perception number two a matter of fact europe is allowing ukraine to keep some of the gas that europe is getting from russia but of course there's a shortage of gas on the european side so they have to make up for that and they have to buy the more expensive gas so essentially what we have on our hands is the european customers taxpayers already paying an arm and a leg in order to make up for their leaders the political grandstanding. a potential solution people have moved today anyways all the shale gas that's in america how could that help is that possible misconception number three and that is of course the expectation that americans are going to save the day simply not going to happen because it has to go all the way across the atlantic ocean which is pretty big it's too expensive and right now the price is gas prices in europe were too low for that to happen and it would take about two million to increase to actually get the gas there cross from the united states to europe and they only have four hundred thinkers at the moment so. looks good on paper but it's

could give to ukraine better governance in a values democracy probably but what could you krane give to europe why was the european union saw a passionate still keen on signing based association economic association agreement with ukraine well you know appreciate the issues give or appreciate its. main commodity not commodity to be shoes value which is the stuff beneath the stuff beneath the. a regent because we belong to the same region a region that is a stable and prosperous and this is what we want for all our neighbors and especially for all our european neighbors but mr isay i think it could be argued that ukraine was pretty stable before this call you know economic isolation agreement was initiated and ukraine was pretty stable at least there wasn't the war on its on its territory but everything changed unfortunately we are out of time i really appreciate you being on the show i appreciate your candor i hop e and you know happy to come whenever you invite me thank you and to our viewers please keep the conversation going on our twitter you. you tube and facebook pages i hope this year a

the price for gas in ukraine is $$485.5 per thousand cubic metres. that is the highest in europe. kiev says it was ready to make full payment if russia cuts its price. the offer was rejected. rory challands is live in moscow. so what is the latest on the dispute. we know the deadline is gone, what is happening now? >> essentially it's what russia and gazprom are saying to ukraine, is that if you want more gas, you have to pay for it up front. so no cash, no gas. it's the result really of a dispute that has been labouring on for weeks and weeks and weeks. we've had negotiations in brussels, and berlin and russia, although it was willing to push the deadline was not willing to come down blow a price of $385 per cubic metre of gas, it's around about $100 discount on what ukraine is currently paying. ukraine rejected that. it wants a lower price. russia has now run out of patience and said that ukraine will only get gas that it pays in advance for. and it is also russia and gazprom are taking a case to the stockholm court of arbitration, essentially suing ukraine for lots of other unp

and those are now a full and so there's plenty of gas both for ukraine and western europe so i think for the time being we won't see any disruptions in supplies with regard to ukraine itself the prime minister there earlier ordered his government prepare for a supply what sort of steps could ukraine type to minimize the damage. well as i said they have. in storage solution ukraine solution to the gas problem is going to take a long time it's the most wasteful user of energy in all of your. domestic gas resources i mean it produces already about twenty thousand cubic meters year and put out against about fifty thousand that needs all together and it could develop those in shale deposits to significant basins but this is the point that the last decade and a half has been totally wasted need the orange government or the blue government have done anything in the way of reforming gas and making it more energy uses more efficient nor has it done anything to develop the resources that it has at home and so it's ended up you know being totally reliant on the russian gas for about

ukraine. is it safe for europe supply right now you see it say for europe supply right now there's a you know it's an unusual situation in ukraine right now it's not it's beyond just being a safe supplier or you know safe transit route there's a civil war going on in the country. again the fundamental. component of any country's energy policy in both stewart's occasion. suppliers and demanders spruce and consumers always have to have diversification. as one of the objectives of energy policy if they want to enhance their energy security the fact that european countries are and have pursued oppose who do or sophistication the fact that you are that russia itself is pursuing a both of diversification both of energy sources and of markets. sensible policy regardless of the circumstance but if we talk in terms of today net not in one year or two or three years but like today the way things are looking right now remember in two thousand and six and two thousand and nine ukraine was late with its gas payments and intercepted europe bond russian gas could that happen again right now. well the first t

