half past one here in moscow here's a look at the headlines on our t.v. iraq's christian community shrinks as thousands are displaced in the face of growing violence christians say they fall victim not only to extremists but also to the unwillingness of security forces to protect them. john mccain called russia the soviet union at the security conference in munich and draws attention to the frequent loopers of u.s. politicians experts say it exposes a lack of expertise in global affairs. and a fresh wave of anti-government rage is sweeping across egypt as the state media joined the popular unrest. more news in half an hour but first as promised

a report on the nature and wildlife of the caucasus to stay with us. southern russia. this faraway place. you need special permission. to film the landscapes. close. up i can't tell you how beautiful.

this place. feel. along the people of the. across the. whole.

this is a bearded vulture i needed to. have this kind of make their nests on low lying logs of thirty or forty kilometers from here. i will go but when they go hunting they might cover up to fifty kilometers in search of food. they're interesting creatures. all of the above go is situated close to the great a northern slope of the caucuses mountain range from the grassland you can get a panoramic view of the mountain ranch of the caucuses nature reserve. there is also a clear view of mt fished one of the highest points in the western caucuses. there will probably let's try to get the mountains in fraying filming is best done from the highest point on the bargo it's about nine hundred meters above sea level

here dimitri is teaching a son killed how to set up for the filming. look. so you can see that the lighting is on one side of the mist covers most of the valley where. we don't want to fill only the mist we need to focus on the foreground or look at the grass gleaming in the sunlight its light of the valley is dark. so the light strips will show this shot to the best advantage to. the great in northern slope is a continuous chain of mountain ridges tops by snowy peaks millions of years ago there was a vast sea in this place the smallest part of it the black sea is now hidden behind mountain ridges they form a shield in the way of warm breezes blowing from the sea the warm air creates

a sub tropical climate in the foothills of the southern slope of the greater coaxes ridge there is a moderate zone further upslope the kingdom of eternal snow and ice on the mountain tops is more than three thousand metres above sea level. which is the opposite i'm going to film these magnificent landscapes we never know in order to show the food to the hundreds of people who never venture here. with it or because they have no time with you when you go because they don't understand the meaning of nature. to live side by side with the pass translated from a sick ass in language to means the mountain of caucasian goats the reserve is the only habitats of western caucasian goats in the wild here they don't move about

very much a small herd might well stay for decades in the same area high in the mountains one thousand nine hundred metres above sea level. the only trail leading a cry. the pos begins in the above go grassland. caucuses reserve ranges often use it to make rounds of the area they always do it on horseback a round trip usually takes one week. where they come across perches interests on this path. and europe's the only way here the rocks on one side are in effect a tangle of writers and run on the other it is very difficult terrain. who

. will. pull. the ranges camp out in small pots it's always cold in the mountains at night. shortly before dawn the metering killed head to a small flat mountain top according to an old caucasian legend do you often meet the sunrise in the mountains lives a long and happy life. get real you can no seem out you go and you're right.

the sun will rise from behind the aspen pass. we're going to choose the highest point for filming we only have ten to fifteen minutes for that. you. guys is a mystery. no single one is ever the same good. it's truly wonderful. the

nearest settlement is far away radio is the only means of communication with human civilization. hey folks you're listening to our movement of radio show us your house once again and you katrina and look at it last term and talked about in the history of the congress is nature reserve the small studio broadcasting the movement show is in the town of scores of kilometers away from the above go for schoolchildren tell locals about the caucuses reserve journalists. oversees the programs the children talk about the reserves animals surviving trees mountaintops and rare plants. they draw on their experience as reporters and engineers working in various protected areas therefore they always fully prepared for the program when they go on air.

then i think when people look at it and they try to imagine what these trees saw a long time ago. as for me i always have this i'm counting feeling that my age and stature martin significant in front of these or inspiring giant. one of the most famous parts of the caucuses nature reserve is the growth situated close to the black sea coast the oldest tree here is over a thousand years old. the grove has survived several generations of tourists and many natural disasters. according to scientists the greatest of them took place

some eighteen million years ago. a ruptured. the earth's crust created a natural labyrinth and the gorge the gorges bed was filled with water from mountain streams. this landscape has undergone no changes since then. visitors are fascinated by the mysterious origin of the grove and the ancient trees there in they think of it as a living relic of the distant past. well i can tell you that i really do feel mystical about it was that people rarely break the rules here they're not eager to destroy or cut things down to the wish that some people might say i'm crazy but i honestly believe nature herself is at work here and i think this place is protected by higher forces it's. a small canyon on the outside edge of the grove mocks its natural boundary in the north the west and east in the horns of an

infamous mountain river called the hostile joint where the canyon is at its most narrow and the never ending roar of water is a sign of its dangerous allure. and you'll love. this canyon is notorious because the water rises quickly when the snow melts or up to terentia already. though the whirlpool formed a strong water splashing against one side of the ravine and then against the. anything that falls into the whirlpool gets sucked down to the bottom the people trying to swim will walk across it end up drowning. there have been several deaths as a result. we live over to me that's why this place is infamously known as the devil's great. bottle. there are four major waterways in the caucasus reserve a river is one of the deep based which is down has been put up but the small hydro

power station supplies electricity to the huts in the upper reaches of the reserves northern sector ranges stay for the night. but the vote by. claiming there is a. well w. bush wherever you can get from any spray. you're more grim about. drinking and. international rafting competitions take place on the river every year the route is extreme rapids a near impossible to clear.

