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western embassies forcing the u.n. to withdraw its stuff from the capital. and nuclear safety get in the spotlight following the events of fukushima around the anniversary of chernobyl russian power plants introduced new levels of safety precautions to avoid a disastrous for the. next the latest in a series of reports looking at what happened to the former republics of the soviet union after they gained independence twenty years ago. kiev the capital of ukraine this square is called to my down the pub of old political upheaval since ukraine gained independence in one thousand nine hundred one translated from ukrainian my damn means marketplace here electoral votes of the most popular item on the for many is that each new president coming to our in ukraine begins his presidency from stretch. several years ago thousands of people came to my dam in an attempt to change the course of history during the so-called

all rings revolution my down has since become a symbol of shattered hopes that many. just as 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 sided as the country's pro russian east while in western ukraine hostile attitudes towards the entire salvi era a quiet calm and. right for you crying the race for heroes right for you the race for heroes no to fascism no to fascism. over the twenty years of independence in my down square has seen more demonstrations and rallies than some other campuses around that time history.

don't bask as an industrial area ukraine's east twentieth century people used to come here from all over the soviet union in search of jobs. work status of the coal mining is considered the most prestigious. in soviet times the more than a hundred coal mines and the basque all of them received government subsidies the most distinguished writers received popular acclaim just so. but you'll recall 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 if they're going bust real from a host of problems in the wake of the soviet union's collapse in ninety ninety one coal miners did not get paid for months on end. many mines had to be shut down or

hopes for a life of fortune after independence rapidly promised interest in it. was the an up he would say when the campaign to privatized enterprises began they shouted from rooftops will put things right the upshot is that forty nine percent of private sized enterprises have been shut down and that. this is the knowledge in sky of coal mines it's one of the few surviving enterprises in 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 fifty five metres. is it possible we'll get trapped here. no not now we've bypassed a dangerous section it's a bit damp there but that's no problem. time stand

still on the glass on the little bit the picture of coal mine is going to work is roughly the same as it was half a century ago the three kilometer walk along tracks welcomes of paradise beds daily extreme reality show. spades and cull hammers where that work tools one shift lasts for six hours the team's job is to fill seven trolleys with coal during that time. this is hard work indeed especially for an all boys who thing at the summer school you might think the job is easy just try to move it all from one place to another using nothing but a speed but. it's very difficult to find a job with a weights like the one paid to coal miners the price the coal miners pay for their wages is a sweat and sometimes not several so ok sherman's work mates died here in two thousand and nine coal miners from all over ukraine came to the mine to help and to

search for becky's. recruits like this in past call from hand to hand the use nothing but their hands to remove blockages there was no other option in that situation they just 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 in those days of uncertainty for the miners to not quit their jobs even after that accident they had to support their families in a situation where there are only a few vacancies in town. who will save ukraine if ukraine saves school or nearly all the coal industry was only given due attention after years of mine ignored by successive governments and ministers. in two thousand and four the then prime minister bertie on

a coach who comes from eastern ukraine won the presidential election a population of donbass gave support to that compactor yet the supporters of his rival viktor yushchenko claimed 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. think to also joke was a college student at the two. time of the orange revolution viktor took part in the demo and wrote in a column of the post office situated in the night and square. footage who was there was no empty space here at the time of the revolution where they had written all over it people were everywhere not when the revolution was over but this column became an open air museum and. he wholeheartedly supported it he and his friends spent several days in the my down tent set up in the square house of them during the night of the time he and many others thought they were making history with

a very large and massive platform a student with orange posters stood here a square was packed with people and the noise was deafening. when you feel you know new music was blaring out of the loudspeakers when you shank oh shut up on the platform the people were so happy they screamed throughout the 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 a mock ups of wartime submachine guns and pistols waiters wear the uniform of nationalist fighters the menu is in chilling with the surroundings for instance one of the items is called the everyday life of the vem out and if guests feel like

