every one. questions for the present, a future that heads filled with ideas. so get really folded brain update. 40 to the answer to almost everything starts january 15th on d w ah ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin. more than $9000000.00 ukrainians face power outages, as russia keeps bombing critical infrastructure fighting as raging in the east and don boss region with president vladimir zalinski describing the situation in areas

like bartlet, difficult and painful. also coming up, an interactive exhibit in berlin simulates the experience of people suffering from a long cove. it. the goal is to boost awareness for this condition, affects growing numbers of people. ah, gabelle is welcome to the program, ukraine's president says around 9000000 people are still affected by power outages across the country. as fighting continues in the east and don bass region of ukraine in his nightly address for laura. miss lensky said the situation in areas like back moved are difficult and painful to lensky claims. russia is using scorched earth tactics according to ukraine's foreign minister. thief is now aiming for peace summit backs by the un and to be held by the end of february that follows

president hooton's class in that moscow would be willing to negotiate the war. ukraine is being viewed with particular fear in the baltic states like ukraine. they were once part of the soviet union and fear russia might try to invade their territory to laugh here. for example, shares a sizable board with russia many here. now feel constantly under threat. the w's uri rish. it's a went to a village in western latvia to find out how russia's war is affecting daily lives there. every day, janice rosen, towns uses around 8 meters of linen to produce 6 scars, which he sells with his wife laila. janice has been running the business for 20 years, but doesn't know how much longer he can continue. the war in ukraine has changed everything. i think i'm very worried about everything to do with the war.

but of a he don't know how much fuel is going to cost at the filling station with his bands. i think one think i'd and even just turning the lights on, it's up money perfectly as governor allowed. yon us has friends who are helping him to build his house. but the price of building materials in latvia has gone up by half. and he doesn't know when it will be finished. the rosenthal's live in a small village in western latvia, set in beautiful countryside. youngest takes the children to school each morning and brings them home again later. but all is not as idyllic as it seems with a population of just to 1000000 latvia is one of the poorest countries in the european union. it's economy traditionally closely linked to russia's. the war has

had a disastrous impact on business owners like yon us, m. o 's board, we've always worked closely with business partners in russia and people there always wanted our products back now that's all gone him and got such a sad way. so me anees about lat fears. big neighbor to the east has risen sharply since the start of the war. latvia declared independence from the soviet union more than 30 years ago. but the invasion of ukraine has brought back traumatic memories . he left the hud via applica. it feels like the apocalypse, say with him please him to leave. you wake up completely confused ontario and things like asking why are you read the news and wonder what the hell is going on in the world with failure? this but i'm hoping things will get better nor a saddles lago, it's human nature, and lack of to make the best thing for god. what is the lobster? bothell own sanguine, but so silver table. it's only

a few hours drive from the rosenthal's house. in western latvia to the border with russia in the east, the 2 countries have a long shared history. but to day latvians feel threatened by russia. and it appears you should have filed that report. he joins us now from a rigor. you the how are the people of what we're doing in general, almost a year after the beginning of that war? well, of course, everybody in lot of is quite worried about the future, like people everywhere in europe or gout and youngest. my report has explained he is of warriors, but nobody is desperate here cause despite all the bad news lot vince. i very optimistic. people who always look for way out. i but latins do feel divorce, in particular in their wallets everybody. everything has become more expensive, up to 50 percent, especially heating costs, and nobody freezes because of the high bills. but even though people have to safe money elsewhere to pay that bills and that the topic of walls would emanate over

his life logins, show their strong through rarity, with the crane and condemned russia aggression in the middle of europe. before the war, there was a lot of support for boot in among the russians. speaking of minority in latvia, do you feel that the country is in a way divided today? well, historically people in all 3, both countries have been i, who we are aware of the ration of our foreign influence that say especially there was in the mercy of other nations. jim's pulse the for anyone suites and soviets during the soviet times. alternately not only here the capital rigor, but also for example, in the 2nd largest city dog of bills on the russian border. a large part of the population speaks russian as ever. this language and many of them have watched the russian television with all its propaganda over the past 20 years. so lot then suffered a lot in the history and the defended their independence. many times the fact that the russians attacked the ukrainians wasn't very surprising for many years, especially for the older generation young is that the protagonist of my report,

