is located on the southwestern shore of the caspian sea. russia and georgia to the north to the west and to the south it separates true the u.s.s.r. and nine hundred ninety one before the break up there was an ethnic conflict with. one of the most tragic events in azerbaijan history was when troops were deployed in the capital back in one nine hundred ninety. of the. the time as a by john had a national liberation movement called the popular front the atlantic staged mass protests around the country seizing government buildings when the situation got out of control the authorities introduced a state of emergency almost. terror trick on january the twentieth one thousand nine hundred ninety tanks and tobacco to restore order during the turmoil one hundred thirty seven people were killed. brother. was among the first victims. after they launched a flare the tanks came in and started firing. it will notice that it was not by my side. it went down to the square to meet the tanks rookie he raised his arms up and said but don't find. he said a lo

one side you can see the old fortress from the other oil platforms and caspian sea . here the past on the present have merged together fluidly. breaking news on a russian oil rig off the country's far east coast capsizes during a storm with more than sixty people on board. fresh clashes flare up in western kazakhstan just days after a demonstration by oil workers ended with eleven people dead. the west and its allies mounting pressure on the syrian regime as russia fights to push through its draft resolution at the u.n. aimed at solving the crisis peacefully. plus the wait is finally over as russia has accepted as a police member of the world trade organization.

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exon new coil and amoco to develop as a violations oil fields in the caspian sea nowadays azerbaijan is number one in the commonwealth of independent states in terms of per capita best. the feel if it was for the war for work the government is doing all it can in these days to diversify oil development production and transportation. so as to cater to multiple customers which are as a result we have great prospects of it with the. german reporter hans you'll can bet has lived and worked in azerbaijan for twenty years he has witnessed all the changes bolton de azerbaijan has gone through. really from the menders income. solving income like that. what they can do. to put. forth. in business and. one of us by john's major interests is in foreign investment and seeks to provide favorable conditions for foreign businesses in the city of gebal three hundred kilometers north of back to the piano factory can be found. coming from a family of piano makers turns left wing has shifted the production of his time on a belt and pianos from germany to azerbaijan claims his business is the largest of

downtown back in the caspian sea used to lap alongside the capitals full trust and home city until it eventually withdrew leaving the fortress rules exposed every day the keeper of his architectural relic crimes danger and fortifications that have enjoyed sieges. yet the snowball according to the us war was arrested in the twelfth century by shocks aton the first who did a lot of fortified the city their inner city book remained an impregnable fortress that even the monk will spill to conquer in the thirteenth century new mothers yet that was when the mungo lama encountered the so-called liquid fire which the defenders of back would douse their enemies heads with it took scientists a couple of centuries to figure out that it was simply burning oil. his you know moving is this thing that here we can see the openings that we're used to poor oil down the wall. with you then the entire wall would be engulfed in flames and it would be impossible to climb out of the. old black who is considered a cultural treasure and is protected by unesco. one night for years the look of the city changes

oil company partners who you know all the big americans companies were in with them in the in the caspian sea and they swore up and down that they had no problems for fifty years with this stuff. they knew it blew out the same cement the same operation in the caspian now wait a minute i get a cable if this is true deepwater horizon is not an x. that it's a homicide so in vulture's picnic what i do is different people knew my you know best democracy money can buy some leather for this different i think you were me and you got more time with me you know on the on the investigation so on this one i go off to zero by john and by the if you don't or is there by john that's because the eighty second airborne hasn't arrived there yet it will now because of the welcome you know of kabul i got you know they got a lot they got a problem they were coming and but i would go there to find out if this is true so i take off i use a cockney story to get my camera crew in we take off across the desert no roads and in a jeep bank i'm busted by b.p.'s private police army and then the military police and the sec

bodies were after remove not even cost guns on the highway speak in the city and overlooks the caspian sea too many rules enclosed that one part of deadband and to the sea buildings the delay between those two story the walls every morning are of the price of for instance this is the jewel mosque one of the most ancient in the world many believe. is that it was through here that the muslim religion spread into russia the walls of the small scuffs through same trees of history and during the soviet union or even used as a prison locals are not only trying to preserve buildings but also their traditions for centuries dagestani man were known for their horsemanship they raised horses and sold them to the caravans coming to the city dagestani horses were well known in the north caucasus for their strength and stamina but now that age old tradition is being challenged by a woman who wanted too much or at the beginning no one understood me all my brothers were who was mine what i was a bit into following them because i'm a woman it took me years to become what i am now or manof is dedicated to r

bodies were after remove not even cost downs on the whole i speak in the city and overlooks the caspian sea too long walls enclosed one part of their bent to this team the locals are not only trying to preserve buildings but also their traditions for centuries dagestani man were known for their horsemanship they raised horses and sold them to the caravans coming to this estate but now that age old tradition is being challenged. but a woman. who wanted to know that she was at the beginning no one understood me well my brothers were who was mine when i was a bit into following them because i'm a woman who was it took me years to become what i am now after just a few hours indeed and you can feel the history coursing through the veins of the narrow streets and if you concentrate hard enough you can almost hear the clatter of horses answering the old gates of the city but the republic is also famed for its athletic and linguistic diversity being home for more than thirty languages and to discuss this more i am now joined by a snow referred dave payton thank you very much for joining me today pl

sea and the aegean is on the verge of falling apart after bulgaria decided to leave the joint project with russia and greece you want point three billion dollar pipelines intended to transport russian caspian oil bypassing turkey's crowded the bosphorus and dardanelles channels thus saving shipping costs but gary a says the project will not work under the current agreement it will now pay eight point two million dollars to its partners in costs russia's pipeline operator transnet says construction could still go ahead but will require new negotiations he well oiled is falling to around one hundred dollars per barrel after a government report shows supplies grew unexpectedly as demand for gasoline other petroleum products a drop and u.s. stocks are lower as optimism fades on the outcome of the upcoming e.u. summit at the end of this week financials are higher but industrials are dragging on the dow caterpillar is declining around two percent. european stock markets closed wednesday's trade but what we're seeing at the close is footsie down point four percent the dax point six percent better than what we saw throughout the whole session that's despite the financial times say european officia