they will keep him in eastern ukraine a lot less enthusiastic about having close ties with the european union. that said i think the two things really get to make them i realized recently that the way that the police had been behaving persistent reports that wicket to get people involved in the protests that have been beaten by police there are large numbers of people missing and i think that that is making people feel afraid that this regime is really turning into a dictatorship especially off the tee up very very entry could be a new laws that will cost the kids protesting and then looked at many even in eastern ukraine when he talked ukrainians people complain a lot about the levels of corruption in this country and the people that all they have at how hard it is to run a small business in ukraine that on top of the taxes you get more more people coming to take too much in lorne that's not his style practices of one businessman told me that it is that we are being taxed more than a hundred percent false breakout single of the crack reporting from kiev this gives the lace is now on da

here in eastern ukraine there's a lot of support for the president many did not support violence many do not support revolution they've been and number of rallies held in support of the government and we've been talking to people who do not want to see a change in power yes and look what i stand for unocal which the only thing i wish is that he would have declared a state of emergency in the country but he didn't because he's such a gentle hearted person. when we said we're here to support our president viktor yushchenko bitch to support the constitutional order we want to see the calls for coup this time to stop as well as the violence to end people on my done should not be lied to anymore you know if we want to live in a year within the country well let's behave in a civilized manner and that's the opposite from what is happening right now this is anarchy and this is wrong the western media has been depicting the story as if the whole of ukraine is against the government but this is simply untrue you have a half the country here in eastern ukraine where people support the president

donetsk eastern ukraine. and with the justice ministry in kiev still located opposition leaders have designs on the common cause movement which is responsible for they take over this whole process to france began over in the ukrainian presidency were because of the ukrainian president to freeze or to sign a partnership deal with the e.u. and on aussie dot com we're running a poll to get your opinions on where the current riots are leading ukraine and here's how the answers are shaping up so far and almost half of our viewers say that rest will scare any european partners away a quarter of you say the rises will manage to force elections nineteen percent say a peaceful deal will be strung between the opposition and the president and only eleven percent believe president unocal which will give in and sign a deal with the you can always log on to r.t. of call and have your say. the political crisis and resulting turmoil in ukraine have constant shadow over a russia e.u. summit taking place today moscow and bruss

ukraine is against the government but this is simply untrue you have a half the country here in eastern ukraine where people support the president and they have been gathering themselves in almost vigilante type groups to protect the government in the case of violence for now though they have been holding pro-government rallies and these will continue throughout the day here at places like october square rallies have been held in the past against association with the european union r.t. donetsk ukraine the rioting that's been engulfing kiev has seen many western politicians voice their support the u.s. also imposing sanctions against ukraine's politicians ukrainian affairs analyst now bush says that's exactly what the protesters have been aiming for. they're trying to force the issue this is this is your typical extortion tactic the whole point is to force the government to react the whole point is to force another police forces to confront the protesters and then scream bloody murder oh my god they're killing us they're oppressing us please help look what's happening help us foreign interventi

it isn't easy eastern ukraine many fear the violence from kiev will be repeated here police are not taking any chances with passions and shields they barricading government buildings in the mining town of the nets volunteers are arriving from around the region to help them the buses have been arriving since early this morning they've formed a block around the said ministration building the message is clear no one can enter dennis was one of the first to get the twenty three year old coal miner from the town of an hour away feels the police should be tougher especially when they're being attacked with molotov cocktails and stun grenades but he believes their hands are tied so gotten you got the police to go easy on the protesters obviously don't want an international scandal me other countries i don't care a little more i want to see the international community disagrees it's coming down hard on tearful being too strict with protesters it's a feeling that's not a coach here you should pick you would cause i'm a patriot and i do not want anybody to interfere in the affairs of this country i

donetsk eastern ukraine. and with the justice ministry in kiev still blockaded opposition leaders have the common cause movement which is responsible for the takeover this whole process defines began over the ukrainian president's refusal to sign a partnership deal with the and almost see dot com where running a pull to get your opinions on whether the current riots in ukraine and here's how the answers are shaping out so far almost say the rest will scare any european partners away that about a quarter b.s.a. the rioters will manage to force elections about seventeen percent of you say a peaceful deal will be struck between the opposition and the president and just nine percent of you the minority have you believe president will give then and sign a deal with the you can go to to have your say and also international is keeping you up to date with events in kiev twenty seven and on our website. the police who cries and resulting turmoil in ukraine have constant shadow over a russia summit taking place today a

