we're headed to the poor eastern part of gotland it's a quiet region with few jobs and much that many are moving away. where in the harbor town of skeeter. there's a cement factory and little else they used to keep pipes here for the german russia north stream to gas pipeline now there's just a pile of logs sweden's government was worried russia could establish a secret military base here. and you call this putin key. yes but we used to call it pharmacist k. . that's where north stream stored pipes for the first pipeline. and why shouldn't day every week we get a russian ship transporting coal pastoral cement. keeping the pipes a wasn't an issue why should it be an issue now. why can't we store pipes from nordstrom to here i don't get it. some of the people of slater missed out on fifty million dollars roughly five million euro worth of business a new storage site is now being constructed in cause harm on the mainland. due to their long tradition of trading with russia few people in slater are worried about their large eastern neighbor. the russians wanted a conquered gotland they cou

the russians wanted a conquered gotland they could do so any time they don't need a harbor for that. after the three day drill several hundred soldiers remain on the island too few things patrick monarch military officers like him are suspicious of the russians they think who controls gotland controls the baltic i want to know if the soldiers left here will be enough. as a defense army and will be enough soldiers i don't know a reasonable consideration but an unusual one for a swede after all the country hasn't fought a war you know for two hundred years. a young german mother and her small son are in jail in turkey facing an uncertain future michelle atoll who is one of over one hundred journalists caught up in president or the ones wave of arrests since last summer's failed coup and when her son circa is allowed to visit his father he must go to another prison because he too was arrested zircon only gets a glimpse of normality when his grandfather visits him. the burka cause a women's prison in stumble. comes here regularly to visit his daughter misha. this time he plans to take hi

we're headed to the poor eastern part of gotland it's a quiet region with few jobs and much that many are moving away. where in the harbor town of skeeter. there's a cement factory and little else they used to keep pipes here for the german russia north stream to gas pipeline now there's just a pile of logs sweden's government was worried russia could establish a secret military base here. and you call this putin key. yes but we used to call it pharmacist k. . that's where north stream stored pipes for the first pipeline. and why shouldn't a every week we get a russian ship transporting coal pastoral cement. keeping the pipes a wasn't an issue why should it be an issue now. why can't we store pipes cannot seem to hear i don't get it. some of the people of slater missed out on fifty million roughly five million euro worth of business a new storage site is now being constructed in calls harm on the mainland. due to their long tradition of trading with russia few people in slater are worried about their large eastern neighbor. the russians wanted a conquered gotland they could do so any

nice growth in military spending for the next few years even the low key swedish resort jewel of gotland with its sandy beaches and intriguing limestone has been introduced to the swedish military they've been stationed there since two thousand and sixteen and still to no avail no attacks have come from the east but wait a second there was a russian spy submarine alert a pew years ago the scandinavian military went full swing into a large scale search mission in the end it all turned out to be nothing but a fishing boat seriously so now this week's military are staging these massive drills to make sure they can protect the nation from an attack which they themselves deem i quote unlikely seems like an overreaction i wonder what's that about perhaps stockholm taunting a thread that doesn't really exist asked sweden's favorite album once sang that's the name of the game at least when it comes to russia miguel francis and thiago r.t. well news continues in a half an hour. in case you're new to the game this is how it works the economy is built around corporations corporations from washingto

the event takes place about one hundred kilometers off the east coast of sweden on the island of gotland in the medieval harbor city of his b. it's like a company team building exercise where you go on a retreat to bond with your colleagues. the change of pace and scenery fosters a feeling of common purpose. seminars and discussions start early in the morning and continue all day. we get this closeness between each other it's very easy to reach me here is a politician as mayor then it's very easy to reach every other one just so it's a very good way to actually get politicians here with the people because i think that is what democracy and so we've done it. grows from. it all started in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight when future prime minister old off palma got up on the back of a jeep and spoke to a couple of hundred people in on the dollar and park. when his social democrats started organizing political seminars here in the one nine hundred eighty s. other parties followed organizing events here as well madonna and weeks started growing into the phenomenon it is today some of th

nice growth in military spending for the next few years even the low key swedish resort jewel of gotland with its sandy beaches and intriguing limestone has been introduced to the swedish military they've been stationed there since two thousand and sixteen and still to no avail no attacks have come from the east but wait a second there was a russian spies submarine alert a few years ago the scandinavian military went full swing into a large scale search mission in the end it all turned out to be nothing but a fishing boat seriously so now the swedish military are staging these massive drills to make sure they can protect the nation from an attack which they themselves the my quote unlikely seems like an overreaction i wonder what's that about perhaps stockholm taunting a thread that doesn't really exist as sweden's favorite album once sang that's the name of the game at least when it comes to russia miguel francis and thiago r.t. . bardem a member of the no to nato action group a believes that the drills are being forced upon the swedish people despite a lack of popular support. this is