underwood's as the homes were completely destroyed i know we know for a thousand claims have been living when by these five in the city they stepped up to the rescue stunt and future months of people have been turning up bringing clothes you know praying that help out just to do anything with the help these people who have lost their homes now we can have that prime minister putin speaking about the help these fighters he's pledged one hundred thousand dollars to every family that has lost their lives we can hear more from the. year. families affected by the wildfires will receive compensation or new homes which will be built before the end of this year. not everything has been done to fight the fires but it's not the right time to place blame so now we need to consolidate all forces to fight the disaster the situation remains extremely difficult though the fires in the most affected areas in central russia have morally stabilized it still remains

intense and unfortunately there is no for const of the temperatures going down now we see in the done this course fervor in this over the past couple of days the smoke is still really hanging very thick and we're not sure how much you can see the forest behind me but the first attention is completely dried obviously that was the perfect situation so unfortunately for them to be susceptible to these fires that we see and people are really still in shock at what's happened and how much damage these have been able to do over the past couple of days. was very strong like a hurricane defined came from the forest and spread with devastating speed we tried to stop it but it was catastrophic we couldn't do a scene. at first we try to put the fire but it was impossible so we started to move all the things everything we could the police and firefighters told us to leave. it's not scary now scary is when you see the fire this was

hard to get over this hope that this heat wave will come to an end soon but. for the immediate future certainly the hot temperatures so it could continue as we said the perfect temperatures because these fires already we've heard it's running into millions and millions of dollars worth of damage and everyone just very anxious to contain the situation. well i witnesses have been sharing their experiences of the deadly wildfires on the internet some have been uploading their very own videos of the drama as to where you filming this. slow or slow or stop it. bloody hell no. get out of the car even if you don't have the we weren't sure to do all this one more shallow than you need me you know what a region that's about four hundred kilometers from moscow a group of men were trying to escape from a burning villages using the only paved road available and they quickly found

themselves trapped by walls of flames they had to turn back when their car almost caught fire one of the men later described this as being in hell. well emergency crews are hunting for more than two thousand barrels of highly toxic chemicals floating down a chinese river towards russia it was thought the drums might reach the country in two weeks but some experts now say they could arrive in days artie's that you've got a pretty good off explains the potential danger. river is one of the biggest sources of freshwater in russia's far east and in the city as well standing now and it's ecology is still under up with threats because china is just several dozen kilometers away from here and so is the river which joins the where the place where this emergency happened the chinese authorities do say that they've managed to extract several variables which have been previously washed into the river as

a result of the biggest flood in a decade china has experienced several more thousand barrels are still in the water in the sun for river and or en route towards the end towards russia china has built eight barriers in order to prevent them from getting here but there are several factors suggesting that anything could happen for example out of the seven thousand barrels which of initially got into the water three thousand of them contain toxic substances including acids which make it cause harm to humans and animals and it's not clear how many of these so far extracted barrels actually contain these toxic substances there are also reports that some of the barrels may have sunk to the bottom which makes them up attentional future a threat for the ecology and also obviously makes it much more difficult to extract them to the surface this is not the first time that china's it's because experienced such problems back in two thousand and five a huge chemical spill has left millions of chinese without the supplies of fresh

water and the authorities on both science are monitoring the situation and the emergencies ministry here is already monitoring the quality of the water so far they haven't reported any abnormalities but they do see that there are already planning ways to distribute fresh water to the local population in case the contamination does happen of course we'll be monitoring the situation and we will report on this story as it continues to develop. that you could have been going off there reporting from very near the russian chinese border well a little bit later in the program here on our close up to visit the town of bottle skin the kaluga region of russia it's where traditional architecture has become a compass for contemporary arts satirical cartoons. estonian veterans who sided with the nazis during world war two against the soviets gathering in the northeast over the baltic state that is. why the country's authorities are welcoming fascist sympathizers and some of those who wanted to

