putin at the kremlin. >> dmitri trenin dmitri trenin we're speaking to in moscow and oliver bullough in crimea. when we come back, we will also be joined by nicholas clayton, freelance journalist who just came from crimea. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we continue our discussion about the vote in crimea, the overwhelming referendum vote for secession from ukraine to join russia. we're joined in moscow by dmitri trenin, and now we are turning to as well nicholas clayton, who is a freelance journalist just back from crimea and ukraine. he is cover the south caucasus since 2009, contributed a recent piece in usa today called "military tension." you're speaking to us from istanbul. talk about the new leadership in ukraine, and what the response has been. appearsew leadership they're still very much in crisis mode. it is attempting to hold the country together. many of them were not in the government before yanukovych regime. one of the more controversial things that happened recently and with from her

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international is that there the russian prime minister dmitri medvedev the first high level visit to crimea since the referendum where ninety six percent of the population voted to become a part of the russian federation you can continue to watch of the russian prime minister right now at r.t. dot com. the meantime there on the program i mean eons in syria have been sounding the alarm after al-qaeda affiliated rebels seized control of a town predominantly populated by a christian minority al-qaeda flags have been raised right over the armenian churches and armed militants and are said to be patrolling the city of been serious coastal province of latakia after forcing up to two thousand on medians to flee they have been no reports at this point of any casualties so far i read a resident explain was supported by mortar fire from the turkish border reports however have been denied by ankara this is just the latest in a string of attacks by hard line islamists on ethnic and religious minorities in the war torn state. let's get some other global headlines for you in brief time for the r.t

dmitry rogozin, sergey aksyanov and among some in vladimir putin's inner circle.oes that, in theory, put pressure on him in any way? >> it doesn't put pressure on vladimir putin, because the officials are not in the top tier of the russian officials. you see that neither the e.u. or the u.s. sanctions went into vladimir putin's politburo, his ultimate inner circle, which is people like sergei lavrov, the foreign minister or the security aid, the deputy prime minister. it doesn't mean that the u.s. will not change your their mind if russia intergrates crimea into russia. at this time they are going after second tier and parliamentarians, so they are not putting pressure on putin. >> you said if russia goes into crimea, you said it's not a given. russia made sure it has substance to turn back, turning crimea into a situation in 2008, after the russian-georgia war, in which they didn't bring the two regions, they declared independence, and the status quo was maintained. such a situation could take place with crimea, in which russia could recognise the independence, a

there was a treaty signed by president obama and dmitri medvedev. and they signed off on the libyan work. the reset saw some setbacks. after congress passed a law invoking actions over human rights, vladimir putin retaliated with his own law, prohibiting americans adopting children in russia. there was a meeting that was famous for frosty body language. at the g8 summit and others. then the syrian civil war. putin backed bashar al-assad. he does. president obama called for bashar al-assad to go. it was the n.s.a. scandal with edward snowden. president obama considers him a fugive. he was granted refuge in russia. there was a series of public snubs. the nest g20 hosted by vladimir putin. president obama cancelled a bilateral. the two met informally. there was more sniping, decidedly undiplomatic language, president obama compared vladimir putin to a barred kid in the back -- bored kid in the back of the class. >> before the winter olympics antigay russia law was signed by vladimir putin. several openly gay athletes demonstrated. before that the presi

. >> a defiant russian prime minister dmitry medvedev today visit ittime. visited.kraine officials call the russians occupiers about the prime minister dmitry medvedev says moscow already had some big plans for crimea, and the people there. plus there's word that russia is pulling some troops from in the ukrainian border. is that true? all coming up next on "shepard smith reporting." to manage your money. that's not much, you think except it's 2 rcent every year. does that make a difference? search "cost of financial advisors" ouch! over time it really adds up. then go to e*trade and find out how much our advice costs. over tispoiler alert.dds up. it's low. really? yes, really. e*trade offers investmen advice and guidance from dedicated professional financial consultants. it's guidance on your terms not ours that's how our system works. e*trade. less for us, more for you. but with less ergy, moodiness, i had to do something. i saw mdoctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. we talked about axiron the onlynderarm low t treaent that can restore t ve

