for crimea we have discussed this issue at length several weeks ago i promised mr mr the leader of crimean tatars that you during my future meeting with president putin i would bring up this issue about the fate of crimean tatars and i've delivered i've made good on my promise today we did discuss this issue with mr putin of course we have not been able to come up with a ready made complete solution for crimea during our rather brief discussions today but the fact that we have. exchanged. our opinions today i was i had my opportunity today to tell mr putin that austria believes that. the annexation of crimea is country to international law if it were as mr putin. shared his different point of view with me comparing crimea to kosovo and i was telling him that this share they'll this comparison is unacceptable that was part of our substantive negotiation where we did not come. with mr putin but we did come to an agreement on many other issues energy need believe that this discussion has been useful not only for austria but also for resolving the relevant issues where you are. russia news net

well the problem with this is that the crimean autonomy is not on the table crimea is part of russia that solve that issue is not for negotiation as far as federalization of the rest of ukraine. that might have been on the table three months ago four months ago after what just happened i don't think these people in the east are ever going to want to come back into the same into the same country as the people in kiev especially as the people in the west from where most of the conscripts killing them were taken. and we shouldn't be talking just about autonomy from four agents in the east of to put it for a federal system to actually work every region in ukraine needs to have equal rights and there need to needs to be a stop to the efforts to impose this artificial identity which is anti russian and just twentieth century construct that has nothing to do with tradition or history of the region and that unfortunately is not going to happen because both of whom to end their backers in the west seem intent for this to go through so i honestly don't know whether a federal is ation is an opt

affair this very controversial crimean affair is actually and out of that policy on the part of russia that russia finally decided to treat itself as an equal to the united states rather than expecting that treatment from washington except that russia sees itself as an equal to the united states i just don't accept that america. is that and i don't even accept to be perfectly honest but it is that objective of me because the russian economy is the size of state and america's it's the largest in the world and i don't think there is you know great deal of economic equality that equally i think that in terms of sort of if somebody can show me your way because they are here that parent money should not you know in tell you to some sort of political influence but here again i want to ask you about political influence and geopolitical stance you bring in the question of money so that's why we buy your power into your political power or not no i'm suggesting that the strength of one's economy as you pass by as you global geopolitical power as opposed to what we were discussing earlier economi

and a see that in russia modernized russia that swept across the crimean peninsula with the military tactical radios, new uniforms, a conspicuous lack of drunkenness. they executed strategic surprise and the integrated tactical cyber operations with every .lement of their advance we can also see that on the strategic stage where if russia takes a page from the iranian's books and as they continue to carve out a sphere of dominance and what they term the new around, if our sanctions ever rise to match our rhetoric, they will hit back at us and they will hit back with cyber capabilities through the same type of hybrid adversaries on the military side, we see it with the green men operating in ukraine. just like iran has hezbollah. those three nations all have hybrid paramilitary groups to do much the same thing, operating with the benefit of both decentralized decision-making and deniability for the state, but with access to sophisticated cyber stay like capabilities. capabilities. what is scary about the russians theirre hackers -- hackers are the same guys that cut their teeth in cri

the move to suspend moscow came in march when russia annexed the crimean territory. the g7 spoke of its concern over violence in eastern ukraine. slaprs threatened to moscow with further sanctions if it does not de-escalate the conflict there between ukraine's government and pro-russian separatists. the g7 also discussed how to expand their energy portfolios and take it vantage of their own resources to reduce dependence on russian gas. >> also on thursday, germany sent a further signal that it would stand by ukraine. receivedr merkel ukraine's president-elect in berlin. she promised germany support in stabilizing the country. for his part, he pledged to fight corruption in ukraine and to reform the judiciary. in a gesture to the largely russian speaking east, he also said he would decentralize ukraine's government. >> israel unveiled plans to build 1100 new settlement homes in the occupied west bank and 400 in east jerusalem. the announcement came days after the swearing-in of a new palestinian unity government. toael has asked the west not recognize the new governm