ukraine to wake up. well a financially challenged europe is still doesn't appear to be quite ready for ukraine these commissioner for enlargement has said here first still needs to prove its european credentials and reforms the blocks energy commission has wanted the bailout for greece is peanuts compared to what will be needed to safety of the economy the president of the european commission says the e.u. is simply not ready to welcome you queen right now that sentiment is also echoed by the foreign minister of europe's powerhouse germany which comes as no surprise to financial experts patrick. ukraine which last year was in a catastrophic position how it's signed a free trade association this year is going to associate with the european union out the point when it's on the brink already of economic disaster this is a catastrophic move for the ukrainian economy the only winners either this or a few sadly deluded egos whether they're in brussels whether they're in washington who believe some horror of that they've achieved a great geopolitical victory for the people of ukraine there are no jobs to be hard here t

through ukraine but warned western europe could face shortages if ukraine diverts gas for their own use. >> how apprehensive should european states be about the conflict could lead to energy shortages? >> here are facts and figures about europe's energy supply and where it comes from. >> the spicet has been turned off. international markets saw a spike in gas prices, but in ukraine the effects won't be felt for a while. the spring has been warm and winters many months away. according to international energy agency figures europe imported 1120 billion meters of natural gas from russia in 2012. half of that was routed through ukraine. the other half reached europe through russia and underneath the baltic sea. germany takes delivery from all three but eastern and southern european nations are wholly dependant on the ukrainian pipelines. romania, bulgaria and greece. at this time official it is say the eu has enough gas reserves for the short-term but brussels is demanding new talks to find a compromise and to get the gas flowing again. >> a ruling b

forced ukraine to choose between europe and russia. also, we had a high-ranking politician saying this would have serious consequences for ukraine. experts tell us that could mean that russia might prepare to take actions to protect, as they say here, its own economy. that could mean that they hiked up custom duties. also, they might consider that legislation for migrant workers from ukraine is tightened the re. it would cause dissatisfaction in ukraine. >> in your assessment, do you think this now will also ratchet up tensions on the ground? >> the tensions are already rising high, and there is not really a sign of de-escalation for the kremlin. it is clear that the names are still the same. they still want to have a say in ukraine. they're trying negotiations releasing the pressure a bit, but for them, it is a sure case that they do not want ukraine to fully integrate with your. they still want to have a say what is happening in ukraine. -- it is a sure case they do not want ukraine to fully integrate with europe. >> 4 osce monitors b

s to look closer at the main ramifications irina all the euro europe's fears justified if ukraine starts stiffening the gas can the rest of europe go without russia gas well actually it's one of the four major misconceptions in this whole gas narrative i would say that's number one is a matter of fact we can look at the map right here and we'll see that the dark blue countries are the ones that get seventy five percent of all the gas that they have from russia and of course as it gets lighter the lesser percentage of gas is coming from russia nevertheless in order for europe to do away with russian gas completely they will have to build new pipelines and new terminals that will be too costly it's not going to happen overnight and even if it does still according to world bank the countries will have to end up being fifty percent more on its gas and they're paying right now so that's going to be a really hard sell to make to the taxpayers living in europe now ukraine's officials have said that they can get they can find out turning to the question is can they really well in this consumptio

editor in chief of the business new europe magazine believes the e.u. should hold ukraine responsible for any shortages. russia has always been a reliable supplier of gas to europe even in the cold war when we really were enemies with then the soviet union that the soviet union continued to deliver gas the problem here with you know the insecurity and russian gas supplies it's not russia it's the fact that it has to go through ukraine and ukraine is more or less bankrupt has been unable to pay for its gas and so when it needs gas it simply siphons off gas that was headed to the west now what russia will do if they do stop supplying ukraine gas they will continue to supply what they're contractually obliged to send to western europe the question here is whether ukraine will simply send that gas and not take any for itself and that question remains open. well the gas route has gone up in flames quite literally a powerful blast of the pipeline transporting gas to europe through ukraine is triggered a major blaze and that follows direct threats from the country's radicals to t

