twenty years ago largest country in the world disintegrates it. must have been trying. to teach the janitor and. where did it take. this is the audience national news channel thanks for being with us our top stories tonight was that the milestone in the war on terror also a pre-election stunt we critics doubt al qaeda will crumble off the election of the summer but do believe the timing was perfect to strengthen the u.s. president's political ambitions. check police have reportedly arrested three russian suspected of terrorist activity of cement allegedly come from russia's policy caucasus region iraq prating as part of a multinational cruise. missile interceptors in romania pose

a threat to russia's nuclear deterrent says moscow off the group arrest announced it will host u.s. defense systems. and the man who on a chapman's cover is charged investigators concluded their work over the disclosure of eleven of russian agents in the u.s. which made for a dramatic real life spy saga last summer. thanks as promised free look into the post soviet states twenty years after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . 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 done means marketplace here electoral votes are the most popular item for many years. each new president coming to power in ukraine begins his presidency from scratch. several years ago thousands of people came to the my dam in an attempt to

change the course of history in the so-called already troubling. my down has since become a symbol of shattered hopes for 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 on one side as the country's pro russian east while in western ukraine hostile attitudes towards the entire soviet era a quite common. for you crying rape are there right for you the race for heroes to fascism no serious fascism. over the twenty years of independence my dance with the scene more demonstrations and rallies than some other capitals have throughout that entire history.

of. the basque is an industrial area in ukraine's east twentieth century people used to come here from all over the city in search of jobs. works things is a coal mine is considered the most prestigious. in soviet times the more than a hundred coal mines in the basque all of them received government subsidies the most distinguished writers received popular acclaim just the song. if you're a covered up at the border when a coal miners were regarded as the elite of the workforce they were paid higher wages than everyone else to be as we see 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 i think ninety one

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 vanished into thin air. tuesday and afterwards when the campaign to privatized enterprises began they shouted from rooftops we will put things right the upshot is that forty nine percent of privatized and surprises have been shut down and cloned that. this is the knowledge in sky of coal mine it's one of the few surviving enterprises into a basket it 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 twenty five countries. is it possible we'll get traps 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 ground it is brittle took the picture of coal mine is going to work is roughly the same as it was half a century ago to three kilometer walk along tracks welcomes of paradise beds daily extreme reality show. spades and cole hamels with what tools one shift lasts for six hours fourteen job is to fill seven trollings with coal during that time. this is hard work indeed especially for an all boys who king at the some new school you might think the job is easy just try to move it all from one place to no other 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 that wages as sweat and sometimes. several of sergei shamrocks work mates dying here in two thousand and nine coal miners from all over ukraine came to the mine to help

with the search for that all these. recruits like this and past school from hand to hand they 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 of the miners did not quit their jobs even after that accident they had to support their families in a situation where there were only a few vacancies in town. cool will save ukraine if ukraine saves or. nearly the coal industry was on would you and your attention after years of wine ignored by successive governments and ministers. in two thousand and four the

then prime minister that the ana coverage come from eastern ukraine won the presidential election the population of donbass cape support that compactor it the supporters of his rival that to you shimko claimed that the election had been right subsequent events in central kiev have gone down in history as the orange revolution the result was the fusion coup how the presidency for five years. it's a step joke was a college student at the. i'm of the orange revolution the part in the demo and wrote in the column of the post office situated in the my downs where. over to just a few words 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. he wholeheartedly supported it he and his friends spent several days in a my down and 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 posters here on the square was packed with people and the noise was deafening. moved by only music was blaring out of the loudspeakers when you shango showed up on the platform the people were so happy they screen throughout the speech or they were inspired by the mere fact of their presence there is this. western ukraine and evolve an outpouring of anti russian sentiment took place here soon after the orange revolution. there's a restaurant resembling a secret bunker in the center of the ball of such bunkers were used by the nationalists of the so-called ukrainian insurgent army fighting against the red army the reserve sign has been replaced with 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 vanoc and if guests feel like cheating they are free to 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. collection a division made up of nationalists and fight against soviet troops together with the germans. this information could be displayed in a museum to this doll 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 france is just the soviet union punching the twenty second nine hundred forty one kring in the town it is not to go and roland crossed the border together with german troops a week later they paraded through the streets of love of the unofficial capital of western ukraine immediately afterwards a wave of ethnic cleansing swept the city. ukrainian state pro from asia the

