if you just joined is a very warm welcome to you live in moscow top stories now this hour unrest has broken out in a ukrainian quarter after a judge ordered the arrest of the country's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko she's been on trial since june ever alleged misuse of power while signing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine. markets are volatile worldwide after the worst downturn since two thousand and eight some experts have been predicting a new wave of global recession in the wake of the weakening u.s. economy and e.u. debt. doesn't deliver the syrian leader his fate might take

a grim turn if he fails to carry out reforms as comes as at least ten people were killed in new mass protests following friday prayers. with more news for you more developments in less than thirty minutes from now meantime if you look at healthy republic of a cause here as risen from the conflict with georgia three years ago and once again become a place of peace and tranquility for its many visitors. ancient greeks and romans built that terms here live so it by side with local tribes in two thousand five hundred years ago. the app has principalities tempest in the eighth century later became known as the app has king down. the modern day republican rep cuz he covers an area of about

nine thousand square kilometers because he is south is situated on the eastern coast of the black sea. the great eclipse is mountain range towers in the republic's north. it is a land where some tropics and lakes adjoining the place yes. come on let's go locals remember all too well the tragic events in a cause is more than the history. of. eighteen years have passed since then the liberals but i can talk about it without my lips trembling and with probing heart i can talk about that. up because it is returning to normal and again becoming a tourist top for the black sea region.

if traveling by sea and old lighthouse points the way to a cause is capital so whom. the keep of finds it difficult to open the massive tools it is at least one hundred fifty years old. then climbs the ladder leading to the lamp. for the crown yes three this is part of a long stairwell made in the nineteenth century. it was built together with this lighthouse in eight hundred sixty one feet. it's beautiful but if you are they

don't make anything like it nowadays you need you. to lloyd's house is one hundred feet high it's a powerful light can be seen thirty kilometers away. this is who lighthouse has french origins the russian empires navy placed an order for its construction with a company that was at the same time drawing up a blueprint for the eiffel tower. and then at that time there was an oil lamp here. it was quite an advanced lighting fixture by the standards of the day you. compared to modern one thousand watt lamps it was three or four times a week or if it's leaded. with the permitting turkey's black sea coast can be seen on the horizon the lamp has gone

out only twice in the history of the lighthouse turkish troops took it away as one of the spoils of war after occupying our cause here in eighteen seventy seven it was put out for the second time after the abkhazian georgian war in the early ninety ninety s. the old broke out in abkhazia and nine hundred ninety two lasted for two years because he had the status of an ultra in this region at the time and some cream invoked its claims to change the right to self-determination of the lads georgian troops ended up under the pretext of protecting a railway they were driven out in the course of severe fighting. some parts about because it liberates the nine hundred ninety three and georgian

troops retained the applicant dorrigo of what i've just teaching regions. following george's attack on south as such here in two thousand and eight the abkhaz military carried out a special operation in the could dorie region with the russian support children forces would driven out of the republics entire territory russia and several other countries have since recognized abkhazians independence. the turbulence could already river this is the entire length of the goldfish this place was part of the silk road now is the way leading straight to abkhazians capital so whom from the greater caucuses mountain range. the road clings to the gorge down below that as a chasm with

a mountain stream carrying its clear waters. whenever the rocks step aside the i can see rooftops in the valleys this is the abkhazian region of finance you know many local people left their homes during the conflict in georgia now they are coming back. the could dori gold was a favorite tourist attraction before the wall but it's seen few travelers in the past two decades now visitors come once again of more the picturesque landscape mountain lakes rules of fools and the unique flora. tourists who used to come to. when it was still a serviette republic. travellers the view was that. they knew every mountain path that anybody is that tourists coming in now because this is

a peaceful place again. the books would forest is one of the most revered places an all around cause as well as in the could during coolidge. the stream running through the narrow bridge creates a special microplane that. the groves of most covered trees look like they've been sprinkled with emeralds. the village of as sits near the fairy tale scenery. each morning the but key ships go about their household chores. they have cows

and let me go. every day husband and wife the tali and makes me a traditional abkhazian cheese the secret to this produce is in the fermentation. the cheese making begins with a ferment in process. they will use the x. tracks from the stomach of a car. this is how we do it. the foot quickly brings occurred in the vats to the right temperature once it's very needed and cheese can be so hot today look at people like that but she ships can again plan for the future italy is going to set up a truce camp in the cool god of his house he will treat the guests to homemade cheese and take them i'm going to tools.