far as we understand both russian and for and this is what we heard from russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev who ease in crimea's capital simferopol today this region is not very attractive economically these days and of course this move this decision is expected to help boost the regional economy which of it has come here to discuss the economic development the broader the integration of this new region into russia's political social economic cultural law if today this is the main concern of not only crimea years or russian authorities but also of local residents of the drives visit is a very significant one because the prime minister is the first russian high ranking official to visit. and after historic referendum to exit go here that made these peace all fled and part of the russian federation but we expect more visits like this one to come. the momentum of ukraine's new nazi movement ahead of may's presidential election is now at last causing concern abroad after first being accused of remaining silent about the actions of the right sector western nations are now seeking to con

far as we understand both russian and foreign this is what we heard from russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev who is in crimea as capital seem to operate today this region is not very attractive economically these days and of course this move this decision is expected to help boost the regional economy too much of it has come here to discuss the economic development the broader the integration of this new region into russia's political social economic cultural life because today this is the main concern of not only crimea is or russian authorities but also of local residents of the drives visit is a very significant one because the prime minister is the first russian high ranking official to visit. after historic referendum to exit go here but make these piece of flesh and part of the russian federation but we expect more business like this one to come. nato secretary general says the organization will looks to continue its expansion to the east taking in balkan states and georgia and as her rasmussen also said the alliance needs greater partnership with ukraine but writer and journa

dmitry gorenburg of harvard university. we have time for discussion. i invite questions. please keep them brief. please identify yourself. right there. >> hi i'm from georgetown university. a question for mr. gorenburg. do you think that the current actions will have some impact in the future years defense programs or defense budget for fiscal year 2016? thanks. >> for the u.s.? >> yeah, for the u.s., yeah. >> you want to do it or -- >> so i'm sure it will. i don't, i don't know how. i'm not, i'm not a u.s. defense expert. i know that there are certainly people in the pentagon and at the various regional that are thinking about russia, that haven't been thinking about russia for a while. so i'm sure that will translate into force structure and where in planning and so forth. it is far to early to tell, you know. there are certainly no numbers anywhere yet so. >> is the mic on? >> my name is leo. vice president of george washington university and also a ukrainian-american. i want to first of all compliment the panel. this is really very impressive and formidable panel and

the prime minister dmitry medded ef posted that they'd try to get back money for renting the naval base doubt ukraine will not pay. kiev will see it as adding insult to injury. >> ukrainian officers say 1,000 people have left the peninsula through march. there has been heavy traffic in recent weeks. pro-russian forces began to take over key government and military buildings in late february. >> translation: around 3,000 vehicles and people go through this checkpoint. from march 4th to the 21st, 9,000 refugees arrived. >> the head of the border guards billeted a position. the task was to stop prove okay tours from russia from entering ukraine. they are wary of russian assurances of military exercises near the border. >> the russians stated that they are intending military exercises. given the past practice, and the gap between what they have said and done, we are watching it with skepticism. >> nick spicer joins us from crimea's cap tam, simferepol. how tense are things on the border post where ukrainian staff are tasked with stopping russian prove okay tours. >> there has been tension f

. -- dmitry addresses the crowd, saying "all hail to the ukrainian heroes. the hated president has fallen." the protesters who emerged victorious on independence square come from many different backgrounds. >> we, the right sector, call upon all the people here to continue the fight against the regime and oppression. glory to ukraine. >> many ukrainians are listening. the troop of a few hundred men are active fighters in the protest movement. they see themselves as it's real defenders, at the forefront during the nights of violent street clashes. the longer president viktor yanukovych clung to power, the more violent the men got. they would not even answer to the opposition leader. the right sector is not a party but an alliance of far right and nationalist groups. they brought arms, ammunition, and paramilitary training to the street battles. on the internet, the right sector style themselves as the spearhead of the protest movement. they invoke the ukrainian nationalist tradition and to announce both russian domination and western patronization and decaden

russian prime minister dmitry medvedev visited newly annexed crimea with promises of economic aid. we'll get more from margaret warner, who's just back from ukraine, later in the program. the government of france has resigned after the ruling socialists took a drubbing in municipal elections. sunday's results showed deep dissatisfaction with president francois hollande and his handling of the economy. instead, voters turned to conservative and anti-immigrant parties. this evening, in a televised address, hollande named a new prime minister, and acknowledged public discontent. >> not enough jobs, too much unemployment, social justice needs to be improved. still too much uncertainty over our capacity as a country, despite our many assets. >> woodruff: the socialists held on to >> ifill: the socialists did hold on to city hall in paris, which elected its first woman mayor. former israeli prime minister ehud olmert has been convicted of taking bribes when he was mayor of jerusalem. the announcement came in a tel aviv court. it followed a sweeping corruption probe that forced olmert fro

