people who are sixty five thousand killing. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face. a limp a torch relay. on r t r g dot com. it could be the most exciting all the most terrifying day of your life one year away from everyone you know and love one year in the complete unknown. it's a rite of passage for thousands of young russian men a chance to find out what they're really capable of. i was joining them on this journey of discovery and god knows it was going to be tough. take a deep breath and hold it. was your full name wrong. ever done in this once. i swim. everything's

fine you could. take these two are the right ten to arm to a side squeeze called a. perfect. iraq sauna i can't believe i'm actually writing this i'm going to join the russian paratroopers the video of it. my fellow recruits are all just eighteen and they look it this is their first time away from their parents but at least for now some of them seem too nervous the regiment spaced into a few hours drive away from moscow and when we pulled into the barracks i knew there was no turning back. come on soldiers you're in the military now no more joking any more hair according to military regulations we perform our active duty. now to positions dress left turn right for

a single reich march on the double. we're going to have a brown we're going to bed number eighty eight. pack your personal belongings in three minutes gather in the car door. this is boot camp all the new guys are locked into gether in the complex for a minimum of one month and it's as crowded as i feared they must be at least eighty bunks in this one room and we were issued on new beds and told to make them quickly . make the bed. first smooth out the lower mattress then put the upper mattress on it one bed sheet on top. to slow. the faster faster faster any questions pile of everything's clear.

twenty seconds left. everyone shakes must be the same level. that's not how you make a bad. the foot under the mattress tuck it under our. beds were all books jobs but we passed inspection i'm going to have to get used to being ordered around tomorrow the hard work begins. rise and shine come on a. faster faster put on your sports

uniform comrade paratroopers gone soldiers passed up faster you don't have much time. as i thought a woman was just a walk in the park at six am we're awake at six ten we're up and running. this is just a short walk a couple of kilometers to get the haul something because we're only getting started to. finish the exercise. even though i'm probably fitter than i've been for years this is a totally different level. one to. you know of course push. up. do as many push ups as you can. i can safely say i'm never going to get used to doing nakul pushups on gravel. the

way you are you tired soldier. do you think it's going to be easy. to. go on with the exercise. come on come on come in the morning. let's get ready to run. or. is this we don't call them good soldiers or bad soldiers over the command of the conference for many conscript into a good soldier is a bad one but the main thing is i said. you has to want to become better. in a year they'll be back home boys but it's true men who understand the army way of life and if the shoulder to shoulder with their comrades. are years not enough to become a real soldier no but at least a year of army service behind your soldiers is quite a good experience to have made a log. three

times a day when marched into the mess hall to eat the food is bland tasteless and portions are strictly controlled. this is where you get a real good look at who's actually in the army there are lads here from all over russia and some from the old soviet union guys with the faces of hardened veterans and kids that look like they haven't started shaving yet it's an interesting mix and a little intimidating. what do your family think about you being in the army of it is just part of me. well they're not worried i've told them it's a good military base everything's fine nothing seemed particularly difficult to me . both little but a man must serve in the army that's what i believe. yes i don't respect people who

avoid military service. commands partial disassembly today i also have my first meeting with my new best friend my a k seventy four assault rifle in coma this is what's going to save your life so god help you if you don't look after it taking care of your gun means knowing it inside them out and we're all expected to be able to strip it and put it back to give some of the guys can do this in twenty seconds or less from now on more about accuracy. and machine guns are hard so all new comers hard their hands your hands will get used to it and become harder more agile you're not going to touch a gun as though it were woman you do everything quickly you shouldn't be too gentle some people become so skilled at it that they can assemble and disassemble it with their eyes closed and with one hand for instance if you get wounded you'll have to assemble it with just one hand they improvise. notching drill.

the arm of so on to this one. one. one. one. two one. in front of your choice. one. stronger. to the right so much. like. one. tree but do not change your. one three. zero one zero one of your feet. driving around right leg left. one one one two three. brown yeah yeah. your moves are terrible. that

will not do. a lot of marching practice for you. right after dinner. another constant for us every day is going to be marching practice the fundamentals of soldiering put your hands and feet in the right place at the right time to the right rhythm i guess this is why they call it a drill because unless it's common to your skull until it sticks it's easy to mess it up. we can spend hours on the square trying to get it right. one thing we all have in common is how exhausted we are by lights out eleven pm you've got dozens of men ready to collapse the russians have a saying that something stinks like a barracks and it's certainly true we're just all too tired to care.

