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of the cold war's most feared agencies, the gkb. secretive, powerful. by the late '80s vladimir putin's, although he wouldn't admit he was a spy. >> translator: he said he was in the special police. >> sergei is a friend. president putin at that time never talked about his work. i was interested in the kgb, their intelligence officers, it was very romantic. he immediately told me in intelligence, the less they know about you, the better. >> mr. gorbachev, open this gate. >> it was the late '80s, the height of the cold war. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> vladimir putin was a mid level kgb agent posted to east germany with two young daughters and an attractive young wife, a former airline stewardess. >> the soviet union defined him. not just the soviet union but the security services, the kgb. >> president of the brookings institution. >> he was part of not just the machinery but in some ways the characteristic of the machinery and the most powerful machinery in the soviet union. >> the kgb was a powerful part of what some called the ministry of fear. putin was unflinchingly lo

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of a military buildup to set the right circumstances foruccess. president obama dsn't seem to understand that. lou: as you, as you look at what is going on in russia, you talked about putin's fearsentiment, moving from ukraine to moscow to russia but also he has interests ambitions ofhis own which is, it seems to my, to reconstitute the old soviet union. >> you know, and thiss a noxious br. russians because of current stagnation inside the russia economy compare putin increasely to brezhnev. however when you have, you have great ambitions but preside over a weakening power, ultimatel that can be a very dangerous mix. lou: you know, i once, off the record was in moscow to look to join in look at a number of things, gos bank and other entutioning in the fall of the old soviet union. one of the things that impressed me was at that point, president george h.w. bush's commitment to do business with russia, to do much to invest in russia. that went away under the clinton at administration..3 is there an opportunity for partnership here? is there an opportunity that is still in existence tt we dismiss so many years ago? >> well you know part of the problem lies with vladmir putin beca

lou: as you, as you look at what is going on in russia, you talked about putin's fear of that, pro-westerntiment, moving from ukraine to moscow to russia but also he has interests ambitions offhis own which is, it seems to many, to reconstitute the old soviet union. >> you know, and this is a noxious brew. russians because of current stagnation inside the russian economy compare putin increasely to brezhnev. however when you have, you have great ambitions but preside over a weakening power, ultimately that can be a very dangerous mix. lou: you know, i once, off the record was in moscow to look to join in look at a number of things, gos bank and other entutioning in the fall of the old soviet union. one of the things that impressed me was at that point, president george h.w. bush's commitment to do business with russia, to do much to invest in russia. that went away under the clinton at administration..3 is there an opportunity for partnership here? is there an opportunity that is still in existence that we dismiss so many years ago? >> well you know part of the problem lies with vladmir pu

of parliament in moves the president calls a coup also. fingerprints all over the current chaos and. fears that putin is study fleeing ukraine and russia rhetoric takes center stage in western coverage of events in ukraine this point the fact that you and the u.s. politicians who are the most frequent visitors during the protests. and darts investigates the reasons behind the number of suicides among senior bankers to find out what could have pushed them to the edge. live from the heart of the russian capital this is artsy ensor national with me. welcome to the program it's sunday and the final day of the salt you winter olympics in russia the home team have excelled now topping of the leader table as you can see there there are still medals up for grabs norway is hard on russia's heels well it's over to our soldiers studio now for all the latest action. it's a decisive final day for the russian team indeed two golds and a bronze on saturday and here in sochi you can feel that like never before thousands of fans here and all those watching around the world know that it all hangs in the balance even a

of parliament in moves the president calls a coup also. fingerprints all over their current chaos and the. fears that putin is study fleeing ukraine and russia rhetoric takes center stage in what some coverage of events in ukraine this point the fact that you and the u.s. politicians who are the most frequent visitors superhero.

