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louver ability mostly aviation decent to the marks of moscow's lead free in this era in technology leisure here on r.g.p. we've dumped a few jerk coverage. of the back there with aren't you coming to live from moscow these are the top stories because rebel forces have stormed colonel gadhafi his compound in tripoli and once again claim doubt control of the city but get out the loyalists continue their armed resistance was your leader of fowling and fight to the death. news just in russian investigators say they have information about who ordered the murder of the prominent russian journalist holocaust five years ago this follows tuesday's arrest of a former witness in a case retired senior police official suspected of working in izing the killing.
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and north korea's leader is in russia for the first time in almost a decade with an unusually open foreign visit by the russian president dmitri we gather for him jarrell have just begun talks after which it's believed he'll head back to north korea. so that line here in ours will be back with its help the hour next though will bring your a special record that looks at life in the former soviet republic off to drink to stand in central asia twenty years after of the collapse of the soviet union. tragedies don a former soviet republic became independent in one nine hundred ninety one. that were an independent state is important but it's only good as long as it's backed by economic performance. unemployment is the greatest issue in this independent central asian country meaning one and a half million migrant workers flock to russia from tragic east on the loan they
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have left their country to feed their families. after the breakup of the soviet union we had a very hard time but then we somehow learned to take things in stride. the situation got even worse following the devastating civil war that broke out during the first years of independence the nation still healing its wounds even a decade on the problems are numerous from drug trafficking from neighboring afghanistan to acute shortages of electricity and drinking water. each morning a camel appears on this road running from the hills drive his paws beside the
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animal to feed it. now it needs something to eat it. local say the camels owner deliberately turns the animal out there's no food for it in the man's household. emoji dove and his family live two hundred kilometers south of digitas dance capital to shun very close to the border with afghanistan he has ten children. this cow provides for. each member of his family has a particular job to drink the men trim the vines and women do the washing and bake bread while the kids work in the vegetable garden. images of gather cotton stalks left in a field after harvesting they use them to heat the oven in order to make flat round
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cakes the stalks do produce some heat but certainly much less than firewood does. cut it out get on with it. like. many times the peasants live below the poverty line. some don't have jobs at all others barely scrape by. when abdul karim is elder sons are old enough to earn a living they'll be sense of broad to look for a job. my brother has left russia to work there he will be a helping hand from the family we've got there a little money. social problems create fertile breeding ground for crime an increasing number of people have fallen prey to drug dealers they use them to traffic narcotics across the border with afghanistan through the so-called northern route. from my family still
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on heroin finds its way to take a stand and then on to russia and europe. in two thousand and ten digits tons law enforcement bodies confiscated more than two tons of drugs coming from afghanistan . there are we need of criminals who are different members have a particular rules apply. they include masterminds traffickers go betweens receive pins and consumers. the whole network is a will of the world machine. police in the whole amount of confiscated heroin into a special of oratory here it becomes clear that drug traffickers are willing to resort to any trick to make sure their supply gets through in one of the consignments laborde free staff discovered heroin tucked away inside dried grapes.
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these reasons were soaked in water before hand sued receipts could be removed then tiny packets of herion were inserted in the they is. the republic of tajikistan is situated in the foothills of the pami range in central asia it is a landlocked country bordering afghanistan in the south as biggest on in kyrgyzstan in the north and west and china to the east the country significantly lacks major transport routes due to its vast distance from the sea. cover ninety three percent of the country's terrain. stone is regarded as one of the world's poorest countries according to the international monetary fund half of its population subsists on less than two dollars a day the country's difficult economic situation is largely the result of the civil war which lasted from one nine hundred ninety two to ninety ninety seven. the standoff began here on the square. it was called freedom square at the time.