there nitz eastern ukraine. with the justice ministry in kiev is still located opposition leaders have designs the common cause movement which is responsible for the takeover this whole project began over the ukrainian president's refusal to sign upon a should deal with the e.u. and all now see dot com where running a poll to get your opinions on whether current riots a leading ukraine and he is how the answers are shaping up so far and almost half of our viewers say the unrest will scare any european powers away about a quarter of you say that the rises will manage to force elections seventeen percent said peaceful deal will be strung between the opposition on the president and just a nine percent of you believe present in a call that you will give in and sign a deal with the e.u. so you can always go on to ask dot com to have your say under all season two national is keeping me up to date with the rounds in kiev twenty four seven and on our website as well which is on. the political crisis and resulting turmoi

who they were to resign i think if that was the case the danger of civil war in ukraine between eastern ukraine and western ukraine with kiev caught in the middle would be much greater president you know which should be supported by the european union and by the united states he is the main force for moderation and reconciliation left in this country. say up to date with events in ukraine twenty four seven would be helpful to our website and. find a timeline including photos from a kia as well as fresh reports from our correspondent. a superhero has come to the rescue of berlin's homeless and is not a guest from other planet nor a rich crime fighter basically has just a character from a magazine but as a point to boycott reports even that may be enough to help those in need. his muscles affair but he has no fixed abode it's super hobo the unlikely superhero inherited his super powers accidentally after savoring some discarded beer. normally like bettman or iron man they are very very rich playboys who rescue all the world know it's the guy from the on the ground who rescues them which gets to t

which were to resign i think if that was the case the danger of civil war in ukraine between eastern ukraine and western ukraine with kiev caught in the middle would be much greater president you know because it should be supported by the european union and by the united states he is the main force for moderation and reconciliation left in this country. day after day from a balance of your crane twenty four seven with the help of our website r.t. dot com and by you'll find a timeline placing fighters from a pair of as well as fresh reports of course that. a superhero has cattle to the rescue of balance homeless has not i guess from the planet no a rich crime fighter basically has just a car except for one augustine but as alice has pointed black out reports even bats may be enough to help that isn't me. his muscles affair but he has no fixed abode it's super hobo the unlikely superhero inherited his super powers accidentally after savoring some discarded beer. normally like bettman or iron man they are very very rich playboys who rescued the world no it's the guy from the on the cross and re

since the early ninety's the western press has been duped depicting eastern ukraine. pro russian and western ukraine. well they forget that western ukrainians participated in the war on the side of it was germany and if this is the europe. you know is offered to ukraine then i think the majority of ukrainians would not want to go to this kind of europe they remember it by the times of the second world war and they remember the by extremist ukrainian nationalism which was very widespread in the post-war years and even recently you know during these twenty years or ukrainian independence so the shame is first that the odds when you reach war and other so-called moderate nationalists leaders although they're not moderate by european standards first they fail to sort of condemn these actions of no not as they failed to separate themselves from the known artists. sometimes even denied that no one answers were involved they said these were all provocateurs from newport beach you know which was a boy into life we see now that this is serious i mean how can you recall which bu

the city of about one million in eastern ukraine. this hotel for example one of ukraine's most expensive. he came from a mining family and supposedly made his first money has issued a hard stare and boxing. it's hard to see how he made his first million euro. now it's forty seven means of control. ukraine's coal and steel production and grunts banks and television stations. in his hometown of print of this especially popular among soccer fans the civil justice to his home and you'll get a stadium in waihi. pay to make his dreams come true. must control about. my feeling is that the post of the book why celebrities it's good that the team gets their financing from him. that led to buy a really good players. real stars. they make lots of money compared to our day millions are spent on those players speech in which you may not be in town also spends millions on politics and president the carry on up to meet its election campaign for example. is this really good with the oligarchs are two of very high degree dependent on this day and nigh

protesters clashed with police in eastern ukraine, when the president has substantial report. in the western states, where the opposition is in control, demonstrators blocked the local barracks to keep the security forces being sent to kiev as reinforcements. they'll wait to see whether an extraordinary session of parliament on tuesday will bring an end to the conflict. >> the european's chief of former policy catherine ashton is heading to kiev. she is calling on demonstrators to avoid violence and seek a political solution noox days ahead of the winter olympics in russia the mayor of sochi says there are no gay people living in the host city. he made the controversial comment in an interview with the b b.c. he went on to address how russia spds homosexual law would affect the games saying: >> the major went on to say gays are welcome at the games as long as they don't impose their habits on others. according to russia's rt newsagencies, there are two gay clubs in sochi. russia's social networks say there are several l.g.b.t. communities in the area. >> a major player in the

