pain and suffering will never be forgotten. as well as the joy of not to ration. your spring of nineteen forty five on our team. this is our t.v. international headlines for you know. for a cabal of confirms the killing of osama bin laden experts say his death will not bring an answer to the war on terror. under russia's north caucuses a search for al qaeda terrorists continue it follows a string of successful operations last week with sixty minutes and some killed. the alleged killing of colonel gadhafi is selling at a nato air strike sparks outrage and media angry crowds burned the phone and

a season of french all singing and when to withdraw its stuff from the country. next the latest in our series of reports looking at what happens to the former republics of the soviet union after they gained independence twenty years ago. kiev the capital of ukraine this square is called the mind down the hub of all political upheaval since ukraine gained independence in one thousand nine hundred one translated from ukrainian my deming's marketplace here electoral votes of the most popular item on the for many is that each new president coming to power in ukraine begins his presidency from stretch. several years ago thousands of people came to the my dam in an attempt to change the course of history during the so-called over and revolution my down has since become a symbol of shattered hopes the many. feel for us the only left

over from the revolution is this orange jacket. ukrainian society is split that's the main outcome of the orange revolution among the side as the country's pro russian east while in western ukraine hostile attitudes towards the entire soviet era a quite common. occurrence for you crying her rape are there for you. the rape for heroes to fascism noble to fascism. over the twenty years of independence my down square has seen more demonstrations and rallies than some other capitals have throughout that entire history. from basque is an industrial area to crazy east twentieth century people used to come here from all over the subject in search of jobs. work status of the common

market was considered the most prestigious. in soviet times the more than a hundred coal mines in damascus all of them received government subsidies the most distinguished writers received popular acclaim craftsperson. i. i. let your guard up with the bill when coal miners were regarded as the leader of the workforce who are they were paid higher wages than everyone else to be received between the seventh in the fourteenth place in terms of income but it had gone bust real from a host of problems in the wake of the soviet union's collapse in our technology warm coal miners did not get paid for months on end. many mines had to be shut down all hopes for a life of fortune after independence rapidly brownish the interest in it.

was still open even so when the campaign to privatized enterprises began to shout it from rooftops will put things right the upshot is that forty nine percent of privatized enterprises have been shut down and. this is the knowledge in sky of coal mines it's one of the few surviving enterprises in the bass that employs more than one hundred people each day coal miners looking for ships go down deep beneath the ground. it takes the cage a few minutes to take them to a depth of five hundred and eighty five metres. is it possible we'll get trapped here. you know not now we've bypassed a dangerous section it's a bit damp there but that's no problem. time stand still on the ground it is little took the picture of coal miners going to work is roughly the same as it was half a century ago a three kilometer walk along the tracks welcomes

a paradise bed daily extreme reality show. spades and cole hamels with good tools one shift lasts for six hours the teams job is to fill seven troll digs with coal during that time. this is hard work indeed especially for nobody's looking at these some new school you might think the job is easy we just try to move it all from one place to another using nothing but his speed but. it's very difficult to find a job with a wage like the one paid to coal miners for the price the coal miners pay for their wages isn't sweat and sometimes blood several of sergei shamus work mates dying to hear in two thousand and nine coal miners from all over ukraine came to the mine to help them to search for that these. recruits like this and past call from hand to hand the use nothing but their hands to remove blockages there was no other

option in that situation the job had to be done as quickly as possible their hope was that the miners were still alive but still we lost six men. relatives of the coal miners trapped underground enjoyed a hellish experience and those days of uncertainty of the miners did not quit their jobs even off of an accident they had to support their families in a situation where there were only a few vacancies in town. with cool will save ukraine if ukraine saves school or nearly the coal industry was only given due attention after years of a unit new order was why successive governments and ministers. in two thousand and four the then prime minister putin gonna cause which comes from eastern ukraine on the presidential election the population of don't bask support that come out free of supporters of his rival vic to claim that the election had been rigged

