hello this is r t live from moscow breaking news rescuers will work through the night in russia's far east sixty. four and fourteen of been saved from the rest still missing. in these fifteen dead across the west of the central asian country spread during the weekend from an independent state striking all workers clashed with police so. the arab league is giving. to stop the bloodshed says it will go to the u.n. pushing its resolution of the security council calling for both sides in syria.

russia's welcome to the world trade organization after almost twenty years memberships expected to bring both incentives for business investment as well as some tough competition. to see how the tiny country in the caucasus moved. twenty years ago. since ancient times this country has been called the land of fire there are places here when natural gas bursts out from under the earth mixing with will soon soil before exploding into flames it's a miracle of nature there's nothing like it anywhere in the world tensions our country is called the land of fire. the first fortress tile is a pit here on the caspian shore in the twelfth century people build the houses

inside the walls today this ancient district of baquba is on unesco's world heritage list oh resist the aura of this place is so amazing it's so easy to spend hours here just breathing this air that blows in from the north of the through the in taking in the scenery the war. since gaining independence in one nine hundred ninety one azerbaijan has gone through two difficult decades it has overcome political turmoil after nearly descending into civil war and built a new basis for its economy. so. i. say. i need you. to know that we had an underwater city this place but.

no one to me but. they found ancient rocks that. l. dug a similar a new job and now two of the most well known people in azerbaijan is no there is a bit just the. completely self-taught artists managed to exceed all expectations by taking first price at the euro vision song contest. lately eldar have trouble avoiding fun seeking more to graphs taking pictures with . their solutions good thank you we have some guests from are on there are

a nice. stomach so they will fit in the frame. of the day when the azerbaijani duet emerged victorious people flooded onto the streets of back. yes it was a big celebration it would have been really interesting to see how people reacted in front of their t.v.'s at home when they learned to want. to do profiling for simple waving the azerbaijani flight from their car sunroofs it was marvelous. their magennis made its mark. that. is located on the southwestern shore of the caspian sea. russia and georgia to the

north to the west and to the south it separates true the u.s.s.r. and nine hundred ninety one before the break up there was an ethnic conflict with. one of the most tragic events in azerbaijan history was when troops were deployed in the capital back in one nine hundred ninety. of the. the time as a by john had a national liberation movement called the popular front the atlantic staged mass protests around the country seizing government buildings when the situation got out of control the authorities introduced a state of emergency almost. terror trick on january the twentieth one thousand nine hundred ninety tanks and tobacco to restore order during the turmoil one hundred thirty seven people were killed. brother. was among the first victims. after they launched

a flare the tanks came in and started firing. it will notice that it was not by my side. it went down to the square to meet the tanks rookie he raised his arms up and said but don't find. he said a lot and these people are going to say don't shoot. him from was mortally wounded some time later his pregnant wife took her own life all their relatives have left of them a family photos. for these and this is my brother in threes or at their wedding. it's when the harm was putting the ring on her finger.

everyone who died in baquba in ninety ninety is buried at the city's alley of heroes farm alofa dia rests next to his wife his mother and brother often come to the memorial cemetery. a son who dreams remained unfulfilled. every year on the last day of june as a by johnny's commemorate the dead couple. yes it's a leap of who was elected the first president of independent as a by john route for two years during his term in office as head of a new state he was faced with many tough problems.

i witnessed that period back then all i could think about was how are we going to survive how are we going to pay for green iraq and everything else we were getting from russia ukraine is a ruse in kazakstan. we didn't have our own gold or foreign reserves or even a currency of our own for we had absolutely nothing the. today as a buy john's international reserves amount to thirty five billion u.s. dollars the country gets its money from hydrocarbon exports it is estimated that the oil and gas supplies here will last for one hundred years. the outskirts of baquba hunta the world's largest oil and gas terminal to have permission to open the pipe. it transports caspian oil to the mediterranean through the back to tbilisi j.