well unlike their western neighbors eastern ukraine is mostly in support of president viktor yushchenko bitch people there are getting worried about what is going on in the country fearing that the protestors could be pulling ukraine in the wrong direction artie's policy or reports. the industrial heart of the ukraine is a place where the majority has been silent until now the vine and pictures from kiev are spring people here into action but not in support of the anti-government rioters but the most of us not beat up but i cannot see that when there are such things happening in ukraine the protests in kiev are horrible we are brothers we're all ukrainians in the east and south of the country support for president general cough which is high while tolerance for whiting is low these demonstrators blame opposition parties for using hot headed students to destabilize the country years young people are like zombies they get information from the internet and this information is only one side the usa in the west are paying for this information to be put out. gregory green is a correspondent w

well mike and their western neighbors in eastern ukraine is mostly in support of president viktor yanukovich people they are getting worried about what is going on in the country fearing that the protesters could be pulling ukraine in the wrong direction. these posts clear reports. the team desperately homesick the ukraine. he's at peace with the joy she has been signed and until now the findings pictures from tearful spooky kooky and into action. not in support of the anti government riots has not been the most of the sunday got a single ticket showing where there are such things happening in ukraine. the protests and keith horrible. we on track this way all ukrainians in the east consultant the country to support his attention because it is occurring in the mount on amends for one team is to know the beast in the street is named opposition parties' for use in hospitals students to de stabilize the country he is on you you people are like song beats to get information from the internet and this information is only one side of the usa in the west of pain for this information to put a lot of

president speaks at a care they've continued to engulf the country now spreads into essential in the eastern ukraine. indeed is a support base. now for more on the situation other than kiev to exit all talk responded that stephanie feet and a best estimate of the project in ukraine is spreading to the whole country. so what had been lent about how the situation over that. the situation ctaly ttsnd de and where athatld be cled lasmite before an emergency parliament session excuse to get underway tomorrow tueay right now as you noted the justice ministry was taken over overnight. by protesters and again that's a good addition to the agriculture ministry to the ukraine house which is a cultural building which was taken over the night prior they essentially the protesters occupying various buildings now the justice minister right now is threatening that she will declare a state of emergency here. if the protesters don't evacuated that the justice ministry wing. essentially what that would me was that it is that the military would take over here there would be a curfew probably set into place. anyone bre

can be an issue for a compromise here because i know many many people that have relatives in eastern ukraine and they just don't accept these people in the west there they are characterized very much i'll give a barbecue on the program as described them here these are very different places how do you keep it together well frankly i don't think you resolve the current crisis in ukraine by questioning the legitimacy of the u.k. . in your state it is what it is everybody living in ukraine today was born in a country called ukraine and the way to resolve the crisis that they face is to have elections to create legitimate people having to wait for the money they keep having i'll surely slow them her into over and over again elect ok i mean you know this is a very social issues but it's a problem that's adjusted to solve our problems it doesn't solve problems it does solve problems because the striking fact the striking thing about the current set of protests is that it's not limited to the west you see them going on into the proper throats in persia and other cities as well in the north in kharki

opposition leaders seem to be increasingly losing influence over what's happening on the streets in eastern ukraine the situation has been relatively calm so far but locals do fear that back could soon changes. now reports. was road where afraid but we hope that these people will be stopped people internet scholar watching closely the demonstrations in kiev they fear the violence will spread from west to east ukraine and inspire upheaval and copycat protests here alexandra green is taking seriously remarks by the openly racist opposition party that there is no place for jews in ukraine. greenstein assuming you are ukrainian nationalists ukrainian patriots who can become the heroes that will today defend the land were standing your bag then during the second world war our soldiers took our guns and went into the forests the fight the russians the germans the jews and other evils i wanted to take the ukrainian nation from us. this jewish mother of two is thinking about packing up and leaving these people protesters have already tasted the blondes and maybe they will become move while and already two

eastern time. ukrainensure a stable government, this morning par limit repealing those unpopular protests laws the opposition says that's not enough. they are urging felon stray tor to stand firm. jennifer glass is in kiev, and those protest are now spreading across the country, is there a sense that all of their dend mas will be met? >> well, dell that's what they are hoping. certainly the government has made a big about face in the last week or so, but the protestors are staying put until they get what they have. tomorrow, parliament are talk about amnesty b about getting all of those people out of jail that were arrested for the past two months because of demonstrations. but the opposition and the government is far apart on this. the government and members of parliament say that amnesty should include the police and security forces and that's a problem for the opposition, because they say why should they be rewarded and security force whose attacked protestors in some case shooting protest torture laws,

