Ever there are any military vehicles and seventy four aircraft are involved in display three member its the surrender of nazi germany in nineteen forty five in russia and celebrated a day later another countrys official documents are signed after midnight also time. Lets bring in our correspondent in moscow mia drug surratt shes standing by there right in the thick of it at red square if you can hear me this is a nationwide holiday in russia millions are watching the military parade as they have for decades what this is parade mean for russians today. Well this is a very important day for the russians when i visit russian families there its all its no family that is not going to mention that their grandfather or any other
relative forth during World War Two some of them of course died so this is a very very important day for the russians but today they are in a festive mood the military parades right behind me. Cast life from the red square much of the city center will be closed for th
natalia his own children are visiting her today for the final months of the pregnancy natalia has to live close to the clinic in kharkiv. normally she lives with her children and her partner dimitra in a town some fifty kilometers away. this is own attalia makes money there is virtually no work to be had here demitra earns the equivalent of about two hundred euros. that reached out of course we aim to give our own children a good start in life. it s not easy to find work here and to support a family. that we made this decision and so our children will be better off. i say because sure. natalia hopes to pay for her children s education and to become self employed she s not the first surrogate mother in her time an acquaintance told her she could make a living by helping other couples to have children but many questions remain some
village communities. that encourages women to speak openly it s still unusual for them to have a say on anything today they re discussing a proposal from the young men to erect stone dams in order to stop soil erosion. on. the children always come along it s good practice for when they re older. we talk about everything that affects the village just like the younger and older men do. and ever more importantly we present our point of view at the village assembly along with other demitra clubs our opinion is taken into consideration for decisions about the village community that s the biggest change before we had no say at all on matters in the village hall and i am going to hit a set of who has around one hundred sixty residents and some distance away from the
big cities many of the crops are ready for harvesting but once again there wasn t enough rain which means not enough corn. when it does rain the water rushes over the barren soil and deforestation makes the soil loose and easily washed away that s the topic of discussion at this meeting opened by the village leader. the opinions and suggestions of the four demitra clubs are presented in turn. and not all villages in the region are involved in the project some village leaders are worried about their position and prefer traditional structures where the oldest members have the say. but young men like cannot adem have made a lot of progress. one cool would be environment has become an important issue in
with nearly all the small channels that collect rainwater from the surrounding area converged here. at this point the water has enough force to wash away the fertile soil from the cultivated land. recycled oil stops termites from eating the wooden constructions so the dams last longer it will take them up to four or five days to prepare the trenches and fill them with stones. soon they ll plant trees here to restore the areas around the village and make them farmable again the leader of the demitra project in senegal says that would be the best outcome. no soul project villages managed to generate a profit from their communal garden the two biggest challenges are getting local