the boulder back to life meaning that the mighty volga is treated with the respect it deserves tom barton. and new here on our team more than half a million muscovites expected to spend saturday and i in a museum wrong here is our gathering in front of galleries taking part in the yearly museum to take advantage of free entry gardens catarina. if you have a track of sponsoring a night at the track of galloway that here is go chance russia museum swing open the doors and out we'll charge a one night only in celebration all these national museum day all the official museum days make a team but most local already has decided to switch the local advance to the week counting in the hope of attracting more visitors tools all through their gates as it's here at the set it's in the park and saw the most i'll just buy the weather as it really leaves up to our expectations it was raging on such a date over half a million people still are expected to try a taste of most of culture by night by organizing the savant russian museums are trying to overcome their reputation for being will be too uptight

in the life of the russian people and in the country folklore it's known as mother volga archy's tom barton explains why the giant waterway is so precious to the russian heart and its pocketbook. it runs deep through the russian soul it does provide inspiration for songs and poems and is the country's main north south functionary and decades ago schumann ingenuity connected it to the don't revert to the west in the middle states the centuries people dreamt of connected to reveal is now this canal essentially julius distance ceased to get. the volga dawn canal is an engineering marvel within a day a vessel can pass the canals thirteen locks ten million tons of shipping does so every year. another concrete giant is this finished fifty years ago it's the biggest hydroelectric plant in europe it powers the local city of volgograd and sends lots more electricity to moscow the hydroelectric plant behind me is a potent example of how much the volga can provide but harnessing a river like this isn't without its cost. fishermen have been watching fish stocks for years they see the slow damage the do

president has died so i think perhaps passed away early on sunday morning in moscow let's cross to tom barton for more on this tom what can you tell us about the circumstances of his death. well kerry as far as we know. it got in a week ago for a long surgery in a moscow hospital and he's going to have passed away today very little else is known apart from those facts. she's deaf it's no no the here. she was president for a long time and he was now suffering from health and that he has now passed away that. cars with a question as to who will lead the country next when indeed what does this now mean . cause you looked up to. he left the country through some very difficult times in the one nine hundred ninety s. the country first declared unilateral independence but it was then part of georgia and as far as tbilisi's eyes were concerned later in two thousand and eight the country was involved in a war of independence with georgia it for some vicious battles with georgia in that time which was ruling over the country and in two thousand and eight a country managed to achieve independence by cap

president has died so passed away early on sunday morning in moscow let's cross to life what he's tom barton for more on this tom what can you tell us about the circumstances of his that. well surrogate came into the hospital in moscow last week for lung surgery it is reported that he had a difficult recovery from surgery and it was announced early this morning that. died age sixty two so where does that leave their cars in republic of which he was paid while he was elected in two thousand. five and he led the country from that point until really the defining moment of his presidency in two thousand and eight cars here fought a war against georgia formally its marsters for full independence it was sandwiched between georgia on the black sea coast and russia to the north and it fought that war and managed to achieve independence he led the country since that time until his death today. that country is now looking to the future to decide who will next president will be and at the moment his vice president will take over the country for the next three months until a replacement can be elected t

this has become almost commonplace but actually making it into space something for the few parties tom barton better off with his mission to the international space station next week to find out what it's really like. we're here in the countryside part of star city because we're not training center north of moscow and we've managed to catch a rare moment where the cosmonauts and astronauts get to relax after all their exams of training before going north to baikonur to be fired up into space to the international space station and i lucky enough to be here with mike fossum he's been on the shuttle missions twice and this is his first rocket mission to the i assess and we'll be talking a bit about some of the every day life up on a space shuttle so every day life in an extraordinary setting everything in space is typically harder than it is on earth things as simple as going to the bathroom where on earth gravity helps things go where you want them to go and they're flushed away with water but in space the gravity doesn't work we don't have a shower on board space station because the water woul

