dimitri has passed his test with flying colors and he'll take up his new post in a matter of days. completely free of ice making it the busiest time of the year. we covered the whole lane across the arctic and there was no ice anywhere but if there's just one bloke it's. across the arctic is much more. to be done in the there's a lot of work for us and. is much quicker than the best. twenty two days to reach. forty days making the. crew and fuel costs. of using the north sea with. technologies advancing the climate is changing. and roll materials are becoming more expensive but. very differently. everything when you it's home with domestic problems life is very different here my wife and. life i've only spent fourteen at home i missed those years i spent at sea i didn't play a part in bringing out my children one time i came home and they were small and next they were grown ups when i worked in the far east i used to bring back clothes and things boots for example for my eldest daughter and when i got home it turned out they were already too small so next time i brought bigger ones

also have alexander me curious in london he is a legal writer and analyst and in moscow we cross to dimitri he's a political analyst with the voice of russia radio station all across talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it alexander if i can go to you first in london where the government was supposed to be formed today and they're postponing it is this. a indication of what's going to come where we don't have unity even in kiev we have never had unity amongst the opposition leaders and that's been a serious problem they have never been able to agree which of them leads the opposition movement and to make matters worse we now know the two of the most important opposition leaders mrs to machine co and mystically each girl have ruled . have ruled themselves out ok i'd like to turn to war against amanda in brussels how do you see things playing out in kiev right now because we've seen is that the opposition is having a very hard time finding some kind of unity how in the world if they can't find unity during a crisis situation that we have r

dimitri is determined to be the fastest soon be the first apostles exams just as it is now i'm in charge of everything to do with nuclear safety radiation safety is another department's responsibility that every tiny detail is laid down here nuclear safety is a very serious business and we have special guidance to follow it's quite a thick book. the crew is getting ready for a long covering the southern shoals of the arctic ocean. the channel through the current gates that connects the current seas this is the official start of the northern sea route. the car route is a reference point it's where the two a begins and ends. at all nancy kyra gates after them it counts for nothing. but it was twenty two years ago in august that i started work here. and i wanted to get married at some point be my first tour was on the by god. and i met a guy there they warned me love only lasts until the car gates then he'll forget you but he didn't. get blasted up to the gates and beyond. and all the way back again if. one two three four five six. finally catches up with the fleet in the. military ships ha

to exaggerate the fact that it's taking a couple of extra days to put this government together ok dimitry it is a crisis situation here they become trees only weeks away from default and it looks like the the western powers that are so gleeful about the illegal overthrow of this government are going to be able to cough up the money to keep this economy going because if it doesn't do that then it's going to be a problem for everybody well first peter i would like to correct you these people are not their position anymore they are in power in kenya diffract or at least a few people dollar to that they will be in power for the next few years because the e.u. and the united states were extremely quick in the recognize in their legitimacy or these new leadership even though all this. they deal between the out of court each additional was on the division of powers not on kind in power over to these people . it's a scandal of the three foreign ministers or the e.u. countries france germany and poland to they guaranteed this so-called deal which was not worth the paper that it was written on and

. >> dimitri lives to fly.uses a kite in a relatively new sport called kite boarding. >> the appeal about this sport is the freedom. it's just like jumping and pure power house, but you are using nature to do that. >> the greek-born dimitri also flies to live. he's a pro and owner of a company that manufacturers and sells kite boards. >> i was very lucky to get into kite boarding. i did it for myself and got sponsored by two different companies and finally started my own kite company. >> kite boarding combines the appeal of boarding, riding the waves, with the pleasures of flying through the air on the kite. >> the main thing with kite boarding is the jumping, is the hang time. everything happens up there in the air. >> kite boarders can spin, pop off stationary obstacles and get really big air. >> i like the -- how you call it, the adrenaline. i like pushing the limits. but of course, you have also the chance of getting hurt, so it's the chances you take. >> but because he knows the risks, dimitri stresses saf

