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and the even to date, 75 years after he lost his life a life which is dedicated to non violence. but he loves that life mindedly right here in this house. i'm going to have chima reporting and his a reminder of our top story of all my had a mosque in pesa pasha by pakistan has killed at least 59 people and wounded dozens more. many of the victims were police officers from a law enforcement compound around the most, the tale bomb claims responsibility. and that's it from me and the new seemed of fun now and the call floated. we'll have all of new stuff to it for you at the top . i swapped leonardo da vinci's, mysterious masterpiece is perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece in the collection of the louvre. it is the virgin of the rocks. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful painting that perhaps we just don't understand
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today? the search for answers starts february 10th on d. w. i been reporting for a r d as a moscow correspondent for 5 years. everything changed. on february 24th 2022. the de russia invaded ukraine. the country i live in is waging war a war that must not be mentioned as such, and yet has consequences for every one. over a period of several months, i interviewed for people on how their lives changed in this historic year. and how this war is changing. russia for look at a country that is increasingly shutting itself off. ah
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st. petersburg, in february 2022. thousands take to the streets to protest against the war. ah. yeah. blood that isn't the whole of him. i was almost arrested 3 times to think it was confusing tanny solution already. many people were angry about what was happening in there, but a lot of police were there, even though i knew there was a big police conway at this spot here. what's the big him just themes the alcohol. now, how long gotten doria hickin is a successful tick, tock her at just 18 years old. she's one of the few who are still protesting against putin's regime. she tells me that the police put pressure on her after the demos. but the, we're going to see them way was they came to my building with a search warrant and searched my apartment for 2 hours and overflowed. then they took me to the police station and put me in custody for 2 days at bay club away up
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there. for the it would be easier if we in rush i could say take to the streets to day every one of those years to move. it didn't process that, but today hasn't emanated us for 20 years. and he removed any possibility for us to influence policy, which it was moderately is a bit less. so it's very difficult, davis thoughtful, but the more oh bye than with the wood floors. like. while we report from russia, new laws are being passed almost every day. the word war has become taboo. independent media has closed down. thousands have been arrested at demonstrations throughout the country. and the strategy has clearly been successful. protests have stopped by care and st. petersburg. nothing suggests to war here. almost nothing. dorian, i find these words in the city center, no, to war. in putin's russia writing, this could land you in prison. people outside russia need to understand that, says daria, give me a, was this because i thought it's important for me to say that we exist,
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that we are many, whether enough, despite everything and preparing for one wrong word, or wrongly worded sentence on social media. you can get 10 years in prison floor. it's difficult to say anything now you know of it, but i am certain civil society will still find ways to make its opinions known. will she turn out to be right? with in posting to president the list, he's for phone keeps her position and he could shift on his plum author's de la in mother you thought linda 1000 isn't thoughtful lately half as long african lies from them in who from from him von was on the i knew those sheets and for you it makes me think i can. and copa food included on the i knew it wasn't by mid march, hundreds of thousands of russians had fled abroad,
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not just from moscow. constantino's nose is also thinking about leaving the country of us. moving until recently i lived in a relatively open country where a travel was possible. now i'm suddenly living in an isolated country and that's traumatized as elliot on this day. it looked at him at the minute wishing to revenue. ah, me who can constantine is in his mid fifties and works in the i t industry. his wife oscio on his throat and co is a translator. yes, and they now want to leave their country due to russia's war by industry is near change, but it's a big decision not listed as casual. we feel something like this. if we stayed here, we would be silently supporting what the state is doing. i think now for example,
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by paying taxes that finance the war and the army. and we don't want to be complicit in what's happening in russia right now. we so just think america, she was christmas chest. gracie, he which so the couple have 2 children and 2 cats, their son philip and their daughter, who prefers not to be on camera. they haven't yet decided where they will emigrate to germany. israel constantine is putting together all their documents in the hope that everything will work out. hello steve. but to understand what's really happening in russia, you have to get out of moscow, for example, here in the south, in the stab rapport region. many of the soldiers fighting in ukraine come from this region in the plane. we visit a farm with an amusement park. it's popular with families. and
