go, i've done it this bit. it's so so now we'll see if it's a proposal round and also to go pick our bonnie from d w sides or mind or the top you story this out. it's the final day of voting and circle referendums on joining bratia in parts of ukraine under moscow's control. it's expected to formerly addicts the full regions after the boat. keith and its allies have said they won't recognize the results. after the break, close up looks at the new patriotism in full the soviet states in the face of brush and aggression. i beg for solon, terry, not, we'll have your news next, allan i were interested in the global economy. our portfolio d w business beyond. here's a closer look at the project. our mission. to analyze the fight for market

dominance. good is step ahead with the w business beyond lose you, alina? oh huh. a ukrainian folks are in 1914, has become the new protest anthem and ukraine. it tells of the ukrainian military unit that fought against czarist russia in world war one. ah, a v i v. oh, mary, necessary now to me very like high level,

much reality do like big in the wave of patriotism has brought ukrainians together footing a powerful sense of determination in the face of russia's invasion. national sentiments are also growing in other posts of it, states, culture and language play a key role. here. singer songwriter jerry hale and wrapper, a loaner, a loaner travel to berlin at the end of june to give a concert for their homeland even before the war. the pair sang exclusively in ukrainian. boy you with a thing in my own language, just natural petri audit by it's just natural. it is just like elemental being ukrainian if your brain in your, in your brain, you speak ukrainian,

you st. ukrainian, with russian president vladimir putin denying ukraine statehood. the issue of language has become hugely political. it's considered a key component to national identity. so ukraine is fighting back on this front to banning some russian music. russian musicians who don't explicitly condemn the war can no longer perform and ukraine all have their music played on the radio. a decision that jerry hale and elona and now now support i have to leave them and be with them. and in that they are. * volunteer, why are they not so nice to me not friendly to me to listen to their music. a painful escalator, she rosky publishing their vladimir dantes grew up speaking mostly russian and rose to face with russian language songs. now he is trying to write ukrainian there. i go to terra,

no. others have continued singing in russian face criticism. oh, people are always taunting people like me, for example, still has russian language songs in my in my least. ah, hello, my name is one book. i'm a musician. great. even dorn is one of ukraine's most successful pop stars has mix of house disco, jazz and funk has broad appeal and also includes many russian numbers with ah, even dawn is not affected by the law banning russian music. he's a ukrainian citizen and clearly opposes the war, but he is still not ready to switch languages. performing. ready rosalyn songs i

don't want to get rid of them doesn't matter which language is it because i'm full of ukrainian mentality and dna, russian culture, the story, the, the city, the music could a lot of us. ready i heard in, in the child who the language, i'm hearing every every day. it all for printing the dna in my, in my music, a noise mainly aimed at russian artists who take pos infusions propaganda event. with my t and a pop singer, paulina gardena had older events and ukraine cancelled immediately. we needed law. so 10 years ago musical station ukraine was very, very sharply by russia with the grand the lead wish. ready it was really

a really problem to get to, to. ready right, and our next trip, or to know he's considered a rock legend and a pioneer of ukraine in music. a, even back in the soviet era, he wrote his songs in ukrainian. and in 1986, he formed the country's 1st rock band. in 2021. he and his son, he recorded a patriotic boy scout song that was more than a 100 years old when the war broke out, it went by my lease . i know some some people with russian culture but. ready russia they changed their mind.

me know, my name is before the 21st of february, i was a senior there created director of clinical partners democrats. now, on the medic, if you've seen me on the street in the piece time, you never said that i someone who can be quite a nation. believe me. i, i train my soldiers, my guys and girls just and pray that they will be

enough goods not to be wanted. oh yeah, a war and the don bus region performs under the name stuff has songs blend techno with traditional ukraine in folk music. oh, no, we are unique, national identity, but it well, it's not new. you want, which huge taster, huge culture we have before and how much it was totally destroyed by now it's only showing a union bug, but by raw sure age is by. yeah, just it's not being used, corey. ah,

well, tried to get back home. nobody my good bush, little guy in the bus with you guys, then you would you that i did the slave wouldn't in the missile distance, fortune is ridiculous because like, you know, ukraine and russia are the countries been created in the same year in 1991 so like if russia exist, it means that you grain oh, ukraine's boat is i internationally recognized. so do ordinary russians supposed putin's narrative? hello guys, i'm and then fennel. i met with joseph horse and 2011 food sale you a quick introduction on this topic. who as russians, if they think that ukraine is so that a state right, and i person to fee that of course it's sort of in state, you know,

in the ninety's, russian as a well soviet conference. i believe they signed on the agreement that the board there's are, is it these right? no, i wish that you believe ukraine is a sovereign state. ah, yes. to have their own constitution, their own symbols of power with so it's an independent state. it's not up to one person to decide to do more. i don't think expanding our borders who serve our country well known was not so good news. especially not when it comes to regions that many would like to see as part of the russian federation. which so many people have family ties and friends there for the past 70 years. we've been so closely tied, and now we're just cutting everything off and,

