and it's a man's world in estonia as a new report shows women suffer the most in europe in the battle of sexes with lower pay and fewer jobs. pull up next to the hundreds explores the ancient cities and towns just outside the russian capital stay with us. hello and good to see you again now about seventy five kilometers north of moscow along the road. is the small town south of the main goal to ring the nations. of the next few weeks we'll be visiting several of these historic wonderful cities and towns day out on a beautiful summer. use amount of moscow you can see the journey. to just say get over the centuries many fasting throughout the journey is a long way from the second full day today it's about a two hour drive when you along as you greeted by smooth house is surrounded by the forest and this mosque is skyscrapers bloom in the new capital of concrete and steel time traveling the treat of relaxation history and tradition. in the thirteen forties for centuries and it's more of a straight have been the greatest and largest religious and cultural center in the russian state it's

now women in estonia suffer the highest gender pay gap in the entire european union the latest survey says there are an average of thirty percent less than their male counterparts and with most politicians turning a blind eye to the problem women are often scared to speak out against inequality. today the sun is shining. it's a break from a hard working life money to raise her son but as a single mom she has to sweat it out in the factory just to bring in the meat a plate. just. thirty three degree celsius in their workshop but our employers don't care if you try to stand up for your rights they'll point you to the door if you don't like it here you're free to leave it's very hard to find a job here and therefore put up with working in slave like conditions estonia has one of europe's worst pay gaps between men and women the studies say women get paid seventeen percent less than men on average but in a stone year it's as much as thirty percent people think that we don't have the problem. there where no problem. and the problem that people don't have their gender lenses how to say this

reveals that estonia a third less than their male counterparts.

the wage gap between men and women in estonia is the widest in the whole of the european union according to the figures most women and a third less than men it's the russian speaking minority that suffers the most part of discovery. today the sun is shining on olga it's a break from a hard working life earning money to raise her son but as a single mom she has to sweat it out in the factory just to bring in a meager pay packet just because it's thirty three degrees celsius in their workshop but our employees don't care if you try to stand up for your rights they'll point you to the door if you don't like it here you're free to leave it's very hard to find a job here in estonia therefore put up with working in slave like conditions dystonia has one of europe's worst pay gaps between men and women studies say women get paid seventeen percent less than men on average but in a stone year it's as much as thirty percent people think that we don't have the problem is that there is there where ness of the problem and. and the problem that people don't have their gender lenses how to say this whe

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defense authorities blocking protesters from entering estonia next nazi soldiers commemorating the country. well at least twenty eight people have been killed in forest fires that continue to ravage central russia sweltering since the middle of june the country is in the grip of its most severe heatwave for one hundred thirty years the russian emergencies minister says the situation is now under control but firefighters are still battling to contain the blazes in the last two days thousands have had to watch their homes burned to the ground and many others have been evacuated our correspondent. and that is certainly one of the worst hit areas hi sara so can you tell us how many fires are in the area right now and what are officials doing to contain it must be an uphill battle given this heat. well in for a mistake made managing to get the situation under control after the last day he. amount of destruction caused by these by the same photo by the heat waves the russian state over the past couple of weeks now we know that around a hundred thousand head to a still burning across central russ

nazi defense although already has blocked anti fascist protesters from entering estonia as acts nazi soldiers are commemorated in the baltic country. news coming your way to all fifteen minutes time for the meanwhile though it's kate with the sports. hello welcome to the sports news here from r.t. in moscow these are the headlines flying high alexander sure stuff claims russia's third gold of the european athletics championships with the best high jump of the season. while flying high vessel leads alongside as red bull left their rivals trailing during friday's practice sessions the hungaroring grand prix. and the new tiger woods teenage prodigy bobby wyatt wins his fourth straight junior championship far in an amazing fourteen under par round a fifty seven. but we start with football and the russian premier league with saturn one one military two one g. alexander sets up fine you break the deadlock in the sixty seven minutes and home side and hung on for victory. elsewhere on thursday night five time european champions liverpool have won forty in the europa league after diving and g

and also the nazi defense bloc anti fascist protesters from entering estonia as ex nazi soldiers a commemorative in the baltic countries. live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day at least twenty eight people have been killed in forest fires that continue to ravage central russia sweltering since the middle of june the country is in the grip of its most severe heat wave for one hundred thirty years the russian emergencies ministry ministry says the situation is now under control but firefighters are still battling to contain the blazes in the last two days thousands of had to watch their homes burn and many others have been evacuated off the sarah firth reports from the region one of the worst hit areas. and for a nurse they've made managing to get the situation under control of the last few days has seen a huge amount of destruction caused by these fires this been told so by the heat wave the rush of the past couple of void now we know that around a hundred thousand to still burning across central russia that's a huge amount to be done anything but i

