e.u. association agreement it never happened on the ground the artillery shells the airstrikes never stopped falling on the people of eastern ukraine there wasn't any ceasefire before it there well certainly won't be any now it will be perceived as that the regime has won a military victory and earlier in the last week we saw the ultra nationalists and fascists gather on the my guard in kiev protesting for a resumption of the war and against the ceasefire so domestically. with the base of fanatics that portugal depends on to retain power it would be extremely politically difficult for him to now after having seen as one a first initial military victory if that even if it wasn't in truth that it will be very difficult for him to return to any kind of even false cease fire and you have to leave it there remarks a lot of thanks for your time. this week the leader of the jihad known as the islamic state made his first public appearance he gave a sermon in the second largest city of iraq praising the creation of an islamic caliphate on the occupied territories militants making major gains capturi

e.u. association agreement with turkey. berlin caused the requirement for non-- e.u. citizens as part of efforts to promote integration and combat forced marriages. >> india was shocked by another kiss of case -- case of violence friday. a girl had been raped by a neighbor allegedly on the orders of the village chief. police say it was an act of retaliation after another sex attack blamed on the victim's brother. the village chief and both rape suspects were taken into custody. >> iraq's embattled prime minister suffered a setback in efforts to form a new government friday. after kurdish politicians announced they were pulling out of had us cabinet. >> we have been always available for talks for dialogue but the mentality in baghdad was to control and not share power. >> tensions escalated as the government of the kurdish north seized oil fields to secure supplies. >> berlin's fashion week wrapped up friday. more than 50 designers presented their collections for summer 2015. among them lena with her transparent fabric and patterns. it is a cornerstone of berlin's effo

e.u. association agreement this was back in september must be signed because regardless of whether it benefits ukrainians or not at least in the short term it is indeed a civilizational choice and russia's response i think appropriately to that is that's the wrong way to look at it because there is no civilizational choice russia and ukraine are as much a part of european civilization as germany or france or england and until that is more commonly accepted there's going to be a tendency to treat exactly the same type of behavior as you say vastly differently and to adopt these kind of double standards vladimir let's stay with this you know is russia the west's evil twin i like that too how do you feel about that. you know i i feel kind of stronger about it is definitely the abuse of double standards abuse of people chrissy and i think i think it came to prominence as neal pointed out with the end of the cold war cold war actually it was the you know the bed because that was it was a competition and the result of the completion of each each system drive to do better than the u.s. would compete

said he needed to take more time to study the association agreement with the e.u. there's nothing wrong with the. considering a referendum. to leave the e.u. many analysts say it's just a way for the u.k. to. to get. more benefits more privileged position. in the u. they have a lot of exemptions but they still warmed her more privileged position of course that's live births mr unocal vege had the right to take the time. then what we saw was the protests crane. we realized it was egypt local project to grab ukraine and that was done to the detriment of russia to the detriment of the russian speaking population they weren't able to do it. and they wouldn't be able to do it because you cannot impose these kind of things on an independent country. and that. of the country of the southeast part of the country. is very independent they regard the promise from the west of the country there's they. transparent you need to see governments and there would be a constitutional process instead they set off a committee. the national parliaments they drafted something they never

e.u. president poroshenko signed an association deal with brussels last friday there was no vote on the issue and the european commission's enlargement chief stephan fuel doesn't think that would have been necessary he spoke to artie's ochs on a boyko on her show worlds apart in the case of ukraine we have one part of the country waging a conflict with another part of the country and yet nor referendum you think was the war and what was the one w. called democracy. no no no no i'm sorry i mean referenda in the presence of the people in the group uniforms without insignia about true refers to hear of they are not ours and then a couple of weeks after all they have been ours. so referral and under the color shriek of that's one thing the second thing carol this is going to read about me allowance and i don't i don't know why i don't why i the argument that it won't really hear me is so fired of one part of ukraine and good thing in another part of ukraine. and you can watch the full interview there with the european commissioner for knowledge and neighborhood policy on thursday right here on r.

will that he is facing disaster if he continues on this course he has just signed an association agreement with the e.u. and is this what the e.u. has become an organization exception to and rights to its embrace a government the need in the blood of his own citizens. not fronts on germany when speaking to president putin and. courted this ceasefire how will they react now when it's not happening. well i mean at this point it's clear that responsibility for the violence the escalation of violence lies with kiev and with washington who is allowing this to continue or let's be clear we should arrest we mean washington washington who is the trump card when it comes to mr porter shameful and these actions so will be very hard for any western government to accept the war is going. he have trying to do. it as a terrorist activity in the east and eastern ukraine people have risen up against for the consider to be an illegitimate government which will please the last democratically elected government in ukraine which was led by down a covert which would have caused in their body by more so unless the west can

e.u. and i wonder if you believe that the association agreement which is a very divisive issue for people in ukraine i mean it is our big war of big crime crisis at the core of the bloodshed and i'm sure do you believe that people in ukraine should have been given an opportunity to vote to have a background though on whether or not they want to sign their name and one i mean looking to the poll last public opinion poll i don't think really that is that divisive as you say number two. i'm not against her for enda and particularly sure a friend whom if you sort of pos part of your sewer in it to. so institutions. let's say and in brussels then i think it's up to the people to decide but in this so sation agreement there is nothing taken away from those countries on the contrary and again you know i have difficulties. sort of to compare not only those two baskets neighborhood and lunch money but also the internal conflict within the borders really recognize and a good neighbor relations and by the way when it comes to the good neighbor elations moldova georgia and ukraine we are very consist

