turnover was five point four billion dollars that's a jump of thirty five percent of the previous fear results a considerably better than analysts forecast and i think it shares and now among the top game is on the r.t.s. gaining around two percent. now american mobile phone maker motorola is leaving russia will close its offices of the beginning of two thousand and eleven or no longer officially market or distribute its handsets in the country the company first came to russia in one thousand nine hundred three and gave a leading position but since two thousand and three it's seen its market share steadily declined in our currency just one percent of mobile part of a country motorola has set out a number of cost cutting measures this year including plans to close offices in africa and eastern europe. russia update the base hour but you can respond more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business.

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half an hour from now in the meantime how did alaska become part of america that story's ahead for you here on alt. once it was a part of russian territory there are still reminders to this day children wearing russian national costumes people having russian names and many orthodox churches standing here but more than one hundred forty years ago it became the u.s. territory though some americans still don't know about it. still asking have no idea about. like nothing i don't know anything about the alaska it's cold. it was cold a box of ice a polar bear garden and one russia but in the language of the indigenous peoples the word alaska means the great land.

sven haakanson is steering his boat out of the narrow bay of kodiak island his ancestors have lived here since time immemorial. over the thousands of years they to solve this seascape each time they put out to sea to hunt. but they use mineral canoes with a couple of paddles instead of comfortable motor boats with powerful engines in the past yes it was very very difficult to hunt as an individual you need to group in order to. nor to actually capture for example you look at the sea lions over here in order for you to hunt one of those in the several people. on a summer day and seven hundred forty one scores of natives of the land set out on a hunting expedition in canaries they spotted odd looking ships on the horizon. those big sail boats belonged to an expedition led by

a russian explorers bearing and. that was how kodiak island made its appearance on russian maps the first colonists were. could serve as a reminder of. their . russian permanent settlement in alaska and then their. son in law. who. was representing the government of russia and also. american

companies. the russian american. this. pill has the thickest for any animal the most furs per square inch this is the animal itself the sea otter this animal was what caused the fur gold rush to alaska by russia. russian traveler. first came to alaska in two thousand and nine he organized an expedition to retrace the steps of his fellow countrymen. as

a ghost and it was the first ever european to reach alaska's hinterland in this unexplored land and establish contact with the aboriginal people. local people welcomed warmly just as their ancestors welcome these agustin two hundred fifty years ago their homes may have changed a lot but their attitude to russia remains the same. shit over clearly will welcome the east into places that it once served as bases as a ghost can expose. the russians many of the local people said they had russian and . when the russians came to the lives of the indigenous people changed. many of them began to work for the russian american company. hunting for sea otters fishing and taking part in the building of new settlements russian priests and monks visited alaska and baptized of the locals and people with the

dogs fish russian married local girls. russian men married local women and their children were called creole. creoles who were well educated. in the russian capital to ship as well as in the colonial administration you know ask. lives a life entirely different from his. to him putting out to sea is more like fun than work. proud of his traditional. he sees it as a symbol of successive generations and russian traditions. when the russians came. the thing that is similar are the rocks and he. inside and that's something that we've been doing for centuries a tradition where. else which is

a russian just. taking. a bath. sven sees the history of his people as a mission he curious a museum which is one of the principal tourist attractions of. when few tourists visited during local people come here to when the russians actually took over. claimed alaska for russia. one of the friends together with his family is listening to his story although his name is of russian origin he doesn't know a single word of the language spoken on the other side of the bering strait nor does he know much about where his last name comes from. what my mom told me in the morning a russian for here we were taken people often are drawn through their hundred thousand year order and they couldn't say our last name so of

a russian. spy you don't seem you enough doesn't need to speak russian all services in the orthodox church in kodiak city are held in english. father in a county was born in new england a place that is far away from here he has no russian roots nevertheless he decided to serve as an orthodox priest in alaska but it was a long story. it's a story of growing up in a christian church a protestant church but always running and seeking out for face for experiences and finding that in the doxy as a young man and eventually answering the call into the priesthoods.

