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refined interrogation the understand fully that you have to live a. real life stories from. nineteen forty five gold dot com. hello again this is aussie the headlines. more than four hundred people remain stranded also hard stuff just three ships up frozen solid on new year's eve ice breakers are trying to reach the vessels but the course thickness is forcing them to move as less applies than walking bags. cardboard the heart of times with god as unemployment rate so high people are finding it increasingly difficult to

get a job despite israel's easing is located. in washington is getting ready for another two years of divisive political struggle of the one hundred twelve years congress is sworn in with a republican majority the party is making big promises about spending cuts and hopes to do rail what it calls president obama's big government program. as the headlines now wrap up warm as next also travels to western siberia and the color of a region so we'll meet the local version of santa claus and play some hokey russian style so don't miss it. the camera region is one of russia's great mineral deposits based in southwestern siberia it's stuffed with coal and oil which supplies heavy industry around the country but it's there's plenty of whites to go with the black the region also

borders some stunning mountain ranges and is a mecca for snow and ski love this but with temperatures dropping sometimes to minus thirty five celsius or minus thirty one firefight in the winter make sure you wrap up. one good thing about traveling in these kind of extreme temperatures as you can expect some real sudbury in hospitality and one camera of a nature reserve definitely lays out the welcome we wanted to see a real scene of siberian winter i guess this would be about as picture perfect as it gets. before we go in here. oh i. get to say hello welcome to the nature reserve tomsk a piece an accent and decode into our custom we're treating you with boxcutters welcome. to the show.

rice. because some things aren't a whole meal for a little bit. but if. it well come to my residence don't scare peace in your. eyes. this is fall the frost who did models in russian might give it away but he's russia's equivalent of santa claus there are no right. here but we do have a one. quarter. to work all year round because there's a lot of kids really like they're waiting to see. yet. apparently if you're going to be

a guest of the frost you need to pack you don't think she has a sure shot you know she will really hope. i keep telling myself how. much you. will. be me when i get my presence here pretty. soon feel like i've been a good boy this year. i actually did have a serious reason for visiting this reserve and it was down on the stones below. the russian empire gained a foothold in this region a little more than four hundred years ago but people have been living in this area for thousands of years and they've left their mark the locals call these drawings come drawing of the river to. see that.

we can't. go. in. there i've come to see this alongside the animals you can make out ships and bronze age symbols of the song which was worship body ancient indigenous tribes very unique painting of cameras past. and they bring fountains of visitors here every year don't believe or think that there's six thousand years of human history out there on these rocks when you just take a look at the landscape. and you can think this is new. really hasn't changed much. but this kind of peace and tranquility

is the exception rather than the rule and once you step into the city itself you can find what really makes this place tick. it's not difficult to see that this is a pretty heavily industrialize zone but there's one industry that stands head and shoulders above the rest here they call this region russia it's cold basin and without that there'd be no city here at all. the mining industry really took off for the beginning of the last century and developed during the soviet union now adays the region supplies around sixty percent of the country's coal and unsurprisingly they're rather proud of it. the original mining museum has pluck some old equipment from all of kemmer of his pits but without. it might not exist at all. or mind.

very strong. this museum or all but then he has a great i dream about this museum again until ninety i have both a bicycle. and go for a camera left to amsterdam the whole i'm going to watch yes and so long i'm off my three to seven thousand scale and it will slow them all of this three or so i want to make museum red hill nowadays the museum is one of the town's most popular tourist attractions and they've even built their own replicas show off to. welcome to our museum. there's a new exhibit you know the lights in right mind. and there's a sense of mission was built approximately three or four years ago it's really a popular place for canada with children but yes. yes we held it so that our

rights have to get into the spirit because i didn't. ok. there is a bit of a necessity if you are as tallest but david. definitely better to be sure and here i think this is a commitment exhibition so the exhibition focuses only on hundreds i mean has a selection of old mining safety gear and suits so this is i guess there is only twentieth century yes you can see special box for all you see. and special instruments and if he was. there i was. it's a very old. summer you offend sick i guess from back in the day. it's even possible to watch footage from the pits back in one thousand nine hundred sixteen and the conditions the men had to endure on the ground. almost a hundred years on the coal industry is still the region's largest exports but not

