we are not talking about crimea.e are talking about a referendum that was held right in the heart of europe in italy. hundreds of years ago, the region of venetia in northern italy was an independent republic. today, many people are fed up with being under the rule of rome. they held a referendum last month on the same day as crimea. for the media in russia, it was the perfect opportunity to accuse the west of hypocrisy. while the voting crimea was criticized in strongest terms, the region of venetia was allowed to have one. not much happened even after the italian police discovered that one group had been preparing for more hands-on action. >> for months, they were kept under surveillance. in a warehouse, police cameras recorded these self-styled freedom fighters converting a bulldozer into a makeshift armored vehicle. the public prosecutors suspect the group of planning and operation much like the 117 years ago when they occupied the piazza san marco in venice for several hours. eight people were arrested. the oper

. >> crimea, sorry.e has taken crimea, bloodless. from a professional point of view, quite artfully. that does not happen if he moves across the border. he wins in 96 hours. history shows ukraine does not take kindly to occupiers. now he will have to live with the reality of russians coming home in body bags. he's got what he needs. i hope he understands all this theater along the border, those are his table stakes. that keeps him in the game, because the russians have legitimate and tristan ukraine. -- they wanted to intended to in future negotiations. he gets that with this posturing. i hope it is nothing more than posturing. the real danger is the pawns in odessa, the pawns now threaten to create and control the movement of the kings and queens. he has to recognize that is dangerous. it may explain why you have gotten this modestly more temperate attitude and language out of him the last 40 hours. >> does he still have control over them when i go ahead with referendum. general hayden, thank you very m

recognized ever the annexation of crime cra. -- crimea. trying to -- with russia against the annexation. >> you said you're going to sue in international court. where do you stand in that process. is there any precedent for doing something like that? has a country ever sued over annexation and how much do you think the russians owe you? >> we can go for different ourts in the case of crimea. and the arbitration business and i think that it is very difficult now to -- amount of money. >> sure. >> it is a lot of money. it is much more than -- >> is that part of it? do you think this will become a negotiating -- >> look. on the development of our relations and talks with ussia. it is very tough to get an agreement on this. most likely we will -- with gazprom. but in case of crimea, we think we have to start with the issue of human rights with the european court on human rights. >> where do you stand with investors? i know that the government obviously has banned banks that were operating there. are you not happy for you cranians to invest in

putin -- vladimir hasian vladimir putin visited crimea. a militaryattending parade there this friday. grace in italym continues. former prime minister silvio berlusconi has started committee service at alzheimer's home. and another mass rally to try to .ust the government also coming up for you in the next hour on "live from paris" as more troops in venezuela made campsawn raid on protest wereracas, more than 200 arrested. and an update on the fukushima powerplant three years on from the disaster there. but first, russian president vladimir putin has just arrived in crimea, the peninsula which only a few weeks ago voted to break away from ukraine and become a part of russia. ,his is a highly symbolic visit the first time bruton has been in crimea since its annexation. has beenrst time putin in crimea since its annexation. the visit was particularly striking, given the context. listen. >> this is a day marked by patriotism. we all have an acute feeling of what it means to be true to our land and how important it is. >> russian vladimir -- r

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i don't think we saw that russia was going to make it late on crimea. -- make a play on crimea. i don't think the russians and i get to make a play that far in advance. ?> and yanukovich >> i don't think it was long-plan. i think it was a substantial measure of what happened to him. >> what do you think will happen? how will this in folding your judgment, in terms of the future of ukraine -- unfold in your judgment, in terms of the future of ukraine? >> most countries still. if you look at the vote down the road in the united nations, it was overwhelmingly rejected, the russian effort to annex and occupy crimea. the international community utterly rejects this. they cannot have any legitimacy because in the 20% three, if we start to a knowledge -- 21st century, if we start with knowledge that -- acknowledge bitesountries can take out of each other, we are on the road to a anarchy. anyour policy is that it was illegal action by the russian government and we have to exercise every amount of pressure we have on russia to get them to pull out of crimea? >> you are now putting words

