video on demand cheese mine old girls. are as is feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. nine pm here in moscow my name's kevin oh you're watching out internationally for the company tonight these are our top stories for you greece is rushing to reassure investors that it's worthy of the next bailout batch as the prime minister says athens is doing all it can be cut costs but says george prepares for talks with the euro zone's may lead to germany. in syria government forces reportedly storm a key opposition town after pounding it overnight with heavy machine gun fire moscow's calling on both sides to end the talks to stop the violence while rejecting western sanctions and avoid a repeat of the libyan scenario. and violence flares up

a breakaway kosovo set of course of an serbs have been injured in a disputed border crossing in an exchange of fire between protesters and nato peacekeepers. that stole this shallow report from a stone yet it's uncomfortable relationship with its soviet. because. this is the only place in the world where to an ancient fool to sit stand so close to each other. in the middle ages russia's border run along the shore and with the over his head that even boards an old russian fortress was built opposite nanda a living room castle. in the mid twentieth century hysteria was part of the soviet union a friendship bridge looked at some towns novel and even go out in a french form to single municipality the common infrastructure and transport system

a stallion is an russians lived here side by side when a stony achieved independence in one thousand nine hundred one of the along another over liver was reinstated the so-called friendship fridge and came a checkpoint with flags of change of front states once again flying over the old fortresses. the forests to no one independence in one thousand nine hundred one the struggle for secession from the soviet union in this republic was exceptionally peaceful.

the country managed to avoid bloodshed that was characteristic of its baltic neighbors if and when you're not feeling. well that this is the historical wide hall of parliament. came here in. the late summer of one thousand nine hundred one to declare recognition of the three baltic republics with yeltsin said here flanked by the chairman of their parliaments government off represented latvia. from lithuania in early chill from a store nia he also made a speech here he signed three treaties with the baltic states. estonian historian mark lara began his struggle for his country's independence in the mid 1980's he organized intraparty numerous acts of protest. the most high profile of them was the famous both that way. on august the twenty third

one thousand eight hundred nine people in the three soviet baltic republics of lithuania latvia and the stonier formed a six hundred kilometer human chain link in the three capitals. on the reserve and you and i began my struggle against communism when i was still a college student at the same time i campaigned for a stony as independence which was a logical thing to do even if not we had lost our freedom as a result of a pact between two regimes that ism and communism. as a staunch opponent of communism model our twice held the post of premier after estonia obtained independence now he is the country's defense minister. in the soviet union victory in world war two was celebrated on may the ninth mark lara was one of those responsible for instituting a new day for stern and faces a there is marked in the european style on may eighth but celebrations on that date

or of an entirely different kind. of what we care freedom fighters. sixty six years ago today. on may eighth one thousand nine hundred forty five. the world war two. officially came to an end. by freedom fighters the defense minister means the few surviving veterans of the twentieth estonian s.s. division and all those in fort on the side of nazi germany the veterans have been brought to the german cemetery on the outskirts. well they're brothers in arms about. god and. was. the police banned speeches by representatives of public organizations wreaths from

the government and other official agencies. on the same evening chairman of the anti fascist coalition of a stone year retired colonel vladimir matelot so was making preparations for victory day kyra hello karl this is matelot are speaking how are you remember what we have agreed to do you're wearing all your medals right past because he you and i are going to be taking the main wreaths to the bronze soldier monument a song that will that public displays of soviet symbols are banned in stone yet even though an exception has been made for veterans on may the eighth and ninth they are at risk if they venture out into the streets wearing their medals on victory day you said you know it on previous occasions youngsters would come up to you and spit in your face there are cases like that. you can't laughs not the way

the wear the medals now that's the situation here. it's not an honor any longer. the russian military cemetery in tallinn this memorial symbolizes the country's liberation from fascist troops it is informally known as the bronze soldier may the ninth is not a public holiday mr nya thousands of people seek to obtain permission to be absent from work in order to come to the monument and greet the veterans. thank you thank you nori to our work yours. up until two thousand and seven the memorial stood on thomas mighty square in central talon in two thousand and six this tony and government relocated the bronze soldier there were strong protests by the russophone population russian speakers

account for one third of the republic's total inhabitants even a stone stone to protest. what we call on the people to make legal protests without violating the constitution or laws of the stonier dimitri lim is the organizer of the nightwatch movement the new public organization sought to have the government repeal its decision to relocate the gun soldier activists organized around the clock vigil near the monument when it was dismantled people came to protest. oh. it's it is grace it's it is drinks it's it is race. it's a pass on that is that there were five or six thousand people there it's not if you don't. know. the national i had two

