now five thirty pm here in the russian capital is watching on your headlines now pakistan has decided to boycott crucial talks on afghanistan's future next week and it's a comeback on cooperation with washington the already strained ties to a new low of the recent nato airstrike on the checkpoints killed twenty four pakistani soldiers. returning grinds to a halt as public sector workers begin a walkout over pensions expected to be the country's biggest strike for

a generation some two million people are expected to participate nationwide thousands of schools and offices are closed all hospitals are being forced to focus only on emergency care. and a record number of egyptians turned up to cast their vote in parliamentary elections but serious square demonstrators remain skeptical saying the poll is meaningless if a powerless parliament is ruled by the military. right up next year nazi we take you to russia is a thought north west a place with a unique climate stunning architecture and parallels culture you watching on. i am. i am just. going to take the call of connection is a land of extreme weather long nights here in moscow the tundra stunned sunny side

make it impossible for assistance the first sentiments appear at him more than ten thousand years ago. disparate tribes and ethnic groups lended with a perfectly divine landscape which is in stark contrast to any other place in this country. like in centuries past today most of the conventional response the population there are no roads for hundreds of kilometers think most people get to the remote villages by helicopter i see michael. so and most of the common peninsula lies on low hills here you also find mountains and valleys covered with thick woodland and death of the tundra and this small region of stark and natural diversity attracts tourists from across the world the form bike is the most popular means of transport here for

the tourists. at the roads are few and far between around here an accord is the best bet when it comes to traveling over such terrain of a bit of a quad bike will take you to places that no other car can reach or. the color peninsula makes up. and lies within the arctic circle to the north it's washed by the bering sea but in the south it's met by the white sea and region is known as the gateway to the arctic. this is the starting point of most sightseeing whoops around the call of an inch a similar fate goes in has been in the business of taking tourists to moments when nature reserves of the many years. from here we will set out from the main lines of the koala peninsula to this readily and good bochy peninsula as they are the farthest temps in the northwest of our country norway lies beyond the.

numerous military bases were stationed in the barents sea during the cold war after the collapse of the i am curtain these places became open for tourists today it's possible to see the maneuvers of the nuclear submarines. and that's where this country's best kept secret is our nuclear undersea fleet is based there. but you can feast your eyes upon all kinds of submarines that regularly surface and could have i of bay that are protected by patrol boats. on the other side of the call up an inch of the baazigar river empties into the white city. the village advance ago is situated on both sides of the asteroid fifteen kilometers from the same tide raise the water in the river to

a height of up to ten meters and increase its salt content. the high tide makes it impossible to bridge the river so a motor boat serves as the local taxi service. once a week orthodox priest father mitra fun takes a ferry to meet his floor and hold services in a church on the opposite bank. this is where the first russian settlements appeared on the cooler peninsula to the british the regional settlers were coast well as. they made their homes on these banks and mingled with local karelians and indigenous laplanders really good here we have a mixture of populations. fishing has always been the main source of income for local people salmon was caught in the river of the rest from the same. small boats

manned by three or four fisherman were able to stand up to the heavy seas but in truth back then only hoth of fishermen survived beyond the age of forty. two million people anyone going to sea in the north must know before hand that they might never be coming back they might simply vanish into eternity he's a strong gust of wind might bring heavy snow with it with the result that they wouldn't be able to see a thing. in other words they feel that facing the sea is like facing god as the riches of this land used to be the breeding ground of numerous rivalries. in the seas fish is of course in great demand. early settlers built seaside humbert's on the common peninsula before they started making their homes in villages they lived here throughout the year waiting for the summer fishing season to start alexander coming off skiing and his son have reconstructed

a fisherman settlement typical of the ones that existed in the late nineteenth century on the white sea coast. if you we have put it all upward used to stand we have been trying to be as historically accurate as we can as for what is left of the old nets we don't even touch them. today alexander takes visitors on a tour of his open and museum guests can stay at his place for several days alexander treats them to fish caught only a short while ago and tells them about the life of the coast well it's one hundred years ago an exact replica of a bone features a collection of objects found here and in over settlements. they made with the help of specially treated pine or birch roots. but basically a boat is made of words joined together with birch ropes going through holes in the boards that's what the coast well there is needed birch for. birch bark is used to

make backpacks shoes baskets in kitchen where you can boil water in a kettle made of birch bark. oh yes the easiest way is to put hot stones from a bonfire in it. a coast well as family had to struggle to survive in the grip of the country's fun with but although they spend half their lives at sea they never learned to swim anyone who ended up in the water even in summer died of exposure within just ten minutes. let me share and i also have the white sea coast is a remarkable area for learning something interesting truly it's a magical place. here you can marvel at the infinite diversity of the natural environment.