oppose the meeting had been barred from entering. investigates. during the years of the second world war nazi forces established twenty labor and concentration camps here in the stony and this is the site for one of them the violet a concentration camps where thousands of jews were executed between the years of one nine hundred forty one and one thousand nine hundred five today members of a stone in latvia and lithuania and anti fascist organizations laid flowers lit candles and paid their respects to all of the victims of the nazi killing machine but they are a minority here in the baltic states specifically hear what you want in a stone you are just a few meters away up the road a sort of a huge rally is going on just one way by the stoney and government. turn out with a lot of import and media coverage about them but they are not anti fascist organizations grandly neo nazi organizations with members they actually know all of

the twenty. thirty unit that was established by the german forces here and a story of those people fought against the coalition forces during the second world war killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people but here and i don't know their heralded as heroes they all wear the usual german every ghalia they sell things at their rallies which commemorate the german to. do you remember forces with the turnout with everyone. nearly wrapping up all of the information that is being pushed towards the entry fascist organizations here in the stone you however receive a very different kind of treatment despite the fact they are allowed to organize with rallies here in a stony after everything is being done to prevent them from reaching their destinations to prevent people who live outside a stone to enter the country they're being detained they're being blacklisted

they're being turned away at borders which technically don't even exist because it's a stony and all the baltic states are members of the european union and here even when the rallies do take place every single thing is done to put anti fascist organizations under a tremendous amount of pressure members of the secret police and the stony and secret police cars constantly patrol them they have requests coming in from the police saying not apparently their volume of their rallies and their speeches needs to be turned down because it into rights being neo nazi rally that is taking place just a few hundred meters up the road very ironic but a very bitter sweet experience of course for all of them and many of the speakers at this anti fascist rally were in tears as they remembered their relatives who were butchered by the stony and for s.s. forces by the nazi forces during the years of the second world war some could not even finish their thoughts as they tried to speak and bring up the memories of

their loved ones. reporting now u.s. forces in afghanistan have just experienced the deadliest months since the invasion started in two thousand and one locals are now rising against the presence of foreign forces american veteran told us here a dog see the troop surge is adding to the american feeling in the country as afghans simply don't feel protected. basically the general sentiment of the people is that they're tired of seeing i could pay occupying forces every day that u.s. and coalition four sets foot in that country anti-american sentiment grows because there is there in the pit that population does not feel safe they do not feel protected like the counterinsurgency campaign assumes that it can do or the other problem of this whole scenario is that kabul is supposed to be one of the safest places in all of afghan emma stone and if kabul isn't our peoples then you can surely buy that the rest of afghanistan is just ten times worse than that well in

all counterinsurgency campaigns when you insert more troops the first thing that happens they see a spike in violence and a spike in deaths and it's to be expected there's no way to stop that that's the nature of conflict and the u.s. secretary of defense warns the leaking of classified documents related to the war in afghanistan could lead to even more deaths among the troops however wiki leaks which published the material online rejects the accusation and says the pentagon is just trying to divert attention from the thousands of lives already lost military analyst says the documents reveal little that hasn't already been known for yes. one of the top american collaborative in afghanistan has been known for a long time leaks actually there are two of them the first he's going to president affectively works for the united states and it's well known for almost nine years and believe it turned out there was no repercussions from taliban all of their

associates and the second most notorious u.s. collaborated in afghanistan he's got his eye abroad in kandahar who according to the u.s. main media has been one of the most cherished cia asset a key a the top drug kingpin oh across the country for the taliban. and would be doing hit much for these mujahedeen troika they know for sure for almost ninety years. old god is like brothers for the u.s. government so if the top u.s. intelligence assets was well known for the whole world for almost nine years and nobody tried to harm them why the united states should be so concerned about the third grade informants somewhere in the countryside so the u.s. decision makers will be well advised to stop playing the circuit city expressing

