eu foreign ministers met in brussels to discuss an initial response germany's from optus time i was blind of the disease by the switzerland has missed the home itself with this outcome when the snow the kids and we must underline the cherry picking to suit themselves the long term strategy in relations with the eu. go up to his income. the ministers made clear they expect switzerland to comply with existing agreements especially that he is a tree shaded area. with upcoming european parliament elections german sphere the swiss outcome will energize other political parties opposed to uncontrolled immigration this is a slap in the cities to one of the fundamental freedoms in your freedom of movement. i fear switzerland has sent a signal to other countries that want to limit immigration. and since avoided. the eu intends to keep other european countries from following switzerland's leads in berlin and brussels politicians are trying to bolster support for european immigration policy. we must be able to prove you can respect european principles well controlled migration flows in a row. so the

truly it is for us from brussels. move on to ukraine now with the economic and not the political crisis is on the front burner right now the eu and the us say they'll consider bailing out the eastern european country that is only a few koreans government will make much needed political reforms in kiev parliamentary leaders been debating those of us the opposition was to reduce the present presidents hours and they want him to grant asylum to political prisoners elsewhere protesters are holding out on independence square. they're demanding still the resignation of the press ok for more. we've got boston take on the line from key. this offer of economic aid from the us and eu a potential political game changer it may be true to the tape again tender but forfe it offers the possibility and ten. to come for a part of the rudd government to the tooth to be put in. and i'm an end because before it did it in the economic problem that kept it to basically bankrupt. i'm indeed the economy than competitive. so without help from

this report and i think this applies in moscow's was brussels is saying. this in the utah to place both ways you consciously stalin and i adore option you continue back on raw short i gave up in your opinion in the lot with russell's want to date you want a state with ukraine with which she could then begin to negotiate some long term deal ultimately perhaps leading to membership of the opinion. ok well that's out of the cities and still do wish in brussels in the end to weeks and think a much lower. the missing when ukraine has become a rallying cry for hundreds of protesters outside a moscow court held this monday inside seven activist was sentenced to up to four years behind bombs for taking part in demonstrations against president weekend i was back in two thousand and twelve riot police detained over two hundred people protesting what they said were politically motivated charges hundreds of supporters gathered outside a moscow court else to continue the trial and the kremlin's crackdown on opposition among those present were members of the punk band w

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welcome back to brussels from showing here the european commission by the new prime minister georgia. appointed in november last year of the age of thirty one yucky hunted by stevie has promised to normalize relations with russia while deepening ties with brussels. it might be a difficult balancing act that is hold caucuses nation is still haunted by memories of the two thousand and eight war with russia when georgia lost twenty percent of its symmetry. prime minister welcomed to talk to europe thank you to go and meet you one in brussels this week to discuss the signing of the free trade deal with the european union to so called association agreement why is this deal so important. the georgia think is the question so as you know we initially is to the brim and conclude with the d c a t and n korea and india summit. so a month ago the euro. by signing buying issuing the association agreement and the cta enough to resign the assistant women's. this will open up tremendous opportunities to get us to come is a bit too has its own and down. you know we need the european integration proces

brussels warns switzerland cannot pick and choose which agreements to follow as a curb on immigrants threatens to invalidate certain treaties with the e.u. . from the entire international news team here welcome to the program. live in moscow down to the black sea coast we go for your latest winter olympic updates with my colleague. hi there rory hi everyone yeah day three of the winter olympics brought too much medal success sadly for the host but there was a bronze in short track speed skating his first ever in the sport the man who won its original south korea and he's now the number one sprinter in the russian squad but scott was also a bit more about it. well victor on secured russia their first ever medal in a short track speed skating he secured bronze in the men's fifteen hundred meters now you may be thinking that victor isn't a particularly russian sounding name or who used to compete for his native south korea but he fell out with some of his governing body that and again to russian citizenship in two thousand and eleven. meanwhile in the men's biathlon twelve and a half k.