and where the couch could lie the deal will remove tartus on almost all goods traded between europe ukraine on europe but if it meets e.u. standards which it does not off the moment i will have to spend about one hundred billion dollars in order to do so winning a place of the european table ukraine will no longer be russia's prime preferential partner and will lose five hundred billion dollars in trade global financial markets expert pumphrey young believes the association deal with the e.u. is a grave mistake. ukraine which last year was in a catastrophic position how that signed a free trade association this year is going to associate with the european union out the point when it's on the brink already of economic disaster this is a catastrophic move for the ukrainian economy the only winners either this or a few sadly deluded egos whether they're in brussels whether they're in washington who believe some horror other they've achieved a great deal of political victory for the people of ukraine there are no jobs to be hired here there's only going to be job losses there is no economic gro

ukraine. petro poroshenko says this agreement with europe is the most important day for his country after independence day. is it going to change ukraine's future? >> it absolutely will change ukraine's future. they have been looking forward to steps toward europe for 20 years. they have been divided. now after the election last month where mr. poroshenko was elected and won at least a west,ity, east and unified the country. the russian interference has unified ukraine. they are now very pro-europe. >> russian officials are warning of grave consequences now the deal has been signed. it had seemed vladimir putin was trying to de-escalate the crisis. >> they can call for an threaten with grave consequences. but europeans have welcomed ukraine. ukraine has made its decision on which way it wants to go, probably in response to the threats from mr. putin like he is making now. >> what could those threats be? >> there are a lot of exports ukrainians sent to russia. they send cheese, chocolate, dairy products, potatoes. find excuses to close down those exports. ukraine is going to have to reorient, make itse

what is then and is even more so now a completely failed ukrainian economy this was rejected ukraine europe rejected any negotiations with russia they were bent on bringing and are still bent on bringing ukraine into the european union's the west's geo politically orbit not because they care so much about the ukraine or certainly not about the ukrainians but simply as hillary clinton has earlier stated through that it is an absolute necessity for the west to stop a formation of the eurasian union they see that as a geo political necessity they feared in the year between the signing the not signing of the agreement and the next elections that would somehow commit ukraine irreversibly to the eurasian union and that is why all of us i don't have time here i want to go back to belfast here one of the things i think is very interesting is that this thing will be signed but it will sign. and you know what all the pain that will come thereafter will be blamed on russia what do you bet. well they want to be a pittance economic advisor. described it as economic suicide and i would i would agree with

is simply not ready to welcome ukraine right now and that sentiment is also echoed by the foreign minister of europe's powerhouse germany which comes as no surprise to financial experts patrick. ukraine which last year was in a catastrophic position how it's signed a free trade association this year is going to associate with the european union are the point when it's on the brink already of economic disaster this is a catastrophic move for the ukrainian economy the only winners either this or a few sadly deluded egos whether they're in brussels whether they're in washington who believe some horror other they've achieved a great deal of political victory for the people of ukraine there are no jobs to be hard here there's only going to be job losses. from the onset washington's been blaming russia for fanning the conflict in ukraine and threatening sanctions unless it stops but america's plans are facing stanch opposition from where some businesses and here's why russia being an emerging market with a growing income has been quite attractive for u.s. companies now the possibility of being cut off from

ukraine to work on. it financially challenged europe still doesn't appear to be quite ready for ukraine the e.u. is commissioner for enlargement has said kiev still needs to prove its european credentials and enact reforms the blocks energy commissioner has warned the bailout for greece is just peanuts compared to what will be needed to save kids' economy the president of the european commission says the e.u. is simply not ready to welcome ukraine right now and that sentiment is also echoed by the foreign minister of europe's powerhouse germany which comes as no surprise to financial expert patrick young ukraine which last year was in a catastrophic position how it's signed a free trade association this year is going to associate with the european union the point when it's on the brink already of economic disaster this is a top those strong move for the ukrainian economy the only winners i do this are a few sadly deluded egos whether they are in brussels whether they are in washington who believe some horror of that they've achieved a great deal of political victory for the people of ukraine the