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we lost our political identity it was a time when we were seen as wild savages fighting one another. for several years after the collapse of the soviet union various political clans intention to stand well locked in a bitter power struggle according to official figures the armed conflict cost one hundred thousand lives the country found itself on the verge of a humanitarian and economic disaster although the civil war ended in one thousand nine hundred seven the country has not yet been able to repair the damage done. one of the biggest problems interject is done is a shortage of drinking water. according to international humanitarian agencies nearly half of the country's population has no access to fresh water. each
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day members of abu kellems family have to bring it from a nearby village even then and only fit for drinking after it has been boiled. at the water is turn kilometers away and bring fifty cans of water by will barrow. sometimes or get a donkey to do the whole thing it makes the job easier rather. locals in the village of can do chey entergy is down south have built a water reservoir children of the most frequent visitors here there's a vision in this country is that the children i would judy supply their households with water. on one hand do you come here for what eric. yes. how often. each morning. people fill up their pails and cans while animals use the reservoir as
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a watering hole. very surreal warranties and poor condition because too many villagers come here from all over to take water it will have to be fixed again when spring comes around. since independence came twenty years ago that is town's water supply systems have fallen into disrepair today the government earmarks funds for the construction of water pipelines local businessmen to have been attempting to build something but the problem still persists regardless. as you can see animals roam around the place leaving their waist behind people use filthy vessels for water the reservoir is not covered by anything other water is not disinfected the risk is enormous air people may be taken ill with diarrhea typhoid ever taters and other water borne diseases.
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several million tantrik men a separated from their families. a lack of money compels them to look for jobs in other countries most of the migrant workers had to russia. the decision by moscow line is almost always filled to capacity. most of the passengers a young men many of them are likely to get employment in russian cities as street cleaners loaders or construction workers. for the money to feed my family seven people all in all of course there's a household to maintain back home cowen a vegetable garden i'm going to be marrying off my daughter soon i also need to finish my house in short i need money. to. pay and get out we're almost in moscow.
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from. a muscovites go to europe to earn money because their salaries in moscow are too low for them we go to moscow for work. it's profitable for us to work there. if they're lucky enough to find a job these people will be able to send money home in a month's time according to the european bank of reconstruction and development each year migrant workers transfer about two billion u.s. dollars to their relatives the sum is equal to half of tajikistan's g.d.p. . addition by express has arrived in moscow. township migrants will begin looking for new jobs the very next day. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get the human
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voice face to face with the news makers take. as you know song was sixteen years old on communities mars that's not to say that song solar should not be honest for his crimes so on is being honest no rational person can deny that saw has been honest is being honest and will be honest. as ours must be executed for the brutal crime committed this is a punishment this is not even. imagine. that it's. because we've been immersed know me whatsoever. how i didn't come here ask justice. can heard the rumors. start our business. model martin.
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a small village ten kilometers from moscow workers from countries of the c.i.s. building country houses here. i remind them. i am. this israel you think you can stand where they are for you every day in every hour. after breakfast the workers sit about plastering the walls while on the job the conversation turns to stan and the hardships they went through bank home. if i had enough money i wouldn't have come here i would not have left my kids behind their growing up without a father it was better during the soviet union. my dream is to earn enough money to build a house and buy a car on. buzz otherwise she
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could of another worker from tajikistan has already earned enough for a wedding ceremony he wants to marry his daughter of by has been building houses in russia for six years now people living in a far away tragic village are looking forward to his homecoming in time for the ceremony. father somehow decided against buying any particular gift for my daughter molly's the most precious gift also new to her so that she can buy what she chooses with. the two hundred guests are invited to a wedding ceremony in tajikistan a special law forbids any more from attending in rural areas wearing ceremonies are held in the daytime some locals say this is a long running tradition others maintain that this is because villages are often subjected to power cuts.
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only major cities receive uninterrupted electricity supplies the situation showed a marked improvement following the commissioning of the russian built sank to the hydroelectric power plant in the country south of the opening ceremony in two thousand and nine was attended by the presidents of russia and take his down. russian companies own the bulk of the power plants shares after the plant went on line electricity shortages dropped by fifteen percent. of the plant has paved the way for economic progress in tajikistan which have been held back by energy shortages as for russia it will be able to enter new markets considering that to take a stand shares a border with afghanistan a country suffering from massive energy shortages.
