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electrically tardy is one of the main causes. some young children walk in mind shafts. instead of going to class. others can attend classes only after they finish working with millions of children, all over the world can't go to school. we ask why? because education makes the world more just make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, i've 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 ah,
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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 with 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 personally, but it's 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
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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 there for that it would be easier if we and rush i could say, take to the streets to day every one of the of the room. i'm here, what do you think process that but today hasn't terminated us for 20 years. and he removed any possibility for us to influence policy, which it was moderately as if it all left. so it's very difficult, davis thought, by the more oh, by than what the word floor 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
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throughout the country. and the strategy has clearly been successful. protests have stopped by care and st. petersburg. nothing suggest 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, let me, i was just because i thought it's important for me to say that we exist, that we are many with her enough despite everything and for loving us just for one wrong word or wrongly word at sentence on social media, you can get 10 years in prison, the floor. it's difficult to say anything. now you're good enough, but i am certain civil society will still find ways to make its opinions known. will she turn out to be right with slang elephants in postal to president lindsey's fault phone keeps her position and he
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could shift on his tom author's de la didn't mother you thought linda 1000 is and thought fun lately. half a while going african lies from them. in who from fin invalid eyes on the car? the, i knew the sheets and the eula makes muted. eigen and copa food included. i knew it wasn't enough by mid march, hundreds of thousands of russians had fled abroad, 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 at now. i'm suddenly living in an isolated country and that's traumatized as well. you know, in this day it looked at him at the me know which interview ah, yes, if you can, you know the fun,
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konstantin is in his mid fifties and works in the i t industry. his wife ah sia on his throttle is a translator. i guess, and they now want to leave their country due to russia's war by. it 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, 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 placed bits chest gracie inc, which so the couple had 2 children, n 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.
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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 ripple region. many of the soldiers fighting in ukraine come from this region end up with we visit a farm with an amusement park. it's popular with families and rahman pon marie op is the boss. he's in his late thirties, a pollutant supporter, just like the majority of russians. that's useless to upset us to put when a country gets into a difficult situation. people eat more and stockpile more also, voices, episodes of bull shit. but remedy hopes for a good harvest. this year. his cucumbers, tomatoes,
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and strawberries are vaccinated against bugs, not sprayed. he says his farm is organic. if 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 just the rules physical elsewhere. oh 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 will cecilia and pointed it at my house. they had at my family in a 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. mean, out of his thoughts,
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venues, raymond 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. fashion a particular change. i feel fear, adventure, 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. then you bring acquaint. no, i'm excited. will 20 little boy, the 2 cats are also coming along. i wonder if it's really sunk in what this family is up against
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the soon you think of your hotel, which is, it's not at all how i wanted it to be thrown up. israel is a very difficult country. now, it looks like it's inevitable or near a choice when you don't really have a choice that the liberal, fearful butterflies 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, we're chasing of it. at what? 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 his threatening no each other search and i knew more. hm. what i notice again and again is resignation.
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and it's increasing even among those who protest against the war. at 1st in st. petersburg, daria hakan and her boyfriend don yale, were suddenly threatened by strangers campbell, i'm the 1st we 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 dung. the next day daniel was going to work. he was swearing loudly and said 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 finish. last name. there were threats were close by just wait and another pile of dung at the door. this says traitor, and there was 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
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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 us, i unplugged what a contrast there is fighting in ukraine and here there's a party in lafayette quick like when we're back with raymond, the farmer from stop repub, 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, j. b. i webber,
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but in russia day, let me. yeah, but i think a, it's all about patriotism. yeah. i see. yeah. for me, this holiday means that all russians unite to support each other, including when it comes to the special operation. with god. why not with blood sunday blind, my friends from germany sometimes ask me if you can still live normally in russia. come on here, you see that you can see in fact, the special operation ukraine seems quite far away, even in people's minds often even though many soldiers and volunteers went there from this region. but here there's great support on just a symbol. i think so not to support our boys participating in the special operation . i found out every one ah
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is it in when i know that this here is just one small city of very many in this region of russia? so there are 40 to 50 graves here which to level most of them were paratroopers who died in ukraine. dean was hidden, comes and can obtain and more are added every week. it is a game, the kents, m. oscar del cut, you know, in from, in that vita euclid emissions type cuffed as i'm so name in mouth lose some sight formed as i'm gonna sign this minute. tullison seed bin is an indian combine of guy . b of adding delicate in is a few movie, hasn't been softly, shall be that good was front of a phone, phone of, i'm kind of sort of reserves, jeff's fun shots, conselium hope, misty zealand, osland. and it's my yet again, didn't cecile isn't the limit. we have another meeting with daria,
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today's the one year anniversary of her political organization in difficult times in feeling sidemen. daria and her team plan to talk about police violence. among other things. she warns us that the police themselves could disrupt the event isn't going to be today, please. no political events are happening in st. petersburg or if they are then only behind closed doors for them. because there's always a risk of going to jail study or that we've been waiting for an occasion to meet 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 it. is that a real risk? oh versus what as it happened the last 2 times. yes. once i was detained before the meetings, 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
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yeah, the fact that i'm here is probably a good sign is pretty so dari, his goal is to draw attention to local political grievances. but hardly anyone turns up on 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 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
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thing is that the documents are packed finally, gosh, oak, i'm panicking 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 treasured possession, but it's too late for that now. when she abandoned me, our lives are changing. and you shouldn't dwell in on the past about this dylan, an israel, they plan to stay with friends at 1st. other than that, they have no further plans yet. my son, a daughter, a father, a mother, and the 2 cats. off to start a new life. in moscow,
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the war and ukraine remains invisible. in europe's largest city. you can choose to completely ignore europe's most serious war in decades. as a moscow in velasco and summer is lively, as always find val 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 hovel. even the logos the same. starbucks has just been changed to stars coffee. russia imitates western brands. by summer, 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 don't cut enough as were to listen to fuck and so shuffle in burnett's.
