sometimes there can make people one of the. jurors a security response of course and for some of which is absolutely necessary and i would support if i were a russian there's an economic development program. but it seems to lack energy and coordination we've seen a real you know rather small between russia and the united states of america recently but one of the problems the two countries haven't on delta well we've seen progress definitely and last year when we met evolved by the new obama administration had announced this reset policy but it was still very early stages and there had been really no successes at all today we you know it looks quite different both sides of learned to i think look at the point of view of the other side and the policy has moderated we have an arms control agreement all but so many things that i had i mean there's a question of whether the united states will even ratify the agreement because we're going to have a congressional election in november where the opposition may gain control over the

congress so that and that's only the beginning i mean the agenda is very wide and very deep and there's been limited progress which is good but it's it's only the beginning we're talking here about it would take ten years to work through these things. wealthy british style think it's time to. hike the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in this report on r.g.p. .

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live from the heart of. a key committee on capitol hill approves the start treaty to cut nuclear arms clearing the way for the final. vote. and despite could face arrest if he sets foot in the country. the u.n. is to decide on a russia. with ownership of the areas. next we find out what's got more than half a million birds flocking to south of russia. the vogue a delta a handicap place with a multitude of islands but not a speck of giant land where you just jump into the boat and off you go to wherever

you want for centuries this delta was where russians falling for black caviar giant fish can be found their way over to told man were holding up a catfish part of its tail was half a metre long number of birds here in spring and autumn runs into the millions of displaces a purpose roberta's they're lucky to have these islands you can easily lose your way in this tangle of beautiful plants to see how water sparkles on these leaves coming across turtles bathing in the sun they will be a few meters from where you live is not something out of the order in the delta wilds is just a few steps away from civilization. construct and is a city in russia south it has a kremlin made of white stone and another symbol of the city is the swoons that

live in the pond in the center of this one stayed there all the year round most of all the people of astrakhan the proud of the volga river russia's most famous river drains into the caspian sea in the astrakhan region. from above it looks as though the deep river runs into an obstacle one hundred thirty kilometers from the caspian sea. it's into hundreds of small narrow channels this area is known as the volga delta it's almost a triangle shaped most of its territory covered with water. to go from bastrop and southwards you'll soon see feels totally list includes a. treasure of the whole delta fish come here to spoon. fish attract migrating birds more than one of the half million beds of three hundred species come here the spring and autumn it's the centuries people from all

over the russians south that come here to fish and hunt unfortunately though many species perished as a result. more the at that time women like to dress up they hatch with feathers hair and fat as well very much invoke the heron only has both that there is on its head so it thousands of parents were killed in the name of fashion while pelicans were opposed by the million to make ornaments. in the early twentieth century the volga delta was a desolate place a special expedition that came here from moscow in one nine hundred twelve found no trace of the swans or pelicans. urgent measures were needed to save the deltas natural environment to the nine hundred seventeen socialist revolution the government decided to create a nature reserve here. at the ball and there was a civil war at the time the countries coffers were empty and the future was unclear

that's what the situation was like when they started to create a nature reserve in the balkans out. it's hard to reach the reset from astra it's a hundred kilometers through flooded fields and the ferry to the other bank of the volga. there is a fifteen kilometer stretch of dirt road so you've reached the end of it you don't need the car anymore you have to take a boat because there's not much ground from all the way to the caspian sea. if you. reach the boundary of the nature reserve everywhere there are signs prohibiting entry and the person found trespassing can be punished by. in all fairness such strict measures produced posted for exults soon after the nature reserve was founded. here with news that we begin with the first one ness were

found here and the first terran colonies were discovered in the reserve as well as a lawyer but that's cool retains the harry detrich code of subsequent generations the queer gets. all to fishel islands of the early spots of drawing down to. the house ranges and dogs with their families. scientists doing research they hit too. early in the morning on the phone just to be tripped on the ref and ranger or rat to beg off set out on an expedition to make a record of the birds in the reserve all right let's go today to the tikrit channel to see what's going on there and over there will be how high the water is we'll look at the tide marks yes we'll check them into. the toybox in the rituals act as natural measuring use for the stuff. as ranges make the rounds of the reserve they're supposed to see whether the tide box have been