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the sank to the power plants are also significantly boost in the job market for local specialists. hello. generators two and three are on generator for ease and standby mode all actual parameters on the warm all. the hydro power plants has also given small enterprises a chance to develop. this factory in dition bay makes even is from semi precious stones and for a while how about of design it survive these ancient times it can be graphed several years ago on ics amethyst lapis lazuli and of course become something more
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than just rocks in his hands each month the factory process is two tons of roll materials. needed but little of it we make such bowls vases and candlesticks each item has a name. this bowl for example is called a high yama. truslow we feel this is a good way of promoting our products all sorts of crystal balls currently in vogue we focus on lapis lazuli light it's regarded as our national service. souvenir is made at this factory a kitchen many museums around the world many heads of state have items made of touch examine precious stones in a collections. that i. think that. the bride and groom in the village of so falls into g.q.
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stands north have just been showered with gifts. the biggest surprise is the appearance of basil by chicago of the father of the bride. he's just arrived from moscow. that the. president by is back welcome home as a. male largely happening as. oh just look at my daughter and. tangy equating ceremonies have very old traditions for instance the male and female guests each p.l.l. in separate rooms this is always followed by a prayer this may allah bring happiness to the great lakes should be
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a wonderful housekeeper be happy to get it back. and when everybody starts to dance the bride supposed to put her head down and sulk. but the wedding wouldn't have taken place as president by she could of the master of the house and prolong to stay in moscow i think we're going to take some right to divide. i grow today everything is as it should be they have been waiting for me because i am the boss here there will be no weddings without me around everybody thanked me for coming on time. after lunch everybody goes to the bridegroom's house to continue the celebrations there is not enough room indoors so most of the guests gather in the courtyard the party continues well past dusk and ends at ten pm shot.
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dead at. the town of who jumped into the stands north it's home to sell tongue normark nod of the country's most celebrated handicrafts month his family makes knives using a technique that goes back at least five hundred years at the moment so tan son is in the workshop. all three of us make knives. as well as our father. wailed her brother has a workshop in the city. he works there with our younger brother. was. the old master stays at home most of the time he looks of the his grandson he
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recalls that he has made several thousand lifetimes his creations are used by people all over the world in the. at the. cities on and also was the country can't exist without handicrafts man. myth like any craft is a nation's culture and its face. but if we work hard we will always live in plenty. but if we are lazy chances are we will live in poverty even in paradise he's there read it free blacks and he sells his knives as an old market in the town of who jumped. much like his ancestors did hundreds of years ago. i was proud of my soviet citizenship if you're occurred to us that one day we might wake up faced with power cuts or no
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milk in the shop. an electro optical telescope or a facility was built in a tragic mountains way back in soviet times the russian space force refers to it simply as the window. after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. this military facility became part of independent tench it is done today military men live in the garrison with their families and is effectively a part of the russian territory. the commanders are to report on where the weapons and personnel are in complete order standard seize the weapons ammunition and personnel of the command center are present and correct. the a raid which tracks objects in outer space is situated in the foothills of the permian range at an altitude of two thousand two hundred meters above sea level. there are
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unique telescopes in these very cool domes they scan the universe in three dimensions military people call this reconnaissance sensor the eyes of russian space force. the station is unique in the during the night a construct space objects at a range of eighteen to thirty five thousand kilometers. that's been built here because visibility in the sky is much better than anywhere else most of the nights are clear with no precipitation or dust electro optical reconnaissance center is said to be russia's most valuable military installation in the republic of turkey stan there is a similar sense as monitoring the universe in other countries too but this one is much better suited to observations because of its location the second unit has reached the outpost we are ready for hand over. and over committed. under a governor who came to the space tracking station after finishing vocational school
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he enjoys working at a place with such a unique geographical position many russian military men dream of being stationed here. i work twenty four hours and then have three days off i spend this time with my family. when we go hiking picnic by the river and visit historical and cultural places in jerusalem by. locals living near the garrison want to work here is well. another secret building is situated a few kilometers from a telescope array here that is dan's president. has built a villa for himself but only a handful of people are aware of the existence of his mountain abode.
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now that his daughter's wedding is behind him as a bicycle rove is heading to russia again to build more houses. he's unlikely to know anything about reports by the international monetary fund predicting forthcoming growth and sometimes industries but even if he does he has no time to waste he needs to feed his family here and now. you will be clients a while before the transit worker sees his family again. more
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