key ukraine the prospect of north street to his cause for a long. nearly half of all russian natural gas destined for western europe passes through the country. whose whole lot in western ukraine lies at the border to slovakia and therefore to be. tough on a soviet republic ukraine has in recent years felt the brunt of russian ambitions following the gas dispute with moscow ukraine began purchasing gas from slovakia an e.u. member state a compressor station it was horrid was retrofitted to enable what's called reverse flow gas that flows from ukraine into slovakia is then sent back through the pipeline in the opposite direction with this reimport procedure ukraine can avoid purchasing gas from its adversary child. as though they have their wires reverse flow good for ukraine mainly because it serves the goal of energy independence on russian gas arrives in slovakia it's not russian anymore it's european. a lot of this is also has financial benefits ukraine can purchase reimported gas from the e.u. more cheaply than from russia the engineers at the control station insist they'

people now really want this president now not all boats the proles were able to cost that in ukraine russian citizens were blocks from voting by local police and russian consulates in several ukrainian cities there were also protests against russia's presidential election all over ukraine for example anti election protesters threw eggs the russian consulate general building in yes there were also protests in kharkov evolve and we contacted several international organizations asking for the moment the organization for security and cooperation in europe called back to us but simply said it's a matter of finance will relations between the two countries do everything online easy to do these days comparatively previous were using them to monitor any possible violations in but there was least one of the it says this video shows members of the electoral commission stuffing ballot boxes party this took place in a city near moscow the central electoral commission is the employees involved and said obviously those ballots cast no particular books will not be counted we discussed the election was a say

come back she first ok all right now not all voters approved or able to cast their ballots in ukraine russian nationals are blocked from voting by local police said russian councils in several ukrainian cities there are also protests against russia's presidential election has crossed ukraine we contacted several international organizations asking for comment about that i have to say i didn't get much by the organization for security and cooperation in europe to get a reply but not much of one simply said that it's a matter of bilateral relations between two countries i don't want one hundred forty hp. thousand of that mess have been steering that ballots are cast without any problem and that the voting procedures darkened that it properly and the fifteen hundred at the observers are arness which is they're ready for the presidential election in russia. the vast majority of polls are set up with cameras to stream everything online of course to check out the security really talked to a number of foreign observers especially from europe to my. using these cameras now this latest electronic means

or now really want this president now not all go to the broadway able to cast their ballots in ukraine russian citizens were blocks from voting by local police and russian consulates in several ukrainians they say there were also plans have against russia's presidential election all over ukraine for example anti election protesters exit russian consulate general building in yes there were also protests in kharkov the father and we contacted several international organizations asking for money and the organization for security and cooperation in europe got back to west but simply said it's a bilateral relations between the two countries. so over a hundred forty thousand observers were ensuring that ballots were cast without any problems and that the voting procedures were properly conducted over fifteen hundred of the observers of foreigners which is a record for the presidential election in russia we had two of them in here tonight give us their views the vast majority of poles set up with cameras to stream everything online easy to do these days comparatively activists were using them to moni

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one of thousands volunteer fighters from across the country who claimed ukraine russian pictures wereup, backed by the west. translation: volunteer fighters and felt they had to take a in the wall. ukraine isjust felt they had to take a in the wall. ukraine is just the felt they had to take a in the wall. ukraine isjust the beginning. we know who this is done by, it is the worst that wants to divide our country. a memorial to those fighting in ukraine, despite all the evidence that russia still denies sending soldiers there. russia's relations with the west have been cooling for some time but it was the war in ukraine that mark a breaking point. the many here, those who fought are seen as patriots and here is before the west is marked russia as an aggressor. the west imposed sanctions but russia did not buckle, it retaliated. it banned fresh meat from europe, among other things, so no one here is too flustered by sanctions. they have boosted local production and staff think western firms would struggle to recapture the market. we are ready for the competition, dimitri says. russia tod

well talking about reaction politically from europe in ukraine russian nationals are prevented by police from voting its several consulates in the country but i think we are going to say about should they react to it. while i think here rush out and now president don't trust is strong enough to go on her where national and international only see it and it's not a whole new look to make people and i think we could make it come for hence he put bold forward to lady gates with the rest of the western europe group by this that europe and the west read to excess their russia gauge and his thirty two foreigner so i think what we will be. put back to you in school teaching your roots new to all this plus and brits are you say sure we says exactly what we don't. know kind of impact do you think jim is known he's going to have on the west sasa cheats and policies towards russia. well i think they are ready probably reads in europe but you know you might read it so he where russia result in birdsall would be a lot of respect to embroil to appreciate that it's only it's gotten a little there will b