and cheese is a form of income for us it's like our national currency or what do people always need to eat and cheese is always in demand here and up with pearls. there is a three hour drive from the farm to some people in the abkhazia capital say the city has taken on a different look in the past several years ruined homes and hotels have been restored. the waterfront has been transformed it's a traditional rallying point for tourists and locals alike and it has a long history. because it was just a merchant ships came here from greece and other places. and there is evidence and just and there was a marketplace here in the first century b.c. you just get another chance from nearly the entire black sea coast brought the groups here. just

a stand up kin often visit succumbs main pier. the paintings are inspired by the city and the sea it sits upon. what this city is being in now in the both part of this land a girl who don't come here just to have a good time and leave or a god they see and this land as part of ourselves. one of the stand his paintings commemorates her friends from fortune in the war but never returned. her father is still missing but a stand of hopes is a life. change. a

cause is a college minister and i'm on the bus teaches that succumbs state university. today he tells his students that have caused can boast a vast reserves of pure water due to his glace he has been driven as. if we conserve water in the upper reaches of our rivers the republic will have the most valuable resource for many years to come all of mankind needs this resource nowadays the value of a liter of ecologically clean water exceeds the cost of a later of oil revenue. streams from when is a kook luzhin law and that stands in the downtown area it is more than three hundred years old in the early nineteenth century a botanical garden was laid out around it it is one of the most beautiful areas

in the city. this is one of the oldest but technical gardens in the world which it currently features over five thousand plants from every continent. this place is a veritable treasure trove of plants exotic florence such as the japanese. have adapted to conditions in abkhazia these plants were brought to the black sea coast at the beginning of the last century scientists was surprised to see them bearing fruit kochi to palms bamboo an olive trees only serve to be found in the town of garden but most of all the botanists pride themselves on the say got a part of. him here in the garden you can find plants which are one hundred to one hundred twenty years old they are thought to be some of the oldest on earth the history goes back to the coal age that is to say they're related to the tree for.

today the park is still being restored to its former glory and soon it will once again open for the public to enjoy. last time the close of team was in the cool gum region where men flock from all over the world saga few centimeters to their self-confidence. this time archie goes to the amore region. for the gold rush still gets people like ducks. an ancient tribe fights to save its culture. where cranes are protected in the first an unofficial nature reserve. to the original. bush a close up on the r.t. .

if. you want to talk over the first. six. issues st still keeps in sequence the balance times reveal that the soviet files on the hot seat. the movie and foreign ministry is situated on the black sea coast twenty kilometers from stockholm it was founded in eight hundred seventy five by monks who had

arrived in a cause here from greece soon after that a cloistered became a leading religious sense in the caucuses the ministry stands on an elevation of the surviving defensive fortifications of the and a cookie a fortress around a nearby hill. is the name of the capital of the ancient abkhaz kingdom of. god here i various times georgians gentle ways romans turks and persians invaded this place but the mountains protected the local people we associate ourselves with the mountain with rather than with people related to the sea. the end of compare fulcher stands on a mountain top of the mountain speak ologists have discovered a vast kavanaugh it attracts numerous tourists a tour of the cave begins with a terse order you know that trick train locals jokingly refer to it as the abkhaz

metro i there is some room that let's get him. to know the i phone cave is one of the world's largest its volume is about one million cubic metres tourists get to experience the or inspiring beauty of this on the ground can the gods lead them through several grottos and many who enter this cave have another motive other than just a tour of this mysterious world people suffering from asthma or allergies come here to breathe in the medicinal effects of it's humid as every do you doubt an allergy and yes here i'm going to take you on a fascinating tour of the underground chambers if in all the off on cape cod fish. tourists form a line as they go from one holds when the other to the sound of trickling streams

small bridges and narrow passages run along with stuff like tights and stuff like mo it's crafted by nature. water dripping from above has taken centuries to form these intricate limestone columns. that mind your feet please it's slippery here. i am. in the largest hole of the lobby and phone there is enough space for three football pitches. one of the most spectacular sights is a watch a formal calcite rock. it's large drops dripped down from a height of two meters but never reached the caves balsam.