the humble nature of the north hides a captivating beauty which never fails to attract tourists. each year many people return to go over the same routes once more. and in spite of the rigorous living conditions there are some who are even willing to move here. everybody who travels with us knows how much i love this house. timothy's dream is to purchase a house and the small plots around it with a high wind swept water site it's always cold here to mcveigh and his son leo need keep coming back. you know what it is a divine place because of the wind the cold weather and the ocean not to mention i knew island over there these lands are amazing. meanwhile sixty kilometers south of the arctic tundra lies

a totally different landscape but i didn't since there is or is behind these tactical installations. we always have to unlock the gate before answering it. and now we open it like this. there is a place there is there is territories under lock and key and as you can see the gate is quite massive now we can go in this way please when the reserve was being created in one thousand nine hundred two most of the military installations built soon after world war two had become obsolete or for going into decay what was once a border guard tower was renovated and handed over to the reserve now on apologists use the form of military installation for scientific purposes if you agree with it offers a fantastic view of the bands river and the entire reserve and the marshes. reserved

visitors and tourists are welcome to see all of that and take pictures most of the reserve territory is covered with marshes there are ideal for bird rookeries in spring and autumn when thousands of migrating birds stop over to rest as it turns out studying the composition of the bugs absolute trace the biological history of the region russian scientists take pete samples for tests. deposits are the best sources of information studying their layers makes it possible to estimate the rate of heat accumulation but this is also important if we are to understand the dynamic development of the natural environment because these settlements are chronicle of nature. the unique feature of the reserve is that it covers the territory of three countries. the natural environment is uniform on both sides of the river russia is on the eastern bank you know why in finland of the

west russian and finnish scientists spend most of their time collecting biological material which is later studied in norwegian the poetry's monitoring and conservation felt very provocative cross in nature of course doesn't. have a concrete limit but to understand made sure i. understand important issues for conflagration it's of course very important to try to do studies across cross conflicts because they are irrelevant in a biological sense. practically speaking as scientists work in the same nature reserve but on different sides of a narrow river they need to go from border control just to see one another a job kids that bears afraid to cross the border whenever they like without having to undergo checks and even leave marks on the border posts.

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the luck. moments it's the largest city within the arctic circle it's also the largest ice free port of the north moments it's situated around the bay in the barents sea the sea itself is sometimes covered with thin ice during severe winters of the bay always stays on ice free. of the world's first nuclear powered icebreaker was called lemon and was launched from advanced in one nine hundred fifty seven today it's a floating museum by a peer of the city's perth with the help of the icebreaker fleas it was possible to explore the russian arctic early around the time spent sailing was limited only by the amount of food a group during winter the crew would stay on the ship for several months the onboard clinic regularly performed surgeries the unique for that time. no expense

was spared on the fine timber interior of the first nuclear icebreaker. hours can be spent wandering around the boat looking inside the cabins of the crew who maintained the nuclear reactors the open bridge overlooks the course and the beautiful bay of movements. so deafening. in ancient times all the little nobility used to come here and the people first settled there moments phantoms of years ago this old looking man made structure it weighs many tons is at least ten thousand years old it's known as a megalith faced with stones along the perimeter it's reminiscent of britain's stonehenge bonsai deal thought that they would sit on this stone in front of the structure that was supposed to attract spirits and gods as eyewitnesses here they swore an oath with this initiation ceremony complete their work and they were now fully entitled to rule with such leaders were not respected at all if they never

change here. in moments there are a total of fifty four megaliths when viewed from above they form a regular parabola around the great ancient people afford to have had a purpose and arranging the structure is this why it's believed the local tribes thought these stones had the power to protect them from the sea. when we are in the northern sector of the stone parabola the stones that were supposed to protect more months the people who it's those words didn't know what they were doing the way they raise their hand against one of the few sacred things that still remain in this land means that the silent guardians on one month and no longer defend themselves. thousands of years from now archaeologists might well regard the inscriptions as priceless treasures for now though they've yet to decipher the meaning of these mysterious lines discovered in the wilderness one