and we also know that this morning, vice president biden called russian prime minister dmitry medvedevwhite house has put out detail on it. we have pressed them for more, especially russia's stance during that call, because we already know that president obama's call with president putin over the weekend seemed to have gone nowhere. the white house said, really, there were three points raised. urging russia to pull out troops, allow for the mehdi deployment of international monitors, a reason that putin has given for sending troops into crimea, to protect russian people there, and their interests. and the third point was to start a meaningful political dialogue with this new government in ukraine, which they have said, which ukraine has said, it is more than willing to do. so now it's -- we see these steps, we hear the warnings, actions are taken, not only by the u.s., but in a coordinated effort with other western nations. but any movement such as the call between german chancellor angela merkel and putin over the weekend, after which germany announced that putin accepted their propos

but things could escalate, dmitri is right. if moscow is worried that this new government in kiev would revisit the lease agreement with russia whereby it is there until 2042 for the fleet, that would be a serious prove vacation-- provocation. they probably won't do that. but everything is, at the moment, quite unpredictable. >> brown: and what do you make of this international mediation mission that-- raised. >> it would be very, clearly the only long-term solution is for everyone to work together. the united states, russia, the european union and ukrainians. on the economic level and today mr. putin is saying that russia is willing to work with the imf there. but on the political level too. i wonder whether it's too early to do that now. but i guess the immediate task is to de-escalate the possibility of military conflict. >> brown: of course as we heard, the russians immediately said the mediation isn't necessary. >> because an international mediation was european union, in key eve-- kiev. and yanukovych made concession unde

kiev, and to tell you that the prime minister here talked to his counter parts in russia, you know, dmitry medvedev who is the russian prime minister assured him that no military action is going to take place so far, and i don't know how much reassurance that is for the government here, but their military is on high alert, and also in the crimea, there is a tense stand off between russian forces and border patrol forces of the ukraine, and the naval chief talked to his counterpart in russia and they were able to deescalate that, but it goes to show how the tension is rising right now, and the importance for the west to e find a diplomatic solution before there is any outbreak of violence, jim. >> well, thank you very much to ian lee, and a reminder to the view thaers the music that you are hearing in the background the protests that we have been covering in the past few weeks, they are going on and you have the protesters in the squares singing and giving the speeches and holding the russians and their own government to account. than you, ian lee in kiev. >>> a short time ago russia's pres

what jumps out at me first and foremost is dmitri ragosen the deputy prime minister of russia. there is no direct comparison because russia has a parliamentary system and we have a presidential one, so it's not exactly the same, but in you i have len to hitting sanctions on 9 speaker of the house. this is no joke. these are individuals who have an awful lot of power. have an awful lot of influence on vladimir putin. the state department and white house clearly have formulated this list with clear intentions of hitting russian and hitting with sanctions that are close to home. this is something that is going to hit some very powerful people both in the public sector and private sector of russia. it is a clear indication that the e.u. and white house have been liasing on this because there was concern from the e.u. hitting at sanctions of industries. germany is concerned about that because they have very strong ties when it comes to industry. but what will be interesting to see is how the russians reciprocate. they cannot hit individuals like the west has because of course if i'm

. >>> now, russian prime minister dmitry medvedev arrived in crimea this morning. the highest level of rushl officials who visited crimea earlier this month. meanwhile a meeting between secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister failed to de-escalate the crisis in ukraine. kerry and sergey lavrov met yesterday. unless ukrainian government is consulted. >> we will not accept a path forward where the legitimate government of ukraine is not at the table. this principle is clear. no decisions about ukraine without ukraine. >> kerry also said the russian troop buildup creates a climate of fear and intimidation and calls for an immediate pullback. >>> well, the death toll from the washington state mudslide is at least 25. 30 others are missing. search cruise having to deal with treacherous conditions should get a break today with dry weather forecasts, but many of the search dogs used in the search for the victims will begin a two-day break. the dogs lose their sensing ability if overworked in the ra rain and cold. omar villafranca has more on the search.

