this is our team from moscow these are our headlines tonight a lot of outrage and empty seats. as a chinese political prisoner gets the award but as many in the west calls for his release countries such as the u.s. should focus on the road problem. is an insult to its judicial system indeed a third of the countries and. not show. american

companies channeling funds to the whistleblower website wiki leaks of stone tools payments but is still. supporters of the. london is recovering from its worst unrest in a decade the students vented their anger over rates we should feel some of. the streets in the royal couple got caught up in the. spring. travel guide goes on an exploration across russia's republic of north. i know great things about north setting you're alone in the people are supposed to be amazingly friendly the scenery breathtaking and the food never ending and it's only a short hop away from moscow just two hours by plane or frame by its towering mountains

the region is home to more than seven hundred thousand people just on the song based on bloody calf counts the area's administrative center of the city is capital city. and russian blood a kind of caste means ruler of the caucasus and the city is decorated with monuments to its proud military history and its culture past and present. this is going to be my favorite sculpture and. these two gentlemen to play a game of noddy which is the most popular board game in the caucuses so sort of like a cross between backgammon and draw. and it looks like. i knew i was going to have a busy trip and i wanted to make sure that i picked up a few souvenirs before i set off into the mountains all i needed was a couple of local girls to provide some gift inspiration i think excuse me could

you tell me where you bought your shuttles in the shop. in the shop of the ladies pointed me in the direction of zerlina his workshop she and her colleagues make handmade a set. following a design that's been popular here for centuries. and first we examine all the museum exhibits and till we alter that all our artists on the basis of what we've got to make the kitchen an individual pattern is sketched out and then handed over to most a seamstress to begin and it's a painstaking process two months work. to make one of these. so who better to teach me the final two sure something. useful in the. everything you know. doesn't mean the needle was going to go where it was supposed to go yes she did it i'm getting the feeling that i probably should have paid more attention to my. notes find good.

it was becoming more. tied to me and moved on to the next stage. was now that she can see things work has been pretty. it's possible to embroider this. each unique can sell for up to one hundred fifty dollars but it seems that's not all that silliness company makes. well i thought these women here makes the dolls and she dresses them all by national costume. was like walking into a little girl's dream worlds these dolls are all individually decorated and have costumes from a set and other parts of the caucuses and if you don't have a doll's house to put them in some will be just as happy on the teapot. but this is much more than just a through each one of these could be a collector's item i'm just wondering if we might find

a couple of life size of versions of these two anyway. with gift buying sorted i was ready to head into the mountains and the region has plenty of dedicated volunteers to make sure you have a safe trip. you only have to see these amazing beers to understand how popular a sport rock climbing is in this area but of course it can also be extremely dangerous which is why north of thirty is mountain rescue teams are always in business. so he's been working here for more than ten years and promised to show me what it takes to be in a city in brisk ranger. we were meeting up with a group of one of the rangers taking their final practical exams in the winter rescuers have to deal with an accident every single day and that can often mean carrying a victim over treacherous terrain. so you can see it's really the of the makeshift here we've got. some ski poles and then the ropes that you would take with you on

a normal amount of area expedition and this is what they're using to make this makeshift stretcher. and victim is secure he's going to be moved. through and then once we have touched him. the point man at the front here. and i'll see how close to help get him across hopefully safely. but of course the rescuers have got to make it to the other side too. right. but getting a man across a canyon is one of the simplest tasks of the rescue and there are plenty of other obstacles in the way with a room today visiting the mountains during the season it's essential that new ranges are prepared for everything you need to make sure all is.

clear. gets a smooth. came in. kind of human. rights against the wall. i really have the easy job it. needed a bit of help getting him over the last. rights. get zero. zero. zero. zero zero. zero.

