the eu looks set to try to control the power of russian natural gas supplier gazprom alleging that gazprom is engaging anticompetitive practices. >> gazprom denies the charges. gazprom and its german are said to be particularly close to russian president vladimir putin. >> the allegations coming from brussels are serious and potentially extremely costly. the eu accuses gazprom a charging unfair prices in eastern europe and making gas supply conditional on a chair of pipeline's. it says the russian giant is abusing its market position. the specific charges relate to eight in european countries where the eu says gazprom has charged disproportionately high prices. brussels says that has given the company and unfair monopoly. >> gazprom has been able to charge higher prices in some countries without fearing that gas will flow in from other countries from re-sailors or where the prices were lower. >> russia accounts for 40% of europe's imports, half of that via pipelines in ukraine. gazprom has 12 weeks to respond to the allegations. if the company is found to be in breach of eu law, it could f

if that happens it will weaken gazprom's dominance in the european market, and that will make gazprom a less valuable tool for the kremlin to use politically. >> protests turn violent after members of the student union tried to stop people were entering the campus. it follows after the change of rules of university employment. >>> now five months since guantanamo bay inmates arrived in uruguay for a new life. they could not return to their native countries for safety reasons, and they were welcomed by uruguay as a humanitarian gesture. four of the six are now camped outside of the u.s. embassy in a highly visible public protest. we went to find out what has gone wrong. >> this was not the way it was supposed to be. these men arrived in uruguay five months ago to recover from the nightmare they've lived in the u.s. base of guantanamo. never charged with any crime. to begin new lives in an unknown land but overcoming the my nightmare and adopting to their new lives has been fruit with difficulties j. >> nothing has changed in our situation. none of these promises have come true. >> four

long term gazprom does face a significant issue. the issue is this it's main customer europe, is trying to wiggle out from within its grasp. and a week ago it launched an antitrust case against gazprom which could stretch for years and years but will likely result with gazprom having to change it's operating procedures in europe and and european countries will be able to negotiate better contracts and that will maker gazprom a less valuable tool politically. >>> the stay of execution in indonesia was called a miracle. she was arrested for drug offenses and eight were killed by firing squad. >> nine gather for the president island for the last time before the executions. not long after ambulances arrive with empty could have finishes. a grim sign despite all the attempts of governments to save the lives of their nationals officials here have made up their minds. while the support in indonesia support the death penalty many criticize the country for carrying out executions. >> we have corrupt boss corrupt executioners. but now the gov

. >>> russia's gas giant gazprom has report an 86% loss in profit last year.in response the youit has raised its gas prices. ukraine has refused to pay its debt. >> the prom problem has not been gazprom available to sell gas no it's the problem is the devaluing of rubles. and servicing it has been a lot more expensive for the country. the spats ongoing with ukraine over the ukrainian gas contract, and that really explains why gazprom's profits have been badly hit. when this news came out earlier on friday, the share price arrestedly hardly budged. long-term, gazprom faces an significant issue and this issue is this, it's biggest customer in europe is trying to wiggle out from within its grasp. a week ago it launched an antitrust case against gazprom which could stretch on for years and years. but in the long term will likely result in gazprom in having to change it's operating procedures in europe and it will likely negotiate much more better contracts with gazprom making it a less valuable tool for the kremlin politically. >> nigeria are trying to identify 30

guy: a possible antitrust suit with gazprom.va's possible bid for mylan. ♪ francine: welcome to "the pulse," live from london. guy: first quarter numbers beat estimates at credit suisse. the stock is off 3% from the open. to help us understand what is going on, let us go to zero equipped manus cranny -- let us go to the zurich with manus cranny. manus: the word capital, the problem is going to be capitalized brady dougan goes out the door. 10%, that is a catastrophe when you think that ubs has a capital buffer of 13%. regulators want more capital and the issue will be whether the new ceo can raise capital. the surge in activity did well but when it comes to looking into the numbers, morgan stanley storming. credit suisse nowhere near those levels. my question to brady dougan is it getting hard to win customers and keep them? mr. dougan: in the businesses like structured products, the credit business, which was more difficult in the quarter. those are businesses that are power alleys and we do extremely well. same thing in equiti

but gazprom has a lot of debt as well and that debt is in dollars.'s debt has become considerably more expensive. and also the amount of profit that it has had to write off because of its spat with ukraine. >> so how serious is this then rory, and is gazprom then in big trouble? >> reporter: well, when they released their information, the share price hardly budged so the people who paid a lot of money to watch these sorts of things weren't that shocked. but gazprom does face a significant issue, and the issue is this it's main customer, europe is trying to wiggle out from its grasp. and the e.u. opened up what will be a lengthy anti-trust legal battle. what will probably happen in the outcome of that is gazprom will be forced to change its operating procedures within europe and that will allow european countries to negotiate much much more flexible contracts with gazprom. so that is the kind of thing that is going to be happening long term. and if that does happen then it will make gazprom's dominance within europe much weaker and that will make it a

this case is against gazprom europe's biggest gas supplier.ccused of illegally abusing its dominant place in europe's gas market by overcharging restricting the refill of its gas, and blocking rival gas suppliers. the case focuses on gazprom's pricing policies, which the eu says it differs between customers. most affected by this are eastern europe former soviet countries, estonia, latvia lithuania, poland, hungary, and bulgaria. the investigation into gazprom has been going on for more than two years, but with diplomatidc relations artie strained between russia and the eu over the crisis in the ukraine, previous commissioners have held up fearing a gas cut off from moscow in response. gazprom supplies about 1/3 of europe's gas and half of that goes through pipelines crossing ukraine. the company will have 12 weeks to respond. if the charges are upheld, brussels has the power to fine the russian giant of 210% of its $100 billion global turnover, -- the russian giant up to 10% of its $100 billion global turnover. stephen: the government tells a