kids with me. and police launched a special operation to push the crowd back plain clothes men came up to me pointed to the snipers were of that over the building and said i better leave this place and that's what it was sharpshooters were over there and there. and also in that tower. the windows were open. and all of the following morning i was arrested in my home and put in prison. the rest some of the night watch activist didn't affect the situation in any radical way. the day after the dispersal of the first i'm straight thousands of people came to the morning to get in this time police used tough and methods to break up the crowds with flash bang grenades and take. more than one hundred fifty people were injured some days of clashes with police one man died in hospital all that happened in the early hours of april twenty seventh two thousand

and seven which has since become known in history as the drums night. dimitri linter was already in prison at that time the times this is talon central prison the walk my cell was number five on the second floor. they kept main difference cells but here we can see it. because i was charged with spreading lies in media interviews about tough police behavior and accused of spreading anti-government sentiment to place the three it all came under article two three eight of the criminal code concerning the organization of mass protests. dimitri spends seven months in prison one vest a geisha was in progress in the end all charges against him were lifted.

finish historian and head of the anti fascist censor in helsinki johan blackman has published a work which he says proves the soviet troops didn't occupies tonia. so i reject the occupation myth regrettably this me is the basis of the policy of our current hardiness tanya to deal with this threat here. johanne backman was deprived of the right to enter a stone year he had visited on many occasions before but when he arrived at the port of talon by ferry he was immediately detained and led to the headquarters of the border service. there i was told that i was no longer allowed to enter a story because of what they described as santos tony and activity is the story is present policies are indicative of and i'm tired tired of machine people there are divided into two groups citizens and non-citizens citizens are those who have all political and other rights in that society non-citizens are those who are deprived

of those rights they hold great passports. only for certain owns of minor television channel its programs often show what official estonian or thirties tend to ignore. and two thousand nato led was able to worm his way into the confidence of the farm owner in the village of van of eagle. i met with a farm owner that's him. he invites friends who fought on the side of the third reich to his place in van a vehicle. they are always welcome in the farmer's home they can stay for the night there. he has a big collection of old german films he shows them to his guests telling them that if the other side had won the war maybe life would be better now it's very many

young people visit him judging by the pictures they look like skinheads. the owner of the farm also is what is called a pizza rear and in nearby village nobody has ever seen it open all guests entering . its windows display a picture of a soldier of nazi germany. your thirties does not heed the thousands of protesters who gathered on his mighty square in two thousand and seven the bronze soldier monument to the liberators of talent was moved to the city's outskirts today there is nothing but law but it's old spot. we never thought we would live to hear my grandfather asking for advice on whether he should wear his medals when he goes out on may ninth. and never occurred to us that a public display of decorations awarded for the fight against fascism might be

banned in europe fascism was responsible for the loss of so many lives their position. on victory day may the ninth people still bring flowers not only to the military cemetery but also to the square the formal location of the bronze soldier. wealthy british style. is no time to. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy

with mike's concert run no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to conjure reports on r.g.p. . estonia was the first former soviet republic to join the euro zone. i'm on but obama is president of the talon institute for economics and management he knows only too well the price the a stallion government had to pay to overcome an economic problems and meeting the terms required for joining the euro zone. everything was done to make it seem like the budget had a very low deficit and prevent inflation all pensions expensive medical care

growth and exercisers and the like it is good that we became more attractive for investors study but actually there are the poorest sections of the population had to pay for all that. member of parliament hema length agreed to take part in an experiment suggested by journalists on a popular internet site his task was to see how he would survive on a subsistence wage for a month shopping was something of an ordeal for him a link for to spend even one cent above his budget because otherwise he would have ruined the experiment. the minimum a subsistence wage in a story a was sixty four euros that comes down to two euros a day. these pastries are telling central marketplace this morning but both cost

fifty euro cents you have a third of what these local grown cabbages are the cheapest here i eat them from vitamins and here is the cheapest cheese for the. nearly every day he posted reports on his expenditures on the internet by the end of the month the whole nation was following his daily reports he received hundreds of letters with people offering advice support. the idea of my experiment was even reported by the international media i think that's why all the sudden the story and government choked up living wage by thirteen euro's seventy seven he said would be nice but don't forget that this son could buy me neither soup nor toothpaste nothing but food reward oil.

