again this is see a quick check of the headlines of hamas they are. liberal. threatens fresh sanctions if the violent crackdowns on demonstrators don't stop it comes as reports emerge of troops and time storming of government protests. also it's a victory day parade preview in moscow as russia gears up to mark the defeat of the knowledge has been its annual show strength thousands of soldiers march through the

heart of the russian capital with some of the country's military hardware. aren't american gonna get fired up about openly carrying that weapons say the last line of defense of the home soil despite claims that it encourages violence on citizens say they have a right to protect themselves from an increasingly dangerous to society. it's how the headlines look right call it coming out and we'll continue our news coverage at the top of the hour up next in our special report the post soviet history of russian ukrainian relations and why that your country is different so much and by view of their common past. 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 are the most popular item on for many years because 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 during the so-called all and 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 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 the race for heroes right for you the race for heroes to fascism no to fascism. over the twenty years of independence to my down square to see more demonstrations and rallies in some other campuses throughout the entire history.

of. the basque isn't just really area you crazy east twentieth century people used to come here from all over the soviet union and such jobs work status of the coal mining is considered the most prestigious. in soviet times the more than a hundred coal mines and dumb bastard all of them are super government subsidies the most distinguished miners receive popular acclaim faster so. but you were covered up by the bill when coal miners were regarded as the elite of the workforce they were paid higher wages than everyone else to be received between the seventh in the fourteenth place in terms of income that. don't bounce real from

a host of problems in the wake of the soviet union's collapse indicting argue for 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 up even when the campaign to privatized enterprises began they shout it from rooftops will put things right the upshot is that only nine percent of privatized enterprises have been shut down and called that. this is the no budget in sky a coal mine it's one of the few surviving enterprises in combat 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 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 ground it is very cold at 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 the tracks welcomes a paradise bed daily extreme reality show. spades and cole hamels with only good 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 in t.v. especially for an all boys who king at the summer school you might think the job is easy we just try to move it all from one place to another using nothing but a speed no thought. it's very difficult to find a job with a weight like the one paid to coal miners at the price the coal miners pay for

their wages isn't sweat and sometimes. several of circulation works workmates turned here in two thousand and nine coal miners from all over ukraine came to the mine to help them to search for that piece. of recruits like this in the 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 a coal miners trapped underground enjoyed a hellish experience in those days of uncertainty but 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. with cool will save ukraine if ukraine saves

or nearly the coal industry was only given due attention after years of my unit ignored by successive governments and ministers. in two thousand and four the then prime minister vicky on a coverage had come from eastern ukraine won the presidential election the population of donbass gave support to that compound three of 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 the fusion of how the presidency for five years. i. picked up coke was a college student that's. i'm of the orange revolution took part in the demo and wrote in the column of the post office situated in the my down square. footage through was 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 this column became an open air museum and. the whole heartedly supported it he and his

friends spent several days in a 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 a large poster stood here on this square was packed with people and the noise was deafening. nouther you know new music was blaring out of the loudspeakers when you schenkel showed up on the platform the people were so happy they screen throughout a speech or they were inspired by the mere fact of their presence there is this. western ukraine love of 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 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 wartime submachine guns and

pistols waiters wear the uniform of nationalist fighters the menu is in children but the surroundings for instance one of the items is called the everyday life of the vemma and if guests feel like shooting they're free to do so without leaving their tables. the walls of the restaurant featured 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 but it's dull in a museum you can you look you read but you don't. then the much anything comes to a living museum not the mind and become the participants in the events. when flash is just the soviet union in june twenty second two hundred forty one ukrainian battalions the gulf 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 profile mission the organization of ukrainian nationalists led by step down bundled up there by proclaims the creation of a ukrainian state the new state will cooperate closely with great germany which is imposing its new war in europe under the leadership of the field. and is hoping ukraine to free itself from soviet occupation. during the you should come presidency a monument to step down bundy era was unfiled in the fall of the opening ceremony he was described as an outstanding find south of the kremlin independence he's a hero in western ukraine 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 lawful procedure some were convicted others rehabilitated the fullness of that prison terms and later forces members of the red army at the end of the war but the smaller part couldn't have been rehabilitated because that is what elbow ha in blood. sergei step on trial course thirteen years old when the nationalist center of the village of god and of the region soon afterwards who saw his father and another fifteen villages being brutally murdered their only crime was that they had signed up for membership in soviet collective farms before the war the nationalist regarded them as enemies of ukraine and you know we are a band as were afraid of stage. an open execution after they threw the farmers into the basement and one of the houses they did as follows the bandits took seats and placed sixteen on roads before them they were hitting the roads in a state of the nationalist court those people one by one from the basement and burn them with hots on cut them with knives and strangled them with cords in

a nutshell they were killing the whole months you'll need each. 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 slogans of the ukrainian insurgent army openly the surfaced in the streets this torchlight procession took place in the city of the gulf in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. parade for the nation just two enemies a raid for the nation to enemies. hungry for the full story we've got it firsthand the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers on r t.