people livinglion in crimea, 600,000 of which are pensioners.ian law, they were getting about $300 a month. now putin has already raised those pensions by about 50% and by july 1, he will double them again to bring them in line with russian pensions nationwide. in addition, you have state workers, about 150,000 of them. they will have their salaries brought in line with salaries across the entire russian federation. then you have the infrastructure investment. billions of dollars that bridge -- billions of dollars. the bridge alone could cost -- billion.ion the biggest bank operating, when it left, it took depositors' money with it. russia is using their own deposit meant scheme to refund up to $20,000. you have the economic isolation of russia. there is capital flight out of russia. more than $50 billion this year. that does not help. it is fair to say this is a costly project. >> ryan, russia is still betting that it -- i get the geographic and geopolitical significance of crimea. they are betting that it will be a long-term asset for them, ye

crimea, and not attack eastern ukraine? does that mean it can continue to disrupt clandestinely the ukrainian state as long as it does not do directly? i do not care about the objectives. said, the sanctions that have been implemented, i would not say they have not had an effect. in some places, they have had an effect in terms of targeting individuals. there is been the development of the south stream. sanctions,es and thanking the russians are probably trying to avoid these, this is one of the calculations that is going to putin's frequent declarations that he is withdrawing troops from the ukrainian border, the sanctions that would hit presumably russian business much harder. the energy sector, banking, financial services. metallurgy and other exports. the question is, will we be able to get our ministration involves? not gone globally, but it has turned its economic networksns, economic western energy companies, western banks, we thought we were getting by 10 years that we would civilize russia, make it less imperial. e

another ukrainian region is looking to follow crimea's lead.ay they plan to vote for independence from ukraine. today there was violence in the port city between pro-russia profesters and ukrainian forces. it's unclear how many people were killed. in nigeria new evidence that the military was warned of boko haram's plan to kidnap hundreds of girls but did nothing to stop it. people protested across the country today, angry with the nigeriian government's response. and a team of british experts, security experts there now going to be helping teams from america to try to find these girls again. >> thank you very much richelle. the break through tonight in the violent conflict in south sudan. the country's president as agreed to a ceasefire with the rebel leader. the violence has killed thousands, and more than a million people have fled their homes. yesterday the united nations issued a report accusing both sides of committing crimes against humanity. the ceasefire is set to take effect within 24 hours. mark blanchard -- lauren is in washington,

guy in crimea is -- was a crime boss. i mean, he still is a crime boss for all i know, but now he is a governor. we see this kind of public-private partnership of the worst kind. >> may i just address two things that the president mentioned? i'm glad for his refinement specifically on the e.u. association because it's purely an association, and i think you made that very clear, but let me mention another document that really, i think, in terms of what russia's aggression in crimea literally cut into that has global implications. the president mentioned osce or the helsinki accords. i mention the budapest memorandum, which was signed in 1994 by ukraine, wraits, and the u.k., and russia. specifically, it was u.s., u.k., and russia, and basically the implications was for ukraine that ukraine's nuclear weapons were basically -- it was to give up its nuclear weapons. ukraine at the time was the third largest nuclear weapons possessing country that had these weapons. it was right number three. specifically by this action, it un

but that didn't matter in the case of crimea. they didn't recognize that referendum and crimea became a part of russia. we see president putin visiting crimea for the first time. we had vladimir putin calling for the vote to be delayed. we don't know if that was just a tactic to separate himself and prove what is happening in eastern ukraine really is an independent of moscow. of course, that's not what we're hearing. both kiev and washington believe russia firmly has their hands in what is going on in eastern ukraine. >> if no one is going to recognize this referendum as being legal an. is it a sentimental vote. >> reporter: the separatists, me say they'll decide after the vote whether to declare themselves independent. we don't know whether they'll do that quickly or in a longer term effected maybe just a move to try and show there is support, pro russian support, or a move to get more autonomy in those cities to make sure that ethnic russians in eastern ukraine have more autonomy, presidential elections are to be held may 25th