. >> just behind me is the crimean peninsula. some of the volunteers have come from crimea, come from sweden, come from russia. but the one thing, headquarters in a beach hotel is they believe in national socialism. they're all neofascists. this russian volunteer from the urals has adopted the battle name of uram. >> in another ten years i will not belong in my country. a lot of people will not belong in their country. we'll be like the red indians in america. >> reporter: also among their ranks we found a 52-year-old italian who left behind a wife and child to fight for ukraine. >> my political information, i fight where my comrades are so i felt immediately at home. and they let me feel at home too. >> border guard came under rocket attack overnight. this in a city that is supposed to be back kyiv. i found separatist fighters downtown where they showed me around their fortifications in the old greek quarter of the city. >> the situation is strained and i don't know what the future holds. in the region, we have a lot of people,

just over the horizon behind me is the crimean peninsula, some of the volunteers come from crimea, from sweden and from italy and most surprisingly some of them have come from russia. but the one thread that links all of these men's, getting a crash course in assembling rifles, adopted the battle name of murman. in another ten years i wit willt belong in my country. a lot of people won't belong in their country. we'll be like the red indians in america. >> we found a 52-year-old italian who left behind a wife and child to fight for ukraine. >> for my political information i fight where my comrades are, so i felt immediately at home. and they left me people at home too. >> border guard had quarters in maripole calmer under a rocket attack overnight. this is a city that is supposed to be back kyiv. separatists showed me their fortifications in the old greek quarter of the city. >> the situation is a strain and i don't know what the future holds. in the region we have a lot of people but we have less support in our city. >> reporter: the beaches were full of sun bathers making the most of

they now make up nearly 18% of the crimean population. they avoid a boycott of the illegal crimean march referendum and rejected its results and the kennedy has repeatedly pledged his continued support for united and sovereign ukraine. obviously, their coverage might not have the approval of moscow. since the beginning of our work in ukraine, we sought to assist the democratic aspirations of the tatars people. we work with them closely to build committee patient exchanges and to try to link them up with particularly young people from western europe and other parts of ukraine. unfortunately, we are unable to continue the program in occupied crimea, and we would very much like to return and find ways to help this population. in any case in light of the russian annexation and the soviet history, we should all be very watchful of how the tatars are able to live and work and hopefully prosper in the face of russian rule. in some ways the most recent challenge of ukraine is facing, i would argue, is the overwhelming force of russian propaganda

. >> over the horizon behind me is the crimean peninsula. some have come from crimea. they have come from sweeden and italy and most surprisingly, some of them have come from russia. >> the one threat that makes all of these men's getting the basics on how to strip and reassemble klasnokovs is they believe until socialcism. this russian volume intear from the urals has adopted the battle name of mermam. >> in another 10 years, i will not belong in my country. a lot of people won't belong in their country. we will we will be like america. >> also among their ranks, we found a 52-year-old italian who left behind a wife and child who volunteered to fight for ukraine. i fight where my comrades are. i felt immediately at home. and they let me feel at home, too. >> further east towards russia, a boarder guard came over a rocket attack overnight. this in a city that is supposed to be backing kiev. i found the separatist fighters downtown where they showed me around their fortifications in the old greek quarter of the city. >> this is a strain and i don't know what the future

quotes an expert who says his victory was as certain as russia ratifying the takeover of ukraine's crimeanpeninsula. >> also making headlines in the international press, the d-day commemoration's we have been covering here the last few days. a lot of ink has been devoted to vladimir putin. headliner don't think france or the west will appreciate is "putin retakes normandie." it points the finger at president hollande for breaking ranks by inviting him. it says we don't recall the red army took part in d-day, but mr. hollande has missile cruisers to sell to moscow. this says the event is an honor putin does not deserve to attend. it says just three months ago, commentators were comparing the russian president to hitler and he should have never been allowed to attend the festivities where he could be treated like a george miller -- like a legitimate world leader. leader fromical russia has been speaking out against vladimir putin. >> there are billboards in downtown moscow say he's a national traitor. socialistself-styled who has often infuriated his fellow legislators. he's been the sole vo