is brussels prepared to take some a hard look at itself. well. go ahead john ross holds his son on elected bureaucracy so of course a they can never deal with it the only way to deal with such. corruption problems they have in your opinion used to restore democracy and the country's ok. how do you hear the point across league i mean there's i mean one of the people there is one of the major criticisms i'm sorry one of the major criticisms is that there's a democracy deficit in the european union as john pointed out it's an unelected government bureaucracy in brussels and it's time and again that stone against the european union how do you react to that in light of this report. well there is certainly a democratic deficit but you find also democratic deficits international systems and there's always room for improvement because we never get the real thing and that's why it's so important to have reports like that who name and blame problems and then member states are put in the limelight to change this but it shouldn't be done in a socialist

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

foreign ministers here in brussels have agreed to impose targeted sanctions on individual states think all responsible for instigating the violence in the country now those sanctions would come in the form of asset freezes travel a visa bans and ols so a ban on export of materials that could be used they say for internal repression this could include it's about to riot gear or military hardware as well however no names were mentioned and the details were scarce on the actual implementation of these sanctions about and action catherine ashton the foreign policy chief in making this statement had put the responsibility squarely on the shoulders of the ukrainian government in taking the lead in ending the violence on the streets but prior to this decision there have been several foreign ministers who would like a foreign minister who had said that some members of the protest leaders should also be included in that list and that's what we're hearing some of the corridors here in brussels now it seems also that the e.u. is waiting to see what happens as the continuing discussions happen in

in their reporting there live from a brussels tasm many thanks indeed. mr alexander said the ban of believes at this point some of the protesters must be reclassified as minister rick wright. we are now talking about militants rather than peaceful protesters because you know they have been using they have been murdering people and as this is not the means to achieve consensus this is not the means to achieve any peaceful resolution so whenever there is a threat to lives of ordinary people in the street this is a considerate criminal actions so we can no longer a qualifying classify those people as peaceful protesters this is actually criminal activity and those on militants that's what we should call them some of the leaders of the radical groups for example nationalists i've already said that they don't want to have any talks with the government they haven't signed any agreements with the government and they are not going to. obey orders of fries or the little result of the incumbent governments their president of the country or pledged co yachts and. t

>> reporter: the sense i am getting in brussels is holding their breath.ple watching to see whether or not the agreement really dozened the violence, there has been a lot of discussions going on between the capitals here in europe and certainly some liaising between the russians and europeans, as far as the opposition is concerned elements with close ties to the west notably the daughter of the jailed opposition leader who took some time out today to thank brussels for its support. >> we are thank. today that european union stands as one force against the violence of the regime that didn't stop before killing its own people. >> reporter: now, of course there are those that criticize the way the e.u. handled this situation, there are even opposition leaders who said that they waited too long to act. but, again, there is a sense here in brussels and around western europe that they are hoping that, indeed, the violence is behind them, del. >> phil, two sides to every story two, sides to in this one, the talks were contentious russia saying they believe this w

quite recently we met in brussels. is that all questions i have with all of them. were asked at the time in my meeting with. us. if there is an interest to engage in a serious discussion should not be done in a public debate in munich but rather through our regular meetings through and nato russia council through our meetings with the secretary general we believe that so the principle of indivisibility of security should become a universal legal norm and an obligation by every state to take into account and respect the legitimate interests of their neighbors in the reply and to creech this is essentially a military political dimension of the moral imperative to treat others as you would like them to treat user this year will be marking the one hundred anniversary of the beginning of world war one and the seventy five is the nursery of the second world war what's wrong with it is important to use these anniversaries not to engage in the information warfare i would rather we should reflect on the internal impulses that they have to. give us who brought europe to the

use diplomats in brussels have agreed on sanctions for ukraine in a bid to put an end to the ongoing mayhem that the measures include travel visa restrictions for selected politicians and an. auntie's tesser city has more on the reaction from europe the ministers are in the middle of discussing whether or not to impose sanctions on ukraine everybody is here now is safe for just three foreign ministers of germany france of poland who are in kiev and they will be giving feedback to the ministers who were here in brussels and in order to decide how to move forward. now there are some initial reports of some sort of a compromise has been reached with the summer suggested that it could possibly involve. stopping down at the end of the year although if you remember a previously it said that he is open to holding a snap election if this is the only diplomatic and democratic way of resolving the ongoing conflict in the country now was far as comments here are concerned by the general consensus is that the government you could in government has to take the lead however there are a few of the