washed away is difficult to see though from the boat if they are secure enough. they make the rounds once a month during high season each time they follow the same route. in the fall it just puts down a description of each bird he sees in a notebook. the data is then processed and entered into a fifty year old book chronicling the state of the natural environment. everything is put on records even the first groping over from for example the first turtle emerging from the water just some date and the first cross snakes sneaking out of its hideout the first darling the first night the for. swallow the sun when baby birds start to leave their nests is also noted. the white tailed eagle is one of the biggest birds of prey in the astral and nature

reserve. these birds have a wingspan of up to two in the hof meta. white tailed he who is the fourth biggest bird in europe birds of the species in the volga tells him mostly feed on fish they either catch the fish themselves or grab them from other birds such as cormorants. sometimes they call she'd cormorants by pretending to attack them when you normally they don't go out or cormorants but as soon as they sense danger they drill each down to fish and get out of the way as fast as they can eagles get the prize crown on their rivals or they too try to pick up the fish in other words white tailed eagles and crowns live of requirements of workers. white tailed eagles are not as common in any other area of russia as they are in the

volga delta. so say one of the darkest habitats for these birds in the world. about two hundred eagle pairs nests in the reserve alone. come to astrakhan for the expressed desire of watching them in the wilds. of near. a visiting german cameraman was so thrilled by doesn't whitetail the eagles flying overhead that he told the driver to hump the car there and then started filming them when i told him that fine white tailed eagles were nothing out of the ordinary he said only a few such eagle's nest and in. all of them in germany had been recorded and certified and there were under constant observation. in recent years people with cameras have been exploring the underwater part of the delta.

kill the office of fish biologists and kill it you know as an underwater cameraman . they go to one of the remote channels. and clear ideal conditions for. nearly sixty fish species in habits of all the data including. their famous for their black caviar. is a total ban on fishing in the resort of its employees are only allowed to use fishing rods even so the local people their interests are fishing tales. but i can't show how big it was even if i spread my arms to the limit imagine this tall man hold up a catfish while part of its tail about half a metre long it's on the ground. during high water the fish move to the floodplain

to spawn it's here that baby fish scramble out of hard rare. receding water takes them back to the river. both fry and fish come here after spawning at the warm. water stimulates underwater vegetation this is a comfortable place for the young it's like a kindergartner. for the time being there almost no fish in this aquatic nursery so the cameraman switches his attention to the plants. couriers fairly strong here it seems this tangle with education services or filter purifying the water flowing through it. as a result it becomes clear. when i go down there i clearly see that the remote the bottom and the seaweed are all covered with mud. even in the summer that clear water makes it possible to see that the seaweed is so

thick it looks like a forest. but also find. some of the most beautiful flowers in the delta what's more here you can see a bud gradually from the water the interesting thing about water lilies is that they conceal themselves under water during the night and at dawn onto the water surface to bloom again. a little to says the most famous plant of the delta. a few decades ago the sacred symbol of the buddhists took up nearly a quarter of a hit. to date. by twenty nine thousand. what . this is a lotus leaf if it's a boy the water will slide down like mercury in shops these reddish leaves differ significantly from the others look at how these leaders parco.

considered a symbol of purity and in lighting meant. disbelief to help people understand the origin of their desires and reefs tiredness cheapens the senses and even provides protection from evil forces. persian in a last minute lotuses makes you think you are in the persian shop you. read some of the most common plants and of all the delta they grow all the over the place have. any of the deltas islands are in fact nothing more than a fifth of reeds growing in shallow water. some of them can even grow up to six

metres in height. motorboats can't go too far off without damaging its screw propeller. fortunately the warden you know you can easily lose your way in a rethink it it's not like a forest here you can tell where north especially if the skies over cost and the stars are nonphysical and rethink its constraint for many many kilometers from the queue. the noise of an engine is heard from a far it's there's peace and quiet it signals that there's a trespasser in the area in the range it immediately calls based with the gods. a few minutes later that finds approaches and that's one of the read on it's dimitri there is a net. oh yes i see it. the net is full of fish most likely it was last checked a long time ago. the bulk of the fish.

break may have killed them all. they then set the surviving fish free which was one of the kind of fish is it anyway shall we let them go dimitri yes sure. the boat continues on its way to more and that's a found there by the ranger called space again below there there are three nets here again so shall i remove them right i'm going to do it right away. empties one of the nets and leave it in place god's will come here in the evening to ambush the poacher. in the evening while decent parents descend on the area. but it's here has little fear of humans they

know from experience that they will not be disturbed while they're in the reserves which is why there are so many. in these here. on the thought of just looking to visit them in the movie. list of ways to live it is paradise on earth. as it were not for the military presence which occupies almost juicers beyond instruments and overshadows the people's everyday lives. with all the sound so people could use their

