trying to make friendly with dmitry medvedev. and the debate with romney, where he dismissed russia. >> it wasn't the largest threat. trying to work with dmitry medvedev was positive. it was a realisation that there are fundamental differences with russia. a big mistake from a former bush administration official was not trying to create a new security architecture in europe that was no longer nato and included russia. the three pillars would be europe, a unified europe, the u.s. and russia, moving past the cold war. that didn't happen under george w. bush, or barack obama, and we find ourselves with the very polarized situation, and i think an opportunity was missed in the '90s, maybe in 2001, and now it's a dangerous situation. i mean, russia sees n.a.t.o. as an envy, acting in questionable ways. people are nervous about what will be done. >> a final question, has vladimir putin made the u.s. final worse. >> he has. these are false statements. it looks like these are russian troops in eastern ukraine. creating instability. vladi

who do you think is right, dmitry medvedev, tore oleksandr turchynov. >> well, i think at the moment all of the unrest is in the east of you grain. the rest of ukraine is quiet. this is a localized unrest. it's very dangerous, it's potentially decentralizing. we are not out of civil war, we are at a series of conflict, localized. will the groups and individuals that have been instigating violence and take over of the local administrations, will they back down. or are they going to provoke a greater use of violence. that could be dangerous. vladimir putin spoke to u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon, and he wants the u.n. to issue a clear condemnation is to take control of the eastern provinces, recalling the actions of the ukrainian forces anti-constitutional. he said that is making things worse. putting it bluntly, what is vladimir putin smoking. you crane is a sovereign state. how can we contemplate a country defending its territory. >> exactly, there's a lot of things that have been said during the crisis where you have to scratch your head and wonder what planet you are on. in thi

she's the authority of: ea. >> good to be back on the show. >> russian prime minister dmitry medvedev said on facebook: >> didn't ukrainian forces have to go into eastern ukraine after pro-russian advocators ignored deadlines and if anything increased aggression. >> yes, there has been a sustained process of a destabilization of eastern ukraine. different groups, unknown groups going into local administrations, town halls, police stations taking them over, and the destabilization was spreading. one can ask why the ukrainian forces waited so long. clearly they have to retake control over their country, and ukraine's active president saying on tuesday while ukraine was facing a danger, there'll be no civil war. who do you think is right, turchynov. >> well, i think at the moment all of the unrest is in the east of you grain. the rest of ukraine is quiet. this is a localized unrest. it's very dangerous, it's potentially decentralizing. we are not out of civil war, we are at a series of conflict, localized. will the groups and individuals that have been instigating violence and take over

what do you make of the foreign minister of russia dmitry medvedev, and they have talked long and hard see? >> it is a lot of hot air. putin has the leverage at the border, and when you saw medvedev going to crimea today, he is tauklking about handing o the good dis and make it worth crimea's while, and forgive some debt, and make loans to them, and give them cheap energy in contrast to what they are going to do with the rest of ukraine. >> and meanwhile, it is status quo. the russians have pulled back one battalion about 1,000 troops. >> yeah. >> and by the way, some have estimated 60,000 to 80,000 troops. and let me ask you this, aren't you surprised that we don't have a better count of the russian tro troops on the eastern border of the ukraine? one number varies to the next, and hopefully that is us disguising our sophisticated intelligence and assessment rather than not knowing. >> the numbers are all over. some say 30,000, and some say 80,000. >> hopefully more news media than intelligence. >> i am not sure what intelligence is put into this, because we are certainly not acting v

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

that message was early in the day reinforced by the prime minister dmitry medvedev. those warnings are seen outside - certainly outside russia as more than slightly disingenuous because russia is seen as the prime mover in presenting and pushing the violence in the eastern - in the eastern ukraine. kiev had a very difficult, agonising decision. what basically to do in the face of it. do they move resolutely against the pro-russian backed separatists in the east of the country, risking blooded shed and risking, of course, a major incursion by more than 40,000 russian troops that are still on the border. or do they do nothing. dithering, and watching parts of eastern ukraine sliding out of their control. it was a difficult decision for the president to commit to the so-called all-out anti-terrorist operation. >> at this time, of course, it's a time of huge volatility. talks are scheduled for thursday. 4-way talks including the u.s., russia, e.u. and ukraine. how much significance is attached to these. ? >> well, it's the only show in town, really, but it will be uphill