of parliament and moves the president calls a coup also. fingerprints all over the current chaos and new fears that putin is study fully in ukraine. and a russian router it takes center stage in western coverage of events in ukraine despite the fact it's the new and the u.s. politicians who were the most frequent visitors to key of the protests. and r.t. investigates the reasons behind a number of suicides among senior bankers to find out what could have pushed them to the edge. watching r t international with me marina joshing there is absolutely no one to stop russia at this point in the sochi winter olympics the home team have excelled and how have now won their leaderboard breaking so much storage records along the way. and now let's cross over tony snow now in our sochi studio for the very latest. it's a big day for the russian team indeed the host nation is not only now unbeatable on the overall table with thirty two medal. overall it's also the only country to win that many medals in winter olympics history fans can breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy the magic moment knowing their team will be on top at the closing ceremony

of influence over putin. >> you're not hearing a lot from the white house what the stakes are in the ukraine. >> he is about to out maneuver us, some fear, in iran. >> what's the common denominator? vladimir putin. >>> there are signs of hope in kiev tonight after the ukrainian president and others have signed a truce. there are doubts. the deal promises the immediate establishment of a coalition government. it outlines limits to the president's powers and elections to install new leadership next year. so far the russian government, which remains the key player in this drama, has refused to endorse the agreement despite the fact that russians were in the room when the terms were outlined. the deal was signed two days after president obama warned of unspecified consequences if the bloodshed continued. >> we'll be monitoring very carefully the situation. there will be consequences if people step over the line. >> that led some to declare those comments as another red line moment. >> we have been very clear to the assad regime, but also to other players on the ground that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapo

of the ukrainian action. if this truce does not hold. well, i think the reaction would be putin's reaction. i don't know about the russian reaction. i really don't know. what i fears this as a threat to his -- he views ukraine as part of his sovereign, under his sovereign control. he does not view it as independent country. as such, i think he feels that they should have cracked down on these protesters more severely earlier and not allowed the situation to come to international attention as it has. heart and soul of this is efforts by the european union, of course, to engage ukraine and the fact that putin didn't want that to happen. he wants to hold on to them. i think this is part if you think of the so much olympics and billions they spent there, part of his effort to renew the sense of power for the former soviet union under his control and i think that's why this has become such a critical issue george says what do we get for seeing into putin's soul and pushing the re-set button and so far zip. he has not been a willing partner in terms of the international state. the europes were acting like they were simply dealing with economic problem for a country tha

of the united states and europe. >> putin is viewed widely, as economists put it, as the architect of this bloody crackdown. do you not fear this could take an ominous turn, that russia after the olympic games could decided to perhaps send forces in, to restore the kind of government that russia would like to see? after all, it was putin who guaranteed $15 billion of loans to yanukovych so that they would reject the west, that they would reject the european union. >> that would be a grave mistake. it's in nobody's interest to see the violence return and the situation escalate. there is not an inherent contradiction, david, between a ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural ties to russia and a modern ukraine that wants to integrate more closely with europe. >> isn't it interesting i heard the president say, we don't want to look at this like the cold war. doesn't vladimir putin look at this sphere of influence very much in a cold war context? >> he may, but if he does, that's a pretty dated perspective that doesn't reflect where the people of ukraine are coming from. this is not about the u.s. and russia. this i

the president of russia putin has seen ukraine as a part of his fear of influence. they can make the argument they have valid reasons to protect the minority russians that are in ukraine and perhaps use that as a pretext for some kind of involvement militarily. there is a large russian fleet in ukrainian waters off the coast there but they can make the argument this is in russia's interest to protect the minority and they will send in troops. russia has not been shy sending in troops where it has a sphere of influence. we saw it in georgia where russia sent troops and fought a war there for several weeks. it is a possibility we could see russia escalate this further. they have cut off some of the major loans they had promised the president or ukraine as a result of him stepping down. you can imagine that russia is, if not militarily, in the coming weeks and months punish ukraine for the decisions it has now made. russia is an important trade ally of ukraine and they can push up the heat on ukraine by cutting off a lot of the major export and import relationships tha