associated. disputes why has the e.u. waived. you know good neighborly relations restriction of georgia and moldova beach both have frozen conflicts in their territory and why that section was in. the conflicts breaking as we speak first of all we. there are issues by the way we always respect it so there's a integrity of all the three partners. another point is that we participate and supports also the mechanism which is there and ongoing efforts to address and solve those issues so for the. content they agreement we have signed last friday. i think we have already decided to base. a commitment on but mr frewen if i'm not mistaken i mean if we look at the history of negotiations that the you had with other countries you always demanded that those questions have to be sorted out first before those countries can actually even signed the agreement that was the case with serbia it was the case because so we just still waiting to sign that agreement so why have you pressed those countries to you know sort out those issues first but g

e.u. has long demanded that all the countries that want to be associated with the union the baby first so without dietary tauriel disputes why has the e.u. wave you know good neighborly relations restriction in the case of georgia and moldova. which both have frozen conflicts on their territory and even more pressingly why that restriction was ignored in the case of ukraine which has the conflict raging as we speak but first of all we can do it. there are issues by the way we always respect the turtle integrity of all the three partners. another point is that we participate and supports also the mechanism which is there and ongoing efforts to address and solve those issues so for the. continent daydream and we have signed last friday. i think we have or it does sold it to bay's. commitment but mr through if i'm not mistaken i mean if we look at the history of negotiation that be in you have been other countries you always demanded that those questions have to be sorted out first before those countries can actually even signed the agreement that was the case the third area it was a case bec

frank shall from the association of european businesses in the russian federation explains why the e.u. can't afford tougher restrictions. the decision making with regards to restrictive measures from the start of the european union seems to be much more cautious than the american one if you compare statistics russia has about fifty percent of its foreign trade with the european union while it's less than five percent for the u.s. and if you talk about foreign direct investments more than fifty percent of foreign direct investments come from european sources and less than ten percent from the u.s. so there is certainly also not the quantity of but also a qualitative difference between two. to more planes carrying victims from the flight m.h. seventeen have landed at eindhoven military airport in the netherlands the last bodies we sent from ukraine on saturday now these are live pictures from i and when the bodies are now being transported to a military base for examination and identification it's thought that not all the remains have been found yet and a special international team is b

of the association of european businesses in russia believes political and business interests conflict in the e.u. . will be restricted access for russian companies to do financial markets in the european union and disorderly is also going to be. a difficult situation for russian companies to receive french money mostly from from the international financial markets politicians have to take decisions which might not be to the taste of the business community but things are does now and we have to find a way to work in practice with this now over at r t dot com we've gathered details on the potential damage the sanctions could have on russia's economy and how this could affect global markets visit our website for analysis. coming up on r t international a full charm offensive for african leaders in washington but we look at the chinese elephant in the room which is driving president obama's attempts to win hearts minds and influence across africa. waters do you have a plan to me because. you haven't the whole. drama zones in the tissue inquiry furthermore restrictions. i marinate join me. for india

the association of european businesses is responded to the latest wave of sanctions same they deeply regret the decision made by the e.u. the body believes not only will further restrictions hurt moscow the also slow down development in europe and ukraine. global oil giant b.p. has said in a statement it's not being affected by the sanctions against russia the company however believes that this could change in the future if further pressure is that placed on moscow but it's not just b.p. more and more western companies are concerned about the way that they do business with russia for many of us is a perfect place to use advanced drilling technology from the e.u. in the u.s. which is now impossible under the new restrictions and this could hurt moscow's plans to dig into the resource laden arctic but this would also leave big international players without access to these reserves for some of russia's exports including materials like to tamia will be off the shopping list companies like boeing are likely to see their manufacturing costs skyrocket. well over a dot com we have go the details on the potential damage the san

e.u. has publicly named the target of its list of targets of russia. among them are associates of vladimir putin. >> one of the most prominent individuals. a long-time friend and sparring partner of mr. putin. his companies have been beneficiaries of state contracts. >> there's mr. putin's deputy chief of staff. he favored the separatists. >> and a state-owned company manufactures anti-aircraft weapons. >> and the russian national commercial banks which the u.s. says has taken over banking operations in crimea. five of the six leading russian financial institutions are now on this new sanctions list. >> the threats from europe and the u.s. are not hurting president vladimir putin's popularity in russia. at an all-time high. >> you could argue the threats are having the opposite effects in russia. and groups of volunteers are lending their support to the pro-russian rebels in ukraine. >> reporter: a donations tent for the people. hardly noticed as life bustles past. it's hard to get a sense of the political heat that russia is in for its role in eastern ukraine, as they bask in

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e.u. elections, extremist parties espousing antisemitic activities made remarkable progress. and hungary and greece extremist parliament parties associated with street militias were successful in elections. in hungary, the extremist party jabak is the second most significant party in hungary and has erected a monument to a war-time leader and declared antisemite. we have also found laws passed in europe that make it more difficult for jews to practice their religion because of making restrictions on being able to kosher foods and making it difficult to wear head coverings. we've seen, unfortunately, violent acts in kansas and the united states. three people were murdered outside of a j.c.c. in may in brussels, three people were murdered at a jewish museum. i mention this all because even as we visit europe today, we see signs of antisemitism, and it's troubling to all of us. this is the tenth anniversary of the berlin conference coming up this year, and we will be reconvening the osce states in order to evaluate the progress that we've made over the last ten years and additional progress that needs to be done. the helsinki hearing tomorr