those who fall into when they stand around. against the tide of history being written. sixty six years of retreat. very welcome back it's now here in moscow the week's top stories america's most wanted terrorist is killed by its troops bringing cheering crowds on to the streets but leaving some puzzled buying consistencies the united states version of events also a refusal to show you pictures of osama bin laden's body a fuming conspiracy theorists. may say members that look at siphoning support for the libyan rebels with washington planning to release these frozen assets but russia wounds the alliances and goldman doesn't dangerously close to

a ground invasion. troops at times and arrests in syria with no signs of identify saying washington and the e.u. deploy sanctions to force the regime to end its gonna crack down on its citizens saw meet hundred people have reportedly been killed since the uprising began almost two months ago. and moscow has to roll out the big elms with no ground victory day parades looking at the highlights from the warehouses talking to survivors and exploring how today's younger generations feel about a flight to freedom. but that's how the headlines and the next in all special report we look back at proposed soviet history of russian ukrainian relations and why that you countries have such differing views of the schatz 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 have been the most popular like a model for many is that 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 from the so-called already troubling . 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 the side as the country's pro russian east while in western ukraine hostile attitudes towards the entire soviet era a quite common. for you trying to raise their right the right for you the race for heroes no to fascism no serious fascism.

over the twenty years of independence my damn square has seen more demonstrations and rallies than some other capitals have throughout that entire history. and. some basque is an industrial area in crazy east twentieth century people used to come here from all over the city in search of jobs. work status of the economy is considered the most prestigious. in soviet times the most in a hundred coal mines and on bass all of them received government subsidies the most distinguished writers received popular acclaim across the south.

so if you're a cut of the coal miners who are regarded as the elite of the workforce they were paid higher wages than everyone else. we see between the seventh in the fourteenth place in terms of income i would put it but i don't gas 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 all hopes for a life of fortune after independence rapidly vanished into thin air. because the a nobody was in when the campaign to privatized enterprises began they shout it from rooftops will put things right the upshot is that forty nine percent of privatized enterprises have been shut down that. this is the knowledge in sky of coal mines it's one of the few surviving enterprises in tall bass 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 and twenty five meters. is it possible will 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 underground it is little took the picture of coal miners going to work is roughly the same as it was half a century ago three kilometer walk along the tracks welcome to a paradise bed daily extreme reality show. spades and coal hammers with only two things one shift lasts for six hours that seems job is to fill seven trolleys with coal during nap time. this is hard working the deal especially for an all boys who thing at this moose pool you might think the job is

easy we just try to move it all from one place to no other using nothing but his speed of course. it's very difficult to find a job with a wage like the one paid to come in minus the price the coal miners pay for their wages isn't sweat and sometimes blood several of sergei shirts work makes dying here in two thousand and nine coal miners from all over the ukraine came to the mine to help them to search for that piece. of the recruits like this and passed from hand to hand they used 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 and 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 are only a few vacancies in town. who will save ukraine if ukraine saves pool or. the coal industry was on would you and your attention after years of mine ignored by successive governments and ministers. in two thousand and four but then prime minister began a coach who comes from eastern ukraine won the presidential election the population of donbass gave support to that come after it but supporters of his rival victory you should go claim 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 co how the presidency to find his. joke was a college student at the to. i'm of the orange revolution victor took part in the demo and wrote in the column of the post office situated in the nightgown square.

footage through 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. 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 this is a very large and massive platform a student with a large poster stood here. the square was packed with people and the noise was deafening. only music was blaring out of the loudspeakers when you shango showed up on the platform the people were so happy that 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. and there's a restaurant resembling

a secret bunker in the center of laval for such bunkers we 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 the nationalist fighters the menu is in choosing with the surroundings for instance one of the items is called the everyday life of the vanoc and if guests feel like cheating they're 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. going to join a division made up of nationalists and fight against soviet troops together with the germans. and 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 fashions jam the

soviet union in june twenty second two hundred forty one the ukrainian battalions actually go and roll and cross the border together with german troops a week later they paraded through the streets of laval for 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 here by proclaims the creation of a ukrainian state the new state will cooperate closely with grace germany which is imposing its new order in europe under the leadership of the field headlock and is hoping ukraine to free itself from soviet occupation. during the you should come presidency a monument to step down bundled up was unveiled in the fall for the opening ceremony he was described as an outstanding find to the ukrainian independence he's a hero in western ukraine for the country's east and there is