of freedom, so we have to be ready. neil: secretary, i'm looking at putin, in t eyes of the world, they might not like him but they feareasingly more so than our own president, he has done a lot of sabre rattles whether in ukraine or now, even in cuba. what do you make of what he is up to? how to we respond? >> he is a strong, autocratic kind of leader, he actually playing from a weak hand. so, certainly, heeeds toee the strig on ou strej on our part, i remember when i was in marine corps bad camp at start of world war ii, sergeant hds me my rifle, and he say, take good care of this rifle, this is your best friend. and rember one thing never . this rifle at anybody unless you are willin to pull the trigger. no empty threats. it is very important, that we conduct ourselves in such a way that when w say something, people take us at o word, and we know we'll follow-up. i am #r-ding thi rding a book about roosevelt and taft, but teddy, his motto was speak softly but carry a big stick. neil: i am wonderingoo in this age, talkingbout republicans of this age, that they speak loudly, for example on issues of spend s, but, they

elections, he also i think, feels that he feels ukraine is within russia's smear of influence, which is tragic. i think he fears putin rally level -- avis rall visceral level. and ukrainians having to struggle without at least moral support from u.s. government. lou: is it your judgment, five than e.u. is leading on ukraine, if they do bring aid forward, united states, quickly responds, is it possible that ukraine could stand up and be brought into the european union in rather than reattached to russia? is there a possibility a greater possible that's country will be divided in half? >> i think three possibilities, they are that possibilities. one is that ukraine within the borders somehow pulls a rabbit out of the hat and joins the ue, and other is that putin gah gobbles it up but unfortunately, i think in middle, that is putin stages a provocation or finds a reason to intervene militarily at least in eaatern ukraine. in south. where ethnic russian population, russian-speaking population is predominant. lou: susan rice warned russia not to do that, surely they would not do that despite her warning? >> yeah, i was st

of sight. russia's most fear some leader loved in region and came here when the pressures of moscow got too much. so does the man country occupying the kremlin. vladimir putinft spot for russia's summer resort capital that he chose to for the winter olympics. >> it is a great honor for me to address you today and to present the bid of so my to host the winter olympic games in 2014. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: his vision is now a reality but one that has come with a price tag of $51 billion. the most castly orals everythi everything. for one that question why such an expense, this kremlin insider has an answer. >> olympic games are so important for the russian publ public. but it assures that russia finish its social [inaudible] after the collapse of the soviet union and the period of crisis is over. and now russia able to conduct big international events on the [inaudible] >> reporter: in short, this is about brand russia. and the way countries try to make themselves look attractive on a global stage has a widely used new name, soft power. monocle magazine produces an index of soft power around the world. >> we are living in a world now where soft power has become inc

he doesn't see this as a popular revolution but some kind of cia-background plot and putin fears that he could be next. so the administration needs to be very careful about countering putin, but not alarming him too much and getting him to react too extremely. >> president obama and president putin both had approximate an hour-long conversation friday, the past couple of days on this very issue. do you see conversations like that between these two men continuing? >> i think they will. i think the administration is right to have those conversations. i don't know for sure but i'm convinced that putin, in his inner circle, sees this as a u.s./european plot to encroach on russia. how do you change that view inside his head? how do you gain his trust? secondly, there's a huge economic problem in the ukraine. the economy is on the verge of collapse after the orange revolution a decade ago. the country did not respond well. so the second concern is how does the new leadership respond? do they want to run the country properly or not? >> david, thank you. >>> the world's most notorious drug lo

of gay life there right now under putin? >> i think what was really surprising was the pervasiveness of the fear and the perversity of the lawopaganda law. you know, one of the items in the law is this idea that same-sex couple can't say that their relationship is equal to a heterosexual relationship. and so it's almost as if they're outlawing love. you see, practically speaking, everyone i spoke to, people were going back into the closet, people had been living happily out lives, people who were forced to flee to keep their families in tact. and it was a very, very dark cloud that really sort of hovered over every aspect of lgbt life that i encountered. >> i remember in the beijing olympics, that became a real flashpoint for the policy of the chinese government. remember the olympic torch was essentially chased after by protesters. and there was a feeling among a lot of folks i talked to, chinese experts and chinese folks, that this was unfair, that essentially china was being singled out. what do you say to people that say all of this attention on russia's gay laws in the run-up to the olympics or putin is essentially unfa