eastern time. ukraine's parliament repealing it's unpopular protest laws. after these new laws sparked days of violent protests also today the country's prime minister submitting his resignation, the opposition still urging people to consider the demonstrations. jennifer glass is in kiev, what is is mood now following these new concessions. >> a water channel to divert water, it is being funneled dune by police that have been creating ice flows. the opposition leader says it is not everything they want, but it is moving in the right direction. >> now that the -- >> we have revoked those shameful laws can were voted for with hands instead of electronic cards against constitution. this has never happened before in the history of the ukrainian parliament since 1991. this is a small but very important step. today we also need to bring up a question a very important question of amnesty to stop the prosecution of all the protestors. it is that amnesty that is still part of the parliament. they will leave tomorrow to discuss it further but it gives you a sense of

aim of all meeting of our summit was our strategic partnership our strategic relationship and ukraine and eastern partnership association agreements are a part of it and of course the global situation ukraine but we didn't enter into details on the very recent lucian's evil evolutions in ukraine. in the. i will tell you straightaway to answer your question by that we will revise this arrangement on the loan and on energy if a position comes into power no we will not it is not important to us because we had a very constructive dialogue with the ukrainian government when this government was searched and by mr tymoshenko we talk to her about everything and this is not. subject for us i will talk to any government in ukraine but what is the. it's a pollutant to us and i will repeat it again is that to ukrainians economy is credit worthy that the ukrainian economy is able to generate a positive effect or much development for the government to to hold constructive changes reform so that we are confident that we can get this money back when you will despite us having a very significant reserves of gold

brandon is divide the dough divide the golden key to this moment it happened also in the eastern ukraine. and in kyiv in your mind on the presentation of the tv and get broken trust and another seat is for me so i don't think that america is still in danger although one could not exclude the opposite is true that enlisting new friend and a video. i said to this end resistance and is higher than in the news in an arc of new growth and optus have lost some of the piece to this conclusion that it is the boat being forced to bed before the unit if it is not entered into the country and of different levels of sensitivity all over the country about it does not get to that. although some might have. i'm afraid might be interested in going into this and audio i do remember such remarks the city is or how cute is my cousin putin who made them minutes ago saying the eu us. take the list and papa knew graham and we will take them up something which majority of ukrainians are the fusing and wanted to talk on that point and on the russian position them to come back to watching the fast and get to it.

actions took place in kiev but in the last week it's spread into the western your crane and then eastern ukrainech is typically seen as the home base for mr. yanukovych and i think this is one of the things that has probably brought him to recognize that his situation is a very risky one. >> woodruff: what about the role of russia? of vladimir putin? we know it wasn't all that long ago that he extended an economic lifeline. he was giving a loan to ukraine, very much needed. but they haven't said a great deal in the last few days. what is known about their position? >> well, there are a couple things going on. i think mr. putin is on good behavior because he's worried about having a good show for the olympics and that may impose limitations on his actions. i think ten days ago mr. putin was pretty pleased with events in ukraine because of the thuggish behavior by the police ukraine was seen as actually moving away from european values and you were probably seeing some europeans saying "gee, is ukraine ready to draw closer to us?" and also to the extent that you saw chaos and violence in the stree

they're appointed by the president, who's from eastern ukraine and many western ukrainians and easternsimply don't get along. that is something that is actually playing out in kiev with many demonstrators there more aligned with the west of the country than the east, which is more pro-russian, and now we're seeing it west of the country. >> they've been talking from the european commission this morning, the language that's evolving is starting to get a little bit more stark. you talk about the division. i mean, she said she's considered that the country could be moving forwards a civil war. i think a lot of commentators would say that's prapping taking things too far. this theme ess, revealing itself, which is the west of the country where you have more ethnic ukrainians that speak ukraines. they're at odds with the east of the country where you have more ethnic russians, where more ukrainians speak not ukrainian, but russian, and are more aligned with russia. this has been going on, if you ill, on the streets in kiev. these two sides, basically the western ukrainians weren't demonstra