dimitri. umm was a question that a lot of people been asking. these could be ukraine split into two already before the leader's crisis came to had three months ago. ukraine was split between a western ukrainian speaking part which voted tymoshenko in two thousand ten in the runoff for president. and to be and i was finally which was partly on stronger in empire and he stood solidly backed the attic on which the last presidential election. one of the article which is strong holds up to now the eastern city of donetsk which today you might say has the jitters thomas waterhouse explains things that black smoke from all the horizon. the new system shoulder to shoulder with coal mines of fullness and steel production for the sleepy its empire the industry is that the wearer into next. it's part two is still supply the nation. a witness to me was how their entire lives we continue to produce things that people even the captain was just taking every ounce of repetition now more than at the sets and locals say they are favorable to the country being str

on them i don't indeed so can i just say one of the most dangerous and alarming of these people mr dimitri yarosh i saw today is actually angling to be made deputy prime minister in this interim government which should be a very alarming development indeed now on the question of legitimacy let's be absolutely clear that not only was the power sharing arrangement that dimitri was talking about not worth the paper that it was written on but what we have seen since friday has been an extraordinary collapse of any kind of constitutional order mr which was removed from power without any process of impeachment. laws have been passed out and for normal rate. by a parliament doing completely the opposite of what it was elected to do. an acting president has been appointed kaante to the provisions of the constitution and steps are being taken to outlaw or at least to prevent or restrict the use of russian which is also contrary to the constitution now to talk about legitimacy in this situation is to my mind extremely difficult this is not a legitimate situation it is a revolutionary situation in wh

dimitri is new to the nuclear navy he's preparing to apply for the position of four for electrical officer. if he's to get that first appointment he'll have to pass a series of exams there are two applicants competing for the job and the quickest is the winner dimitri is determined to be the fastest. charge of everything to do with nuclear safety radiation safety is another department's responsibility every tiny detail is laid down here nuclear safety is a very serious business and we have special guidance to follow it's quite a thick book. as the official. begins.

in its current list for voice of russia dmitry babich dimitri thank you very much indeed. stay with us international with the latest updates from ukraine. team russia is fast talking big playoff clash against norway isn't force when now none of the sides have nice open the scoring in the first period earlier this morning a member of the russian snowboarding team wowed the public with a silver medal finish a tight race and a nice and now i reports it will surprise podium position although. russian fans certainly celebrating this tuesday russia wasn't tipped to take any medals in the snowboarding but there you go that's the magic of the olympics nicholai noonan finished second in the cross the country's first ever medal in that sport he was put by his french rival but stayed ahead of us in third noonan is the twenty ten world junior champion and before the sochi games said he was planning to retire well if he does at least tell now go out on a high now for a wider look out the winter games so far i'm now glad to welcome to our sochi studio craig reedy the i.o.c. vice preside

something that the revolution here ended with the ousting of president jiang the college its leader dimitri jarosz has a different view. to fortune which this is just the beginning you preens resurrection europe's resurrection they started our my down. but does this resurrection require the storming of political party offices the torching of politicians houses and the manhunt for journalists from the new government at this recently the offer of your award for the whereabouts of a russian journalist from the r.t.r. channel you for what they call providing false information so you can see where we are heading now so that the jewish community in southeastern ukraine thought we had returned but on tuesday and identified the man tried to set the town synagogue ablaze with molotov cocktails the police leach before masked men started throwing explosives at our synagogue and around eleven pm our security tried to catch the perpetrators but they failed to follow. the right sector is the core and the voice of the uprising but the extent of its involvement in the acts of vandalism and violence walking

dimitri so soft you great. my constantly and i don't think the midst of it you know me in so called interim president of ukraine moreover his only rival to try new anticipation the home phone. i loove the indian oven. b b johnson which astrophysics occasion in full on and on my instinct no love for science would be unfair to mention it to the respected for its own to come back to the announcement was timed in kyiv on the menu will reach and the postage within. ministers of foreign affairs of eu member states acting as intermediaries. in the least. to form a new interim government which will represent the opinions or cranny and other regions all all self eastern ukraine yes i agree that the new acting ukrainian government loves to tease the contrary in total the actual apparel including russia. he wants to keep ukraine called an interview with the blue the car imports. i don't think there are many wilkinson was too lemony you know. ukraine and so on and so forth. since the ukraine international union to form a c