we're not terrorists it's not like the crimean army is setting us free hundreds of children have been evacuated from the area as a precaution some two hundred the dangerous roads from slavyansk to save us to pull is that it was the last place you just saw unusually calm and quiet here now explosions going off this compared to what we left him for about three weeks it was scary nobody expected the things like that to start happening you know a small town that was now famous for anything in my life for children in eastern ukraine is changing fast whereas once these playgrounds were full of laughter now they're mostly empty and in the silence of foreboding of what's to come. to netscape eastern ukraine another school reportedly hidden artillery shelling sunday with any government forces saying five civilians were injured throughout the day an orphanage reported to be among other buildings caught in the crossfire there were no injuries though was all the children had already been evacuated to safety r.t. got a comment from the local so-called people's mayor a leader of the protesters ther

as international territorial waters, ukrainian territorial waters, which is now in fact russian, crimean. how far will russia go in pushing its presence in the crimea? we'll have to wait and see exactly what ships will be used, what type of ships will be used but there will be a very unimlom unwelcome presence in the black sea for russia we'll see what the result is. >> david chater, thank you very much. polling stakes he will stay open for an extra five hours to cope with high voter turnout. in syria, a vote widely expected to see bashar al-assad returned to power. syria's main opposition dismissed the vote as a sham. >> these scenes of what the government wants the world to see. syrians showing support by casting a vote for a new president. but the credibility of this election has been questioned. there were international election observers on the ground but they are from countries like russia and north korea. allies of the government. and the poll was only held in regime controlled regions. the opposition believes many people there were not given a choice. >> at work, their i.d., the

putin speaking to barack obama for the first time since russia annexed the crimean peninsula in marchaccording to diplomatic officials, the two leaders spoke of the need to end violence as quickly as possible. putin claiming he could have a certain but not total influence over events in ukraine's east. against a backdrop of tension, thisay began with seemingly avoiding each other. they attended separate dinners in paris to keep believers apart, but on friday, a hint as to renewed relations made television screens -- clinton and obama sharing a smile at the commemoration ceremony in obamady -- putin and sharing a smile at the commemoration ceremony in on the. >> the man tapped to be the next president of afghanistan narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. at least six people were killed in the attack, but abdullah was unharmed. serious attack on a presidential candidate since the campaign began. afghan security forces are surveying the damage after two bombs exploded outside the venue of a presidential rally in kabul . the suicide rally was targeted directly at the car of the presid

election in that part of ukraine, which basically meant 4 million people couldn't vote, and the crimeansouldn't vote because they were annexed by russia. >> is it a successful example of diplomacy? >> it's certainly. he keeps saying i'm building coalitions, but you have to find an example of where it worked. it didn't work in ukraine, in stopping putin's ability to take over chunks of the country. it hasn't worked in syria either where he didn't build a coalition to do anything to push back assad or help the rebels. so i don't see where this coalition building has made a difference. in effective policy. >> where is the perception in ukraine and eastern europe? you have been across eastern europe in the last few months. what's the perception of american authority there, american power and influence. >> a disenchantment with the u.s., and really with our friends. what president obama has done in the last five years is manage to alienatary make anxious allies while encouraging foreign enemies. people still obviously turn to us for leadership, but it's true in europe, the middle east, in asi

we're not terrorists it's not like the crimean army is setting us free hundreds of children have been evacuated from the area as a precaution some two hundred the dangerous routes from slavyansk to serve us to paul is that it was the last road we just saw unusually calm and quiet here now explosions going off this compared to what we left in sloviansk it was scary nobody expected that things like that could start happening in our small town but it was never themis for anything in my life for children in eastern ukraine is changing so fast whereas once these playgrounds were full of laughter now they're mostly empty and in this silence of foreboding of what's to come. we are t two netsky eastern ukraine. is in the ukraine has seen some of the worst violence this week since kiev launched this crime down in april and were about to show you some images from the city of donetsk the hub of pro ptolemy resistance and one of the main targets of the military operation and you may find the footage disturbing so these pictures are from a local morgue which received the bodies of antigovernment m

