five thirty here in moscow thank you for joining us i'm karen toronto with a quick look at your headlines dozens of new civilian deaths reported in syria as the arab league gears up to monitor the implementation of a peace plan but hundreds of mercenaries from abroad are allegedly fighting for regime change there the u.n. estimates more than five thousand civilians have been killed in syria since march while the regime claims its fighting armed insurgency. a new ally pakistan seeks closer cooperation with china as it faces a crisis and its relations with the u.s. ties with america have become close to breaking over the covert u.s.

raid to kill osama bin laden and last month's deadly drone attack. it was a day of joy for some and regret for others it's twenty years since the collapse of the soviet union an opinion is still split on whether the breakup was the best choice for its people and ended the cold war and produced more than a dozen nations but also brought about many of the long term and painful consequences. those were the headlines this hour up next r t takes you on a trip through the most remote and unexplored part of siberia that's in our special report. eastern cyan is one of siberia's least explored areas. is the geographical center of asia the mountain ridge of eastern cyan stretches for one thousand kilometers from east to west. secluded need the russian mongolian border

south siberia's nature remains pristine and untouched by man. for tourists who braving the nature of the plan is to run snowmobiles for hundreds of kilometers to find a valley studded with hot springs civilizations yet to spread as far as the valley . be anything is that it's surrounded by steep rocks dense forests and pokes. that can be reached only in winter riding in the frozen rivers and lakes. it's not the first time the participants of this expedition have travelled together

. each person has a track record of thousands of kilometers covered on snowmobiles in many different parts of russia. traveling along frozen rivers and lakes is extremely dangerous. a snowmobile may fall through the ice it any moment. reducing the risk to minimum the tourists travel in a special formation the first snowmobile plows through in front and is then followed by the rest. i am going into the ski. one series three. is just three hundred kilometers of the crow flies from the starting point to the hot springs however the expedition doesn't have the luxury of flight so it may take up to two weeks for them to cover the distance which is peppered with many obstacles.

the cyan mountains will form from ancient volcanic rocks during the last ice age. the glass is slid down creating shock peaks and deep valleys. the glass is then settled into lakes giving birth to rivers and numerous waterfalls. in which they covered with ice of intricate shapes. form over the by the more of the shape of the waterfall changes swan soaring maybe even twice a day changes occur as years go by this year the shape of the blocks of frost in

icicles are squad different the pattern is never repeated. not far away from the waterfall there is a peculiar kamath. the river flow here brings pieces of wood of fanciful shapes polished to perfection by the water and stones. here have a goose head. and this case is for you. these pieces of wood to evoke or server em into fancy. this space might look like an elephant lifting its trunk and if you turn it differently you me see your hair and standing on one food if i keep turning it this way or another anyone can have his or her own idea of what it is. the oldest figures are placed on the cave.

this display will not last for long however the high water is the spring will soon wash them away. the tourist the slowly pressing on woods stepping over obstacles and regularly checking the map it's quite easy to lose one's way in the cyan because the main road through daryn constantly keeps branching into smaller tributaries that all look the same if there were only three tributaries left from the left hand side is then we are turning right. and. scientists have discovered several ancient sightsee in the east and cyan. according to archaeologists people first settled here during the bronze age which is shown by

cave paintings that have survived to this day. these works of prehistoric artists well preserved and can still be made out of thousands of years down the line. but you see that it's like cribs and was fun to arrange here looks like it see that shape that's the head of a range year it's typical for them to crane in motion like that it's amazing thousands of years have passed and the paint is still here. a natural mineral could wave a light serves as a bind in the ancient paint. it doesn't dissolve in water keeping the pictures preserved to this day. ancient people use red colored minerals like hema tight and cinnabon to make their paints. the outlines of these pictures were hans more than

once. scientists believe the ancient residents would have performed magical rituals at the rocks with cave paintings. it was believed the spirits of make so would return ate them and hunting in cattle breeding. the it's so quiet here. makes nearly no noise and there is no northerly wind so there is a curve in the river the place is sunlit and swarm ancient men always love to be warm you can assume with certainty that there used to be some heartsore caves our ancestors lived and you feel. when the travellers climbed up one of the rocks they found a small cave hidden inside it's impossible to see it from beneath. before they gaze take a look at the still. i've never seen anything like it. it looks like a real tool of an engine man

a flint used to skin animals and cutting meat good fine well done men well and yet . it is commonly known the ancient people first came to siberia from various regions of europe in asia they were nomads and migrated in search of food and good hunting. the first settlements appeared in southern siberia in the third century a.d. descendants of the first settlers still reside in eastern cyan. they call themselves to full artists and their motherland this to follow area. the village of alec jail which means free land is their capital. the followers have one of the smallest populations in russia according to the latest census there are less than seven hundred left. yet this doesn't hinder them in taking good care of their

culture and customs. now class we're going to draw our remained to hear. what is the tough mudder name for it. right even and what's the tell for a name for a small reindeer under three years old the one without who or it's. a night well down. the most popular themes for the two for our children's drawings are related to nature. well my dad is a hunter that he takes me to the tiger every summer i have seen a musk deer and an elk. the last of it's awful our kids undistinguished as i notice with a natural inability to tell lies the children are very frank and honest as they can easily telephones know that lovely and they've got a great musical ear all the good.