fifty. fifty. if. ukraine'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 divided it between themselves plays an important role in the city's economics. juris the late just to the middle. of this guided missile cruiser the most for is the flagship of russia's black sea fleet. it has a crew of triumphant manner most of her live on the ship. that this mighty vessel is more than just a fighting unit that within it will go well is she it is not only

a battle unit it is our home what it provides is with shelter and food and good will and we clean it every day scrubbed and painted but i think key thing. as necessity in the crimea is not as much of a burning issue as it is in western ukraine warrant officer victor plissken off married irina a ukrainian citizen after they fell in love in sevastopol their son yevgeny is now eleven months old because wages aside is eight hundred u.s. dollars which is good money in sevastopol but victor does not provide tours for his son instead he wins them a fair ground shooting gallery. that is dealing. with thank you. they go hold it quite that is one feeling. let's go. back so russian sailors

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 and then the coups the divide is here people are on friendly terms of no interest borderlines between the ukrainians and russians what about what get out the youth asses passions in the crimea often run high when nationalists from western ukraine visit the city in two thousand and seven the nationalists the mounded the russian sailors need the headquarters of the black sea fleet in sevastopol. you fascist moves we live here it's a home we principle in order here ourselves. hail to you chris hill to the heroes. shock shock shock izzy easy

condor it's three 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 medina simeonoff who's a veteran of the soviet black sea fleet. here at the door couldn't come and the ships will tank by ukraine following the division of the soviet black sea fleet. scores 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 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. an industry that picked grapes for thirty seven years in the mid one nine hundred eighty s. she bore witness to the wanton destruction effect tess of crimean vineyards. think . you know the cut twenty year old greek finds it very base like here look. it's pains me very much to see such great feinstein lights out 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 goto for it. through a twist of fate it was in the crimea that an attempt was made to topple soviet

president from power in august one thousand nine hundred one. one of many residences had been built and for us only a few years before those fateful events. but there were the country house as a secret object was a complete failure to take a look at the place is in full view from all sides as you can see the residence 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 brezhnev 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 i inquired their reply was that he too was not to be let out. much of was completely isolated all communications in t.v. broadcasts were cut. by this footage was around. the base runs a residence of the child to take a stake of the summer camp. in unconstitutional is to complete. meanwhile your ball version of l. an employee of the photos post office was receiving scores of telegrams addressed

to mikhail gorbachev i think looted 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 be home or if it would be a resistance you know if that if 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 leaders of former soviet republics meant 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 but he. quickly changed his views on your ordeal from what we can reprogram when you

have maturing you saw the tears 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 under communism this means it's unlikely that they believed in communism they were simply pulling my leg and easy well it was. 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 the vs the economic model and a system of governance when perfect but that could have been prevented it i look at how ever 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 soviet constitution and reject the soviet system of government because look as the thoughts of that's exactly what's going on in ukraine is the media. 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. mighty few young women from ukraine 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 fire this horrible image of ukraine where not prostitutes and we don't want other people to see us to 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 nih down in two thousand and four to support the orange revolution would very much like to forget about it is that when you people started to understand that they became a part of a political kariya that the revolution was orchestrated by the oligarchs and the money was invested in it's really good because 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 have 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. the soldiers of the ukrainian insurgent army also fought against the fascist invaders

ukrainians have fought and 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 nationalist leader stepan been there as service to ukraine. was the order this was i hereby award the title of hero of ukraine mr bond and there are. the decrees sparked a wave of protest among supporters of the new president of ukraine viktor yushchenko bitch they 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. for the years earlier but 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. no matter how tiny the contribution might be. if the first months a victim yannick over his presidency were not going 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. there is nothing in the crimea no industry no minerals about 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 said geisha move to the coal mine from gone past was awarded the hero of ukraine's gold star for beating a raechel 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 and twenty ten so they should move to the canal by several times he set a new record using the same type of coal. used before and. i simply wanted to show that there is a new generation of coal miners to want to work they want to mine coal and have a decent life just the way it was in the soviet years. on medication 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. i'd say you see. blue sky easy greatest golf pleasures for miners for well we don't always see the sun

it's because one working night shifts to put you know even so soon 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 at 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 of thirty five percent gay intends to continue for as long as he's fit. 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 but. life in ukraine is gradually returning to normal populist promises of things of the past few cranes 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. home. from.

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