agriculture minister and deputy prime minister the reit sector is entering the political arena as well dmitri young russian announcing his candidacy for president in the forthcoming election. the target of his double the tax is most of it i asked the people of crimea to do everything in their power to oust lot of barefoot and dictatorial regime. new fronts must be open in the battle for our nation's freedom. a mass protest movement and he has achieved its aim at a high price in human life. now the far right side it's on to monday and it causes the spoils. shah steps of the high and they seem to be no limits to what people out there had to do when they try out new extreme sports and recreational athletes are also taking more and more risks day and night. will the entrance italian alps is the highest mountain in west india. it has been attempting months and is from oregon and since the eighteenth century and thousands of people are killed the eta trying to climb the mountain. it is very popular and attacks the rising number of adult athletes. we met some proceedings here by knights to reach the

caps seemed to have it in hand until this crazy penalty by dmitry orlov. some call it done.come back to tie it. then in overtime they say let's go home. gut punch loss for them, much more coming up on game on overtime. >>> the season long struggle, also talking about this, maryland terrapins, the struggle that has been their season continuing today in clemson, south carolina. once again, guys, they almost got it done, almost. it went to double overtime where the tigers made the big buckets. we'll dive deeper into this coming up, also the rest of the day in college basketball. >> some baseball, also, the nats unveiling their shiny new pitch they are afternoon, 6' 8 doug fister, solid spring debut and nats continuing to look impressive in exhibition games. matt williams and company go to 3-0 thanks in part to a little power by one of their veterans as we talk nats coming up on game on overtime. >> there is more to training than just coming in and lifting weights and jumping around and having fun, doing getting a sweat. there's more to it especially for those athletes who want

slavic state does are ready to re join the russian a customs union a pet project of russian president dmitri a team intended to avoid elements to save the union. whether the shooter recently trip to seoul as most is an extension of crimean war when he acknowledged the strategic oxycontin to live is now a defective heart of russia presidential elections scheduled for twenty fifteen and veterans. ever since new leadership took charge in ukraine last month the obama administration has expressed its support and optimism for the direction ukraine is thinking that support has continued as the american under secretary of state for political affairs when teacher and traveled to ukraine's industrial heartland the eastern city of the new corporate office in a show of solidarity and support for igor only ski the newly appointed governor of the deep corporate robust regional state administration igor cool moist cake is one of ukraine's most prominent jewish leaders often better known as a billionaire businessman oranges porch indian airlines banking and media. he was appointed earlier this month but the

thank you, dmitri. >> forget russia. the president focused on selling health care to

deputy prime minister dmitry rogozin, one of those sanctions tweeted, "i think some prankster prepared the draft of this act of the u.s. president." white house spokesman jay carney begged to differ. a lot of people who were sanctioned don't have any assets in the u.s. so-- >> or say they don't. >> reporter: or say they don't. so, how do these bite? >> bill, what i can tell you is the actions taken against 11 individuals were part of a process that will continue, and the costs have been real, and they will increase. >> reporter: could russian president putin be a target of the next round of sanctions? administration officials don't rule it out, but admit it's not likely given that the u.s. has to deal with russia on many issues, including iran and syria. scott, the white house concedes that the russians' sanctions, so far, are not in the top tier of that nation's super rich and most influential. and it also knows that the prospect of tougher sanctions makes american companies who do business in russia very nervous. >> pelley: and the very latest on all of this on "cbs this morning" tom

sea as well yesterday in new york ukraine's prime minister of spaniards who knew condemned russia's dmitry aggression the security council that he didn't leave for moscow want it to a conflict is we have to say. this aggression has no reason. and no grounds this is absolutely and entirely unacceptable. and the twenty first century drizzle any kind of conflict we stinks. artillery and bolt on to grow. the new ukrainian prime minister that the demented has so far refused to recognize as ukraine's new year. tensions between rival camps inside the country are rising in eastern ukraine. that more than a dozen people wounded after pro russian and european demonstrations last this is for the next post reports that in the country sometimes. through all the pk and improvements. in other news this it's been amazing malaysian airlines flights and hb seventeen spread west to the engine mentioned this as result of the white house described as new information several sources have suggested the radar tracking and its associated to the play was in fact the neighborhood in northwest from quantum four. towa