all the fuel here ends up on the final. igor smirnoff has a much more creative use for it he claims he's the only coal sculptor in the world it's amazing to think you can create something as foreign and detailed as this out of such a fragile and the tourist difficult tiriel to work with but without a little incentive from a friend none of these might be here at all one of the goals made bets in that he'd never be able to make a sculpture out of coal. he didn't put too much money on. his work ranges from fantasy pieces to portraits of the saints and he's quite happy to give lessons to. do less work on a design. this is such a tricky material to work with the coal is coated with a special glue to stop it shattering but with every stroke of the chisel i was afraid i was going to chop the bear's head off and i'm pretty sure the eagle is

going to have to do a little reconstructive surgery. look at it he's looking at you good. i think it's. a little bit of tidying up. he's not blind he might need glasses i think. ok my. eager showing off his work around siberia but his biggest fans are closer to home. my daughter arranged for me to exhibit my works at a fair in chemical bond and a whole bunch of coal miners thanked me they shook hands with me and i realized that people appreciated my work as somebody who needed it and that what i was doing was interesting. and in this region a minus approval counts for a lot cole is camera of his life blood and the vast majority of it is found in one specific place. as you can see i'm pretty

well first time and i'm not just anyone this is the biggest one in the whole of the country eight million tonnes of coal comes out of the ground here every single year . but before i could make my way to the show i still had some equipment pick up. pick up two pretty essential bits of kit. and of course light. and once everything was properly attached we were ready to head to the lift and literally take the plunge. is the pitch. here. two hundred fifty made. me consider.

this is the rust. there's more than half a billion tons of coal down here that's enough to last another seventy years but we had a long way to get to the lake to see. the miners were six hour shifts in tights cramped conditions but they're using some of the most sophisticated equipment in the world and it's so simple to understand anyone can operate it. this is. something it takes the coal out of the safety of the conveyor belt. like a black hole. because a slice is eighty centimeters of coal a time and once one side has been thoroughly excavated the whole operation. moves

forward. because you know you go it's all eccentric. russet you could say a few examples of a crack. it only takes two hours to dig out a train load of coal a once it's been cut from the old to convey it takes it straight to the factory. and occasionally it's a quick way out for a childminder. this next. minute we've got minus one. and only been down the pit for a short time but there's no avoiding the water and the cloying dust and it was a relief to get back out into the sunshine. tough so give up and just see the tough job people speak about the day of the coal face going to say how does he know that all of. it was time for me to hit the showers but the co was just beginning its journey and its mixed estimation was

a business that's essential to the camera of the region as the mining industry itself. altera. it not backyard i've not landed we will not allow i'm not trying to prop up and then spread all over the country. virtually all terrorists today are muslim do we have the right to make such provocative statements and the muslim schools have the right to exist. in new york city on our. charge until the israeli defense forces. during his service scorched

a street fight. if. colonel of the chilean armed forces participated and keeping down a military revolt. sergeant in the us army. trying to become an american by getting pardon the. ranks and reasons differ but one thing brings them together once they disobey. just a couple of hundred kilometers from kemmerer of a is no because next and it's a journey from coal county to steel city. is one of the fifteen largest steel mills in the world and has russia's lowest production costs. everything is watched over from an air conditioned control room but down on the factory floor things really start to heat up there's no problem with the siberian

winter if you work in a place like this now this should give you an idea of what this region is really all about the ground here is full of iron ore and coal and if you put those two together a hell of a lot of heat you get to guy and i'm from that you can get steel. this is a real river of oil and it runs down into a series of huge cold rings ready for the mix stage of the premises. and this is where this field is. the most and mixes with the spark to you and the converting here i don't know lights up like guy fawkes night. but like you they give you these really. safe feudal system and if oxygen is added and after a while the steel is ready to be cooled down cost and sliced up. do things by homes here. yeah braz each one of these red hot steel slabs weighs around

twenty tons i want to move in mind but i doubt if. they can be packed so i sent off to the heavy industry clients around the country and around the. this is definitely reason whether people call and play on us but you won't catch them at the football stadium on a saturday afternoon because the coal basins flavor of sports is a whole different. this is the home of the who's boss banditti it's a cross between football and i still keep and it's hugely popular. so the top team in the country and many believe it's all down to head trainer andre. this is. far lower it's still good business so nice to meet you. so this is the good this got you out of nineteen game win streak i think so. little

so listening to him will surprise the guys that much of it's before. that. go sideways boy. but even if you're not surprised there's always a game going on around here somewhere. good polish be interesting bundy a sport they play outside in siberia in the winter. wish me luck. this looks like it might mean i sort of started possibly. james his mistake and the team playing for the whites ok i'm with the whites but big fan much . the to start with i was a little hit and miss but after running around for a while mike deadly accuracy soon became apparent.

