let's talk about it with off the live from moscow with. a quick recap now stories of this week the british or street riots that led to over three thousand arrests turn into a clash of police about how they handled the violence and looting that officers are turning there and go on the government for seeking help from a veteran of american history. the u.s. gets a downgrade of its top notch credit suffers from a major ratings agency a country a negative economic output the movie shock waves through global markets. this week

. on south ossetia modest three years this week since georgia's a deadly military police attempt to regain control of the territory resulted in a five day war and claimed hundreds of innocent lives. i know of more on how the republic of south ossetia is still recovering from a brutal attack by georgian forces it's an hour special report coming your way right now we're not. self a settee allies in the heart of the caucasus between europe and asia. every day the sun rises over high mountains and cities built many centuries ago still retain their unique history. ultrasound draco's o.b.f. goes for a job every morning. that most of the sun

my homelands my p.c. and your streams gardens on your land. have always made us so happy. from the hilltop you can fit the south the settee and capital of involved in the palm of his hand moments like this filling with inspiration face next work. the republic of south a city alone is in the caucasus and borders russia to the north and georgia to the south west and east. mountains cover ninety percent of south the city is territory which is more than a thousand meters above sea level involved is its capital the trams caucasian highway which connects russia to georgia and armenia runs through the city.

after his morning run artist andre returns to his studio it is crammed with his works he's never been short of creative ideas except for the time his native land became the scene of an armed conflict back then was the last thing on his mind. we're willing to give the moments where it's so humid looked at my work especially during the war because obviously i was preoccupied with other things my life follies also changed if the vilest i thought it was never going to end which is. an easy relations between georgia and the set here started in the late one nine hundred eighty s. they became under a vague did after georgia withdrew from the u.s.s.r. the deputies of the south the city involvement passed a resolution on states over again in september nine hundred ninety eight which georgia refused to recognize since then georgia has been seeking unification with

south the city. on the ninth from august the seventh to almost the eighth two thousand and eight georgian troops began shelling skin by the military units were forced to leave the country as a result of the russian peacekeeping operation afterwards russia recognized south ossetia as an independent state. in august two thousand and eight leyla today over and her young daughters spent five days in this placement together with another five hundred people. at the residence of skin and underground when the town came under attack just discussed as the comes now it seems to me that outside on the street the whole thing is going to start a new house of course it's bad memory but in fact we all love this basement because

it helps us to stay alive. to condor was only nine when the war broke out she was frightened but didn't show her fear in order to not upset her mother the neighbor lauer was constantly by the family's side. georgian greatest concern was the georgian soldiers would shoot her first because of the fact that she was living in a set here there was no food or water in the basement the underground inhabitants spent several days totally unaware of what was happening above ground and in constant fear for their lives and i knew. the georgians they will stay on the street you know they were shooting from this machine. they thought there was an abandoned house here that they were sure there was no one day that there were incidents when they threw grenades into the basement. with or i will never forget

the noise the whole time. and it got closer and then we heard an explosion really it never crossed our minds that it was from a missile launcher. or. took a pencil and a single sheet of paper with him to the basement down there she drew sketches of everything around her. measuring the clean air in black central initially children they only store it out why such a link can't. show it was done. all night only shown in from that place so we'll select some candles. condor is attending a master class and drawing at an art school instead involves self-possession fainter tama lens coverage of who's well known here has invited you conned and

other talented youngsters to attend the master class today he's showing the children his own painting it's filled with bullet damage from august two thousand and eight. to groove in square during the georgian invasion shells and shrapnel destroyed many paintings for levy would it in euros be discarding the blues or should those old brilliant works for ruin explosion look or go for witnesses say debate ends with submachine guns and just riddle the paintings with bullet holes. but today the artist wants his pupils to choose the peaceful same for their drawings. to have. the full girl you're all that's

a great idea to fill the picture with birds entire world of dull desert a rainbow is lots of bright colors. the silver i don't see one through remember bad things after the war. some of the tools and i hope that everything. we'll leave grades i'm colorful. all . right newsroom's now doom houses in post wall street involved. they have replaced the old ones that were damaged during the ball. roll to sell to be repackaged almost every building carries a trace of the conflict. the