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a cargo helicopter flies through a mountain coach before it reaches the weather station and to go to good the situation in the mountains of the caucuses nature is a as an altitude of more than two thousand meters above sea level it is the optimised station in the western caucuses its total square is two hundred eighty two thousand hectares our reserve is the only one in russia that occupies the territory of three russian regions it's really unique. the directive the coaxes reserve personally oversees the rotation of stock and food

supplies in this remote area the helicopter rarely stops at juga for more than twenty minutes but even such a short period of time is enough for dimitri says i think just some kid to get several shots on take. most of the world's weather stations located in major cities recalled changes in the atmosphere resulting from industrial waste and vehicle fumes the data collected juga and similar stations is important for fundamental research into how the earth's climate changes in areas situated far away from manmade sources of pollution. now the temperature of juba is fifteen degrees above zero but a couple of days ago trees were falling to the ground under the impact of strong

gusts of wind which by the way. the snow is usually one made a day piron this time in december temperatures were unusually high in november and did my will turn out to be the warmest november in twenty five years. each day courses reserve staff recorded temperatures wind velocity humidity and amice ferric pressure. one team is on shift for two months. i. on its way from to go to the grand old and slow the helicopter passes by now fish to the highest point and the western ridge.

after an hour's trip by air dimitri and his son kid will walk about the northern sector of the caucuses reserve in the company of ranges the jugo weather station is now schools of commerce is a way. people and animals share the only path there is in this area. do the bison let humans approach them most of the people traveling around the reserve ranges in horseback. short while ago troll g.t. in a different area of the short distance from here they can seem on shaky show there came across nine bodies and. the lettuce come quite close to them. were only fifteen metres away. by.

coaxes reason have no enemies sometimes humans can come very close to them provided they are on horseback buses or ranger dismount the bison instantly make it clear they're poised for attack. horses are the most reliable and indispensable companions when people go on long trips in the mountains only horses with good training eligible for the job well. this one is called chetan ish. is my favorite. but we became first friends. reading him is no problem he does what he's told to do. but this one is still

a young stallion. so that it will let anybody touch him after all bloke. is scared of every well. chosen the red chair on his one of the remotest areas of the eastern sector of the caucuses reserve several reserve stock and their families live here on a permanent basis. even if the weather is warm it's only possible to reach this

place with an off road vehicle. school. children from a nearby village upset by often visit reserve ranges they have organized an eco movement called the little bison. hello hello glad to see you. to be our guests. that's thorough. that's. the top machine we are. churning malaysia is the starting point of a circular route for high just only visitors with a permit and a map are allowed to enter the reserve they gear is inspected and ranges teach them the elementary rules for surviving in the mountains children from the little bison oh always welcome here they already have experience walking cross country children from the little bison often cross the river in that way but it's risky in winter time so today we're going to take

a detour we'll cross the bridge and forest work and we'll take care of all stuff. pikas can choose between several popular routes in different areas of the caucasus was. close to the trail stands no table used by rangers it's meant to hide just because somebody wanted to rest for a moment children from a little voice in the club are gathered here on the bank of the stream to discuss major george hood auctions testament we all know that on the eve of new year's celebrations many local people pick up axis and go to the forest to cut down on green beauties. but save the green beauty is the name of a movement organized by the children that they make leaflets bearing the image of a food treat you that they write text on the leaflets and display. them prominently

into village. the children hope their peaceful actions will help prevent fur trees from being cut down illegally. preserve ranges however take more radical measures against slow breakers their main task is finding and detaining poachers. one of the most challenging jobs takes rangers to mount yet. each time they go there under a veil of secrecy regardless of day or night or weather conditions very painstaking job requires special knowledge and staying power they need to be skilled horseman as well as able to discern telltale signs showing the presence of trespasses and have no difficulty finding their bearings. new voters will always be tempted to enter the reserve because beasts are easy prey here. they're not as much afraid

of humans as they are elsewhere because they're under constant protection. cultures see them as enticing tidbits because hunting for them is so easy. as the path reaches higher out a cheese one climatic zone in the mountains gives way to another here the fog that enveloped the forests in the foothills is now a distant memory there is snow on the slopes and it is much colder the coke asian mountains gradually come into view.

after several attempts to find the best point for filming the landscape dimitri suddenly comes face to face with a brown bear one of the rarest and largest animals of the caucasus reserve. ranges did find fresh tracks they were close to the huts where the rangers put up for the night they reported the find of a walkie talkie could even use. there are wolf tracks here now the stove all got from a wolf yes. keep still

a walker let me see them what initially go in the tracks no just those. they see here they are two three three. eight calling one zero four eight calling one of four everything's ok tracks only some left by animals the latest tracks are those of wolves three of them over announce. different people visiting the coaxes nature reserve are often different things some seek shelter from the hostile and bustle of big cities others around the thrills only a few are able to blend in with this wonderful place and become possibly. just

invested by old and yet i feel i'm an integral part of this world to do well no crazy romantic. i'm nearly drowned almost frozen to death and full of cliffs of it . nature is wiser than we are given if her ingenuity is all pervasive. she is the creator that gave birth to us about enough but i do and they bring us to ruin unless we come to our senses. they have led them i think that's what people should devote their lives to. let's go get the book i don't know if i can cope with the task but i'm going to try. worlds. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around russia.

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