subsequent events in central kiev have gone down in history as the orange revolution the result was that you should go how the presidency for five years. i. picked up joke was a college student at the. time of the orange revolution viktor took part in the demo and wrote in the column of the post office situated in the night and square. footage to fill with there was no empty space here at the time of the revolution where they had written all over it people were everywhere when the revolution was over his column became an open air museum and. he wholeheartedly supported it he and his friends spent several days in the my down tents set up in the square house of them during the night of the time he and many others thought they were making history this a very large and massive platform a student with a large poster stood here on the square was packed with people and the noise was

deafening. moved by only music was blaring out of the loudspeakers a garbage can when you schenkel showed up on the platform the people were so happy that they screen throughout a speech or they were inspired by the mere fact of their presence there is this. western ukraine of an outpouring of anti russian sentiment took place here soon after the orange revolution. and there's a restaurant resembling a secret bunker in the center of laval for such bunkers were used by the nationalists of the so-called ukrainian insurgent army fighting against the red army reserve sign has been replaced with mock ups of more time submachine guns and pistols waiters wear the uniform of nationalist fighters the menu is in children with the surroundings for instance one of the items is called the everyday life of the vem out and if guests feel like changing their friends or do so without leaving their tables. the walls of the restaurant feature posters dating

back to world war two they call on ukrainians to join the s.s. going to join our division made up of nationalists and fight against soviet troops together with the germans. this information could be displayed in a museum too but is dull and uneasy and you come you look you read but you don't. none the much and you can come to a living museum not the mine and become a participant in events. when fashion is just the soviet union punching the twenty second one thousand nine hundred one the crimean tatars to go and roll and cross the border together with german troops a week later they paraded through the streets of little the unofficial capital of western ukraine immediately afterwards a wave of ethnic cleansing swept the city. ukrainian state profer mission the organization of ukrainian nationalists led by step bank under the fear by proclaims the creation of a ukrainian state the new state will cooperate closely with grace germany which is imposing its new rule that in europe under the leadership of the field hitler and

is hoping ukraine to free itself from soviet occupation. during the asian cup presidency a monument to step down bundy arab was unveiled in the fall of the opening ceremony it was described as an outstanding find to figure kremlin independence he's a hero in western ukraine for the country's east been there as a symbol of the ideology of political terror. many of those banned their supporters when the soviets declared an amnesty they surrendered and their fate was decided in accordance with a new full procedure some were convicted others rehabilitated the fullness of the prison terms and later forces members of the red army at the end of the war as a smaller part couldn't have been rehabilitated because that elbow ha in blood. so gazed up on true course thirteen years old when the nationalist center of the village of god himself and the saloon region soon afterwards and saw his father and

another fifteen villages being brutally murdered their only crime was that they had signed up for membership with soviet collective farms before the war the nationalist regarded them as enemies of ukraine and you bill we are banned as were afraid of stage. an open execution or not so they threw the pharmacist the basement in one of the houses they did as follows the bandits took seats and placed sixteen on roads before them or not they were heating the roads in a state of the nationalist those people one by one from the basement and burn them with hot oil and cut them with knives and strangled them with cold some of the nut shell they were killing the whole monster he'll need each. the dead villagers were buried in local cemetery the nationalists murdered more than one hundred thousand people in western ukraine curing multiple too and in the first post-war years.

after the breakup of the soviet union and slaves of the ukrainian insurgent army opening the surfaced in the streets this torchlight procession took place in the city of the gulf in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. a re for the nation death to enemies or a for the nation to enemy. and. planning as. the world is. bringing you the latest in science and technology from the realms. we've got the future covered.

cranes crimean peninsula the city of sevastopol this is where russia's black sea fleet is stationed after the breakup of the soviet union russia and ukraine defined it between themselves plays an important role in the city's economics. belay just in the middle. this guided missile cruiser the most for is the flagship of russia's black sea fleet. it has a crew of country on the planet most of her live on the ship. but this mighty vessel is more than just a fronting unit where the ship is not only a battle unit it is our home but it provides is with shelter and food and the and we clean it every day we scrub and painted. as mr t. in the crimea is not as much of a burning issue as it is in western ukraine warrant officer victor plissken off

