silence here this is a case by the u.k. media a seeming refusal to talk about what's been happening in places like danny well the reality is that the new government is struggling to control its militias and bridge the deep divides that remain in the country but none of that you're going to read about in a coffee very sorry. london. iraq's poring over the details of a major arms deal with russia after suspicions have raised over the way baghdad handled it reports on saturday first suggested the record pulled the contract sealed only a month ago which was then quickly denied by the iraqi defense minister the four billion dollars deal would make russia iraq's second biggest supplier after the u.s. chris of all still has a government a business consultant suspects washington may play a role in creating obstacles to the steel if this deal head gone through that would have meant for the iraqi people it kind of you know starting a balanced situation of the using east and west so to say and that would be healthy

for the iraqi people because this is in line with the geographical very simple geographical situation now putting this deal under pressure you know that means that the u.s. are insisting on a monopole in the region it is it is very clear you know it is not mr maliki who is calling the shots in the iraqi policies that is the u.s. right now in that they are not able you know to allow a little petition just a little you that is a very sad story for washington and it doesn't bear good signs for the future. kristoff hostel speaking to me there thanks ever so much for being with us this weekend hope you have a good weekend now volunteers a part and parcel of any olympic games out in a few minutes we meet the growing army of those ready to make such a twenty forty forgettable this is r t it's now coming up to thirty two minutes

past the hour time. if you're passing through rushes to be a region you really can walk on the wild side thousands of kilometers of unspoiled countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the land such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fisherman and provides a business opportunity for hunters there are defined hunting seasons in russia but lax enforcement means many animals are killed out of the allotted times which can leave young animals orphaned and unable to survive the heart of just us forest provides a sanctuary for the most famous beast in russia it's home to a group who rescue often bear cubs and raise them when they're old enough to fend for themselves the cubs a target taken to a remote location and released back into the wild but it's not just bears who find

a haven here this is wolf island here wolf pups who've been captured by hunters or bought from zoos have a second chance at life and conservationists have a unique opportunity to observe them these wolves are all around four months old and they'll stay in this area for up to three years then most will go back to the wild for good just viewing them from the car was an experience in itself but then after a bit of a bumpy ride came an opportunity i just couldn't pass up. this is what i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to a place called wolf island a chance to get close and personal with the locals and it's these guys going to act as pasta parents for the next generation will come here using the old awards as surrogate parents has already proved a successful technique. every year i placed infant wolves with one year old wolf cubs his parental instinct is totally shaped and they take them as their own cubs

it's going to continue to take time and money to rehabilitate the wolfs reputation in russia but the keepers here hope their research and dedication will mean that wolf island remains a place where visitors can truly understand the call of the wild. russia's black sea coast resort of sochi is busy working towards the twenty fourteen winter olympic games the city is preparing for an event that will welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors from all across the world and when they arrive they'll be greeted by the faces of the games sorties olympic volunteers. there are hundreds of volunteers lined up to take part in sochi twenty fourteen but it's fair to say that some of got a bit of

a head start and i'm about to meet two who got a taste of the real thing at london two thousand and twelve. constantine and christina were among a very select few chosen to head over to the u.k. . just in the last year they had to become division between. russia and russia have twenty states centrist. group press from such an. event like competition with skills to check our skills and. skills and personal qualities and they learned plenty of things that should be a great help for the sochi games what has. prompted. him. to stand always so. without the competition with some other. one. but when you see you see him there

could be up to twenty five thousand volunteers ready to join them in sochi so what sort of people do the organizers want. to see the kind. of your country and their presence of what's. always so ready. and there's no shortage of applicants wanting to prove themselves especially here in the host city. now looking off for all the visitors to sochi twenty fourteen is obviously going to be a massive job but that doesn't mean that everybody makes the cut i'm going to meet one man who thinks he's got what it takes bloods i mean you say you ready for this yeah excellent nineteen year old flood is a student at sochi university and understandably he's nervous about the recruitment process might come. along with these questions finally today. i don't know what to expect so what sort of things do you think they're looking for