meanwhile ukraine pins its hopes of gas supplies on europe as we report later kiev looks for other gas applies after cut ukraine off on monday and put it on the pre-payment system for failing to page energy bill. back continues its struggle against radical insurgents that this weeping across the north of the country they are within one hundred kilometers of baghdad and plan to form a new islamic state this week the jihadists have managed to continue their advance occupying several iraqi cities even though the army managed to push them back a little from the capital they've also managed to capture a key town on syria and the iraqi border the fight against the islamic state of iraq and syria group known as isis is forced around one million people from their homes reports from the islamic thought the quiet territories tell of the mass execution of captured soldiers and civilians one of the fiercest battles this week has been fought for the control over the oil centers in by g. it accounts for more than a quarter of the country's entire refining capacity of the facility process is about th

supplying ukraine they will continue to supply what they're contractually obliged to send to western europe the question here is whether ukraine will simply send back us and not take any for itself and the question remains open well the gas has gone up in flames quite literally a powerful blast of a pipeline transporting gas to europe through ukraine has triggered a major blaze and that follows direct threats from the country's radicals to target the transit you can read more about this at r.t. dot com and also online human rights watch slams bahrain for cracking down on those who use cameras to expose police violence against anti-government protesters those stories and more at r.t. dot com. spain's new king has been sworn in but the mood in the country is far from celebrating hundreds of anti monica said rallied in madrid shortly after king philippe took to the throne to protest spirit is strong in the stereotype a nation with millions of spaniards being pushed deeper into poverty the sentiment is also aggravated by the rule families to see a lavish lifestyle and as a result this crowning

i don't think there's any chance of disruption to europe. ukraine needs good will from ukraine. d will from europe. i don't think we should worry. >> appreciate your time. thanks for joining us. >>> listen to this one. women are stepping up on the gear. i didn't write that. traditionally male dominated seck, to cars, drive. according to the numbers for the first time ever in the united states, there are more femadriv license holders in women than men. it's consistent across all ages greater than 25. guess who decides which motor to buy? yep, that's women of course. certainly my household. they're estimated to be behind 80% of all car buying decisions. this is a big change for people of design and manufacturing cars as one experted earlier. it has to be marketed effectively to the female consumer. >> we've talked to auto manufactures as to how it needs to be made. we've seen in the past auto manufactures making pink vehicles and flowers. that's not going to cut it. it's more complex in terms of design. few things we've picked up interviewing women, they prefer space inside the veh

coming up a look at the deal that's firmly ukraine towards europe but other calls while western ukraine celebrates in the east people are dying in a civil conflict partly sparked by the very same thing and we've got about story later in the. polings to foreign minister has been secretly taped comparing his country's relationship with the u.s. to a sexual act according to a leaked by a polish online magazine writer sikorsky believes his country is essentially pleasing america with little in return which according to him makes warsaw a loser in fact he says it gets worse not only is the alliance with america worthless but as alienated poland's biggest neighbors russia and germany moscow meanwhile was somewhat sympathetic to those comments saying the cross language was most likely response to similar hurtful comments made by the us deputy secretary of state so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know be you but it's not just the u.s. the polish foreign minister is less than satisfied with sikorsky pulled no punches when speaking about