organization of ukrainian nationalists led by step down bundled up there by proclaims the creation of a ukrainian state the new state or cooperate closely with great germany which is imposing its new rule that in europe under the leadership of the few good luck and is hoping and praying to free itself from soviet occupation. during the asian cup presidency a monument to step down bundy arab was unveiled in the fall for the opening ceremony he was described as an outstanding find to the kremlin independence he's a hero in western ukraine the country's east and there is a symbol of the ideology of political talent. many of those band dare supporters when the soviets declared an amnesty they surrendered and their fate was decided in accordance with a lawful 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 small it couldn't have been rehabilitated because that is what elbow ha in blood . sergei step on troop was thirteen years old when the nationalists entered the village of god himself and the region soon afterwards who saw his father under another fifteen villages being brutally murdered their only crime was that they had signed up for membership and soviet collective farms before the war the nationalist regarded them as enemies of ukraine when you were young band as were afraid of stage. an open execution after they threw the farmers in the basement and one of the houses they did as follows the bandits took seats and placed sixteen on roads before than they were hitting the roads in a study of an arsonist those people one by one from the basement and burn them with hot oil and cut them with knives and strangled them with colds in a nutshell they were killing the homelands you'll need. 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 post-war years. after the breakup of the soviet union the slaves of the ukrainian insurgent army openly the surfaced in the streets and this torchlight procession took place in the city of the valve in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. parade for the nation just two enemies array for the nation two enemies. i am. bringing you the latest in science and technology from the realm of russia. we've got the future covered.

crane's 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 it plays an important role in the city's economics. during. the late just in the middle. this guided missile cruiser the most for is the flagship of russia's black sea fleet. it has a cruise control on the planet most of her live on the ship. that this mighty vessel is more than just a fighting unit that where the ship is not only a battle unit it is our home but it provides is good shelter and food. but

then we clean it every day. and painted. as necessary in the crimea is not as much of a burning issue was it is in western ukraine warrant officer victor piskun off married irina a ukrainian citizen after they fell in love in sevastopol the sun yevgeny is now eleven months old. as wages a sale is eight hundred u.s. dollars which is good money in sevastopol but victor does not buying toys for his son instead he wins them a fair ground shipping coloring. is doing. a thank you. they go fold it. does his one feeling. at school. that nowak so russian sailors shoot.

irina and victor don't get involved in politics they don't take part in rallies or protests they have little to squabble about. the politicians and they're the coolest the divide is here people are on friendly tons of good no one draws borderlines between the ukrainians and russians. get out you special passions in the crimea often run high. analysts from western ukraine visit the city in two thousand and seven the nationalists demanded that russian sailors leave the headquarters of the black sea fleet in sevastopol. you fascist moogs we live here it's also home we protect laura no to hear ourselves you're going to kill to you create a hill to the heroes run shock shock run a shut in see this is the condor room let's do it quietly.

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 lydia simeonoff who was 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. scores 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 where there is also a crew on it see them of 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 as the on a grain of a pick traits for thirty seven years in the mid one nine hundred eighty s. she bore witness to the wanton destruction effect as of crimean vin else. making you know the cut twenty year old greek mindset that they're eating like she has a look. it's. pains me very much to see such great feinstein like count 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 the residences

