now it's five thirty pm here in the russian capital here with r.t. with me sushi a recap now the top stories here heavy gunfire near tripoli's a rich source hotel where around thirty five journalists are reportedly being held by government fighters and the rebel controlled khadafi compound meantime is crawling with loyalist snipers. north korea will consider halting a nuclear test if the six party talks are resumed so says the country's elusive leader on a rare trip to russia. iran of files a lawsuit against russia over its refusal to supply the s three hundred

a mobile missile systems iran says they don't fall under a u.n. resolution preventing the weapons imports. that russian investigators say they now know who ordered the murder of investigative journalist anna politkovskaya and follows the rest of a former senior russian police officer suspected of organizing the crime. well do stay with us here in our next hour a special report looks at life in the former soviet republic of touch you can start in central asia now twenty years after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . tench it is done 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 to stand alone they have left their country to feed their families. after the breakup of the soviet union we had a very hard trying 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 through the hills drive his cause beside the animal to feed it. now it needs something to eat. 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 digital stands 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 a mentor in the vines and women do the washing and bake bread while the kids work in the vegetable garden. the majority of gather

cotton stalks left in a field off the harvesting they use them to heat the oven in order to make flats round cakes and stalks to produce some heat but certainly much less than firewood does. carried out you know that it. is. going to have to come in many tangent peasants live below the poverty line . some don't have jobs at all others barely scrape by. do karim's elder sons are old enough to earn a living they'll be censored brought to look for a job. my brother has left for russia to work there he will be a helping hand for my family we've got their 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 afghanistan heroin finds its way to educate stan and then on to russia and europe. in two thousand and ten to law enforcement bodies confiscated more than two tons of drugs coming from afghanistan. closely need of criminals who are different from members of a particular role to play they include masterminds traffickers go betweens resequence and consumers. the whole network is a will world machine. police in the whole amount of confiscated heroin to special the 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 and so i dried grapes

. in that these reasons were soaked in water before hand so the seeds could be removed and then tiny packets of herion were inserted in the place. the republic of tragic istana situated in the foothills of the pannier range in central asia it is a landlocked country bordering afghanistan in the south as beck is done 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. stan 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 a 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. 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 interject a stand well looked 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 intelligence is stan 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

day members of abu karim's family have to bring it from a nearby village and even then it's only fifteen drinking after it has been boiled . at the water is turned kilometers away. bring fifty cans of water by will barrel. sometimes they get the donkey to do the hauling it makes the job easier. locals in the village of can do chey intelligent is down south of built a water reservoir children of the most frequent visitors here as addition in this country is that the children i would judy supply their households with water. and do you come here for what aired. yes. and how often. each morning. people fill up their pails and cans while

animals use a reservoir as a watering hole. there is surreal warriors and poor condition because too many villagers come here from all over it to take water it will have to be fixed again when spring comes around. since independence came twenty years ago the stones water supply systems have fallen into disrepair today the government earmarks funds for the construction of water pipelines local businessmen to i've been attempting to build some but the problem still persists for dauntless. as you can see animals roam around the place leaving their waste behind people use filthy vessels for water the reservoirs not covered by anything and the water is not this infected with the risk is enormous here people may be taken ill with diarrhea typhoid meditators and other water borne diseases.

several million tangy come in a separated from their families. a lack of money compels them to look for jobs in other countries most of the migrant workers have 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. from. the need to feed my family seven people all in all of course there's a household to maintain back home the caliber instable garden i'm going to be marrying off my daughter soon i also need to finish my house and short i need money . a year we're almost in moscow.

