hello are you watching r t international these are the week's top stories from us the u.s. credit rating has been downgraded for the first time since nineteen seventeen and that's despite the last minute debt ceiling deal to avert a fault. it all comes on top of all things worst performance in over two years and european debt trouble suggesting the share rollercoaster ride is likely to continue monday. egypt's former president is on trial for mass killing and corruption but aware in public says the revolutions and all over the place would regime is failing

to make the. just across the border in israel over a quarter of a million people rallied against a government led about in better living conditions and say they're ready to do what it takes. up next a special report for you by the small country of karzi or in its quest for recovery from a past of life in conflict. ancient greeks and romans built the trolls here they live so it by side with local tribes in two thousand five hundred years ago. that's the app has principalities tempest in the eighth century later became known as the app has king john. the modern day republic of up cuz it covers an area where by a knowing thousand square kilometers a cause is south is situated on the eastern coast of the black sea. the

greater coaxes mountain range towers in the republic's north. it is a land where some tropics and lakes adjoining places. come on let's go locals remember all too well the tragic events and not causes more than history. the older. person was a little snip eighteen years have passed since then used to post about i come talk about it without my lips trembling and improving heart i come talk about that. a cuz it is returning to normal and again becoming a tourist shop for the black sea region and.

if travelling by sea an old lighthouse points the way top qazi is kept old so whom . they keep a finds it difficult to open the massive dools it is at least one hundred fifty years old. he then climbs the leading to the lamp. and yes three this is part of a long stairwell made in the nineteenth century. it was built together with his lighthouse in eight hundred sixty one feet. and it's beautiful to see where they don't make anything like it nowadays review. the lighthouse is one hundred

feet high it's powerful lights can be seen thirty kilometers away. assume lighthouse has french origins the russian empire is navy placed an order for its construction with a company that was at the same time drawing up the blueprints for the eiffel tower . at that time there was an oil lamp here. at their dinner it was quite an advanced lighting fixture five the standards of the day. but compared to modern one thousand watt lamps it was three or four times a week or. if you were. with a permitting he's plexi cost 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 a clause in eighteen seventy seven it was put out for the second time after the hour kasi in georgian war in the early nineties nineties. the old the broke out in them cars here in one thousand likes to last if chewy is abkhazia and the status of a lot from this region at the time and sukhumi invoked its constitutional right to self-determination of the lads georgian troops ended up because they are under the pretext of protecting a railway they were driven out in the course of severe fighting. some parts about because they were liberated in one thousand nine hundred three but georgian troops retained the upper could dorie gould's one of ozzy's to teach regions. following georgia's attack on

south a set here in two thousand and eight the effort has military carried out a special operation in the could dorie region with the russian support georgian forces were driven out of the republic's entire territory russia and several other countries have since recognized abkhazia as independence. the turbulence could dorie 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 some of whom from the greater caucuses mountain range. the road clings to the gorge down below there is a chasm with a mountain stream carrying its clear waters. whenever the rocks step aside the i can see rooftops in the valleys and this is the abkhazian region of

spending many local people left their homes during the conflict with georgia now they are coming back. the good dori gold was a favorite tourist attraction before the war but it's seen few travelers in the past two decades now visitors can once again of more of the picture as the landscape in lakes the fools and the unique flora. tourists who used to come to. when it was still a soviet republic were travellers of us. they knew every mountain path that anybody. tourists come here now because this is a peaceful place again. the books would forest is one of the most revered

place isn't all about cars as well as in the could dorie. the stream running through the narrow creates a special microclimate. the grooves of most covered trees look like they've been sprinkled with emeralds. the village as sits near the fairy tale scenery. each morning about the ships go about the household chores. they have cows and the many goats every day husband and wife italian club makes me a traditional abkhazian cheese the secret is produced in the fermentation.

