after an hour's trip by end dimitri and his son kirill walk about the northern sector of the caucuses reserve in the company of ranges the jugo weather station is now schools of kilometers away. people and animals share the only path there is in this area if you listen to the bison left humans approach them most of the people travelling around the reserve granges on horseback most short while ago patrol duty in a different area of the short distance from here they can see month over there came across nine bison. the lettuce come quite close to them. were only fifteen metres away. bison moving coaxes reserve have no enemies sometimes humans can come very close to them provided they are on

horseback buses a range of dismount the bison instantly make it clear they're poised for attack. the. horses are the most reliable and indispensable companions when people go on long trips in the mountains only horses with good training eligible for the job with this one as cultured nish. he's my favorite though we became first friends. reading him is no problem he does what he's told to do. this one is still young stallion. so that he will let anybody touch him. bloke. is scared of everybody.

churl never a chair on his one of the remotest areas of the eastern sector of the caucuses reserve several reserve stock and their families live here on a permanent basis. even if the weather is warm it's only possible to reach this place with an off road vehicle schoolchildren from a nearby village of pursued by often visit reserve ranges they have organized an eco movement called the little bison. hello hello glad to

see you. to be our guests. that's thorough but that doesn't touch the machine we are. churning malaysia is the starting point of a circular route for high just only visitors with a permit and a map are allowed to enter the reserve they gear is inspected and ranges teach them the elementary rules for surviving in the mountains children from the little bison zero is welcome here they already have experience walking cross country the children from the little mice and often cross the river in that way but it's risky in winter time so today we're going to take a detour we'll cross the bridge and forest warden will take care of hostile. pikas can chew. yes between several popular routes in different areas of the coax

is reserved. close to the trail stands an oval table used by ranges it's meant for hikers passing by wanting to rest for a moment children from the little bison club gather here on the bank of the stream to discuss major ecological actions suggestion as we all know that on the eve of new year's celebrations many local people pick up axes and go to the forest to cut down our green beauties it's a bird save the green beauty is the name of a movement organized by the children so they make leaf let's bear in the image of a foot tree and you'll note that they write text on the leaflets and display them prominently in the village although. the children hope

their peaceful actions will help prevent fur trees from being cut down illegally. preserve ranges however take more radical measures against lawbreakers their main task is finding and detaining poachers. one of the most challenging jobs takes ranges to mount yet. each time they go under a veil of secrecy regardless of day or night the conditions painstaking job requires special knowledge and staying power they need to be skilled horseman as well as able to discern telltale signs showing the presence of trespassers and have no difficulty finding their bearings. and you will always be tempted to enter the reserve because beasts are easy prey here your reporters up there are not as much afraid of humans as they are elsewhere because they're under constant protection.

such cultures see them as enticing tidbits because hunting for them is so easy. as the path reaches higher altitudes one climatic zone in the mountains gives way to another here the fog that envelop the forests in the foothills is now a distant memory there is snow on the slopes and it is much colder the caucasian mountains gradually come into view. the feet. after several attempts to find the best point for filming the landscape dimitri suddenly comes face to face with

a brown bear one of the rarest and largest animals of the caucuses reserve. ranges did find fresh tracks they were close to the hut where the rangers put up for the night they reported the find over walkie talkie that he would use there all threats here at the store all he got from a wolf yes. keep still the workers let me see them what initially go into trucks no just those holding. bases here they are. two three three.

eight calling one zero four eight calling one of four everything's ok tracks only some left by animals the latest tracks are those of wolves three of them over and out. different people visiting the coaxes nature reserve a raft of different things some seek shelter from the hustle and bustle of big cities all this or all to thrills only a few are able to blend in with this wonderful place and become possibly. just invested by old and yet i feel i'm an integral part of this world yet i do you well know crazy romantic. i'm nearly drowned almost frozen to death and full of

cliffs already. nature is wiser than we are given if her ingenuity is all pervasive. she is the creator that gave birth to us about enough but i do but i may bring us to ruin unless we come to our senses. they only have them i think does what people should devote their lives to. let's go get the book i don't know if i can cope with the task but i'm going to try. wealthy british style holds sometimes. markets finance scandal. find out what's really happening to the global

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and you to do list for the syrian leadership the arab league demands the creation of a national unity government and steps up calls for president asad to step down something the regime has allegedly rejected. grey shops to join the european union after a national referendum marked by clashes poller rise opinion at a disappointing turnout. russia's policy on internal migration falls into the focus of pm and presidential runner of waterboarding as he presents another set of plans as part of his election programme.

