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football's european championships with hotel and flak crosses soaring it's fear some fans might be forced to stay at home during the match. but i say when next we continue on rubble the pages of history in the soviet files and focus on the phobias of late us on league this is arts. western siberia this secret emissions factory became public knowledge after the fall of the soviet union. special capsules known as the kremlin pill will make by hand exclusively for the top brass. the health of the leaders of the soviet union was always shrouded in secrecy. private doctors looking after them at a very risky job their very lives not just their careers were at stake.

blaney brush of the soviet union from nine hundred sixty four through nine hundred eighty two in one thousand seventy six ration of suffering clinical death developed estonia and atherosclerosis died on november tenth one thousand nine hundred two from heart failure. during precious reign the term trend in medicine my quote special significance the average age of the politburo as members was around eighty the country's leaders used constant medical attention that's why doctors went through a special procedure to be selected for work at the facility. i had been under some form of surveillance my mom died back in nineteen forty six when i was born folks with when i was getting a job they even wanted to know the number of my mother's grave. in his later years

before brezhnev was due to appear in public doctors would give him strong drugs to help in focus even then he couldn't concentrate for more than ten minutes. of heart attacks and strokes certainly undermine his health about the top of a prisoner if was dependent on sleeping pills all of that together made him completely to crap it. was lynn oppression of personal mess the elderly general secretary was known to have patronized the woman at some point without doctors knowing she began supply brezhnev would launch amounts of sleeping pills the general secretary suffered from insomnia. i tried to press on him psychologically when i was talking to lay in it so i would say you know you should get rid of the nurse nina everyone us doris but i think losing a drop of. her influence on him was tremendous. eventually pressure never

agreed to play call for his relationship with us. make his parting with the notorious woman less painful he switched his attention to his favorite pastime hunting an expedition was arranged for him and the crimmins medics into a small side really. really known as junior has a workshop that occupies an entire story in an old building in central moscow she has a laboratory on the ground floor jr is a healer specializing in unconventional practices that require no physical contact with the patients. they can nobody else has the sort of characteristics that i have been examined to institutions of and you could physics in the southern attics radio electronics and technology. thousands of people undergo treatment here each day according to gina. was one of the first clients. however his relatives flatly deny

her claim. once they received a call from a kremlin employee could you kill any british knew they asked if i said i wasn't sure but i try. no one in the family is aware of that you know would simply have been barred from his team saying that some woman off the street was allowed to healin oppression of his rubbish leaching here in the kremlin shares were obliged to watch the health of linux version of one of them was free to believe he would cause how chefs have to refuse pressure with his favorite meal ministries cut the full of his doctor's recommendation. but. i remember the way poultry was served in soviet times there would have been also the woman's now look different in those days the coat of arms could never be hidden you were correct we did serve as the basis of a side dish of m m a guard you just because of alms was

a sacrifice zimm will of course if it were the chefs had the results of all sorts of tricks to keep alcohol away from brezhnev it had a detrimental effect on his health the bottles that were placed on his table looked like they were filled with cognac but in fact they contained a drink made of roses hit. the roof water had a different color to cognac they took some time to come up with a way to resolve the problem and we added lemon juice to it to disguise the difference some ten buildings but the transaction were put down on the tables all the most important thing was not to get the mixed up. version of could hardly rule because. treat during the last year before his death is hell filled completely after a visit to tashkent authorities but how did to get a mess of workers in a cross factory to welcome him they looked on from scaffolding which suddenly collapsed fracturing his collarbone after bhasker doctors kept a watchful eye on his every step. there were special senses under the mess that was

one direction of god out during the night he would step on the sides and stupid with us alerting the man and using usual that you the body guards took some time to get to his bedroom because they were in a separate house would make a bit right he would get burglar going to walk out at seven o'clock in the morning i immediately call depression athlete i says i have a sense there is something wrong with that impression if you stop talking nonsense he replied he's ok everything's normal but he called me back three hours later to say that pressure died or. the general secretary of the communist party was buried in front of the walls of the kremlin next to the lenin was a limb on red square. nearly and only on the founder of the sole issue it was the head of state from nineteen