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rahman pon marie off is the boss. he's in his late thirties, a putin supporter, just like the majority of russians. that's useless to upset us to play when a country gets into a difficult situation. people eat more and stockpile more gucia bushes. episodes of bullshit wasn't good remedy hopes for a good harvest this year. his cucumbers, tomatoes and strawberries are vaccinated against bugs, not sprayed. he says his farm is organic. he hasn't noticed the western sanctions. he says he doesn't have any western machinery. the tractors are from belarus 2 of his employees are fighting as soldiers against ukraine. roman tells us he's erected a large ze made of straw, a symbol of support for the special operation. but
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just arose, physical outside, o climb in favor of the special operation that our government is conducting. a beast new, rusty musical boost. yes, my neighbor installed a cannon on his property way, was cecilia, and pointed it at my house. they had at my family in the probably no more dull, while even if all the neighbors said he wouldn't shoot, the cannon will do. i wouldn't like that situation. may this thought spaniels remind believes the russian propaganda that ukraine is an imminent threat to russia . in june, i visit constantino's nurse known as costa and his family and moscow. again, they decided in 10 days they will emigrate to israel. they've never been there before. rational african achieve, i feel fear, adventure,
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panic, uncertainty, joy, a combination of all the emotions. our kids are much more nervous than we are, especially our older daughter got on the bush. chem or universe? yes. thank you for your quiet. no, i'm excited. little 20 little boy. the 2 cats are also coming along. i wonder if it's really sunk in what this family is up against. so in need of coca cola, which if it's not a tool how i wanted it to be fair enough, aesrael is a very difficult country. now it looks like it's inevitable is near a choice when you don't really have a choice at the liberal fear for fever, but a flood of civil blunders. they've gathered all the documents to prove that konstantin has jewish roots there. they will be able to get his railey passports
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will cheerfully go video. watch honestly, i would love to work and live in russia. if russia were an open friendly country that was evolving a calm and humane country, if we had an influence on life in russia and we could have some kind of voice lumber, but that's not possible at all. it had to reason and the stunning and the which are the 3rd shannon. you more them what i notice again and again is resignation. and it's increasing, even among those who protest against the war at 1st. in st. petersburg, daria hakan and her boyfriend danielle, were suddenly threatened by strangers campbell, i personally were off work and woke up at 12 o'clock to knock on the door. so i went to the people. at 1st we thought it was the police. then i saw that the people was painted over with red paint. i opened the door at a huge pile of down on the next day,
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daniel was going to work. he was swearing loudly inside come here quick. the door was doused with a green chemical and there were fliers addressed to me personally saying i was a finish nazi because i have a finished last name. there were threats were close by just wait and another pile of dung at the door. this says traitor, and there is a black strip next to it. we think it's a morning ribbon people stick on portraits of the deceased. so it was also a threat rosa. they filed a complaint, but the police didn't solve the case. daria won't let herself be so easily intimidated. she's planning the 1st anniversary event of a local opposition movement. she found it called my arc. it criticizes those in power and aims to unite opposition forces. can the event take place without problems? ah, with
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us, i'm flunked. what a contrast there is fighting in ukraine, and here there's a party in love. they are pretty quick, like when we're back with raymond, the farmer from stab report, they're throwing a foam party at his small amusement park. with the straw figures it's one of russia's most important national holidays, galaxy weather weather bug in russia day lemon. yeah, but i think a, it's all about patriotism. yeah. i see. yeah. for me, this holiday means that all russians united to support each other, including when it comes to the special operation. with one knows blood sunday blind, which my friends from germany sometimes asked me if you can still live normally in
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russia on someone come on here. you see that you can see, in fact, the special operation ukraine seems quite far away and even in people's minds, often even though many soldiers and volunteers went there from this region. but here, there's great support. i'm just a symbol. i think so not to support our boys participating in the special operation . i stand up every one ah stove repose cemetery is just 40 minutes away.
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russian soldiers who died in ukraine are buried here. we're not welcome with our camera. because talking to foreign media can cause problems for relatives isn't in when i know that this here is just one small city of very many in this region of russia. so there are $40.00 to $50.00 graves here at this level. most of them were paratroopers who died in ukraine teen symptoms and can obtain and more are added every week.