the very musical people. but during celebrations all who are present grouped together in a circle and don'ts around the fire. the shaman is the leader of the dance dictating the rhythm and the movements. so once you've been through this shaman is always at barrow good traditions but at any celebration he supposed to be present so as to drive off evil spirits with the help of good spirits the shaman uses around drunk that symbolizes the sun and this kind of a club or resembles a ring deal that. is a native to follow and the oldest resident of the village as the years have passed no major changes to his life have occurred like his ancestors spartak worships the

spirits of rocks rivers and the tiger. followers have always worshipped the spirit of the tiger. during hunting when you sit down to have tea before lodging for the night you should always go out and splashed to the four winds to secure a successful hunt. from october to february most of the males of alec venture out into the tiger to graze the reindeer and town sable and squirrel. that you should try and heated hard but that's so that all the cones fall off the cedar gather the locals don't only hunt for animals but also gather cedar cones the practice has been unchanged for centuries. give them to the cedars are a source of nutrition for the whole decide burin tigar not just for humans only one

from a mouse or a not head to a big sized animal a canal corvair or leave off cedar. the processing of cedar cones developed in the twentieth century. the cedar not trade became one of the most profitable and tougher laryea. when it's a good harvest even the women will join the able bodied males out in the taiga to gather the nuts. here we have a field not ready to be eaten over to be. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony.

ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . eastern cyan boasts a harsh continental climates summers are very short and cool here while winter is a long and severe. temperatures have been known to plummet. forecasters monitor extreme frosts and climate changes which often occur in eastern cyan hello. hello. well look if you would like to ask you

a question our expedition is heading across the eastern side. so we would like to know the weather forecast for the next few days. no sharp changes are expected a short period of percivale taishan including snow when small to rates temperatures are expected from ten to twelve below zero. despite the harsh winters in eastern cyan there is own swiss snow never falls even during severe frosty periods. weather specialists believe the reason for such unusual zones is the strong wind that blows the snow way from such areas. local residents believe these places have magical properties. where there is a black rock in big black boulders. i had been told never to walk along that sacred place. i began thinking to myself so what nothing

terrible will happen. so i sat up on a reindeer and wonder. all of a sudden the reindeer panic and begin to turn back. i tried to rein it in but it kept refusing turning back each time then we both fell down. it all seemed as if the spirit of the rock was mooning me off saying don't pass through here. not far from the black rock the tourists feel some supernatural influence on themselves why. of the snowmobiles sunk under the ice bring their rope.

the other drivers bypass the dangerous posture and begin a salvage operation. don't rev the engine break the tracks to stop. overcurious so waterway guards a place to cross with broken equipment. i was going to see if the ice would hold well enough trucks. the black rock area is one of the abnormal zones where there is practically no snow. every sector of this barren land makes operating snowmobiles extremely difficult. by being forced to ride. such vehicles break down very quickly thank you. there are many

such areas but they stretch for about twenty to thirty kilometers from west to east and launch strips. the only way to travel is on the river not a single step aside. just a few kilometers from the past the weather in the landscape changed dramatically. instead of overcast skies the sun is wrong. replaced by huge snow drifts. schemes and. such obstacles.

that stick. standing on the ground look for a guy this is the most extraordinary snow filled zone. and a half or two meters deep. to cross the time i guess it comes to. the woods the tourists decide to stop and catch some fish some. in winter time. concentrates in these lakes as they. among the fish one can find here

a grayling's perch and salmon. well there's quite a catch here good though you're sloughing of poets who are supper will be a real feast. i think. has been wondering these areas for ten years and every year these expeditions encounter an unexplained natural phenomenon. each winter nicholai observes this extraordinary unfrozen patch of water on the lake it remains on frozen even during severe cold snaps cut off while this water tastes great. according to one theory there's a strong thermal spring on the bottom of the lake it warms the water which in turn becomes saturated with oxygen thanks to the absence of an icy cover. usually people make ice holes on lakes to let the fish breathe but here the fish feel

rather comfortable this natural phenomenon is good both for the fish and birds that stay here in this sajjan. nick the participants of the expedition will become more frozen mountain rivers to approach they go to summer springs a closer hound however the tourists encounter more and more natural obstacles. to. a small but deep mountain spring and pins the travellers they decide to fell some trees and build across think.

that it is this is what we call accept raced through the snowmobiles that we dug we built a bridge this is how we entertain ourselves. the closer to the end of the adventure the move on the snowmobile suffers. a. surprise sometimes its happening. the tourists carry all the necessary tools with them in. case of emergency in the wild is hard to find help well there's no mobile coverage there. that's why the travelers have to rely only on themselves. two hours of repair works and a snowmobile is ready to go again. independent takes positions to eastern cyan a considered dangerous. a few years ago during an extreme summer rafting trip down a mountain river two of nikolai to his friends perished. together with

nikolai they dared to be the first to conquer the rapids but they were off got stuck in a so-called barrel a place under a waterfall with a strong counter current. their attempts to get out of the natural trap failed. for more than an hour we were trying to overcome the flow but failed. we were exhausted by the cold in the water both physically and mentally. the boat overturned after which we never saw each other again. it was a miracle the nicholai himself survived the nature of science and doesn't pardon anyone's mistakes even those of skilled tourists.

the tourists are entering the final strait there are about twenty kilometers left to their destination. the process at hand after which the thermal springs will be finally in view. but once again an unassailable rock blocks the travellers way. sealed to death said. it's unlikely they'll be able to lift the snowmobiles and all the equipment that high. this nose too deep and the rocks are too high but we would need a special winch is to get us to that high which we don't have so this is it but it's the end of the line we must return. the expedition comes to an end just a few cohen says sure to their destination. the thermal springs remain inaccessible in the east and cyan mountains. this doesn't upset the travelers too much even

though they've covered nearly four hundred kilometers on snowmobiles to gate here. we are a team aren't we actually even a team can get nervous or upset at times but it's no big deal we get some tea get some rest and then the next morning everything's fine again there are more mountains are also rivers for us to conquer. the fault is upand so the expedition going bankrupt the way they came. to travel is this and they'll reach their cherished go next time.

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