we begin with edward lucas, author of the new cold war: putin's russia and the threat to the u.s. before moscow bureau chief economist presents his thoughts on russia's influence in former soviet republics and the importance of ukraine entrance into the european union. >> russia is not in numbers day. we talked seriously with the russians about north korea. we sometimes talk with the russians about iran. it true. russia is engaged. but the two reasons to be worried about what happens. i don't need to remind you here about the cases of fascism in the russian media. if you've not done and you speak russian, odom for it to get on those videos. music, images, the i.t. of russia -- it's poisonous. it is poisoning russian public. anti-westerners who are deliberate. the whole thing, sovereign a common managed democracy, out the west and so on is made up in order to fool the russian people. but i'm not that of domestic. that's what's really scary. the russian public opinion. it's leaking. it leaks to central europe. it leaks to countries that we thought were firmly angled. he raises back