hunt pipeline it is a boon for both as a by jan and the european consumers of the other end to buy caspian oil. this is the b.d.c. pipeline which starts at sangatte shell go through georgia and stop in turkey j homeport and this is the biggest pipeline in the caspian regio with the capacity of one point two million barrels a day. it is commonly acknowledged that azerbaijan owes his successful oil and gas development to the so-called contract of the century. it was signed in one nine hundred ninety full by then president. father of the present leader of azerbaijan. invited about a dozen of the world's largest oil and gas corporations including b.p. exon new coil and to develop as an oil fields in the caspian sea nowadays azerbaijan is number one in the commonwealth of independent states in

terms of capital investment. for the. government is doing all it can in these days to. development production and transportation. so as to cater to multiple customers as a result we have great prospects of the. german reporter that has lived and worked in azerbaijan for twenty years he has witnessed all the changes bolton day as john has gone through. really from the menders income. income like the. to put. forth.

one of us via john's major interests is in foreign investment and seeks to provide favorable conditions for foreign businesses in the city of gebal are three hundred kilometers north of back to a piano factory can be found. coming from a family of piano makers turns left wing has shifted the production this time. from germany to as. he claims his business is the largest of its kind in all of asia. this model for one twenty one upright piano we have two hundred thirty strings more or less. every string is different as the other the length by a metre and is made by hand built man used to be a european brand for over one hundred years until hans left rink left his home country for azerbaijan and took his entire business with him. if you are here to

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downtown back of the caspian sea used to lap alongside the capital's full trust and home city until it eventually withdrew leaving the fortress rules exposed every day the keeper of his architectural relic crimes danger fortifications that have enjoyed sieges. wall was a record in the twelfth century by shocks aton the first a lot of the city inner city remained an impregnable fortress that even the monk was spilled to conquer in the thirteenth century. that was when the monk counted the so-called liquid fire which the defenders of would douse their enemies heads with it took scientists a couple of centuries to figure out that it was simply burning oil. moving in

here we can see the openings that were used to poor oil down the wall. in the entire wall would be engulfed in flames and it would be impossible to climb out of the. old back who is considered a cultural treasure and is protected by unesco. when night falls the look of the city changes dramatically it's cafes and live music halls and can. use it comes says come head to enjoy as a buzz shines verio brand of jazz the music combines eastern tunes with elements of the western musical tradition. jazz of old another by john in the one nine hundred thirty s. it was pretty limited to in soviet times but today it is she very popular once more

. on government it brings harmony it puts you in a certain mood it under folks many colors through that we give each person hears the music in different ways whether by genre he's considered jazz their own it's their national music styles of. sayings that day was brought to back to when he was a child twenty years ago his family fled from the atrocities of the nagorno-karabakh war. according to baquba records almost one million azerbaijanis were forced to flee back and domania. the ticking time bomb of the nagorno-karabakh conflict started with the dawn of the soviet union when armenia and azerbaijan became part of the u.s.'s song for a long time there was no question about who controlled the region the war between

the two states over nagorno-karabakh started at the end of the nineteen eighties after most companies and its grip on the republics today nagorno-karabakh remains on recognized its main parties and amin is control but azerbaijan still considers nagorno-karabakh part of its territory. in time the refugees managed to settle. down in their new homes. i remember the time when we arrived here we lived in her condition there were two families to a house but we believed that we would get help and i want to thank the country providing us with a good home. lou. even though most refugees have managed to settle down they still hope to return home

someday. but negative matter how good it may be here. is then it's always better for a person to be where he was. my missed my homeland. despite the fact that twenty years of i'm ready to return there right now. the new goal no karabakh conflict was frozen in one nine hundred ninety four after the two sides signed a cease fire in. a live game to our peaceful negotiations started and the leader of managed to secure a cease fire zim in the president also tried to resolve the conflict peacefully conflict this will in a process of. the negotiations between azerbaijan and armenia are still ongoing with the help of russia but the parties have not yet signed a peace treaty on the going to come back.

