the istanbul distrait is the center of the exiled we get community in turkey i but now there sanctuary seems to be at risk turkey could soon ratify its extradition treaty with china many week is who used to feel safe here are now afraid. use of a mouse for example he works as a cook in a we go restaurant the thought of possible deportations wars him even more than all the economic problems brought by the coronavirus crisis. to look good there so if

turkey sends us back to china they will put us in jail forever or shoot us dead. lawyers are going represents many weaker refugees he has a fake folder with extradition requests from china there have been no deportation so far says ag in but pressure from beijing is growing. especially during the coronavirus pandemic chinese investments have become very important to turkey's troubled economy 2 major chinese mobile phone companies have recently announced that they want to invest here and he relies on the chinese made vaccine i think china uses all of that to exert pressure on turkey. with. chinese capital has become increasingly important for the turkish economy in recent years comport for example one of the country's largest container terminals

is now majority owned by a chinese consulate so is it stumbles fulton celebrates does this make turkey more accessible to chinese interests the ruling a k party denies that. this extradition treaty with china is about criminals we have similar agreements with 32 other countries it is extremely wrong to present it as an agreement against al we get brothers and sisters. on that you see if you cheat has always been grateful to the turkish government for its support of the weakest but now she feels that something is changing or should the extradition agreement with china be rectified she fears her name could also appear on the deportation list. up there i am now an activist the fact that i search for my father and other relatives makes me a criminal in china. and now i'm afraid that what has happened to others could one

day happen to me. but shame ca does not want to give up her protest be quiet disappear in the crowd. she wants for the fate of her father and that of the many other disappeared weakest to not. in space and almost 2 and a half 1000000 people work in the tourism sector the spanish island of majorca is an absolute visitor magnet beautiful beaches and a legendary nightlife attract millions of people each year but just like everywhere else in europe the coburn 1000 and they make has hits in majorca tourism sector pretty hard now beaches are deserted many locals are drifting into poverty because they have lost their jobs in hotels and restaurants they are hoping that the summer will bring back some visitors be it for a nose or locals. palmas sunny winters normally attract plenty of

tourists but there are just a handful of people on these beaches. almost everything is different on the island these days. despair is growing and the few visitors can feel the somber mood and unusual emptiness. and wouldn't a thought it would end this way i don't get off the schools and really sad when i got. here is a good challenge but at least in public to me are called by your colleague. due to the high infection rates on the islands almost everything is closed bars restaurants and the large hotels. tourism has come to a standstill. scenes like this are now part of paula's new cityscape people waiting patiently for a free food package for example at the tar door aid organization. prior

to the corona crisis 200 meals were distributed here daily that number has now risen to almost 2000 all the pandemics effect on my orca has been brutal and although the government gives out subsidies there are often not enough this is the case for india i know say that and her partner she lost her job as a hostess in a hotel. that's how we got out there ever so many people line up here that i'm not ashamed to be here but when i just find it sad to have to ask but i mean we've got used to them that they're in need of a camille one of them if tony organizes the aid programs for target or the organization is financed solely by private donations he says majorca social structure is slowly crumbling. many i'm pissed when most the yemeni people who have long been on the fringes of society change. now we see normal families with

children haven't been able to work since the summer. was there with. the aid organization also run shelters tony showed us one just a few blocks away up to 80 people can stay here more and more locals are trapped on a downward spiral and are losing their homes as a result of losing their jobs. majorca has just under 1000000 inhabitants a 3rd of them are now living in poverty. that. danielle chavez from argentina is sharing a single room with his wife and 3 children. until 6 months ago they lived in an apartment and both parents had jobs at a hotel. most. jobs emerging really well we mean well and then suddenly the virus came and things began to go downhill he was in

because. the people of majorca have been hit hard by the crisis. but activist is demonstrating with others in front of an apartment building to prevent an eviction. mohamed el from morocco has been pressured by as landlord to move out as he can no longer afford the rent. despite the pandemic there are about 10 evictions in palma every week and if that moment. if it is a friend's apartments are on the rise and families are squatting in places because they have no other options are being. mohammad is lucky with the help of the protesters his eviction has been canceled for the time being. many people on my orca are angry they're demanding the government's resignation and say state aid has arrived too

slowly or not at all politicians argue the lock down cannot be relaxed because the infection rate is still high and intensive care stations full is not a month. it's normal that people process and we understand that but at the same time our main priority is to improve the health situation there has to be less pressure on hospitals and after all human lives are at stake. but times are tough but the people of majorca are showing solidarity restaurant owners distribute food packages to those in need and among them jose marti on a board post. who's fighting for the survival of his business was your political party and up. until now the state has only provided subsidies of 1500 euros to the home of the democrat i don't think it's that we want to help those who are worse

off than us this is going to be our worst year ever got out it see if the government is just talking or actually action because we are already in a dire situation and we must tell them on the way by the window. at noon they distribute a hot chocolate. and a sandwich people receive their package that has a taste and they know all too well either that when your guy is heading into another tough year then it will be a long time before vacationers return to the island. from a holiday island now on to a winter paradise that is also experiencing the absence of tourists in france the skiing season is basically over because of the coronavirus skill lifts are not operating but the shutdown is not stopping some from going out for winter sports anyway many are escaping to the snow covered pier unease in search of some action.

the 1st lesson in sushi is anyone who gets backwards falls. these days many beginners are heading to the theory needs and this reason. over the fence go along with the lift stations are closed because of the pandemic so you can go snowshoe hiking or cross-country skiing you don't need lifts for either the people who will do it could. mention deadly week glued make sure nobody runs a risk of an accident and those should except for avalanche dangers. to small as this are still a loaded friends. who live from it it's a different kind of exaction than skiing i guess you can reach other places on most nations high. above all it's peaceful calming and not to talk crowded

because this is this vastness is an authentic nature experience which is exactly what we're looking for when the truth the fact that many people are hungry for nature is a boon for the french economy this new she manufactures orders have shot up from 30000 peers 210-0000. we are drowning in order here we don't know how to manage to do both but it's a positive stress better than begging the government for a loan or asking for financial aid as far as covert 19 is concerned we are one of the lucky ones also. snowshoe hikes in the mountains give people a chance to breathe fresh year without masks and experience nature. from 1300 to 1700 meters and back down again solution can't replace. but it don't need skillet city to break in the mountains and escape the stress of

the pandemic at least for a short time. i'd like to try it out some time at the death isn't enough snow in this region well that brings us to the end of focus on europe part of a take care and see you next time.

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