envoy the entire middle minsk process which is not mentioned at all and that's just on the russian language in ukraine that west protest i think. we also see the rush is going to be steadfast in its position will not allow the people of the donbass to be overrun by military forces ukrainian military is gearing up number of several outrages events that happened this week around ukraine you're right there american javelin yourselves have been supplied to your green when when police race to the ground their protest came being near the ukrainian parliament one hundred people were arrested more than in november two thousand and thirteen when you just banned basically swept out the first mind that but that the traps of sanctions now. and then take me some of them have to be almost the specialists in eastern european affairs in ukraine even to know what you just said the most is he gets no coverage when so absolutely but they're also if you are the fact that they just wanted to mention. then american negotiate on your grain he suggested to disband the dynamic people's republic people's republic he forgot to

violating global arms treaties and responded by approving plans to sell antitank missiles to ukraine. russian and syrian government air strikes have killed at least nineteen people in the rebel held on klav of eastern huta this u.n. footage shows some of the damage caused since december. venezuela's presidential elections been postponed by a month to make the decision follows an agreement between president more doable and some opposition parties to give candidates more time to campaign. ok let's get more reaction to our top story the russian president's speech showcasing his country's new improved weaponry beatrice finn is executive director of the international campaign to ban nuclear weapons also known as icon which won last year's nobel peace prize she says putin is out of step with the rest of the world. we have over one hundred twenty countries that adopted a treaty that prohibits this weapons for a very long time the rest of the world has simply accepted that these men you know putin drum has held the power to end the entire world but right now we're working to make sure that people sta

ultimately, ukraine is not moving off of russian borders soon. and ukraine has a long, challenging road ahead of it. leadership is now largely void of course, of skt. it was fairly effective in early 2014/2015. but all strategies, especially the one russia pursued has diminishing returns. eventually they stall out and the same can be said about russian's ability to influence european politics to get what i wants. neither of those two things have had much success lately and there's not a fair way forward, so russia is remaining dissatisfied. it achieved minimal goals and not the maximum goals. it's important, that it's not settled where it is because of the balance of power. right, for much has been said about the restoration of the ukraine military and it's day and night compared to what was in summer of 2014 t reality is the russian military remains far superior by all metrics, but russia sought to minimize costs and engage in indirect warfare as much as possible and minimize the conventional warfare, so make an effect and withdraw. russia's goal

because russians are very worried that, for example, in the ukraine, for the first time ever, nato troopson the russian border. this has never been happening before, ever. so they are now a direct threat to russia. ukraine, with the loss of ukraine from under russian influence, it's an absolute terrifying disaster for the country because of eight, nine million russians there and so on. civil war on your border, which can erupt into a bigger war. this is all national security. so i would say that president putin, at the moment, is a national security candidate, because everything else is secondary now. they have to protect themselves from nato, which is moving in, there is a very aggressive policy of the west generally against russia in asia. china is very worried as well, so they are cooperating with this. is that national security argument trumping the stagnant economy, is that convenient? or is that an accurate description of events? i think that's the card that putin likes to play is national security. is that because the russian public are up for it? it works. i mean, 30% of russians

ukraine is not moving out of the russian borders anytime soon. they have a challenging road ahead of them. from our perspective, the quest for leverage has stalled out. the pressure on ukraine leadership is largely void. it was effective in 2015. but all strategies, especially when russia pursued and they start out and the same can be seen about the european politics. you have to pressure the europeans. neither of those ventures have had much success and there does not to be a clear way forward. they've achieved minimal goals but not active goals. it is not where it is because of the balance of power. much has been said about the restoration of the ukraine military. it is similar to 2014. the military meets discernible methods. russia sought -- sought to minimize its cost and minimize the use of conventional power and about her field. russia has a goal to traditionally, it has been through the effects of the battlefield, as much as the ground without hard confectionery military power. wide? that is expensive there is cost associated and it can get

