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international news from the russian capital here for last two years in central moscow top stories and the publisher of a finnish based website which supports an internationally wanted terrorists goes on trial for helping chip shouldn't enter finland illegally under the country's authorities continue to turn a blind eye to his mix with extremism. the actions of nato in libya should return to a diplomatic level off to go beyond the limits of a un resolution says russian foreign minister sergey lavrov at the summit but the
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finance in. the global financial system must be overhauled to prevent future disasters says the russian president at the economic meeting in china the asian. i'll be back with more news more developments when less than thirty minutes from now meantime we finally extreme taking on the challenge of some of the wildest waters here in russia it's all special report on the next. sunlight cannot reach the depths of this gorge the torrents of water gushing through it crushed up against the treacherous rocks this is where the belisle river as it's now a list of locals colas place gourds. is
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a chameleon's it is rebel a river to wind its way through the great caucasus mountain range the end result is made up of rocky banks world police and rapids all along the school's. seven people decided to take the unpredictable river pedal they intend to navigate the passages granite moves of lock downs coming up in flames rocked. in gold play come on all of the wrong to get there is water. boarding there to wait. on the latest childlessness feel the full impact of the mountain streams unforgiving spirit. make sure you stay up on top living large unsuitable. to the bottom tell you.
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in the deep pool as to group of tourists who come face to face it's a big challenge. it. the belisle river begins on the mountain tops of the caucasus range it's the main waterway of the republic of add to gain in russia's south amounts and separate the public from the black sea coast. i degas one of the local ethnic groups that once lived up in the mountains. many years ago i digs with the first to leave the highland homes and send them to the plane on the mountains was followed suit later today various ethnic groups inhabit
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such villages in the foothills historic plate full people in these carts have been called circassians when the republican into being here it was named idea and would change the title to this day. most of the villages is scattered around the banks of the belisle river locals know it's capricious character build somewhere else they never venture downstream and wooden ramps or marriage but it's in the rafters a bold enough to descend into steep gorges in pursuit of thrills me the freezing cold water world police nor rapids complete the awful adrenaline seeking endeavors . i'm one amateur i'm one and two in winter time moves a lover of the belisle river drops revealing shop rocks and large boulders a form bucking on such a dangerous trip of the block gauss comey and several members of the rafting team
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tested their skills in a kayak. we're going to be weaving through the ropes as we go along the right bank . i really wish i hadn't given away my gloves but did you give me pause to survey my hands are freezing. to starboard to starboard to starboard starboard i told you. the crew wants to see how low the belisle river has dropped so they can spot the rocks that have emerged from shallow water on the strong rapids of the form rough is right to say this kind of scouting helps them get what they like to call a feeling of the water. entirely. are we going to get through here you have plenty of opportunity given is it elsewhere. there we go. the bella river flows freely between the rocks where this root lies occur and doesn't appear
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to be strong when seen from the bank seems there is no need to struggle against it the flow itself or the bulge on the right track but this is merely an illusion. thanks. chris. even though the rafters capsized it was no big deal they were in shallow water close to the bank. earning the boat here mon i'll grab it good not to come over with the paddles. thank is everything ok yes well that was fun.