and saying we no longer know each other. with over 3 decades ago, some 2000000 people took to the streets in former soviet countries to demand independence. in august 1989 protested in estonia, lithuania and latvia formed a human chain stretching over 600 kilometers. it was dubbed the baltic way. since then, questions of national identity have been central in the baltic states to russia's war and ukraine has reopened old wounds. in latvia, an age old conflict has resurfaced between the countries ethnic russian minority and the lat. be a majority. i'm david romanovs ski. i have polish roots and i'm on my way to the light b capital rica. i want to find out what defines latvian identity today after more than 30 years of independence. and what impact the ukraine war has had a with

with ah, my name is autumn. oh, through hawker, are active. i am interested in latvia, latin history, latin identity, in kind of things that you know, i feel related to the thinks i love and hey, on the same time. so i missed my country's, my and my and so as for my artistic artistic breakfast, think of latin nation density is pretty much based on the suffering for you that recent past and or soviet path is kind of very significant element. course always

we being seeing ourselves as victims so this is missouri compassion. this is the all part. and then that is a new abroad, which symbolizes that we can get to read the fall history. instead of like, you know, let's have another page now history, let's, let's leave it, let forget it. in all mirabelle the like, why brides, you know, a new like scott, you know, hey, we want to keep suffering. we want to keep talking about our pain. you know, i'm familiar with this kind of past from poland, this collective trauma. in latvia, it's still shapes relations with russia and with let be russian speaking minority which make up a quarter of the population. the soviet era victory monument was one focal point, pretensions, ethnic russians used to gather here to commemorate soldiers who fought against nazi germany in the 2nd world war. in august 2022, the latvian government had demolished and protest over the ukraine war for years.

our ne spout shoes documented the russian commemorations that took place here. ah, that was not for demolishing because i don't think that change anything. but linda, what is the ukraine start that we tell that this is our enemy and on the monument and i've help. okay, let's just do it in our spontaneously. let's go there, demolish it is our hands. you know like berlin wall it this is, oh my be way of like relieving some kind of this, whatever pain or suffering that we have. charl then neither like i should have said i was going to drop by with ice show that i the i think i think a bit different with young people because i think they don't think in these kind of categories, not fans, russians or whatever else i was like let me can i

not, i mean look i this takes me this is ashley. why like i'm on. deuce young people also the ones that time take pictures of the day. i kind of free. i'd be there nave. maybe they are more like natural is because they are not yet part of the system with both young and old are now taking to the streets to protest rushes war in ukraine. i'm wondering what this all means for the russian speaking minority in latvia. a lot of them maybe don't feel very comfortable. i'm not talking about the signal so called fixed colony that they always felt ok. they live in

a brown country talk about kind of reasonable like russians. natasha. they've been seen as a kind of local enemy in a way, and they have to pool once again themselves. okay. you know, we are, we're not, we don't agree with fulton all we want this to be the independent state. so our russian latvians feeling the pressure i decided to visit the russian theater enrica, to find out more. mm hm. martian brucell, my name is maxine booster. i come from reger in latvia and i work as an actor in theater and televisions for yucca cruz commission. sure, as a russian speaking person in latvia, i've always felt that i have to make more of an effort to own people's attention and respect every minute. when the war started, he broke off all his theatre commitments in russia. mac of with toyota of assumed where there's a double stand and, and there are 2 sides to everything. that on the left, on the one hand,

our country has not sought to integrate russian speakers into latvian culture. but on the other, many russian speak is in our country, have themselves failed to integrate for many years of her song. or could i'm talking about people who think that ukraine is bombing itself. people who think that russia is a great power and does everything right. our so that's really what these people think. i'm focus schaeffer with global la floor difficult globally because our society is divided in nealus. that's why we're seeing these radical measures to cut off everything associated with russian politics as much as possible. so we can finally move forward to sadness. it's most complicated for people who are in the public eye because some way constantly being asked to express an opinion. and thankfully, or my opinion is, is i've just said it will, can browse all books. ok, this is so for gretel b whether russian or latvian speaking,

the vast majority of the population is strongly opposed to the war in ukraine. could this create a new collective sense of national identity among lack v as young people? patriotism also has a dog side. in the serbian city of novels that residence awoke one morning to find a number of house facades painted in the colors of the national flag, who was behind it. and what did it mean? ah, them. i grew up in the lehman neighbourhood of novi, sad through the 2nd largest city in serbia. it's mainly middle class and upper class neighborhood mallor at leim and as close to the city center through the university is here it is. and the river danube yard. some lane. ugh, i'm lena,

acrobat. i'm 21 years old and study in journalism. i've spent my entire life in layman, 90 mana, some prov, ella taps ratios higher. lee, many men has always been known for its urban culture punk and rock'n'roll. he can get a fruits, graffiti cut the widget there when you look at the names in the mail, but this is in the apartment block. if you'll soon notice that it's a multi national neighborhood, always quite multi, not could they bought it when you get savvy a slap. so politics became central in our lives. now that the new authorities brought nationalism into this multi ethnic setting them law due to the governing,