a winding road of relic plants looks between the rocks of the roots a national park the park is under the special protection of a cause it covers a total of forty thousand hectares many of the plants are unique in that they can only be found in this region. age patch of land and. is unique because it is inhabited by rare plants and animals. the road goes uphill only way to the much celebrated pride of the republic lake rita it was formed at the chewed of nine hundred fifty meters above sea level following a rock slide that is described as a remarkable natural creation and the most attractive site on the black sea shore of the caucuses. was a. lake or it was born as a result of an ancient earthquake. and that's how it was filmed. in stances

about one hundred thirteen meters but it's not enough if the lake has been joule the entire caucasus as well as at highs here. it's because he is nature reserves a constantly expanding another national park is being laid out in the dorri olds it will be adjacent to the retail park a relic of plants nature reserves will gradually cover almost one third of the republic's territory. stallion's country house still stands on one of the scenic banks of lake greets a soviet leaders were formed vacationing here they often invited leaders of foreign communist parties to visit them to form a state country house stands tool age old trees today it is a tourist site. a trip

is found tucked away in the foothills of a mountain in that because it is situated on the banks of the maci still river which boasts clean water and a strong current in the old days monks fishtail they lived in a monastery in the mountains hidden away from will be a fed as legend has it within the one nine hundred thirty s. then soviet leader joseph stalin went fishing in the river. the catch was so bountiful that he ordered a trout farm to be built here. today there are some three hundred thousand rainbow trout and the farms palms. all. all of what i catch. so much and this female is five years alt.

if the spawn in school the phrase book trout we get baby trout from and. the trout farm is situated on the banks of a unique river. it is filled with water gushing from a giant subterranean spring it is thought to be europe's largest spring of this current. the village of drips stretches across the foothills several kilometers from the black sea shore it's called the heart because. the backyard of nearly every house here has a distinctly as a look a backyard is one of the key symbols of the traditional way of life going up cause each backyard is supposed to have a cabin made of rhododendron. it is in fact

a kitchen where all family members gather over meals but her idea. that. the fireplace is in the center of the cabin in the far is kindled on the clay funnel with a cauldron that hangs over it on a chain this is filled with memel ego the name given in some black sea countries to cornflower player edge just as well i think i might as well put a lid on it for a while but that's not really necessary. here people live long lives because they're all it's natural food cooked over fire. i know that's moldavian snake mama they got to eva i'm puzzling which normally gets called ugly stuff. i also know that italians call it pollen and that this is on the mug.

abkhaz always try to make sure the fire in their cabins is constantly lit it is both a symbol of affection in the home and the place where food is cooked the . fun just flowed you look around the globe hello hello hello great to see you're. the the guests always welcome in of cars homes at any time of the day the. to the gentleman let us celebrate may god give us health peace understanding how penis love and joy to all our nations to all of hazards. a standard the abkhaz test is going to paint a new picture she poses

a building that was shelled during the war members of parliament used to meet in session here whenever asked on the record is the up because georgian conflict she's always reminded of her father. she went to wait here in the night and never came back. and there were also people i treasure and to remember eighteen years have passed. and i don't know how much time will pass before i can talk about it without my lips trembling and throwing hearts. i still can't bring myself to do it. sukhumi lighthouse has witnessed many events during its long history.

it still serves as a beacon for the growing number of foreign ships arriving at up calls his main hall but they captains know full well it is been sending signals over the abkhaz waters of the black sea for more than a century. dish that would wish that we turkish merchant ships were quick to turn up here. no doubt they had information telling them about the location of the lighthouse and the harbor here when used during storms to light horse always to field its vital role with great precision. the lighthouse keeper has yet to repair the pockmarks in the tower left by bullets from the abkhaz georgian conflict.

or the same token cause you will take some time to rid itself of all traces of war . meanwhile life in the republic is clearly returning to normal. mission creep couldn't take three months for charges free to make amends three. three stooges free. lunch template video for your media projects and free media and on to our tetons tom.

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