these guys. could have. feeling prepared for any of a long while if the ranges i'm headed on into the mountains one of my favorite parts of any trip is checking out the local wildlife and i heard high up in the peaks here there are some very famous residents. so i'm going in search of the legendary. these. i don't expect joint never hurts. hello. to the tool a special breed of cook asian mountain go to have made their home here for thousands of years the highly prized by hunters for their meat and their huge horns they're also smart enough to keep plenty of distance between them and. a pretty coming these mountain goats it's something season and they haven't moved from the

top of those mountains we would have been able to sort of though. sadly it seemed that that was as close to the torah as we were going to get but there was another skill i had to learn just in case i was ever around here on a very different sort of expedition. so there's no getting away from it if you're going hunting you need to be able to handle one of these as the closest all of a got to following live rounds has been a game so it's going to show me how to do it. right. there right now. i have never really mixed so understandably i was eager to learn how to best not to accidentally kill myself. but. this is a most in frightful seven point six two caliber real bullets can fire you must aim at first pressing the button to the shoulder. the distance between the eye and the

scope should be some seven centimeters. take him into the sights. pull the trigger slowly. and fire you probably will. zahra patiently explained the process apparently my rifle dates back to before the second world war so it was about as tried and tested as a firearm could be and with that sniper scope surely my plastic bag didn't stand a chance. on this program this one i am recording. is going to get. into you shoulda so i don't dislike ac and then squeeze the trigger. and then after all that build up. i completely miss who. the bottle

is still alive but you know what they say if at first you don't succeed oh ah. ok. yeah second never saw straight down the middle. oh no you actually did that. look it's moving that's not fake that's real. come down unfortunately that was pretty much as good as it got but i did manage to hit one other thing before we ran out of bullets. and concrete pillars stern dead. on the mountain goats live to fight another day. feeling confident that i would now survive any tourist sneak attacks i left saw and carried on hiking into the hills and when i reached an ancient watchtower i knew i

was close to one of the region's most memorable sights. the views here and of the city are almost endlessly beautiful but if you come up to the mountains and search for a while you can find a seemingly innocent looking place with a row since. this place is called dark all leaders grange and it's a somber as it sounds. is a local journalist and told me a little about its history. this so-called town of the dead is one of the largest nicopolis is in european russia. fifty different families are buried here in the east. three most four hundred years until the end of the eighteenth century living plague victims were brought here by

their families and simply left to die. each building belong to a different family and the bigger your two the richer you were. the drawing windy climate has kept the bones here in excellent condition some even have tufts of hair still clinging to the scalp. but you just come forget how they got here. i can understand that you have to separate the infected from the healthy but i can't think of anything more terrifying. being brought here sick placed among the bodies of your relatives alive and already in your own two. don't go says a fascinating insight into the region's hawse history but i can't say i was sorry to leave it behind and i was ready for some slightly less chilling north the city interventions.

culture is that so much of the taxpayers' money i mean i seriously am a real mystery and it. isn't under siege what is the future of iran is it just an empty seat or is it time to seriously consider. russia would be soon which brightened if you knew about song from feinstein pression some. news from star totty dot com.

you could easily spend days sightseeing in the acetylene wilderness but i needed to

get back to the capsule valley counts counts and that meant i needed as taxi. amazingly even up here in the mountains in a coke zero can still get pretty good phone reception because that doesn't help if like me you've forgotten the charge of the thing but it's even stuck out here in the middle of nowhere that might not be such a big problem. at least if you know when to find an enterprising local engineer to use you know i was definitely a first of a. plug in the middle of the outfits. we have like. using metal salvaged from an old mine i'm a little help from mother nature action has built his own hydroelectric power station and supplies him in a few lucky maybe as with free electricity and he can crank up the voltage when it he likes this is sluice gates. can regulate how much water comes out any one

thought. the water flows down the channel and through a two and a half ton turbine which turns an axle and supplies power to the generator meaning actual constantly has more than three hundred volts of electricity on top. how's that for a one man engineering project produces enough electricity his. own work that crane and power another twenty one the houses as well. unfortunately it turns out that a taxi will even pick you up out here for the right price. as i was ready to check out a different kind of horsepower. there's always been a strong relationship in the caucasus between his horse and here in the set here it's no different but only the very best roy to get a chance to enjoy the trip. once

again please don't bend your knees to your legs tight. i like charges of before all of the rusher in europe there's no easy ride in this company. i feel good. to bring useful trick on to the whole troop exuding glamour and danger i can see why people flock to see them perform but what exactly does it take to become a stunt rider. each person has their own story that if you come to a theater above all else i love animals after all i was born in the year of the horse i like whole says this one is i like my would. my is the biggest. lie she is my favorite student she came here after finishing high school school and she's with us yes. now we'll try to show you the course of every horseman.