seven days off it was in the ancient greek city of libya carried by russia's deputy prime minister dimitri cool with ak if i traveled in a small mountain to read president vladimir putin spoke of its meaning for the russian people. the symbol of the world's primary sports competition of peace and of friendship. but he has come to russia. there are many marks the start of the longest toolshed relay in a limb take a street the flame but it's great that so many people have turned out to the start of the russian relay it looks like a lot of fun out there. in a minute you. couldn't pick. but it was. the stone i picked up in and it was on my mantel piece and if that isn't a sign i don't know what it is. i knew i had to get down to red square and experienced atmosphere for myself fortunately they were having a two day event. so from sunny greece to rather soggy moscow just at the very start of the torch is journey around the whole of russia i'm excited. the days first run there was paralympic star alessi of logic you know who picked up two gold medals in the beijing and london games. we do called

they say that it is not legitimate, as a matter of fact, the russian prime minister, dimitri medvedev, had this to say: >> translator: those agreements that are of a binding responsibility character will be fulfilled. we are neighbors, close nations and we cannot voy each other. everything that has been -- avoid each other. strictly speak egg we have no one to negotiate with. the whole array of the governmental actors that now function there raises big doubts. >> those are worrying words for government here. ukrainians were always concerned about russia's actions. they don't want russia meddling in their affairs. first of all that $15 billion bailout that came out in december that is tied to a national gas deal worth another $10 billion and of course in the sous russia's black sea fleet is in sebastopol, that is something that ukrainians have leveraged russia exercising its power over ukraine. >> the political uncertainty in kiev, political protesters stepping in. nick shifrin talked to sell of them about their roles. >> if you want to leave kiev in a hurry, you have to go through the

actually, i agree with dimitri saying we lack optimism here. listening to the pentations i think we have a gloomy picture of what is happening bilateral relations and about the olympics. i would actually turn this around and say why don't we think in a positive way? why don't we have positive ideas to work on and incorporate them? because just take the example of kazakhstan. i remember the first years of our independence when all the experts were saying that kazakhstan is the least of the country of the former soviet union which could survive. we a diverse ethnic composition of the country. it was probably -- [inaudible] you say 20 years down the road. today we can say that we only survived but we today are relative one of the vast country in the area. we have good economic development and looking forward. we are not living in the world of safe and secure and it's quite unfortunate that we have quite a different environment in the region. and of course, if we listen to all the gloomy pictures and terrorism and separatism, organized crime, drug

and that's about the sake of the prominent opposition figure dimitri been awful. he's carney so will be flying to teach a mania for treatment he was found badly injured. on friday having been beaten and tortured by unidentified individuals off the desk of a cranky kid in school. even in the loop is a sin that we choose not to was one of the deed itself told me that he's going to be doing it for medical treatment but also because this is betsy could be placed under house arrest but these too until very recently anyway said that they wanted to do for the pride of organizing mass disturbances. however one of the opposition he gets to one of the political opposition the dispatch of course a good set this evening that in fact he's no longer on t free to return to ukraine wants to receive treatment in that list you idea that it makes a difference between him and another leader of the sick are about to lie down the creek bed was protests from behind the wheels of the cars take a call but left a couple of weeks ago. jimmy because he felt that said he was in danger or in d

dimitry expects it will happen again. >> it will be a hard night. that is all i can tell. >> reporter: the uncertainty and fear have left the heart of this grand city emptied and shuttered. at a catholic church just off the square they prayed and set up a field hospital where they expect many injured. this american doctor just moved to ukraine and is now volunteering. >> i want to believe that it will end positively. i want to believe that the people of ukraine will get what they're hoping for. >> reporter: and the protesters spreading beyond kiev to other cities, government offices, torn up, a regional politician roughed up. and a confrontation outside a security office that left a protester dead. and no one seems to know where it will end. a truce would be significant, but this crisis, brian, has been going on for about three months. there have been truces in the past and they have not helped. >> richard engel in the fighting in the otherwise beautiful city of kiev. richard, thank you. the u.s. has a big interest in how it all turns out for the uk