i knew today was going to be tough when we lined up in front of our heavy equipment we put on a flak jacket helmet gas mask and webbing about twenty five kilos worth and we're told get ready to run. this is what they call a forced march and its brutal two kilometers would normally be a breeze but soon the extra weight has your shoulders in agony and my new boots are killing me. to give us twenty minutes to recover in the shade but i was struggling and i was wondering how the others were coping with everything . well life changing it's not civilian life but now we live according to

army regulations thinking all about yourself you start telling your comrades about adjusting the uniform and things like that where one scene now. two arms. of the several dummy runs would be a case we were ready for the real deal live fire exercises and they don't disappoint. or the private brown ready to fire fire first up range shooting targets one hundred because. the weather was becoming a real problem though it was already way of a thirty degree is what i was starting to overheat private brown firing fiery finished. but i think you'd still be proud of my first effort. brian brown. you're a good shooter it is your chance to tell it but you don't hold

a gun firmly enough against your shoulder. only to recoil so the bullets go hire. the best part is seeing the end result. when i know i haven't wasted my time on these guys it wasn't all in vain. i can say that i've taught them to tell you with a first shot to take a parachute jump. if you see the results of all of my efforts everything else is routine in this tough life of ours. but i also learned that i'll be firing a bazooka this week you'll no doubt be pleased to hear. private brown ready to file. the target whether grenade or fire don't worry i have been having lessons so hopefully i won't blow myself up.

i can't hear anything. that's the real me. and my young comrades with get outta here. wealthy british scientists some time to. find a. market why not. going to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max

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thousand and thirteen six hundred fifty thousand conscripts reported for duty but that's only seventy percent of those who are eligible. more recruits into the ranks is a priority for the top brass. as for me i think i'm finally starting to get. the fitness work is becoming a little easier i'm getting better with my gun and feeling more like a real part of the unit. of course there's one thing that we're all waiting for more than anything else the thing that makes them unique. what. they were got the main parachute and there were three hundred has to pack the parachute away properly. yeah we were going to. help me with that side of the canopy all of us have to undergo a minimum of two weeks parachute training before off first jump and there's a lot to take in which team up and work in pairs but the captain is always nearby

to make sure we're doing it properly a mistake could literally be the difference between life and death but you carefully go go go. go take the chamber off the cloth stop. ok stop don't lift it you can't pull it here. it would end badly. my training partner yvonne isn't far into his military service but he's finding it tough being away from home. i can see america. i must be difficult being here without her. to me and to her yeah but we can get over it. i mail or this is much better than calling on the phone or sending messages she says it's always so nice to have my letters that it makes her want to cry i received my first mail here in the first week of service and i will remember it forever. everyone's rising home about the jumps it's

a real rites of passage here the first time you feel like a power if i'm honest i'm trying not to think about it too much i've never been particularly happy with heights. but it's not just the air we have to be at home and there's a special reconnaissance unit assigned to the sea and river missions which might have to gather information or clear mines for following troops and i was invited to an underwater training session. little bit of the instructor uses signals to indicate when the valve is closed but he will give a no error signal if you want out of there you look for the nearest partner and take a spare mouthpiece from him you know in this situation that it's important not to panic keep calm and look for a partner. everything is going well up to the point

we practiced what to do if your runs out you're not supposed to hold your breath while diving but you certainly don't want your lungs to be empty when your supply goes dead. this should. be close you'll be under. enemy take him and lock him. there's also the possibility you might have to engage the enemy. in a scene that reminded me of an old movie i was sort of the basics of underwater for . one quick and permanent way to disable your opponent is to. but of course in the pool you need to make sure you get his regulator back to him quickly.