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a far away audience to inspect. is the most common in the delta. number of cormorants runs into hundreds of thousands. of a schools of calamitous suits of fish the staple food. but hit their prey to be found everywhere the delta which is home or uncertain to listen to says that they're calling this here. this claim is considered to be a fairly young one it's a pig. only forty years ago. today numbers about fifty thousand mists. thinner and less look like round funnels thirty to forty centimeters in diameter these shallow funnels are made from treaty packed reeds. one tree by the home schools of masts. on scorching hot days and old

birds on the edge of their nests flapping their wings lose a cool it down a bit also make sure that their hatchlings are kept out of the sun assume for the baby birds legs how to fly an interim. at that time flocks of call mercer spectacle on a par with a hitchcock movie. cameron says perkins often go to fish to get a pelican there are less common in the reserve. just a quick they often feed together one of the former sports are sure to begin circling over it. com they also want their share. you would be hard pushed to find chemicals in the delta. these very cautious beds nests as far away from people as possible. to see pelicans you would need to enter the area and this

hasn't dealt with the bulk of meets the caspian sea. level delta looks like a large lake the host of islands in it. but it's still part of the volga river here it stretches two hundred kilometers wide. the flood waters right now are about one point four meters deep at other times the depth is between a meter and one point two meters this is the middle of the volga delta. there are a lot of fish here because to the river and thoroughly warmed by the sun there is a wealth of vegetation and a good deal of food for fish and birds down there. back in the nineteen fifties there were one thousand five hundred pelicans nests in the astrakhan reserve. since then that number has dropped to five hundred.

it's very difficult to spot a colony of pelicans in the thick reeds. they spend an hour looking for one before the boat runs into a pelican colony. baby birds hatched here a short time ago. at the. colony was here forty years ago but then it disappeared that it has been grown in the past four years in the beginning there were only five nast's then forty and now we have one hundred in san diego. at first glance pelicans look like very clumsy birds they have choking both is. short seek legs and their tail is barely visible. less many religions with that the sacred animals muslims believe that

a pelican brought stones for the construction of mecca and its bill. and in europe the purpose is a symbol of parents who love legend ties it pickens roots that chests open with that beaks to feed hungry babies with blood. bulletins play with each other only for the duration of one season build a nest in the reeds tickets. i first saw as they looked like a pile of garbage twigs. there are two or three baby birds two in the. born blind they kids. to grow seven days later after ten weeks they can fly.

there are only a handful of them are here and we try not to disturb them if we can help it we do keep records of them but we don't do any detailed research. even the gods make a point of not approaching on the news with pelicans and nesting in fact the gods live in floating captains and they visit the ivan delta they stay there for only three days it's a time. have you seen many pelicans nicholai there are about a hundred nests here and in grown ups there are some but others are still very young. compared to pelicans there are thousands of swan nests in the delta. in the last century the swan population is rapidly shrinking due to the hunting.

when sick cannot fly so poachers will take that opportunity to cram them into nets and beat them with sticks. now that catching swans is prohibited the population has started to increase. in the fifty years only five pairs of swan nested in the boulder delta but now their numbers have gone up hundreds of times over us. this one the scene is a symbol of devotion as it was thought that once pet they stay together for now. life. as soon as they settle down in a large plot and start building tests as a rule others but anyway and thereby welcome. people because they are worthy of the appearing nesting season the female seats on

the nest while the male swims around to guard against intruders. swans are very strong birds they don't like to present so for the birds especially glee's sometimes swans even cheese geese out from a shared habitat. movie there are five to seven eggs in a swans nest. or something frightens them that they leave their nests. crews often use this tactic to steal the eggs. or get a couple of crowns always accompany motorboats and when they reach the end of their section they hand over the bow turn another couple of crowns the man in the boat is to preoccupy its noses when the boat approaches the nest the noise of the engine scares the bird away. to get into the nest just seal the eggs as

a result the set this room and. reservists called the floating venice of russia for its calm and beautiful nature. people come here every year to find a quiet place under the sun and in peace. the dusk descends on the river maybe duck enough to see a spectacular sea talks of swans flying. into the sunset. are

not stuff going to come back. we'll have a rally we'll sell lots of beer will. stay high we'll wear uniforms that little damage is down the black and them moving but very little damming the white. and they are the key to our problem our own right.