shooting they're free to do so without leaving that tables. the walls of the restaurant feature posters dating back to world war two they call on ukrainians to join the s.s. in that you know division made up of nationalists and fight against soviet troops together with the germans. this information could be displayed in a museum too but it's dull in the museum you come you look you read but you don't. then the much anything comes to a living museum not the mind and become a participant in the events. when fashions jam the soviet union on june twenty second one hundred forty one ukrainian battalions actually go and roland crossed the border together with german troops a week later they paraded through the streets of all of the unofficial capital of western ukraine immediately afterwards a wave of ethnic cleansing swept the city. ukrainian state pro from asia and the organization of ukrainian nationalists led by stefan bundled up here by clings to

creation of a ukrainian state the new state will cooperate closely with great germany which is imposing its new world in europe under the leadership of the field of hitler and is hoping your brain to free itself from soviet occupation. during the asian cup presidency a monument to step down been there i was on failed in the fall of the opening ceremony he was described as an outstanding find to figure kremlin independence he's a hero in western ukraine for the country's east and there is a symbol of the ideology of political talent. move 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 their 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 is what elbow high in

blood. such a gay step untrue course thirteen years old when the nationalist scent of the village of god himself and the 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 believe we are a band as were afraid of stage. an open execution not today through the farmers into the basements and one of the houses they did as follows the bandits took seats in place sixteen on roads before then they were heating the roads in a study of the national those people one by one from the basement and burn them with hot oil in cut them with knives and strangle them with cords some of book in a nut shell or they were killing the whole not. the dead villagers were buried at the local cemetery the nationalists murdered more than one hundred thousand people

in western ukraine during world war two and in the first postwar years. after the breakup of the soviet union and slowly the ukrainian insurgent army opening resurfaced in the streets this torchlight procession took place in the city of the gulf in the mid ninety nine face or a for the nation death to enemies or a for the nation the two enemies. cultures that so much as i am and which are called white on it comments earlier today in the donald donald trump he says he may or may not run for the u.s. presidency irrespective of the final answer what does all this trump. is you.

mean. for. crain's crimean peninsula the city of sevastopol this is where russia's black sea fleet is stationed after the break. cup of the soviet union russia and ukraine divided it between themselves plays an important role in the city's economics. journalists the late just in the middle. of this guided missile cruiser the most for is the flagship of russia's black sea fleet. that has a cruise control on them most of her live on the ship. but this mighty vessel is more than just a fighting unit that within it will go well as ship is not only a battle unit it is our home what it provides is good shelter and food.

and we clean it every day we scrub and paint it good i think. ethnicity in the crimea is not as much of a burning issue was it is in western ukraine warrant officer victor plissken off married every now and ukrainian citizen after they fell in love in sevastopol their son yevgeny is now eleven months old because wages a sale is eight hundred u.s. dollars which is good money in sevastopol but victor does not buy toys for his son instead he wins them a fair ground shit together a look what she's doing. with thank you. they go fold it quite that is one feeling. let's go. to that but now that's how russian saying

shoot. irina invicta don't get involved in politics they don't take part in rallies or protests they have little to squabble about. it's the politicians have banned the coup was the divide is here people are on friendly terms with their own transport alliance between the ukrainians. it's. about what you get out you threshers passions in the crimea often run high when nationalists from western ukraine visit the city in two thousand and seven the nationalists demanded the russian sailors neave the headquarters of the black sea fleet in sevastopol. you fascist moves we live here it's all home we principle or no to hear ourselves really until to you chris hill to the heroes run shock shock shock

easy easy condor let's do it quietly. demonstrations by ukrainian nationalists always end the same way the nationalists are resorted 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 interest. among them was mysterious and we all know who's a veteran of the soviet black sea fleet. here at the door couldn't come and the ships will attend by ukraine following the division of the soviet black sea fleet. schools of battle ships and submarines were scrapped in a matter of years ukraine could not put them to any use of those ships were fit for further service as a ship is just a ship but there is also a crew on it 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 ecoterrorism crimean ving alex. you know they cut twenty year old great minds at the very base like he'll look. it's pains me very much to see such great feinstein like sounds it was devastating it really is. later government officials conceded that the prohibition had been a mistake but many people in the crimea still cannot forgive go 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 mikhail gorbachev's residences being built and for office only a few years before those fateful events. got their country house as a secret object was a complete failure to take a look at the places in full view from all sides as you can see your residency is clearly visible from everywhere the hills the mountains and so on you know it seems like gorbachev's residence had been built here deliberately you know order to isolate in which are. k.g.b. colonel leo tolstoy was involved in those events he's a direct descendant of the 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 bridge never to go