was extended to two thousand and forty two the agreement was struck between and russian president dmitri medvedev and ukrainian list and the tmi candidates democrat which agreed to the deal in exchange for cheaper gas and russian investment in the region to reopen the debate about ukraine's independence and the dangers of such a close relationship with the soul sucking monster. i the rashid to buy dollars after the government eased two year ban on the purchase of foreign currency. they say it's the only way to protect their savings from a two digit annual inflation and recent evaluations. but where did they hide their mind beyond the first likud took two weeks to get to the war is an icon in argentina with the government has stamped her face on the one who did this appeal. when it comes to mind the argentines prefer benjamin franklin. welcome to attend it this weekend you know you don't believe the argentine is what i've got to see grief huge and daughter which is the only thing the trust in the gobi two years ago the government imposed harsh restrictions on the purchase of hard currency

yatsenyuk had just talked to the russian prime minister dmitry medved medvedev.on the table. so clearly a war of nerves, muscle flexing still going on, yes, he was very brave, yet yatsenyuk saying we will defend ourselves and this could be the beginning of a war but you only have to look at what he did back in 2008 to know that this is a nonstarter, that for the ukrainians it would be completely and utterly catastrophic. clearly what's necessary right now and the u.n., the u.s., clearly here in britain, the russian authorities, the russian ambassador and nato trying to figure out how best to deal with this, but diplomacy is what everybody hopes will persuade the russians that a, that -- that it would only cause pain to russia and there are many levers the west can pull, including trade, commercial and other such ties that could negatively affect russia, it's currency and it's standing in the world. >> a lot of people have tweeted to me, christianne, and have sent me e-mails saying that international law is not necessarily something high on the priority list for t

now the hero again the coal mine these self defense forces between the ukrainian dmitri stationed on the select close to join. he was declared blog a blog where it is to ration of everyone to post it here against nazism. the acronym notes re listen to us. many of them have consciously sworn an oath to land near the on sunday. the chief of ukraine's the evil forces that point it is today. by the end to government in kiev his allegiance to the crimean people. while in central ukraine. members of one special forces apparently refuse to carry out orders from kiev to attack crimean self defense units. if they refuse because we are one country and one nation. who do these new rulers think they are. and the locals it looks increasingly like the home front as they get unfolds trying to help they need weeding can. for now they're preparing for war would that be do not want to love hunting for peace that the team. married to a county from crimea ukraine. adeline for you right now the us government may require phone companies to spot and americans. they don't want to pay too much for your servi

notorious leader of ukraine's neo nazi movement of the right to run for the country's presidency by dmitri being wanted the inciting terror attacks and he's now also seeking to on his right sector group as artie's people all of our reports from keith. to me today yoshi is the leader of the group right sector you can't really move around the central part of kiev right now without seeing somebody bearing the insignia of his organization in some circles they're called neo nazis they are certainly far right they're certainly olten ultra nationalist the amount of self who is putting yourself forward for president dmitri i know he is the the subject of an international warrant that was issued by russia on the charges of inciting terror attacks and extremist actions now we're also hearing from the inside the security services here in ukraine that right sector of put forward demands suggesting they must have access to arms and military hardware if they don't receive those weapons and hardware well perhaps they could try and influence the government elsewhere in order to try and obtain them now the

dmitry from san diego. where does it stand now?store open for business or closed down some what is the current state? >> as of now we worked through the weekend. myself and my employees put in a lot of work this weekend toting back up and operational. we started shipping out orders as of monday. both retail locations are open for business and operating on pen an paperer for the time being until we can get computers back from our unwanted desk who stopped by for tea on sunday. >> didn't look like they were drinking tea by the video. what exactly happened? were you at the store? >> i was at a meeting when the raid began. i got a call what was going on and headed to the shipping and receiving, which is where the product in question was housed. before it was celebrated. actually knew it was separated prosecute everywhere else we had, but chose to do a raid on all the buildings instead of coming to the area they wanted. >> now you had some idea this might happen, which motivated you to get a temporary restraining order against the agenc