it was a day before the election was held in crimea.it's when the helicopters landed and took control of the gas facility just north of crimea. this is something that's been high on our minds. ukraine's been seeking help from countries in the u european union to secure gas supplies. poland and hungary started helping. the article from "the new york times" talks about the vulnerability of some countries to russia as well as the gas supply. senator boxer asked some questions. a lot of that seems to me to be there is the fear of dealing with putin and specifically russia. so how's the administration now helping ukraine break russia's grip on their energy supplies and history? >> senator, as you know, this is a very important priority for us, both in the short term and the medium term. in the short term secretary kerry had a meeting with representative ashton and the e.u. commissioner ettinger and as a result of that they agreed to intensify support for ukraine in reverse flow. that resulted in new contracts for reverse flow from poland and

they returned to crimea only in '90s. now in this unstable environment they feel discrimination again. but many stay to protect their property. that's why women, children left. displaced people are women and children. >> what's the situation for those people who have been displaced? how are their lives now? >> their life is very difficult. they went west. it's about 900 kilometer far from crimea. because they feared to remain near crimea or russian speaking region. but they have -- there are in temporary shelters. situations are difficult. children are not going to school. and they fear everyday life. so we support them by providing food, shelter, also hygiene kits. we provide recreational activities for children who don't go to school. but the most difficult thing is that they don't know what will happen to their future. but if they decide to stay where they are now, they also face that the integration process in the community which is very different from crimea. >> the situation must be very difficult for children there

in its effort to destabilize -- >> he did not mention crimea. >> he mentioned ukraine. >> not crimea. >> crimea, we believe, is part of ukraine. >> they had a referendum today announced that it is russia offered >> it is not. >> are they going to say, we will withdraw? >> i don't know if the sanctions, in the near-term, cause russia to be crimea. several things have happened that are important. first of all, russia's economy as a result of the sanctions, has stopped growing. it is close to negative growth. the capital outflow was unprecedented. over $100 billion in just the first few months of this year. the major banks in russia are losing value and profit. >> at the same time, they just signed a 30 year gas deal with china. >> which had been long in the works. it will be very interesting to learn what price the chinese agreed to pay for that gas. i'm willing to bet money was a bargain for the chinese. beyond that, russia is paying a significant price in terms of this international standing and also in terms of its economy. >> how is that affecting them? it is paying a price and int

because crimea voted. we now know it wasn't 95% as we were told but still 65, 70, a majority. >> a majority of a very small minority who voted. >> for him he wanted crimea the public vote and therefore he really feels that it's his job to show that unity he talks about and it's not the united states business to comment on that at all. >> talking about votes, he publicly said he didn't want this referendum omove forward on sunday which is a -- to move forward on sunday which is a vote for certain provinces to get more autonomy. do you think this is all putin's plan, that he says publicly that they shouldn't hold the referendum and then when these people say that they will then he can say oh i'm really not in control of them? >> i think there's a couple of scenarios going on. it is a plausible deniability for putin. in geneva last month, all parties were going to deescalate, knowledge pro-russian separatists, were not going to deescalate, the same thing happens now. he will say i'm not in control of these pe

visited crimea.this is not new territory. several hundred years, crimea was part of russia. >> one of the things that seems to be coming out of this dialogue is that the people in ukraine, regardless of which side you're on, aren't getting an accurate picture of what's going on. you're in the u.s. and see both sides of the story playing out. you see the people in crimea saying things are going to be better for them under russia. do you believe that and that they're being told the truth. >> everybody believes, because, you know, the life level and income level in crimea and the ukraine is two to four times lower than in russia which means -- gee would it be better if they stayed with russia -- i mine stayed with ukraine and the european union or stay with russia. >> the problem is the majority of crimeans are ethnic russians. they want to keep their language and identity and they were afraid that this radical nationists from the western part of ukraine are going to destroy their identity, ban their ab