you ha, she controls all aspects of life off pressuring every one in one way or another doc, it's been that way through 30 years. ah, on the sebastian. mm hm. and then the unthinkable happened right here in my neighborhood to mass fees and local elections, the residence of lima didn't vote for the governing party. they voted for independent candidates from the neighbourhood, are conscious most of them women, which in them janet vulgar abilities, because our society is so politicized. we are aware that party members don't act in the interests of the people or it's certainly not guaranteed that instead they

serve the agenda of their political party. but that's why we have so many problems and corruption, it could i would i rather to part the governing heart. he couldn't let that stand and decided to punish us using the tools i know best thought nationalism mccoy. so all the kiko latina lisa dot com overnight lehman was painted in the colors of the serbian flag orders. this is really, it was done by the people who lost the election to show us whose boss around here. when did this or not, that have done better to set up a few trash cans instead, he than we have none here any more said the bottom. the summers the guy will change . the order of the color is and add a symbol. it may be a heart that it, that would remind me of the past was of the days of yugoslavia. none more every day . menaja was la viewing the soda, owings austin,

when the worst thing about these flags is that they're trying to enforce patriotism . it's desecrating the city. what can you say other which? wall nation. honestly, i think president booted did this because we didn't vote for him or me. they. gina knew glosser and that must mean we're not serbians if we don't vote for him or diminishing should have the our core glasses and i haven't noticed the flag regular . there's one right behind you. oh, well justice dash, it was pretty scary because it gives you a feeling of helplessness. ty, oxygen gets a demonstration of the howard that says, or we can do whatever we want to. you probably can paint a flag over your face whether we can spit in your face off to me, and this is the problem with and this is the general mode in our society to again arc ma, federal, national sylvester on the sand. overly on after that, teenagers were brought from other parts of the city to protest on the main street.

down to intimidate us. we mantis from the people of lee man responded by adding red stars to the flags that turned the serbian flies into yugoslavian ones. yoga, swab esc, may adam some one graffiti words to crying in nationalism. yet the next one activists went further, right in the names of unresolved state scandals on the flags iroquois that double blast for the so be so not be severely. i wrote the names of the scandals in broad daylight so because i didn't want to be like them go hiding in a nice cha, mobile poor bill on. and i think truth is the greatest form of patriotism up and i rich, but there is a misty was that a seem a moment but i am but hello everyone. yas, i'm brian brockovich is good. i'm a civil rights activist fighting for the common good. what is those an act

goldstein, that is bob or douglas analogy. well we're sure there was this place here is called shaudra us . well, morgan garage, anyone all saw the many people see it as the grain long of novi. sad was of course of as, as all a garage, the platform. we're camping here to protest, look sob because they want to chop down this far as well as the more he spoke jagger. com. where more do they want to cover this entire area? so concrete, shlomo e, double donita, fuji model flock, chinney, gus, ronald blace. i've been called the surveyed armika, a croatian mercenary mac, and a traitor to the country of gloom. it was 3rd she, they claimed that i have millions in my bank accounts, which isn't true problem, bro. yeah. for the nationalists, i've become public enemy number one are not soon alone, but i did any. i think the russian influence in serbia is pretty strong because russia supports the nationalist policy here. anyone who tries to address

a real problem get stigmatized, dynamic would be. we'd pick up, i've encountered real difficulties below below problem osbee. what it talk arcus to the red stars were painted, i fancy our bits, but once again, the police didn't intervene. good, although the whole thing was captured on surveillance cameras. after that, they put stickers with opposition, party slogans at the entrance to our buildings, to denounce as sako bellas. because sympathy is there any who if bleaching brought in is i think that i also changed the name of the main street in li, manually billy to ratify melodic boulevard library. he's a convicted war, criminal, general grap locked in on that. and then some one to hinted, how it is on the fly was it's not clear who or which site painted the hearts the fight as a national symbols in no visa continues. sh.

oh oh, we return now to ukraine. several years ago, an artist embarked on a journey across the country to see who could spot any changes as he headed east. he wanted to find out what unites ukraine and its people were no for artist based in give ukraine. so i started like from a very important part of my development. nearly in late nineties, i was born in a work in western ukraine in mining town right on the pollution. so the border in

1979, a piece of coal from my area. and i brought it by you walk by feet or 2 of us, you know, it worked for $1000.00 plus to see took with me one month with the western new queen was under the austrian empire before i was under the ups books. and then if you are slowly walked to the area where she was part of the empire, you immediately noticed some cultural changes that oh i

basically at the same time you notice no changes. ah, so good. heritage is in way more powerful away, more powerful that it any narratives on ukrainian territory before. so like in the west or the east, you just realize that you are in the pacific country. so is ukrainian identity still shaped by the days of the soviet union? though the vote me off noted that although the architecture changed, the people's mindset remained the same across the country. or look simply, i felt like i went to if i went back home, i don't must, because nobody knows that the people thing like old don't boss is broke or russian whatever. and where caesar mo, like west, more similar to europe. no. the entire on boss is a european project. this industry was in the 1st place created by the western

business like by the belgium, by french, by english. come to your crane. yes. are different to russians because they are european i, we like deeply believed that we are part of europe. it's our, like a heritage. so it is wrong with white on blue is the end of the pandemic in site. we show what he could look like. return is normal and we visit those who are finding it difficult to success in

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