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30:00Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transdniestria, Somaliland, Puntland, Taiwan... none of these states are recognised by the international community, yet many of them have their own armies and police forces. Simon Reeve takes a tour.
30:00In the Soviet-backed South Ossetia, Simon is followed everywhere by state security. As the first foreign journalist given access to Russian arms, he visits a warehouse with 30,000 shells and a huge collection of missiles.
30:00Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transdniestria, Somaliland, Puntland, Taiwan... none of these states are recognised by the international community, yet many of them have their own armies and police forces. Simon Reeve takes a tour.
30:00Moldovians see themselves as more akin to Romanians than Russians, which is why the Russian-dominated Transdniestria has declared itself an independent state. In Moldova, Simon sees a woman arrested for singing a Russian song
30:00Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transdniestria, Somaliland, Puntland, Taiwan... none of these states are recognised by the international community, yet many of them have their own armies and police forces. Simon Reeve takes a tour.
40:00Sharing an 800-mile border with Afghanistan, which provides 90% of Europe's heroin, Tajikistan is one of the world's biggest drug trafficking routes. Simon joins a drugs raid and visits a stocked warehouse. (2003)
40:00In the most repressive of the 'Stans visited, Simon finds himself followed by the secret police as he travels across the country. He meets the country's most famous pop star and visits a bodyguard training school. (2003)
40:00With none of Kazakhstan's natural resources, Kyrgyzstan is the only country in the world with both an American and a Russian military base. Simon also meets a member of a banned radical Islamic group. (2003)
41:00Simon Reeve's journey around Central Asia begins in Kazakhstan. The country has oil deposits thought to rival those of Saudi Arabia. However, Simon also discovers former biological weapons factories with poor security. (2003)
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Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transdniestria, Somaliland, Puntland, Taiwan... none of these states are recognised by the international community, yet many of them have their own armies and police forces. Simon Reeve takes a tour. 29:05 Expired
In the Soviet-backed South Ossetia, Simon is followed everywhere by state security. As the first foreign journalist given access to Russian arms, he visits a warehouse with 30,000 shells and a huge collection of missiles. 29:05 Expired
Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transdniestria, Somaliland, Puntland, Taiwan... none of these states are recognised by the international community, yet many of them have their own armies and police forces. Simon Reeve takes a tour. 29:08 Expired
Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transdniestria, Somaliland, Puntland, Taiwan... none of these states are recognised by the international community, yet many of them have their own armies and police forces. Simon Reeve takes a tour. 28:56 Expired
Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transdniestria, Somaliland, Puntland, Taiwan... none of these states are recognised by the international community, yet many of them have their own armies and police forces. Simon Reeve takes a tour. 39:13 Expired
Simon Reeve's journey around Central Asia begins in Kazakhstan. The country has oil deposits thought to rival those of Saudi Arabia. However, Simon also discovers former biological weapons factories with poor security. (2003) 39:15 Expired
Sharing an 800-mile border with Afghanistan, which provides 90% of Europe's heroin, Tajikistan is one of the world's biggest drug trafficking routes. Simon joins a drugs raid and visits a stocked warehouse. (2003)Episodes 2014 39:03
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In the most repressive of the 'Stans visited, Simon finds himself followed by the secret police as he travels across the country. He meets the country's most famous pop star and visits a bodyguard training school. (2003) 39:02 Expired
With none of Kazakhstan's natural resources, Kyrgyzstan is the only country in the world with both an American and a Russian military base. Simon also meets a member of a banned radical Islamic group.