w business be on a, here's a closer look at the project. our mission. to analyze the fight for market dominant versus way, given that head with the w business beyond the news . hello and welcome to focus on europe. it is good to have you with us. we're more than half a year now into russia's war on ukraine and for president vladimir putin. things have not worked out as planned. his troops are now on the defensive. ukrainian army is reporting new games in territories in the east and south of the country. and to supply the kremlin with a fresh batch of soldiers to send to the front line,

who has ordered a quote unquote partial mobilization of forces in russia. this would mean hundreds of thousands of additional soldiers, enough put in hopes to turn the tide of war in his favor. but forcing more russians into military service with some going directly to the front lines is an appalling prospect for many citizens. including mikhail, a young man living in moscow. he does not want to fight against ukraine and he is resisting being drafted as a reservist. he's one of the many people protesting pollutants policies in his homeland. and mikhail does not plan to leave the country quietly. ah, no to war these protesters shout, hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of moscow to protest hooton's partial mobilization. many have been arrested by authorities and brought to police stations on greece. among them was mia yields again a 29 year old musician and pod,

castor. he says he spent 6 hours in custody. the police tried to force him to find a draft notice or to join the army in as a with me. are you yet a shoulder walk on the thongs, air, bowling escalate? i was brought to another room. ha boys, there were several men there. ha dois too were policeman days and 2 were in plain closing him. they locked the door from the inside and started telling me i was a nobody. and as i part of the clunk, there's not that in a clue which a boy put me down rather showed me around and even quickly at elk i behind dasa most of his i had to get through that was but i didn't the, and i'll post, i made it out of the station without signing anything. i think our corporate up our call now i'll just have to wait and see what happens as a dash of it. and this since his detention mikhail has been staying with a friend, he hardly goes out in order to avoid the police. he could be called up under the partial mobilization order because he completed his military service. but he says

he's been against the war since the very beginning. yep. newkirk oil open. there's no way that i'll be drafted from our bill is i'd rather be sent to a penal colony link to the war habits of colonial chem, the lionel. mike, you rush us military has suffered huge losses in ukraine. moscow is banking on fresh troops. officially, authorities have called up 300000 men with military experience. but critics say the draft is more universal and arbitrary, especially in provincial regions. men without basic training are scared of being drafted like this warehouse worker or disco, nauseous, livingstone, they're telling us just go, i don't care whether we ever combine criticizes. you was just cannon fodder. what's meant to call us mobilization is to stuck up on cannon fodder. and wind with quantity from since the quality isn't there, which is podcast or mikhail and moscow says he doesn't want to flee abroad though.

even if staying in russia means taking a big risk or page of the opera or kirk of another thing that i feel something like an inner drive. anything else that i would say? yeah, actual, i don't like what's happening here shot and i want to fight back. thaw on story this. i seen sir, is still high as the east property, as if nobody stays here in russia in life. and there'll be no one to change anything think i walked or next door he is marsden travaras is jealous. mikhail intends to keep taking to the streets to protest against hooton's more even if he and fellow demonstrators could face up to 15 years in prison for doing so. the war against ukraine has also become an economic one, primarily between russia on the one side and the west on the other. russia has stopped, or at least very severely restricted gas deliveries to europe. and the e u has announced it will block most russian oil imports by the end of 2022. but

just off the coast of greece, tinker, owners appear to be shipping higher volumes of russian oil than before. the war began. its day break off the coast of the peloponnesian peninsula. fedora has shown toyota is out with his reporters, united colleagues, a network of investigative journalists. they're heading to the laconia and gulf to document ship to ship or s t s transfers of russian oil out in international water . so we as that about as united, i like being a drug of is that isn't about sds, which is that they're on sort of oil fuzzy fuels from one that blanket blown away after the bay ross and envisioned ukraine a pony and gulf for weeks. most of the tankers carrying russian oil arrive via the black sea. the u has closed its ports to russian merchant ships as part of it,

sanctions packaged with them. and by the end of the year, it's set to completely banned the import of russian oil. as they approached the tanker, the investigative journalists see signs that a 1st oil transfer is imminent. one tanker is already dropped down those huge blue mike vendors. they prevent the 2 tankers from bumping into each other during the transfer to other tankers are already in the middle of an oil transfer. the one on the right is taking on the russian oil and belongs to a greek shipping company. according to the journalists, greek ship owners in particular, have been making money off of russian oil, also without disclosing its origins. very said high bulk says what a gardening received. the greek c boners, waits a all the local channels stated. somebody saying that the war is bad. the russian war in ukraine is bother bother. they seem weak dangerously. they

