we're not talking about one chechnya, but many chechnyas, and this is only sounds like an overstatement if you did not watch the emergence of the chechnya conflict in its maturity. maturation over time has taken on a conflict of larger proportions than originally envisioned by moscow, and what the trend lines you see in the russian heartland at least have the potential to do the same. they may not, but they have the potential to do so if they are not dealt with. third trend line, and i'll stop there, you can imagine as russia contorts internally from ideological and religious tensions and presses west ward for demographic and economic reasons, there's heightened tensions with europe and the nato block. all right? all of this is a long way of saying what i said at the outset which is that we americans tend to see russia at face value. when putin strives for large on the world stage, when he creates a hazard geopolitical coo with the arms deal in syria, with sort of his relationship with the iran, we tend to assume that what you see is what you get. russia is arriving and has to be dealt

and remove the russian army from chechnya. >> it was unprecedented.heavily armed terrorists traveling 200 kilometers, arriving undetected, unhindered, and taking 800 hostages in central moscow. it was a massive triumph and success as far as he was concerned. >> the siege drags onto a second day, then a third. then after 57 hours, a development. russian officials tell the rebels a negotiator is coming to discuss terms for a russian withdrawal from chechnya. >> eventually they were told that the main general in the war was going to come and talk to them. there was a sense that after two days of standoff they had managed to finally achieve a breakthrough. >> but the russian government has another plan in mind. >> the russians have no intention of allowing the main general in the war to go inside. they tricked the terrorists, alluring them into a sense of full security. so they lowered their guard. they relaxed. >> and they're going to pay for that. at 5:45 a.m., russian forces make their move, staging a full scale assault. they pump a cold war era weapon

you know we had a lot of ukrainian hardcore neo nazis traveling out to chechnya to fight in the so-called war for separatism for russia so there's always been this link for the last twenty years or so between the most sort of hard right extremist factions in ukraine and the islamist cause in chechnya the radical islamist cause so this is an alliance that goes back quite a long way really and of course there's a third tranche of this alliance which is the neo conservatives in the west what unites the neo conservatives in the west with ukrainian neo nazis and radical islamists in chechnya is of course their hatred for russia they will do anything however extreme to get at russia and so i think this ukrainian crisis is sort of remind because once again this sort of axis of evil that's ranged against russia that combines neo conservatives in washington and in britain and in france and elsewhere with radical neo nazis in ukraine and radical islamists in chechnya this really is a kind of alliance that is targeting russia and this is just a reminder really at the same time the right sector denie

nazis in ukraine and radical islamists in chechnya this really is a kind of alliance that is targeting russia and this is just a reminder really at the same time the right sector denying that peeling to march saying its website was hanks' is that some kind of damage control now that. oh absolutely i think that this is becoming rather embarrassing for the west really is the fact is that they used the far right to get their people in power in kiev and now these statements are coming out now the extremism is there for everybody to see they're in complete denial and i think that the right sector is trying to sort of it's trying to sort of back down from this now but it's all there i mean we know that they've got to they've had links retraction radicals we know that they are radical far right you know nazi group. and now they're trying to sort of say they wasn't there when the web site was hacked it doesn't wash i'm afraid i think we know this extremism is there it's there for everybody to see and this anti russian obsession from the western elites is costing this all be a it's very dangero

so in the beginning when you have the first war in chechnya that, remember present clinton says this is like abraham lincoln trying to save the message trying to save the union. and then as the war progressed it became more brutal. there were much more pressure in the united states to take a different stance towards what was happening in chechnya and focus on the human rights issues and the width of the russian army was conducting itself in chechnya. now, you are quite right, and we also had the incident with the men who then became the number two in al-qaeda, also weary, he and others were in pakistan trying to get to chechnya earlier on. the russians pick them up and they held a but then they didn't have enough evidence about him and they don't think they consulted the us about the. so they let him go but it will back to afghanistan and we know what happened on 9/11. but putin was when the united states about these dangers and united states didn't take them series looking up and, obviously, from the russian perspective they understood this because of russia's own problems in the pr