prime minister dmitry medvedev flew in to the central city of simferopol. it was his first visit since russia annexed the region. medvedev and members of his cabinet met with crimean lawmakers and other officials to discuss plans for economic development. medvedev said russian officials will make crimea a special economic zone. they'll offer a tax breaks for corporations and build up the infrastructure. that includes building a road and railway bridge to the peninsula. and the prime minister reminded residents of their pension payments will rise to match those paid to russians. in moscow, president vladimir putin signed a decree creating a ministry for crimean affairs. at the same time, russian leaders have taken steps to ease the standoff in the region. russian commanders say they're pulling some of their troops from areas near ukraine's border. >> translator: the battalion of the motorized infantry brigade of the central military district has completed a field exercise, and is commencing its march back to the base. >> putin phoned german chancellor angela

political parties and local governments of the two countries russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev and a delegation of cabinet ministers made a surprise visit to crimea on monday the dead promise local official that russia will quickly pour funds into the peninsula. i declined his entry into the russian federation. he uses it as a nation to join the rush of wind caught me and people supposed to pull close and lose anything. the most only make gangs. this is exactly what people expect from us to create conditions for calm and respectable life confidence and moral the feeling of being part of an all adorable strong country. when last meet his expectations. the fundamental decision has been taken to increase pensions in crimea to the average russian level with the help of the special additional payment. this approach has been agreed by me is the president of russia medvedev said the government would create a special economic zone in crimea peninsula of two million people that would create incentives for businesses with more taxes and simple rules he said pensions and salaries would be

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and yet at the same time the russian prime minister dmitry medvedev paid a visit to the recently annexed region of crimea monday. medvedev said moscow would seem to inject funds into the region to give residents a positive view of the russian takeover of the ukrainian government is furious about that surprise is that it says an official trip to another country's territory without prior agreement announced to a crude and violence. his captain. pulling back troops the reaffirming its hold on crimea. london yesterday informed the german chancellor angela merkel by phone. he's taking a stand back from ukrainian border. a partial withdrawal of troops and there was cautiously welcomed by the us have been reports of. possible the dems as much a moderate forces from where we haven't seen that yet but if they turn out to be accurate that would be a good thing however ukrainian officials stress the movement could be cute to troop rotations. some border locations they are taking away true. in others they are coming closer. such action causes concern especially since right now we don't have a clear

. >> on his facebook page and twitter, dmitry medvedev had this omnant comment: >> words repeated by russian president vladimir putin in a phone conversation with germany's angela merkel. taking strain to russia's troubled relationship with the u.s., a call between presidents president obama and vladimir putin achieved little besides traded blame days after a russian fighter buzzed a u.s. warship in the black sea, an incident called provocative. >> the message is "we see you, we don't like you in the backyard and prefer you leave." back at the barricades pro-russian militants and act leave. >> translation: people will stand to the end. there's no army in ukraine that will leave. these are normal people who do not get paid to be here. >> the former u.s. ambassador to n.a.t.o. joins us now. you hear the statements from the russians. ukraine is on the brink of civil war. what is that indicating to you about russia's intentions? >> that indicates to me that russia intends to continue to use military force. this is not civil war, it's a russian confrontation. armed groups that russia is o

today, russian prime minister dmitry medvedev warned moscow will not let the sanctions go unchallenged >> ( translated ): we will show our teeth if it is necessary and within the law, we will appeal to courts and other institutions, including the w.t.o. dispute settlement body. the economy is global, but companies have to operate by conditions of competition and not by the politically-motivated economic war. >> ifill: the prime minister added that his country could counter sanctions by shifting its exports to asian markets. meanwhile, in washington, pentagon spokesman john kirby announced 600 u.s. troops are being deployed for exercises in four eastern european and baltic n.a.t.o. states. >> since russia's aggression in ukraine, we've been constantly looking at ways to reassure our allies and partners. >> ifill: and this morning, the guided missile frigate u.s.s. taylor, made its way through the bosphorus straits on its way into the black sea, which touches the coastlines of ukraine, russia and crimea. >> woodruff: their name means "western education is sin" and in the past week they'v