now crimea is under russian control and it's proving less of a half union. the crimean tatars have seen the council which sees in the building behind me as their representative body, but some members say they're coming under pressure from the new authorities in crimea. this member said that he was beaten up by suspected members of the pro-russian self defense forces. he said a many more tatars are being attacked or threatened. >> that's why it is they have come under this similar situation every day. >> when they wanted to enter crimea from ukraine last weekend thousands of demonstrators tried to welcome him but was stopped. he's now banned for five years and many of the protesters face the same treatment. >> we've already doubled the amount being spent on crimea's tatars to more than $20 million this year. that's more than they ever received when this was ukrainian territory, also one of the members is my deputy. >> but some crimean tatar politicians remain skeptical. >> our people were exiled for 50 years and then returned to a place where nobody was wait

further fueling flames russian president vladimir putin's first visit to crimea. in the eastern city of donetsk joins us now. a number of things happening there this weekend. this referendum going ahead despite vladimir putin's call to delay them. you could describe this as a victory lap through crimea boosting russian is a tort in eastern ukraine and other parts of the country. how do you describe the atmosphere where you are now? >> reporter: at this point, quite tense here. everybody is waiting to see if this referendum is going to go ahead and referendum officials insist that it will. in fact, i just spoke to the head of the referendum committee here, and he insists preparations are under way, they are 90% ready, his words, and that he expects a 70% turnout. of course, this is in the context of fighting happening on the streets there. the polling stations, nobody's even quite sure where the polling stations will be, where they can even cast a vote. so it's all very unclear at this point whether or not this referendum is a actually going to be able to take plac

i don't think we saw that russia was going to make it late on crimea. -- make a play on crimea. i don't think the russians and i get to make a play that far in advance. ?> and yanukovich >> i don't think it was long-plan. i think it was a substantial measure of what happened to him. >> what do you think will happen? how will this in folding your judgment, in terms of the future of ukraine -- unfold in your

they wanted to enter crimea from ukraine last weekend. thousands of demonstrators tried to cross the water to welcome him but were stopped. he is now banned from crimea for five years and many of the protesters face prosecution. meanwhile, the authorities have threatened at a time extremist organization but the man running crimea rejects the claims that tatars are being persecuted. crimea's tatars, more than $20 million this year. >> that's more than they ever received when this was ukrainian territory. also, one of the members is my deputy. some remain skeptical stressing the need. >> our people were exiled for 50 years and returned to a place where nobody was waiting for them. will putin solve those issues on a case-by-case basis? >> this man isn't worried as long as the government doesn't try to sweep away the tatars' traditions? >> i don't care if we have putin or a ukrainian president. i want people to live in peace and justice. we also want to be recognized as a people. >> so, as a new chapter begins in crimea's history, its tatar m

to the crimea. i just gave two days ago a presentation to a bunch of military officers in the majority in the room said clearly they are going to keep a crimea. that isn't a bad deal. he didn't lose a lot of people there. he took it, he'd have some troops on the border, grabbed crimea and as i pointed out before it is a process on an event, and if we don't do the sanctions come and the sanctions by the u.s. alone without europe, but alone without china, japan, other principled russian trading partners are meaningle meaningless. the u.s. doesn't abide russian oil. it is traded in global markets. the gas goes to europe and will increasingly be lng sold into china. so if we could disrupt the banking payments and mess up the finances within iran, they would hurt don't forget that this is a country that survived the civil war in which they lost 5 million people. they probably lost 20 million people. world war ii, 74 years of horrible communist regime sanctions. i don't think this is really serious. >> ok