and the big prize, dmitri. now here the serge y aksyonov. and the speaker of the crimean parliament, vladimir konstantinov, and thin this man, viktor yanukovych, who called on president putin to bring in forces into the ukraine, and that's exactly what he did. now head one of the biggest countries in the world. >> thank you. crimea made a formal request to become part of russia. nick schifrin is in crimea. he is in the capitol city for us. nick, before we talk about crimea, tell us more about president putins most referendum moves here. >> this is president putin declaring crimea an independent state which paves a way for crimea to become part of russia. and going one step further saying, a pathological unwillingness to acknowledge reality, and that reality is the crimean parliament no matter who thinks or what you think of it, whether it's fair or legal, that vote has passed. the parliament here declaring themselves an independent state. they said they'll adopt the russian rubble. move to moscow, ukrainian banks will leave or have to leave

dmitri, thank you very much. >>> time for sport now. >> thank you very much.some of the world's most popular athletes have been celebrated at the sports award in malaysia. >> missy franklin took the woman of the world award. she is the youngest recipient of that award. sebastian vettel was named sportsman of the year. rafael nadal, vettel had lots of plays for. >> you could name all of them. it depends on the sport. you could pick cristiano ronaldo, i think he's the best football player we have on the planet, very committed, works very hard obviously from what i understand. i'm not inside real madrid, and to be able to judge how he is, from what i understand, from what i see people around rafael nadal, i've known rafael for quite awhile now. he is a very good guy, and yeah, very passionate and very committed sportsman tennis player. again, probably one of the best around currently the best that we have. >> bayern munich were named world team of the year but they were absent of that ceremony. successfully securing their bundesliga title. >> if ever there was a

our final speaker will be doctor, dmitry gore renburg. also an associate at harvard university's davis center. >> thanks, cory. i'm going to, my main expertise is in, on in the military so i'm going to start at least talking a little bit about the russian military operation. and expand a little bit on couple of things that he touched on the why now aspect why putin did this. and talk about some of the u.s. policy and response and some of the policy implications where this might be going. so as far as, as far as the military operation we have to remember one key fact that makes crimea very different from the rest of ukraine and most of the rest of the former soviet union, which is there is relatively large contingent of russian troops based there, by treaty, by agreement, long before any of these events happened. it was about, the normal contingent that were there around 14,000 to primarily navy personnel but that included some naval infantry, some naval aviation. so a wide range. so when the, when the operation began, on, or about februar

armstrong weapons to goes to really arrest most recently the group's leader presidential hopeful dmitry jarosz was seen getting around town in a luxury armored van that used to belong to ousted president unocal which is son the right sector confirmed the seizure with a comment quote do you want us to buy cars during a revolution but until now these actions have gone by unnoticed or ignored by the west some experts believe the timing of the sudden change of heart can be easily explained when it was misty on a covert she was in the european union didn't like him and so it supported the protests and in fact denied at that time that there was any real violence on the part of the protesters at all it allege that all the violence came from the police and from the security forces which i think people who were observing what was happening found incredible now when the government is a pro european government these forces have suddenly become a matter of concern brussels may be removing the roles colored glasses now but it may be. late to hold back the main force behind the bloody coup that overt

and the news just in here on r t the leader of ukraine's nationalist group right sector dmitry yarosh has threatened to blow up a gas pipe that goes from russia to europe through ukrainian territory he says such a measure is quite possible in case there are russian boots in ukraine to be our shoes the tories for his anti russian rhetoric earlier announced he's running for president of ukraine the far right group he's heading became a tourist for its violent guerrilla tactics rob unrest in ukraine and its threats against non ukrainians living in the country. because you know you. no one tells us when to bear arms and when not to you wasn't you'll give them to us and you won't take them away well those clips including the group's promotional video are circulating online the right sector may not be the biggest faction within the former opposition but it was at the forefront of the uprising its man stormed and torched government buildings and attacks on armed police squads they also consistently rejected the concessions offered by the end of college administration when i was trying in vai

host: are you from russia dmitry?aller: i am from that region belarus, and i listen to this program and currently am disappointed because nobody wants to listen to the people from that region, and the majority of people are actually scared of this new government because nobody elected the government, and the majority of people -- it is random, the democratic alal way for people to say what they want. this new government was not elected the democratic way. and if you look there, independence square, people were there because they are not believing this new government. my question is -- why is the united states supporting the wrong side? host: thank you, dmitry. guest: well, you have the revolution in ukraine. after mr. yanukovych did not sign an agreement with the european union, and instead was quantitate a $15 billion loan from russia and move closer to russia, hundreds of thousands of people went out in the streets and this went on and on, and so eventually -- violence was used, 100 people died by all accounts. so t

