the. hungry for the fish we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in keeping you up to date with breaking news that throughout the night this is our t.v. some new information in five people are now confirmed dead after a pleasure cruiser sinks on the river in russia's republic of product and with one hundred eighty five on board search and rescue efforts are underway for around one hundred people still missing. and in our top stories are from the week georgia charges three photojournalists have been spying for russia including president saakashvili personal photographer and we see claims of has

a videotaped confessions that the group more on moscow's payroll and a stolen revolution angry objections returned to the streets across the country to protest against the interim government's failure to bring reforms they're also demanding officials accused of killing protesters during the revolution there council president mubarak could be brought to justice. and coming up next we continue our reports on post soviet states this time we're exploring life in kyrgyzstan and of the political turmoil that swept the country since the breakup of the soviet union that's in our special report. kurdistan a central asian country and former soviet republic. in the space of just five years this state has gone through two revolutions become tree is divided into two parts both by the mountains and by the unresolved conflict

between a developed north and i call cultural south. kurdistan overcome its political and ethnic standoff could there be a repetition of spontaneous riots involving a mass loss of life. and . tucked away in the mountains one hundred fifty kilometers from the capital bishkek is a village of actors. at best only six hundred villagers are left here now. but when kurdistan was part of the soviet union people from all over the republic were eager to come here. with a little easier mind is the or was taken from them in the open pit heavy duty bella's trucks are brought in from there as you can see the roads are still here in

soviet terms they produce three hundred tons a day through their time all arcturus villagers work here but even that was not enough so they brought workers from other places. the head of administration is showing the former pride of the village the factory producing uranium or. the war from the open pit was brought here it was processed and sent to the laboratory for further tests that view. fell into decay in the first months after kurdistan secession from the soviet union extracting the hazardous or was no longer worthwhile as there were no buyers most of the villages inhabitants left that within a few years those who stayed behind had to learn to survive amidst high radiation levels and rampant unemployment. and this is the sort of friend issues that we crusader and this once and for seats. a tiny patch of land one back from the mountains a few sheep and two cows that spot all that the only russian family left in the

village has to survive on you know power sankoh and her husband worked at the factory until nine hundred ninety two. we're sad and it's not only by the situation and helping each we see the same mess we're in we go this is very very sad. the factory was shut down in one thousand nine hundred two. many other factories inherited by the young state from the soviet union suffered the same fate. former soviet republic kurdistan won independence on august thirty first one thousand nine hundred one the country's population is five million kurds account for seventy percent of the total backs mostly live in the country south make up its hundred percent well russians account for eight percent of the country's capital is bishkek. was its president from one thousand nine hundred to two thousand and five. in march two thousand and

five he was deposed during the so-called tulip revolution from two thousand and five to two thousand and ten coming back by kiev was head of state he lost power following events on april seventh two thousand and ten. sharpshooters were firing from here they stood upright staking out their heads they were there and they're everywhere. by of a was among the thousands who took to the streets of biscay on april seventh two thousand and ten. those events were later dubbed the second card is revolution on that day demonstrators only wanted the authorities to heed their grievances their response was gunfire. here's a shot at us and pushed us back i thought i could get falling to the ground right here his leg was bleeding i cornered him with my body if you need to kill somebody

kill me he's not guilty plea. the protesters demanded the resignation of the come. these leaders especially presidents come and take a cue. the irony of the situation was that five years before back here came to power in the wake of a similar uprising. the chill of revolution was the name given to the events when the first targets president ask archive was stripped of power in two thousand and five this flower is one of the country symbols. i. there were no fountains here back then but the square was absolutely flooded with people at the time. about twenty five thousand i think. we joined the crowd as it headed for the white house . alexander even though remembers the great enthusiasm that engulfed people

gathered in bishkek central square in two thousand and five. the re-inforcement from the south came demonstrators broke into the presidential palace in bishkek. but when we realized that the house of cards was falling apart. that inspired us with the hope that the president would step down. everybody was in a state of euphoria. when president a coyote left the country coming back but kiev came to power. the euphoria that characterized the chill of revolutionaries began evaporating only a year later when the new president chose to pursue the same policies that eventually toppled his predecessor. but he of give top government posts to relatives and friends. in two thousand five hundred even though it was a by kiev supporter in april two thousand and ten he joined street protesters once

again. at that moment i already knew the situation and i said to myself this regime will be toppled to either we get them all the room or they will simply be. torn to pieces. and i think it's a natural epilogue for machias presidency on any of me it is a typical ending for a government which came to power of violently after the cools the world in general all colored revolutions were performed by the same script or score from the rose revolution in georgia the orange revolution in ukraine and the issue of the revolution in can you start with that and so last one was virtually transformed into a cool so that's the name. meanwhile cargo planes were landing on the runway of the russian airbase of cancer twenty kilometers from bishkek they were carrying russian reinforcements to the troubled republic the airborne battalion was sent to defend