but yes, people spoke that language in the crimea as well. and so does it mean that russia can say now the russian navy can be sent to new york with the russian speaking population there? but where do you draw the line? and i think that the europeans need to recognize the commitment to the ukraine and it should include this today, the day after tomorrow, any of them, but if you can bring albania and a survey into the european union. and you would expect the europeans to revisit their military budgets and i was told that the uk and estonia and greece have a military budget of 2% of gdp and we have 3.5% of the debt range of gdp. and europe needs to wake up and understand that this military welfare that we receive from the united states cannot continue and in terms of the ukrainian policy after the election, a lot of folks expecting petro poroshenko to be in the first-round or first round or the second round, but there is a lot of things that petro poroshenko has to do if it is him. whoever the next president he or she needs to do. there are spe

by the fact that russia annexed crimea. it's part of the russian federation and of course this standoff in eastern ukraine with many russians with many people in eastern ukraine regarding the authorities in kiev as being illegitimate and also being essentially hijacked to run, fight neonazis by ultranationalists, by right wingers, the kind of people that this day is celebrating. adding a fight and energy to what is every year a nation nationalistic parade. >> as we watch these pictures, we should discuss the fact as popular as president putin is, at the moment you have pro russian activists pushing ahead with their referendums despite putin suggesting that a delay is preferred. what should we make of that? >> it's very interesting, isn't it? it seems that putin opens the door on negotiations by calling on these groups essentially to postpone their series of independence referendum that are scheduled for this weekend. he also says that he recognizes the 25th of may presidential election which is scheduled to be held in ukrai

did putin calculate the west would not go to war over crimea? perhaps. >> charlie: yes. that's different than did we have any information that he thought president obama was weak and wouldn't respond. president obama was strong and led the international community to punish and isolate russia and russia is now suffering, as i mentioned earlier, very significant economic -- >> charlie: does all of europe on the same page with the president including germany who has extensive commercial relationship with russia, are they on the same page with the president of the united states with respect to what we need to do with respect to tough sanctions? >> germany is very much on the same page and the president has met and spoken with chancellor merkel all throughout this crisis, almost every couple of weeks if not more frequently than that and, when she came to washington earlier this month, it was, there again, that they reaffirmed as the two of them in the first instance, and other european leaders joined suit in saying that if russia were to destabilize the election last week on

the area in crimea.y would vote clearly to move westward. therefore he started the insurgency in eastern ukraine. he was hoping the west would not respond strongly to that, but the fact that the west, led by president obama, immediately began to levy sanctions was something he did not count on, and he was concerned with. that explains kremlin policies right now. he's trying to destabilize ukraine while avoiding additional sanctions. that is why he is announced he is willing to work with the elected government in ukraine after this ballot today. the same time, he continues the insurgency in the east. host: there is a piece available at the new york times online, looking at the lack of tourism in crimea, despite the efforts of the russian government. we go to richard. caller: good morning. obviously, the events surrounding russian aggression in ukraine, it is not the first time they have shown aggression. obviously, in georgia several years ago, there was aggression shown towards the georgian people. i thi

tell.ill >> he snatched away crimea. that seems not even in question anymore and there seems to some extent to be a retreat. his popularity has shot up through the roof. he has one on has terms, has he not? >> i don't think it's wise for anyone to get in the head of president putin the given what has happened just in the last four months. let me take issue with one thing you said there with regards to crimea. states nor most of the civilized world has recognized what russia did in crimea. we still respected. the tm territorial integrity of ukraine -- we still respect the territorial integrity. that will continue. with regard to where krugman goes from here, as i said, i think we just don't know yet. it will depend very much on whether he decides to reach out to president-elect poroshenko and whether he's interested in the escalating. we have now seen russian troops on the border surrounding ukraine begin to move back to their bases. that's a good ring. we have also seen naked tenure destabilization in eastern ukraine jus