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com, mccoy, the student baldwin. i'm the host i have to get in there. awesome cut. you need school system starts to be dead to the camera daughter, cut this glucose with an unbelievable people. she forgot zoom, gleiss came president putin. at any time we'll be in the home and garden it. it's thought i 100000 tons of his design yet. i had told, i've spoken to puzzled about my medicine. i'll address lies the philosopher language long and not mine to convince you back on nike on you hundreds of thousands fled russia before the mobilization. and the october must come into my here in moscow at the end of october and the city has changed a completely clear discount. you don't see it at 1st glance in, but you feel 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 via 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,
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pita launched in and in stop ripple. raman is out planting lavender. this is not ship missed. this is going to be a cultural area with flowers, with food threats with adults. so will a couple of a bit to what the whole area will be sort of a photo zone for a selfie zone. missed the sub list that i'm like. we're building our own pulse here . so you don't have to go to france when he is as well for i'm so bob morse known as this was glued sort of bronze on ramen's farm preparations for the next season or underway. the pumpkin has to go. the land is being cleared and the plants for next year are growing in the green house. i ask rahman, what has changed for him this year?
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nick if you need to skip his new genuine. 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 madness though. let sure that i don't see any changes in the moral sphere either you from the model, but it's quite possible that patriotism is increasing. susie's search additionally, we've been is that see because of the partial mobilization, which called up more people from pullman weapon as us relatives are starting to support their boys more, which would just show chip looseness 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. those can little, oh yes ma'am, but just with the russian people obviously support the leaders of this country.
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storm liberty. but she will because they are the professional. so aneice, beside least they know better than the common people huddled up and they're doing it right and do it right 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 finished, of course, finished it in the beginning, it seemed like it was going to happen fast as always, that of with new stuff. that's no longer the case cuz 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
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spousal nelson bazaar, 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 and the war is causing more and more problems for russia to fill slant static ish, which to go look at. so kim is store? yeah, next was yo and we have a shade is thousands was osha, progression furnished? oh, not total. cindy wasn't the, i'm go for water. shug our treatment come to corner filthy status on the lucky thing. if possible, this else must have been at on the s and takes time, but sees walden cough back on to own, spun back out here that i still don't feel tripled sent. it will cut ignition in ag, informational to what they're still told him was lance they had spoken outcast sun in desert ocarina and that look album instead has long haven't i'm when id uncomfortable in their shows, adopting
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a fi at we're in jerusalem. ah, we've come to visit constantine at his new home. elemental. he's hardly changed. and the buildings in jerusalem don't seem very different from those in russia. was emigration. the right decision is decent. i 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 shelter. 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
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a different job market tenant in with in the, 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. okay, let's how do you feel about constantine and his family being here? now, what is the champ our course? we miss cost. yeah. we miss our grandson. 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 a she to the situation is very upsetting. sad,
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disturbing. there's no peace with his own. butler constantine has far fewer of these feelings here in israel. we have a spoke with you, but i guess i am 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 from me. you know, police came yet. but judging by everything i saw on social media, it was very dangerous. they're not to love it, but that was just myself and i was scared umbrella boston her moving now of course things are calmer in that respect. what she chest ganesh. noticed with him with machine yes. buckling ah sia has invited other russian exiles to a living room concert. today. artistic pursuits are her real passion. they give her strength. logitech is it the,
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we're learning to live here and we're learning to enjoy everything we experience glenmere pushing, resume chairs, enjoying it is an important part of our life right now. i'm still a good thing because we'll always manage to be sad anyway. good. what, you know, florida we have many difficulties and obstacles to overcome with the couple. see their future here in israel for now until things change. and russia . konstantin, 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.
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she rarely posts political content on her channels. did the police intimidate her? i tried to call her one last time as all the name of king dois about. so the call went through, but she declined it. that's a shame that saw them. i suspect now in winter 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
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ah ah, this is the w is life from berlin, rushing forces make incremental gains in extend you crying, pushing to take more territory and then that's region focusing on the area around the city of back. cape renews, it's called for fight suggests from the west also on the program. you are a secretary of state anthony blank.
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