>> about what happened in chechnya. it takes place during the second war.o ask me tonough be in the picture. we just finished shooting it and i think it will be very interesting to see that movie in light of what is going on right now. >> what role do you play in that film? was play someone who working for the red cross who is running an orphanage. there was a huge amount of refugees and they were flowing out of chechnya because of all the bombing. i am playing in american who is running an orphanage nearby. >> i love your glasses. >> you do? >> i do. i love you too. thank you for coming. >> thanks, charlie. ♪ >> bj novak is here. you might know him as a writer or actor on "the office." he was also executive producer. asappeared in movies such quentin tarantino's "inglorious basterds." i am pleased to have him at this table for the first time. >> it is good to be here. start ind all this terms of deciding to write a book? >> i was a writer on the office for its run and we were in the writers room which was very all-encompassing. every idea you had in your l

conflict in chechnya began in nineteen ninety four the sec to school but became an islamic insurgency dedicated to forming an islamic state in the caucasus . the psychological aspects of the war on the victims and soldiers alike has seen its own evolution from psychologists initially dismissing tomlin signs of hysteria to today's active in the wind reaching cycle analysis on the subject. a unique exhibition in the belgian city of ghent and documents the devastating effects of war on the human psyche and how psychologists have been changing in their minds to haunting last night's emotional numbness and stress. these are some of the psychological symptoms suffered by those exposed to one of these works of art displayed the trauma experienced by veterans and war and they are just simply sympathetic to their despair the collection also helps document on the psychological world has responded to warrant on these years. today artistic expression is encouraged to help identify an emotional trigger. ryan and i know i'm married to a nomadic nice to see if it means to surrender. and that he felt

the conflict in chechnya began in nineteen ninety four the set to school but became an islamic insurgency dedicated to forming an islamic state in the caucasus the i know. a gas explosion in new jersey summer left one woman dead in ancient greece and utility workers during the day in the area authorities say one contact or had damaged a gas line and coos and even caring that would exclude completely destroyed ten homes and damaging another forty five the contractor was drooling at that point a shrub. what they believed to be. this line. and they're just escalated until it exploded one of the residents witnessed the explosion set off by the damask line. i ran outside and i was all clean and smooth. the one that was on fire. so it's great to talk to on going. talking to people injured workers. body of the woman who lost her life was discovered later that day near the second explosion officials will weaken on top secret id main cause of death. the workers heard in the blasts had to be hospitalized. however none of the injuries are considered life threatening demo called dr. fans. the annual

we stayed in the end goal is to create an islamic caliphate not to sin in chechnya boy across the whole of southern russia where there is almost one population. and this is an international effort he has been had trips. it is the islamic jihadists fighting in syria fighting in afghanistan. so this is an international jihadist threat not simply a national separatist movement as it might perhaps have been some time in the nineties. bob it's really no surprise that the d c the moon. the reit sector the extreme western ukrainian ultra nationalists have made this appeal the dough kumar. they have discussed this online before in fact. during chechen wars in the nineteen nineties come. several of their leaders who are now. and in control of kiev. openly faults with each actions against the russians and quite loudly boast about how many russian tanks or how many troops the kill. so this is actually about an alliance of doubles if you will that we've never seen before and so it's really no surprise that in this the situation that the dimitri your own shoe again who is not only the right sector l

conflict in chechnya began in nineteen oh two for this to school but became an islamic insurgency dedicated to forming an islamic state in the caucasus instead kept its oic hold on much of the license plates on monday with snow forming an attempt to struggling schools and offices closed to make a subset of the harsh winter threatened as much as ten inches of snow by the end of the day in washington baltimore and elsewhere in the meat atlantic region school systems in baltimore washington in many suburban areas but close as roll smithsonian museums. except for the national and space museum. more than two thousand one hundred flights in the notice states with council on monday. i . ultra orthodox protests in jerusalem. hundreds of thousands of repeats these turned out on the streets to hold a mass rally in protest at the controversial drug mule which would mean gum and next minute she falls to the minute reports of indian service. troubles adults men and boys wearing white shirts and dark suits and black hats attended representing the three mainstream speech he weighed in today. it's thought