brussels is waiting to discuss with switzerland what it has in mind. in threatening to restrict switzerland access to the market, brussels has to be mindful of the mood in the squares across europe. the swiss vote reflects the growing concern about the impact that free movement can have. the rest of europe is watching switzerland. there are other parties campaigning to limit migration. what this signals is the growing importance of migration as a political issue. >> an issue that few countries around the world has managed to resolve quite yet. abouteople are gossiping your private life, sometimes it is best to get out of town appeared the french president flew to washington today for a state visit. francois hollande is the sixth for leader to get a state visit under barack obama. there i host of economic and security issues, the visit has been rather overshadowed by his tumultuous love life. >> a warm welcome for francois hollande. decade the strain of a ago when france refused to support the iraq war. this comes at a high point of u.s.-french relation

the idea that you're brussels which is in contradiction with the people of europe that's why we need to have more referenda us and to check whether the people of europe actually just want to give up also venancio their fiscal policies migration policies and so on to an elected body in brussels that we've been ripped reading represents and of course there are also concerns about poverty and unemployment in the european states right now how can best be tackled in the possible states of europe. well there are so many issues trice in the european union right at this moment and many of them have actually been created by the european union for instance forming the the euro zone trying to merge together very very different economies in the south and the north that obviously is the main reason why the euro zone as such is still the only major economy of the world still in recession also when it comes to the free movement not only of workers but of citizens around in the union that has obviously led to many problems for instance my country denmark with their with their bankers and criminals a

schenkel and mystic political have ruled themselves out ok i'd like to turn to war against amanda in brussels how do you see things playing out in care right now because we've seen is that the opposition is having a very hard time finding some kind of unity how in the world if they can't find unity during a crisis situation that we have right now how can they reach out to the east that is watching this with a very wary eye well i would agree that historically. the opposition parties in ukraine have found it quite difficult to cooperate with each of our but i still believe this time around we've seen a much greater degree of readiness to work together of course you could say the fact that they didn't agree this interim government today would indicate divisions but i would also say that we need to be extremely careful in choosing the personalities who are going to be representative in this government because it we don't want a government that's filled with personalities from the past we need new faces so i don't think we need to exaggerate the fact that it's taking a couple of extra days to put

>> phil ittner live from brussels belgium.nk you very much. >>> and far from the fighting in the capitol of kiev, a city in the west of the country is feeling the uprising more than ever. david has more. >> reporter: overnight a candle lit vigil in the center of lavif, held for those who died in independence square. many of the victims came from the city. it's a city already in open revolt against the president, their feelings about him eloquently displayed on this poster. >> translator: we can pray this is what we can do. stone are the only weapon against those machine guns that they have. >> reporter: the headquarters have been transformed since al jazeera last visits the city earlier this year. the barricades have gone. the protesters now have the reins of power inside. there we found the heard of the newly formed people's council chairing a meeting to sort out the problems of the city. the officials all report now to him. he has assumed all responsibility for the fate of the region and its citizens. waiting to join the mee

brussels warns switzerland to pick and choose which agreements to follow as a curb on immigrants threatens to invalidate certain treaties with the e.u. . there's a lot of this they have been forgotten they were just collateral damage and r.t. travels to the us state of arkansas to check on the residents of mayflower they say that last year's oil spill left no choice but to flee the area just to protect their health. thank you for sharing your monday with us here on r.t. international. headlines from moscow it is day three of the winter olympics in sochi and another medal for the hosts victor originally a south korean has taken bronze for the russian short track team let's go live to sochi right now are standing by for us at the moment paul good to see you give us all the juice you know the deal here the latest bronze for russia. yes well the party atmosphere is continuing around me the russian fans have a medal to cheer on day three as you say victor has become russia's first ever medal winner in short track speed skating he claimed a bronze in the men's fifteen hundred meters now you may