we're not terrorists it's not like the crimean army is setting us free but at least hundreds of children have been evacuated from the area as a precaution some two hundred the dangerous roads from slavyansk to save us to paul is if it was the last road we just saw unusually calm and quiet here narcs lashins going after compared to the left and fly them because it was scary nobody expected things like that so it had been in our small town that it was now famous for anything like life for children in eastern ukraine is changing fast whereas once these playgrounds were full of laughter now they're mostly empty and in the silence of foreboding of what's to come. policy r t two netsky eastern ukraine. the fighting in slovyansk erupted again on sunday with self-defense forces claiming five civilians were injured in the latest artillery shelling the local people's mayor elected by anti-government protesters told r.t. international what happened. or school number twenty was destroyed and a kindergarten to i have no information on whether anyone was killed or injured so far are people haven't arr

attains a video apparently showing the crimean artillery fire close to russia's border. and his job is to interact and their advance to the west the country taking control of four more towns and border checkpoints we report in the collapsing state. it's nice to have you company you're watching r.t. international that this man alone has managed to change the vision of the world he's a number one on the list of whistleblowers the u.s. wants behind bars this day a year ago former n.s.a. employee edward snowden landed in russia his asylum ends next month and it's still not clear what's next for him but for now his whereabouts are shrouded in mystery he's worried that the white house won't let him go so easily. looks at how he managed to slip through washington sphinx. c.n.n. now has word that edward snowden has left hong kong there are many questions about why snowden is able to stay one step ahead of american authorities snowden is reported to be on a flight to moscow in the arrivals hall of moscow's airport sector a terminal on june twenty third two thousand and thirteen t

a revolt forced him from power, and russia respond bide seizing argentina's crimean peninsula. today, president petro poroshenko said ukraine's european dreams have come true. well, tonight, they're dreaming of a break in the rain in the midwest. there are fears that river flooding will only get worse. in st. paul, minnesota, the mississippi is at its highest level on record for the month of june. in texas, a tornado touched down near galveston last night. nobody was hurt. but in alabama, a towering water spout was seen mere noble. today in san francisco, funding was approved for a net to prevent people from jumping off the golden gate bridge. it is estimated that 1600 people have committed suicide there since the bridge opened 77 years ago. here's john blackstone. >> reporter: the golden gate bridge was shrouded in fog today as families of those who jumped from the iconic structure urged the bridge's board of directors to stop the suicide. >> i lost my husband. >> i lost my-- 17-year-old daughter casey. >> this is a picture of him saying good-bye three minutes before he jumped

russia calls for an investigation i became the crimean army used to ban type of weapons in east ukraine is a military expert tells r.t. they bear the hallmarks of phosphorous bombs. yet gets its final deadline disorder gas agreement with russia with the price tag still stalling the talks. washington mole sending drones and launching air strikes in iraq where radical islamists have seized control of the north and now have the capital in that sites. but i welcome you watching r.t. international now russia is demanding an investigation over claims that the ukrainian army used phosphorous bombs in the eastern city of slavyansk residents there say they were woken by what they believe were fire bombs being dropped these weapons are banned by the u.n. and kiev denies their use here's what the locals say. we all saw what happened here yesterday they used rocket launchers as well as incendiary bombs against us the ground was on fire the ground burned by itself it burned for about forty minutes. ago and starting from two am everyone i've met has a sore throat and coughing all the time i think thi