seventeen until nineteen twenty four in may nineteenth twenty two give me came seriously ill and was almost completely disabled until his death according to official that comes to dying from now through sclerosis if a serious holocaust footage depicted limon as a cheerful man full of energy capable of working in this round the clock according to official soviet records lennon was in clover tells us he took an abrupt turn for the worse after the attempt on his life by sussan funny complaint in one thousand eighteen. this is how the episode is shown in a soviet film released in the one nine hundred thirty s. . opinion is still divided on whether almost funny care plan was to shoot at the turn of the assassination attempt on the side was circle she could hardly see people

salutes it claimed the lives hell shockley deteriorated as a result of poison puts is also debatable. spent decades studying lennon's medical history. the good at least at the top stands to fill a bullet with a poison called curry which is incredibly potent that later hospitals used it as an anesthetic for the fact is that when the bullet leaves the barrel the poison becomes ineffective when the compound is immediately destroyed by very high temperature. in nineteen twenty two lead and moved into his residence nimmo sky during the last months of his life he was almost completely insane this picture was taken by his sister. it's in the official diagnosis of colic disease that causes death was hidden from the public for many years. after thorn

doctors came to examine lennon they said in letters dated back to nine hundred twenty two that he had syphilis the diagnosis was confirmed in one nine hundred twenty four with lennon's death lennon's inner circle was aware of this but no one else was supposed to know and the post-mortem report was grossly falsified. joseph stalin to gush meeting like the mclennan successor head of state from nineteen twenty four to one hundred fifty three to four deaths here curators doctors of the liberal press when he suffered a stroke during the night and did not get up at the usual time for the associates did not have the courage to check on the paralyzed leader for almost a day stellan died on march the fifth nineteen thirty three in a coma. joseph stalin did a tour his twentieth century dictator has

a reputation for being overly suspicious millions of people were subjected to political repression under his rule it was dominated by his previous. one of his residence was merely greets enough because you're just by the fact it was high in the mountains it was surrounded by thousands of gods even here stone and dread the prospect of any attempts on his life sentence still in always sent with his face turned to the windows in this way simoni told the situation outside because he was afraid of attempts on his life. on the walls of the rooms produced edema glow bronze lights a few headaches besides the curtains with dreamed so that he could satisfy himself that there would be outside was going to set and him. a motor boat which shuttled across lake greets a supply of his residence with meals he had boarded the smell of cooking. this is this is monell three bedrooms of johns of style in all three look quite alike this is because during the night stalin might go to another room to make sure that the

wishing you way he wasn't any particular moment. of his life. towards the end of his life stolen suspected his daughters of spying. a few dozen medics were arrested under his personal orders they were brought to the security ministry where they were forced to say that they had deliberately meted out incorrect diagnosis to put soviet leaders to death. or the case. against the doctors treated a vehement propaganda campaign. in the press and on the radio and television. things went so far that many patients turned down surgery for conditions that required treatment for. ukraine of the supreme soviet of the us a saw dr levy a commercial has been awarded the order of lenin for her assistance from the

government in unmasking killer dr. in one hundred forty eight heart specialist lydia to michoud sent a letter to the kremlin saying she disagreed with the way doctors to treat issue donald a high ranking service official but the criminal the letter however four years later it was found in archives by that time stalin was already obsessed he thought physicians were trying to harm him to michigan now provided the basis of a criminal case stolen couldn't see the case through however as he died on march the fifth not you fifty three. oh yes it was but i have no doubt but of stalin have lived long enough those doctors would have been executed in light of reports exposing the group of saboteur doctors even stalin's death came off as a bad joke you know many people would say and whispers. has been healed to death. he. started his close associates agreed to use the doctor's case