for example, he told me about his grandmother, who always warned him about the russians when she was told that he yanez had business context to rush and it seems the grandmother might have been right. so the issue of russians and the russian speaking minority is on the agenda here every day in politics and society in everyday life. and it's an extremely sensitive topic which is understandable if you know the painful history of this country of latin are spun a jury, we're sure to, they're reporting from reagan. thank you, yuri. now 3 years into the pandemic, more than 650000000 people around the world have tested positive for coven 19. while the vast majority recovers, some are burdened by longer lasting symptoms. be conditioners called long cove. it the symptoms differ from person to person. long cupboard is diagnosed if symptoms persist for more than 3 months after the infection,

while studies suggest 7 to 10 percent of people who had covered 90. it can be affected by long term symptoms of varying severity. the world health organization is calling for more research into long covered as well as better treatments for those affected my, our report. a pip, stevens went to visit an interactive exhibition here in berlin, where she experienced what long cove it actually feels like between 5 and 10 patients with the crown of ice will go on to develop long hope that fatigue is one of the main symptoms. one paper estimates 46 percent of people with the condition will suffer exhaustion in front of one of their exhibits here, which is a weighted vest which together with these weighted arm band and leg bands weighs about 20 kilos. now the idea with this is tara, emulate. the feeling that people with long cov, it have a very sort of large pressure on the chest and shortness of breath. i had one

account of a man, he couldn't read his children a bedtime story because he described the son back on his chest. i try the lag, an arm wait, son, along with the suit to see what it's like. i try walking up the stairs. i already felt really quite had a breast just walking up those stairs and i am conscious that my heart is beating quite a lot harder than usual. am i feel quite sick to be honest, as well with the, with the f, a of the weights and my body is also a bit of pain from sort of supporting the weight people with long covert or advice to keep moving to help with their rehabilitation. the center uses virtual reality to encourage that with activities like football, archery, or boxing. the hope is that by increasing their strength non cov, at patients can get back to their lives. what i really taken from this exhibition

is not only how all consuming and intense, having long cova could be, but also how difficult it could be to function in everyday life. although around $200.00 symptoms associated with long covered. so any treatment would be highly individual hire was tailored. still not very much about it is known medically for the center, told me what it does do is point people in the right direction of medical care and also towards support groups that can help them cope as of a bit of a broader look at the state of the pandemic right now and talk about that with dr. dancers, he's an intensive care doctor, head, germany, and the former president of the german association for intensive meds and audiences . here in germany, one of the country's leading biologists has made headlines by saying that pandemic is over from your perspective, as an intensive care doctor. do you agree? yeah, the world health organization announced the end of the global pandemic back in september this year. in this respect,

i also re with kristen ross and kristen coggan. it is also an intensive committee and clerk who also predict the end of the pandemic. in germany. we will certainly still experience one or the other small wave of infections, thus cough too does not currently play the dominant role, but other respiratory pathogens above all the influence of virus and our as fi viruses. in the 5th week, about 9000000 people had a new acute respiratory illness. the persistently very high numbers of infection continue to exceed the p values that i usually reach in the strong influenza waves . the overall proportion of patients hospitalized with severe respiratory illness diagnosed with influenza was 28 percent in the week 50 and the poor portion of covered 9th and was only 11 percent. now, how do you see cove it affecting our lives in the future?