ukraine. wants to join europe for instance moccasin and prosperity and we and the europeans offered them that opportunity but putin thwarted he didn't want ukraine to go to the way it's always been part of russia is fear of influence or russia's empire or russia's history but putin is trying to recreate some empire and he intervene and push came to shove and now we have a civil war in ukraine and into a putin pulls back as the washington post in the new york times put it in their regular editorials to putin pulls back. bad things are going to happen that is a false narrative i don't know whether. the administration the obama administration and the editors of the washington post the new york times and the wall street journal and to be honest in s n b c n box and almost everybody else. operate on that narrative i don't know if it's they know the truth and therefore they're not telling the truth or that they're just caught up in the myths that had been attached to russia for twenty years since the end of the soviet union because the short story is that when the soviet union ended in december one

billions behind on payments ukraine got its gas cut off this week making europe anxious that kiev could revert to its old ways and siphon from the transit pipelines. plus islamic radicals and ever closer to the iraqi capital reportedly capturing three more cities on the way. and israel troops would be on media offices in the west bank including r.t.e. seizing hard drives and destroying appointment and then an intense crackdown against palestinian authorities. what you need a national coming to life for moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program well it's been a week of grief and trauma for civilians in east ukraine. using it to a new deal let's. go ahead we're going to have more you're going to hear from a group they would be good to both. do we judge is what. well please be aware that you're about to see some graphic video bodies lying in the streets body parts scattered around at least chance millions were killed and matty more wounded in tuesday's shelling residential areas were left devastated with buildings and ruins their walls riddled with holes and windows shattered. took u

ukraine is the big prior in the former soviet space by taking ukraine to europe really damages putin's. putin, if he gives you as nick said the influence he has in southeastern ukraine then his leverage against poroshenko really atrophies. this is not a trust based negotiation this is like a mafia gross. you keep your gunudwhile you tap the turf. >> brown: nikolas you brought up the sanctions. what about the prospect for new sanctions from europe, from the u.s., would they be effective at this point? >> it depends what thosesanctio. it was very interesting that the europeans today again delayed a unified sanctions response. they've put it off now until next week and again it's based on these vague compliance indicators. it gives those countries in europe which really don't want to see further sanctions placed on russia enough room that if they can show that russia has made some steps then they can argue a process is in place and we don't need to impose new sanctions. >> reporter: nikolas vos-dev and matthew rojansky, thank you very much. >> woodruff: next, another in our ongoing series

pipelines go from russia to the you the majority of it going through ukraine's territory despite assurances from moscow that supplies to europe won't suffer because promises that care of has threatened that it will take as much transit gas as it needs for free it has done that before and ukraine's prime minister gets to new york has ordered a review of the transit fees for russia's gas supplies to europe as well to do richard wellings from the institute of economic affairs and learned that he says all this could bring about severe consequences for brussels. ukraine's got to approximately five months of gas in storage now that it hasn't paid for and obviously this is going to be hugely worrying for european union countries he used torn in two directions it has this enormous trade with russia it doesn't want to damage that too much with the same time it's under pressure from washington to be take a harder line on the ukraine crisis against russian of course that's going to be damaging to the economies the point is we've already seen a very significant hike in the oil price because of events in iraq if we also had a hike in the

the majority goes through ukraine's territory despite assurances from moscow that supplies to europe won't suffer gazprom says that kiev has threatened that it will take quote as much transit gas as it needs for free which it has done before ukraine's prime minister gets new york has ordered a review meantime of the transom fees for russia's gas supplies to europe so let's talk about now with dr richard welling aziz the deputy editorial director of the institute of economic affairs in london dr thanks for being with us first off let's talk about the threat here from ukraine that it may be might be siphoning off transit gast you through to europe south before in two thousand and nine is that a big danger now i think it is and i think already ukraine's got to approximately five months of gas in storage now that it hasn't paid for and obviously this is going to be hugely wary european union countries that rely so heavily on russian gas we've already seen a crisis meeting of the european commission and very very worried about this and i mean any spike in the gas price from this crisis cou

