we're on top of one of russia's most significant treasures. just a few meters away is the entrance to the igniter of sky cave and it's supposed to contain some of the best preserved ancient artwork in the country. definitely the place. that has low teens. my going to live here is an archaeologist who's been studying the cave for more than twenty years the drawings here are from the paleolithic period and i believe to illustrate the local tribesmen and rights of passage. you can see this little red claim all of the walls exposed to date but. this cave was used. as a sacred place where they would come. and make themselves all. right

this is definitely a cave for the brave enough to cave in the cluster think. it was was the tight squeeze because the drawings on the other saw it a truly spectacular. and see here this is a huge hole and it's supposed to belong to the figure of a unocal to spread out over was four meters at the roof and that's actually supposed to symbolize. the perp and me enough it's linked to this figure here of a woman who can make out heads supporting breasts. have legs at the back and just across the line of dots showing that they are both joined at. the room has a strong spiritual aura and i wasn't surprised to find that even after all this

time it's still used as a shrine so this is considered to be wanted not the most sacred place in the whole cave and it's interesting to see how the ancient religions have come together with christianity as people began to believe that this little figure here actually started to look like an icon of mary and christians started to come here and worship and place little icons of their own he'd see they're still here and it's still used as a place where people come and prays thousands and thousands of years and true it was made this may be the most unusual icon in the region but most of the work comes from one small town with an international reputation. region has always been one of russia's most important industrial areas because of the quality of its oil and all but on this territory has been a factory that for more than two and a half centuries has helped make it famous the world over.

works is credited with redefining cost on its its one numerous international awards and its sculptures appear in collections across the planet but the manufacturing process has barely changed since its eighteen hundreds heyday. so here we've got some of the ingredients that have made the cost on here so famous and it's all local products basically you've got over here the slightly lighter substance is clay and the black is just local sun but it contains properties that when mixed with the oil and whole make a very strong form of cost on it and that's why the artwork here is of such high quality and i know a lady here is making one of the molds that the is going to be pulled into so she's covering the i call him with is of clay and sand once the actual only call has been removed you have this perfect imprint left in the molds

and then because really start to heat up so from this boiling hot stove wow. you get the liquid on it will sound and play into this bucket that's about to stead i reckon. so the liquid on end is being poured into these molds here where it will sit between four hours until it's cold enough. to be taken out so the next part of the process can begin. but wow pretty toxic in here i'm going to move out the way. and once the metal reaches the right temperature the factory artists can go to work . so this is the next stage process nicholai head and now that he's come out of his mold ladies basically just roll down the final eco system that

sounded like everything looks good. each piece receives plenty of expense attention and some of the finest examples i kept in the factory for visitors to admire. hey you can see just some of the results that have come of two and a half centuries of crossman ship. produced beautiful intricate models like these and here you have the. first made the company. of course. if you want to see a few pieces of. them just take a trip to chile. this is the region and it's a business center. point three million people is about to take its most beautiful street. calculations are correct and this is what i think it

is we should be in the very hot and that means that life is over here. yes very good thank you so am i right this is the very center of town. these. towns and you just. see a route marked. absolutely. between the city ok. that has lived. and she's always keen to show its sights. we see we can camel symbol of. the became but it's still i think he will somehow became already at the scene. i think they're all supposed to be good luck symbols on they all right so. yeah maybe this chap as well because he has

a nice hospital there at. tripoli. it will. both europe and its territorial position it's become an ethnic melting pot so. you have. european culture mixed with asian culture as well. i was ready to experience some. first time when there's a celebration in these parts they don't do things by halves. so we've got. some very colorful people i'm extremely muddy fields but almost big glastonbury. festival promises to be just as good it's called sad and truly. scary on top saw events. and be surprised if you bump into a special guest or two. and even the presidential seal of approval.

someone two is a summer festival that's been celebrated for over a thousand years and i was about to meet up with someone who really knew his way around. one of the event. and a something to eat exponential. is an old. feast in the old days people used to come together here as a form of communion. being nomads they had a little opportunity to communicate in everyday life here they got together once a year and married off their daughter's. wedding bells but there was still plenty to celebrate i mean here in toronto a culture. says a fruit. basket. try our national drink. yes. this is wild to.