and also, i think they are preparing for the day when the--what they did in estonia a couple years ago, is to shut down the whole country. >> vanda, organized crime covers a lot of other areas as well, such as? >> indeed, ah, drugs are one of the most obvious ones and the one that gets a lot of attention, especially because afghanistan and the merger between organized crime and, ah, non-state active terrorist groups insurgencies. um, i agree with you that possibly the intensity is especially acute because of the linkages to very powerful, non-state actors that exploit illicit economies for, ah, getting finances and also for building political capital among populations. but let's remember that, um, organized crime or crime was a big problem going back to the middle ages, going back to the roman empire and posed significant problems for governing entities to control populations and to enforce laws. >> you keep using the phrase, "non-state actors". who are we talking about? >> well, we can talk about anyone from insurgent groups such as the taliban or the farc in columbia to, ah, terroris

estonia. is relations between russia and iran and rapidly heading to help president mahmoud ahmadinejad's accused me to medvedev of being a spokesman for the enemies of iran and we did as he had insisted to wants to continue its friendship with moscow but he claimed russia's recent statements on iran's nuclear program were quote an advert for america's problem ganda drama russia and iran have long been political and economic partners however recently moscow backed u.s. proposed sanctions against iran the west fears the country's working on nuclear weapons but insists it's only pursuing peaceful energy you know do so from the moscow state university of international relations believes with these latest statement the arabian president simply trying to score points among the medical population of the country. to move through i think that behind such aggressive rhetoric there is a desire to unite the section of the iranian society he relies on this section is not conservative but rather militarist

to find a job here in a still when you're there for put up with working in slave like conditions estonia has one of europe's worst pay gaps between men and women studies say women get paid seventeen percent less than men on average but in a stone year it's as much as thirty percent people think that we don't have the problem is that there is there where ness of the problem and and the problem that people don't have their gender lenses how to say to see when there is an equality going on. it goes much further than wages so-called segregation in the economy means women often remain in lower paid jobs like health care and education while men dominate the more lucrative private sector experts say that's not just infer that it's bad for business if for example of concrete to woman feels that she cannot do the job or cannot take up the career that she would lie and she she has a talent for that and of course this is some human resource loss to their corner there also appears to be an ethnic dimension with the stone is large russian minority receiving low pay the nearest only in counterparts an

and also reporting the defense authorities block county fascist protesters from entering estonia as nazi soldiers are commemorated in the baltic country. be back with another update for in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime join us for journey back in time as we are look at the secrets of the ancient towns along russia's historical golden ring wasn't andrews's in the town of vladimir to discuss its glittering white stone cathedrals which are on the world heritage list stay with us for that. hello and welcome to plug in here on class about a couple of the ancient rules here lies the soul so i'll trust it's always there and it's a toss i was as it's one of the closest golden ring cities to moscow it's a popular day trip enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of tourists every here. people who lived in this area of russia five to twenty five thousand years the city was founded in eleven o eight by olga to be among the most a match for the city gets its name on.

they did not take over estonia, with u.n. and others, but they did take over georgia and they did take back central asia and it took over the whole of siberia. essentially, the russian empire was reconstituted. what's lenin was going and where? >> he was going in the boulder reason. what's in russia? >> he was a georgian. >> what is the difference? >> it is the difference between an englishman and an albanian. the georgians were a small nation to the south of the mountain range. they speak an entirely different language and this is why the other communist leaders looked down on stalin because russia was not his first language and he was always making slight mistake and he had a heavy asking -- heavy accent it was trotsky was going where? >> what we now call the ukraine. it was a farming family. he tended to play down a lot of aspects of his early life. he tended to draw a veil over the enormous commercial success that his extraordinary father had been building up this form in the south of the country. his father was jewish. t

until the second world war they didn't take over estonia, latvia, and lithuania. but they did take over the transcaucasus, georgia as a [inaudible] and they did take back central asia, and they took over the whole of siberia. so essentially the russian empire was reconstituted. >> and lenin was born where? >> he was born in the vulgar region in a place called [inaudible]. >> in russia. >> in russia. >> and stalin was born where? >> in georgia. and he was a georgian. >> what's the difference? >> the difference is the difference between let's say, an englishman and an albanian. the georgians were a small -- are a small nation to the south of the caucasus mountain range. they speak an entirely different language from the russians. and this was one of the reasons why the other communist leaders rather looked down on stalin because russian wasn't his first language, and he was always making slight mistakes, and he had a heavy accent. >> and trotsky was born where? >> trotsky was born in the south of what we would now call ukraine to a very wealthy farming family. he te