this is he coming to live from moscow ten am in the russian capital the syrian leadership has rejected the arab league's transition plan and aimed at curbing violence in the country that's according to syrian state t.v. the authorities say doesn't reflect the will of the people and violates the country's sovereignty or the sarah first reports on what exactly the regime objected to. well it's not for civilization that's for heavy guns the pieces by side which the conclusion of the report by the arab league monitors arab league they've also called on president bashar al assad to delegate power to his vice president and form a national unity government with the opposition they've also called for international support by preparing their case for the u.n. security council and it's the extra push many people here in syria have been calling for. to prepare to be friendly. to homs the

conflict has moved ever closer to the country's capital now many damascus suburbs are also embroiled in the conflicts between government forces and the armed opposition. well this is all that's left of many of the houses now inside just absolutely gutted it's broken glass you've got bullet holes lining the walls you've got clothes staying around the house where people have left them behind fleeing very quickly you can really see the devastating consequences that this conflict has heard the picking up the pieces pretty easy amongst the opposition themselves there are a worrying divisions and as the conflicts become increasingly violent there are now areas of the country where it's unclear exactly is in control what do the people here in sanford on the image i think the syrian army having control or. not have.

a lot of numbers a number of secrecy is in charge and you know. the coordination the diversion of the stuff arab league observers except to remain in the country for another month trying to build the basis for multi-party elections even seen by the international community or that you are sort of or you are into a position you have to put in your mind that you have to work with the other side working with the other side uses their look. starting with thousands kills bringing the different factions to the negotiating table is going to be a major task sara for. damascus syria. now that abuses from both the syrian regime and the opposition have been acknowledged at the arab league it's the best time to turn to dialogue so as has been you were a baseball a call al as dr amarna xabi. the opposition or what the so-called syrian free

army or the desert there is from the syrian army have been also using heavy gunfire against civilians they have been using explosives apparently they have been using and the armored. rockets and you know some weapons that cannot usually be used in civilian areas and against civilians there is a president said also enjoys. popular support. one cannot deny this not even the institute in qatar denied this when they did the research last month and they found that fifty five percent of the syrian population opposed the downfall or didn't move and of president assad it's time for dialogue. has tried. somebody form some democratic reforms there is a constitutional council now in syria trying to rewrite the constitution there will be elections in the coming months there are some of the funds i think that the

opposition should face because it is of the interest of no one of no one's interests that need to or steps in there would be destruction and they will be chaos as was the case in libya. and just a little later in the program we'll look at how many are beginning to feel like their revolt was a mirage the country seeing its most turbulent anti-government protests since the fall of moammar gadhafi with their breasts beginning in benghazi just as it did last year also ahead. citizens of benton harbor are living from one of them that there's very little effort on the part of whirlpool's that runs everything to try to. involve the community. how giant corporations thrive and government funds and outsource labor as home communities fall apart around them. corp is set to become the twenty eighth country to join the european union after

the proposal was given the go ahead in a national referendum the country's exception now has to be approved by all current member nations with almost all ballots counted two thirds of voters expressed a desire to join the blog the spy that is ongoing debt crisis the turned out however just forty four percent pointed to apathy among many towards the issue the build up to the referendum was marred by clashes and protests or staged demonstrations right up to the vote as artie's tom barton reports opposition to joining the european union is unlikely to and here. we. see in the croatian complicated it's the country's referendum but certainly. this is being made behind me the police trying to push the protesters away you say take and seize protest his situation in many times to manipulation capital and

slowing things has been doing well you know it's. going to take people away in advance of protest is trying to stop it without going on oh. wait i want. you. these anti protesters say the government is trying to suppress the dissenting voices they are and joining would surrender croatia's independence to brussels it's a very good that couple in another street nearby the foreign minister is trying to convince people that accession is vital for the croat economy actually with the stability that scout can relate it into the credit rating of gracious. that is translated into membership of the union gracious budget would be in serious trouble everywhere you turn in croatia the e.u. is being discussed but whereas most of the political class no longer question the

europhiles stance public views differ widely you should know that italians will come into our sea and catch all our fish and that's our biggest creditor you know if you will their affiliates though but they told us we have to pay the e.u. has regulations for those that don't want to they must stop trading political to get those of us here who are small family business and the european union officials everything toward the big shopping central to some of my that if it is not for the fish here in memphis soon i think i have two sons turn employed and maybe because of that i would be prior to being read to most of the symbols worked over and all the worries about sovereignty local industry and it can all meet well being a former student and there are still some voices in parliament that think the benefits of what joining it would be better that we're not going with our heads high up we're going on our knees because our economy. non-existing our exporting is pretty bad our b.b.b.