washington and brussels are considering sanctions against ukraine the u.s. has already barred a number of the korean officials from entering the country shouldn't there be sanctions against the opposition because they're the ones who are obviously defying democracy by told she new capital as opposed to accepting the results of a legitimate election and working to challenge the next next time around washington may stand up for democracy in words or that it is the people themselves that make those decisions and that's what the united states will continue to strive. to achieve. but behind the scenes u.s. officials are apparently trying to decide who should be in the ukrainian government and who should not go i don't think leetch should go into the government i don't think it's necessary i don't think it's a good idea in terms of her not going into the government just let him sort of stay out in doofus critical homework and stuff. it makes me wonder if i'm barking the police with molotov cocktails and shooting at them is also part of the opposition's quote unquo

now really approving a proposal to keep foreigners out in defiance of a long held agreement with brussels. there's a lot of us that have been forgotten we just played a role damaged and travels to the you are stage of our can sort of check on the residents of mayflower to say last year's oil spill love them no choice but to leave the area to protect their. international news and comment live from moscow you're watching r c international with me thanks for joining us russia has its fast models on the board at the sochi olympics it's now equal fourth in the overall standings would be performance of its figure skating team and a very special teenage competitor taking the plaudits and he said now was lucky enough to witness russia's triumph and reports now from our such a studio. it was the first victory for russia at the sochi games and a spectacular want to say the least russian figure skaters hit the ice with a series of breathtaking performances in fact the gold had already been guaranteed even before the about was concluded the victory was secured by the veteran skater you gave me a pier

the cbc in brussels on monday mrs said they decided to keep a straight six engines every sad. in case the situation in ukraine but ones. when we listen to what we need to have a d one season mediate and jimbo sanctions. however we decided to do that again targeted sanctions. if ever the situation becomes class which is not the case now. by doing this we wanted to say and namesake know that the claimant states to address today's fitness center since which time chance to go. many sizzle to code on the ukrainian government to stop finance again this demonstrates is to make sure that the a's carry out attacks against citizens were punished. though the eu is seeking closer tights with cuba. it's agree to launch negotiations aimed at boosting trade and investment as well as to ceiling dialogue on human rights on tv in the communist ruled country announced what brussels mistaken if the content to chew it to cuba says it lifted sanctions in two thousand and eight the us ambassador to have honest as authorities that have indicated that everything could be on the table. there is common

report this week pointed to just a massive wave of corruption sweeping through the block brussels believes that losses thanks to shady. of euros have a listen there are estimations that corruption costs in the european union is no less than one hundred twenty billion euros each year and that is the equivalent of an annual budget so it's a lot of money we're talking about the figures that were revealed by the e.u. home affairs commission in its first ever annual report on the subject the agency's chief called the problem breathtaking and warn it's eroding trust in democracy a fellow claes an m.e.p. for the flemish nationalist party he says while highlighting bribery on a national level the report ignores brussels overall complicity. problems in some member states are huge and widespread and the problem within the european union is that all the member states are in danger of being contaminated by this problem because when you are in the euro zone for instance and when one of these member states in the eurozone has a big corruption problem world this problem will be felt by the other member s

speaking of brussels and washington. we start off in ukraine which is once again in the grip of deadly final countries back to square one. very shortly truce announced late last night fell apart. in the square is once again awards. doctors in kiev say at least twenty people have been killed today in the interior ministers claiming sixty seven police officers being held hostage president chemical which is blaming the protest is the breakdown of the ceasefire would advance changing on the ground by the hour foreign ministers from germany france and poland are inky after marathon talks with the president to pull his country back from the brink of civil war the government opponents carry their wounded from independence square the scene that resembles a battlefield. and security forces do the scene with their own injured. it's hard to see ali their side is gained from the fighting in kiev. i sound of police stun grenades echoed over independence square in the morning. four demonstrators once gathered peacefully radicals now t

really approving a proposal to keep foreigners out in defiance of a long held agreement with the brussels. there's a lot of this to have been forgotten were just collateral damage and as he travels to the u.s. state of arkansas to check out on the residents of mayflower who say last year's oil spill that been no choice but to free leave the area to protect their health. this is o.c. international coming to live from moscow my name is you thanks for joining us it's day three of the we're telling picks in sochi and another medal for the hosts on originally a south korean has taken bronze for the russian short track team let's go let's now go live to sochi and our seas postcard who is standing by for us that are hi there poll so tell us more about this latest bronze for russia. well the russian foreign minister you know me in the lighter side here in sochi. to cheer on day three victor secured russia. to the medal ensured struck speedskating he won bronze in the men's fifteen hundred meters by you may be thinking the victor on isn't a traditional russian name while he used to compete for his