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and full venturing on the extreme route the rafting instructors decide to take a group of tourists down the belisle river. these people have been rafting several times before but only in the summer soon they will be rafting in the shallow waters typical of winter. keep us out of there anyone aged between swell and stones you can join our rafts in perth this time of year with the stronger people up front so that they can set the pace of the joy of those who we think are weaker that sit in the middle the result is a close knit group capable of wearying all obstacles along the route. on the banks of the river in a village. was able tourists are issued with special wet suits to keep warm on the whitewater trip they change ounce in the open and makeshift cabins the simple conditions don't discourage them from their objective all the rafting enthusiasts
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care about is getting now share of adrenaline as soon as possible. get hold of your pedals. you're not to take off your helmets or vests just make sure right away that you're all buttoned up this is. before starting out on the expedition team really does give out instructions that you must learn to use the paddle correctly take it by the hand and touch your helmet with it you need to bend your elbow enjoying at the right angle keep the palm of your hand on top ok put it down but no one can ever predict what surprises will be in store during the trip the starting point is where the stream is fairly wide and the current is slow and grew past a place several boulders of up to one meter height and five or six rapids. i dare say everybody is ready to face the extreme or if i take it your you are as you
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haven't yet run into obstacles right stern everybody's turn right bow everybody. even seasoned rafa's find it difficult to complete the bridge in one go there is a little water in the river in winter time and it surfaces the tourists feel the strength of the current with a stroke now. support everybody paddle away is one get it out. who are there to wait that away well done. come over everybody clutch at the
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pedal and get a hold of the boat with the other hand. get to the left side come closer to me. get back to where you were. last to work now you forward everybody who are all of you less bored again right good guys. each time an obstacle is clear the tourists are allowed to bring them. when spring comes around the riggins of the bell child phone it is for this reason russians such as the cooks is the river the name. of the good things white. those who live up in the mountains named the river chicago wash it out of the culture of the friends when the kill for the noble the shepherd the fall the old the young couple to be thrown into the part of the visit where the current was strongest. lives will be given by the river itself. to love as well washed ashore and survived the ordeal
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when the old prince fell ill his daughter since in the just in the hooves the prince repented and ordered the river to be named in honor of his daughter chicago washington this remains mistress of the house legend has it that since then the good spirit decides the fate of those who seek to travel. that's most read it i was it. did you enjoy it great. what about the water marina that was great. after just an hour tourists are completely drenched and exhausted they top and toward little strength they have left to drag the boat onto the riverbank. oh super i took a plunge the water is simply beautiful. all done just because of this boat is hazardous. to the sun but people take
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precautions in these caught just like any other. of this what they do on the bellary of us is safe for us both men and amateurs like me. this small russian bathhouse stars in the bank of the bell lie river it is covered in a thick film secured in a wooden frame there are benches and wood fired stone on the floor inside the temperature is over one hundred twenty four degrees fahrenheit or ninety degrees celsius. just ten minutes in here and a single person in the group is put off by how cold the water is in the belisle if . that's how the russian grafters really.
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crowd gathers ruminating. in the streets of a scam. early in the morning the group of rafters heads of la county and they're going to face the challenge of rafting in shallow water the route winds through the mountains at a much higher altitude in the bed of the belisle river. more than three thousand mountain streams and springs flow into the belisle river small waterfalls cascade from mountain tops into rocky gorgeous and canyons to form a full flowing river and any of the rocks overhanging the water a one hundred meters tall sunlight never reaches some of these places this is
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a kingdom of rock on water. the instructor insists that the crew hold a brief final training exercise in open water before reaching block they are scummy and this place is free from rapids and offers a good opportunity for safe training crewman can put the finishing touches to stroke techniques and synchronized you know what it's like hell we can train here. we should have done it before we got to the canyon. what are we supposed to do in areas it dear. well yeah let's go skating. sick ice covers the lake they used to mine limestone here when the deposit run dry or through kenya lays down the makes bed it was then the rafters began using the lake for practice there is no other place anywhere near here without waves or strong currents. the ice is breaking.