tom barton takes on a rural area and discovered why it's close to the hearts of so many russians. it's time for these goo to give something back to their own or their wool. and that's where we do little bit at a time as there is going to move or after a while look you can even use your hands. pelageya is eighty seven years old she's worked in agriculture since she was thirteen she keeps go it's nice and chickens sells wool and clothes and eggs and does all the work herself. like i can stay still i'm used to working am an old woman i don't have much left or anywhere to go . pelageya lives and farms in the town of all europeans in russia's volgograd region it's typical of russia's rural settlements going from a small collection of it is with many people there still herding cattle fishing and keeping small holdings throughout history russia's countryside has quietly got along with its natural cycles of major historical events often passing by as a result rule russians are often the source of humor like in this country side spoof of popular television series sex and the city. but behi

sixty eight years ago but what they really digging up isn't just metal and gunpowder it's memories tom barton r.c. bugs region. the reception of the soviet contribution to world war two diff is in russia that's a western countries now interview later this hour professor jeffrey roberts from investing college cork in ireland is this is how much of what happened is misunderstood. but i think probably in the case of the united states there's probably more ignorance of the general picture of the war then there is in other countries so it's probably got hold of the other countries in the war in iraq starts then elsewhere not doesn't just work on the for the complex in britain the holy war those ocean of war presenting it as it was the americans to wonder about having said that of course united states did play a very important role in the war was the subject of my support supply in the spot i was so i would people say that they should recognise our country's role as well tickles the russian contribution the sort of contribution to the. to some other news in libya nato jets have attacked the governm

one thousand year history and region has witnessed both soaring wealth and devastating war ati's tom barton that ruled way of life in the area i discovered why it's so close to the hearts of many russians. it's time for these go to give something back to their own or their wool. that's what we're doing a little bit at a time it starts going over after a while look you can even use your hands. again here is eighty seven years old she's worked in agriculture since she was thirteen she keeps goats geese and chickens sells well in close legs and does all the work herself. i can stay still i'm used to working am an old woman i don't have much left or anywhere to go . to again live some farms in the town of little prince and russia as well to grab region is typical of russia's rural settlements going from a small collection of villages with many people there still herding cattle fishing and keeping small holdings throughout history russia's countryside has quietly got along with its natural cycles with major historical events often passing by as a result ruled russians are often the source of hum

most progressive regions economically because of its well developed agricultural industry archies tom barton looks at how the hardships and benefits of life in the volgograd countryside. i'm currently stood in a typical russian village street as you can see it's probably not the most glamorous of places not that that's particularly important to the people who live here the russian countryside is always been seen as a very practical place whether it's building up extra works on your home and working to try and improve your lot in the countryside it's been a difficult place to live for most of russia's history but it's also been very central to russia's culture here today it has problems of its own and it's some of those themes that i've been examining in my reports. it's time for these groups to give something back to their own or their wool. that's where we do a little bit at a time if there's going to move or after a while look you can even use your hands. pelageya is eighty seven years old has worked in agriculture since she was thirteen she keeps goats geese and chickens sells wooden clot

over a million people lost their allies during a bloody six month battle against the nazis artie's tom barton explores a city that will never forget what it means to fight for freedom. today this city is called volgograd but sixty eight years ago it was called starling grass and it was the scene of one of the largest battles in military history and even today i've left its mark spoke physical and spiritual on the city here and its population and its that famous tribe in examining in my report. dragged back from the past this old soviet light tankers lay under the mud for sixty eight years it proved too late to stop the nazi invaders reaching the city of starving ground. drivers called a mass grave its arm of a small thin it could be pierced by machine gun bullets it was part of the soviet armies which bolton nine hundred forty two were desperately trying to protect stalin city on the volga from a vast access offensive peter was an eighteen year old cadet as the germans closed in he was read stalin's infamous order not to retreat one step back whatever the cost. in our first combat we were bom