and instead see a guy lucentio spends almost all of her pension to pay the utilities now she can only rely on a small part of land ten kilometers from town she cycles there several times a week to see her across his fairing. barrier well i'm too old for walking in me i would imagine my bike takes me there good thing gotta have it off we go my darling. that's a good boy. and it's just see here is a russian by nationality when a stoner declared independence in one thousand nine hundred one she backed the idea and even voted for secession in the referendum she has lived in a stone here for many years there's a good command of this stone in language she received a blue passport after a problem free process of naturalization. and that when the bronze soldier affair

broke out they expose themselves as a people harboring ill will remain yet i no longer wanted to be a citizen or support such policies as. i thought it was a disgrace. so i gave up estonian citizenship. no other as a child on a stone years north western border. nearly all major industrial plants have been closed down here in the past ten years. this china is the only leftover from the soviet union of ten lays only one is to the operation on thousand three hundred jobs have been cut down to sixty. i'm lucky to see that this plant is still operational even turns out some new products he won't be able to find anywhere else in a stony or. being

a production manager i won't be able to find a job anywhere else this is the only tannery here and many other people also will be able find a different job. billy fifty percent of novice population is jobless most of us attorneys russians are so-called normal citizens they grade passports given the right to enter russia without a visa. selling cheaper russian goods on the black market mostly cigarettes and liquor is one of the most common forms of making living here people avoid bringing in more than a permitted amount of time so as not to be detained at the border. we shall six or seven times a day it's a small business you know half of the people in town live off it if the border were blocked i can't imagine how things would work out here. a pack of cheap cigarettes costs less than fifty euro cents in russia in over a woman standing outside shops all day long sell them at double the price expensive

cigarettes are not brought in there is almost no demand for the people holding great passports have difficulty finding a job outside of the to. the great passport alone infringes upon my civil rights i was born here i am entitled to a citizens passport nobody wants me to be able to vote they see no point in that we are slaves here that's all there is to it. disturb me and government plan to introduce to reform by two thousand and seven. as prime objective was to make sure that all of the country's high schools including russian language ones used as stony and in the classroom put pressure from the e.u. court about an amendment to the education law the abrupt change in legislation allows other languages to. when you when the apparent liberalism of a study in school legislation has been handsomely made up for by the severity of municipal and government bureaucrats not one of the high schools has since been

able to use its right to teach in another language not even such schools as pushkin high school which is more than one hundred years old in. the high school named after the russian author pushkin the town of tar two is the pride of the stone years russian language schools even parents from neighboring population centers have sort of mission for their children. and truly unable yakama a mathematician was appointed head of the school's teaching apartment in one thousand and four while she was in the post the school acquired a distinctive atmosphere and the special style of teaching moreover became a center of russian culture in tar two and two thousand and three however the education ministry by the school's principal. but. they had misfired changed radically with the arrival of the new principal. that it changed so much so that

the teachers were afraid of talking to me. they didn't want to the principal to see that they were still on good terms with me. for a year victoria tried to keep the spirit of the school alive but in the end she gave up quick little. if that. i didn't like the new principal saying that the all that democracy should be scaled down. she would say russians needed to be proud that all the time. it's pains me to see my teachers losing their sense of dignity. points available you see. what's especially appalling is that humiliated teachers had to face their pupils regretfully about this but many years have passed but i

still recall those things with tears in my eyes. many ethnic or stone in seek employment abroad precisely because they speak russian fenlon is actively promoting relations with russia with each year the number of tourists visiting both countries grows. russian speaking dry whereas when i were tourists go to russia it's important that there are still dry was with a good command of russian they find it easier to get around there if they speak russian when russian tourists come to finland they always get a russian speaking driver who can tell them about the place and give advice. two weeks in finland one week at home this is the operating schedule of the estonian driver all the cooler after he got employment with a finnish bus company in two thousand and nine he bought

a house his cherished dream the money here was enough to buy a thought of land pay for the design a building process takes all his free time all the cooler must finish everything before winter to settle down with his family in a new house. for wages in western countries are three to four times higher than a stone here i quit my job of my own accord to earn a little money while i was still a young man many of my friends work in finland some are drivers others are construction workers still others work in norway. there was a time when dimitri lim so won a thriving business in talent selling exotic goods from india but in a surprise move the stone in police began putting pressure on his business in the aftermath of his active participation in the two thousand and seven protests. that she is my partners gave in to pressure by special services and broke contracts with

me as well they were quite open about it. today dimitri cannot find even a job or this all start of a business in the stone instead he makes a living in russia once a month he was it's his home country to see his son. the labor of the careful there was a little boy he was the one is a very shop full bore you can wash your hands little boy's mother who's working with a shop local before them are very shocked. after spending a couple of days at home in the trillions again goes abroad so the money. is for a prisoner one day the people of a stallion will no longer be divided into friends and foes of his energy and entrepreneurial talents and once again they require his home country.

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