had been built and for lost only a few years before those fateful events. got to their country house as a secret object was a complete failure to cook the places in full view from all sides as you can see your residence is clearly visible from everywhere the hills the mountains and so on you it seems like gorbachev's residence that had been built here deliberately you know ordered to isolate him which are. been. 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 britain have to go. on august nineteenth one thousand nine hundred ninety 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. also i was under orders not to let anyone out what about the president i inquired their reply was that he too was not to be let out. completely isolated all communications intimate broadcasts were cut. this footage was brown from. the basement of the saudi residence of the child to texas tech as a concern that. was an unconstitutional has taken place. meanwhile your ball version of l. an employee at the fed also post office was receiving scores of telegrams addressed to me. think looted both official telegrams and telegrams from people all over the

country thirteen 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 if we would be arrested and. no effective measures were taken they simply let things slide. in the end the coup failed and gorbachev return to moscow of the soviet union was already doomed less than six months later at need as a former soviet republics to establish a new union a commonwealth of independent states. learned craft chuck the first president of independent ukraine was among them. he'd been an active communist but he later quickly changed his views. from what we can read jury knew soviet ears i would often tell you 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 in. so i thought the two suits are only one under communism this means it's unlikely that they believed in communism they were simply pulling my leg the easy what if because. the collapse of the soviet single financial and banking systems deprive 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 caused the breakup of the soviet union and the subsequent economic and social problems is that yes the economic model and the system of governance when perfect but that could have been printed it i doubt that however in 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 and constitution and reject the soviet system of government is looking at lots of that's exactly what's going on in ukraine as 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 feminist movement protesting against sex tourism the site is kiev central streets and squares the main slogan is ukraine is not a brothel there is mighty few young women probably a crane and bolts in 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 decided to fight this horrible image of ukraine where not prostitutes and we don't want other people to see as such. another famine protested to my down in central kiev ends in failure the police cannot allow famine activists to enter the country's main square so the situation does not degenerate into scandal protest actions are

a common occurrence here it's the police and passers by unlike a grown tired of the spectacle many of those who gathered at the my down in chains . thousand and four to support the orange revolution would very much like to forget about it. when you people started to understand that they became a part of the political game here that the revolution was orchestrated by the oligarchs and the money was invested in it because those people were friends of you should go completely wrecked 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 six soldiers of the ukrainian insurgent army also fought against the fascists invaders ukrainians have fought in different armies recently.

the presidency was marked by a vigorous campaign to rehabilitate ukrainian nationalists in one of his last decrees he noted what he described as nationalist leader step i'm done there is service to ukraine. was loaded with what i hear by award the title of hero of ukraine to step. down to the decree sparked a wave of protest among supporters of the new president of ukraine the king and co bitch who 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 if the most of it was earlier i don't regret what i did done at all. there was an inspiring response it was a symbolic event and i think the fact that i burnt my passport was my contribution to the court decision to revoke usually because decree no matter how tiny that

contribution might be what we were going on here in the first months of victory in a coup. his presidency were marked by yet another event with far reaching implications for the crimea presidency on a covert medvedev agreed that russia's black sea fleet will stay in sevastopol for at least another thirty two years with the go to war there is nothing in the crimea no industry no minerals but 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. a new era is producing new heroes in ukraine in some of twenty ten said geisha move the coal mine from dawn bass was awarded the hero of ukraine's gold star for being a wreck old dating back to the soviet era in one hundred thirty five coal miner calls the final extracted one hundred ten tons of coal in just one shift and twenty

percent said they should move against the colonel by several times he set a new record using the same type of coal from a tunnel produced before and. i simply wanted to show that there is a new generation of coal miners they too 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. and see you seeing the blue sky the greatest pleasures for miners so well we don't always see the sun it's because when work night shifts to what you know you can sense in fresh air and the

service is good enough. for most people in the city objections quest's again lives with his family working nine. it's all related facilities at 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 miners can become pensioners of thirty five percent gay intends to continue for as long as he is fit. i still want to work in a coal mine what happens later is anyone's guess who live goes on regardless the ship i hope there is a long life ahead of me or. life in ukraine is gradually returning to normal populist promises of things of the past few craniums 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.