about what happened in chechnya. >> charlie: the war. and it takes place in the second war which was right at the turn of the century, the year 2000. >> charlie: right. so he was kind enough to ask me to be in the picture. we just finished shooting it and i think it will be interesting to see that movie in light of what was going on right now in that part of the world. >> charlie: what role do you play in thatfilm? >> i'm playing in one who worked for the international red cross who's running an orphanage because in that war, like all, there were a huge number of refugees and flowing out of chechnya because of all the bombing so i'm playing an american running an orphanage nearby. >> charlie: i love your glasses. >> io dow? >glasses. you do? >> charlie: i do. they're perfect. i love you for coming. >> thanks, charley. >> charlie: b.j. novak is here, you might owe him as a writer or actor. he's in an award winning comedy "the office," he's a director, producer, moved in movies and in quintin tarantino's glorious basterds. i am pleased of

she failed to return to chechnya last year. she is seen in a photo here. they fear she became radicalized. she has been posting jihad type photos to social media sites. >>> day three of the oscar pistorius trial is underway. today the de sense challenging a couple of testimonies they heard screams and gun shots coming from his house the night that he shot his girlfriend reba steenkamp. his next-door neighbor broke down on the stand recalling the screams she heard. pistorius put his hands over his ears muffling the sound of that testimony. he could go to prison for at least 25 years. >> he was convicted of killing a baltimore cop. today he walked free. 67-year-old marshall conway is a former leader of the black panther. he was convicted in if 1971 of fatally shooting 35-year-old cop donald stayingger. he is one released since the court of appeals ruled that judges gave improper destructinn to juries before 1980. >> heading the civil rights division at the justice department. he is facing harsh criticism for defending a notorious cop killer in court. >> ther

we are not talking about one chechnya we are talking about many.and this is what sounds like an overstatement. if you didn't watch the emergence of the conflict and its maturity its maturation over time took and has taken on a conflict of far larger proportions than was originally envisioned, and what im saying g is that trendlines you are seeing at least have the potential to do the same. they may not but they have the potential if they are not dealt with. and the third trend line and then i will stop there and you can imagine as russia comports internally from these ideological and religious tensions and begins to press westward for demographics and economic reasons there's going to be heightened tensions with europe and the nato bloc. we americans tend to see russia as face value. when vladimir putin strives very large on the world stage and creates a geopolitical coup in serious and his relationship with iran we tend to assume what you see is what you get. russia has to be dealt with or accommodated to make progress on world affairs. what i'm t

>> i think if you look at putin, he came to power on the back of a fierce crackdown on chechnya and dr. stan -- dagestan. what is going on in crimea, one of the many hypocrisies is no one necessary, not crimea, but one say, and -- and no whether they want to become part of russia. but the attack on chechnya and dagestan and ending the resistance movement there was his first big ploy on coming to sweep into power. then he consolidated question: central asia. the central asian republics and there was a phase of the great game going on 10 or 15 years ago. it has now finished. russia has won that. now he has moved on to annex crimea. his whole career has been one of assertion of russian power in the former soviet union, if you'd like. and i don't think there is any doubt at all. thehere is the boundary of sphere of influence? how far does a stretch in his mind? is it the full extent of the warsaw pact? that is difficult to say. i think in his mind it does -- but obviously it is a technical impossibility to regain. anything not still in the european union, not in nato, that is up for grabs

not just local people but also people from other regions, chechnya as well. those are some really crazy people there. they might go and do stupid things. tatars have their own high emotions. that leaves potential for bloodshed. >> the polls that were conducted in february of this year by the international institute. i don't know the new data after the crimean crisis. mike graduate students conducted europeanabout intervention and the so-called -- union integration. what are the options for the european union integration and for custom union agreement. [indiscernible] membership,out nato there are two different situations. before the crimean crisis and after the crimean crisis. afterwards, number of supporters of nato membership dramatically increased. it increased in my home city and other eastern ukrainian regions. actually, it is questions of a great power game and interrelations between the u.s. and russia and ukraine. there is a lot of space for negotiations and for regional agreements about military -- about the military state of ukraine and internationa