try sometimes please. this is supposed to be the best honey in russia so. this is taking. money out of the. cities. but if you really are. you can always test out your prowess in some traditional schools. unusual tests. like. the false does the whole. getting off to a terribly good start. and there's plenty of action for the strong men to. cope with she's going on. this. question because.

the competition was going on and i had a previous engagement to attend so through a few painful looking. i had to back to tempt. well after watching all that sport and. it's definitely made me hungry so i'm in the right place i think. i'm going to put on a little spicy running. around . take a seat look at this. fish for a king. this. this is our traditional dish give it a try. there's no need to worry about overeating because they have a few do not just of a. drink but just

a word of warning budgetary and should definitely stay away. but it was. a real bust here. one hundred percent with the t.v. still groaning with food finally walked away from my hosts on some. very delicious day but for the sake of my stomach it was time to start looking at a few of. the suits. got a story or out about this crazy lady with a convertible that. every time she. was on death row for.

the life that. has these people. it is necessary to put. everything we do to punish crime. but it needs to be done wants to be linked to the nazis but the historical antecedents of the american death penalty today in large part from the nazis and the. state of texas get their way and they execute. the house. and he keeps telling me they can't hear me and they are.

i won't be there i will now. hasn't been a thing yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. the full source material is what helps keep journalism honest really. we want to present. something else. if you're followed up on my world rather than. sort of a trail back and part of. it goes back to a time when people would lie down in their forces in the wild and take up these huge debts and putting them into the sheriff for prosecution i don't think much company may want to tell people. when they go out there.

and you have to hope that nothing bad. will it. but we're chasing killers and you got to keep that in mind others that to me a dollar bill please the rest. were not superheroes they can be killed two of you know if they shoot me in the head i'm going to die. and. once you hunted run you know i would never go back to hunt anything else which eleven's region is full of sprawling woods and forests so it's hardly surprising that the locals have developed a taste for country sports and i had to just outside the capital to see what i could back full of very long time the british have enjoyed shooting small flying things with guns and that's not something i've got a how to go out until today or i think i'm going to be able to break my duck. or at

least. sign means i really do not want to be in this area. speaking kind and gentle souls here on discovering russia the pigeons we were after were all artificial and murat was my cock shot instructor. where. the club has been open for more than ten years and it's the most popular in the area and soon i was ready to blow away some clay. knox unloaded. and i'll take a little beginners wherever i can get it. you never believe it. but

i carry on. who. gets like this according to murat the secret is to shoot the clay right top of the arc don't turn your head only look down the sights and before long i was ready for a solo if it's ok so i'm going to see if i can load the thing myself no. and we're ready to shoot. but i think this must be the most fun you can have with a deadly weapon and you can even pick up a few tiny moments. well i think that counts as a pretty successful first hunt. of course. take home a trophy or two what one. might have much to the shotgun but you don't really want to bump into someone with one on your afternoon hike if i was going to take

a weapon with me i needed something a little small with all of the chill of its regions wide open spaces and countryside it never hurts to have a good knife on you but if you want them survive in the wild why not do it with a little bit of style because here they've been making rushes most beautiful blades for almost two hundred years. swords are famous for their quality and decorative engraving for more than a century local blade smiths were the only official suppliers for the russian army and navy as well as the tsar's court the history of the modern factory dates back to the late ninety's but it's designers have a heritage that appeals to women buffs around the country i was going to watch them make. but. once the blade has been filed and shaped the rest of the components are all

assembled by hand so this this is a downer so this drug has just been put together and checked fitted into its scabbard here brosco bits on the brass handle. and that's what it looks like now. we certainly. don't want to be on the wrong end of that his shop assuming everything passes inspection the new blades are been sent to the factory artists where they're given an individual design this black paint like substance is actually a acid resistant lacka when the blade is galvanized this little bit which isn't covered golden and this little bit will stay solvent so you get the distinct. and then a true turn to the workshop for the last finishing touches. here see. no

