the cossacks built it in seven hundred ninety three a year after they landed on the team on coast. the church has never stopped working not even during soviet times that's why some very vibrant traditions have been preserved here for example during the cross procession they close the triage gates and cossacks stand guard on every entrance to stop evil spirits answer in the temple. to do. construction of the crimean bridge or to use its official title to cut straight road bridge carried on for eight hundred sixteen days work never stopped not even for a day. initially seventy four bridge designs were submitted for consideration. just imagine the scope of that competition when construction just begun it seemed an incredibly sophisticated project but through the skill and professionalism of tens of thousands of peace. the crimea bridge is actually ready . for you but you were. the first person to drive across the bridge is the president giving it his stuff out of the papers. this year but with an interview it's like no. longer but the good lord but i would rather put the. focus here t

having cossack fighters out in the street with whips taking on protesters, it seems bad.ving them a municipal contract and putting them in charge of public safety at an international event like the world cup, that seems even worse. vladimir putin's last term as president was marked by his decision to invade and take over part of another country. also invading syria. also of course monkey-wrenching the american presidential election to the benefit of donald trump. but it seems at the start of his next term it seems like things are getting worse. it just -- it seems like that the more attention you pay the worse it seems. if you're somebody who takes a wider view, though, a longer view, a better informed view of putin's place in russia right now, are things worse or have they always been this bad? joining us now is michael mcfaul. the former u.s. ambassador to russia. he's author of the very timely new book, "from cold war to hot peace: an american ambassador in putin's russia." mr. ambassador, great to see you. >> great to see you. >> congratulations on the book. >> nice t

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