he was also wanted in russia for allegedly fighting with rebels in chechnya during the bloody conflict there in the 1990's. russia calls it a neo-nazi organization. president vladimir putin cited this group as one of the reasons to intervene in crimea to protect russian citizens. >> this friday, ukraine's deposed president is speaking to russian media. he has called for each of the regions to hold a referendum on its status within ukraine. the oscar pistorius murder trial postponed. a judge has delayed proceedings until april 7 because of the illness of one of her legal advisers. the defense was due to begin its case this friday. the south african track star is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend. pistorius says he shot reeva steenkamp by accident, mistaking her for an intruder. prosecutors say he killed her after an argument. after days of uncertainty, health officials have confirmed the deadly ebola virus has reached the capital of new guinea. four people have been infected. there is no known cure for the disease which has a 90% death rate. it is being called a threat to region

and the international airport in moscow doc who has also encouraged these separatist movement in chechnya by declaring it and islamic state he's currently wanted in russia and charges of kidnapping murder and freezing or marks he's still with me here as he monitors the rapidly moving developments there in ukraine and mark for the final time today interesting to get your thoughts about this development with more of the the russian foreign ministry that they've responded to this is exactly the nature of the the groups that the west of course have been supporting to get into power in kiev so will this extraordinary reach out to the chechen islamist leader make any impact whatsoever on the west's response now on how they deal with that newly appointed sofa point of parliament. i think it should be said that there is not any direct evidence that the west has in particular supported the rights act or or other groups they have supported the more moderate position politicians who accepted and cynically use the violence of these right wing groups in an attempt to ride the tiger of their violence i

the caucauses includes russian territory -- chechnya and others. the forces within the russian federation are going to be exacerbated by what putin is doing in the short term and going back to the geopolitics of the last two centuries. >> thank you for being with us today. when we return, white house council of economic advisors chairman jason furman. ♪ >> we are joined now by the chairman of the council of economic advisers jason furman. what effect will the unrest in ukraine, russia may spill over to europe? will that have any effect on the u.s. economy? >> we are monitoring that situation closely and there is a range of things that affects our economy. that could certainly be one of them but what is going to happen with consumer spending, what is going to happen with investments in housing -- >> this isn't -- >> it is something we are monitoring closely. we always pay attention to these events around the world. >> if we really want to punish the russians, why don't we immediately initiate exports of natural gas so europe can be weaned off the de

so there could be a new chechnya emerging here. these folks are very unhappy with what's happening. second of all, opportunity was missed in kiev to structure an interim government that included the east part of the country. that is one of the reasons -- zr actually, i think they tried. i heard the new government -- they went to the party of regions. this was the party of former president yanukovych, offered them positions, but they declined, in part, because the concern is this government, if they're serious, will have to make -- >> very quickly, what action this week do you expect the obama administration to do? >> there will be political sanctions, economic sanctions. you've seen the cancelling of a host of delegations -- >> postponing of trade. >> and exploiting with the europeans how you make this more painful. and after second -- after secretary kerry is in kiev tomorrow, i think go to brussels and -- >> i agree with that. i think that's part of what will happen. >> nato -- let nato's bravado get louder -- >> and i think the rhetoric will stay tough and hard, needs to, not pro

she told the truth about the children in beslan, she did so at the war in chechnya. and in other instances where she knew that she was putting herself in harm's way. and accepted the fact that she would probably die, pursuing the truth . >> your work is full of mortal challenges to your characters. terrible things befall them. they are constantly dealing with tais terrible injury and challenges. and the rest of it in light of what you invented for your novels did it change your perception of that stuff, experiencing it yourself? >> wanted to experience that sometime back i created a hazard for my character, arketyrenko in which he had been shot mountain head and part of the tbult remaine bulletremained in his skull. and then my eye followed to some degree with this operation. i have now got electrodes in my head. and i've got -- so that i have a kind of shadow of my bshe -i have become a shadow of my fictional character. >> will you continue writing? >> what else would i do? >> from here what does your prognosis look with parkinson's? >> what i'm hoping for is ten go