i. just need to use the thing now. with my new found weapon the chill i've been spoiled in this held no fear is and if you're looking to get away from it all this is the place for you. and that was worth the trip so i've made it to zora cool the highest mountain lake in the year olds which is considered to be one of the most beautiful and unique landscapes in the whole country. the lake is seven hundred twenty four meters above sea level and attracts more than sixty thousand tourists during high season and it's so clean that you can drink from it. to go i don't in. over hello my name is sarah again. said gay is one of the park rangers it sort of cool and he's also an expert on the local flora and fauna. missional puharich is a safe haven for many animals. sometimes more beers skinny would be seen on this

trail hide in the grass and wait for tourists well there are many moose in here is year. there are also many roads here and foxes. plus a host of birds and he still grouse and if you find that the ants have carried off ill picnic you can provide a wild banquet of sorts pine cucumber. and russia which actually mean something sour definite lives up to his name. well you know for. sure. and at least dehydration is not a problem. and it's good actually if you get fresh you delicious greens you can. get thinner. maybe that would be such

a bad thing. with a few outplaying cucumber snacks in my pocket i headed out of the forest but i was still sticking close to the water. and she loves region has always been important industrial center of russia and that noise should be quite close to a special bit of engineering. and design as you don't look down too often you should be able to get right over it well i don't think it's going to help and safety inspection but this old bridge reserving the right place because underneath these very rich people woods is the longest serving hydroelectric dam in the country. for over one hundred years the station here has been lighting up the local community first powering the old fair alloa factory and now it's the only electric source for two nearby villages and chief engineer anatoly is the man in charge. it's like

a knowledgeable job until he's worked for the best part of twenty years and now manages the power station on his own but the equipment spend far longer than him. but night time the same system. and if he needs to crank up the juice he just turns the wheel. according to how much electricity they need to generate this control be but. most of them although i did lost the will to get. some of the pitman this reliable in place there's no reason it couldn't last a month. mind boggling to think of be a mounds of water that's flowed down that it runs at almost a second it's been doing it for over a century. it was almost time for me to leave the region but before i went i thought i deserved

a trip to one of the area's lakes and resorts and now it was time for me to get on the. we were heading out in the middle of the water but again i needed to make a quick change. we're almost in the right place here but supposedly the most interesting thing about this area is naturally the island itself but what's underneath it and to explore i just need to meet a couple of new friends. i just got to successfully leap from here to there. right. so we're going to go diving. yes we are going to dive in the lakes most interesting spots will go to a depth of twelve meters. below is the resorts chief don't even struct and he

promised we were in for. him once i was kid up it was time to get when it. finally ready to take the plug. it certainly wasn't the suits meant we were able to stay down for quite a while and take a look at the island. and i got to meet the local. both below and above the surface. were.

closed for a trip to all say. well it's not quite the great barrier reef they had there but it's definitely the best i've done in russell oh and i finally got my water sports fixing the trip. tundra. it's been a long journey around to levin's region and i felt odd and a little r n o this is a stunning cons of the country and it's a place where you can experience both european or asian hospitality among some of russia's most beautiful scenery.

fierce fighting across syria over the weekend reportedly leaves dozens dead this is moscow continues pushing for an international conference to resolve the crisis and the un admits neither side is sticking to the peace plan. one hundred billion euros of bailout madrid finally admits it can't save its beleaguered banks on its own becoming the largest economy so far to see aid from the euro zone. also boosting trade and tackling the crisis in the middle east russia and china strengthen their partnership is present president vladimir putin is it's beijing. two am in moscow i'm giving you today's top stories and

a look back at the week's news here on r t dozens reportedly killed over the weekend in some of the most intense fighting of the syria conflict this is the u.n. observers continue their investigation of wednesday's massacre in the hama province they're still trying to figure out exactly how many are dead and who is behind the slaughter top u.n. officials admit for the first time that a peace plan is being flouted by both sides meanwhile. reports calls for foreign intervention are being stepped up. decaying bodies lain side by side we mean children among them death was indiscriminate and bloody the pictures from syria this week have brought shock around the globe and also a worry in sense of deja vu just weeks before any other massacre came to light this time in the village of houla and the world was quick to pass judgment the american british and french push for military intervention in syria is absolutely enormous we've seen hague.