before the border you would have been hailed as the leader of all nations was even placed in the muslim in red square stalin's personality cult was later denounced by his successor which is a crucial. lazer stalin was very close to the muslim lydia to richard was stripped of the order of lenin and the alleged saboteur doctors were released from prison and they were even allowed to resume their work at the kremlin. while for the future of science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

for a treat in tomsk siberia here so-called kremlin pills are made this particular drug is unique it contains no chemicals and doesn't dissolve in stomach acid rather it is a small electronic device but it's all the chip inside is two by two millimeters with a thousand transistors super microelectronics in those days and the criminal pill is slightly larger than the pain once it is in the body it's not generating impulses emulating the rhythms of a young healthy body. after the breakup of the soviet union pharmacist began sending kremlin pills the device was hailed as the cure of the future and of the beginning sales skyrocketed. somebody had recommended it to me i felt that if they used it in the kremlin it might help my mother so i bought it dimitri's mother has just gone through a complicated abdominal surgery which is all stopped as for permission to use the

kremlin pill but will it work. fairly going to grow all of your members live to a very old age their lifespan was about ninety years whereas ordinary people lived until fifty or sixty or average worldly wisdom put their longevity down some special medicines including the kremlin pill. here in group general secretary of the communist party of the soviet union central committee one thousand nine hundred ninety four diagnosis progress and reason for your requiring kidney dialysis he died on fire in the ninth one thousand nine hundred. dockery again each as old as cured many politburo members and was on friendly terms with and drop off for a long time he knew better than anyone else and i dropped off as unfit to rule the country however his opinion and that of other credit doctors was not heeded the

deal i did all i could. i supported him dropped off for eighteen years why do you think. i think he's still going to live and in charge. i mean one thousand nine percent sure that the soviet union would never have collapsed when the soviets . at the time he was appointed and through both look different from the other members of the politburo he was younger more energetic and had a high i.q. his work shuttle was filled with meetings but those closest to him knew that every day doctors used to connect to a kidney dialysis machine. but it was a cumbersome piece of equipment you know talk to colleagues were working on a miniature machine the size of a briefcase but. they did create something of that current in thing but regrettably it was too late for them to put it to use. after the

collapse of the soviet union the newspaper proved to blame dr charles over and other kremlin doctors for the spate of soviet leaders deaths. when they are of treason king. it can only be surprising how many fatal contingencies the last soviet leaders had to collide with it would be interesting to know from their kind of mission chance of if the rapid health worsening of the soviet leaders would be a result of an outrageous incompetence of doctors or a thoroughly planned subversive back which was accurately calculated won't be paired and fulfilled by the so-called qualified doctors can still hear pressure like took the news paper and came to a meeting of academics. where i said their colleagues. i have to tell you you know that twelve of you sitting here. going to be subject to

prosecution. but he's also the hood that's where they decided to write it's can officially letter to draft a newspaper that said you're making a second case against dr this. was so intimidated by france because of it decided to publish it. and of the u.s.s.r. from nineteen fifty three one thousand nine hundred sixty four no chronic diseases were detected in him during his tenure not as the only silesia leader removed from power for what was officially described as health reasons died at the age of seventy seven seven years after his resignation. according to his contemporaries crucial was healthier than any other civic leader unlike prison if he didn't care much for ready made scripts of his speeches and instead often improvised adult did accompany him during his international visits but in israel the safe site job was

to give crucial for medical assistance of a special kind the fact is that he was the calmest of politicians the only other person. in the medical profession. thirty young lady a throat specialist but that had nothing to do with the permanent state of his health it would simply because he talked too much and too loudly. to get vocal chords so what she had to do with the. spray some some stuff inside was throat. during his last year at the helm of the soviet union seventy year old crucial to spend more than one hundred thirty days traveling inside and outside the country in october nineteenth sixty fourth he decided to go on vacation in the cozy meanwhile a trillion plus was brewing in most good it culminated in crucial being removed from office as soon as he returned the official reason to be his