he joins us a line from brussels. i think there must be speaking to us not you helped to negotiate to buy natural swiss eu accords which still stands. but where does this but today he got a call. i did it take to go to date tonight quote on the outcome of obliterating tend to be the end we have been given the fact that to them about the baby it was that it does not do that again not to fall without the constitution amendment introduced the bill with that they had to be nice to get to have lunch and then took the cup got to sort out what the option to promote domestic onto it and tried to take up the gap for talks with the european union. i mean that what happened today something that i couldn't entirely surprised that we have been committed. it tended to demand a number of other european countries they get into the world into the role of the sentiment that she had a crush of people that made it to go to bed but don't mistake the duo when we would have to talk about the continued i wouldn't call it. which is extremely

ok amanda let's go back to you in brussels there's an old saying if you break it you own it and since the e.u. has been so. been involved in the recent events even i would call a coup illegal coup in camp isn't it now responsible for what happens in care of right now being you know people talking about giving it loans and all of that i mean it's really quite interesting isn't it that you know the people of greece and cyprus probably find this really quite odd that the european union is so interested in involving itself in the affairs of ukraine well i don't find it old whatsoever i mean ukraine has been for a. long time a key part of the e.u. it's a very important state a transit state between russia. and the e.u. so i don't find it strange at all and of course what we've seen out in the streets of ukraine for the past three months has made it very clear that people on your own maidan have been looking to europe looking west for support and assistance from the e.u. to help them democratize and modernize their country i think the e.u. actually has a responsibility to support the ukrain

-- coming to you from deutsche welle studios in brussels. here's what we have for you today -- britain -- how floods are washing through the southwest. france -- why deep-sea fishermen are coming under pressure. and poland -- a fairytale of light. for several weeks now, british headlines have been dominated by the severe floods. since christmas, the southwest of england has been affected particularly badly by storm fronts. flood protection systems have collapsed. several people have been killed, and entire regions are still underwater, but for somerset levels, this low-lying area was rescued from the sea hundreds of years ago. authorities from london struggle to find a response and lay the blame game. in the meantime, flood victims are taking matters into their own hands. >> this road in the southwestern english village of thorny has become a waterway. locals are in this together. many of their houses here have flooded her weeks. yet, like rod who has lived in the village for more than 30 years, they have no intention of leaving for drier gr

washington has followed brussels lead continually on this and they should not have done so the u.s. state department is at the highest policymaking levels relatively weakly staffed bill when it comes to europe and for that matter on russia the main emphasis in recent years has been primarily on asia pacific and also on the middle east they've ignored europe and this lack of high powered expertise is now starting to tail what do you make of washington and indeed the e.u. blaming the authorities in kiev for this violence. it's a catastrophic move it's a revolutionary move there are far greater dangerous implications to this than anybody in washington or in western europe seems to realize is it is placing the european union and the united states on the side of revolutionary chaos and disorder not just in other countries around the world which would be bad enough but in the heartlands of europe this is very dangerous in the responsible and did not the e.u. and the us see the rise of nationalism and extremism in these riots in effect what we're seeing perhaps is a revolution and that's e

narrative approving a proposal to keep foreigners out in defiance of a long held agreement with brussels. there's a lot of us that have been forgotten and we're just collateral damage. and travels to the us state of arkansas to check on the residents of mayflower to say last chair is all spelled love them no choice but to flee the area to protect their house. hello and welcome to our international twenty four hour news live from moscow i'm jus nashbar thanks for joining us. it's day three of the winter olympics in sochi and another medal for the hosts on originally a south korean has taken bronze for the russian track team that's live to social and calls caught her standing by for the polls tell us more about this latest prongs for russia. yes well we're a tony by one of the many life sites in and around the sochi region by one of the giant screens where many spectators come to watch and enjoy the sport and the fans around already have something to cheer on day three victor has secured russia their first ever medal in short track speed skating he won bronze in the fifteen hundred meters