maybe they will ask some questions about my previous one theory could be rents. something like details of my private life no wild land settle down to his interview the head recruiter showed me around to university was one of just twenty six higher education facilities in russia picked as a recruitment center for more than one hundred fifty choices. many of their interviews are done over the internet but those who do come in for a face to face may just have a little luck on their side. the more on the seventh of february twentieth twelve two years to the day before the start of the twenty fourteen olympics we let this volunteer heart in krasnaya polyana. each aspiring volunteer is asked to touch the heart to symbolize that all of the volunteer dreams will come true. and that means that the shore one hundred percent to become volunteers of the twenty fourteen olympics going to yourself. and you know you're a volunteer with feeling the love that i gave you around half an hour later it was

finished and in confident mood they asked about my previous experience in the ring my previous experience being things like that. so i had. a little experience so there was no problems in. this questions so confident that yes i'm confident that you'll be wearing the volunteers i hope so it's my dream it's going to take a while to fill all the available spots but those who are hoping to be selected a really getting into the spirit of things the olympic volunteer movement in sochi isn't just about the olympic games many of the people here want to serve their community and leave a lasting legacy and i'm here to see. what they're up to. in the sort of the high school a group of young people are preparing for a generation's for peace conference. set up by prince faisal of jordan it's an

international organization dedicated to developing youth leaders. and peace building is being run by philip and pavel who are putting together a whole days of activities. everyone's must before trump's initial press conference where the organizers are hoping to get the g.s.t. message across to the media. and to teach people skills conflict before these buildings they should know that the dialogue is taking the truth to respond and this is what generations will please teach them what these guys will still be working during the olympics with the some of the stuff that some of them will get. and once the local press is rolled in. and his ideas for the next few days. they get. more. fixed because they look at.

the following morning we were split up into three groups and it was time for a few bonding sessions with money to eat. lunch as this is a town the focus is strongly on sport it wasn't long before we were moving around. so little bits is the key to victory in this game. that the russians. once we do have a chance to get to know each other i wanted to find out what people were hoping to take away from the camp i think a lot of graeme and i also tried. to think that it actually with an option that's one skill yeah of course first of all skills. selfish. to be in or to help

other people and some looking to eventually lead come. princes of there are. actually what interested me in the mission of generation for peace peace through sports and sports activities and working with people mostly with here with children . promoting tolerance is one of the central ideas behind generations for peace and many of the group exercises focus on conflict resolution by the end of the week my team will be making a thirty minute presentation showing how they feel they can best be achieved. i think even if it's possible to move most of the front of the. house to the pope and then say what issues were raised where all the major problems how could they. be dealt with there are

a number of seminars and question and answer sessions but there's also plenty going on outside the classroom. this is the generations for peace main goal to develop peace sustainable peace and tolerance through sports so all the delegates need support programs to be taught and they will work with children after the camp so now they will have an example of their children that they will implement in the camp so this is extremely important and they can be many more universal sports. on their watch him. he seems like he knows what he's doing. but with the generations of pismo so being policy told him we were playing an appropriate game and philip and pavel household series of activities lined up for

us on. this friday so you want. if you have no idea you need to ask the person present all sleep so i say yes or if you have seen about someone as my space or ok are experts so good about this the bottom english some should be pretty good at giving little away. and the folks here is i'm guessing everyone involved trolls and competition. as the main goal of our. programs is still. to come when you create and connect people use each as an on the one team a decent of him on the mix of teams and all the wanting coming it's just so be destroyed by this between two teams and so is the stereotypes that food bowl can play on the two teams again that's how it has been along the fascinating day of the

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so choose generations for peace come more than twenty delegates are gathered to learn new techniques focused on peace building and making their home town a better place some of the participants are new to volunteering but others like the old times and already making a difference. in addition to my regular work i'm also engaged in volunteer activity or building at those volunteer activity is basically focused on old people and orphan children and that's our target. our volunteers take care of people who can't leave home for one reason are they other maybe they're sick or something like that for example. when we help them well go to the shop or just help out around the

house of the oneself. and i met up with a moment of the home visits. to see that it's so different the truth is. it's become too. late for the largest scheme to help of the people. every week the group visit different homes around so she can make themselves useful whether it's helping out with the shopping cooking or a few household chores. you're . lucky fingerprints a facility this. tool. that held a great deal for you both because nothing better than an old newspaper solutions