he snatched away crimea, that seems not even in question anymore. and now there seems to be at least to some extent a retreat has he taken from this situation what he wanted from it and obviously his popularity has shot up through the roof. he won in his terms, has he not. >> first of all i don't think it is wise for anybody to try to get inside the head of president putin given what happened just in the last four months. let me take opposition to one thing you said about crimea, neither the united states nor ththe europeans for most of the civilized world have recognized what russia did in crimea. we still respect the full sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine and as part of the sanctions that we have imposed on russia we imposed harsh sanctions on those running crimea and on the economic relationship with crimea and that will continue. with regard to where putin goes from here as i said, i think we just don't know yet. it will depends very much on whether he decides the to reach out to president elect porchenko and whether he is interes

the amount being spent on crimea's tatars to $20 million this year.that's more than they've received when this was ukrainian territory. >> reporter: but some crimea tatar politicians remain skeptical. >> our people exiled for 50 years and returned to a place where nobody was waiting for them. will putin now solve that on a case by case basis? >> reporter: they are not worried as long as the government does not try to sweep away the tatar language and culture. we want to be recognized as a people. >> as the new chapter against in crimea's history, the tatars wonder what it's role will be. >> richard, i'm hearing about flooding in the eastern part of india. how is that looking? >> meteorologist: you know how we associate flooding with cyclones there is an early season peak across this region, too. this didn't form into are a full-scale cyclone, nevertheless it was a nasty piece of weather. there is the rainfall we saw, 146 millimeters in 24 hours p really quite a nasty system. and we've seen significant rainfall across bangladesh. as i run through the s

and crimea is now part of the russian federation. many spectators view the breakaway by eastern ukraine as well. >> now i understand what they felt during their victory day, and when peaceerns to ukraine, we'll celebrate their victory day. >> reporter: the day is especially poignant for veterans like evan. he's proud to remember that era, but he's thinking about more recent events here. [ speaking russian ] >> interpreter: crimea became russian without any force. there are stories of people with arms, and it's nonsense. >> reporter: to commemorate the defeat of fascism, many people before that a similar struggle is underway in ukraine. the appearance of their president made this patriotic case of special portion. >>> al qaeda fighters ambushed a convoy and there are fears of reprisal after liberal strongholds in the area. >>> in egypt, protests outside of a university campus in cairo. five students have been reported. alleged police abuses and the upcoming presidential election, they're taking place if a number of cities and towns. >

are -- in crimea. china's going to benefit economically and politically from russia possible strange but with the west, but i think it will be very cautious about signing up for vladimir's new cold war. we can watch carefully to see what happens with mr. putin when he goes to china at the end of may. certainly, russia's position has weakened and he will get a lower price on the gas deal. let me conclude with something on the sanctions. can economic sanctions substitute for use of force? clearly, no. that is obvious. but it's really a problem if your adversary feels himself somewhat impervious to taking a significant economic hit the top -- economic hit. here's the problem -- he knows the economy is in trouble, sanctions come on board, that simply gives them the argument that well, it is the west, the outsiders trying to weaken us and punish us. this is the source of our economic troubles. it's going to play pretty well into his political narrative. the second point i would make is that tools are design

crimea. a hearty embrace from the russian crowd and there is plenty of criticism surrounding the obama's administration handling of putin. >> we'll simply announce we'll put nato forces where they should be to be responsive to current threats. we need to teach putin that actions have consequences. >> is the world less stable today because barack obama miscalculated so badly on vladimir putin and russia? >> no question about that. >> our girls, rallying behind the nigerian people's desperate to see the girls home. >> i ran from their camp with three other girls, she says, they chased us but we got away. >> we will talk live with white house press secretary jay carney about the next step in nigeria and ukraine. >>> shinseki orders a wide ranging view of practices in va hospitals around the current. but the question surrounding deaths of those of phoenix hospital days before he faces lawmakers on capitol hill. we'll take you live to arizona for the very latest on a growing scandal. >>> and very