there were more today from vice president biden and the russian prime minister, dmitry medvedev.they spoke on the phone. go to michelle at the white house. what can you tell us about this discussion between the vice president and the russian number two? >> reporter: we just got a summary from the administration. we haven't had a chance to press them for more. it covers three points that the vice president urge russia to pull back troops and allow for the immediate deployment of international monitors in ukraine where the administration and others have been calling for now for days and to start a meaningful political discussion with ukraine. the new ukrainian government says it is more than willing to do. what the russian response on this call was, what their attitude has been, that's what we are waiting to find out. yesterday, there was a call, a press call with senior administration officials where they were talking about that phone call between president obama and vladimir putin. it was asked repeatedly, how did russia respond to the president's urge can. putin insisted he had

marina joshie and our top story this hour the leader of ukraine's older nationalist group right sector dmitry jarosz has threatened to blow up a gas pipeline running from russia to europe through ukrainian territory he says this will happen if russian troops and to ukraine yars is running for president and the group he leads has become a tourist for its violent guerrilla tactics throughout the unrest in the country and its threats against nani craniums living there. oh yeah. which is good what do you people think what you like just left or right no one tells us when to bear arms and when not to it was a huge give them to us and you won't take them away one of those clips including the group's promotional video are circulating online the right sector may not be the biggest faction within the former opposition but it was at the forefront of the uprising its members stormed into wards government buildings and attacked on armed police squads they also consistently rejected the concessions offered by the un a college administration when it was trying in vain to call the end rats and now the right

olten ultra nationalist no himself the amount of self who is putting himself forward for president dmitri know he is the the subject of an international and international warrant that was issued by russia on the charges of inciting terror and attacks inciting terror attacks and extremist actions now we're also hearing from the inside the security services here in ukraine that right sector of put forward demands suggesting they must have access to arms and military hardware now they are already in very very disciplined very allchin i used to platoons the patrols around the center of kiev it seems that they're trying to make sure that those platoons can actually have legitimate weapons as it stands at the moment i've only seen one or two perhaps that have been carrying actual guns most of them only armed with with clubs and even the occasional golf club now. so that's what information is coming out from today that if. right sector of asked for actual weapons and hardware to be given access to those things also perhaps a an ultimatum in the works there they are very much in charge of this pa

devils if you will that we have seen before and so it's really no surprise that in this situation that dmitri euro show again who is not only the right sector leader and in control of the paramilitaries that are basically in control of the streets of kiev at this moment but now he has yes been given a position on the. security and defense council as the deputy within this regime and russia can only regard this as a national security threat and that call to arms then could become a reality where he is that she called for this chechen separatist leaders help well it's not outside of the realm of possibility that we would see a response from them and some small terrorist attacks but lately with regards to sochi and the possible threat from their russian intelligence and security services have cracked down quite a bit and probably reduced a great deal of their capability but i think it's more indicative of is the extremist element and the nature of this push regime that is incredible here that is why people are so frightened in crimea and eastern ukraine that far right element within the new gove

devils if you will that we have seen before and so it's really no surprise that in this situation that dmitri euro show again who is not only the right sector leader and in control of the paramilitaries that are basically in control of the streets of kiev at this moment but now he has yes been given a position on the. security and defense council as the deputy within this regime and russia can only regard this as a national security threat. the upper house of the russian parliament wants the country's ambassador to be recalled from the u.s. because of president obama's aggressive rhetoric moscow also urged the international community to put pressure on radical groups in ukraine at a meeting of the united nations security council or he's going to take on reports would russia brings to the un is the message that those who through force took power in kiev should not count on using force against people in crimea and other parts of ukraine that had no say in the power grab as my dog the russian envoy to the u.n. called on kiev and those who have influence on key have to bring the situation in the

on tuesday, dmitry jones goody celebrated her mother's release after more than 30 years.bitter or angry. i'm just grateful at the fact she has been released and that she is given a chance to come home. >> and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. widespread outrage continues to grow after the largest mass sentencing in modern egyptian history. human rights groups, the united states, and the european union have denounced egyptian court's 529nt decision to sentence supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi to death. the convictions followed a trial that lasted just over two days, with the majority of the accused tried in absentia for their alleged role in killing a single police officer last summer. mass trial has opened involving 683 people, including top muslim brotherhood leader mohammed badie. denouncey, marie harf the trials. imposing the death penalty on 529 defendants after a t

