more on all of those stories coming up more on all of those stories coming up in a moment or two but let s headfirst to the bbc sport centre. thank you, matthew. we start this hour with the second round of the us open. rory mcilroy has just teed off, he is a three shots off the lead. world number one is five off the lead on three under. masters winnerjohn rama is a further two strokes behind. the lead currently shared between two players who shot the lowest score in us open history in round one stop it was a great day. in round one stop it was a great da . ,., in round one stop it was a great da . , ., ., ., in round one stop it was a great da. ., ., . in round one stop it was a great da. . ,., in round one stop it was a great da. . ., day. got off to a nice start and then just. day. got off to a nice start and then just. i day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, never- day. got off to a nice start and| the
anti jewish in american history. let s take a look now at the human cost of russia s invasion of ukraine. moscow, like kyiv, has been very secretive when it comes to casualties from the fighting, but a bbc investigation suggests at least 25,000 russian soldiers have died. that s four times higher than the figure acknowledged by the kremlin. the research also suggests many of the casualties are now older fighters, with little or no training, with significant numbers recruited from prisons. 0ur correspondent 0lga ivshina has this special report. these are the war graves russia doesn t want to talk about. since december, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they are filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters. many were prisoners, recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verif
its centralized power base and moscow. the institute of economics at the academy of sciences is examining the relationships to moscow. as they were, and as they are now, roseland greenback is the institute director. this long time confidant of mikhail gorbachev has reached a simple conclusion be might, if yes, that i have to understand that all states of the posts of your region have one single principle when it comes to that relationship with russia. and it s been this way for 30 years, achieving a maximum of economic advantage from russia. so only while having a minimum of political obligations manual patricky. she said that the soviet union was formed in 1922, the joining together of the union republics. voluntarily. at least this is how it was framed in the constitution. but the right to secede from the union had never been tried in practice. and certainly not a withdrawal of all its members. but in 1991. that is what happened? the country dissolved into its constituent p
ah, ah moscow. 30 years after the collapse of the soviet union on the banks of the moscow river, the gleaming towers of a new business district stretch into the sky, presenting a confident picture of the new russia a short distance away above the crime. then the red star of the soviet union still glimmers, and at red square in the mortar, liam lice the lida of the october revolution of 1917. vladimir elliott, men in the long lines in front of the mausoleum may have disappeared. but the kremlin has remained the center of power with it is led by flatter may oppose him, the president of the russian federation. he rules over a country that even without the former soviet republics, is still the largest in the wild. russia in the kremlin, a new government has long since taken over. but across the country, the old symbols are as powerful as ever. the legacy of the former soviet union is a complex one. the soviet empire covered a thick that the earth s surface and was home to 2800000
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