the church where father in the county serves stands where the first church in the new world used to be alaska is still predominantly orthodox us state russians and the priest said then came didn't force us to not speak our language they didn't force us to not follow our traditional ways of living we did you know stop practicing our older religious practices but pretty much everything else did the same thing language but then and during the american period. american archaeologist david mcmahon is exploring the remains of russian legacy. these are. they would have been used by. employees of the russian american company but. for this is one of the most important finds of his career some of the

objects were found at the site of the first russian others on the ocean floor so these are this is. ship's frames this together with. david raised a many remains of the russian ship kodiak from the depths of the ocean. to the russian american company the shores of island in eight hundred sixty. eight was very lucrative because the gold miners in california needed for their drinks so even if. it was still make a good profit the ship was leaving. everyone got off the ship but because of the board the ship stayed afloat for several days before i sank. the archaeologist twenty five meters deep to explore the remains of the ship the kodiak was one of a dozen ships keeping the lines of communication with. similar ships regularly

sailed the length of the north pacific. as a symbol the russian american company was in dire straits. at the beginning of the eight hundred sixty s. the company reached the edge of bankruptcy that caused a debate on whether alaska could be sold the vast territory was inhabited by eight hundred. number was. needed to defend it. those factors led to a serious discussion about a potential sale they were held in an atmosphere of secrecy laws only a handful of fishel sort of knew about them the legal. american was not particularly keen on buying the faraway territory a russian envoy to washington eduardo steckel was told to do his best to convince the u.s. government that it would gain norma's benefits by acquiring alaska. steckel had the

support of u.s. state secretary william seward who was in favor of a u.s. territorial expansion. finally in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven after lengthy negotiations alaska was sold to the united states for the price of seven point two million dollars. on october the eighteenth eight hundred sixty seven the russian flag was lowered in the former alaskan capitol of sitka. in its stead america's colors were raised. today happy alaska day is one of the major holidays of the forty ninth state. during the bright showed the residents of citgo reenact the procedure of handing over the flag from russians to americans. in eight hundred sixty seven the ceremony for placing the russian colony under u.s. control was much more modest. the american government was weary of accusations that

they had wasted a lot of money headlines was splashed across the newspapers scoffed at the purchase describing it as nothing more than a box of ice. rumor even had as that of the seven point two million dollars paid some two hundred thousand was given to senators in the form of kickbacks. but opinion. deliberate steps were taken out of the hope of upswelling some sentences. the treaty. after alaska came under u.s. control the russian american company lost its influence and the russians were offered a choice either return to russia or live in the reservation. was shrouded in mystery. the official version. was spent

on the construction of railways. however the ship carrying the gold received for the sale of alaska had sunk in the pacific. ocean was the same a. trade mission. of the. institution that he's.

raised in alaska like many. other states and the lower forty eight. of the forty nine most. part of america. but. when they're here. i've actually had people. you sound just like america. has lived in the small settlement. since birth. here his grandfather knew a few english words gary however doesn't speak russian my grandfather passed away a couple of decades ago and my grandmother. passed away soon after that just

some distance from here my father's and most of my relatives and one day i will be too. right after the peninsula was sold to the americans the village was built on the sea shore all of the employees of the russian american company who refused to move to russia had been banished here by the u.s. government one of the older buildings is right down below us doesn't have a window in it is built in the old log dovetail design with the dovetail corners there are several other buildings that are throughout here including sheds that were used for fishing the older ones were built as as old as the late eighteenth hundreds all the residents of new chick are related to each other one way or another they are the houses irene she died in one nine hundred eighty five one of the most successful people born in india is that lehman who is a distant relative of gary a school called four years ago he was the lieutenant governor of alaska. he's only

passing through today and has decided to stay with his uncle and aunt their ancestors were russians and they still use russian words in their everyday lexicon . which is married with the word yet it should a few hours later he will visit his father at a nursing home in the town of sold. your interview to i told him i tell my father that everything. oh you do that if it. doesn't see that russian heritage simply as a distant episode in the history of his native state he remembers well that when he was a child far more people spoke russian than english. with my brother's russian heritage and we often joked about it and when we did within about ten miles.