and deputy prime minister dmitry rogozin tweeted: i think the decree of the president of the united states was written by some joker. >> sreenivasan: the russian foreign ministry called for ukraine to hand over more power to its provinces, and declare itself neutral. in kiev, the ukrainian defense minister insisted his country won't back down. >> ( translated ): one thing i want to say: crimea was, is and will be our ukrainian territory. and our military will stay there and we will fix this question. i think the whole world supports us and we will fix this question in a peaceful and diplomatic way. but in any case our defense forces are ready to execute an order. >> sreenivasan: to that end, ukraine's parliament authorized mobilization of 40,000 reservists, to counter what it calls blatant aggression by russia. meanwhile, president putin will address the russian parliament tomorrow, on annexing crimea. and vice president joe biden heads to europe tonight for talks with n.a.t.o. allies. >> woodruff: we'll get a look from inside crimea, with chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warne

dmitry medvedev promoted other plans for the couldn't interest i. >>> back to our top story. there was such promise over the weekend as crews spotted debris in the new search zone. here we are, monday. seemingly no closer to any answers. the size and hostility of the ocean and the speed of time proving to be pretty huge obstacles. >> we want to bring in cnn aviation analysts and former transportation department mary schiavo and aviation correspondent. dr. bob arnot. we did get in information. we are now being told the last words were not all right, good night. the last words were good night, malaysian 370. they are slightly different than what we thought. mary, i am wondering, if that language is consistent with what you normally hear from a cockpit in air traffic control? >> yes, it is. that language. you usually end with your identification. you give your airline and flight number. that's as normal as it could be. when they released a kratranscr, it was doubled translated. the whole transcript, the piecings and parts that were released, it was very consistent. the air traff

prime minister dmitry medvedev chaired a meeting on providing economic help to crimea. >> ( translatedthe top priority task is to set up a system of governing the new territories. in crimea, they have their own bodies of government and it is necessary to reformat them to match russian standards within the shortest possible time. >> reporter: back in crimea, school children returned from spring break to salute a new flag and anthem. and people started counting their money in russian roubles. >> ifill: i spoke to margaret in kiev a short time ago. margaret, it's good to see you again. you have been traveling to southeastern ukraine, to crime. i can't tonight you're in kiev in the maidan, looks like. how are people reacting there to what we saw come out of the hague today with strong tough words for putin? >> the official level, we met with the economy minister today. they're very grateful for economic assistance and the threat of sanctions against putin, but i have to say from the general public there was really a feel that what the u.s. and west are doing is grossly insufficient, the id

at all right now dmitri orloff of course you came to prominence with your essays collapse gap in the follow up to that essay talking about how basically the arms race between america and soviet union has bankrupted both countries with the soviet union going bust first and the us is kind of going through a slow motion collapse over the past twenty years what can we glean from this current you can crisis that would relate to the collapse gap theory how do you fit it into your paradigm well on the one hand this is an ongoing set of rolling collapses basically to keep the core that western economic core from collapsing it's important to continue destroying countries so we destroyed iraq we destroyed libya we destroyed syria and now are destroying ukraine and that thing is that basically whenever we destroy a country the result is massive wealth destruction that occurs somewhere other than in the economic heartland allowing the economic argument to continue to exist at some point we will run out of countries to destroy or they will turn out to be too difficult to destroy. so that's that's

past few days or so, there has actually been a telephone conversation between prime minister and dmitryv. he made the point it was unacceptable what russia had done and called on it to tackle the crisis with diplomacy. at the same time, the prime minister made it quite clear to me that there would be consequences. there are other options, should diplomacy fail. take a listen. >> we have just two options on the table. the first one is a political option. another one is military. i believe that the right one is to use all diplomatic and political tools to tackle the crisis. and to stop the invasion. >> reporter: are you saying that if diplomacy fails, the possibility of war with russia is still on the table as far as you're concerned? >> i do not support any kind of military force or military actions. as for me, this is the way to nowhere. >> reporter: well, one of the things the u.s. secretary of state wants, direct talks between ukraine and russia. at the moment, though, it's the kremlin that's not playing ball, ashleigh. >> all right. we'll continue to watch. an excellent job securing