cheese making begins with different mountain process. they will use the x. tracks from the stomach of a car. this is how we do it. a foot quickly brings occurred in the vats to the right temperature once it's really needed a cheese can be served today look at people like a t. shirts and again plan for the future the telly is going to set up a tourist camp in the courtyard of his house he will treat the guests to homemade cheese and take them on a guided tour us. rolls cheese is a form of income for us it's like our national currency or what happens people

always need to ate and cheese is always in demand here so the bull's. eye. there is a three hour drive from the farm to form people in the cars capital so the city has taken on a different look in the past several years ruined homes and hotels have been restored. the waterfront has been so have been transformed it's a traditional rallying point for tourists and locals alike and it has a long history. each other one is his wife became merchant ships came here from greece and other places just yet but there is evidence and just in there was a marketplace here in the first century b.c. and rocky just americans from nearly the entire black sea coast brought their groups here. both just a stand up a kin often visit main appear.

the paintings are inspired by the city and the sea it sits upon. what is this sea is its league in now in the middle part of this land. we don't come here just to have a good time and leave where we got the sea and this land as part of all sounds. one of the stand his paintings commemorates her friends who fought in the war i've never returned. her father is still missing but a stand hopes is a lie. because he is a college minister. teaches at sickroom state university. today he tells his students that have caused can boast vast reserves of pure water due to

its glace years and rivers so if we conserve water in the upper reaches of our rivers the republic will have the most valuable resources for many years to come and all of mankind needs this resource nowadays the value of a liter of ecologically clane water exceeds the cost of a later of oil that i knew. the only streams flowing is a cool collision law and that stands in the downtown area it is more than three hundred years old in the early nineteenth century a paternal garden was laid out around it it is one of the most beautiful areas in the city. this is one of the oldest the tunnel 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 floor and such as the japanese banana plums of adapt to conditions in abkhazia these plants grow into the black sea coast at the beginning of the last century scientists were surprised to see them bearing fruit kookie to palms and all of trees only said to be found in the botanical garden but most of all the botanists pride themselves on the sago palm. him here in the garden you can find plants which are one hundred two hundred twenty years old and they are thought to be some of the oldest on earth so the history goes back to the coal age that is to say they're related to the tree for. today is still being restored to its former glory and soon it will once again open

for the public to enjoy. the people of the states and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder his regime as an active program to acquire and develop nuclear weapons and let there be no doubt about we know for a fact there are that there. is we're just being carried out under the direction of dr david kay respected scientist and former u.n. inspector was leading the weapons search in iraq we are determined to take this apart you have a tremendous a group of dedicated american men and women involved in this with the best assets of the intelligence community can provide. data cheney is not going to be done with this for quite some time david kay wants more time he says it could take another six to nine months to make a definitive finding ministration is asking congress for hundreds of millions more

hundred million dollars to fund a continuing search have not yet shiny pointy things that i would call a weapon before we can draw from conclusions we need to let the iraq survey group complete its work. we were all wrong probably in my judgment. and that is most disturbing. sometimes the true patriot takes the unpopular course but helps the country of origin stakes and even if they come this way it is for patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels and i think these are scoundrels they have no argument now they have no defense for what they did the country is in a terrible international security situation and i think it's perilous so they're attacking the patriotism of other.

wealthy british style site. that's not the right thing for. the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports on r t. v f one ministry is situated on the black sea coast twenty kilometers from some whom it was founded in one thousand nine hundred eighty five by monks who derived the next cause here from greece soon after that's a close to the came a leaving more legit center in the caucasus the ministry stands on an elevation of the surviving defensive force of cations of the end of copy a fortress around a nearby hill and a compere is the name of the capital of the ancient abkhaz kingdom just before wars

broke out here and 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 especially when. the end of compare fulcher stands on a mountain top beneath the mountain speedy ologists have discovered a vast capital it attracts numerous tourists a tour of the cave begins with the tourists boarding an electric train locals jokingly refer to it as the abkhaz metro i there is some room that let's get in. the know the i phone cave is one of the world's largest its volume is about one million cubic metres tourists get to experience or inspiring beauty of this underground kingdom of gods lead them through several grottos but many who are into