their crocodile tears about the threat to the lives of u.s. informants in afghanistan and instead they should start thinking real hard how to arrest the narco terrorist threat that comes under their watch from afghanistan to russia and to european union. we are approaching the quarter minute mark of the hour here in moscow you are with our let's check out some other stories now making headlines all around the world and the death toll from the worst floods in pakistan for eight decades has reached eight hundred one million people have been affected by the waters triggered by monsoon rains with some four hundred thousand stranded in remote villages deluged roads damaged bridges have comforted rescue efforts a state of emergency has been declared with torrential rains expected to continue over the weekend. a memorial service has been held in germany to remember those who

died in a stampede at the love for a techno music festival a week ago chancellor angela merkel broke off from her summer holiday to attend the service in the western city of do was twenty one people died and five hundred were injured during the mass panic and crush at the event seven foreigners were among the dead. lorry drivers are continuing a strike in greece softer defying an emergency order to return to work the government has called in the army and navy to restore the cock and petrol supply of schools by the truckers action and the protests have turned violent at times with some clashes with police as the truckers oppose government plans to liberalize the industry and these are part of the measures aimed at tackling the country's financial crisis. well our close up team travels around russia so you can see you some of the countries of lesser known areas this time we take you to the kaluga region.

bought off school lives just eighty kilometers from moscow and has existed since the thirteenth century a picturesque town has many hillside churches however it's not all about traditional religious architecture its houses have become a canvas for contemporary art cutting the grotto but discovered. where else so close to moscow would you hear church bells ringing so often every fifteen minutes at a dozen churches similar tiny asli this beautiful chime can be heard in the provincial town of bor of school located just eighty kilometers away from moscow and it's the closest cause of the kaluga region to the capital it takes so while defenders hilltop position thanks to the all protect who started to build the town in the early fourteenth saying morris comprises of several unique churches like the

christian old believe us church also the legendary. monastery adds to the towels must see least but more of it is not only about traditional texture and golden days sent crosses it's houses are kind of us for contemporary art to self-taught artist but cheney is recording the history of his hometown through his paintings but his own he says comes that applies. to russian provence to which nothing it seems could be added it. every time the construction engineer has turned a whole town into a john. and canvas led to more of tunic of rock and his native born collect for culture and splashed images of churches historical figures and still life on its

walls in all one hundred new roles orders ninety five percent of people in our town don't visit on galleries and museums or talk and thus they can take in the outdoor exhibition perhaps it's not the great is art of all time but still this is art the towns near like to images until the muralist turned into a satirical commentator after the artist made a wall sized political cartoon picturing a local governor he became persona non grata. with their worth three paintings on this wall one is left to others will whitewashed under the pretext of this house being repaired the man has already destroyed ten of my works the biggest new role decorated a local bakery now that it's been whitewashed some locals have unclaimed the bread tastes wars well side is too holy for up to make up his brush including the opposite of the mayor's office this painting for example depicts historical figures

space travel theorize a constantin ski while based on your own right opposite the mayor's window is typical soviet satire well done cucumber says. the mayor didn't appreciate the humor of tunic of was find several times and even faced court charges a local newspaper criticised him as a moral especially after he painted a controversial image of a religious martyr in a town where every second citizen is a regular churchgoer but surprisingly the biggest local ministry doesn't think the artist touched a raw nerve to go to the what we say i can painting is the bible in colors the same could be said about these paintings they are the history of. town and colors it's especially good for the young people who were raised without knowing their roots. monk monk seemed turned to religion at the time of year is truly can russia images

of abandoned church isn't wide washed icons are still strong in his memory he's convinced that the on tuesday should not give up and should continue with his dream of painting seem all of board of squid he's anyone else to talk with more about why the provincial town of bor of scores a favorite of so many tourists and his story and some knowledge joined by expert in russian history and. professor william brom felt helen thank you very much for joining me so dr elders welcome you tell me about the town of bor of hell to de place for you why is that what is so special about this town i think part of it is the landscape is a river that runs through the town creates a park but it also creates ravines and hills that played an important part in the history of the town and that's preserved today the other thing is that the town is off the main road there's no railroad so that the architectural heritage here of the old pals isn't a bit remarkably well preserved some coal this sort of noise if we want to stray