which of. on august the nineteenth one thousand nine hundred one colonel tolstoy received an order from top k.g.b. officials and struck to him to block all exits from the residence both to the mountains and to the sea. for sure i was under orders not to let anyone out what about the president i inquired the reply was that he too was not to be let out . was completely isolated all communications in to me broadcasts were cut. this footage was around. the base runs a bizarre residence of the child to take a stake is a concern is that. an unconstitutional coup has taken place. meanwhile your bob's your revelle an employee at the photos post 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 had no idea how the situation would work out in the end whether we would be allowed to go home or if it would be arrested and. no effective measures were taken they simply let things slide like you. in the end the coup failed and gorbachev returned to moscow but the soviet union was already doomed less than six months later the leaders of former soviet republics to establish a new union the commonwealth of independent states. nearly crushed choke the first president of independent ukraine was among the. kid being an active communist party . later quickly changed his views you who are you from with hundred people many of them during the soviet years i would often tell you koreans 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 answer communism this means it's unlikely that they believed in communism and they were simply pulling my leg work and easy well it was. the collapse of the soviet single financial 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 is the v.s.p. economic model and the system of governance when perfect but that could have been granted it i look up however 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 solid constitution and reject the soviet system of government because the constituents of that's exactly what's going on in ukraine is the media 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 it's mighty few young women from the crane and gold in the sex industry of the european countries many of them believe that if they can hear they will be able to get any woman to keep the main street therefore we decided to fight 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 and like 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 if the ukrainian people started to understand that they became a part of a political game here but the revolution was orchestrated by the oligarchy and the money was invested in it i think you get those people were friends of you shingo completely ripped off a country. most of the opponents of the orange revolution will 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 should soldiers of the ukrainian insurgent army also fought against the fascists invaders ukrainians have fought in different armies.

the presidency was marked by a vigorous campaign to rehabilitate him cranium nationalist in one of his last decrees he noted what he described as nationalist leader stepan been there as service to crane. was the older i hereby award the title of hero of ukraine or to step pond and era. under the decree sparked a wave of protest among supporters of the new president of ukraine viktor yushchenko bitch i took over in january twenty ten a local government deputy burned his passport in sevastopol central square to publicly demonstrate against stepan bandera being awarded hero of ukraine. of it as earlier i don't regret what i did done at all. there was an inspiring response it was a symbolic event i think the fact that i burnt my passport was my contribution to

the court decision to review those decree no matter how tiny that contribution might be. the first months of it to you in a code which is presidency we're not buying yet another event with far reaching implications for the crimea presidency on a covert mission medvedev 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 but the russian fleet has been around for two hundred twenty seven years what is most important is that it inspires us with confidence in the future. a new era is producing new heroes in ukraine in some of twenty ten sergey should move the coal mining 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 a coal mine a coastal town of extracted one hundred two tons of coal in just one shift in

twenty ten so they should move to the canal by several times he set a new record using the same type of coal some of the tunnel produced before and. i simply wanted to show that there is a new generation of coal miners to go on through or they want to mine coal and have a decent life just the way it was a new solar years. on medication a three man team filled one hundred seventy such trolleys with coal after that shift foreman sergei she was given two weeks vacation and then he was back down the mines 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 underground. i see see you. new blue sky the greatest of pleasures for miners for well we don't always see the sun it's because working night shifts to put you know human sense to fresh air on the

surface is good enough. for most people in the city of jesuits quests 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 star because it's a hazardous job and miners can become pensioners of thirty five percent gay intends to continue for sonoma sees fit. just right and i still want to work in a coal mine what happens later is anyone's guess life goes on regardless of the ship i hope there is a long life ahead of me or that. life in ukraine is gradually returning to normal populist promises of things of the past ukrainians are becoming aware of the fact that that 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.