one mill to the wall i believe there will be. oh a feature. but if you want to play this game you'll definitely have to work on your cardio pole just have a go between the sticks. really reminds you of school you know. it was clear i was a natural for the woods well you have to try and impress the manager think oh. so what do you think of that coach that was fine great girl where are you treating . physical exercise it was definitely saw him for an unhealthy snack. and it turns out that this region produces some of the country's favorites. this is the home of the k.g.b. biscuit factory and if you're munching on a chocolate or just

a cake in russia the chances are they were made here things change and now let's try to do that by ourselves let's do it direct to you lynn assured me around the factory fool gave me a quick lesson in biscuit making. believe he had counted simply. a bit of the feeling. we need. to start off with yes. that is the let's put it here at this second ingredient here is less a thing we should add a little bit here. a little this which i guess is. cheaply stuff. to keep. this is sweet production on a massive scale they make nine million of these little wife is here every single

day. this reminds me of my very first job. back into the factory and. finally after all these new graduates into the chocolate fountain. it may be home to the region's most modern factories but not because now it's also retains a strong link with its past and walking through some of the city suburbs can be like taking a trip back in time. the street is a real snapshot of history things really haven't changed here in the last hundred fifty years and over here might just be the most famous building. of the whole system. in a scene fifty seven after a long courtship the famous russian writer federal dostoyevsky married his great

love and first wife maria. in this city they lived here in this house for just twenty two days and now it's a museum and a monument to the people of business i just the writer and his wife took a romantic stroll they might well have come to look over the city from its old military fort. where this fortress was built around two hundred years ago the old city of course knit school still a popular rating point for bandits and also an important trading route so these guns were designed to keep the caravans moving and the raiders out. before skis house have a steady stream of visitors but most of the tourists here have a different destination in mind. so the cosmos region is a place of heavy industry but once you get past all the coal in the eye and you don't have to come too far and you've got yourself a little mini version of the alps. a four hour drive from the because minsk and

you're into perfect ski conditions and some of the region's most beautiful sea. apparently the most spectacular views are at the top of the green mountain just just up here and it's really only one way to get. now on troy and snowboarding once before in russia months if i was going to get the most times of this trip i thought i'd better have a slightly more reliable means of getting around. me that it is cool just up here and fortunately i've got a friend who's going to be able to show me around a little bit better and he's got a rather special. it's going to. be here because i'm the head of the tourist office. we're getting to see all the sights.

and the mountains they're all very beautiful places. but it was ok. if you want to get around up here this is by far the quickest and easiest way to do it is. now being on the back of a snowmobile is all well and good. but really i couldn't wait to take the controls myself. what a way to travel. to the boat though. you take a look at where we get a city pretty obvious well the coolest place the cowboy. the very top of the mountain is most by a huge steel cross and it's the best view of the mold. now this is what i call living the high life we're about fifteen hundred meters up here over there you can see the outside region and over here. we've got the crash we are

screeching as well it's such a clear and perfect day you can see a route a thousand kilometers in all directions and easing. i didn't have long left in the camera of the region but there was still time to meet a bit of a local celebrity before i went home. but larry has been the local sheriff a nearly thirty years and until the fall to snowmobile back in two thousand and five he used to patrol this whole territory on skis. he's from the short sea troy indigenous people who've lived in the mountains and forests here for more than a thousand years. was is here we are james this is the most beautiful landscape in these parts is called. there's a river down there only about two hundred meters from here is called the met us is distinguished by its clean water people used to live beyond the fields there were foreigners in the time very many cattle it was not far from stock breeding local people went hunting and fishing there were very little blacksmith men in the tribes

who were nomads shifting from one place to another. and valarie took me to see one of the most stunning pieces of the region's natural architecture. realty has been visiting this cave since he was a boy every winter the water forms on the style of toilets and stuff like minds that can last well into the someone. but that's not the only surprise that could be in store from home suspect. family there's more to this cave than just these beautiful stylish tights that are formed over here a short sea have a legend about this place they talk about a shadowy figure called them oster of the mountain. eight feet told harry sounds remarkably like bigfoots and me. but. he's supposed to live in this cave if you see here. very good luck sir. i mean really.

the monster of the mountain was keeping himself to himself and it was time for me to make my way out of this strange and diverse region with a halt of cold.