yes, i'm certainly sure that in the future in the future will will have to deal with soft cough too. and cove 19, but i'm quite sure it will not reach the proportion hospitalized on intensive care medicine. and other way we have to deal with that infection as we do, we have to deal with the in class and we have to lift that is and we have to encounter new viruses in the next decade, which may headers as well as last cost too good talking about a new virus is right now, china is battling a wave of infections. how big is the risk of a new of new variance emerging from that briefly if you can. so i am saying at the moment a huge, numb over infection, that is a risk that sham mutants develop. it could be, but that is not sure. and leading biologics also said could be, but that's not sure show we should take and measure to protect us itself. and

people traveling to china should or where my mouth mass and they should be vaccinated this quite sure. at the moment i don't say we don't see any urgency to so on you very and of concerns coming from china. but that is a threat. i agree. tends. okay. dr. williamson, thank you very much for your opinion. later, severe winter weather has been pummeling north america. authorities say nearly 50 people have died across the united states. new york state has been hit especially hard emergency cruise. they're still searching for survivors in vehicles buried under meters of snow. residents are being want to stay in their homes as city paralyzed by a mega storm. buffalo new york is at the epi center of the blizzard. battering north america. people are stranded in their vehicles and homes as snow pummels the region. the governor of new york gave

a sobering assessment of this situation. we have then to a lot of wars together. and this blizzard is the one for the ages. certainly it is the blizzard of the century, and we are here to can talk about our, our class or collaborative approach to dealing with this crisis. and it is a crisis. thousands of homes are without power, and a driving ban has been issued. the governor warned that the worst is not yet over and as much as we can see, the skies right now, we know that the storm is coming back. so anyone who declares victory and says it's over, it is way to really to say president joe biden approved an emergency declaration for new york, offering the full force of the federal government to support the state. thousands of flights have been canceled across the u. s. leaving many families scrambling to find a way to get home an hour. driving back to austin 17 hours so it

was able to find a rental car. there was not many, but i was able to find one. so when the start back here model, i guess back in buffalo, more heavy snowfall is forecast. emergency crews are racing to free, those trapped while they still can and that's it for me on the new steam of for now you can find a lot more news business and sports on our website, w dot com. and on our breaking news, i'm gather offers in berlin for me and the team here. thanks for watching. ah, we've got to understand that globalization work, but he does not reach more than 30 percent of the world population in the mediterranean as become a kind of great sarcophagus. if anything he was proud of,

it was to be a steel worker who had the women and where do we stand? starts january 5th on d, w. ah, for centuries the kremlin chimes have been counting the hours and minutes and mocking, changing times and eras. for those who don't know, maybe half forgotten, i will remind you that the times and deer is changed surprisingly regularly. in 20th century russia. in 1917, the bolsheviks overthrew the czar and replaced him with a communist government for the following 70 years. then in 1991 after mikhail gorbachev, perestroika reforms, the russian people overthrew the reds and voted boris yeltsin in as president in

the countries fast democratic elections. however, with freedom came the economic crisis and the fast chechen war, whilst yeltsin was anointed, modern days are and then his health started to fail. this is how russia entered the new century and the new millennium. being a documentary film director, i recorded what was going on around me. this film is my personal witness testimony about the events of one single momentous year from the 31st of december, 1999 to the 31st of december. 2000. 0

have you opened your present yet? not yet. do you have patient vitale? journals? is this for me? yes sir. yes young girls mothers look mommy i'm wrapping up. present. oh, with that

the presence of that come on them. who gets this one done? yeah, chocolate said lollipop, done. he gallagher show your happiness and how do you like the chocolate it? oh yeah me. i love them. well, no audio. they you have no present. have you know, the old has no, there hasn't a load, but the good thing there is you the songs with lyrics her lucia natalia. any success with the television? i really gum. nothing to add new content around to resume. she bought a new year present for everyone. but what about you all look at you dear. no, it's a chilly more sure. issue for your school. shamrock

bush. yeah. to proceed. i will address the people at midnight. pretend stuff it. let me relax. why you stalking me so 1st mom, stop it with mom. oh oh oh yeah. oh yeah. there. yeah. yeah. i money opened the door. would you do me what a free get lost with your camera? this is my chronicle. no volcano and not harassing us with your chronicle. leave us alone. we're human beings to a more r e. is it tony?