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let's go somewhere else. friends tell them via walkie talkie the situation the training is good in the bella river the crew decides to go there to hold the final training exercise here they hope to end the expedition. on that if we can cope there we might try to get a bit further upstream the current is weak there as it is we wasted thirty seconds although i think the going was quite brisk that broke up there slowed us down in a good surrogate don't forget to pull up here do it now slow down thirty eight. full members of the rafting team first took up the school to tourists as time went by they say extreme cold became a profession and the way of life many of them have left their regular jobs to
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become rafting instructors when they're not busy training they accompany tourists on rafting expeditions down the bed my rhythm. go go go. mind being gold keep it out. alright we've made it now let's keep going. the team began to train intensely only year ago they aim to enter international competitions to take on the most complicated routes. just a few which is some bratton's are very difficult to clear they're dangerous the slightest mistake even one wrong stroke may lead to very serious consequence. once they're through the training exercise a team makes a swift ascent rafting is not only about exciting trips downstream but also about
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mountain climbs they are the same how to drag the fulton kilogram raft all the way up the hill. to. the rafting team takes a mountain road to get to block trying it. the team begins preparations for the trip on a small rock overhang by the side of the road the excitement of the rafters is reaching its peak. it's all about the adrenaline fantastic you get so much adrenaline here especially when
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a wave washes over us it's sheer madness just to make your heart thump like mad it's so exciting. and full having down to the starting point all crew members have to sign an important disclaimer this is required by international rafting rules. as a member of this rafting expedition i have been told about the complexities and dangers and rolled on the roof i take full responsibility for possible injuries or even my death i dissolved expeditions had from responsibility for the above by mutual agreement and either participants in the expedition or its head i've been unsure. that the only people who can fight for their lives take part in this expedition this is better done collects a lizard crew this route is for professionals not amateurs. it's difficult to reach the bottom of the canyon in an hour or gorge because the team will have to make their way from shop slippery rocks before they get to the
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starting point then turning back is pointless members of the crew believe they will be able to reach the bank down stream that same in mines they need to cover the whole route without any mishaps on the way step aside to delancey and they're going to set the boat there. rocks tower over the narrow river in block canyon. here a water is the meets has the. attention everybody in the boat is going to lurch oh looks on make sure you're always on top of both those on the top most and on the lower most things. ok get moving everybody pulls. in the old days the leader of the local mountain dwellers who hammad a mean used to throw warriors breaching the strip and the walls of the day from
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such cliffs into the abyss those of them who could safely reach the banks were allowed to live on however there were only a handful of survivors. more than a hundred years on a team of rafters went to the canyons balsam to put themselves to the test in a bid to get the upper hand on the powerful mountain stream the belisle river always keeps rafters on the toes clearing trap it is quite an ordeal. for the. older ones once all at once like once all of the ones. who are back away. rafters know the velayat river has an unpredictable character and extremely difficult rockets it is the science of international competitions each year tons of which are rushing goods played bass and boulders and treacherously conceal of those.
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so gillum currents change cools to hollow out nations on the rocks will pull spring up in the most unexpected places the river floods off any detail study of it is that will impossible to chart the best route to the rapids. yes all the boat everybody gets out. let's listen up before we gong we need a breather. after our daughter son sam let's have some rest. with half of the journey behind them the team pauses to rest a strain of the rapids has taken its toll. which covered about half of the distance so for another four difficult brackets are still ahead of us so let's get going. the rest is relax on a small flat patch of the bank. when spring comes around it will disappear hundred
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ten nice ability of water becoming part of the river bed. this place can only be reached in winter time when the water level is in the. we're. all back everybody. now all together. where were you now to concentrate on what you're doing courtside missed out on two strokes. stop talking and look this way. this turn goes in that direction then turns to the sensory. the river demonstrates the full. behavior the rough does are unable to avoid a perilous accident despite the vast experience. coming
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closer give me a hand. clinging to the side of the boat is the only option otherwise the powerful current will throw against the ropes but nothing in this situation is just as dangerous. in the. bank this would lead to an inevitable death. watch at the top of it is fast as you can. park. the boat is sure to show up anytime now. he's going to show up. move forward move forward would go forward. that. that. that. that.
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best. move back well done good job everybody. don't do that to me you don't like it the rough just didn't tonic they sized up the situation and kept calm to use their favorite phrase they felt the water and safe themselves they were able to keep the raft afloat and didn't lose any members of the crew not even a single console is lost this time chicago washing the spirit of the bel-air river has allowed the crew to overcome a rabbit's nobody knows what some stories of them as they continue rolling down the mountain stream but it doesn't matter if the trend is what they're up to.
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