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it is a game, the kents, m. oscar that will cut, you know, in from, in that vita you, clinicians type cuffed as and soon in muslim some site formed as i'm gonna sizes shmender. tullison seed bin, this indian avoid of guy getting delicate. you know, a few movie hasn't been softly. she'll be that good was thrown out the phone, phone of, i'm kind of sort of chess fun shots, conselium hope, misty zealand, osland. and it's my yet again, didn't cecile isn't them it? we have another meeting with daria. today's the one year anniversary of her political organization in difficult times in feeling side, when daria and her team plan to talk about police violence. among other things, she warns us that the police themselves could disrupt the event. i wish to speak to you, please. no political events are happening in saint petersburg or if they are then only behind close door, you fret them because there's always a risk of going to jail study or that we've been waiting for an occasion to meet
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like today. because it's meetings like this that are really lacking right now. and the activism of the opposition of sure from using even if we help the police don't show up. no. is that a real risk? oh person, but as it happened the last 2 times. yes. once i was detained before the meeting, so i couldn't get there. this was the 2nd time they waited at the exit for ages and then they didn't detain anyone or enter the building yesterday and this time. so yeah, the fact that i'm here is probably a good sign. it's pretty so dari, his goal is to draw attention to local political grievances. but hardly any one turns up. and this is for me, some for me, this somehow represents the opposition in russia. it's supposed to be starting now, but nobody's here. half of the people here are journalists, despite the fact that daria has more than 150000 followers on tick tock. people are
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probably just too afraid, understandably so. since under putin, the russians have learned that it's better not to interfere in politics. daria is one of the few who takes risks and does it any way. it's the day of departure for constantine's family. it's very hectic. but the main thing is that the documents are packed finally, gosh, oak, i'm panicking. that's in shock. there's a complete lack of emotion that was, that was, i'm in the zone. quick, quick, quick cover. it's a pity, we've lost some treasure possession here, but it's too late. for that, now we're going to have, i'm it, me, our lives are changing and you shouldn't dwell in on the past of us one of them
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to live in israel. they plan to stay with friends at 1st. other than that, they have no further plans yet. my son, a daughter, a father and mother, and the 2 cats. off to start a new life. in moscow, the warren ukraine remains invisible in europe's largest city. you can choose to completely ignore europe's most serious war in decades. as a most colinza law school and summer is lively as always find on kind of it. and i don't notice any changes at all guns and even chains like this. starbucks have been long replaced by a russian owner. even the logos the same starbucks has just been changed to stars coffee. russia imitates western brands. by summer,
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the economic consequences are hardly noticeable. although over a 1000 western companies have left the country and russia is threatened with a severe recession, it's becoming increasingly difficult for us foreign journalists to do our jobs in fall, there's some news that changes things a lot and it will cut enough as well to listen to fucks, who suffer in burnett's comes mccoy. 15 bought one of the host. i have to get into austin, cut, you need to also some stop skidded to the camera to pull to cut. you know, the thicker with an unbelievable people. she forgot zoom. gleiss came in cuz it didn't put in at any time. we'll be in the home and gotten it. it's thought i 100000 as of his name is i? yes, i had full. i've spoken to puzzled about my medicine. i left a slice of philosophy languish long and now mind seeking venture back on nike on you hundreds of thousands fled russia before the
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mobilization. and the october must come in his mind here in moscow at the end of october. and the city has changed a completely spirit discount. you don't see it at 1st glance in, but you feel it very strongly stunned. people are in a state of stress lesson many left the country after the announcement of the mobilization here in russia. yes. oh, yeah. and you can feel it in the building. i live in as well as a people have been leaving hostile. lots of apartments are empty, pita one hosting and install proposal. raman is out planting lavender. this is not sure who mr. bliss is going to be a cultural area with flowers, good food for us with adults. so will a couple, a bit of what the whole area will be sort of a photo zone for a selfie zone. mr. submit that on the we're building our own pulse here. so you
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don't have to go to france. oops. but when he is as well francois baba must known as this was delude, sort of put on slip on romance farm preparations for the next season. are underway . the pumpkin has to go. the land is being cleared. and the plants for next year are growing in the greenhouse i ask rahman, what has changed for him this year? nick, if you can just give his new generation. i don't see any big changes. i don't really, i mean we're working in the same rhythm as last year. and the year before last was over from the miraculous though, let sure that i don't see any changes in the moral sphere either the most. but it's quite possible that patriotism is increasing. susie's search. additionally, we've been as upset because of the partial mobilization, which called up more people from bowman web. it is us relatives are starting to