a symbol of the ideology of political talent. 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 their prison terms and later forces members of the red on me at the end of the war as a smaller part couldn't have been rehabilitated because that elbow high in blood. sergey step on true course thirteen years old when the nationalist sent to the village of god itself and the region soon afterwards he 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 pull your band is worth freighted stage . an open execution after they threw the farmers in a basement and one of the houses they did as follows the bandits took seats and

placed sixteen on roads before then they were hitting the roads in a study with a nationalist court those people one by one from the basement and burn them with hot oil and cut them with knives and strangled them of course some of the in a nutshell they were killing the homelands 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 in the slums 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 ray for the nation two enemies. the mission free and couldn't take action free transport charges free the

arrangements three risk free. to freak and the old free broadcast quality video for your media projects and a free media dog party dot com. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on the t.v. . the cranes try me in 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. during. belay 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. but this mighty vessel is more than just a fine team unit that where the new ship is not only a battle unit it is our home but it provides is with shelter and food. and we clean it every day we scrub unpainted good i think just. 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 a sale is eight hundred u.s. dollars which is good money in sevastopol for viktor does not buying toys for his son instead he wins them at a fair ground should discovery. is dealing. with

thank you. they go hold it quite that is one for you. let's go. to. that but not all that so russian saying 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. is the politicians and then the coup is the divide is here people are on friendly terms no interest borderlines between the ukrainians and russians. that want to get out so you fascists passions in the crimea often run high when nationalists from western. crain visit the city in two thousand and seven the nationalists demanded that russian sailors need the headquarters of the black sea fleet in sevastopol. rather you fascist moogs we live

here it's also home we physical or no to hear ourselves. kill to you create hail to the heroes run shock shock shock easy easy come down let's do it quietly. demonstrations by ukrainian nationalists always end the same way the nationalists are a score 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 some ya know who is a veteran of the soviet black sea fleet. here at the dock could increment the ships will tank on ukraine following the division of the soviet black sea fleet. spoils 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 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 activists and crimean vineyards. you know the cuts one thousand year old greek binds at the very base like here look . it's pains me very much. to see such great flying spin like sound it was devastating it is. later government officials conceded that the prohibition had

been a mistake but many people in the crimea still cannot forgive go to jail for it. through a twist of fate it was in the crimea that an attempt was made to topple salvi a president from power in august one thousand nine hundred one. one of my child's residences being built and for lost only a few years before those fateful events. but there were their 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 their 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 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 gratian i 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 . much of was completely isolated all communications in t.v. broadcasts were cut. this footage was around. the basement of the cellar the residence of the child dictates instinct is a concern that. an unconstitutional coup has taken place.

meanwhile your ball version of l. an employee of a fed us 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 the moments of the soviet leader. doing is that 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 effective measures were taken they simply let things slide. 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 met to establish a new union the commonwealth of independent states. nearly craft took the first

president of independent ukraine was among the. kid being an active communist party . quickly changed his views your ordeal from what we can report on when you're during the soviet years 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 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 work with barrels. 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 granted it. 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 soviet constitution and reject the soviet system of government. that 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 feminist movement are protesting against the 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 also in the sex industry of the european countries many of them believe that even 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 launch other people just as a such. another famine protested. my gun in central kiev ends in fadia 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 it's 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. when you people started to understand that they became a part of a political game area but the revolution was orchestrated by the oligarchs and the money was invested in it if those people were friends of you shingo completely ripped off the country. most of the opponents of the orange revolution world war two veterans of the coming 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 ukraine insurgent army also fought against the fascist invaders ukrainians have fought in different armies. the presidency was not by a vigorous campaign to rehabilitate ukrainian nationalist in one of his last decrees he noted what he described as a nationalist leader stepan been there as service to me crane. was loaded that's what i hereby award the title of hero of ukraine to step on than there are. under the decree sparked a wave of protest among supporters of the new president of ukraine viktor yushchenko bitch that 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. as 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 yannick over his presidency we're not buying yet another event with far reaching implications for the crimea president's yannick overture and 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 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 gay should move the coal miner from dawn 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 coal miner coast connell extracted one hundred and two tonnes of coal in just one shift and twenty ten so they should move as it's the final price several times the second record 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 going to want to work they want to mine cold winter with the supply 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 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 were

joyce in the sunshine especially after a six hour shift five hundred metres on the ground. i'd say you've seen. blue sky the greatest health closures from miners for well we don't always see the sun it's because one work 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 quest sygate 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 at thirty five percent gay intends to continue for as long as he's fit. and i still want to work in a coal mine what happens later is anyone's guess life goes on regardless sure but i hope there is a long life ahead of me and my. 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.

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