the economic pain was kishinev first by the u.s.s.r. not the economic pain was -- the economic pain was cushioned by the u.s.s.r. the soviet union fell and the subsidies dried up. even then, in cuba struggled on. the loss of their trade partner has hurt. when cuba and rolls their finest cigars, the world's biggest economy will not buy them. 13 million were sent to the u.s. before. >> some days, it is impossible to continue with this blockade against the cuban people. when they're ready, we will supply them to the american market. >> things have relaxed a little under president obama. more american tourists are getting licenses to visit, but it is still difficult. >> i think it is a shame. i wish it were opened up. there should be free passage back and forth. >> there is still no hint that will happen soon, so the cuban people go on living around the embargo. >> now to a venture that is not for people with a fear of heights. an austrian man is planning to perform the high sky dive by jumping to the edge of the earth's atmosphere. our sci

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that poland was once a member of the warsaw pact an organization formed after world war two by the u.s.s.r. in response to nato. the old warplanes will be scrapped by the u.s. troops who arrive here shortly they'll be bringing missiles with them. local residents have already been told that they won't be getting any compensation for having the new arsenal placed so close to their homes. and i don't know if we are not overjoyed at the prospect of these weapons being deployed a few hundred metres from our homes on the most you've got the missiles will pose a threat to the local population of over one thousand people. elizabeth a demand sca a schoolteacher came to reject of a from warsaw a long time ago she knows only too well what the villages think about the military installation then use the force and as opposed to this most of the people even here are farmers. and they both course there were very war it's an absolute hearing news of me sell deployment for the time being though like the basin we. approach ways. but even first graders in the village of logic of a are aware of the military ba

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: the region of russia and its neighboring countries once formed most of the old soviet union, or u.s.s.r. many of these old soviet republics differ from one another on the basis of ethnicity and religion. but within the russian federation itself, there are republics that could still fragment along cultural and political lines. one of these is dagestan. dagestan's historical and economic geographies help explain opposing "centripetal" and "centrifugal" forces within russia. as a largely islamic republic adjacent to warring chechnya, dagestan now receives new scrutiny in the war on terrorism. to help explain the differences between chechnya and dagestan, we explore the relationship between diverse cultures and the physical geography of the caucasus mountains. "dagestan"-- the name means "land of mountains." part of the russian federation, dagestan lies in the caucasus mountains on russia's southern border. most people here live in small villages that are often very isolated. in the 19th century, when science still believed in distinct races, a german coined the term "caucasians" because he

we allowed these people to live in our territory after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. we said you can live here under certain conditions but if they are trying to alter the foundations of our state then we will have to be tougher and make new laws. and some lothians have already started to act this lawyer told us you had numerous reports of people being blackmailed from taking part in the bolting those who would not talk on camera afraid of sanctions but. some are already scared to go voting. their employer told them that should he see a stamp in the past bird and they took part in a language with a random then he would immediately fire down like this russians hope that the referendum will help brussels notice their distress call and have a hard talk with. russian may become largely a second state language only if at least seven hundred fifty thousand people vote for it organizers of the referendum say realistically there will be only half of that the result will be then deemed unconstitutional but may still become a major talking point. r.t. reporting from reader in l

as a shield we allowed these people to live in our territory after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. we said you can live here under certain conditions.

we allow these people to live in our territory after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. we said you can live here under certain conditions but if they are trying to alter the foundations of our state then we will have to be tougher and make new laws. and some lothians have already started to act this lawyer told us you had numerous reports of people being blackmailed from taking part in the voting those who would not talk on camera afraid of sanctions but. some are already scared to go voting their employer. told them that should he see a stamp in the past byrd and the part in the language referendum then he would immediately fire down. the russian speaking minority and lot here is estimated at three hundred thousand people out of the population of almost two and a quarter million another three hundred twenty thousand ethnic russians are classed as non citizens and are forbidden from voting this experts say could prove to be crucial russian may become largely a second state language only if at least seven hundred fifty thousand people vote for it organizers of the refere

the idea was put forward following the biggest protests in russia since the collapse of the u.s.s.r. with tens of thousands demanding fair elections so wiring up over ninety thousand polling stations is the scale and around a half of a billion us dollars is the price tag. the system is not be made only for one day we help this project want only develop election technologies that will also help modernize the telecommunications infrastructure across the entire country so when they all cameras will be feeding the videos they filmed the local digital storage facilities after computer processing will be then sent to seven large storage and distribution centers via cable radio and satellite these centers will then broadcast the information to several web portals it's estimated that all together the cameras will film and broadcast four hundred and ninety years of video information in good quality however there is still down to this technology will help make the vote more transparent. you know you just don't know i'm sure the observer is going to be able to check. these cameras were not now

menton seventy six annual document often contains scathing and now it says on abuses originally in the u.s.s.r. and later russia another country highly criticized in the u.s. state department reports china decided to strike back and came up with its own account of human rights violations in one to ninety eight russia has always alleged the u.s. state department report was biased and question the right of any nation to bear judge however december two thousand and eleven so russia's foreign ministry issued its own report on human rights. well the us department of state the united states was criticized criticized by the soviet union by rochelle a later for these reports of this kind we said i remember that america's but positioning itself as a judge for other country for their situation human rights so why did russia decide to follow this example well first of all. i'm working in the in the foreign ministry of the russian federation and definitely as our minister sergey lavrov actually put it yesterday during his press conference on the. year two thousand and eleven. our foreign policy is not an

the idea was put forward following the biggest protests in russia since the collapse of the u.s.s.r. with tens of thousands demanding fair elections so wiring up over ninety thousand polling stations is the scale and around a half of a billion us dollars is the price tag. coming into the system is not be made only for one day we hold this project want only develop.

inhabitants of the soviet state bend their backs and their talents to the kremlin's will and sputnik and if u.s.s.rst stretches of this empire, you find new industrial cities, plants, assembly lines, the most modern equipment. soviet products of every description awaiting delivery. and reaching industrially backward areas of the non-communist world. teams of russian technicians are available to operate this mission. this is economic penetration pavering the way for political take over. that hand of soviet friendship which usually proceeds economic penetration, has been reaching into every part of the world which shows the slightest inclination to receive it. recently, we've seen it extend into our own hemisphere and to turbulent cuba where it was embraced as a triumph of soviet policy. a few statistics will demonstrate how serious this threat is becoming to the free world. >> 70% is devoted to the area of heavy industry. the u.s. and free world share of gross national product devoted to the same area is certainly not much more than 20%. in terms of volume applied to this area of gross national prod