we're doing what we call speaking then we start talking like my father telling some of the stories it is still a very. part of my heritage. more no arrived at around lunchtime he visits his father at the local nursing home he says a few phrases in russian. mikko i. was there come to. nick lehman can't remember names and faces clearly last year he had a stroke. yes he. does but even. though it's my son nick lehman's condition sometimes makes him imagine he's not a nursing home but in the old settlement of. where everyone has a boat where christmas is celebrated in early january rather than in december and where people in nearly every home speak russian.

to know there's. a group of. nick lehman is one of the few people here who still remember the russian era of the land its former legacy is gradually being forgotten much in the same way as old people's memories fade away i'd like to teach my children about their heritage and we've shared it. especially with our oldest child our son and i think the best way we can do it is to talk about it shares some of the stories maybe even some of the language i want them to understand are very rich cultural heritage is it makes me think of the. phrase and here is one of the most popular teachers at seoul don't know high school. he used to teach english to russian children in the russian town of. course today he teaches russian in alaska

none of the children in his class has a slavic name all of them are americans who have decided to learn the language that was once dominant in this part of the world. you won't during pre-op walk. well a. fair bit like. this that. i'm not. here. sees him self as a representative of the new wave of russian settlers of alaska who fears he makes himself at home the russian legacy is everywhere. because today there are at least about seven hundred. names. conspicuously russia for example. then the presence of the churches here so you know the words. let's put it like this here in

. the presence of the past. is another russian. it emerged. after. four hundred inhabitants trying to stick to a lifestyle reminiscent of siberia rather than america. did thirty people first came here in one thousand six to eight years this is the first house they have built yet if we take why they feel you're not young enough how do you choose a native of mine for some reason try to guess why there's no escape for you dressed to kill. is famous. and she is known for causing a. particularly fond of her because she is the only who's always ready to talk to journalists. live in the settlement and they always prefer.

the founders of fled the soviet union to america to escape persecution. in alaska. trying to distance themselves from civilization much like they would do . if the initially it was a private. that the signs had been removed and now people can visit us where they can talk to and meet. today it is even something of a tourist attraction the cafe run by. the most lucrative business in the. for three decades it never occurred to the old believers that someday americans might be among. they tried to escape visiting other towns but now the american

houses stay near the russian once vacuously know matthew has five children he moved . seven years ago after buying one third of the local land and his american dream is slowly becoming a reality the land was. pretty good price the russians. russians the people that are here the orthodox. have a nice set of values. relations with matt but as the years ago by she becomes ever more apprehensive of the prospect of. losing its status as a russian enclave and turning into just another quiet settlement in alaska. children in the still russian national dress but english is now their mother tongue . for growing up in a russian village but. not as much russian i think or the.

church. i. played which. the new wave of settlers who moved last decades came from siberia. twentieth century russian destinations changed in comparison with the eighteenth century the majority preferred. city anchorage rather than. the city's three hundred thousand strong population five thousand are migrants from russia. situated in an. everybody. is perfect english is true. he was born.

children of the russians who came here nine hundred eighty nine nine hundred ninety s. are about twenty years old just some of this russian generation has grown up in alaska they speak very good english and understand spoken russian it is indeed a new generation of music. there's a place where everybody's going. to be. different places. but the new have taken to him like close to the. russians don't see themselves as. they see themselves as. the traveler is among them. once

again. have to go through a strenuous course of training before the expedition they intend to use the same gear that the early russian explore. discover a. then we want to know the actual truth and that's why we didn't have a choice of transport. says vin haakanson head of the community of indigenous people. takes a dim view of the desire to make more difficult. to see. as motorboats. thinks giving up the perks of civilization is a foolish thing to do. yet despite embracing the modern era inwardly he still remains committed to the simple principles preached by his ancestors. we were here

for thousands of years. but you know we didn't have this system of paper saying that we can claim this land because in our philosophy in our worldview. you can own land the land owns you you know how can you say you own that when you're only here for a little bit and then you got it's a whole different philosophy of owning it versus living with it.