but he means straight legs sit down softly what you want and james. like a process. i guess some of that get off put in writing a few times in my travels around russia so obviously i was moved and ready to take the next step. apparently a full year is the troops most compliant horse perfect for some how much acrobatics . that's a question is it. right. everything's fine it's impossible to fall from that it turns out the doing a press up on a horse is not quite as effortless as alex riders make it seem so i settle for a quick trial to run the pattern much more my style. isn't this civil law or any of this rushing around and leaping out of your saddle. i can't imagine people

paying to watch it but it suits me just but i think now go go go a fornia. straight legs us don't bend your name. let's define your and i like to prepare for that make spectacular i'm back in town i have another appointment time needed to keep. so that should give you an idea of how friendly the people are here in a setting i've only been there a few days and i've already been invited to a wedding unfortunately my best suit is languishing in a wardrobe back in moscow which means that if i want to look at walt i mean somehow . this is the house of his old traditional tailors that's been supplying drawing screens guests for the best part of twenty eight. courses there are a few steps. each costume is made to order and the detail ispat.

the graffiti in these days and ask them graphic national goals to let them all a grandmother's is used to sweep such golden embroidery and wear this costumes as a wedding. as they like to use the month of august it was one of the part of the cost you women used to make centuries is manual climbing it doesn't yes to make wondrous good. and there's one other accessory that's always included these are. the four opening in the wedding the groom should lead a flank around brights head with three times is in five to five and bottom of the first just but them that cleans it as much give the bears to seven healthy boys and one healthy girl but those same length and then she takes it up but this authenticity doesn't come cheap and oligarch's daughter once me down the aisle in a hundred. thousand dollars old the creation. of the final stroke

isn't it beautiful very beautiful but i was in the market for a slightly cheaper option but i was still getting the royal treatment would you not only as a measures. name. but. this is the way you quickly find out the horrible truth about how much weight you put on how many inches said to me to put on your dentures or russia. for business is not a concern but actually it was the good of me that it's fifty one. and the sleeve is six to so. much as just a bit on my waist with us what bonus. with all my measurements recorded is old ladies got to work in a few days later i was ready to try on my new outfits but it's going to finish adjusting my bullets belt. and the finishing touch to this

amazing outfit so. i think i'm ready for some don't. finally the big. john allen's wedding we still had a while before we would you to go and pick up shawna. people arrived it became increasingly obvious that i was the only person wearing traditional dress and they were expecting over a thousand guests. so you might think the reception is already begun but you'd be wrong because the point doesn't even made her appearance yet this is just a three party and that's my kind of wedding. to. the sisters monte means a lot of food lot of toasts. the first ones to do and. the second is to some. number three through ten are a bit of a blood. and they serve me then to the guests are invited to meet the lady of the

day. she might have already said hello to a few hundred people but joan is days only just beginning. as this is one of the most for the whole city entire ceremony of the bride is introduced to be oldest much respect to the members of the prince family sees officially welcomed us all as a friend. but that doesn't mean that their old relatives are just going to let her leave. this is one way of keeping the bride from being married apparently all these guys have to hold her back and in order to get them to leave the bridegroom needs to pay for the privilege. to some good old fashioned broidery because we're ready. so the ransom has been paid. for the girl said get out of the way. a lot is the equivalent

of a golf a session. giveaway of the brides. another round of crazy drawing and horn honking later we were back at the groom's party and it was time for john to be formally unveiled. the whole day has been a constant mix of food don'ts and solemn ceremony but amazingly alon and joan a happy man once but then i noticed that they both slipped out of the main hall. so it goes against all. but brides on our group are actually in the same original the same day of their wedding that is pretty unusual as they call it way from the top of. my list the happy couple to it but by then my outfit of the trying to do little attention and i can say i was surprised when i was told to prove my city and bloodiness and adults right.

here exceeded all my expectations from the beauty of its mountains to the warmth and hospitality of its people it's a place i really didn't want to leave it doesn't matter who you all who way you're from come here. and i guarantee you'll feel like you're a. download the official placation to i phone i pod touch from the i.q. top story. life on the go.

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