i do you're dead dmitri medvedev talking about what to do west should be doing at this point. first on this issue of of pulling strings are not pulling strings it was. i make an accusation by the way to be the back bench that was echoed on tuesday by the uk foreign secretary saying that moscow is form into trouble in the east of ukraine. on a human child is disappointing in addition somehow eighteen percent of generation debt. some need in the middle school teacher during my protests aimed at applebee's protest on the genuine reform and by the west. the segway into the ministry to say that the rumble of real estate in eastern ukraine has always created by russian special services. you can bbq. these people terrorists. they say the countries involved in a attack against ukraine in general these kind of language has to do so. austin is a tradition. i think that nick and operate an interesting point. the reason why russia is going to bake and he didn't want to go seventy this is because ukraine has written for a drink and weekend hoping to get into the eu russia and in the states

meanwhile, russia's president, dmitry medvedev, has vid ted crimea. the highest ranking official to fly in and his visit is yet another power shl message that russia has no intention of giving crimea back to ukraine despite ongoing international condemnation. phil black, cnn, moscow. >>> despite reports that russia is withdrawing its troops from the border, government sources in kiev tell cnn that russian soldiers are not backing away but rather repositioning to the north. meantime, russia's state news agency reports that one infantry battalion was returning to base in russia's samarra region, that's hundreds of kilometers away from the boarder with ukraine. >>> and as cnn reports from the ukrainian side of the border, the military is on alert. >> reporter: all the diplomatic maneuvering seem far removed from what's going on here on the ground. throughout the day the ukrainian army has been preparing for the worst. the russian boarder is just a few minutes drive that way and throughout the day the military have been pulling up armored vehicles and tan

federation he was only finally recognized as a political deal that occurred during the reset when dmitri medvedev was president and it was seen as a gift a goodwill gesture towards the russian federation so they have nothing to do with actually recognizes his activities finally as terrorism but it is far more about political given take trade. what about other chechen terrorists i'm talking about cairo for instance he is wanted here in russia but he's not only international well into the list yes. it's a guy of was a chechen terrorist leader and a member of the self-proclaimed government of the on recognized state of each curia he is still living in the united kingdom where he is protected by the british authorities and he is not recognized as a terrorist simply because the british the western governments like to maintain the fiction that he is a nationalist separatist leader rather than a terrorist it is politically useful for the international relations and security expert about it mark thank you very much indeed as always cuba says a tortie like service is just a tiny part of america's campaign

and minister dmitry medvedev. a lot of people of course were here as well a lot of the walks away with the lamps holding the holy fire from. another interesting thing to point out is that. of course is not celebrated just by russian orthodox faithful but also by. this elaborations are not being held in just a church is all across the country but also in all main catholic churches especially in moscow there are several of them on hand and of course easter is actually more meaningful for eastern orthodox christians more even than christmas this being the biggest night of the year which marks the not just the end. of the fasting period but also. for a lot of christians in russia this marks the beginning of a seven day celebratory period. somewhat today as well you know here on the program protesters against india's lengthy election have helped to police forces with torches during a rally in the country's kashmir region security forces traced some of the rioters on arrested them they want the whole in kashmir boycotte

this view was echoed by the russian prime minister dmitry medvedev. >> translator: ukraine is on theerge of a civil war. it's horrible. i hope that everyone who is responsible for decisionmaking at the moment, meaning the current authorities, because we can't consider them legitimate, but the authorities who came to power fooling a coup d'etat, they will be wise enough not to lead the country into such horrible turmoil. >> joining us with the latest, joining us from donetsk. is the tension being increased there? >> reporter: the tensions are certainly very high. now the reports that have come in earlier about the city hall being seized, we have heard that in fact it was a reinforcement, it was done in order for the building not to be seized, but nevertheless, we've just had a fighter jet fly by, it seems like it circled around where we are right now in donetsk. we have heard reports of abcs with a russian flag in one of the towns being captured by pro-russian millias. we've heard of standoffs in the region between ukrainian forces and local residents. and the tensions are certainly o