watson's tom barton runs to the north caucuses investigate what drives young people to join terrorist cells. a busy day at university in russia's north caucasus these students are learning about arab culture and language catering to broaden their horizons so it was sort of builds brother mill until radical islamists took hold on him. through i saw the way his stare changed he became alienated from everyone and brainwashing teaches them to be ready for the next world so they stopped paying attention to this one by the end of university he had started to take food to militant friends and hide it when seville warned him to stop it he left home forever as locals say he had gone into the forest yet by washable i already felt something inevitable and sad was coming but i didn't know what to do i didn't have a chance to stop him when he left home from what she knows it was a month later the police surrounded a group of militants the attackers terms couple they were ready to surrender but their leader started shooting people but the deadly gun battle in which they all died including money in

inspiration for its culture but despite providing so much human activity is also causing damage artist tom barton estimates whether the great river is the hottest or. the mighty volga it runs deep through the russian soul it is provided inspiration for songs and poems it is the country's main north south phone tree and decades ago schumann ingenuity connected to the dawn river to the west in my post for centuries people dreamt of connecting the two rivers now this canal essentially joins distance ceased together. evoke the dawn canal is an engineering marvel within a day a vessel can pass the canals thirty blocks ten million tons of shipping does so every year. another concrete giant is this finished fifty years ago it's the biggest hydroelectric plant in europe it powers the local city of volgograd and sends lots more electricity to moscow hydroelectric plant behind me is a potent example of how much the volga can provide but harnessing a river like this isn't without its cost. fishermen who've been watching fish stocks for years they see the slow damage the downing of the river has done especia

tom barton reporting there well check out more of the stories we're covering at our web site such as tensions leave athens and the e.u. grow over greece's lack of long awaited anomic reforms of last growing weary of the boy down by the country's huge national debts. in wildfires in russia have wiped out twice as much for us this year is compared to last people are bracing themselves for another potentially truckin summer and. for worse of italian celebrity photographer francesco card's e-r. warning the streets of moscow until the middle of july. to watch the interview with the artist. and time now for a business update with katrina in just a few. i was around well welcome to our seas business policy the internet economy in russia could more than double in the next four years boston consulting group says it will grow from the current one point six percent to three point seven percent of g.d.p. but the group's vladislav the tanker says there are still more still a number of factors limiting the development. the good news is one point six percent correct just for the oil and gas composi

bring the vulgar back to life meaning that the mighty volga is treated with the respect it deserves tom barton will be remembered as with much more at dot com that's our website of course there's plenty to explore including in-depth news coverage analysis and blogs for example russia scores find out how moscow and st petersburg won the right to host the hockey world championship in two thousand and sixteen. and if you ever believe that the exhibits in a museum secretly come to life after the public. now have a chance to find out yourself. all centers open all night for free as part of the international night at the museum and those details are not some time. right now i must go out with mark niger's is coming up a hero nazi got to be right after a recap of our top stories and not just a few minutes. long and. repairing a broken nation. highway construction and humanitarian aid. buses shady officials spoke at the spoils of war it's the people who paid the price. profiteering here is no longer just down to drug trafficking. afghanistan and the job. cuts. in some pieces but it is available in gro

tom barton take a look now at the hardships and benefits of life and the volgograd countrysides. it's time for these goods to give something back to their owners there will work out but. that's where we do a little bit at a time it starts going over after a while look you can even use your hands. again here is eighty seven years old she's worked in agriculture since she was thirteen she keeps goats and chickens sells wool and holds legs and does all the work herself i did not like i can stay still i'm used to working i am an old woman i don't have much left or anywhere to go. kill again lives in farms in the town of the europeans in russia as well grab region it's typical of russia's rural settlements going from a small collection of the ridges with many people there still herding cattle fishing and keeping small holdings throughout history russia's countryside has quietly got along with its natural cycles with major historical events often passing by as a result ruled russians are often the source of humor like in its countryside spoof of popular television series sex and the ci