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phrasing a life sentence has been on hunger strike the for months now and is being treated in a military. class sanctions too much to batman it self declared military leaders step down in the face of international pressure only two weeks up to seizing power and agreed to return to the country to constitutional rule every time that nations of west africa need this promise to lift trade guns and grant amnesty to the military it's. a right you may need a code next as would you go into the most popular extreme sports or russia that's our special report exploring freezing outdoor pursuits. with the winter olympics coming to sochi in twenty fourteen it won't be long before the always of the world to train on russia's snow easters thankfully you don't have to be limping athlete to make the most of the country's point system. and i think

it's fair to say you haven't had the real russian experience until you've lived through one of their winter snows comes up to knees and bone chilling temperatures that last for months at a time. if you travel around a little you'll find that one thing the russians do really well it's no fun when it's freezing. cold winters turn your average fix the piece to the point surely journey is going to span nearly three thousand kilometers say came from the race tracks of western russia to the streets of some period starts with some bumps on collapse. but when someone they're preparing for losses spike is with my seven sons so i until the spring. but there are a great variety is to say the i.c.l.

the best. this busy garridge is full of choice between competitors men who think nothing of racing round frozen tracks at one hundred thirty kilometers an hour with no breaks and i was being shown around by russia's best three saw him seen world champion genteel even off. this is mega law there ok so this is this is danielle steve these are the guys who actually won the world championship because they look at that boy. and so this. is your bike. with some of the. and it's time it has something to hold these spikes so. sick of this. ok. the downsides facing things like.

the old school hasn't put him off but trying to make sure he doesn't pick up any new ones. and i think currently i'm the only russian athletes you know where this kind of year some pretty serious for sex and they need just in case it's like a full suit of armor plus extras. it was time for a long article is now to try and for me to take my place in the stands. but. it's just the dark side of. the race follows the same rules the summer speedway fall outside to clockwise among the things i wouldn't cause many against and live. by another we'll. leave it here.

it's not just the speedway riders will pull into the winds in the winter. but in conditions like these driving in would be tough enough in itself but it seems that there's always a way to make it. more challenging and looks away in italian to garrincha to buy cars on a one wheeled amongst. persecutor hello. i'm alexey nice to me and this is your famous yes it's our uni motto we're preparing for the competition do you want to help we're planning to load it of course we can't. do a question over this alex a is a unit moto rider a firm believer that one wheel is better than two on the design of this highly international creation. so i don't think lives right any fully.

moonscape customs people so this is their custom made a russian bike with a japanese mansion. the wheel is from the army. in d.c. . where a lot of. the headlight comes from indiana. and there is also a park that used to belong to is interesting machine. it's into the boys' school like a lot but which translates as mega slip but it's a two hundred kilos she's not all that comfortable with a teacher with. so this is. the legacy. to make a fast. in the championship blowing me. that's just going to win. but if. you're ready

to head off some megalopolis let it up and i'll get to see what she can do. in the stadium. to tell you. the championships everyone here is loving the bills is a machine seems like the road is a common one range of shapes and sizes individuality is the name of the game no two going to like a need to compete is one wheel propulsion system this is the first ever closer to march the festival comes around the way us six. was unique is that this is not twenty one year odyssey to come here this is the

sport was originally invented for the people of the world this is not a money man's sport this is for people who are creative who can take an idea from inside their mind build that into a machine and then have the guts to get on it and ride it but everybody can do that it doesn't matter if you're young or old men women children there's a class for everyone money will not win this war creativity and ingenuity will. plenty of not so i'm sure along with some serious speeds and i'll make a lot that was certainly hold. but if you're looking for a role the more genteel way to spend a winter we've come to. think. the best of days out with a trip to the track and here in russia they've got their own style of racing which takes a bit out of the normal. this