of fortifications. and frankly, the biggest country in the world, russia. that would serve to really raise fears, could cast lives and would deeply embarrass the government of russian president vladimir putinnd the volgograd attacks was reportedly killed today. do you know anything about it? >> reporter: this is all coming from russia's state news agency, which is citing russian security services saying that a shoot out broke out in this republic of dagistan and that in the process a man they suspect of being the mastermind of these terrible twin suicide bomb attacks that he was killed along with several others. last week the russians said that they captured two brothers who they believed to have been accomplices in those suicide attacks. sochi is on the border of the caucus as. because russia and the international committee decided to have the winter olympics in the most difficult, most turbulent, most politically charged and conflict-prone part of russia and certainly of tcauk caucasas. >> all those stories, this thing is starting in matter of days. are they ready? >> reporter: listen. the russian authorities, the international olympic committee insist everything is going to be ready. th

nestled out of sight russia's most fear some ruler loved this region and came here when the pressures of moscow got too much. so does the man currently occupying the kremlin. vladimir putinas such a soft spot for russia's summer resort he reserved it for the winter olympics. >> to bring a bit of sochi to the winter games in 2014. >> reporter: his vision is now a reality. but one that has come with a price tag of $51 billion. the most costly olympics ever. for those who question why such high expense for a sports event, this kremlin insider has an answer. >> olympic games are so important for russian public because this shows that russia finish these social--and now russia able to conduct big international events. [♪ music ] >> reporter: for sure this is about russia and the way the country has made itself look attractive on the global stage has a widely new name "soft power." an annual index of soft power around the world. >> we're living in a world now where soft pow has become increasingly important. where the way that people view you is just as important as the threats that you can pose. so a lot of countries don't necessarily want to use military might, and they want

of interest and power. but, president putin made it clear, hasn't he, he means to intervene if this gets further out of hand. what other prospects in your judgment? >> well what fears is 2004 repete, whe when thi stiewj nostooge, now the president of ukraine. fact is that all those demonstrations took place, and a new leader came into power, that intimidated i think probay frightened foot in, he saw the -- computer up, he sa putin, he es not' that to happen again. he does not top get that out of hand. does not want to get that out of hand, i doubt ifiaciac put troops in street without some kind of discussion with putin. putin is trying -- show strength, from government perspective but not let it get out of hand whe governmt is challenged in terms of its future. neil: european union holding an energy meeting on the possibility of imposingan shins tomorrow. -- sanctions tomorrown this, sound very peculiar to me it is hard to impose sanions that would only affect a corrupt leader, not the people who are demonstrating at least half of home, for a tighter ts with euroan union itself with the west. >> that strategy is fundamentally flawed. yo question and i question it a

assertion of interest and power, but, president putin made ittclear, general, hasn't he, that he means to interne if it gets further out of hand. what is your judgment? >> what he fears is 2004 repeat where, when this stooge who is now the president of ukraine was elected in a fraudulent election. 75% of the people voted for his opponent. the fact of the matter is demonstrations took place and a new leader came into power. that inmidated and fritened putin quite a bit when he saw the people oppose political stooge likike this guy is. he does not want that to happen again. he does not want that to get ou of hand. at the same time, i doubt if yanukovych put troops in the streets to go afterthe rebel or demonstrators without a discussion withputin. i don't think he does that without it. putin is trying to show some strength from the government perspective, but not let it get out of hand where the government is challenged in terms the future. >> they are holding an emergency meeting tomorrow on sanctions. sanctions in this instance sound peculiar with me. it is hard to get sanctions with a rrupt ader, yanukovych, not the people who are demonstrating, at least half of the

of interest and power. but, president putin made it clear, hasn't he, he means to intervene if this gets further out of hand. what other prospects in your judgment? >> well what fears is 2004 repete, where when this stiewj nostooge, now the president of ukraine. fact is that all those demonstrations took place, and a new leader came into power, that intimidated i think probably frightened foot in, he saw the -- computer up, he sa putin, he does not' that to happen again. he does not top get that out of hand. does not want to get that out of hand, i doubt ifiaciac put troops in street without some kind of discussion with putin. putin is trying -- show strength, from government perspective but not let it get out of hand where government is challenged in terms of its future. neil: european union holding an energy meeting on the possibility of imposing san shins tomorrow. -- sanctions tomorrow in this, sound very peculiar to me it is hard to impose sanctions that would only affect a corrupt leader, not the people who are demonstrating at least half of home, for a tighter ties with european union itself with the west. >> that strategy is fundamentally flawed. your quest