. >> as the special counsel, robert mueller, investigate russian's meddling in the u.s. election, the ukrainee russians tactics are not knew and what we should know. catherine herridge spoke to them and live in washington. hi, cat. >> no country has more experience than the active measure campaigns than the ukrai ukraine. the russians are using the same tool box to sow discord. he said the russians and their proxies have three objectives. you can think of it with three ds. the first stands for divide the public, the second disrupt the democratic process and the third distract the u.s. from the global stage creating an opening for the russians. >> russia has much more space in such countries like mine, in syria, in middle east and africa. everywhere. and right now we can see almost in all of the european countries much more, i would say, scary activities of russian proxies. >> based on his research that will be published later this year, the russians began laying the ground work in the u.s. in 2013. that's about a year earlier than what the u.s. community has assessed. that's the same year tha

as i said russian presence in follow-up of the debacle and fact that ukraine has closed supply lines for russian presence, russians are forced to recruit from the local, making large-scale intervention less likely. and political perspective, it's not needed for russia. russian political interference in moldova is so high, makes military intervention superfluous. largest party in moldova, party of socialists, strongly backed by moscow and the president elected end of 2016, has the dubious honor of having met with putin about seven times in last year, probably a record in international affairs and also the dubious honor of only foreign dignitary at may 9 parades last year in moscow. tells you a bit of the symbolic significance if you will. but back to the political influence that russia exercises in moldova. first and foremost is through political parties. largest is the main avenue. but party of the communists in free-fall now, largely irrelevant, still has some affinity towards russia. and other owl party, that's how it's called, led by controversial figure, exile in moscow, a crimina

nato ally canada is also clearing out some russians, as is one of president putin's largest victims, ukrainethe list may get longer. the prime minister could hardly have hoped for more. she told the commons it was the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history. i have found great solidarity from ourfriends and partners in the eu, north america, nato and beyond, over the past three weeks, as we have confronted the aftermath of the salisbury incident. together, we have sent a message that we will not tolerate russia's continued attempts to flout international law and undermine our values. three weeks after the salisbury attack, as the investigation goes on, and warnings to those who were in the area at the time remain in place, the diplomatic heat on president putin is being turned up again. in brussels, the president of the european council, donald tusk, said today's eu action could even be extended quite quickly. additional measures, including further expulsions within the common eu framework, are not to be excluded in the coming days and weeks. today's action h

russian and remained so for one hundred fifty years. then in one thousand nine hundred fifty four the peninsula became part of ukraine. i a demonstration in the crimean capital simferopol in march twenty fourth team was an overwhelming show of support by the majority ethnic russian population of crimea in favor of leaving ukraine and joining russia. legendary coach. i that sentiment was reflected in the outcome of a referendum a few days later. some notes of the multiple sclerosis by on march sixteenth the referendum was held in crimea this referendum took place in line with international legal standards and the rules of democracy in the area which each two percent of the electorate voted just this strategic territory must have stable leadership the fact is that only russia can provide it. a totally offical over the story crises. understanding the present situation requires a look back at the region's complicated history. in seven hundred eighty three empress catherine announced that crimea had been incorporated into the russian empire. two hundred thirty one years later president vladimir putin signed a treaty absorbi

britain's prime minister says it's the largest expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history united states canada ukraine and fourteen e.u. countries are expelling more than one hundred russian intelligence officers over the poisoning of a former spy in britain so they're going to cripple at least dogs that remain in critical condition in hospital after being exposed to a nerve agent meaning the city of souls but earlier this month britain blames moscow theater russia denies involvement british prime minister to resign may presented her evidence of russian involvement to european allies last week in the last few minutes she has welcomed the coordinated response which she says sends a strong signal to moscow day eighteen countries have announced their intention to expel more than one hundred russian intelligence officers probably. this includes fifteen e.u. member states as well as the united states canada and the ukraine and this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence offices in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato an

the president isn't except it's a breach of international war they say that the fact that russian citizens in ukraine could not halt because of the ukrainian police. the russian ambitious and why did the ukrainian police do it they said they were afraid. in two thousand and two thousand and thirteen well several dozen people were which was which was never fully investigated and no one was held or were killed and now there's a national who did of course because there videotapes there are video games on you tube it gets even worse because they put people that were the victims and. some of them who are going to see it by the judge in jail again when the charges as i say with the election mark what would it be. americans we always say they vote for bread and butter issues with their pocketbook here or russians any different. somewhat but i think there's an element of that too and i think that would not have had as high turnout as he did if the economy had turned in the last year. a little over a year ago he reached a deal with the saudis to end the oil price war and that helped raise the macro economy st