want to elect their own governors we elect our own governors they want to have a say instead the crimean army the kiev or me with the full support of the united states in supporting this assault couldn't has implores in southeastern ukraine where he doesn't control these people these people live there it's their land they have their own families and demands and political desires you sit down and you negotiate. britain may lose some of its independence over its nuclear to terence's its steps of collaboration with the u.s. over warheads dream and on stockpiling atomic armaments and contracting out manufacturing is expected to be signed within weeks even though parliament's not had a chance to debate or votes on it. has got to. america and britain ready shag the know how in hardware and according to the guardian newspaper scoop that cooperation is to be stepped up even further prompting fresh questions about the independence of the u.k.'s nuclear to terror and if we don't have an independent deterrent which means an independent threat then we might as well just if we want to be protected by

video and photographic evidence of the scene of the usage of the by the by the russian no matter the crimean i have not seen those reports and i'm happy to check with our team and see if we have confirmation of that or more to say on that. eastern ukrainian city of mariupol my entire world cup to sounds of battle as kiev's forces stormed the positions of the anti government fighters there raged in the streets for about four hours earlier the city was assaulted by a national guard battalion formed by the leader of ukraine's radical party the politicians or at least five anti-government activists were killed and thirty captured he claims the rest of the have been driven away from their headquarters in the cities under the national guard's control he spoke to a local resident. he could not get it but half past four in the morning we heard a loud noise family from the city stand there where the us people's republic had their headquarters into buildings in the city center shooting and explosions could be heard it lasted until about seven am and then grew quiet again with. the humanitarian situati

together with the army the crimean government has been sending the national guard east as well they formed a bad bone of the military assault there but entire units are now heading back to camp saying they are on paid and have been abandoned by the government. or someone . what they're going to focus on is that i'm a man who's according to official papers we don't exist we're in the allusion it's like we haven't been deployed here we haven't got any ammunition nothing we were sleeping on the ground because we didn't even have camps they just sent us there and forgot about us and well all the generals and commanders were sitting pretty in the warm tents guarded by the u.s. they p.c.'s who were sent to fight like cannon for their. fish. so to show us we haven't been paid we're going to ruin six hundred or so of rubble here two months ago and sit we didn't have any food instead they've been feeding us with promises that it's going to happen tomorrow which we are tired of waiting. moscow plans to submit a draft resolution on ukraine to the un security council the paper calls for a halt to the

qatar's -- the crimean tartar's. they were only able to return to their ancestral homeland at the end of the soviet union. they make up 15% of the crimean population. its results and the community has repeatedly alleged its continued support for a united and sovereign ukraine. obviously their courage might not have the approval of moscow. since the beginning of our work in ukraine, we have sought to resist the democratic aspirations of the people. we have forked with them closely to build key medication exchanges and try to link them up with particularly young people from western europe and other parts of the ukraine. unfortunately we are unable to continue that programming in occupied crimea and we would very much like to return and find ways to help this population. all be cases, we should very watchful of how the tatars can live and work and hopefully prosper in the face of russian rule. the overwhelming force of russian propaganda is projected into that country. combined with the lack of ukrainian media and socia

we're not terrorists it's not like the crimean army is setting us free hundreds of children have been evacuated from the area as a precaution some two hundred dangerous roads from slavyansk to serve us to pull. up to the road we just saw unusually calm and quiet here knox lotions going after scum paired with left and fled their arms it was scary nobody expected that things like that could start happening in our small town that was now famous for anything . like for children in eastern ukraine is changing fast whereas once these playgrounds were full of laughter now they're mostly empty and in this silence of foreboding of what's to come. we are t two netsky eastern ukraine. ukraine's new elected president and chocolate tycoon petro poroshenko was the focus of media attention this week and his seem to have trouble deciding exactly what to do about them rest at one point ukraine is new head of state said he was ready to start a dialogue with the east but then he made a quickie turn calling for a stronger more effective quiet down on the anti-government movement independent political wri

russia's sounds the alarm over claims that the crimean army used banned weapons in its crackdown on dissent as a military expert tells r t the attacks bear the hallmarks of phosphorus bomb use. months behind on payments ukraine will have to prepay for russian gas if it fails to settle at least part of its dad by monday it's after negotiations collapse over insistence any deal had to be fully honest terms. extremist militants in iraq have advanced to within fifty kilometers of the capital baghdad after securing much of the north of the country which they hope to turn into an islamic state and you want to.