would concede from here for the town of bor do you agree i certainly do in terms of its history its architecture its spiritual heritage it has seventeenth century frescoes the main cathedral is late sixteenth century it's a monastery of many dramatic historic events in fact in a monastery one of the main figures you know models of was incarcerated an old lady died there then later of course its role in. the repel and various invasions in a pollyanna invasion i was second world war so that it's always been very much a part of the history of russia's art but the first time he visited bore of it was about twenty years ago wasn't it how has the tone changed. i think it's the change to remarkably and for the better they haven't destroyed what was left. of the problem prosperity comes to

a place let's hope that the town will remain just as well preserved historically for the next generations to thank you very much more than one side of your world we don't brownfield expert in russian architecture and history from the town of four of sc in the colored girl region. next is the business update with stephanie. hello welcome to the business but it entails on r.t.e. russia has declared a state of emergency in four more regions hit by the west drought in a century farmers in twenty seven regions are estimating the losses a market watchers warn of new price hikes that tell you how to over reports. crickey soil and dead plants such a political of to pictures can be seen in many russian regions the heat has burnt out more than ten million had his of greenfield's he retired us may full by a quarter this year like many other farmers hundred and counting his losses

amounting so far to fifty percent of his films yields grain production vegetable production in essence all crop production that's open field crop production. and primarily the dairy industry we're losing a significant volume of milk because of the heat but as soon as the heat is over will eventually bounce back the quality of the feed won't be quite the same the cost of the feed may be quite the same drownd has a knock on effect on almost every agricultural sector the cost of producing grain milk beef and hogs has doubled cattle breeders have lost their grass and now they're running out of cheap grain as drought continues don't clouds are gathering around the finance ministry as they contemplate their inflation forecast in two thousand and seven when they also serve the similar rally all their cultural markets it's true that russia received. local inflation so

personalized just upgraded the inflation forecast for this year but great by zero point five percentage point from the level of seven percent of five percent this is not that very well i don't believe that this level constrain the clinical choleric marketplace there's no reason for panicking and promise to keep prices at acceptable levels so the government doesn't have to intervene but looking into the future they can see another problem looming we have to change your whole policy on insurance there's only about ten percent of the crops have been insured and the insurance companies are not very friendly towards. not only. insuring the crops but they're not terribly friendly on pain obviously once that once the situation happens he says insurance companies should change their approach but also from more responsibility rather than strict you know their hand to the government and then you cancel the business. despite ending friday's trading

session in the red it was a good week for the russian stock market as the head of research at metropole explains overall again there were quite strong and went out on the talking about equities we're talking about. commodity is and there is gases russian market did really well this weekend you know addition to the support of god from my international markets from the performance over international equity markets it also got a strong dose of support from austrian commodity prices we saw well prices moving. five dollars and this where you can actually stand there a new era of oil has begun the disaster in the gulf of mexico suggests the problems of one oil company may go global there are many more reserves are in hard to develop fields and that's pushing safety on technology higher up the agenda seen

a de mint credit reports. one hundred days and counting the gulf of mexico oil spill becomes a turning point for the whole oil industry and perhaps the global economy top exploration rules are coming into force just as easy as oil is running out energy companies will be forced to explore hard to reach fields and the extreme surroundings deep water and arctic conditions. for you know we are entering a new we are. not enough to miss any of the risks of very high it was the gulf of mexico. robert dudley pioneered international level security and labor norms in russia now he's facing a tougher job setting and even lower threshold for ecological risk across b.p. all oil companies involved in shelf exploration are already working on a common security fund don't accumulate emergency deposits chief jobs for what

is going to be needed to make that commitment to safety for the environment for workers. priority number one we're going to see a sea change quote boy as a result of what's happened in the gulf hopefully that sea will reach the shores of safety security and risk management could be the oil industry's new motto and russian oil giants wouldn't be immune is in the new innovative a business are cheap. and that's often the business here for now but you can always find the stories on our website that's our flash.

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