the big question remains whether people will rise up in eastern and southern ukraine. -- thesians ine past russian speaker in the past has had support. that does not seem to be happening now. much more radical protests are beginning to be seen in a great number of towns in the ukraine. >> a report from kiev. -- french president, aligned the french president hollande the pope.ezvous with the visit comes as the president faces tensions here in the country over his private life. and this just coming out, the president has defended everywhere the right to religious freedom, this coming in the aftermath of his meeting with the pope francis at the vatican. we will have more on that coming up in the next half-hour. putting words into actions, analysts warn making south sudan's new cease-fire on the ground is far from guaranteed. some 10,000 people are feared to have died in weeks of fighting come and millions have been forced from their homes. henry brown has more. >> ending more than five weeks of fighting, a divided africa's new his nation. rebels reached a pact to end the violence within

there are protests spreading to the south and eastern parts of ukraine. these are viktor yanukovych's base of support. the parts of the country that are absolutely most sympathetic to his pro-russia policies. what we've seen is indication that unrest will spread. there's a danger of violence getting worse as the opposition leadership holds out for bigger victory in the days ahead. >> just to back up a couple of steps for people, what's this all been about? two months ago there was the possibility of ukraine having closer ties with the eu. then that changed. >> reporter: sure. it began with a broken promise, essentially. president yanukovych had said for a long time he would sign sweeping political free trade agreements with the eu. toward the end of november he backed away from those deals and that set off the first round of protests. but it's become a much deeper, more complicated situation. those protests were inflamed by a violent police crackdown on november 30th on peaceful protesters in kiev. that set off a whole different round of demonstrations. j

there's going to be more practice than it is more protest the news division between eastern and western parts of ukraine. and of course they could be the support of that period never did say that a mccain is also the cost of the credibility of the appellant to proposition eight is because they've been dead on the barricades in recent days but i protested saying. they then feel that i represented by the opposition policies. michael michelangelo and as someone who uses of mobile suits him but when i cam so instead if you look up to him and conviction to spill the beans or ukrainian. his mixture of whom live and there. also use some of his mind his own zone has become the richest men in the country. forty six is a nuisance come from the area where the hero and built his political. following. using the look on his coffin and soviet era. so it seems that i'll make him look pretty unpleasant to move the masses on him. and maurice europe on all. once again. do you have protesters are saying we want to be part of europe or european were european and then you get the impression a lot of european leaders are goin

says that they will go on with the consultation on the eastern partnership program with ukraine being a part of it now there were a lot of questions as to russia's position politically if in case of the opposition in ukraine does indeed take power and this is what my putin had to say on that matter. when they were boys and he credits agreements with the ukrainian government no matter who's heading it we've never had any problems talking with political powers in ukraine this has never been used to brew what is important for us though is we want kiev's economy to be credit worthy we wanted to be able to successfully restructure and develop to put in want to take a very pragmatic approach of where ukraine is concerned especially in terms of economic policy now there are also concerns about some e.u. officials appearing in a protest sites or joining protesters in front of barricades for instance and this is what he had to say on the matter russia is not going to interfere with ukraine's affairs i can imagine how our european partners would have reacted if in the midst of the crisis. it's

russia and the us as the people going on with consultation on the eastern partnership program the ukraine being a part of it now. there were a lot of questions as to russia's position politically out if even he said the opposition in ukraine does indeed take copper and this is what to blog or could it have to say on that matter beginning the first one to place any trade its agreements with ukrainian government minister who's having it. we've never had any problems talking with old school pal is in ukraine this has never prevented her from what is important for us to do is we want kids economy to be critical and we wanted to be able to successfully restructure the answer to that. don't want to take their pragmatic approach to wear ukraine is concerned especially in terms of economic policy. now there are also concerns about some eu officials appearing in a protest sites are joining protesters had in front of barricades for instance and this is what we have to say beyond that. russia is not going to interfere with ukraine's offense i can imagine how white european partners would have reacte

says that they will go on with the consultation on the eastern partnership program with ukraine being a part of it now there were a lot of questions as to russia's position politically if in case of the opposition in ukraine does indeed take power and this is what putin had to say on that matter . russia went voice any credit agreements with the ukrainian government no matter who's heading it we've never had any problems talking with political powers in ukraine this has never been a subaru what is important for us though is we want kiev's economy to be credit worthy we want it to be able to successfully restructure and develop. and he's also taking a very pragmatic approach that's what he says as far as the economic policies of ukraine is concerned and also urged the international community that for those who were urging. to act in a civilized way to act to ask the same of his opponents now as we speak of the e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton is visiting a kid. as well as if we've had a visit before from other e.u. officials and on this this is what happened to have to say. r