plans with us. next to join our on it's a regular journey to discover russia taking you this time to the southern city of daraa a true historic jewel on the river. it's always a pleasure to visit the south of russia. to be one of its finest cities. founded on the river at the end of the eighteenth century. and as soon as you write this one lady you really need to go and see. this. catherine and she is the patron saint of. if you

come into. this circle then you come under the same direction for the time. i was ready to get sight see. if you. it's one of the constructions remaining by famous russian engineers. and it's still one of the best places to take. it is often referred to as russia's thomas edison because of the quality of his invention. towers like this fifty years of disuse it is starting to get a little rusty. building but for a panoramic view there are a few better places. climbing maybe hungry but

luckily just a place to go. great sights smells and all these different colors but of course it does help if you have someone who can give you a profit soul. and i had a lunch date with an explicit. rules. well i'm looking forward to a little trip around the market had a few things for me trauma oh yeah. you missed this. could you came from china to study medicine in class and over the last six years she's fully in love with the place. and this one is becoming fluent in the language

she's also got into the local food some of the delicacies here just annoys me an acquired taste. i'm sure that you have never seen it. what. the cool watermelon. show. that. much all right ok that's just me i'm doing yeah i. saw. do feel that there are some things that should be left as nature intended. this case but it's a definite it's. definitely an acquired taste. and should be just certainly get used to christmas in fact she's so fond of her new home she's thinking of staying off to she graduates seeing that people are very kind. and i can just say that i found myself and.

that is a great story. you know james species yeah. yeah i stay right there. alike so let's go by so you're going to get these yeah right will thank you ever so much for showing me around. it's been a great pleasure. and i take back. my list could be due to enjoying the chocolate fix when i headed back outside the weather had cleared up my mind that there was something special going on in the middle of town i just needed to get much. of a change or to go it is around here somewhere but you know what they say if in doubt ask a policeman. because the puzzles. thrown the course of my uniform yes. i do yes. thank you very

much police police. it appears close to those cops get to clean up the streets one can for the environment at the same time i've never seen cars like these for the police and rochelle day a new project yes it's. always seemed to. with police departments have. security ok and even frame all things. if you call at least two calls for us well we. always seem to. be cool. well as you get a window in the back of the police this is definitely the way to go.

thank you very much nice to meet you. and good luck good luck. you know that's what i call a public. i mean the city's central square . was about to begin. these men. and without their ancestors wouldn't exist the land here was originally given to them by empress catherine the great in the late eighteenth century. hundred twenty the city was named. which means catherine's gift. fighters and brilliant swordsman and its reputation they still build on today.

you don't have to have to be trained by these guys but it certainly seems to help you coordination. once more. very good. fencing skills. of course is absolutely part of the make up. somewhere else in the city where you can. since he was

a teenager. created some of. the .

i'm unfortunately can lead to cracks it seems this chunk of damascus steel was going to have to be recycled fortunately i had another developed specimen.

just hammering the. hopes of getting the right. and we just have. to go. get. it is. painful. to get to the right temperature. barring the shouting. you have it. blades. for. most famous soldiers will. be consigned to the history books the people

still show. sons out. especially. for the start of the victory one of the most important meet in the city's racing calendar. number seven. what do you think do you like. the breaking. i had an excellent suggestion on how to spend the time. this is rubik's cube an eight year old stallion who was going to be my riot for the morning but had a few lessons on my trips around. the juggling try. to get rubik up

to a counter. well yes for about thirty seconds and then he decided he'd much rather be doing his own thing. now well it was a good boy. a bit of a puzzle to me. i hope at least i'd have better luck as a spectator and i grabbed a program and headed back to the track but things didn't exactly go away. come on. come on no it's well. it's a really good stuff i missed. a few races in the victory cup was turning into a bit of a personal defeat but then one of my fellow punters gave me a tip. well yes. number three. oh i love.

and with two year old names diamond dumps at school. now that. i got a ride back to the window and i'm even a few rules to the good. with my dogs shoes and my bank balance spent i decided to quit while i was ahead of the horses on the only thing you can race here in france and you're a bit of a speed freak and just down to the bit. like millions of americans i've lost thousands of dollars in retirement funds and i haven't had as bad as many it's not just about them it's about me to. say.