you create problems because there are other republics that are part of the russian federation like chechnyand they start demanding independence. >> the local militia is there to keep the peace, and she found evidence to the contrary. >> reporter: russian soldiers leaving everyone to guess the next move. >> they left at midnight. and we do not know why or where they went. they're still in some bases and others that they replaced by so-called self defense units. >> reporter: the ukrainian airforce base. they sabotaged the missile defense system. there are so many questions about who these men are, and this might give a clue. it's a russian box, and it says russian army, the flack of the russian federation, and behind it, it says military trade. and on this side, not for sale. so one can safely say that russia is at least putting it's full weight behind these men. >> the regional government. >> interpreter: this scenario was not written in crimea. it was written in moscow. the government is like a newborn kitten that doesn't know what the next step will be. they're told to do, but didn't know

government, there during two russian wars againstç chechnya we disagreed very much with how the russiansd those wars, but when asked about chechnya, the first thing we said we respect russian territorial integrity. we do not believe the chechens have the right to separate. and the russians may open a can of worms here. >> now, crimea does vote to rejoin, then what do you think happens with putin's designs there? you mentioned a land grab. does he try to go further? and what do you say to the criticism here that however right the obama administration may be in its desire to have an international humanitarian, international law response here, that they're basically being worked over as a matter of geopolitics, that putin keeps acting and the u.s. is just reacting? >> i think two questions, the first question, if the referendum goes forward, what does the government do? do they move immediately to annex crimea, or leave it hanging and leave it in a bit in limbo, and in the latter case, it may have maneuver to try to negotiate a settlement. part of the problem in terms of the geopolitical co

riding in the country hoping to do so the refugees are primarily from syria afghanistan iraq and chechnya. this is wilson to leave st george bush won in germany. i eye. long following the annexation of crimea by russia tensions have been melting of the claims to sit in the break went back seat and seal up the kremlin backed a land grab which began on the twenty six subsidiary has not been recognized by any other country except to russia itself. however the controversially elected rulers of crimea have spent no time in announcing the acclaimed ukraine's state owned assets including offshore oil and natural gas platforms. ukraine's acting prime minister asked the senior center the site called on to audrey could cost the country hundreds of billions of dollars. an appeal has been launched ukrainian justice minister also said his country reserves the right to compensate any losses to the state at the expense of russia. many of crimea is two million residents of wondering how their lives will change following the annexation of the crime the government has said assets and by private businesses

most of the suicide bombers in chechnya are actually female. >> historical grievances. this is interesting. it can take on all kinds of life. >> pfister urkel grievances refers to a wrong that needs to be repaired, needs to be restored. it is a group of people that need to get even with the enemy, even though the wrong was committed 1000 years ago. for example, the basque terrorist group eta. they want to regain their territory and they want to have their own independent state, and they say france and spain stole their territory. we have the palestinians as an example of historical grievances. we have the ira. they want to get back six counties from northern ireland. their main slogan is "brits out." >> a few years ago we would hear about terrorism in ireland. we do not hear that so much now. >> the ira is very active today. in fact some of them have become members of the british are limited. they were bigger in the 1960's and 1970's. >> i was reading weeks ago, -- several weeks ago in american history. there were terrorist acts from mexico into the united states. there

with the school was also wanted in russia for a date to be fighting with rebels in chechnya trained by the court hearing in the nineteen nineties. russia corporate sector and you are not the organization. president levy meat contains selected this week as one of the pieces to be in crimea protect russian citizens well this friday ukraine's deposed president that yanukovich is speaking to russian media. they called for each of the country's regions to hold a referendum on its status with him in ukraine. now the oscar for stories murder trial has been postponed. the judge has delayed proceedings into a pole seventh because of the illness of one of her legal advisors. the defense was doing again its case this friday the south african track stars on trial for the murder of his girlfriend the story says he shot to read this team can by accident. mistaking her for an intruder in his home prosecutors say he killed her after an argument. after days of uncertainty health officials have confirmed the dead the ebola virus has reached the couple of tv the country's health minister confirmed four p

