they say that it is not legitimate, as a matter of fact, the russian prime minister, dimitri medvedev, had this to say: >> translator: those agreements that are of a binding responsibility character will be fulfilled. we are neighbors, close nations and we cannot voy each other. everything that has been -- avoid each other. strictly speak egg we have no one to negotiate with. the whole array of the governmental actors that now function there raises big doubts. >> those are worrying words for government here. ukrainians were always concerned about russia's actions. they don't want russia meddling in their affairs. first of all that $15 billion bailout that came out in december that is tied to a national gas deal worth another $10 billion and of course in the sous russia's black sea fleet is in sebastopol, that is something that ukrainians have leveraged russia exercising its power over ukraine. >> the political uncertainty in kiev, political protesters stepping in. nick shifrin talked to sell of them about their roles. >> if you want to leave kiev in a hurry, you have to go through the

moscow's prime minister dimitri medvedev said ukraine's internal authorities are the result of our unity. in response the ukrainian the united nations held a press conference in new york and said the change in government was carried out through constitutional means they get these big groan the former speaker of parliament who resigned at the bottom and bipolar inconclusive to two majority connected to a speaker from the position. i'm excited to chino. with eyes that assertion that in ukraine there was a coup. he is the least. upson. law enforcement authorities in ukraine are still searching for ousted president gannett co bench after an award for his arrest was issued on monday over charges of killing eighty two people mainly peaceful protesters in the meantime ukraine's central election commission has already begun its campaign for a snap presidential elections on the twenty fifth. all the audio in it when our table again what else is making headlines around the world with their uni and standing by at the new center the answer what is making headlines. hi guys as that was fine as critic

ousting of yanukovich questioning the legitimacy of the interim leadership russian prime minister dimitri medvedev called the ousting and on the news today. ukraine's un ambassador here is the gay and who supports the country's opposition insists there was none too against ghana coverage the ambassador told a news conference that the asa breed of faith can secretly left his disease and to court and destroy themselves well that's as say what's the situation is like have fun on an amen on the spot them etc iraq and that the joys is from the capital kiev. i welcome runway so just to explain to a simple with just. the i've mentioned this in fact to the story at this particular hour i guess things are changing over time and that the heads of lettuce know exactly what's going on with the formation of a unity government. the deer when i got exhausted just listening to your list as far as but you know what's happening a lot more actually happening here on the ground quite a complicated situation because there is this tug of war of what needs to happen and what people want to see happening but we know she'

today russian prime minister dimitri medvedev told reporters the legitimacy of a whole number of organs of power that function there raises great doubts. "some of our foreign western partners think otherwise. this is some kind of aberration of perception when people call legitimate what is essentially the result of an armed mutiny. we do not understand what is going on there. there is a real threat to our interests and to the lives of our citizens." joining me now are steve clemens, washington editor at large for "the atlantic" and an msnbc contributor and adrian karatnitsky, a senior fellow at the atlantic council. adrian is also a managing partner for the mirandum group, which advises companies looking to enter the ukraine. steve clemens, a lot has happened since we last met on this subject. very fast-moving situation. where do you think it stands now, and can this government that's kind of holding on at the moment continue to hold on with the speaker of the parliament basically in charge? >> well, it's highly fragile. there's no one that can watch the events of really the last 48 hou

prime minister dimitri medvedev urged the ukraine to be tougher so people don't wipe their feet on authoritye tale of two cities. >> mika, let me get in here for a second. >> okay. >> mike barnicle, most of people around the set, and i suppose some people watching are actually too young to remember, but these pictures -- >> yeah. >> -- the fact that we're getting these pictures out of the ukraine, out of ukraine in 2014, stunning. >> oh, my gosh. >> it looks like the cover of "life" pictures from czechoslovakia in 1956 or hungary in 1968. it is unbelievable in this day and age that russia is still trying to exert this type of influence over ukraine, or is suggesting that they shoot and kill even more demonstrators only because they want to be closer to the european style of government and not to putin's tyrannical ways. >> it's stunning. >> does this not look like a time lapse from hungary 1968? >> joe, the pictures and what's been said over the airwaves for the last three, four days, the streaming videos, are horrific. just horrific violence in a very cultured, very civilized place, indepen