often up in the meantime it's our special report looking at life in the former soviet republic of kyrgyzstan in central asia twenty years after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. that's our special report next. stan a former soviet republic became independent in one thousand nine hundred ninety one . that were an independent state is important but it's only good as long as it's backed by economic performance. unemployment is the greatest issue in this independent central asian country nearly one and a half million migrant workers flock to russia from tragic just on alone they have left their country to feed their families. after the breakup of the soviet union we had a very hard time but then we somehow learned to take things in stride. the situation got even worse following the devastating civil war that broke out during the first years of independence the nation still healing its wounds even a decade on the problems are numerous from drug trafficking from neighboring afghanistan to acute shortages of electricity and drinking water. each morning a camel appears on this road running through the hi

and in kyrgyzstan cattle herds are just freezing to death and dying in the fields, pipes are bursting in apartments, pensioners are freezing to death, there's further power rationing just as there's an increase in power demand. they shut down schools in most public institutions for two months. very serious crisis. ultimately, it results in more poverty, more anger, more unemployment and an increase in this population of unemployed young men who spend their time in casinos drinking and getting into trouble. then the government decides that they're going to reengage with a previously stalled-out privatization program, and they're going to privatize the utility company. so to make the asset more attractive, they double the tariffs that people pay for power with a promise to double it again. and at that point people hit the street and are protesting about the standard of living and the economic crisis. due to this population of angry, frequently drunken young men, those protests have all been to this ethnic violence and animosity. so you see that beneath this ethnic violence is an economi

in central asia it is a landlocked country bordering afghanistan in the south as biggest on in kyrgyzstan in the north and west and china to the east the country significantly lacks major transport routes due to its vast distance from the sea mountains cover ninety three percent of the country's terrain. stone is regarded as one of the world's poorest countries according to the international monetary fund half of its population subsists on less than two dollars a day the country's difficult economic situation is largely the result of the civil war which lasted from one nine hundred ninety two to ninety ninety seven after. the standoff began here on the square. it was called freedom square at the time. we lost our political identity it was a time when we were seen as wild savages fighting one another. for several years after the collapse of the soviet union various political clans intention to stand well locked in a bit of power struggle according to official figures the armed conflict cost one hundred thousand lives the country found itself on the verge of a humanitarian and economic disa

some of what's on live right now in venice and the ultimate honeypots the story of an airbase in kyrgyzstan and that has the u.s. and russia playing off against each other in the tune of millions of dollars. all by show literally becomes a premier attraction as a pal's of riders roar into town to praise world war two heroes battlecruiser return to action again as pyrotechnics helped evoke memories of this video and much more can be found on i.q. q cham. now the last few months of proven disheartening for america in afghanistan through july and august being the two deadliest for u.s. troops since the war began a decade ago well that comes as a senate committee into wartime contracting has found that thirty billion dollars of taxpayers' money missing or stolen by contractors or the final report claims the money will swanberg due to poor planning a lack of oversight and outright fraud by u.s. contractors and federal employees and also warns another thirty billion could be wasted unless tough measures are taken for the findings are now to be presented to congress as a cash strapped washington p

us other in a state as long as that position is in line with the goal set out in the governing kyrgyzstan after the trade secret preferences custom regimes are we are ready to discuss it all the important line of mineral water we will discuss several things that have the look of the problem is something else in essence our colleagues in georgia are trying to force us a new edition of the political problem just under the guise of w t o recession i'm referring to entry point control over the traffic of goods then they will want to get the e.u. involved russian opposition on this is clear if you want information about the traffic of goods including transit for abkhazia and south asensio we will provide it by a modern electronic database i've agreed to the suggestion is made by the swiss president as god exists there and i recently discussed it of president obama that what we're ready to implement the model but switzerland has proposed to guzzle whatsoever if they try to change the current political reality yes they're serving it as a prerequisite for russia to really take over session we won

[applause] spewed by kyrgyzstan the middle of your answer that is actually the final question, could you be the president at basketball? >> just tell them to him to bring his wallet. [applause] but seriously, yeah i could beat him. i have been blessed. like i said i had some good people and enjoy playing sports. use a lot of references to sports in the book, and there are so many things that we are dealing with right now it is overwhelming and you are dealing with it here on a more local basis. you know exactly what i'm going to -- talking about and i'm going to go off topic for just a minute. we are the point right now in her country where we have to make some tough and serious decisions about where we go as a country. are we going to be a leader like in the days of president reagan or are we going to be a follower? every going to just kind of be going along? i for one want to be proud to be an american as i am now and i want to be proud of. i want to be able to get our fiscal and financial house in order. i want us to be leaders when it comes to our national security, setting the e

[applause] spewed by kyrgyzstan the middle of your answer that is actually the final question, could you be the president at basketball? >> just tell them to him to bring his wallet. [applause] but seriously, yeah i could beat him. i have been blessed. like i said i had some good people and enjoy playing sports. use a lot of references to sports in the book, and there are so many things that we are dealing with right now it is overwhelming and you are dealing with it here on a more local basis. you know exactly what i'm going to -- talking about and i'm going to go off topic for just a minute. we are the point right now in her country where we have to make some tough and serious decisions about where we go as a country. are we going to be a leader like in the days of president reagan or are we going to be a follower? every going to just kind of be going along? i for one want to be proud to be an american as i am now and i want to be proud of. i want to be able to get our fiscal and financial house in order. i want us to be leaders when it comes to our national security, setting the e

[applause] spewed by kyrgyzstan the middle of your answer that is actually the final question, could you be the president at basketball? >> just tell them to him to bring his wallet. [applause] but seriously, yeah i could beat him. i have been blessed. like i said i had some good people and enjoy playing sports. use a lot of references to sports in the book, and there are so many things that we are dealing with right now it is overwhelming and you are dealing with it here on a more local basis. you know exactly what i'm going to -- talking about and i'm going to go off topic for just a minute. we are the point right now in her country where we have to make some tough and serious decisions about where we go as a country. are we going to be a leader like in the days of president reagan or are we going to be a follower? every going to just kind of be going along? i for one want to be proud to be an american as i am now and i want to be proud of. i want to be able to get our fiscal and financial house in order. i want us to be leaders when it comes to our national security, setting the e