the attack has also tried to a second chechnya plight but fled when armed police on patrol in the neighborhood to pay the latest violence comes at a time of heightened warnings of both the islamist terror attacks militant group al hsu baptist st responsibility for a series of attacks claiming better in retaliation for ten years intervention in somalia which started in two thousand and eleven the most notable attack last september when at least sixty seven people were killed up to militants stormed by brett's westgate mall. the four day siege at the heart of israeli irons complex of what was described as the worst act of terrorism in kenya since the us embassy bombing in nineteen ninety eight. one alleged member of al sheba is samantha lee quite the opposite of what we did. she is one of the world's most wanted terrorism suspects but remains at large the indian ocean coast tension. high among young muslims who claimed that security forces have been heavy handed in a crackdown on the recruitment of crime forces has been home since it's the mosque would be a puppet of indoctrination. last month a

riding in the country hoping to do so the refugees are primarily from syria afghanistan iraq and chechnya. this is wilson to ease with which this one in germany . i. the israeli diplomats to force the complete closure of so many embassies across the one hundred and fifty nine states to recognize israel after launching an unprecedented strike due to disputes over pay the action has already threatened to postpone a bit that michael prentice to israel which is one of twenty five to spy for the issue affected by a work slowdown that began in march if half the wage negotiations produced no results the diplomats say they will bring a halt to all one hundred and two of israel's diplomatic missions abroad effectively paralyzing most diplomatic work with other countries as well as the united nations. it's the first time in the history of the state of israel that the foreign ministry is on strike for striking because of the finance ministry are trying to destroy the multi service of the state of israel and will do everything to avoid this. foreign minister at the door to leave him and has called th

and it doesn't that international airport the who is also encouraged the separatist movement in chechnya by declaring it and islamic state is currently wanted in russia on charges of kidnapping murder and treason. russia's foreign ministry responded to the appeal to the chechen militant by pointing out that many of the groups backed by the west are in fact radicals not sloboda he is from moscow state university he told me earlier that this is a clear threat to russia's national security. this is an international jihad a movement whose stated game goal is to create an islamic caliphate not just in in chechnya but across all of southern russia where there is a muslim population and this is an international effort he has been had troops islamic jihadists fighting in syria fighting in afghanistan so this is an international jihad is threat not simply a national separatist movement as it might perhaps have been some time in the ninety's. it's really no surprise that these. right sector. extreme western ukrainian alter nationalists have made this appeal to mars they have discussed this online

the team captain back team said you can lost both legs while serving in the military in chechnya. now this in two thousand to the rink is now his battlefield has already led his team to third place in recent months. if you don't deal with everyday that this training base morning till night training back in canada the world's that rookie challenge this year we played against the teams of canada in the us. that very skilled athletes who still cannot help you with their experience especially little things. we're trying very hard thing off. but the importance of the paralympics has grown in russia still has the awareness of access for people with impaired mobility and everyday life. saatchi itself underwent a transformation and plans are in place to make that a nationwide norm. it's something that the russian paralympic team set out to prove along with its metal the athletes are agents for change not only in their communities but in the wider world as representatives of the game and that's certainly true here in russia now focusing on the home team. i in vancouver two thousand and eig

metaphysical was on tv a cold from the nineties when he was hiking on the side of chechen militants in chechnya against russians back then she sat on camera that he would die until he got to blood runs to his brains to work you russians she was then called leaders he said he was a violent man but even if we take the last several months because many lines with the ukraine. i see storms sessions of local administrations he threaten people with guns he would make direct threats to the tyranny that the console let's listen to one of his most popular videos online what's with the bride muslim no one tells us when to bear arms and were known to you to get into its new home take them away. sequim icon that he wanted to claim a rifle twenty gleaming nice to come here and take it. the rights to this point is i'm pretty soon i will destroy anyone who comes here i will hang the syrian minister of a cough like that don't work of course lexi this isn't on the instance of is bought and paid in front of the cameras there was a recent incident was in the eye when he stormed into a local prosecutor's office in