on the russian side, in the context with a move of great ecstasy of a crimean which is quick. it can be quite strong and appealing to a political leader with desperate needs and measures of success. but at the same time, we have to engage in some exploration of possible arrangements for compromise. especially if it becomes clear to the russians and mr. putin that either destabilizing ukraine or taking it by force poses great risks and may not be attainable. that has to be effort in engaging in a dialogue. what should be a compromise, i think it's simple. ukraine can proceed with its process publicly endorsed by a majority of ukrainian people becoming part of europe. but it's a long process. they have been engaging in the process. already for 60 years. in other words, it's not been very quickly. therefore the danger to russia is not imminent. but at the same time, clarity that ukraine will not be a member of nato. i think that is important for a variety of geo political reasons. you look at the map, it's important from a psychological strategic point of view. ukraine will not b

it was their first meeting since russia annexed the crimean peninsula. chip reid is in our washington bureau with more. >> reporter: good morning. during the d-day ceremonies in normandy, it appeared that first that obama and putin were going out of their way to avoid even looking at each other. but after a ceremonial lunch, president obama initiated a conversation. it was brief and informal but the white house called it a positive development. in france to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the d-day invasion, president obama and russian president putin met informally friday for about 15 minutes. it was their first meeting since the violent conflict in eastern ukraine began. a senior white house official said president obama told putin that de-escalating tensions depends upon russia ceasing support for separatists in eastern ukraine and stopping the provision of arms and materiel across the border. the president said this friday about his relationship with the russian leader. >> we generally have a businesslike relationship and are very candid and blun

so the shia have a vote, just like the tibetans and the crimean's and everybody else.in the sunni arabs have a vote. a lot of them are not happy with us either. and the kurds are not too happy. barbara? >> thanks very much. thank you so much for doing this. my question is about maliki. can he be part of the solution? he has had eight years. he has done nothing but go after sunnis, kurds, he come ,ncreasingly paranoid, corrupt appointing relatives. can he actually rise to the occasion? >> well, look at me -- [laughter] >> mike, what do you think? >> [inaudible] >> let's get the volume up here. will be diplomatic because i travel to iraq quite frequently. first of all, you have to respect the election result, including perhaps a personal vote which is an indication that puteast in baghdad, maliki all the votes together. but that is ducking the question, i guess. if we look back over the last four years, it has been a dismal failure. there are some bright spots to the relationship with kuwait, the oil production. but everything else has been a dismal failure. really it ha

that's as long as two football fields, and then they will go back to russia with it, back to the very crimeanat they took over. it is true. it is actually happening. we are trying to tell the french, are you fried? this is weird. you have to admit, this is weird. >> it is weird, but it also illustrates the dependency of the european economy on russia. you know what, we have to be careful where we throw stones. you know, our u.s. military buys rockets from russia. russia has just cut us off. we have a 2-year inventory. but there are all of these. we cannot give astronauts into space without the help of the russians. neil: but why should we be helping them? >> it is not weaken it is the french. what are we going to do to stop them? >> you are saying, the idea being that the world is all a sudden showing us around and ignoring us. that is exactly what you're saying. neil: people who put -- >> is this the new normal? identity crisis. neil: that is what i fear. to be fair to the french, i can't believe i'm saying that, but this deal was in the works for the better part of two years. there were bui