>> for more on the importance of these gains for president iadimir putin and for russia, spoke to dimitri from the center of national interest a short time ago. when you watched the opening ceremony, what was the narrative about russia you felt they were trying to present? >> that russia is again a major superpower, a legitimate player in major global events, that major foreign leaders including the secretary-general of the united nations, the president of china, the president of france where there. mother russia has arrived again after the collapse of the soviet union. >> is this a true narrative? >> i think so. some think that russia under putin is much stronger than it used to be under yeltsin, but the problems in russia, economic performance is not great. corruption is pervasive, and things that were happening in sochi -- they were sending two messages yes -- two messages -- russia is back but not that quite yet. >> by putting the games so close to the troubled caucasus region, is president clinton trying to gamble to show that he is -- he can pull this off and is stronger than the in

this is his third olympics who have great expectations of our freestyle is purely a cool bike to and dimitri reinhard others may perform tricks the kids be kids. the market is tamil flight landed at the turkish airport after one of the passengers may need to turn the plane and fly to sochi. reuters reports that the forty five year with ukrainian citizen was trying to hijack the plane turkish intelligence agencies are investigating the case but there are no virgins that the man was related to any organizations. adding to our translator said that he spoke russian. he went to fight the city where the olympic games are held. he said that he had a bomb and he will exploded. afterwards he sat back and is seen in the night get up for three hours all the passengers were evacuated immediately after winning a special operation on capturing the high tech store in turkish media reports that the man was dumped him and was delivered to the police fortunately he did not have any weapons or explosives nevertheless the ukrainian mg twenty nine plane flew alongside with the turkish aircraft to the turkish bor

the villagers' sad story is not dimitri chernyshenko's problem.s sochi's olympic czar, and he's more concerned with the games and with his olympic torch collection, especially the sochi torch that works like the famous russian rifle. >> some of the people say. >> reporter: what's the point of a few hundred villagers compared to the olympics? mark phillips, cbs news, akhtyr, russia. >> pelley: today, president obama stopped by a middle school in adelphi, maryland, and noticed that a student was capturing his remarks on his ipad. so mr. obama picked up the tablet and started shooting video of the class. >> this is kevin. he looks very sharp in his tie. all right. gotta get... and this is valerie. >> pelley: the kids seemed delighted, as was the president. he was there to talk about a program to connect 15,000 american schools to broadband internet. the beatles provided the soundtrack for a revolution, and harry benson provided the pictures. his story and photos are next. wow, this hotel is amazing. oh no. who are you? who are you? wrong answer. wait

days after it was in the ancient greek city of olympia carried by russia's deputy prime minister dimitri cool with ak the flame traveled in a small mountain to red square where president vladimir putin spoke of.

and dimitri chernyshenko, the czar of these games, is head of sochi's organizing committee just wants the games to begin. >> sochi likely is the most secure and safe place in the world. >> reporter: safe, maybe, but these demonstrators in paris today are just the latest to say sochi is not free if you're gay or lesbian. russia's antigay propaganda laws are an issue that won't go away, no matter how much the game's organizers would like it to. >> you know, it's just rumors and the people trying to use the games as the most covered and attractive event in the world. and using this to promote some interest. >> reporter: the gay and human rights activists have long made their objections known to what they see as russiaay antigay laws. now they're trying to hit the russians in the pocketbook. they have written an open letter to the game's big international sponsors. they're trying to put pressure on companies like coca-cola, mcdonald's, and others, who pay millions to associate themselves with an olympic movement they say is tainted. and many athletes, including u.s. skier ted legity, agre

the might don is at this point but the two key figures that have the most control at this point are dimitri your roche the ultra nationalist head of the right sector movement. and. andre karoubi a former skinhead and member of the social nationalist party which is what's photo turned into who is the self-proclaimed the commandant of the self defense units these are the militants of the might done which at this point number close to four thousand so we have this other element now that's entered this is wild card if you will yulia timoshenko release from prison what kind of influence or reaction could there be from that on the streets do you think well this is very unusual because of course to michigan has an extremely high score and profile and she certainly still does have her supporters within the country within the fatherland party however the. people of the might don are not overly fond of yulia timoshenko her photograph was displayed on the carcass of the national christmas tree which of them i don decorated with their propaganda however that itself was controversial and according to hi