school was out he recalled the nineties when he was appointed on the side of chechen militants in chechnya i get instructions back then she sat on camera that he would until the cuticle blood drawn to these green tea with few russians she was then called leaders he said he was a violent man but even if we take the last several months across many lines with the ukraine. he's going to the assistance of local administrations he threaten people with guns he would make direct threats to lead two minutes to himself. let's listen to one of his most popular videos online. with the bride muslim no one tells us when to bear arms and went on to youtube given to us you will take them away. sequim icon that he wanted to quit my rifle. take away my nice to come here and take it the rights to this point is i'm pretty soon i will destroy anyone who comes here i will hang the syrian minister of and don't worry of course in next season's ah the innocence of his bottom paper in front of the campers there was a recent incident was in the eye when he stormed into a local prosecutor's office in western ukraine.

no, first of all, this is absolutely after chechnya the most important national interest that russia has. this position of ukraine. there is nothing that the west could do short of a military conflict that would have them even considering moving out of crimea. that is the first point. the second is that the european s are not going to support that kind of behavior. germans are blanching even at the idea of throwing russians out with the g-8. the notion that they will risk their economic relationship with russia given their relationship to support the u.s. here with serious sanctions, it is just not on the table. i fear the obama administration really overextended itself. >> wow, the u.s. talks tough because it has to, but it seems that russia is willing to go the distance for the ukraine. >> he cares more about it than we do, by a lot. these economic sanctions we are talking about historically only work on smaller countries that are more dependent. this is a large economy that is predominantly independent on oil and gas exports. obviously the european union has has -- i don't see the

the cleanliness made this a menu this before it's military actions in chechnya and georgie. now the east and in some regions of ukraine opted it was nice to get on to that of the washington times reported the special security settings meanwhile the fall my head aches tunnel intelligence to keep craig mccaw among the worst things that russian intervention in ukraine would not happen in your future commenting on the date set up a special american status as a high probability of the russian invasion in the eastern part of the great people and informative message. the usa just want to prevent that kind of thing negotiations with the imf and the final straight ukraine and the national monetary fund agreed to be loaded with equal footing to sixty million dollars the sound will be provided for the multiple bombings of the ukrainian economy this agreement still has to get anything authorities and imf executive board which is expected to consider this question in a tree the package of documents with the satellite facing an economic efficiency the second because i expect the financial

chechnya -- of treatment of chechnya. in crimea are not happy and likely to have a backlash.small minority. they fear the russians may push them out of crimea into ukraine proper if they object to the annexation process. crimeans voting to leave ukraine this weekend. the scots are potentially voting to leave the u.k. ofthere a certain sense hypocrisy and saying crimea cannot have this vote? >> the vote has to be done in a fair or freeway. a longland, you have process of demand for self-determination for autonomy. it is a grassroots process that is happening through existing constitutional channels. you cannot have foreign troops and put in aountry referendum that is not endorsed by the government of the country from which this territory is .upposedly going to succeed >> that is a good way of putting it. how does this play out in terms of the u.s. attempts to deal diplomatically with iran and syria? russianse handled the in the way of treating them as a major partner. it is quite possible the russians will become less cooperative. the syrians will begin to drag their feet on f

why doesn't he have one in chechnya? what would happen there? would they support russia? no. they are an oppressed people because of vladimir putin. he wants to have a vote on what the people of the russian federation want to do, let them vote in chechnya, see how that vote would turn out. this is so transparent what he is doing illegally. these cold war tactics, trying to intimidate the 41 million people in the ukraine, that's just what it is, intimidation. the entire world condemns what he has done, with rare, rare exception, and they are going to condemn even more if he goes further because action will have to be taken to isolate russia and its economy. this robust bill passed by the foreign relations committee to the floor is important. madam president, i don't throw around a lot of accolades, especially of my republican colleagues. i should do more, but i don't. i have to get better at that. but i have told personally and i tell the people of tennessee and the people of this country and the people around the world, the speech that was given by the ranking member of that