hundred kilometers to the north of mormons what were fisi in caves and shelters that may have been used by ancient people is another point on the tourist itinerary mapped out by tim if they were goshen scientists call such drawings but someplace but what they mean is still a mystery you. can be sure petroglyphs found here so far are about five thousand years old on average these ones were discovered by a navy man in one nine hundred forty three he then told scientists about them the scientists then officially recorded them right after world war two was written. to play with him and raised on the call of the ninja he knows this area all too well at the beginning of be a two thousand to mcveigh move to moscow today every year as a tour guide he brings visitors to his home. more sexual coast weller's have villages air. when you visit them you're surprised by the fight even in such

a remote god for second place these people still don't want to leave you know a professor living there who you. know was the first russian settlement on the comet and ensure its first mentioned in records dating from the early fifteenth century the church of the assumption dating back to the seventeenth century is the oldest structures of fighting to this day it was built without a single nail over fasteners are made of wood only axes wood used to fashion the logs even the ends of the logs were chopped off rather than sawn off accomplish this method affects the structure of the wood anything that might damage it such as some more ice chips or the like is not allowed to seep into it. the church fell into decay in soviet times and its head father mitra fun has made every effort to have it renovated services will eventually resume here until then worshipers use

a nearby church that was built a hundred years later. the apocalypse now when the all of my immediate family has served in the navy my great grandfather and my brother my father was a submarine and i served in the navy for twenty six years as a commanding officer but i've been a monk for eleven years. twenty kilometers down the wasicka river is a local anomaly it's the arctic desert. larry has a call for us devoted his life to combat in the invading desert according to his theory the land was originally at the bottom of a seed thousands of years ago the seed receded and grass and trees grew in the form of some day. but now through a thin layer of soil the sound is returning and scouted around by the thrilling unfinished homes on the river and destroying the pine forest and other vegetation.

these pines were ruined by the shifting sand. but some she's managed to escape the onslaught the coral bay are in very good condition now reporting mean for the new or three or four for her nerves with her fear of. one of the most common theories claims the appearance of the cause a man deserts and foaming numerous herds of animals ate the grass away and churned up the ground with the heat over made the soil so thin that it allowed the sand to fulfill through with and this is one of the unique trees still standing here. the upper part of the roots shows the scene level that was here when the forest was still around it was this high. the wind has since shifted a sand layer of about one and a half meters high towards the river. but he has a call for spent years developing technology to monitor the consequent desert. his

work has now yielded positive results the sand the bronze towards the forest is now a check eighty hectares of sorts being recalled debated the most pressing task now is saving the river and the village only four streets of houses remain on the riverbank although there were six a hundred years ago. this is back to the main task is coming up with a way to grow forests shelter built good he was there that we can prevent sand from choking up the river. we have spent five years developing various technologies and introduced one of the best methods in the sector. it involves growing pines together with herbaceous vegetation and. in spite of the scientists achievements villages continue to abandon their homes because they are gradually becoming covered with sand for tourists it's ruining the landscape for the locals

it's a disaster. another strange phenomenon here is the wild horses which are not frightened of humans trailblazers originally brought common russian horses along with stumpy want from your committee. over the years the two bred together resulting in these grey handsome animals with a distinctive stripe running down their spines. this new breed boasts the impressive build of their russian ancestors and the ability to find food on the snow thanks to their jacket heritage. wild horses are another thing that people of heard about it but have never seen them as for the bear and see there's a lot of magic in it. that. the banshee to mention is tim a favor goes ins favorite tourist destination this time he's accompanied by his

fourteen year old son. clearing obstacles is all part of the tour a touch of activity in an otherwise meditative journey. it's rare that you find a car i'd hear the terrain around is so rugged that even a four by four can't get to some places on the up side this means that the peninsula has so far been spared the rush of people attracted by rich fishing areas and the splendor the landscape the capital the nikkei is alive and kicking a small politically economically softening coming week last week across commemorating fulton say that sam's hit several years ago him a failure and his son limited found a slap on his side. when they cleaned off the moss they saw or it was covered with inscriptions to. look around the messages were made by sailors waiting for stones and. they were to write about how long they waited how many times they

returned here and when some of the inscriptions give details of why they came here . inscriptions written in dozens of languages were left by russians danes swedes and many others hundreds of years separate one inscription from another. the call of peninsula has always attracted attention but suppose it's fierce weather and long winter nights have prevented people from discovering it's true to the wrist still many secrets to reveal. wealthy british style stock.

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