what's will and voted to shut the door to european union workers setting up a showdown with brussels as well as a potential exit from the single european market now the so-called stop mass immigration initiative was the brainchild of the right wing swiss peoples party which wants strict quotas on foreigners for switzerland to essentially abandon its free movement of people treaty with the e.u. and supporters the we've talked to say that they're worried immigration is driving up rents that it's undercutting local workers and that is burdening public services now opponents had argued that immigration caps will in fact cripple economic growth and experts do say that the swiss in column e. is booming because of not despite foreign labor especially when it comes to folks who have skills to work in fields like health care in i.t. where there's a big need for skilled workers but despite the very real economic concerns despite the fact that unemployment here is just three percent many voters were ultimately swayed by the argument that switzerland simply cannot take in any more people now in

brussels switzerland cannot pick and choose which agreements to follow. to invalidate. the e.u. . there's a lot of this they have been forgotten we're just collateral damage and all. the residents of mayflower. oil spill no choice but to flee the area to protect. everyone here with international welcome to the program. down to the black sea coast we go for your latest winter olympic updates with my colleague. again yesterday three of the winter olympics thousands are brought much medal success for the host though today there was a bronze however as you're saying just on the headlines in short track speed skating russia's first ever in the sport in fact the man who won it's originally from south korea but now he's the number one sprinter in the russian squad my colleague paul scott is insults you can tell us more about that either paul tells but more about that brahms them. well victor on became russia's first ever medal winner in short track speed skating he secured a bronze in the men's fifteen hundred meters now you may be thinking the victor on isn't a particularly a russian so

yes well in this emergency meeting here in brussels the e.u. did decide to impose targeted sanctions they say on individuals that they deem responsibly for the violence happening in ukraine now these sanctions will come in the form of asset freezes of travel or visa bans as well as a ban on exports of all materials that they could be used for internal repression and that could be riot gear or some military hardware as well however no names were mentioned the details were scarce on the actual implementation of these sanctions so ashton catherine ashton the e.u. foreign policy chief did put the responsibility of starting the a process of trying to end the conflicts squarely on the ukrainian government shoulders that prior to coming up with this decision there was a lot of talk in the streets here on who exactly a should be sanctions if this is a decision not the dutch foreign minister for instance said some protest leaders should also be included in that sanctions list and that's what we're hearing in the corridors here however that list does not

the report ignores brussels approval role in the city. problems in some member states are huge and widespread. the problem within the community. that's all the member states. aren't danger of being contaminated the bike this problem because when you are in the eurozone conferences and when one of these. member states in the eurozone has the corruption problem. well this problem will be felt by the other member states within the eurozone the problem with greece for instance. so the problems in one country are becoming more and more. the problems of the other member states would i find surprising or what i find interesting at the same time is that the european commission has made its report on corruption in the european union. but it didn't mean to make its own fleet of corruption within its own institutions and didn't have any specific information about corrupt run with you and the protests the turkish government is pushing through new internet lol that would allow authorities to block more websites without a court ruling. internet provide

and experts warn the financial aid from brussels and the international monetary fund may prove a slippery slope for ukraine. washington miles over whether to leave three thousand troops in afghanistan beyond two thousand and fourteen as a bilateral security agreement with kabul hangs in the balance. and british muslims cry foul over the government's campaign against radicalism and say they are being turned into. watching on t.v. national coming to life from moscow marina joshie welcome to the program other political upheavals in ukraine's capital are sparking a backlash in the south and east of the country where crowds are making it clear they do not recognize a new pro western leadership the movement gathering pace in crimea as a group is going off now reports for the past few days soon the city of. which is also the country's second largest seaport and home to russia's black sea media fleet scores of people have been taking to the streets protesting everything that's been happening if in fact they haven't recognized the new of forty seven war over they've taken down ukrainian flags from

brussels. pick and choose which agreements to follow. immigrant to invalidate treaties with. there's a lot of this there have been forgotten. to check on the residents who say that oil no choice but to flee the area simply to protect their health. welcome to the program on this monday. in moscow let's get some action here it is a day three at the winter olympics in sochi and another medal for the hosts victor originally a south korean has now taken bronze for the russian short track team let's go live to. get the very very latest paula we're looking at another bronze here for russia you know the details. yes russian fans around me are celebrating another medal in the sochi twenty fourteen winter olympics has won the country's first ever short track speed skating medal he. bronze in the men's fifteen hundred meters now you may be thinking that the name viktor is in particular the russian sounding name he did used to compete for south korea but fell out with his sports governing body that picked up russian citizenship in two thousand and eleven and he is in fact picking up his