parliament building downtown was almost completely destroyed. here this is the middle close of the building the second floor. they used to be an organ hole here. it was very badly damaged during the military hostilities and two thousand eight. hundred almost nothing is left except for a concrete carcass. over an was one of a kind of gun it was burned to cinders. severin of rules of the wood for. the many residents who were left homeless in two thousand and eight have already moved into new apartments in this neighborhood was constructed by moscow builders for. the family of. lives in a new house in the village of to get fifteen kilometers from skin.

i know house used to stand at the supply school it was completely destroyed during the war the only some timber is a last ditch the bones hit the house and tore it apart the fistula. alina took shelter with the family in a trailer for two years. well lived in this wagon for two years before we built this house for us so that's where we live now. here we do our house chores. a year ago pollini moved into a new two story house then it's hard for me to imagine what it would have lived if they hadn't built a new house for her as. there is no peace in the village of tippit where police

lives once upon a time she wouldn't even let her daughter play in the cool job. goals of the elders favorite placings. hopes that before long a child will forget all about will.

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. q. for many years people in involved were more concerned with survival at a time when they faced a blockade and shelling with peace returned scientists also came back to the city they hope to make lots of discoveries in this anxious land historians call the capital of south a setia a car advice for archaeologists. but the move. authority and king gave us down its urban status seventeen hundred years ago that was in the year two hundred sixty five. needless to say there are very many underground passages beneath this down. this they were used by civilians the place was in fact as if the enforcer of the year for the evil of. the tops of old fortresses and watch towers rise from behind the mountains in every direction from. the ancestors

of modern necessity and settled in these parts in the eighteenth century. it was a must to build fortifications in every village there are about five hundred watchtowers in self-assembly are. some of the family that i'm not have a watchtower was not considered to be a family in the seventeenth eighteenth century believe that such a family would vanish sooner or later as a result of internal and external factors such as morsy and vendettas. this watchtower is located not far from the town of christ it was built and gourds nearby they extracted the stones for construction from the local mountains the builders processed the rocks laid them and used egg white as mostly. both the. towers were built and square of the hermit like shit. with the board every

floor had eight arrows slits of the two for each wall to provide a better view this way they could shoot more precisely. this tower had at least five floors of metaphysical. wall a just as well as historians take an interest in the walls of the ancient towers in the monasteries. that he may go by f. is a contributor to south the set he has read the book of rare and endangered animals and will soon be published here on the rocks lizards can be spotted they creep out of the cracks to warm up in the sun. yes shoot from of the world not very many people were so scared of lizards that they panic when they see one way up for your popular belief is that lizards will bite you on ok watch my fingers all there is no

blood on it not even one drop of which it was one of the lizards can buy it through a scanner in yours. studies the regions from. the buzzard hovering over the river is a predatory bird normally it feeds on gophers and mice but now it has a different vision mind. it's a plain freshwater crab there aren't many of them out here in few know that we have . female crabs sometimes have caviar here of these are young ones most certainly don't have any you know. the settee and freshwater crabs are on the verge of extinction because of predators and people some eat them mate others breed them at home in aquariums. believes crabs should definitely be entered into the red book.

this is the asian scorpion which is also facing extinction it inhabits a small area near south the city has capital. population has drastically dropped in recent years because of the mass capture of the terrariums oh i didn't know about all i found a pregnant female who. was happy in their lives when she gives birth to her young ones to climb on her back to feed their for a while and then they start fending for themselves. during the spring mating period the scorpions poison is especially dangerous mostly pets fall victim to their stings but sometimes even people are attacked flemmi ago by a suggest establishing a small nature reserve in the school p.m.'s habitat it will help protect skin valves residents and help secure the future of an entire species of resco pm the