mary irina a ukrainian citizen after they fell in love in sevastopol the sunday of penny is now eleven months old victor's wages a sale is eight hundred us dollars which is good money in sevastopol but victor does not buy toys for his son instead he wins them a fair ground shooting gallery look at studies dealing. with thank you. they go hold it. that is one feeling. let's go. at that but no matter how rich insane shoot. their arena invicta don't get involved in politics they don't take part in rallies or protests they have little to swarm about. the politicians up there the coup is

the divide is here people are on friendly terms no one draws borderlines between the ukrainians and russians. get out the youth fascists passions in the crimea often run high when nationalists from western ukraine visit. the city in two thousand and seven the nationalists demanded that russian sailors need the headquarters of the black sea fleet in sevastopol. you fascist moogs we live here it's also home we physical renaud to give ourselves. killed to you create hail to the heroes run shock shock shock in see easy come down to it quiet street. demonstrations by ukrainian nationalists always end the same way the nationalist serous courted to a bus and taken outside the city under police protection. in soviet

times sevastopol was off limits to outsiders only locals with special passes were allowed into it. among them was mysterious to me on a cruise a veteran of the soviet black sea fleet. here at the dock at inkerman the ships were obtained by ukraine following the division of the soviet black sea fleet. stores of battle ships and submarines was scrapped in a matter of years ukraine could not put them to any use. those ships were fit for further service as a ship is just a ship there is also a crew on it even with this craft not just ships but also people souls. social and economic problems first surfaced in the crimea even before the breakup of the soviet union. during the whole band in one thousand nine hundred five the crimea almost lost its revered wine industry on a green of a pick grapes for thirty seven years in the mid one nine hundred eighty s.

she bore witness to the wanton destruction of excess of crimean vineyards. you know the cut twenty year old greek science at the very base like she has a look at its pains me very much to see said. great weinstein like town it was devastating. later government officials conceded that the prohibition had been a mistake but many people in the crimea still cannot forgive gorbachev for it. through a twist of fate it was in the crimea that an attempt was made to topple the soviet president from power in august one thousand nine hundred one. one of many residences being built and for loss only a few years before those fateful events. got their country house as a secret object was a complete failure take

a look at the place is in full view from all sides as you can see the residence is clearly visible from everywhere because the hills the mountains and so on you know it seems like gorbachev's residence had been built here deliberately in order to isolate him which are. k.g.b. colonel leo tolstoy was involved in those events he's a direct descendant of a famous russian writer of the same name. for more than twenty years he served as a bodyguard for every soviet leader coming to the crimea from britain have to go off. on august the nineteenth one thousand nine hundred one colonel tolstoy received an order from top k.g.b. officials instructing him to block all exits from the residence both to the mountains and to the sea. a little i was under orders not to let anyone out

what about the president line or their reply was that he too was not to be let out . was completely isolated all communications in t.v. broadcasts were cut. this footage was shown around. the basement of the residence of the child to take a stake in the sun is that. in our constitutional has taken place. meanwhile your ball version of l. an employee of the federal s'posed office was receiving scores of telegrams addressed to mikhail gorbachev they included both official telegrams and telegrams from people all over the country urging him to hold out to the bitter end but it was impossible to pass them on to the soviet leader. we have no idea how the situation would work out in the end whether we would be allowed to be home

if it would be a resistant you know if that is measures were taken they simply like things lines like you. in the end the coup failed and gorbachev return to moscow but the soviet union was already doomed less than six months later leaders of former soviet republics to establish a new union the commonwealth of independent states. nearly crushed to the first president of independent ukraine was among the. kid being an active communist but he. quickly changed his views you know who are you from we can report on when you were during the soviet years i would often tell you cranes that soon we would live under communism some people responded to my words with a smile others would ask a very naive questions like what is communism suppose i want to have two suits will i be entitled to two suits or only one under communism this means it's unlikely