a continue at transferring eh, dealing with a russ 100, wasn't. she was all over the world. the ship owner say these operations aren't illegal since they take place in international waters. we asked the union of greek ship owners for an interview, but they refused. opposition. politicians don't think the ship owners are doing anything wrong and they say greece can't pursue sanctioned violations outside of it . see borders the you would have to take action off the oil for a mule. she had snowed going degrees. it's going to hold you to her. so it's a problem to the hans ofa united. so for now, huge quantities of crude oil continue to be transferred between tankers. off the southern tip of the peloponnesian, that makes environmentalist, your ghost dow tacos nervous. and not just because this region is

a breeding ground for sea turtles will will much the better thought that all were afraid of a tanker spell and all that would contaminate this whole area with oil connected the therapy, we live off of tourism nature in history. we don't have any industry or significant agriculture a, so an oil spill would destroy everything we have is woke up, die in it. oh yes, said the bill, you're here on a vacation. rental owner also expresses concern about a possible oil spill. and what that would mean for her business bulk at that a mouthful, although might be off by vacation rentals only just got finished in this past year and he's had fantasy born. and at the time when we're struggling with damage from law, the journalists therefore keep up their investigation. the transfers continue after

nightfall, indirectly pumping money into moscow's war chest. with meanwhile, over in britain, countless citizens pockets are getting emptier and emptier high inflation and high energy prices are ripping huge holes. and many households budgets and more and more people in the u. k. are finding themselves no longer able to pay their gas or electricity bills. many feel abandoned by politicians like natasha and gary waterhouse, who fear the coming winter, lincolnshire in england's midlands. this is the village of morton, where karen natasha waterhouse left. cancer surgery left natasha severely disabled . gary quit his job as a taxi driver to look after her. he shows as their gas and electricity bill these to pay the equivalent of $36.00, you're

a per month now. it's over $200.00. for the price hikes loom an ottoman winter, south of michael plans, of which rooms we can hate at the moment. i mean, it might be a case of just where it blaring up. and then of say, having blankets, rounded to keep warm, did receive a one off payment from the state equivalent to round 1200 euros. but that won't be enough. they have to be frugal with groceries and stick to budget supermarkets plus has gone up astronomically, with shopping smarter. and i'm doing a lot of batch cookin, so we have meals in the freezer for the coming weeks. inflation and britain has reached a 40 year high at over 10 percent low fat milk, for example, is 34 percent more expensive than it was last year. with energy prices tripling or quadrupling, hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of so called fuel poverty. to help

those need william a grunting and found at a food bank. so he says to her, even more people coming than during the corona, virus pandemic, from unemployed to employed to self employed, people all are in need of donations. sometimes a food we don't have enough and we have to send families away with with no food. and when you see our mom or dad, it said and you don't have enough food to make dinner or drink shop for sometimes stuff rolland is ill and can no longer work. and so he doesn't know how you feed his family. it's a big roller coaster and have a son and the wife and it is very difficult to not to survive. their

biggest worry is about the coming winter when they'll have to start heating is very, very fearful because you're just thinking about how you're going to get the money to keep wall. how you going to get the money to buy the food? which why is it gonna dow fill dog or he? teen i think is gonna be very hard for us. yeah. the with the guy. yeah. he tried to leave clack. people move the poorest or being hit the hardest by rising costs, but the middle class is affected to over northern england. susanna and dave morgan live near york with their 2 daughters. their electricity bill has tripled and a liter of fuel cost equivalent of $2.00 euros. the family is having to restrict or spending also, when it comes to their kids were quite rural. everything that we want to do is a distance away. so if they want to go swimming for the swimming lessons, history lessons plus the petrol together,

the couple run an online subscription services for high end coffee. they were, the crisis will hurt their business. why pay the cost of in crisis is made everybody think about what they're spending. so we are look she item and has people might look at his in their bank can sail. i'm not gonna buy that coffee, especially as the cost of coffee has risen all over the world. susanna now sells a $500.00 grand bag of coffee beans for 19, instead of 17 pounds, when we patella plus it to our customers. we also moved our staff t, v, a living wage because we understand that they have to pay their fuel, their electricity, their residence. many of the businesses are reluctant to raise wages at this time, sparking labor protests to run the country. to day trade unions and left when groups are staging a protest event at a club in london's battersea district. with the motto enough is enough. they want

to fight for fair wages. well as the movement building people are really angry, the cost of living sitting up in the u. k. and politicians on neither side, both sides of the plan for doing nothing about it. over $113000.00 britons have already joined the campaign, vowing to stand off to major corporations and lawmakers. they all look up to mich lynch. his rel union has led strikes that brought large parts of britain to a standstill. the working class is by a and we refused to be bull anymore. everyone to be a until recently natasha and gary supported the conservatives. but the party is deeply disappointed. they're not looking at the