the base in case of danger. our job is to protect installations which are situated in curious territory. notably the county airbase affiliated facilities as well as russian citizens living here. or why did it take you. as a matter of fact russian military personnel had no problems in connection with the able life. of the f. eliezer within the town of cannes it was a special situation here. as far as i know there are no plans to oppose the base

and indeed there's no activity against it. but us air base serves as the air mobility support operations are up against but perhaps just as important to those that are assigned here because a very good list says with a look at this trailer is taken from the website of a us air base which is situated close to count strengthen bonds it shares a runway with minus international airports u.s. service men claim they get along well with the locals. but. the fact is however that villagers nearby are not as friendly as the americans claim they are plagued by the constant roar of cargo planes taking off several times a day. there is an airport near here most of the planes fly in some distance away but quite a few can hear two and first lots of them flew around here but when people started

complaining they turned it down it did in so airplanes come and go around the clock . relations between locals and the u.s. military went downhill after a tragic incident between private zachary hatfield and a fuel serviceman truck driver. alexander even north was shot and killed by the private. on that day his colleagues came to me and said alexander was shot dead by an american soldier lot shot that's how come we don't know. it it's still unclear why the private behave the way he did according to how field he fired in self-defense because he claims you know attacked him with a knife however several pieces of evidence do not cooperate very. it's nonsense given that alexander was one hundred eighty centimeters tall and had filled one hundred sixty four and base metal chair had a bullet hole in the back we were told that the bullets went from top to bottom which simply proves that alexander was such

a deal. fishcake appeared to have heated public demands that the u.s. base be closed but mannus is a crucial strategic hub for supplying coalition troops in afghanistan. the issue of the american presence became a bare faced bargaining chip in talks between the bucky of government and the us state department as such u.s. cargo planes continue to take off from curtis territory. those crew should have been doing to justice instead they can cast elections we the young people of the cookies republic have been under the yoke of corrupt regimes for years we have fed up with the continuing cycle of deceit we have taken part in the latest revolution to topple a criminal regime and pay for it in our blood. in two thousand and ten rallies in central bishkek became just as routine as the changing of the guards kurdistan's political life gathered strength following the second revolution it took scores of

political parties only a few months to emerge on the political scene in order to contest parliamentary seats. a prospect of new elections inspired both coasts and items i see it was obvious to many that those who lost might stir up the people to take to the streets again that would mean another revolution and a new wave of violence. ah

. it is four thousand two hundred meters above sea level while it is still woman bishkek two hundred kilometers from here the weather is already cool to come for the cause of. this is the size of kurdistan's most successful industrial times giant trucks bring tons of pro-forma. open head several hundred meters deep.

this giant caterpillar can carry one hundred seventy tons. we now have thirty. medium sized dump trucks i'm still wants. you know you can see some of the big ones behind me. thousands of tons of rock will go through a long treatment process to yield several kilograms of a rich tor. it will then go to the most important place in the factory the smelting furnace there gold will be extracted from the or. because the residue is dried and rhea agents are added to it and then it goes into this oven where the temperature is one thousand five hundred degrees celsius sitting in the coldest melted into a half to three hours we still cold every two days. today will produce four bars weighing about one thousand five hundred ounces all together. the computer pitch

belongs to a canadian firm for that reason the production process follows western standards every single piece of equipment and even the workers close have been imported from canada. the staff enjoys high safety standards and is well paid many others would like to be employed here the enterprise is one of the largest sources of taxes for the country's national budget the factories managers have no interest in revolutions and elections taking down in bishkek they are confident that they will be able to come to terms with any regime. we have cooperation his government good cooperation. people. work. able to meet our annual contribute to the budget in kurdistan. production account. for forty percent of the country's industry but kurdistan is still largely ally grammarian country nearly half its population is employed in agriculture

industry at best accounts for sixteen percent of the country's g.d.p. in the first six years of independence the gross domestic products dropped by half the country's external debt is around four billion dollars money sent by migrants working abroad is one of the main sources of revenue. like the comptroller cory this tiny enterprise lives of foreign investment but of a different kind in the past tourists were only too willing to buy locally produced carpets scarves and felt caps the items made by the small factory are quite costly because they are handmade. we pressed felt three times i found to make it hard you know. we use dyed felt to make headgear. is hundred made because we want to make sure that it resists where in time.