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 everything you doubt and an allergy to gas here i'm going to take you on a fascination tour of the underground chambers of navi i phone came offstage. tourists form a line as they go from one hole to another to the sound of trickling streams small bridges and narrow passages run along the style like tights and static modes crafted by nature. water dripping from above has taken centuries to form these intricate limestone columns. that mind your feet at least it's slippery here. i am.

in the largest hole of the lobby and phone there is enough space for three football pitches. the one of the most spectacular sights is a waterfall in the charles cites rock. it's large drops dripped down from a height of two meters but never reached the caves bottom. a winding road of relic plants looks between the rocks of the roots and 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. by. age patches of land and. is unique because it is inhabited by rare plants and animals.

the road goes up the hill only way to the much celebrated pride of the republic lake rita it was formed of non-student one hundred fifty meters above sea level following a rock slide it is described as a remarkable natural creation and the most attractive site on the black sea shore of the caucuses. a lake was born as a result of an ancient earthquake. and that's how it was filmed. instead says about one hundred thirteen majors but it's just not enough yet out of the lake is the jewel of the entire courses as well as at huzzy just talk up close ups of work of gotham it's a cousin as nature reserves a constantly expanding another national park is being laid out in the could dorri olds it will be adjacent to the reeks of park i'm really plants in 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. soviet leaders were formed vacationing here they often invited leaders of foreign communist parties to visit them to form a state country house stands probably tool age old trees today it is a turf site. the troops is found tucked away in the foothills of a mountain and up because it is situated on the banks of the macis the river which both scheme and the strong current in the old days monks fishtail they lived in a monastery high in the mountains hidden away from will be a fair as legend has it that in the nineteenth thirties 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 in the farms palms. all the while all of cook want to catch i thought so much kyra and this female is five years alt. it is the spawn in school of frayne will try out we get a lady trout from them the trout is situated on the banks of a unique river. and is filled with water gushing from a giant some training in the spring. it is thought to be europe's largest spring of this current.

the village of duty stretches across the food hills several kilometers from the blacks and sure it's called the heart cause. the backyard of nearly every house here has a distinctly as look a backyard is one of the keys symbols of the traditional way of life and up because each backyard is supposed to have a cabin made of rhododendron. it is in fact a kitchen where family members gather over meals. her idea. for. the fireplace as in the center of the cabin on fire is kindled on the clay funnel with a cauldron that hangs over it on

a chain this is filled with member leigo the name given in some black sea countries to corn flour porridge. i think i might as well put a lead on it for a while but that's not really necessary. here people leave long lives because the old natural food cooked over a fire. i know that's a moldavian snake my mother going to end up puzzling which normally be called al based. i also know that italians call it one and. 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 float you look down there on the low hello hello hello great to see you're.

the the guests always welcome in of cars homes at any time of the day the slogan of. the gentleman let us celebrate may god give us health peace understanding our penis love and joy to all our nations to all hazards. a standard became the abkhaz artist is going to paint a new picture she poses a building that was shelled during the war and members of parliament used to meet in session here whenever asked on the record is the app because georgian conflict she's always reminded of her father on cause she went to wait here in the night and never came back. and there were also people a transient 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 throw in heart. i still condes bring myself to do it. assume lighthouse has witnessed many events during its long history. it still serves as a beacon for the growing number of foreign ships arriving at a policy as main hall but. they captains know full well that it is been sending signals over the outhouse waters of the black sea for more than a century. gish that would wish to return to its merchant

ships were quick to turn up here. no doubt they had information telling them about the location of the lighthouse and the harbor. either way it is during storms the light horse always to field its vital role with great precision. the lighthouse keeper has yet to repair the plug marks in the tower left by bullets from the abkhaz georgian conflict. for 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.

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