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russia and ukraine, and we targeted officials, six members of the inner circle, and expropriated crimean gas company, and the european union, canada, australia, japan, impose similar measures. just as significant, we developed more severe measures targeted at the same time potentially very effective in the financial, energy, and arm sectors. the very knowledge that these measures were out there has, we believe, a deterrent effect, and, indeed, the fact that moveries have agreed to forward if necessary not only deters, but it creates a climate of uncertainty that actually imposes cost without having to pull the trigger. so there has been discussion about the impact or lack of impact of these sanctions and these economic measures. to me, the case is not even close. it is very, very clear. first, we heard in public from the russian finance minister, it's different you prime minister in charge of the economy, and even vladimir putin himself recognizing the impact of sanctions. and,argest bank in russia in effect, a proxy for the and announced a steep decline in its first-quarter profits and

not leave someone not afraid we're not terrorists it's not like the crimean army is setting us free. hundreds of children have been evacuated from the area as a precaution and some two hundred dangerous roads from slovyansk to serve us to poll is that it was the last load you just saw unusually calm and quiet here now explosions going off as compared to last and slowdowns because it was scary nobody expected the things like that start happening in our small town there was no means for anything quite like for children in eastern ukraine is changing fast whereas once these playgrounds were full of laughter now they're mostly empty and in the silence of foreboding of what's to come. you'll see r t. eastern ukraine. and ukraine's newly elected president and chocolate tycoon petro poroshenko he was certainly the focus of media attention this week and he seemed to have trouble though deciding exactly what to do about the unrest one point ukraine's new head of state said he was ready to start a dialogue with the east but suddenly he made a quick u. turn calling for a stronger more effective

>> with the crimean peninsula firmly under control the russians seem to be picking their next battle. process sal to ban high-heeled shoes. a lawmaker in moscow suggested the footwear is dangerous. this may explain some of the concern but lawmakers say with normal use it could lead too skeletal problems help called for a ban on canvas sneakers, ballet thats and men's lifer because he claims they're bad for your health. thanks, russia. >> on this day in 1975, stephen spielberg's thriller jay jaws" first opened. the story takes place in the fictional resort tome of amity island where an unknown beast kills a swimmer. a police chief and his crew head out on the scene. only to discover a massive great white lurking in the waters. it all builds toward a final battle against the monster as the men decide, we're going to need a bigger boat. the film's sunday would help spark a new trend. it hit the silver screen 39 years ago today. >> that's is the sound of the rebels coming at you, virginia. see you in omaha. >> i am scared to death for our country. for people on fixed incomes, retirees. wh

on the russian side in the context of a move of great ecstasy over the crimean success of which was quick and decisive, and which encountered no resistance. the temptation to seek its reputation can become quite strong and appealing to a political leader who desperately needs a major success. but at the same time, we have to engage in some exploration of possible arrangements for a compromise outcome. especially if it becomes clear to the russians into mr. putin that either destabilizing ukraine are taking it by force poses great risks and may not be attainable. that has to be accompanied, therefore, by dialogue. what should be the formula for such a possible compromise? i think it's relatively simple, in fact. ukraine can proceed with this process, public endorsed by an overwhelming majority of ukraine people of becoming part of your. but it's a long process. they have been promised that outcome and they have been engaging in that process. already for 60 years. in other words, it's not done very quickly. therefore, the danger to russia is not imminent and the consequences are not so dest

diverted from my main job looking at the middle east into ukraine, i wrote something saying that the crimean situation was the biggest challenge to the united states since 9/11, if not the cold war. i have changed my opinion. what is happening now in iraq is the biggest challenge to international order since 9/11 at least. here is why. in september, president obama addressed the u.n. general assembly and he said that in the middle east, still a cauldron of most of our security concerns and a large percentage of our troops, there were four issues that would require all elements of american power, on the -- a euphemism, of course, for military force. securing the oil lines, combating international terror, standing by our allies and partners. other than the last for the all three of the others are very much in play right now. the largest concentration about cato we have ever seen anywhere. yemen, you name it, in this combined area of western iraq and on into syria. of all ofhe nastiest them. secondly, we have already seen oil prices spike. a rack is the second largest exporter of oil. opec esti