russian president vladimir putin is leading victory day celebrations in crimea. the country he recently annexed from ukraine. >>> the government has been accused of launching attacks. riek machar is to meet salva kiir in ethiopia for their first face-to-face talks since the conflict began. >> a peaceful demonstration in laos, calling for the return of 270 kidnapped school girls. a team of british experts have arrived and they'll advise the nigeria government on search efforts >>> armed vigilantes in the west of mexico have been fighting drug cartels. they seem to be winning and officials are asking them to lay down the weapons. we look at whether the vigilantes are willing to disarm. >>> slugs, shot, collected and saved, part of an official group. now that the knights templar have largely disappeared, the government is telling the vigilantes to stand down. once registered vigilantes can keep their gun, but starting that saturday they can no longer patrol. they have to be folded into a new police force. >> we are going to keep working as rural police and defense f

it is logistically more difficult than what happened in crimea. already the separatists have control of a great deal of government buildings in many towns. it is difficult to know what they could do without further military clashes. >> thank you for bringing us up-to-date. we apologize for the audio dropouts in the feed. western powers are dismissing's sunday vote --sunday's vote as illegal. the leaders of france and germany say the key to stabilizing the country is the presidential elections planned for may 25. they say russia must do more to assure they go smoothly or face more sanctions. >> these were crucial talks for chancellor merkel and president hollande. they travel to the northern constituency for a meeting dominated by ukraine. europe struggled to formulate a year of -- unified response. now they have agreed on a plan. the presidential elections must go ahead this month. >> we have agreed to cooperate closely and stay in regular contact. the next two weeks leading up to the left and -- election on may 25 will be a delicate time. we want

to me that gesture is that crimea is now russia, come and change that. weeks, months and years, this is a very strong statement. >> after the result that we should get an sunday, how do you think those results to be treated in ukraine. >> well in kiev they're not going to be taken seriously at all. i also suspect there are going to be eastern ukraine who will be angry because they know their votes weren't counted. we know from the day that leading up to this election even months back this is a strong sentiment in eastern ukraine that they would like closer ties with ukraine than russia, and there is a strong sentiment for seceding from ukraine. there is a strong group of extremists who want that, but that does not represent the majority view. and certainly in the rest of the country. >> lincoln mitchell, adviser at the human rights institute at columbia, thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> officials say seven people were killed, the attacks took place after the yemeni military said it took over an al-qaeda base. we have more now from the capitol. >> r

one area, crimea has already voted to become part of russia.ut along the black sea if those regions block away from ukraine like crimea did ukraine would be cut off from major ports and some appliance. it would be nearly land locked. and if russia controlled those regions it would have to access all the resources. now, russia says it's not the aggressor. john terret joins us. john. >> that is stance taken throughout this crisis by the russians. vitaly cherkin, said the geneva accord signed back in april is effectively dead now and he blamed ukraine, kyiv and its western backers for letting that happen. in response, the council heard from the measured response from kyiv. samantha power the u.s. ambassador to the security council talked about 26,000 square kilometers of land presently being fought over by ukraine and russia and said throughout this 63 day crisis the ukrainians have tried to end it peacefully. here's more about what samantha power had to say. >> as its country has been carved up, as foreign operatives have arrived, ukraine has con

aftera cautious approach the referendum and crimea. theooks like for now scenario over crimea annexation is unlikely. on monday the european union imposed sanctions on 2 as wallacen crimea 13 more people. what kind of reaction has there been to that moscow? >> ukrainian and russian individuals has been added two more sanctions. one of them a top-level presidential eight. some of these people are believed to be directly involved in the and excision of crimea from ukraine. of crimeaannexation from ukraine. moscow has criticized the latest round of sanctions from brussels , saying that the ee you -- the eu has undermine trust in itself .s a partner moscow is saying that the eu progressionthe separatists in the eastern parts of ukraine and expect to launch a dialogue between kiev and those regions. >> thank you, julia. out to india, where the world's biggest election came to a close monday after the final phase in the marathon five weeks of voting. vote counting is underway but hindered nationalist -- the hindu nationalist opposition leade