fears of interference from abroad. tim willcox joins me live from kiev. that last point perhaps the most relative. we're getting word coming in of president putin ordering the tests of combat readiness of troops in central and pointedly western russia. i guess that's going to press a few alarm bells where you are. >> reporter: yes, he does this from time to time. the timing of this is very important. these troops are adjoining ukraine. there's been no reaction here from the interim president in the last few minutes to that. but this obviously is a sign that president putin, russia is flexing its muscles here at a time when this transitional government is about to be formed. you mention the fact that there's potential cabinet ministers are due to be on the stage here. we're not quite clear how that's going to happen. some people are suggesting that they're going to be paraded on the stage here at independence square in some sort of x factor tv reality shows, a way to see how the crowd reacts. people have very clear ideas of who they want to represent, do they want a new type of politics here? it will be interesting to see later tonight, 7:00 loc

of people'sdepths despair and the corruption. it is the journalistic clichÉ goes. ?> what should we fear what is in putin's mind now?he is basically saying, i cannot let this end? >> the question is what he tries to do to keep ukraine's low oil tea through money. >> cheap gas, cheap energy. >> even though they were having nice dances with the european union. >> that drama is far from over. this very morning, russia decided, not by coincidence, to have some military exercises not far from the border of ukraine. >> saying, we are here. >> take note. we may be back in two or three weeks, god for bid. i could be wrong. i find it very hard to believe that russia would send troops into ukraine. toward what end would it be? i just don't know? russia is asserting itself on the world stage in sochi and of his ownmaster almost cartoonish self-confidence, they have a lot of problems. of the it work in terms russian psyche in the appeal of putin? forgetink we should not that the majority of the people in intellectual moscow and st. petersburg, good liberals, younger people , yes,ng the middle class they are long since tired of

that would serve to really raise fears, could cost lives and would deeply embarrass the government of russian president vladimir putin one of the suspected masterminds behind the volgograd attacks was reportedly killed today. do you know anything about it? >> reporter: this is all coming from russia's state news agency, which is citing russian security services saying that a shootout broke out in this republic of dagistan and that in the process a man they suspect of being the mastermind of these terrible twin suicide bomb attacks that he was killed along with several others. last week the russians said that they captured two brothers who they believed to have been accomplices in those suicide attacks. sochi is on the border of the caucuses. that's part of why the fears are so big, why the security concerns are so big, because russia and the international committee decided to have the winter olympics in the most difficult, most turbulent, most politically charged and conflict-prone part of russia and certainly of the caucasas. arguely also in europe. >> all those stories, this thing is starting in matter of days. are

leader, and president putin's decision to put russian troops on ukraine's borders has raised fears that russia will try to intervene in ukraine's politic. in the crimea region in the south of the country also home to large russian naval base, clashes broke out. crimea's not russia one group chanted. at least one protester was kill. back in the square katarina had a stark message for putin. >> leave ukraine alone. leave our people to make our future. >> reporter: the economic situation here really is very serious. the country's currency has hit a ten-year low. it has decreased by about 18% just in the last month. so those new leaders who were on this stage, they're going to be facing some very tough decisions here because the economic reforms that this country needs to survive will be very painful and very unpopular. clarissa ward, cbs news, kiev. >>> well, coming up on the "morning news," s.a.t. surprise. we'll see why your college entrance exam score from long ago might still be a factor with job recruiters today. >>> and unsteady steps. newly released video of justin bieber's sobriety test. this is the "cbs morning news." t anywhere you use sugar, you can use splenda® no