seventy minute video they lived alongside dennis was many years ago most of those species from that era have since perished in the scorpions have survived to the day with your board. to manage a budding p.f. is travelling to the west of self is that here he's been invited by village residents who want to participate in ecological tourism. when visitors arrive hostesses of one of the homes prepares special pies in south asensio no meal can go without them. as it is you could argue sure delivered in addition it was a certain prize that comforted those with meat and cabbage that's not easy rowsley their field the cheese and greens see of mars in my senate run is with ketchup that are like that she's a mom to me on those are no good. for

a settee and supplies are more than just food it is a special dish for celebrations they make a countless number for funerals only to today the hostess is prepared three with cheese potatoes and greens. for. its. cover. oh. let's put them in i'm a young lady and you're doing a good job. while the women make pies the homeowner meets the guests. hi go to good haven't seen you for quite a while. come on in oh oh oh brings. in the burning hot of the pies quickly turn brown then they take them out and butter them.

i need to talk to you. come in come in. how are you doing to summer's almost here it's getting warmer will be making hay soon the family is getting ready to make a. bring someone. and. the line and freshly baked pies a pair of the table. would never turn a high over when you cut it loose and you don't turn it around either. otherwise they say grace will turn away from you at the. thirty kilometers north. is one of the most beautiful places in the area that i have never been any industrial facilities here there are no paved roads. lists often come here to wander through the alpine tundra looking for rare flowers to use

in infusions. i would gather well known plants like time oregon a rose breeze with a lady's mantle. sage and even bilberries. varies and leaves we have a big selection of levels. great great grandfather used to live here family legend has it that he too was a list he collected plants treated people with infusions and reportedly lived to be one hundred forty years old has never been any war in the gorge where people collect. the village of a goat on the contrary is right on the border between georgia and south of setia. in the past it used to take the local residents an entire day to cover the fifteen

kilometers between skin involve a dead village. the village was in the occupation zone for nice needs you know two thousand and eight three. has always been a necessity in enclaves surrounded on all saw inspired georgian villages. with georgian government police and special forces here. people living longer lived there. for. nowadays and now to be love can have a family business he and his son keep bees. for gathering honey. is the young beads of a cake he sells here and then. the rest of the bees do better they collect the honey. that's right. little comes.

off. and the lady of the house looks after chickens. living in the country in a village is no easy life. they feed the chickens and help their father in the household. the logistical denia diet has come to the so-called natural reserve known as the largest reserve in the south caucasus the park's flora includes peach older and oak trees as well as various species of conifer the reserve southern front here borders on an artificial lake. recently

a reserve attendant came across an abandoned row cough that was starving to death. into the cow foam and successfully nursed it back to health. where fit in a good kind of milk is it its natural melanoma it must think you're its mama and i see it is letting your fingers oh yes she has really gotten used to me bloody major pyatt says the cough will probably have to stay with humans now we're in a pen next to the house it has already become domesticated if it were returned to the wild it might easily fall prey to carnivores. if it's someone you know what it's there is a road here and the smallest species of deer that live in a republic of millenia we also have the caspian red area but one of the larger species of the deer family. skin volved. a downtown area is commonly referred to as the jewish quarter and still features some

houses that date back several centuries. old that that would go both wrists house hears from the nineteenth century it was built by jewish merchants in soviet times this was a shock and just before the war this house accommodated a jewish community center folk it was very beautiful. but if the streets of the involved archeologists of discovered numerous tunnels which sprawl the length of the city where those underground passages lead is still a mystery. but it's still poses one of those tunnels which practically run over the city in olden days there used to be a tunnel beneath every house but these underground passageways probably stretched as far as a edge of the city and then head of them why even across the river in all this one here we haven't fully on earth yet oh i have done almost ten meters deep and there's still no end in sight and we need to.

cut the skin vaults the children are painting these young artists were born during the hearts of the georgian ascension trammell only in the past three years have they finally begun living in peace. destroying features apart with children hanging out in plain. cunt the sun is shining. through and i think civilly it's just too soon it's cheerful. snoopy's trouble there. everything is bright and colorful. is my joy my brother and myself we are all out in our courtyard and skill involved playing together a book i wanted to help write a callus that because i do. to c.c. invalid you can fast food so i don

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