in a feature vanno thomas republic is six hundred kilometers to the west of baquba one can only get to this as a bunch an enclave surrounded by other countries but play the highway across some mean yes been closed while traveling never iran is far too long and expensive. the each of an autonomous republic is located in the southern part of the transco casus it is a landlocked azerbaijan enclave bordering on mania and duran the republic's population amounts to four hundred thousand people the republic is actively trading with iran and turkey archaeologists say the republic's capital of mahir chavan is one of the oldest cities in the east the first mention of the city dates back to fifteen thirty nine b.c. . form a president of azerbaijan gaydar of was born here there is a street a square and

a museum and his on. a dollar a lyric or some little some more always together. also father was his advisor their home followed in his footsteps. in two thousand and three shortly before his death. removed his candidacy from the presidential list in favor of his son. not far from family estate is situated one of the most sacred places. it is even mentioned in the qur'an thousands of pilgrims from many countries come

here to pray. for. people visit destroy they want to feel close to. here and ask god to make them come true. the keeper of the old city is coming from up to north. with. discoveries. to some good we heard you found some new things new we can you show them to us we are always finding new things and it's. is conducting an excavation in the ancient city of. the city used to be the capital of coke. a state that emerged on territory in the fourth century b.c. . this is a burial site who was this man was

a citizen of all. we know he was a christian as he is buried in accordance with christian rights say this man is my ancestor you know yes absolutely. artifacts found in god could be similar to those in the ancient back to fortress archaeologists assure the people who've lived here since the bronze age. ancient people living on the territory of us and by john were particularly respectful towards fire a source of light and heat plumes of gas have been burning here for centuries there was a place not far from baquba which is called burning mountain it slopers covered the tunnel flames it is not only land that burns and i suppose the temperature of the water to meet the ground can reach seventy degrees it is used for treating people.

in the miracle of nature there is nothing like it anywhere else in the world our country is called the land of fire even our water burns because it contains a lot of sulfur this water can treat many illnesses particularly bone diseases like osteoporosis. t. plantations can be found three hundred kilometers to the south from back near the iranian border not far from the city of len qur'an five hectares of land belonging to fama l.d.s. idea of his family has been in the tea business for fifty years now. so now we start gathering tea. please make sure that the tea leaves comply with the same standards. the growing in the south of us by john is a priority industry according to local scientists the t.

grown on this land is chemically different to other kinds of tea it contains lots of tonnage sensual oils and caffeine. but that unity growing process requires a lot of aircraft including irrigation and fertilizers it's an industrial the roman yana good and the final product depends on how well it has been taken care of. after their collected the tea leaves a process to the factory once the leaves are dried and they're sort of taken by hand the result is different sorts of tea. we collect the three most tender leaves from the top of each plant we then use those leaves to make of ok. and now as you can see i'm in the process of sorting the leaves. after they're processed the tea will be packed and is then

ready to be drunk gov lusterless. the village of sorry on the outskirts of baquba the family of famous carpet weaver. drinks azerbaijani tea every day even though she is ninety one years old she still remembers weaving carpets that were given as presents to kremlin officials. as you can see we cover the teapot with the towel it comes out stronger that way a very good mix thanks to that this teacher can help us stomach or spared her problems the important thing though is the. it gives you energy and puts you in a good mood. mina a virgo is grandmother of the family she is passing on her knowledge of carpets to her grandchildren and their children in averse ten year old granddaughter rock shunned guy of also wants to wave as a by johnny carpets when she's older but right now she's still

a beginner. how to see a grandmother. who has it by johnny carpets are different from all other kinds of carpets and color they are produced differently to. in the old times as a by johnny carpets were called solid gold and priced accordingly even today the price of some handmade carpets can be as high as several thousand dollars. threaded the needle here. in the war what did i do it right the end of the needle and pull it down. nowadays citizens of azerbaijan's comfortable enjoy walking by the city seafront.

one side you can see the old fortress from the other oil platforms and caspian sea . here the past on the present have merged together fluently.