the russians are still in crimea and ukraine and hasn't stopped them yet. to go after russian money and get tighter with the russian oligarchs and probably means hitting the russian hold on the london property market. so far we haven't seen the west prepared to did that. we're seeing the language and hearing the language this week and it's new but what we need to see is the action. >> i think stengel and i were the ones who went on the website to read them but thank you, all. great perspective from three of our favorite guests, katy kay, frank figliuzzi and rick stengel. the only thing those countries' leaders can agree on, we'll go live to paris for more on that when we come back. i'm never gonna be able to sleep with this cold. i'll take a sick day tomorrow. on our daughter's birthday? moms don't take sick days... moms take nyquil severe. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. prestige creams not living up to the hype? olay regenerist shatters the competition. big hype. big price. big deal. olay regen

reaction of the whole population of ukraine against corruptive authorities and this is a false description was. february fifteenth everything came to a head the russian hockey team played a decisive match against the united states. in ukraine the pro western opposition was increasingly undermining the government it was a nightmare for putin who feared that the country would soon turn towards nato which would place the alliance just over five hundred kilometers from moscow. to the russian president's great anger the u.s. one in the penalty shootout. put in called a meeting of his security council in moscow his plan was to invade crimea which was part of ukraine its population is russian speaking and there is a russian naval base on the peninsula. but a military invasion of a european country was not an easy step to take. put into liberated and sought counsel. in the upper echelons of power the hardliners demanded that he take the offensive. one of those making the case was constantine malouf a of. a young only garc and an ultra nationalist champion of the great christian russia. that was he's decision. and i can again you know just to tell you what i

void the entire middle minsk process which is not mentioned at all and that's just on the russian language in ukraine that west protests that they gained. and we also see that the russia is going to be steadfast in its position will not allow the people of the dumbass to be overrun by military forces ukrainian military is gearing up going to have several outrages events that happened this week around ukraine you're right there american javelin yourselves have been supplied to your green when when police race to the ground this protest came being near the ukrainian parliament one hundred people were arrested more than in november two thousand and thirteen when you just. basically swept out first my dog but at the time going to court you got threats of sanctions. didn't take me so you want to you have to be almost a specialist in eastern european affairs and ukraine even to know what you just said davis is a gets no coverage wants to have someone but they're also if you are the fact that they just wanted to mention their american negotiate on your grain they suggested to disband don't you're sick peopl

installed more than doing as you see over the top of my down regime and there's fascists in ukraine is just russian propaganda except that you might notice that the guardian finally noticed this week that the ukrainian members of the of the bad fascist ase off but talian now officiated with with the police as an alternate law enforcement body on the streets of kiev they are now in london white house what are they doing in london well they're recruiting neo nazis on the streets of the u.k. he's we're going to we're saying where's the antidote when you need to. actually fascist so much to cover here gentlemen donald trump says that trade wars are good and you can win them. trade wars or. have a long history of ending up in a shooting war and this is something that's very very serious i have to compliment mark the day before and trump was elected in after trump you said that this presidents this president in presidency would destroy relationships with u.s. europe and other us yeah and trump has already started the trade wars right he's already put high tariffs on solar power in olds and washing machin

president isn't except that it's a breach of international war they criticize the fact that russian citizens in ukraine could not vote because of the ukrainian police. the russian ambitious and why did the ukrainian police do it they said they were afraid. in two thousand and two thousand and fourteen well several dozen people were burned which was which was never fully investigated and no one was held or were killed and all the international who did of course because there videotapes are videotapes on you tube it gets even worse because they put the people that were the victims and. some of them who are going to see it by the judge in jail again when contacted churches let's say with the election mark what would it be. americans always say they vote for bread and butter issues with their pocketbook here or russians any different. someone but i think there's an element of that too and i think it would not have had as high turnout as he did if the economy had turned in the last year. a little over a year ago he reached a deal with the saudis to end the oil price war and that helped raise the macro econo

to give ukraine money i think political decision taken in two thousand and nine was that all region and harnessed decision then there was or was it was reverted into a political is. all russian tendencies these. been in two thousand and ten in two thousand and eleven and of course the all region will be krises their moment or do you really knew all of the e.u. ukraine agreement was the all region obvious plough janelle is coalitional decries exactly because the some countries for historical reasons some european countries are obsessed about the role of russian federation i can understand why you cannot agree frankly speaking but i can give you the example of a country that i know very well i am a person and friend the president of serbia mr bush he was in some cases pushed to accept exactly the same turkey are you candidate for european accession end as a consequence you close a.