Europe de l'Est
Russia Rising…
From the ashes of the Soviet Union, Russia has again risen to world power status, flushed with money, oil and attitude. The country has embraced capitalism and flung its door wide open to all the luxuries money can buy. Yet dark forces remain. The country is dominated by one man, Vladimir Putin, and democracy is dead. This series looks at the winners and losers of Russia’s resurgence and asks why people are willing to support Putinism, and exchange freedom for wealth. From military brass to social elites, oligarchs to construction workers, this series looks at those participating in the modern Russia.
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The lost civilisation of Baïkal lake
As far as we know, Baïkal held generations of hunters-fishers; but, says Andrzej Weber, between 4,000 and 5,000 years BC, there is a gap in history! This is where they made this amazing discovery: there is a hiatus of 1,200 years, a bio-cultural discontinuity among local populations bloodline. Why did the inhabitants of Neolithic disappeared ? Did their civilisation suddenly died out ? Andrzej Weber thinks that they were the victims of a climate catastrophe…
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- Lengh 2 467 028
- Author Marc Roussel / Orizon / Lightmediation
- Date Sat, 25 Nov 2006 08:38:36 +0100