is very low so we don't really have anything to offer. even at the local theatre the subject is croatia's relationship all right but those on the stage on to the future. boy you sure they draw the poop on a. security. council for example facebook is pro bowl for you and it's getting it's absurd because. there's no real cause to be struck. back out on the streets the arguments quality will not continue with for roughly treated with such strong emotions it seems unlikely that this referendum was sold the nation's division over europe you know. towboats of. the major argument for gray should joining the e.u. was a promise of a better economic future but that may be an elusive promise coming up later this

hour double edged sanctions the e.u. prepares to unveil a strict set of measures to punish iran but it's fear they could backfire on the blocks fragile economy. russia's policy on migration has come under scrutiny from its prime minister and presidential hopeful widely reported in a second major newspaper article it's part of his election campaign put and set out his position on a range of key challenges and let's get more on this now from our correspondent peter all over so peter tell us about the main points to come out of this article. well writing on the subjects of migration and multiculturalism prime minister vladimir putin praised what he saw as what he sees as several centuries of multiculturalism that's taken place in russia some of that goes back to the days of the the old russian empire he did however say that in the last twenty years russia has faced some some very tough tough problems caused after the collapse of the soviet union which saw many people from former soviet republics migrating to cities

in russia in attempts to find work they said that this had resulted in. some well as a tough question time to be asked and some serious issues having to be said attempted to be sorted out regarding. dealings with with race and deals with multiculturalism in russia something that they're still trying to do right now he hits out at those that say nationalism right he hit out at those who have a new slogan such as stop feeding and stop funding the caucuses saying well the caucuses are a part of russia if you stop funding the caucuses the next thing will be shouted forward stop funding siberia or stop funding parts of the moscow region say so they said that so they can't happen looking further afield when it comes to multiculturalism the prime minister said that russia had a a unique way of dealing with. the identity that it's created the multicultural

identity different from say in europe where an idea of nationhood an idea of. if people come to a country that that out just because they are now the citizen of that country that they are all in not together saying that that model of multiculturalism had failed . and that the system that they had in russia was something different and had to be viewed in an entirely different manner. what hear why fleischer this prime minister but not for on how to solve this acute problem intolerance and nationalism. prime minister putin said the city. it was impossible to stop all illegal immigration into the country but he did say that if he's elected in march should be selected as president that he will be putting in place a system to try and cut the number of people that are coming to the country illegally now he also said that the question really needed a overhaul of its legal frameworks that are in place regarding migration saying that tougher laws need to be in place to do deter people from attempting to come to

russia illegally. also saying that it wasn't just to get foreign migrants that needed to be the issue need to be addressed that is also internal migration if you want to see the establishment of a body that would monitor migration not just forward immigration but more internal as well and also that would look at the the patterns that migration caused say that you know some people will move from one area of russia to entirely different a move for one area this entirely different to another area and impact upon the the society and the the a unique cultural heritage of the area so they will try and stop by and see people integrate into the places where they move to but also could see a exam a russian the russian language for immigrants coming to the country not just in the russian language also in russian culture and history as well all these policies being put forward an attempt by law to be uprooted to tackle what he says he will

how he wants to talk about the issue of migration and multiculturalism in russia ok peter thanks so much indeed for bringing us the update there all her reporting there. the sanctions keep piling up on iran is expected to announce on monday an unprecedented block wide ban on the rain while europe says it will be for the common good and will make tehran rethink its nuclear program which israel and its how i see as a threat our correspondent as our celia brings us more on the dangers these sanctions may bring. foreign ministers of the twenty seven member states of the european union are meeting today and one of the most important issues on the table out of the sanctions on iran it is expected that they will pass on president targeting the oil and financial sectors this will be the toughest to date and it's of course over the controversial nuclear program. long insisted that iran is on a dangerous path towards acquiring nuclear weapons has consistently denied this these talks on the back of twenty seven nations having to do with

a sovereign debt crisis for almost two years now there are countries like france for instance who really want to see sanctions implemented as soon as possible in a couple of months. which is heavily laden was asking for a leeway of about twelve months so today they're expected to give the detail on the timeline somewhere between the three to eight months that will satisfy all of the member states now the embargo follows tough sanctions passed into law by president obama in january and collectively all these sanctions are fully implemented you will see about two point six million barrels of oil taken off of international markets which is of course putting markets into very. up and on the other hand the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says that she expects the e.u. to pressure iran to back to the negotiation table so again today we're expecting to see details on the timeline of the implementation of sanctions as well that. it's

expected that they may include several more names of companies individuals financial institutions those a list of sanctions but any decision that they come to today has to be unanimous. reporting there now there's plenty more for you on our website r.t. dot com including the latest news and comment any stories let's take a look at what's there for you now and during the dragon extravagant her a spectacular fireworks at the world joint. china is celebrating the lunar new year . and risking death to provide a lifeline a story of a palestinian tunnel digger whose work helps support his family and the flow vital supplies into gaza he defines of the israeli blockade.

levy it could be on the brink of civil war according to the had of the national transitional council most of following a weekend of political turmoil and that's after his deputies stepped down when julian suspended six high ranking council delegates from benghazi it's the latest sign of discord in the country's interim leadership and comes amid a rising tide of discontent among libyans riots swept through benghazi at the weekend as thousands took to the streets of the city where the and take it off the uprising began and rage protestors accuse the d.c. of corruption being slow in bringing in reform and favoring former government loyalists there's also criticism from alice that the council's main goal is to secure a western oil interests rather than to stablish democracy. in libya for example who's not so we. may be already had the harvest a little bit in all of north africa with libya goes how does the largest global oil .