federation he was only finally recognized as a political deal that occurred during the reset when dmitri medvedev was president and it was seen as a gift a goodwill gesture towards the russian federation so that nothing to do with actually recognizes his activities finally as terrorism but it is far more about political given take trade it will take several more weeks before all the ballots in afghanistan's presidential vote counted and a winner can be named but what's not officials are already hailing the election as a success we don't know who has won't really know what the target of those last. exemptions beg to differ they have already. our own. ford integrations are also flying with a potentially costly runoff in sight meanwhile the presidential candidates themselves are no strangers to militant links as. this election a was a success in terms of voter turnout we saw an estimated nearly sixty percent of afghans heading to the polls despite the very violent run up to election day with the taliban carrying out a series of attacks aimed at disrupting the elections there wasn't an immediate indi

you go to prime minister dmitry medvedev's facebook page, he writes on the page or someone for him writespage, bloos has been spilled in ukraine. medvedev goes on to say he's urging ukrainians to decide their own future without imposter rouse nationalists and bandits, without tanks and armored vehicles and without secret visits by the cia director which is kind of unbelievable since russia seems to be destabilizing ukraine. >> yes. this is a standard tactic by russia. i think it's trying to cause to destabilize ukraine. it's engaged in a very intensive propaganda war and aimed at winning over the constituencies it feels necessary in order to continue the operations in eastern ukraine. that being said, i don't think it's being followed or supported internationally. you clearly did not have any sort of international support for russia's actions in crimea. that followed significant propaganda from russia about its decisions to annex crimea. so i don't think russia really is winning at this stage any propaganda war. it's effectively directing that propaganda and that information to its own ci

. >>> meanwhile, russian prime minister dmitry medvedev said the kremlin is prepared for wider sanctionsthis as the u.s. warns that russia could face further sanctions if tensions are not deescalated in ukraine. nbc's jim maceda joins us from donetsk in europe ukraine. there's been a lot of confusion after this so-called weekend truce. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, it could well be the latest. vice president biden's plane barely departed when they clearly signaled they have no intention of backing down. the kiev government came out and said the easter truce is over. you mentioned ukraine's acting president calling on his security forces to restart its military offensive to start taking back towns and buildings occupied by the pro-russian militia after one of two bodies was identified, at least preliminarily identified as being a politician from the president's own party. and while the militants haven't xpantded their occupation into other towns, they have been tightening up their grip on the towns they control. yesterday taking the ukrainian security service building near slovyan

russian prime minister dmitry m medvedev warns -- >> translator: i hope that they don't drive the countryng the country of repressing the russian minority. >> translator: what it means is to refuse one's own people the right to express their opinion and protest against lawlessness and discrimination. >> these are some of the several cities that have seen violence by pro-russian forces and the worry among administration officials is a repeating of the strategy in crimea before russia effectively annexed it. in other words, using this violence as an excuse for russian forces to come in and now the ukrainian forces are moving into the same areas to confront this. the move so far limited but ukrainian leaders say this is just the first step in a much broader campaign and an anti-terrorist campaign, they call it. >> kiev did not molet's bring b mike rogers, chairman of the house intelligence committee. it looks like this situation is going from bad to worse. is it going to explode? >> there's no telling. this is the first sign that the ukrainian military has taken aggressive action, engaged wh

players know russian prime minister dmitry medvedev recently noted that any restrictions on russian goods to the e.u. or us would serve to redirect russian exports to asian markets which which he says are more robust alright artie's marina poured in from our new york studio as always thanks so much thanks and afghanistan is now preparing for a presidential election runoff with the country's former finance and foreign ministers competing for the seat of power but as the caffein opera ports whoever claims that position will be faced with an economy going rapidly downhill. in. kabul today a far cry from the ghost town of the one nine hundred ninety s. western governments spent over one hundred billion dollars here since the alister of the taleban but now the country is on the edge of a fiscal cliff foreign aid covers more than half of the government's budget and with nato combat troops due to leave at the end of the year it's unclear going or as you continue to spend the fear is that the war economy could soon at that rate this indicates that the flow of money has created the bubble economy