fear of russian invasion. very, very real despite today's promise. vladimir putindo with ukraine. this has putin orders these military drills and battle readiness checks and armed forces right at the nation's borders. you have these pictures, 150,000 troops now at the ready. and we are learning from the u.s. military source telling us here that troops could potentially move in very quickly if and when an order comes from moscow. the fear goal is to storm and reclaim ukraine specifically this peninsula that connects ukraine to russia in the east. 50 gunmen have taken over this parliament building there, cutting the wire, storming the grounds, and look at what they raised. the russian flag. it's a move that many in the ukraine fear may be symbolic of what to to come. the chief foreign affairs joins me now and you can chat about this one. we deny this this has to do with the unrest. sec tear of state john kerry. we don't have it, but he is back and forth. saying listen, we are going to not step our big tow into ukraine, but i'm curious if you think this is chest beati

again potentially and still manage to raise great fear, cause great harm and principally embarrass greatly the government of russian president vladimir putinow, they've had seven years to get ready for this, the russian security force, but also the terrorists who may be out there. have you heard of concern about so-called sleeper cells, ivan? >> you know, when you talk to ordinary russians, for instance, who live around here, many of them say they're not worried at all about being targeted. which is perhaps unexpected considering that there have been direct threats coming from the principal islamist insurgent group in the region and also because we are so close to the caucasus, we're basically in the ca caucasus. and this is one of the most volatile, politically charged regions in the world. yet, when you talk to ordinary russians here, they seem to tell me they're not very worried right now. perhaps it's because of the plasive deployment of uniformed russian security officers as well as probably the plainclothes officers. and there are also other measures we're very sure are in force that we cannot see here. so it's surprising to hear rus

of this supposed to be plotted cooked up with the f.s.b. and russia and putin's friends syria's people are putting forth these these these drage is fear is a conspiracy theories without any any evidence with any proof whatsoever and i have to say you know to it too to listen to mike rogers. is this is a person who in an open session in parliament claimed that a person's privacy was not a violated if the person didn't know that his privacy privacy had been violated this is the kind of politician we are dealing with here so it's hard to take this from a guy seriously to be honest i'm going to ask you because i know well one roger that . those are hold similar beliefs as head as i know it if you work with classified information you have taken this elliptically of it for granted at this is violated it could pose a threat to national security where the same the same thing they and the manning case when it comes to regular leaks i want to ask you your response to this argument which rick you hear time and time again. well i've said this repeatedly we have to go to the basic principles here and the basic principle is that whistleblowers have to r

of russian backlash, the sensitivity to any u.s. contact shows you the tremendous cloud russia wield, the fear that vladamir putin has already been able to instill in that country as a whole. i don't think we can blame this situation on president obama per se, but i do think it reveals a hole in his approach to foreign policy. when he talks as he often does about how the whole world is no longer a zero sum place. he referred to the fact that there's no competition with russia so forth and so on. it's fine for him to say that, but that's clearly not how russia under vladamir putin views this situation itself. they view it as a zero sum game in which they are determined not to be left with zero, and it is very -- it's a vital interest of putin, and he's playing for keeps with the results that we see. >> right. nina, critics of the administration say there's this moral equivalence, like the protesters shouldn't do this, and ukraine shouldn't do that. obviously he said some forceful things yesterday in mexico, but what about how the administration is playing this? >> well, i thought, you know, when i listened to him say this isn't a chess

the big fear is russia would used some kind of force in some way to try to flew events. why would president vladimir putin try to push the country on russia's southern border to the verge of civil war? now, i write in my book that a lot of russian actions that seem confusing to us really are based upon practical reasons according to their own logic. i think the logic here is that putin makes decisions that are not in russia's interests, not in the interest of his people but in his interest. he didn't want ukraine to join the west, and he was willing to do everything possible to do that. he's not apparentlies using force now, but the russian prime minister has called new leaders t they are coming to power, the result of an armed mutiny. they are trying to undermine the new pro-western leaders. i think they are going to act according to their old playbook but hopefully, there is a window for the new authorities to try to change what's been going on ukraine. the book is russians, the people behind the power, gregory pfeiffer, great to have you on the show. thank you. >>> switching topics, protests continued

