dynamics. month. welcome back here's a recap of the week's main stories and today's made headlines libyan rebels have turned down a reported offer by all of our devolved need to negotiate a power transfer as they prepare a final autopsy on the colonel's hometown. there's a big shakeup in the russian space agency after the loss of another on mad mission and scientists now rushing to resupply the international space station ever since that disaster. north korean leader kim jong il rolls through cost of russia by trade the first meeting with president medvedev saying the feeling was a resumption of international talks that will bring peace to the peninsula. now

that's not the full story of my release over three million people without power along the u.s. mr seaboard as it slams into new york high winds and heavy downpours at a trail of destruction it's also claimed at least fifty some. and next to some asia where we explore how former soviet republic of the judge's son is ferry twenty years after the fall of the u.s.s.r. . just on a former soviet republic became independent in ninety 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 who flocked to russia from tragic istana loan they

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. ensuring a camel appears on this road running through the hills drive is paused to sign 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. name jude of and his family live two hundred kilometers south of tragic is dan's capital to shine very close to the border with afghanistan he has ten children. there this cow provides for. each member of his family has a particular job to do the mentor in the vines and women do the washing and bake bread while the kids work in the vegetable garden. the majid of the cotton stalks left in a field after harvesting they use them to heat the oven in order to make flat round

cakes the stalks do produce some heat but certainly not sless and firewood does. i carried 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. to 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 will be a helping hand for our family we've got very 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 find its way to to educate stan and then on to russia and europe. in two thousand and ten to get stan's law enforcement ollie's confiscated more than two tons of drugs coming from afghanistan. there are closely need roots of criminals who are different members of a particular role to play they include masterminds traffickers your betweens. and consumers. the whole network is a will the world machine. police in the whole amount of confiscated heroin into a special the burra tree 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 laboratory staff discovered heroin tucked away inside dried grapes.

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 permian 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 mountains 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 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 nine hundred ninety seven the country has not yet been able to repair the damage done. one of the biggest problems interjected 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 abdu karim's family have to bring it from

a nearby village and even then it's only fit for drinking after it has been boiled . at the water is turn kilometers away. bring fifty cans of water by will barrel. sometimes or get the darky to do the hauling it makes the job easier. locals in the village of can do it she entergy has done south of build the water reservoir children of the most frequent visitors here there's a vision in this country is that the children i would usually supply their households with water over time 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 a watering hole. there is so warranties in 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 that is town's water supply systems have fallen into disrepair today the government marks funds for the construction of water pipelines local businessmen to have been attempting to build some but the problem still persists regardless. as you can see animals roam around the place leaving their waste behind people use filthy vessels for water reservoirs not covered by a thing of the water is not this infected with the risk is enormous here people may be taken ill with diarrhea typhoid advertisers and other water borne diseases.

several million tantrik men are 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. for. 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. they get there were almost in moscow.

on. 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 a sum is equal to half of the educate stands g.d.p. . and titian by express has arrived in moscow. migrants will begin looking for new jobs the very next day. if.

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yes. there. is but a few other of his a small village ten kilometers from moscow workers from countries of the c.i.s. a building country houses here. i remind them. this is radio to take a stand where they are for you every day and every hour. after breakfast the

workers sits about plastering the walls while on the job a conversation turns to its educate son and the hardships 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. but otherwise she could of another worker from touching his stance 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 tajik village are looking forward to his homecoming in time for the ceremony. 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 it. now two hundred guests are invited to a wedding ceremony intended to stand 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 major cities receive uninterrupted elektra zizi supplies the situation showed a marked improvement following the commissioning of the russian built sank to the hydroelectric power plant in the country's south the opening ceremony in two thousand and nine was attended by the presidents of russia and tragic is done. russian companies owned the bulk of the power plants shares after the plant went on

line electricity shortages dropped by fifteen percent. a plant has paved the way for economic progress in tajikistan which had been held back by energy shortages in the past 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. and sank to the power plant also significantly boosted the job market for local specialists. hello. generators today and 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 and dish on bay makes even is from semiprecious stones move for a while have out of design it to revive this engine tangy can be graphed several years ago onyx amethyst lapis lazuli and cords become something more than just rocks and his hands each month the factory process is two tonnes of raw materials. needed medical that we make such bowls vases and candlesticks each item has a name. this bowl for example is called a high yama. 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 stone. zeven is made at this factory a kitchen many museums around the world many heads of state have items made of tragic semiprecious stones in a collections. that. was. there that. was. the bride and groom in the village of so full intensity stands north has just been showered with gifts. the biggest surprise is the appearance of passer by should call off the father of the bride. he's just arrived from moscow. that. was.

better by is back welcome home as a by. the. mayo law give me happiness. oh just look at my daughter that. tangent wedding 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. may allah bring happiness to the bright and they should be a wonderful housekeeper be happy together that i don't mind and when everybody starts to dance the bride is supposed to push ahead down and sulk. and the wedding wouldn't have taken place if present by she could of the master of the house have prolonged his stay in moscow i think we're going to take the bride to be . i granted

a 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 shop. and get. down to. the town of junked entergy stands north and so home to sell tung normark mother of the country's most celebrated henry craftsman his family makes knives using

a technique that goes back at least five hundred years at the moment so tan son is in a workshop. all three of us make knives. as well as our father. welder brother has a workshop in the city. he works there with our younger brother. as. the old master stays at home most of the time he looks after his grandson he recalls that he has made several thousand nine times his creations are used by people all over the world and. the. three zones and also was the country can't exist without cheney craftsman. the thought that any craft is a nation's culture and its face. in life we were card

always live in the cleansing. that what if we are lazy chances are we will live in poverty even in paradise there read it for a blacksmith fills 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 are courage to us that want to be 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 tangent 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 done today military men live in

the garrison with their families and is effectively a part of the russian territory. troop commanders are to report on where the weapons and personnel are in complete order standard sees the weapons that ammunition and personnel of the command center are present and correct. the a ring which tracks objects in outer space is situated in the foothills of the premier 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 sensor the eyes of russian space force. the 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 or dust. electro optical reconnaissance center is said to be russia's most valuable military installation in the republic of georgia is done there is similar sensors monitoring the universe in other countries too but this one is much better suited to observations because of its location a 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 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. we go hiking picnic by the river and visit historical and cultural places in the.

locals living near the garrison want to work here as 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 mansion a boat. now that 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 by the international monetary fund predicting forthcoming growth and sometimes industries but even if he does he has no time to waste anything feed his family here and now.

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