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a report. is the river it's the longest in the northern caucasus so you really comes across a dollar and not paid a visit but you can just take a walk along the water so. you can get to know it and something a little bit speedy. bugler is one of the instructors here at. school he's an eight time russian champion i'm in charge of getting the next generation to follow in his wake but we have got lots of young sportsmen here and international class boats that can go up to one hundred sixty kilometers an hour. as we try to stimulate the children's capacity for work and our members take part in both european and world championships.

it seemed like i was in good hands although i did need some more appropriate clothing. ok more of a racing season and then a wetsuit sort of things to come. and once i got on my life vest it was time to take my seat ok i trust you completely. and my life in this very small and snug contraption. with just a gas pedal and no brakes to worry about it did seem pretty easy to drive and there was at least one quick way to slow down. this little safety line is going to

require pull it. out fingers crossed. this. super. computer quick push from the bank was all. these things you want to come back. for you let me be i said or were to say the ball about because that is incredible who who. joined us have to go through a rather unusual club ritual. but heck a bit of bone needs to finish off russian tradition of the more. i

was about to attend crossing the most to still strong laden event yeah. it's pretty sad to say that the gym and i have never been that close bus they're all people who can teach their own body weights in a day and lift the equivalent of around five big men and if you can do that maybe you can compete in the us in some some competition. and i think. of it here. as one of the guys in charge of it all. before. last and. james believe that you one of the founders of some sort of. you not me.

is the founder of this be concious and you're at the right place because these are the strongest cousin cousin. you get a seat ok. so the game has been training in some since gym and taking part in their events for most twenty years and the toughest guys in the south of russia are here to show. one of the things i love about strong since they get some fairly crazy stuff. that's true that's true this let's just way this gentleman is going to. lift up much so. one hundred feet below one hundred fifty how much do you weigh. you see these big guys this fall that just.

go for had a fee of forty kilos disney. was just. going to help this gentleman. and if the competitors had a little trouble with the point they could still make up for it in the top of. some beautiful places for. just over a century ago this area was nothing. and maybe the old. until they. turned it into.

an old friend of his. son and has been a professor at the local university for more than. forty years and it's literally see in the gardens grow from nothing to what they are today. it's done in a regularly audit pattern like the english style works is that they're all of differing high as you can see and you can find every conceivable form of plant life . in fact there are more than seventy different rare breeds in the gardens and susana was happy to show me some of her favorites. can you feel it. that's right smells. there around twenty full time staff here but they can always do with a hand and that meant i got to put my own tiny sapling in the ground. this

this little maple tree is one of more than forty thousand trees so that by hand and hopefully in a few decades to come it will still be here giving us a. president. unfortunately my time in the city was coming to an end but there was one group of local heroes i really wanted to meet. the people here love the river which runs right through president but it can also be a dangerous place there are up to five accidents a day on the water during the summer season but that's what the rescue service is here for. and i was here to see what sort of challenges they face. once i changed into my official rescue ranger gear we were ready to head on to the

river. and now this is a typical day we are on patrol. they want to do is go down the cuban river all the way to places where bathing is allowed and most importantly where it's not allowed to. the problem is that there is a very strong current in the kugan river and swimming can be very dangerous. some people trying to do it when they're under the influence of alcohol. teenagers over there for instance but as the. they seem to change their minds pretty quickly. too guys are they're just hard to put. between his colleagues normally patrol a forty kilometer stretch but today the public role playing the use of the river. of course it never hurts to issue a gentle reminder to. everyone having a nice time don't go swimming don't go.

see a nobody is going swimming see how impressed they are with our authority. mind you there were two people who did look like they were getting ready to sit. future victims. have been very quiet but things were about to get interesting. well everyone's been doing very well behaved out on the river today but to go as he still needs train which means they need a victim. class monkey and. it's a little difficult to do a good impression of a drowning man in a highly. but i do try my best and that river was no.

no no. but fortunately i was only splashing around for a minute or two before i was free to safety. another soul say by the crows nidal river. rescue service. i definitely recommend the dry sea. mostly because. i was happy to be out of the ocean but i was genuinely sad to be leaving crescent. downside of moscow in st petersburg it's the most modern and well maintained city i've seen in russia and one i think a genuine living. will be looking at the beautiful parks some top schools are next

in or just genuine cosigned culture and hospitality has not done a single. the

british and french leaders visit libya to offer support for the new regime and their warplanes helped put in power meanwhile russia says it's time to lift the un imposed a no fly zone over libya introduced to save civilians as it doesn't help people still trapped in the last remaining khadafi stronghold. poland becomes the third country in the space of a week to confirm its participation in joint missile defense shield plans with the u.s. as washington presses ahead despite moscow's deep concern. billionaire mikhail prokhorov and russia's third richest man has stunned in the right cause party by quitting as leader of the movement he founded just three months ago he criticized russian politics on his departure from the party he was expected to leave in fine.