one thing you learn quickly is that life in the video of a is rarely quiet if it's not just shout you don't want to or one hundred steps. is always the regimental song. at least it comes down a bit enough free sun we still battle mind you although it's a little more mental than physical and we're always finding out new things about each other. i want to sign a contract. like i didn't expect to like it here so much actually all the men in my family have been in the military so i want to go to the military academy to keep doing my military activities. checkmates. congratulations thank you very much i'll have to practice more it played well. my friend alan seems to have mapped out his future most of us are still preparing for a. week from tired to tired to toughen up our

feet and then it's on to the trampoline from the center one by one ground. it's anything but bouncy. i feel a bit count down. yes there will be it can happen while you're airborne that a fellow jumper moves towards you so to avoid collision you have to give a command command to divert. the outer holding back one soldier push up more and keep your life together. harder harder pole you have to pull yourself up to shoulder level better make sense. of it tension please first step how you exit the aircraft information the closer

you group the better you should bend your knees slightly like you do on the ramp when you get ready to land. yes yes some are questions you know some right number one hook up and go on. we were ready for a big chess we hope to ourselves up to all model plane and prepared to jump. i just hoped it was going to go smoothly. so the five hundred one five hundred to five hundred three five hundred four five hundred five kind of pay. this place guys must go by so that if you're in your right mind. to be scared is that. everyone's afraid. everyone gets scared at that but you have to overcome that fear

and take that step to jump off the plane properly and wait for your parachute to deploy. and then you'll be overcome with emotion. when you're on guard duty you have plenty of time to watch people and even though i've seen tempers flare several times the only thing that's been thrown around is some colorful language it seems to have been drummed into the guy is that the man next to you might save your life one day and you need to treat him accordingly. i've been trying to put my faith in a parachute to save my life logically i know it would in reality i'm not so sure. there was some for my last food camp jump. the exercise in the model plane had gone like clockwork but as i saw the ground get further and further away everything

became horribly real. even washing someone else wasn't making it easier. i was forty metres up and every fiber of my being was telling me to head straight back down the ladder. just was the most susceptible would have been at the foot of the uk but after we hook you up you step on the spare bed on my command ready you adopt the stands upon the command go you exit the tower you're reading. the above we think we did. we got to get ready that was dr brown our. good news at least that is what i sense is going on when you leave accent tower try to turn towards it brian brown come on. already. ready. put your hand on the harness faster.

so. there was a nightmare one off of my brain saying you've seen it safe you train for this and the other screaming at me if you jump off this tower you're going to die. james. must concentrate as much as possible get used to what i feel something is holding me it's ok they're out of fear anything it's really frightening. it's just. sort of. hold the button to lower your head. ready. to step with your left foot the one. i really don't want to. i don't want to. i'm just like on the thing that i don't know what

to do. i hated myself for not being able to jump high hopes i'd get another chance but that was good to have to wait to camp was almost over and i was looking forward to watching the troops take the pledge of allegiance. not a low power trip or guards oh. ard. it's a proud moment for the soldiers and their whole families are there to see them i swear to fulfill my military duty honorably defend freedom independence and the russian federation my people in my homeland and dative a veterans are on hand to offer the new soldiers some words of advice. would i serve the russian federation congratulations and good luck in the paratroopers i wish you good discipline good fighting kit and good studies i serve the russian

federation. my wish is for these guys to serve conscientiously. well for the year so that in the event of war. or any other unforeseen circumstances we'll be able to fulfill our combat role. there's no question my time in boot camp has been the most physically demanding of my life but you quickly feel that you're part of something special. the sense of comradeship is very genuine here even for an outsider. i've got no doubts that in a combat situation these guys would lay down their lives for each other among a group of nonprofessional soldiers many still teenagers that shocked me most of all some of them will stay in through others like me are destined for regiments around russia. still possible get the opportunity to redeem myself

but for now i'm on leave. you already know that. some mathematicians at the swiss federal institute of technology have given us a very precise answer they did a study of who owns and controls the companies on the capital markets forty three thousand companies and they found out that there's a secret super entity they call it that owns sixty percent of the

earnings every year and forty percent of the assets they did this by putting the same people on the boards of these companies so they have ten times the economic power that they're entitled to and they thought no one would catch them at it this is a huge conglomerate that has been rigging the library prices it's been rigging all of the commodities prices it's been trading in the securities markets with insider information it has got to be stopped it also bought up all the media and has been lying to people deliberately. made it. real so i think. it's no good saying c.c. war. service. expect some of the top the straight.

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