new certainly would have been. no more than cleaners here. good and for valentino that brings its own rewards. it's great to help people who can help themselves through this combination of hard work and a charitable spirit is exactly the sort of thing that generations for peace is trying to encourage us of course they're always looking for more support and back at camp the delegates were learning how to ask for backing. so this is kareena presenting our pitch as to why some local leaders should join generations for peace and now she's trying to convince the audience here. public speaking is another skill that's developed in the forums encourage the participants to face their fears. i was always the most. large it's not large but still. but practice makes perfect and the

exercises give everyone's confidence of boost and there are plenty of games to break up the day. celebration. was the. kids they were. in the future all the volunteers will lead activity groups for local children and they want to make them as entertaining as possible i i think. that it wasn't too long before we come up with something called a special. creation a great new celebration so be expecting to see this at the premiere. or i can actually. this is going to be close to go viral. you need something to celebrate and we all headed back to the sports field and this song i'm told is on the menu.

most people here have never played softball and the emphasis is once again on learning how to games and getting everyone involved. to get. the little. plastic striking. thing the bulls we were using were actually that some. generations within a. hundred eight on the head asking me why do i need helmets so i'm not here to see

. but then zones are tough cookies and brazier soldiers and the rest of my team will put me in a top performance. a crushing victory for the red team. if they're poor on films had made up to be the same and there was only one thing to do after that when. i. time the rest of the campaign hit back and saw it we nearly reached the final day and i caught up with pavel to see what he thought about his delegates progress. well delegates like other programs where will they be inspired. so then we saw them want to ation with all the. help during the sports programs they like

discussions they have passed. the training. staying here on the finish line of the camp or i can say that i'm proud of them like their progress. and full everyone gets the chance to show exactly what they've learnt presentation conflict resolution is the. end of three days for the whole world ok that's. what a coastal. assault from conflict resolution we also saw presentations on creating sports programs for children of negotiation. each group used different techniques to get their points across with question and answer sessions powerpoint slide shows and plenty of games. clearly put a lot of effort in and it was well appreciated and when the camp during to close

all the remains was to say if you. i didn't really know first of all what to expect when i came here but i think thanks to classes fantastic organization and your amazing enthusiasm i've seen a lot of people who obviously really want to make a difference to the community and it's been fantastic to me to be a part of it. but i certainly wasn't the only one who'd had a memorable experience. at being the most. the most valuable thing that practice and knowledge to build. here and so i share. and they. implemented all my knowledge and in practice unfortunately i think we did a lot of work we. presentations our projects and our duty to create some physical activity and now i know how to do it and how did the false

feel about everything. myself why a little bit because this. teaching group of people with only to train. it was a great challenge but i think we have done our best and. the program is well done and there was just enough time to create. memories will become find a place to store. people like these so choose future limping movements seem very safe. it was almost time for me to head home to moscow but i was going to have one last chance to watch the volunteers put the new knowledge into practice. like all the many better things to do on a sunny summers day them to come out and play with your friends but not every parent has the time to spend to supervise them and that is what people like next

year come in. every sunday they run an open play session for local children of all ages and as you can see it's pretty popular. bunch of old russian stuff called they have a problem there and are the biggest. and i was i need to let you know suppose. i didn't tell you no by attention to. my bowling and children i'm not sure about legal but it was quite a. nasty has been working with them for more than a year and eventually wants to do it full time though being a volunteer is a very important occupation like many responsibilities and cutting people isn't really as easy as he might think i'm studying to be a social worker and very glad to help people i really love children i'm looking

forward to having my own someday and well just keep on doing this kind of work. and the kids aside me hoping she does something this is the russian version of the bomb cocobolo going plans by. that. measure of course a problem when you try to do a live show but all these children get a chance to come and play it safe place for all of them given their parents or you don't know where they are not what makes the world by the phone much. the session goes on for several hours even if they're a want to bumps and bruises are the end everyone has a great time. but it's not all fun and games it's very educational so. i can still see you can swim. my name at least. you know what. all those people. will. say bye bye everybody say pick up by the way

for the camera on the safety. with english conversations like that to enjoy how could i not feel at home with the olympics coming up i spent a good chunk of the summer seeing what was going on in and around sochi but meeting the volunteers and working with g.f.p. have been the best part of all a really an experience. i met so many highly motivated young people in the last few days it's been quite humbling to be part of it the volunteers who really do want to make a better place and that means even though the winter games are still a way away the olympic spirit is definitely alive and well. resistance is not the politics but

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