start from prepares forces pacifically for the troika is a uniquely russian form of racing the dates back to the time of catherine the great and uses three horses honest alongside each other to pull to sway. the stable uses a ball of tricks was a powerful elegant breed and it was torn to get them ready for that big day. you raise a good for us. a senior statesman of the stables. experience. they have. you believe horse of a sledge. everything is prepared as it would have been back in the eighteenth

century complete with the bells that told everyone the troika was on its way. you can see why this would be some spectacle three. in full flow together. three. useful to express three. and i was about to get a taste of what they could do now this is what i call writing in style alexandria and alexander. are ready to go i went off to the races. and suddenly i'm a delinquents trouble just make sure you won't. blow

my nose of me i'm done for the horses certainly how i'm once they go into the race track a rigid loose alexandra each in his training have been winning titles for the best part of twenty years only it was no surprise to see them surged through to take another trophy back to the stables. one of russia's more ancient methods of winter transport it was time for me to try one of the newest under load was invented far away in new zealand it's become a common science country ski resort. in most sports you need certain skills to succeed nimble footwork brute strength mind but seemingly in this next one just coming to gravity to trick. it's the gun it's. in the morning.

it's on my strong leaders if i can be very dangerous no injures ok let's go assuming you have a higher launch breakfast it probably is just in case our instructor was on hand to give me some safety tips here ok so there are two spheres the inside sphere has a diameter of two meters the outside one measures three point two meters you'll be fastened at six points and some of the straps will keep your hands and feet in place others will hold your body in check was your job is to spread out your weight of overall six fasteners and so if you're ready let's go that's what i'm really i think so. reiss. he. was very comfy. still safe secure. and ready to roll down the hill.

but it seems hopelessly turning head over heels can squash the range of emotions as a ready as i'll ever be. the ability of the. truth. to probably be. due to the previous. act was all about ok i'm going to add one small covets what i said before a strong stomach is definitely in a go and such. just make sure the call is close by because you might have trouble walking a straight line for a while and johnny only needs a little while. c sixty. two next commission dates in believe me. just

a one to two execution date is enough for anybody votes for life to. run more than forty percent of the people who are excluded x. or not. y. you know live in the draft who is right. this is not and you know we execute our convicted capital murder we have the highest execution rate in america we're not afraid to do it we do it well this becomes a four wheel drive to. our ever new home. our get a letter your dad is due to be executed next week then is appears scary moment to use you know you can roots here money be appearing at the in a manner of me soon i say it's time to go it's hard work. and now we're going to be into this to the chamber of. commerce trade after they were dating.

well to rolling down a hill in a giant plastic hole i was hoping that my next sport would be wrong almost de. france in the frozen lakes of the country southwest not slowing down any more. now i'm here to say he'll look at one of the newest and faustus growing winter sports in russia combined skiing snowboarding windsurfing some one of these

this is snowkiting and i'm not the. time he actually brings together some of the best riders from all across the country for his on you all events a race across the ice the past is trying to be up to one hundred kilometers an hour . push. good hugo is going to give me a very quick basic introduction to cyclists so we have all our new bonus little walls. and actually a little wind and a little luck we should be good friends to see. well i mean even a little commerce takes a lot of pressure. for starting. to have to first understand where when where now the director of his. book the guys. here. with manky influence and you know.

take it out for some snow. when you just have to let the lines out after one or two full stops and we're like. all of a smart must be you know like you driving at. us keeping you in the air is easier said than done. for let. let let let you know that. if. i'm right. if. i do actually you know i was great fun i tell you what though economizing that's you doing something which is going to slowly me across the snow with it fortunately this time i don't have to but i'm just about maintaining you the moment i think and that's when. most notable attach but.