phil ittner is in brussels, and phil why these sanctions, why are these people being targeted?> reporter: well, del, those people being targeted are what the european union representatives say are the ones behind the violence, the perpetrators. they do, however, say that the president himself will not be part of those sanctions or travel restrictions. that goes in line with what the united states is doing as well. in addition to the sanctions against individuals, the european union representatives are now starting to discuss ban on certain sales of items going into ukraine, and tightening of the trade between the two. notably items that could be used to put down protesters, so things like the combat gear, or tear gas. they want to restrict things that could be used in a crackdown. but certainly the opinion here in brussels is the main perpetrators of the violence are on the government side. >> also strong words coming from russia today. russian's foreign minister also taking a tough stand against those rumored eu sanctions. this divide east and west when it comes to ukraine goe

within brussels, simon, just before we came to you just on the wires coming in the last few minutes, we've heard that the german, french and polish ministers have restrained ukraine for more talks. how much progress in their absence has been made and what will it mean that they haven't yet? >> we were warned earlier today in brussels that the three foreign ministers will stay in kiev for as long as the talks are necessary. that clearly is the case. as they continue to run into the evening, there may be some occasion to contribute to this emergency. foreign ministers, there's been talk of a draft letter that's all right been proposed by ambassadors to the european union in brussels. it will include targeted sanctions against officials involved in what the european union pretty much to a man, woman are referring to as the repression. they're holding the ukrainian government very much responsible for that. we're talking apparently of travel restrictions, the removal of visas, those officials responsible will be unable to travel in europe. we're talking about the targeted freezing of the

the ministers met on monday in brussels. they called on ukrainian leaders to sit down with members of the opposition and international mediators.

what could products like the soon to end up here we went to washington dc and brussels with a transatlantic trade and investment partnership that e t i p is clean and enchanting. the us government and the european commission are haggling about tariffs and trade restrictions. but quality standards are also being called into question in talks closed to the is free trade worth sacrificing everything the great rate. most of the chapters of this agreement it had anything to do it straight. it's behind the borders sneaky de regulation. osaka is the social contract or barring that to return to withstand it as much as possible. it can stand it it's a clearly anti democratic process. that's the opinion of the eu representative who was appointed to monitor the negotiations. he feels he's been shot down the european commission and the us are negotiating behind closed doors virtually without parliamentary scrutiny. even when we are

anti corruption report which pointed to future problems throughout the entire block brussels estimated the losses caused by shady deals not to billions of euros but it's a pure lavelle of his guests but the issue in the spotlight. the european union itself is a corrupt institution from beginning to end but they haven't added to their books for some one thousand years that every failed politician in any european country when he's finished making a mess of his own country then seems who often get a job with the european union the fact that we now have a number as part of the sales strategy of the european commission to motivate people like us to sit in studios and to reflect how we can deal with an urgent problem of corruption that certainly exist but it's not out of the nature of the european union it has been existed for centuries the report is done by the year e.u. commission but the figure one hundred twenty is what they did when they did try to suppress into countries india had no death it is to corruption in do you countries while they suppress their that's not the direction and th

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movement of persons but it was logical in the sense that the whole swiss elite wanted to go towards brussels join the european union to me that seems to be normal if the ukraine for instance would say to themselves it is logical that we are a member of the european union and then you can start to discuss free movement of persons but if you want to stay outside in long terms you will never agree on free movement of persons because that is that is the substance substance of every individual country to have to control over immigration like united states canada japan china of course canada every country russia has to stay independent in the sense they regulate their immigration themselves that seems to be a logical so would you accept a return to visas quotas border. we want to return to controlling immigration again visa has to do something with people traveling across the borders free movement of persons is similar but free movement of persons says you have the right to install yourself permanently in a country and no other independent country would do this the americans the russians the chine