the muscovites go to europe to earn money because their salaries in moscow are too low for the we'll 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 the stands g.d.p. . conditioned by express has arrived in moscow. 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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a small village ten kilometers from moscow workers from countries of the c.i.s. building country houses here. i remind them. this is a radio did you can stand where they are for you every day and every hour. after breakfast the work is it's about plastering the walls woma job conversation sense that subject is song and the haunch ips they went through back 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. as either by sheer

could of another worker from to educate stand has already earned enough for a wedding ceremony he wants to marry his daughter of buzzard a boy has been building houses in russia for six years now people living in a faraway 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 only to her so that she can buy what she chooses with it. after one hundred guests are invited to a wedding ceremony interjected stant a special law forbids any more from attending in rural areas wedding 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.

only in major cities receive uninterrupted elektra's e supplies the situation showed a marked improvement following the commissioning of the russian built sank to the hydroelectric power plant in a country south the opening ceremony in two thousand and nine was attended by the presidents of russia and tactic is done. russian companies own the bulk of the power plants shares. after the plans went online electricity shortages dropped by fifteen percent. 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. thanks.

sank to the power plant also significantly boosting the job market for local specialists. hello. generators student three are on generator for ease and standby mode all actual parameters on the normal. the hydro power plant has also given small enterprises a chance to develop. this factory in duchenne bay makes even is from semi precious stones and for a while how about of design it to revive this engine tangy candy graft several years ago on ics amethyst lapis lazuli and of course become something more than

just rocks and his hands each month the factory process is two tonnes of raw materials. to live but it will be we make such bowls vases and candlesticks each item has a name. this poll for example is called a high alma. we feel this is a good way of promoting our products all sorts of crystal bowls currently in vogue we focus on lepas lousy light that's regarded as our national stir. zeven 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 sort of fall into education

stands north of just being showered with gifts. the biggest surprise is the appearance of passer by she called off the father of the bright. he's just arrived from moscow. that. was. better by is back welcome home as i. think. that. may allah give you happiness. oh just look at my daughter can i. tell jake wedding ceremonies have very old traditions for instance the male and female guests each p.l.l. and separate rooms this is always followed by a prayer. may allah bring happiness to the bright lay should be

a wonderful housekeeper be happy together that i don't mind and when everybody starts to dance the bride is supposed to put her head down and sulk. when the wedding wouldn't have taken place if present by she could of the master of the house have prolonged his stay in moscow. we are going to take the bride to the. i granted the 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.

dead and. i doubt it. was. the town of junt entergy stands north it's home to sell tongue normark mother of the country's most celebrated handy craftsman 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. my elder brother has a workshop in the city. he works there with our younger brother. that's. the old master stays at home most of the time he looks after his grandson he

recalls that he has made several thousand nine thousand his lifetime his creations are used by people all over the world and. i did a series on it and also was the country can't exist without cheney craftsmen. we thought that any craft is a nation's culture in its face. but in life we work hard who 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 for a blacksmith 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 there were a courage or was that one to you we might wake up faced with power cuts or no 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 tantric is done today military men live in the garrison with their families and is effectively a part of the russian territory. through commanders are to report on where the weapons and personnel are in complete order standard sees the weapons and ammunition and personnel of the command center are present and correct. the a ray 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 unique telescopes in these very cool domes they scan the universe in three dimensions military people call this reconnaissance center the eyes of russia space force. station is unique in the during the night it can spot space objects at a range of eighteen to thirty five thousand kilometers. it's been built here because visibility in the sky is much better than anywhere else most of the nights are clear with no precipitation all dust electro optical reconnaissance center is said to be russia's most valuable military installation in the republic of georgia is done there are similar centers 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 government came to the space tracking station after finishing vocational school

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. we go hiking picnic by the river and visit historical and cultural places in just one day the. locals living near the garrison want to work here is wealthy. another secret building is situated a few kilometers from a telescope array here stands president. has built a villa for himself but only a handful of people are aware of the existence of his mansion a boat. with. now

his daughter's wedding is behind him as a bicycle of he's heading to russia again to build more houses. he's unlikely to know anything about reports for the international monetary fund predicting forthcoming growth and sometimes he kinda stres but even if he does he has no time to waste any civilities family here and now. you will be quite a while before the transit worker ceases family and then. most

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