this will do me i'm going to leave the actual racing to eagle here and see. how far i can go with this very. well i practiced eagle once to get ready for the serious business of the day and i joined him for his final preparations and what's special about. this one is. in russia the place for the president here and once the wind really begins to blow conditions start to get very tough. just like thank you see initialise. and then as his competitors started to move away eagle was ready to go. to take his place in the start it's very funny because those who doubt any whistles will klaxons or anything but i'm reliably informed he's about to head off. to see

what time he makes them. the riders make two loops of the ice for a thirty kilometer race skiis travel far more quickly than the snowboarders so it looks like we might be in for once in the weeks. but here is a lot one. way. a number of judges keep track of each race timing the riders as they pass through the checkpoints and after a very chilly last i saw regal heading for the finish line. i couldn't make a winter sports program without a visit to siberia russia small just i'm coldest region in fact to get socially here the coaches have to warm up the pools so players don't get injured they live

here in camera but it's no slouch either brings the crowds out. it's a whole different build a. city i say hi james already going well yeah we're had a delightful game it's good that. yes it's very loud. but that's the stadium can hold up to thirty thousand found and it's easy to get drawn into the speed and dynamism of the game you learn you have to do you know if you go up penalty say they get. back kicking some butt here i was. i was. placed for. sure. and it's not just

a fan favorite in siberia. i just board has always been popular all across russia but i'm sure by the skin cream or yale the way t.v. can trace west including our hahnville skin more months on the white sea coast in other words people really enjoy this open air game all over russia i can understand why it was delicious flying in from both ends the final straw and a seven sixth who's boss and it sends out that you've got to be approved to get. me on skates generally equals me on the full fairly quickly but there is a bit more of a fun friendly version of bunny you can play using these a lot is what we're all here. i have to go out today. i just need you to meet up the second half of us with. a good anyone can play bendy

all you need is sticks and fell hooks ok. what's most important is that you played with passion ok ok you got your boots and will supply you with a stick. you might as well troy your self. righteous don't teach your opponent will just do the job and it's also forbidden to push your opponent for you so let's move now this is a game that they play outside in song period so it's important to have the right let's get. to the. friendly unimposing satisfy me. philip put me on my back so. it seems my team mates and sets my natural goal scoring ability and i was sent out from some attack i was just having small problems with my turning circle. so this is why i stay on your feet. and balance.

until. the senate in. which you're going for it was probably very smart not to. let were a few crunching tackles going into. possibly michael's abuse and wasn't the most telling but off the fifteen minutes that felt like an hour my team ended up i'm still. all know about the souls of all. guernsey priest's. voice no he schools or the sea was almost as a man's and i have one famous still true.

love. well i think of. images of some. song bunkers greens but today i've gone some snow drifts and whites but they don't let a small thing like winter get in the way around here. and back in tallahassee they've built their own place cords says a little to me some call him today. so many competition anything we hear from locals and. to keep. as many fans as we want ok and see who comes out of some sort for the ice cold championship but always being in the spoils camp when it traps golf but the neil is

a keen plant and he promised to give me a few tips. for annoying thank you for those with great expertise i think this is obviously the. club for this distance you know what she dimitri and. always what i do is create something different in russian. in the wind but knowing the right thing to shout was not my biggest obstacle had a. nice fluid swing. i can easily see it. going on only applying to. look that's one. price so yeah i think this is what we call being in the rough. as it is if it's it is somewhere it is. deep deep in

a snow drift that the meal was having no such problems as he hits one sweet shots. very nice. ok so i can understand some a goal for nice weather business on the links but when you fingers a freezing olf. it's about. fifty in the school of. people missy missing goals you know and. so. once to be whole when we get. to socialize maybe have a drink after. yes yes we're late as many holes as we can in these from the studio went to catch up with the competition i started to get the hang of things. at least i hadn't brought the action gently.

delicately into the whites you. see with. the back to haunt. them pretty hard to the lawyer was roy. when the temperature close to minus fifteen celsius the console was too worried about my signature i was ready to finish my rounds back to the conference. and the ground floor a magnificent squad room. think you can any better than that. the winter in russia can certainly be brutal but if you're happy to give the outdoors a trawick there's no shortage of things that will keep you entertained through the frosty months whether you're taking parts or just relaxing unless it has to work to the end of the day spring is never not forgotten.