it's enough that it's getting on my nerves. i cannot. you know what happened to it? yes, but why are you shooting me over? well, i'm about to burst into tears. i believe that the time has come with would you like me to say something high flat in front of a camera, please? i told you i'm shock it. we've got the firm hand that the people are so fond of. again, those. let's see how he'll tyson this cruise. it's awful. we'll look back on yelton's time as a time of happiness. we'll think it was like utopia, you still don't you agree to some of the i do, if you. so why are you? you talk to me, but the, but i think it's a nightmare. all our utopia is all of a sudden gone. you will become of us who begin to go to. there hasn't ever been a president like the new one is a grey mouse here, blue r o you oh, i know what it does he take on new year's eve who

has now who'll address us at midnight of support and well more new generation is coming. you, let's just fail me. mute the world will be afraid of us again. who was the, i guess you have yourself a great job with i see that they have to do with now with movie j. o l i e in my

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i was looking at you one day to get the copy of the teacher. david said that you got the a border. he had to wait, but he said, i see putting your senior week he what stuff by showing me about it. so starting that a year to see him that you said you should see, we're going to me, i was was in a i business go over this with us. jesus 3, he said to stay with it, but he didn't finish. jeremy putin took the russian federation over from boris yeltsin, who stepped down voluntarily. he took it over, complete with its constitution, national flag, and adds them the basic symbols of the new and democratic russia that had replaced the old soviet symbols left in the past. together with the soviet union, seemingly for good the shift in power on new year's eve. moreover,

during the transition to the new millennium was a really clever move. following a long standing tradition, the whole state drifted into a state of rampant revelry and was incapable of a sober analysis of what was actually happening. at the same time, russians were supposed to get used to the idea of the new president. during these very days, i started shooting a p r film that was supposed to be used in putin's election campaign. this will do it this way. they will will order you about a little. but without your permission, jerry, i'm under one more so much of the footage was taken from my old film about putin, the audience back then. note is trivial. details such as the watch on his right rest. rather than listening to what he was actually saying. but looking back over

those shots to day, i noticed that even as acting president put him was already clearly embodying traits that some worship and others demonize. some are bullish debility store. our main goal is to make people believe in everything we say and do that. ours is a heartfelt position, pressuring dictated only and solely by considerations of the national interests. tonka, it just that was, it was. this is the key to success. if people believe that that's the main thing that was um, did you get that the task is to convince the russian people that national interests um more important than those of the individual. meanwhile, his electioneering was in full swing, even though he wasn't publicly campaigning at all. he was just omnipresent on all the tv channels. everybody reported to him on

t. v. governor's army and security people work collectives, rural labor, as children and old folks. and everybody was happy about him, which partially reflected the actual state of affairs and his technologists skilfully modified his image from that of the thumb hand to a glad hand if with anybody that they contained jessica glover corners from doris, loved you. which in front of me a little bit however, the key element in his campaign was the importance of the army and the threat to russia security. so put in naturally spent defender of the fatherland day in the hero, city vulgar grant. talking to the veterans of the long past battle of star in grad

and then promptly on all the russian tv channels turned the spotlight on to the heroes of the new victorious war in chechnya. ah lockwood easy with 2 and a half months of non existent electioneering went according to plan. putin managed to visit almost all the regions of the state. and on the 8th of march international women's day, the acting president who was at the same time

a candidate for the presidency, made a rather symbolic trip to the women's capital of russia. the city of weavers, yvonne, nova. and of course, he was accompanied by teams from all the principal tv channels. mm

ah. as far as i remember by the 8th of march, 2018 days before the election, the general mood in the country was that it was all a foregone conclusion. by the end of the election campaign, even the candidate himself didn't hesitate to admit. it was glad to be spots. are you going to have? what will you participation any tv debates with it? is my opinion that people involved in practical activities, either in parliament or in the authorities, have to prove their competence with practical deeds rather than tv spots or any other.