what we are concerned about now is that ukraine is the main transit point for russian gas getting here to europe in a lot of european nations rely very heavily on russian gas and if those supplies are siphoned off well it can have an effect as it has in the past when ukraine's being cut off and they start to take that gas the last time was in two thousand and nine seventeen countries here in europe reported shortages ates were completely without any gas amongst those the most worst affected countries like bulgaria and slovakia we saw real. problems there when it came to two heating to the industry that was pretty much shut down so it is a big deal if you crane starts to take this gas that is destined for europe since it's being cut off for the failure to pay its bills. ok or the latest efforts or all of it reporting live from berlin thank you pete well a ukrainian delegation is heading to brussels today to discuss the possibility of buying gas from european companies and here is how these so-called reverse flow deliveries which gazprom says are actually illegal this is how they work so there are

now what russia will do if they do stop supplying ukraine gas they will continue to supply what they're contractually obliged to send to western europe the question here is whether ukraine will simply send that gas and not take any for itself and that question remains open well the gas has gone up in flames literally a powerful blast of the pipeline from gas to europe three ukraine has triggered a major blaze that flop that follows direct threats from the country's radicals to target transit we can learn more about this at r.t. dot com also their human rights watch bahrain for cracking down on those who use cameras to expose police violence against anti-government protesters. all of your. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. spain's new king has been sworn in but the mood in the country is far from celebrating hundreds of anti monikers have rallied in madrid shortly after king philippe took the throne the protest spirit is strong in the your stereotype a nation with millions of spaniards being pushed deeper into poverty the sentiment is authorized by the royal family's perceived lavish lifestyle and as a result t

hello again now russia has given ukraine its final deadline to sort out its gas agreement with europe nervously watching from the sidelines a third of the continent's gas comes from russia through ukraine and if it gets cut off it's likely to cause headaches for european homes and businesses so let's try and break down how these prices are in fact worked out well right now it stands at three hundred eighty five dollars per cubic meter which is one hundred dollars less than what western europe generally pays and it's roughly the same price that was agreed on by our former prime minister yulia timoshenko back in two thousand and nine was since then moscow has applied a few discounts and twenty ten the price dropped to three hundred fifteen dollars because of the agreement to station russia's black sea fleet base in crimea three years later then president yannick overture agreed to enter a customs union with russia and that saw the gas price go down to two hundred and sixty eight dollars these agreements no longer exist but ukraine insists it should get gas at a bargain price which no on

but he also said that ukraine had been forced to make a decision -- forced decision between europe and russia. and the concern is, and certainly when president putin's spokesperson talked about the risks for ukraine earlier today, that's what everyone assumed he was talking about. the concern is russia will feel they'll need to raise trade barriers between ukraine and russia. ukraine supplies russia with a lot of heavy industry materials, some steel. a lot of components for space vehicles and aircraft and a lot of those are made in the east, not just the areas in revolt, but areas of eastern ukraine. ukraine supplies russia with a lot of food stuff. if russia starts to raise the trade barriers to ukrainian response, then the ukrainian economy could suffer quite badly as a result of that, particularly bits of the ukrainian economy in the east. it may take some time for them to gain the advantages of the association agreement with the european union. so there could well be a dip in the ukrainian economy between the signing of this agreement and russian retaliation and advantages they may

and of course that leaves europe in limbo too in two thousand and six gas supplies were cut off after ukraine siphoned fuel intended for europe from the transit bipes in two thousand and nine it did it again russia has already given ukraine the benefit of the doubt and shifted deadlines to help negotiations now the balls and court. so basically we have until monday to figure out what's happening and see how ukraine gets going from there as well as so we are in suspense literally until monday and monday morning we'll find out what happens and how the situation pans out you enough for now thank you so much for bringing us the details and more clarifications here well they will do artists with the international action center think scale is a trade a dangerous path in these gas negotiations but you can have europe at risk i think in this particular case the russian government is not acting politically but acting on a strictly economics market basis they are offering gas to ukraine at a lower price than europe is and it gave discounts to ukraine in a desire for stability but if the ukrainian gover