of fear about what russia does? >> in kiev there is a clear sense that putin will try to act mistress on whatever government evolves act misc hief on whatever government evolves. there is suspicion about the damage he could do. >> any reaction to the we haveian protests been seeing in this out of the country? is one of the big fears, that the more extreme sides become, the bigger the chances of a breakup of the country. and in terms of fear to personal areasty in kiev or the around us, there is no worry. it is interesting what is going on and pro-russian parts of the country. reports in eastern ukraine that there are crowds milling around the statues of lenin, protecting them against anti-russian factions. we are hearing reports from the crimea, where the russian black there areis based, rallies calling on prudent to lend support. that gives you the sense of the mood. >> thank you very much indeed. john joining us from the ukraine, bloomberg news posture fee managing editor. let's get more on what is happening in the telecom world. let's go to barcelona, tech titans are gathered for one of the biggest mobile indust

leaders, and president putin's decision to put russian troops on ukraine's border has raised fears that russia will try to intervene in ukraine's politics. in the crimea region in the south of the country, also home to a large russian naval base, clashes broke out. crimea is not russia, one group chanted. at least one protestor was killed. back in the square, katerina had a stark message for putin. >> leave ukraine alone. leave ukraine. leave our people to make our future. don't disturb us any more. >> pelley: clarissa ward is joining us from in front of the barricades in the square. clarissa, you talked about ukraine being broke. the value of the currency has been dropping like a stone. did anything today change that? that's right, scott. today it even hit a 10-year low. it has decreased nearly 20% just in the last month alone. what this underscores is how serious this crisis is and those new leaders who were up on that stage tonight, they're going to face some really tough choices bah the economic reforms this country needs to survive are going to be very painful and very unpopular. >> pelley: and the u.s. has pledged some economic support just today. clarissa, thanks ver

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of new powerful players and competitors in genders some fear in areas such as the economy politics and security i see them attempts to contain russia emerge here or there including with this olympic project. president putin and they are all well but the days competitions is but over the net full day three of this later. a special coverage no less continues into the night with the next update for you now is time now but he will henri in moscow. like evan thanks very much for that indeed we've got our special sports bulletin coming up in about fifteen minutes time here on r.t. international try to stick around for that it will be all the very latest exact dates with each. the g. twenty four promises. exhilarating winter. and make the rest of our lives take news team for sochi twenty four take. on. switzerland may have jeopardized its access to the e.u. market for the sake of curbing the number of immigrants coming into the country and the new law which will installed quotas for foreign workers actually goes against long held agreements with brussels some believe further collaboration with the e.u. could now be in question the president of the european parliament martin shultz right there he said switzerlan

it's a reminder of his arrogance and the audacity to which putin has conducted himself in russia and on the world stage. the only problem with laughter is it masks fearournalists and activists can tell you, vladimir putin is a very, very scary man. that is all for now. "the ed show" is up next. >>> good evening, americans. and welcome to "the ed show" live from detroit lakes, minnesota. let's get to work. >> a lot of opinions about the debt ceiling, no decisions have been made. >> if congress sees its shadow, we'll have six more weeks of inaction. >> no decisions have been made. >> this is pitiful. >> forced to relive the same day over and over again. >> what? get it right for a change. >> is congress guilty of the same? >> a lot of opinions. >> the next big fight

of the leadership. as the journalistic cliche goes-- now comes the hard part. >> rose: i was going to say, what should we fear from-- what's in putin's mind now? he's basically looking at this saying, my god, i cannot let this stand? >> i think, yes. the question is what he does about it. what he tried to do is keep ukraine'ukraine's loyalty throu. through cheap gas, cheap energy. >> rose: even though having nice little dances with its european union. >> right. and that drama is far from over. this very morning, russia decided, not by coincidence, to have some military exercises not far from the border of ukraine. >> rose: saying, "we're here." >> "we are here. take note. take note." we may be back here in two weeks or three weeks or something-- god forbid-- and i could be wrong, but i find it very hard to believe that russia would send troops into ukraine. toward what end would it be? i just coapt know. >> rose: first of all, it would bog him down. >> who are you fighting? what you fighting for. >> rose: exactly, and what do you get from it? >> and what do you get from it? russia, even while it's asserting itself on the world stage