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ah geo politics in the wake of the soviet union. what are russians goals today? more than 30 years ago, 15 soviet republics became independent states. with new freedoms, new conflict, and all dependency, the engine of a superpower, the collapse of the soviet union. next on d, w. every day counts for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener? how can we protect animals and their habitats? what to do with all our waste?

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a confident picture of the new russia. a short distance away above the crime than the red star of the soviet union, still glimmers and at red square in the mortar, liam lies the leader of the october revolution of 1917 vladimir elliott lennon. the long lines in front of the mausoleum may have disappeared. but the kremlin has remained the center of power with it is led by vladimir putin, the president of the russian federation. he rules over a country that even without the former soviet republics, is still the largest in the world. russia, in the kremlin, a new government has long since taken over. but across the country, the old symbols are as powerful as ever. the legacy of the former soviet union is

a complex one. the soviet empire covered a thick, the theosophist, and was home to 218000000 people. the collapse of this giant super states in 1991 was an event unprecedented in history. a super abolished himself. since then, 15 new states struggling to find that place in the wild order. some have gravitated towards western europe while others look to china. but all are defined by that relationship to russia. instead of the right soviet banner to day, the russian flag flies over the kremlin. the collapse of the soviet union brought hopes of independence and prosperity for the former soviet republics as well. but what remains of these dreams? what does this new freedom look like? which old conflict?

the flat up again? who was one who has lost and what role does russia play in this post? soviet power struggle or? ah moscow to die. at 1st glance, the russian capital looks much like any western metropolis. consumerism is in that even in wealthy moscow, the sophia chapter of history is still not fully closed. the past has left a deep impression leading many to ask what was good in sylvia times and what has changed for the better

flue? i am no longer sto, everyone believe that things would continue to get better. would it total culture because of democracy. right? yeah. ah armenia at the smallest of the former soviet republics, no longer even shares a border with russia. at the military cemetery and the capital yerevan, u graves are constantly being added. they bear witness to ongoing war and suffering in the caucasus. a permanent conflict has been raging for decades between armenia and as a by john. both sides lay claim to the region of not gone. oh, cut back. with its majority armenian population. fighting over this mountain

enclave goes back to sophia times. when gone battles and pogroms on both sides cost countless lives for those caught up in the war, the scars run deep of it of venice young and his son gave org, or armenians who live and not gone o'connor. bah, they were soldiers like their friend friar of sapient. yet they are also civilians of it runs a sport school is son studies confusing. and their friend is a businessman. the most recent fighting entered and defeat in part because as a by john received military support from turkey. the prospects of peace with that as a by johnny neighbors has never seemed more remote than it does to day evoke or from true philadelphia they doesn't live during the 44 day war much no western

country took any concrete measures to help us go good coach their market also then the russian army entered to reach out us will salgado her with the help of the russians. john, with the war was stopped, but they have not gone with, with the wars hone in the summer of 2021. a french owl ceasefire is in place between armenia and as a by john. like here at this border control point, it is monitored by russian peacekeepers. last year as a by john, we captured significant parts. if not go no cut back. armenia was forced to feed the last territory. these 3 armenians meet every day to play chess. they remember the soviet era and have long since grown weary of war. life dish. on the 1st 2 years ago,

we took their land. now they've taken it back. but he said lit me at the gym to virginia. if the russians hadn't come, they would have slaughtered us vaught. is it new bog? vast is lemon glow? she wants his love. oh, you know what? freedom is to blame it. them not for every one was calling for it. so do it all began with clara box independence, era, lasting peace is still a distant prospect. the people here consider themselves armenian. the country's flag is always present. driving with gagging eliane into the war zone. he is the matter of a small boat, a village, just me, roger otto, whose missouri were about to enter a village where the azerbaijani and armenians size are not directly facial and shall not be possible to

day. it is peaceful one year ago. this was the front line where gunfire was exchanged with beyond the region itself. this won't barely registers. despite it lasting for the past 3 decades on your external border with the numbers this new dark, bizarre bus during the daytime choose it safe head hurts. but that much to what that allowed them to do, but at night it's dangerous. run up there are people living the writer with that company, do hon approximately will be right to make sure nothing bad happens. we do on site . we have to monitor the area for them. yes. the no minus thought. yeah, i know much villages go to work in the day 2009. they keep watch this or that on the borders with there are so does that. there as a by gene is everywhere, some a little bit of spare, but there's

a certain color that a just an old church in the middle of the was on the other by johnny of the shiite muslims. while the armenians practised christianity, their respective religions are an important part of our national identity. and one reason for the decades old conflict in the visual on is rush to mirabelle spark. we're in a burglary. there's your, the people here, like they just want to live in peace for bus. one of our daughter to harper armenia is a small country covering just 30000 square kilometers on the journey from the border to yet of on the capital is not fine. for months of it at venice, young has been bringing his son to the hospital here

given was badly injured in the war. but in step on a cat, the capital of nicole and o carrabas longtime calf, a wounded sanchez, is not available at depth. evelyn, and then suddenly indeed ellen, when i was injured on the 21st of october last year by a cluster bomb or read an order, it was the very 1st day that these weapons were deployed, seeing or assembly that the bombs exploded in the air. and the shrapnel hit me in the head and the back. they called me to talk to one. 0, good seen i am. off to the hospital, father and son, visit the cemetery together. the last heavy fighting in 2024 thousands more soldiers lose their lives. many of them still very young belly, even adults own as physical, just because they're no longer in this well doesn't mean they are no longer with us,

as long as we are alive. so of a the conflict in the caucasus as far reaching consequences. nato member, turnkey supports the muslim nation of azerbaijan. france, however, is on the side of the armenians. russia is attempting to remain neutral after all, moscow values good relations with the oil rich as the by john. this is not how the armenians imagined that freedom and independence 30 years ago 15 soviet republics became independent states. one day, part of sophia territory. the next foreign countries with

got more of a spending like gray yields of how can you see ukrainians, but a russian is or armenians as foreigners. and these places as foreign countries, e cox, it's very difficult. and russia, foreign policy expertise in regard to post soviet space is very weak, that even the experts acknowledge this expertise. this sounds strange and paradoxical with which they were part of the same country for so many years. the complex legacy. despite the dissolution, the old dependencies continue to exist the entire infrastructure of roads and railways, power lines, and oil and gas by.