advanced age which i fully agree with because he was over seventy at the second reason walls and increasing ill health. now i'd see them shorter before the. question and i knew perfectly well that he was in excellent state of health. the last general secretary be communist party nine hundred eighty five nineteen ninety one came to power the age of fifty four the only surviving leader from the so really are. the central committee of the communist party the. job itself as general secretary. because gorbachev was elected in march night in eighty five a wind of change was in the end of the strike it was announced in the country like

nikita khrushchev. but the people he took with the now frank and straightforward manner he was far more find and civilized. yes closer to the people close enough. which often appeared in public together with his wife a practice previously unseen among other service leaders. was active in the nation's public life in servia times many people resent the habit they blame the country's first lady for swaying gorbachev's decisions. racegoer died of leukemia in september one thousand nine hundred ninety before passing away she said that forming victim to the severe illness and dying would be the only way to get people to understand her this time the kremlin medicine was helpless. i am missing a friend you have lost during his hard struggle my beloved wife if that's what is lacking in my life i always remember that. words yields president of

russia nine hundred ninety one thousand nine hundred ninety nine suffered from heart disease eight years after his resignation he died of progressive cardiovascular and multiple organ failure in april two thousand. in the early nine hundred ninety s. when he saw yeltsin as a hero in august ninety ninety one he stood at the head of a movement of resistance to close as he wanted to preserve the soviet regime he displayed energy and resolution. before long however rumors creeping around moscow were claiming that sharing a banquet table with yeltsin was full with unpredictable consequences.

so that when they were. we didn't when they began pouring into these goss's yeltsin grimaced and turned around and was those what we call it it was a sewing table filled with tumblers and the girls told us. yeltsin used to drink tea out of a glass like this. then boris yeltsin reached out for six tumblers and placed them on the table all the way to try them off. of what you. we're going to drink from v he declared that it was. when yeltsin was a young man he was an enthusiastic and skillful sportsman this helped his career in the communist party in the year olds here he was reputed to be a no nonsense tough administration knew but he would never dare to pull the lever is only. after he moved to moscow to take the post to president quite a few people among his associates were noted for weird practices one of them yuri

mountain was a professional psychic. i said it was possible to improve ratings summit so that they would be beyond the reach of opponents would give me forty five minutes of any maintain the status annals and a certain candidate would be elected this is called the management of the collective mind the management of the audience. leaves of the nine hundred ninety six elections president yeltsin was going out of his way to demonstrate that he was physically fit from the term of office he was indeed elected for a second stint but he paid a price for his exertions. the leader heart bypass surgery it was decided that the complex operation would be performed in russia it lasted several hours cardiac surgeon at a cure and was in charge of a team of doctors. everyone thought that yeltsin would not survive that operation. because of all the stress the contraction function of his heart was

a ruin. the only person who said there was a chance of success it was me. i said that we should prepare him for the surgery. after the operation shelton stayed at the helm of the nation conelly for more years he resigned on the last day of the twentieth century. i am leaving and i did what i could yet. i want to ask for your forgiveness. as far as i can remember this is the one and only case where a head of state has complete power decided by himself believe. it was a sign of great courage. the yeltsin era has already receded into history many myths about kremlin medicine are gradually fading sales of the miracle kremlin pill

have almost fizzled out despite being described as a cure all. dimitri the young man who bought the soviet device for his mother only found out a short time ago that it had nothing to do with the kremlin at all it was just a bogus promotional campaign and soon after the fall of the soviet union of course i was somewhat surprised because there was a legend attached to the pill when you first hear about it but immediately attraction is its name. what i see take a pill and afterwards you live for two hundred years blair that's just nonsense don't believe the rubbish. stringent selection procedure is a still applied to doctors wishing to join the system of medical care provided for the country's top most officials it is an established fact that the kremlin's inhabitants no longer turn to healers or clairvoyance however they do to keep fit

and healthy crimmins doctors protect them from ill health is still a state secret.