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support their boys more, which would just show chip lucel's to think of them moment in romance case. the conviction that his russia is doing the right thing has continued to grow . he expresses no criticism of putin. on the contrary, ramon is convinced that everything is going right. almost a little. oh yes ma'am. but just like the russian people obviously support the leaders of this country, storm liberty. but sure, because they are, the professionals will aneice, beside least they know better than the common people huddled up and they're doing it right. he do it bright evenly. if we see that it's being done right, when 90 percent of the time, everything is done right. but it's simple. do it's of so problem will russia, when, when you're of course finished with it in the beginning it seemed like it was going to happen fast as well as that. i would use them. that's no longer the case because
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it's a battle, but i still think it's unlikely to take 10 years. i say could by rahman and i have talked a lot, it seems to me that his view has become more entrenched. even by september, russian authorities were already estimating that 6000 soldiers had been killed. observers believe the number is significantly higher. sounds melson bizarre. our 1st visit here to the cemetery and stockbroker. there was only this row of soldiers graves my head of now we returned and a new row has been added on and the war is causing more and more problems for russia to help us land static ish to good book. and so kim is store. yeah, next was yo and we have a shady bottoms was osha ferguson from his own out and total did he wasn't
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the i'm go for was he shall got treatment come to school and filthy, stated from the upkeep of this else myself and adam. yes. and takes time, but sees gordon coughed back on to almost fun back yet. thought i said, don't feel crippled. sent. it will cut ignition in ag in hostile towards are still told was lunch today at school, from outcast sun in desert. oh, come in and i look at, oh button start has long hub, i'm going id uncomfortable in their shazlaw. gotten get fired. we are in jerusalem. ah, we've come to visit constantine at his new home. he's hardly changed. and the buildings and jerusalem don't seem very different from those in russia. was emigration. the right decision is decent. i
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don't feel lonely here. it's like a piece of russia moved here with me. people i was in contact with in russia. mm hm . have also moved here to the me a dom up. chelsea ah sia continues to work from home as a translator for her old company. konstantin doesn't have a job yet and he hasn't really started looking for one. the i t industry is booming in israel, but constantine is not finding it easy to navigate such a different job market tenant and i with them at the muscle, sco amena and the person. the mental constantine's thoughts are often with his parents at home and st. petersburg, he calls them almost every day, but he believes the decision to emigrate was the right one.
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okay, let's how do you feel about constantine and his family being here? now, what is the chem, for course we missed cost. yeah. we miss our grandson. say yeah. but i already told him in the summer it was no other way. and especially now when mobilization is likely to start again, it's just dangerous to be hands on deck the car. do you feel about the situation in russia? shortsale shop. got it. she says, situation is very upsetting, sad, disturbing. there's no peace for the son. butler constantine has far fewer of these feelings here in israel. we have a smuggling it, but i guess i'm calmer here in nevada. at times i would lie in bed in russia and hear footsteps on the stairs and think, what's that? no, they didn't come for me. you know, police came yet. but judging by everything i saw on social media,
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it was very dangerous. they're not a problem for you, but that was that's my health and i was scared umbrella bossman, her movie. now of course things are calmer in that respect what she chest ganesh, noticed with him with gnashing his buckling. ah sia has invited other russian exiles to a living room concert to day. artistic pursuits are her real passion. they give her strength. logitech is it the we're learning to live here and we're learning to enjoy everything we experience bland, me advertisement. enjoying it is an important part of our life right now. i'm still good because will always managed to be sad anyway. good. what, you know, florida we have many difficulties and obstacles to overcome with
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the couple. see their future here in israel for now, until things change and russia. constantine however, hopes to be able to visit his parents soon. it's winter in saint petersburg, whom we haven't heard from daria, the young political activist from the city for a long time. she ignores messages and calls. the lights are off in her apartment. she rarely posts political content on her channels. did the police intimidate her? i tried to call her one last time as all the i'm of king deutsche about. so the call went through, but she declined it. that's a shame that saw them. i suspect now in winter,
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the pressure has become too much for her as well. what will i take with me from this year in russia? huge upheaval, political unrest, economic chaos, like some were expecting, have so far, failed to materialize. the last vestiges of freedom for dissenters are no longer there. what remains is the realization that any one who is not in support had better keep quiet in the new russia because the country is at war ah, making raring to read. if there is any erotic events between them, you'd have to find it between the lions. w literature,
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