will the russians give crimea back, mr. hartley? >> sir, we're doing everything we can to encourage that. >> i know we're doing that, but are they going to give it back at the end they have day? will it be part of ukraine or russia? >> it's our policy that it remains to ukraine and should return to ukrainian control. >> so you done know. how about you? >> i agree with mr. hartley. >> you don't know. the kidnap watchers. who kidnapped them? >> they weren't election observers, it was a team composed of eight europeans led by thiermans and they had five ukrainian escorts with ep them. they were kidnapped by a pro -- by pro-russia individuals, a ro-russia group in eastern ukraine. >> what were they doing in eastern ewe rain? you say they're inspectors, of what? >> they were there under the vienna document, all 57 nations that are participating states in the organization for security and cooperation in europe to include russia have agreed to a set of measures that are intended to build confidence among the partners, mong the participants

now crimea is under russian control, it's less than a happy union between moscow and the minority group. >> reporter: for decades the crimean tatars saw the council in the building behind me as their representative body. some members say they are coming under pressure from the new authorities in crimea. >> this member said he was beaten by suspected members of the pro-russian defense forces and many more are attacked or threatened. >> the problem is i'm a member, and that is why it gave publicity to this situation. but in police, they say that they have the situation - similar situation every day. [ chanting ] >>. >> when senior tatar leader who backed the kiev government wanted to enter crimea from ukraine last weekend thousands of demonstrators tried to cross the border to welcome him, but were stopped. he's banned for five years. many protesters face prosecution. the authorities threatened to declare the organization a terrorist organization. they reject claims though that tatars are being persecuted. >> translation: we doubled the amount spent on crimea's tatars to $20 million, more

today he visited crimea which until recently was part of ukraine. the state department called it provocative. nato said it was inappropriate, but he still came. vladimir putin isn't easily detoured. today on a surprise visit, he sailed defiantly to a russian naval base in the next territory of crimea and said effectively, russia is doing what it wants. everybody should respect our lawful interest he said, including restoring historic injustice. he believes the breakup of the soviet union was an injustice and aim as to restore the glory. so do these ukrainians in donetsk who gathered to remember the victory over nazi germany. then, pro russian militia men marched in. they got big cheers for fighting another regime they call fascist -- their own government. they are here to rally against new enemies, the government in. and they say its backers in washington. they put down the flowers, got on open trucks and drove to a nearby city to join a battle that's been raging for three days. ukrainian troops had come in force to try to retake the police station.

at the very quibeginning we sai oh, yes, all he wants is crimea. once he seizes crimea, it makes it look much more attractive to foment some sort of discord in the eastern part of ukraine and eventually annex that too. he will if he can. he won't if he doesn't think he can do it. >> let me go to that then. in other words, it seems possible that he actually did begin with an initial interest just in crimea. maybe seeing the relative success of it now has these broader, potentially imperial plans on it. given that the main reaction at this point of the united states is a sanctions-based one and given that this is at least by some accounts someone who operates in a relatively ad hoc and very sort of powerful, masculinist, arrive on a boat kind of way, how effective will sanctions be in addressing that sense that in fact he has to push back? >> they're not now and they won't be. when you think about what we're sanctioning, who we're sanctioning, you can realize that it's not going to have very much effect. second, we're not supported by the very countr

and what ask about crimea. will not give up crime area. -- crimea.ated a. >> ikind of action we see? asked this will be a long-term and i think the outcome will most likely be the aggressors occupation of crimea, while it they last a long time, it will never recognize. will never recognize the operation of crimea into russian it will probably not be recognized that european as well. the difficulty is the course they lost. what i will let you go. ukraine look like? >> it will have elected a new harlem and. it will be changing into a democratic, less current market economy. it is a stronger military and brighter future ahead. thank you so much. a look now at some of the other stories for you this morning. he may be ready to sell his stake. a $10. shares [indiscernible] they were halted ahead of the announcement. they will re-raising $550 million which will be the biggest stock sales since listing in 2002. it is used at 15%. hutchison is said to have won the eu approval. people familiar with the deal say it could happen as soon as wednesday. last year l