before the april revolution the craftsmen have pinned their hopes on an influx of foreigners in the hope of amassing a handsome profit but the uprising did a lot of harm to their business tourists stayed away from the troubled republic. just frankly selling gold goods made of felt was a very tough job. on april the seventh and eighth we have stood our customers in switzerland. nearly every hour they receive calls from the embassy telling them to stay at home. in october people expected a repetition of the disturbances that have taken place in april in the run up to elections the streets of major cities and small villages alike were plastered with political propaganda posters back in the summer about a hundred political parties fight for seats in parliament but in the end only thirty parties were allowed to take part in the elections before the polls got

underway they had been seen as a crucial event with far reaching ramifications for the nation they were to pave the way for a constitutional reform marking the transition from a presidential republic to a parliamentary republic. of yours we will work in a serious and responsible. party to make sure that the parliamentary elections do take place and are held in a peaceful atmosphere in conformity with the election. republic. contrary to expectations the election passed off in a cam atmosphere but when the votes were counted it became obvious that the pendulum of purpose politics had swayed again. the election to be won by the other party consisting of supporters of ex president back here who was deposed in april. the leaders should stick their political ambitions up you know what and get down to economic matters and why because we have

a deficit of nearly fifty percent of the total budget people all across the soviet union used to say that q. was an owl of democracy. they described their people as democratically minded. ok. ellie mandela unbuyable was one of those who helped bring about the apple revolution she attended rallies outside the government building for three days in a row the protesters say they will not allow a counter revolution to happen that's how the people who opposed by kiev have dubbed the electoral victory of the as a short party are both were stolen my the others would party those where i'm fair elections. this is the kurdish version of a question polo the carcass of a gold is the ball in this traditional game them of both teams to kick the goals carcass into the goal him and back captain of the local team is a promising player but in april he took part in

a far more fascinating competition involving a mass of people at the time he and friends went to bishkek stoppel president vikki of him and back maintains that curtis politics and his favorite game are all in common. but. this game is like politics you two teams chase a goat it's almost like chasing power in bishkek it's the political technique of the gate. local politics is based on a tense standoff between industrial regions in the country's north and impoverished agrarian regions in the south they represent two teams trying to seize power from each other at. first cargoes presidents as car kind of comes from the north he was toppled by the south's common back by kiev truculent assume those are a close knit community they help one another as best they can. fellow so he knows to keep posts in and sack locals living in this north. does.

this illness help each other. before but kiev came to power girl and had served in the local police for a long time he was born in bishkek when becky of became president was replaced with someone from the south. now makes a living as a postman this time he is leaving bishkek for the place he dislikes most of all the country southern capital of options. burnt out neighborhoods and looted shops serve as a reminder of a vicious conflict the ethnic standoff between curtis and whose backs. the border between kurdistan and his back stan was drawn in soviet times it didn't

matter that a dense was back population was part of the curtis republic after all it was part of a single country the soviet union however interethnic violence erupted following the collapse of the u.s.s.r. one of the bloodiest confrontations began in the early hours of june eleventh two thousand and ten and lasted for nearly five days. the city of instantly fell into two camps people wrote their identities on the walls of their houses to indicate who the tenant was. there were signs on some of them but help never arrived the city's administration was powerless throughout the riots it was back neighborhoods where prudence. you visit was in your house mind go to his husband and i did not even have the opportunity to

make ourselves at home there when it was burned down where we left out in the cold . nobody knows how many people died in the june confrontation official figures put the death toll at more than three hundred and speak of nearly a thousand injured however locals are sure that the figures are several times higher i mean you can then you have been to a number separation here it is and it was backs were all muslims it won't be a great day have parents mothers. want to be ones. this is. second attempt to build a house back in may he took pride in showing off his two storey homestead to neighbors it had taken him three years to build it in the wake of the june chaos only the foundations remains but how the ball is in no mood for despair he receives breaks from charities little by little construction work goes on. if we abandon our

homes and go somewhere where will our homes be and what's the point of going anywhere this is our land our ancestors lived here no we aren't going anywhere we are going to build homes and live here. the house is unlikely to be completed anytime soon for now refugees live in tent camps. there is no running water it has to be taken from a well cooking has to be done inside the tent the only way to more my home is with a fire or electric stove there are several such places and a small memorial wall stands in the center of each one where pictures of the dead are posted poor i knew this man his name is john said he served as the mayor isn't in a mosque when all that's happened to her through that same the mosque had been said and find when i came there i saw that he was that he had been trying to defend the mosque as.

this is the sixteenth century mosque which is the most remarkable site in. so far is the only symbol of possible reconciliation in this divided country home locals encourages coming from the north pray together here they are joined by those backs who shared the same faith. at. the head of administration of the dying village of actors could have moved to the capital a long time ago his relatives live there and bishkek posts a higher standard of living yet he stays in his native village but also only because of patriotism evil is that actors will once again become as prosperous as a was in soviet times and many in kurdistan look to the country's future with optimism. somebody will get down to work here sooner or later and it will go on

anon life will take its course and the village will be restored. download the official pre-condition q on the phone called touch from the on choose option. video on demand keys money for old comes. as it speeds now with the palm of your. question on the faulty dot com.

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