federation he was only finally recognized as a political deal that occurred during the reset when dmitri medvedev was president and it was seen as a gift a goodwill gesture towards the russian federation so that nothing to do with actually recognizes his activities finally as terrorism but it is far more about political given take trade western governments are hailing from today's presidential vote in afghanistan as a huge success but a reality points a different paints a different picture with fraud allegations already flying and a potentially costly runoff incites the resurgent taliban is mounting fresh deadly at times while the presidential candidate is themselves are no strangers to militant links as all his in this economy reports from. this election a was a success in terms of voter turnout we saw an estimated nearly sixty percent of afghans heading to the polls despite the very violent run up to election day with the taliban carrying out a series of attacks aimed at disrupting the elections there wasn't an immediate indication of the kind of widespread fraud that haunted the two thousand a

and his minister dmitry medvedev. moscow's mayor. a lot of people of course were here as well a lot of the walks away with a lamps holding the holy fire from. another interesting thing to point out is that . of course is not celebrated just by russian orthodox faithful but also by. this elaborations are not being held in just. all across the country but also in all main catholic churches especially in moscow there are several of them on hand and of course easter is actually more meaningful for eastern orthodox christians more even than christmas this being the biggest night of the year which marks not just the end. of the fasting period but also is a celebration of resurrection so for a lot of christians in russia this marks the beginning of a seven day celebratory period. as part of easter celebrations orthodox christians eat what is known as a cool each day special baked bread along with eggs and with colored shells an orthodox christian priest who was in our moscow studio earlier explains the tradition that cooley's that easter br

federation he was only finally recognized as a political deal that occurred during the reset when dmitri medvedev was president and it was seen as a gift a goodwill gesture towards the russian federation so we didn't nothing to do with actually recognizes his activities finally as terrorism but it is far more about political given take trade. international live coming up in the program faith conviction and puzzled science. loses. a spiritual part of the body of a key figure. that's. good laboratory. to build a. mission to teach me. why you should care. for the. technology. developments from around russia we've. covered. your friend posts a photo from a vacation you count for. different. the boss repeats the same old joke of course you like. girlfriend still in poetry keep. norris. it will take several more weeks before all the ballots in afghanistan's presidential votes are counted and a winner can be named but western officials are already heading the election. we don't know who has won we know that the taliban has lost insurgents beg to differ it will really amount to the deadly terror onslaugh

is again on crimea as it plays host to its first high ranking visit from moscow prime minister dmitry medvedev is in the region's capital this comes on the heels of a meeting between u.s. secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart foreign minister sergey lavrov in paris they discuss how the two nations can possibly move forward in light of the recent tensions over the political crisis in ukraine parties maria from notion of brings us more details about the discussion from simferopol in crimea to give a road when john kerry have met in paris to hammer out a plan to end the crisis in ukraine that is up to president putin had called his american counterpart a boxer so he most wants to discuss u.s. proposal to rebuild the longed for traffic both countries to have different view on the events here in the crimea and he's meeting with russia's foreign minister mr kerry has agreed to rate it washington considers russia's actions here on the peninsula but had become part of the russian federation again torey krug i'm here two weeks ago as a legal and legitimate. we have differences of op

dmitry midday to be a surprise visit to crimea is main city some purple. he outlined plans to revive be an expansion was struggling economy including establishing a special economic zones to track and distance. medvedev is the highest ranking russian official to visit india since the peninsula was annexed by russia will be of this month kiev the delta visit calling it a crude violation of rules of diplomacy us secretary of state john kerry has dashed back to the middle east in a bid to save the middle east peace process. maybe i'm to do reports are coming in that the palestinians of giving carry twenty four hours to result in a speech that is relatively said presence of curry will be meeting with israeli and palestinian leaders on this trip. u s is mediating between israel and the palestinian authority two sides have until the end of april. make a deal the president of the sun says musharraf has been officially charged with five counts of treason during his time in office. this is the latest move in what's become a long running drama between the countries acted judiciary and the former leader is also charged in a series of murder cases for which he's out on bail the millet read israel the challenge i