that they believed in communism they were simply pulling my leg. the world. the collapse of the soviet single financial and banking systems deprived hundreds of thousands of people of their savings. these are activists of the ukrainian socialist party demonstrating against nato ships entering ukrainian ports they have their own version of what course the breakup of the soviet union and the subsequent economic and social problems levelling is that yes the economic model and the system of governance when perfect but that could have been granted it had not got power at the highest echelons of the soviet communist party chose to strike a deal with the west but they wanted the children to inherit the property and it was necessary to dismantle the stone its constitution and reject the soviet system of government because they thought that that's exactly what's going on in ukraine was the media you will carry. this is a new form of protest

a protest against ukraine's image that has taken shape in the west in recent years young women from the feminine movement are protesting against sex tourism the site is kiev central streets and squares the main slogan is ukraine is not a brothel that's mighty few young women from ukraine and bolton the sex industry of the european countries many of them believe that if they come here they will be able to get any woman and keeps main street therefore we've decided to buy this horrible image of ukraine where not prostitutes and we don't want other people to see as a such. another famine protested. my gun in central kiev ends in failure the police do not allow femen activists to enter the country's main square but the situation does not degenerate into scandal protest actions are a common occurrence here. the police and passers by unlike have grown tired of the spectacle many of those who gathered at the my down in two thousand and four to support the orange revolution would very much like to forget about it it's very

poignant people started to understand that they became a part of a political game that the revolution was orchestrated by bialik arcs and the money was invested in it because those people were friends of you shingo completely ripped off the country. most of the opponents of the orange revolution world war two veterans kiev victory day may the ninth two thousand and six in a public address president bush and co praises ukrainian nationalists for their service to the ukrainian people red army veterans were deeply insulted shish soldiers of the ukrainian insurgent army also fought against the fascist invaders ukrainians and fought in different armies. the presidency was marked by a vigorous campaign to rehabilitate ukrainian nationalist in one of his last decrees he noted what he described as a nationalist leader stephon been there as

a service to ukraine. was the old it was when i hereby award the title of hero of ukraine to step on been there. to the de cruz sparked a wave of protest among supporters of the new president of ukraine viktor yushchenko bitch and took over in january twenty ten a local government deputy burned his passport and sevastopol central square to publicly demonstrate against stepan bandera being awarded hero of ukraine. for his earlier i don't regret what i did done at all. there was an inspiring response it was a symbolic event so i think the fact that i burnt my passport was my contribution to the court decision to review. no matter how tiny that contribution might be. the first months a victim and a coach's presidency were not buying yet another event with far reaching

implications for the crimea presidency on a covert agreed that russia's black sea fleet will stay in sevastopol for at least another thirty two years ago. there is nothing in the crimea no industry no minerals about the russian fleet has been around for two hundred and twenty seven years what is most important is that it inspires us with confidence in the future and then. a new era is producing new heroes in ukraine in some a twenty ten cent geisha move the coal miner from dawn bass was awarded the hero of ukraine's gold star for beating a record dating back to the soviet era in one hundred thirty five coal miner calls the final extracted one hundred two tons of coal in just one shift in twenty ten so they should move to the kernel by several terms and set a new record for using the same type of coal from a ton of produce before and. i simply wanted to show

that there is a new generation of coal miners want to work they want to mine coal and have a decent life just the way it was in the soviet years. on that occasion a three man team filled one hundred seventy such trolleys with coal after that shift foreman said geisha was given two weeks vacation and then he was back down the line people and on bass like to say that more than anyone else coal miners rejoice in the sunshine especially after a six hour shift five hundred meters on the ground. the i.c.u. seen. the blue sky the greatest of pleasure is from miners so well we don't always see the sun because when work night shifts to put you know even since two fresh air on the surface is good enough for. most people in the city and jesús quest again lives with his family work in mines all related facilities are thirty seven so gay

is one of the youngest people to be awarded the hero of ukraine's gold stop because it's a hazardous job and miners can become pensioners and thirty five percent gay intends to continue first no mrs fate. i still want to work in a coal mine what happens later is anyone's guess life goes on regardless the ship i hope there is a long life ahead of me of. life in ukraine is gradually returning to normal populist promises of things of the past few cranes are becoming aware of the fact that their country will have to go a long way before it identifies its own path of development even at the age of twenty this state is still very young.

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