individual people who are like the lower classes, middle classes. they're the ones that come to suffer. the scribbling looks themselves and they're not focusing on the true thing. that's the photos, the people of this country. people like natasha and gary waterhouse and hundreds of thousands of others who have no idea how to get through this winter. the canary island of la palmer is also known as the east le bonita, but the huge volcanic eruption that began one year ago and lasted for 3 whole months has left parts of the beautiful island. a desolate lunar landscape, many lost their houses and their livelihoods. but the islanders loved their home and rather than despair there confronting the blackened landscape cautiously to rebuild their lives on a changing island farmer victor beneath is driving

through a cold lava field. he says it pains him to be on this makeshift road that went out of the wood and i'm a possum. look when i see my mother were driving over a banana plantation, i used to own okay, what was it, what else? what would be valid in effect, you can still see some of it to the right. that's what's left of a ton of middle log out with development. what is there a warning signs along the road telling people to keep off the ground as this can be up to 70 degrees celsius. hot. it was one year ago that the volcano on the canary island palm began erupting the lava, burried, $4000.00 buildings, roads, and banana plantations. thousands of families on the palmer and they're living from banana farming. in december, the volcano finally stopped erupting, but many problems remain. lorina and i'm a lisa,

this is our problem now with the faculty learn you lift from the ground. i didn't get also and the plants did it. okay. well, it's been a year now, and you can see what's still there. if you know, you see the problem, we're going to have all that and now it's fine. i did that one, but we have to prevent the dust from penetrating into the plants using bags at the thought when i was right next to the plantation. there's another problem after the eruption experts observed gas escaping from the ground. even now, the area around puerto mouse has to be blocked off the fire department, let us accompany them as they take measurements. our team has to keep a safe distance. you can't come in here. the readings are too high. ah, the seo to concentration as high as close to the ground,

the firefighters explain this means children are especially at risk. yet the real risk is an outside. but inside buildings, residents are only allowed to enter for 2 to 3 hours to retreat belongings from their homes and businesses. and they need clearing from the fire department. we meet the technical director a few blocks away. the bomb was just, i don't because if ya know, but when you had there for an hour and nothing happened, wasn't it affected by that? there are no health problem isn't on dishes. as his stomach was told, and that someone spent 24 hours there highlighted day and night, no one can guarantee they will be okay. with that on the threshold, out of the 2nd, some locals referred to deserted puerto. now's as little chernobyl. there are thousands of vacant hotel rooms on the palm of west coast all off limits due to the gas these hotels might otherwise have had a good season. as a volcanic eruption has attracted a high number of tourists. no. the tours of the volcano region are in high demand

and in the summer of 2022, the palmer actually surpass projected visitor numbers. i will, i will come to see the island on the robson brought it to our attention. if it went up, it is a very different experience, a co, it's like walking on another planet well, no planet that only trained guides are allowed to take tourists near the volcano as the area is still dangerous. even if no eruption is expected anytime soon. established melodies, who monitors the volcano? you know that a little i get a look and state of dc sell and did have capacity. vienna. wonderful. and i'm going to pull you rice one reg. refactor is a terrains instability here from there in a pool. it cooled off quickly, which means that the ground is still in motion did not allow via, it said the are the gases in the volcanic cone office, in the cornel he for not being emitted in a stable waste when they miss unice levels can change and suddenly shoot up in that

in a month, plus the of the high temperatures low to her, yet the name of the bill to us out us like further down on the make shift road to the lava field. it's been a year since the eruption began, and many problems remain. the steady stream of tourists brings hope to the economy, at least and hope springs eternal as they say. in an unlikely turn of events, hope is also reemerging in a small town. deep in the forest of finland, full langa is home to fewer than 3000 people and it's been dealing with a shrinking population. for years. the village seemed doomed, but now these 2 men, santeria and those scurry have taken that dark outlook and given it a kind of twist. both are self professed pessimists, yet instead of wallowing in that attitude, they choose to celebrate it. and their town. ah,

this pub closed long ago. and all that's left of this shots inventory are 2 chairs. as you enter town, there's a sign that reads you are entering polanko. there's still time to turn around. ah, polanko is a small dine town in the middle of finland with the remaining population of just $2400.00. most of whom are over 60 young people tend to move away from pla lanka. but these 2 are staying true to their home town or scottie and santi of the local pessimist society. and it's their pessimism that's raised hopes for a new beginning. oh, we are. we have accept the fact that we cannot read why it's not something we,

you know, seal sided while it's, we tried to find the for me side of our it still didn't come. we can joke about become law that a who said, whose as the business you so be like like this? yeah. why, why, why, why, why are you gonna, why you couldn't smile, you are bristles. and it's precisely these 2 self professed pessimists who brought some cause for optimism to polanko. the pessimists. cafe does good business tourists buy t shirts and buttons with pessimistic messages in the shop. next door, we go, extract out it together with friends, oscar. he also made self deprecating and ironic music videos about polanko. the 2 peasant go with a touch of optimism and a good chunk of humor. well, if all else fails, laugh, that's it for me and the team here at focus on europe. if you've missed parts of

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