republic tolerance by saying the soldier looked like he was fascinated russian state tv presenter dimitri to see any of him singing we did the u s marine corps war memorial in arlington national cemetery depicting soldiers raising the american flag resembled the men having gay . let's look at your niche. it's easy to mock works on all the famous monuments in arlington symmetry in washington if even some coaches could describe just about anything to it to take a closer look of the remote and theme is that not even need to be very smart to get it. it's a new mom. in december president vladimir putin appointed to see any of the new head of the state news agency. rit know christy and he is often than the attack on americans gays or other groups that topped the kremlin agenda. russia's role in defeating germany is still one of the nation's proudest moments and the kremlin reacts quickly to any perceived slights to that legacy. a director of the american based nonprofit organization the carnegie endowment for international peace said of russia won't tolerate any attempt to critique world war tw

that's where the pressure was been firmly on the experience dimitri told sort of as he went into the second rub i would make out. the thirty one year old help russia be dodging teano to win the davis cup back in two thousand and six however those heady days seemed a long way away as the russian knew victory was vital after sharing the opening two cents to song open the curtain of time break the world number twenty six and few problems in the four came in six two to wrap up victory six three three six seven six six two the most excuse it doesn't really say much charity. but. yeah. i felt the same. team. actually. has a. real culture game and. they will. be able to. leverage say. before the match that i knew well as expected poland easily won the double alls with madea's for each timberg a much in my course easily overcoming come from team crunch i'm team or ask i should really so once again the pressure was on to a song of ice he had to be the polish number one on last year's wimbledon semifinalist yet all bitch to keep rusher alive to some of didn't start well as the pole raced into

man who's in charge of making sure everything went like clockwork in sochi now that the flames out dimitri chernyshenko shared his thoughts with our team. the biggest achievements probably for us for russians as the nation's. the best games ever in the history of my country all the us live us that we obtain the confidence that russia is capability to deliver ambitious project and the most important decide that the gold that we generated to historical legacy for the generations to come well i have the games as you know russia has come under a lot of criticism so how do you feel about those reports i mean how the in any way overshadowed the games you know it's impossible to shed those it's rules in the brick itself. from the cold war and now it was broken everybody who came in with them is this. fish and turned spy and how we're hospitable they really change from the criticism to the cover and the real positive things looking at the object of infrastructure that have been created in the city had all the games what can you tell us about how they are going to be used in diffuse the future of m

dimitri babich political analyst and me trace thank you very much indeed for sharing your views with us weber shedded and stay with us on c international as we close the form to all the latest developments in ukraine more expert opinion is also available for you on line as. a transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. this is also international welcome biog there's growing discontent in america's diplomatic community after barack obama nominated several of his big election baka is to be ambassadors especially after a grueling on the senate showed the nominees to be no less clueless about their future postings his critics say about him was simply returning the favor for the finding that so he returned to office as governor to check our reports confirmation hearings ever feel that a number of president obama's nominees for a basset is ships have little or no knowledge of the countries there are signs to serve in. the real expert on china but said the man who is confirmed as u.s. ambassador to china one of norway's major political parties progress party now ex

you to tell you now the name of the leader of a radical far right group did not appear on the list dimitri yet office was on the list of suggested candidates but was crossed off at the very last moment sees alexia chefs' he has been assessing the shifting moods for us in the ukrainian capital. i on saturday she was met with an ovation on my. dreamt of seen you in the forests that changed everything your heroes here is the best of this country has i. twenty four hours later it was a protest within a protest some openly voiced their refusal to having yulia timoshenko return to power in your book or when they lived immunity of themselves that's when they will be responsible for what they're doing. the people who are now at my dad and all the others across ukraine they all can survive on very little the opposition has shown young a cause which is richest to us now the lead yet see new technique and that nash who is running around with a pitchfork let them show their own mansion to the people show them to us and then give them away. to my down feels it has won the battle by alice the president