from moscow, i head east to the ural mountains, and to the city of yekaterinburg.prayer merges with the sense of burning incense, you can almost feel yourself being lifted closer to god. and yet, if there is one place where heaven meets hell, it is here for this is known as the church on the blood. people were murdered here. the victims now elevated to saints, tsar nicholas ii and his family. in a house where the church now stands, they and their most loyal servants were executed. the bolsheviks shot and bayonetted them. it was a bloody and brutal and to russia's last tsar. it was a bloody, brutal end to russia's last tsar. having murdered the tsar, the bolsheviks tried to conceal their crime and bury all memory of the monarchy. but they failed. it took 60 years, but eventually, deep in this forest near yekaterinburg, a discovery was made. found here, what were believed to be the remains of emperor nicholas ii and his family. in 1998, russia's government confirmed the authenticity. and nicholas, his wife, alexandra, three of their children, and four of their staff,

separated, concentrated, and sent to the gigantic steel plants in nizhni tagil, in the central ural mountainsthout freshly-mined ore, production ceases, and with it revenues and jobs. that's why the steel industry regards the disappearance of the buddhist temple as a de deal. >> we think in purely material categories. we don't have anything against the people up there. they're simply illegal, that's all. reporter: the monks and nuns aren't considering moving. they believe in the holy path that leads to their temple. they believe they mustn't leave it, but must keep calm and carry on meditating. >> there is nothing more valuable than our ideas, our thinking. and there are the buddhist teachings. the buddhist teachings help us put things together and understand things. [wind blowing] reporter: for now, buddha is still gazing peacefully into the distance, but a storm is brewing and will soon be here. anchor: when the snow melts in the spring, we'll see if their struggle is successful. lina alvarez had to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to fulfill one of her greatest desires. with the help

separated, concentrated, and sent to the gigantic steel plants in nizhni tagil, in the central ural mountainsthout freshly-mined ore, production ceases, and with it revenues and jobs. that's why the steel industry regagards the disappearance of e buddhist temple as a done deal. >> we think in purely material categories. we don't have anything agagaint the people up there. they're simply illegal, that's all. reporter: the monks and nuns araren't considering moving. they believe in n the holy pah that leads to their templele. they believe they mustn't leave it, but must keep calm and carry on meditating. >> there is nothing more valuable than our ideas, our thinking. and there are the buddhist teachings. the buddhist teachings help us put things together and understand things. [wind blowing] reporter: for now, buddha is still gazing peacefully into the distance, but a storm is brewing and will soon be here. anchor: when the snow melts in the spring, we'll see if their struggle is successful. lina alvarez had to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to fulfill one of her greatest desires. with

an enormous emerald has been discovered in russia's ural mountains the un can't gemstone weighs over one and a half kilos and is fourteen centimeters in length it's the stone on earth at the mine in that decade. we immediately realized the size of the stone was the world it's estimated to be was nearly sixty thousand euros urals marked the border between asia and europe and are known for the high concentration of gems arms. the german painter sebastian shridhar is attracting more and more attention on the international art scene and as one gallery director puts it schrader as works are firmly set in the in-between transition meaning his figures are captured in both the before and after while the berlin artist paints with or oil on canvas and his subjects are mostly men in traumatic poses we met up with him in a studio in berlin to talk more about his style. sebastien searching for the secrets of painting using to follow the latest trends the young artist works like an old master he has faith in the power of painting. as a. painting should stand on its own i have no concept in a messa