to turn now should we just stop talking about nuclear free world and just tag it as the wishful thinking you know what i think of human beings need goals and and more than just rhetorical goal schools that are that are achievable. why the dunny states and russia are key to this because we have ninety percent of the nuclear weapons on the earth and we cannot go the two of us the russians and the americans cannot go to china or to india or pakistan or any other nuclear power france great britain and say reduce your nuclear arsenals until we've done our job so it all begins with the bilateral negotiations between the united states and russia. if we are serious about dramatic reductions in these nuclear arsenals then we widen the club and bring in all the nuclear powers and. ideal the at least north korea and even iran for that matter and say enough we're all we're going to get rid

of all these it does seem like. kind of ideal dream but it is a goal to reach war thank you very much very much your friends thank you.

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report this time we travel to the nature reserve that's home to over a million birds and as well as rare fish and plant life. the vogue a delta and the 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 yeah boy of the two told 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 this place has a purpose for birds they're lucky to have these islands you can easily lose your way in this tangle of beautiful plants 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 ordering of the delta

wild is just a few steps away from civilization. and strand 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 astra on 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 wide and 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 southward you'll soon see feels totally list includes

a. treasure of the balkan delta fish come here to spoon. fish attract migrating birds. million beds of three hundred species come here the spring and autumn it's the centuries people from all over the russia south that come here to fish and hunt unfortunately that many species perished as a result. more of the at that time women like to dress up they had ants with feathers hair and thought this was very much invoke the heron only has five fed 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 the swans or pelicans. urgent measures were needed to save the deltas natural environment to his 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 of the country's 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 for a master it's a hundred kilometers through flooded fields and the ferry to the other bank of the volga. there's a fifty kilometer stretch of dirt road once 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 the rules. in all fairness such strict measures produced positive results 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 core retains the harry detrick code of subsequent generations the queer get its. own to officially islands of the early spots of drawing down of 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 the 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 secret channel

to see what's going on there and over and over how high the water is we'll look at the tide marks yes we'll check them in. the toybox in the river charles 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 had been washed away is difficult to see though from the boats 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 of just puts down a description of each bird he sees in the 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 record even the first groping over frogs for example the first

turtle emerging from the water just some date and the first crossed 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 us to. have. these birds have a wing span of up to two and a hof meter. 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 comrades. sometimes they call she'd cormorants by pretending to attack them when you normally they don't go out of 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 crowns are their rivals and they too trying 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 largest 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 want to tell 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. 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 even though it's an underwater cameraman in the morning 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 result of its employees are only allowed to use fishing rods even so the local people will recount their interests and fishing

tales. but i can't show how big it was even if i spread my arms to the limit imagine this tall man holding a catfish while part of its tail about half a metre long is on the ground. during high water the fish move to the flood plain to spawn it's here that baby fish scramble out of hard rare data the receding water takes them back to the river. both fry and fish come here after spawning the warm water stimulates underwater vegetation this is a comfortable place for the young it's like a kindergarten. for the time being there are almost new fish in this quite a nursery so the cameraman switches his attention to the plants. couriers fairly strong here it seems this tangle of. service as a filter purifying the water flowing through it. as

a result it becomes clear. when i go down there i clearly see that the remote 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 above 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. the lotus is the most famous plums of the. few decades ago the sacred symbol of the

buddhists took up nearly a quarter of a hit. today to occupy twenty nine thousand. what. this is a lotus leaf. in its boil the water will slide down like mercury. these reddish leaves differ significantly from the others look at how these leaders sparkle. this considered a symbol of purity and in lighting meant. this belief to help people understand the origin of their desires and reefs tiredness sharpens the senses and even provides protection from evil forces. here for the promotion in a last minute lotuses makes you think your version was shot.

we'd sell the most common plants and of all the delta they grow all the over the place have many 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 it screw propeller. fortunately the wooden 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 a coach is next to one of the ring dominance dimitri mares and. 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 dead. great 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 l.o.l. oh there he did it there are three mets here again so shall i remove them right i'm

going to do it right away. or at empties one of the nets and leaves it in place dogs will come here in the evening to ambush the poacher. in the evening while decent parents descend on the area. birds here have little fear of humans they know from experience that they will not be disturbed while that in the reserves which is why there are so many. to visit them. sergeant of the israeli defense forces. during his service scorched a street fight. colonel of the armed forces

participated in peeping down a military revolt. the sergeant of the u.s. army. trying to become an american by digging part in the. ranks and reasons differ but one thing brings them together once made. more news today. these are the images seeing from the streets of canada. today.

or. you. know none of. us. this history still keeps its secrets but now it's time to reveal the hitler in the soviet files house on the embankment on oxy. the morning fog envelops the volga delta all mythologists get out that door and to get ready to go to a far away islands to inspect its cormorants clooney. moment

is the most common bird in the delta. the number of cormorants here runs into hundreds of thousands. that uncover schools of climate is such a fish the staple food. but head their prey can be found everywhere in the delta which is home or incident to bring into sensitive colon is here. this claim is considered to be a fairly young one it appears only fifty years ago. today numbers about fifty thousand mists. thinner and nests look like round fillings thirty to forty since gates is a dinosaur. these shallow feminism made from treaty packs raids. one tree might be home to schools of nests. in scorching hot days and old birds on the edge of their nests flapping their wings to cool it

down they also make sure that their hatchlings are camped out on the sun a food for the baby birds and then how to fly into him. at that time flocks of call mercer spectacle on a par with a hitchcock movie. common sense pickens often go to fish to get a political analyst common in the reset. just what we often feed together when a corner of sports are sure to begin circling over it. they also want their share. you would be hard pushed to find pelicans in the delta. these very cautious beds nest as far away from people as possible. to see pelicans you would need to enter the area i think. the focus 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. 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 global delta there are a lot of fish here because to the river of the 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 one nine hundred fifty s. 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 fiqh reads. 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 growing 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 will fail than the sacred animals muslims believe that a pelican brought stones for the construction of mecca in its bill. and in europe

the purpose is a symbol of parent to love mentioned president clinton's roots that chest certainly that piques to feed hungry babies with blood. bulletins play with each other only for the duration of one season building nests in the reeds tickets. i first saw as they looked like a pile of garbage twigs. there two or three baby birds to a nest born blind a kid. was starts to grow seven days later and after ten weeks they can fly.

also 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 islands with pelicans and nesting in fact the gods live in floating cabins and they visit the ivan delta they stay there for only three days at a time. have you seen many pelicans nicholai there are bought a hundred nast's 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. cannot fly so poachers would 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 s. only five pairs of swan nested in the bowl 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 knife. as soon as they settle down in a large plot to start building nests as a roof other birds anywhere and thereby welcome. people because they're 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 out from a shared habitat. moon with a there are five to seven eggs in the swans nest. or something frightens them though they leave their nests. crews often use this tactic to steal the eggs. or get a couple of crowns always accompany motorboats when they reach the end of their section they hand over the boat to another couple of ground zero the man in the boat is too preoccupied snow says when the boat approaches the nest the noise of the engine scares the bird away. to get into the nest just steal the eggs as a result the sets this room and.

reserve is 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 and maybe duck enough to see a spectacular sea talks of swans flying into the sunset. we'll. get.