. >> the eu filed anti trust charges against russian energy giant gazprom. reaction from moscow. >> the saudi-led coalition launched more strikes in yemen despite an announcement that the air campaign is over. fighter jets struck houthi targets in taiz and aden in the south. fierce battles are taking place on the ground in aden between supporters of president adou rabbo mansour hadi and houthi fighters. let's bring in al jazeera's muhammed on the saudi-yemeni border. we were entering a new phase announced yesterday so why are we seeing new airstrikes in taiz? >> it is a new phase but is not completely a different phase. for those who thought that the announcement yesterday night by the leadership of the coalition is the end of the war they might be disappointed today. the saudi arabia and its allies launched a series of strikes at least two confirmed to us. one was after the announcement of the end of the war in aden when tanks in possession of the houthis were seen moving to areas from which they were expelled a few days ago in the area of the coastal line

gazprom says the claims are unfounded. rory challands has more. >> reporter: russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov says the european union unfairly backdated the charges, applying recent regulations to old gas contracts. gazprom says it's all unfounded, the obeys the law where it operates and hopes it can be resolved at an intergotal level, and has 10 weeks to respond to the charges, and can appeal in the courts. if it's unsuccessful in all of that it's looking at huge fines, running into billions and billions of dollars. the european union is taking a gamble. russia's main export is fossil fuels, and if you go after the companies that are responsible for those exports, then in effect you are going after the russian stayed itself. >> a london delayeder accused of -- trader accused of wiping a million off the wall street shares may be extradited to the u.s. he has had his passport confiscated and grand bail at $8 million. >> making his first court appearance at westminster management court nav i'meda singh was told he fac

gazprom called the charges baseless. the eu started investigating the company more than two years ago before the west fell out with russia over ukraine. given the current climate it's bound to be framed by some as politically moat voted. immigration is majority owned by the russian state and used as an instrument of russian foreign policy cutting off flies so ukraine, bell reduce and mole dove have a during past political disputes. the country tried to settle anti trust charges with the e.u. until early last year. talks broke down after russia annexed cream mia. the company could face a potential fine of up to 10% of annual revenues, a serious body blow in a climate of sanctions and low energy prices. this is the second high profile case e.u. competition commissioner has opened since she took up the post in november. just last week, the eu charged google with abusing its dominant position in europe. >> how is this case likely to unfold? this i also just the first step. >> gazprom has three months to respond to these char

this is a dispute between european union and gazprom. but of course ukraine is deeply involved in all of this. russia is involved in ukraine. the e.u. is involved in ukraine. there is a lot of exacerbation. we'll see. >> thank you rory challands in moscow. >>> the u.s. says that missiles will be used to protect europe but russia calls the program a threat to moscow. the move comes just days after russia threatened poland over its involvement in a larger american missiles program. >>> well the senate could vote as soon as tomorrow whether to approve loretta lynch as the next attorney general. that vote has been delayed. the republicans held up the the vote because of legislation of human trafficking. >>> the repatriate act would authorize controversial provisions for another five years including the nsa's domestic surveillance authority. >>> well there are two new studies out adding fuel to the debate over fracking. researchers say they have linked the drilling method to a series of small earthquakes. residents say they hope this will lea

prices. >> woodruff: gazprom dismissed the accusations as "unfounded."in this country, the supreme court is making it easier to sue the government for negligence. by five to four today, the justices ruled deadlines for filing such lawsuits may be extended in some cases. it's seen as a victory for military veterans whose medical malpractice claims are delayed by red tape. a federal appeals court threw out barry bonds' conviction for obstructing justice in a steroid probe. the court, in san francisco also ruled he will not be tried again. it said an answer he gave to a grand jury in 2003 had no bearing on the main investigation. bonds was convicted in 2011, but remained free while he appealed. this was the 45th annual "earth day," and new york city marked the occasion with a plan to reduce its trash by 90% by 2030. meanwhile, president obama toured florida's everglades national park. he said a warming climate threatens the region, and he warned, "action can no longer be delayed." it's gotten more expensive to rent a home or apartment in the last year, and

gazprom being accused of antitrust. can you give us the latest?ine: i am actually passionate about the story because this is a story of geopolitics, not so much gazprom. europe takes so much of its gas from gazprom, but they have been waiting to basically investigate. they have an waiting to investigate on gazprom because of the standoff with ukraine. today, you can say they have the guts of actually telling gazprom you are raising prices, this is unfair, but it will pay off vladimir putin with the eu, the eu saying look, this is not a political decision, we have taken this because we look at this the same way as if it were a european company for sub vladimir putin i answer seeing this in a very different light. olivia: i am sure indeed. and again this news coming from the european competition commissioner, who is having a very busy few weeks. francine, thank you. look forward to seeing you tomorrow. brendan: coming up hard-hitting investigative covers about bourbon heist. no, sadly that is not coming up, but what we will talk about is dropped in

gazprom claims that e.u.'s claims are unfounded. >> they say that the e.u. has unfairly back dated these charge and charges regulations to old gas projects. gazprom said that it's unfounded and that it obeys the law and hopes that it can be resolved at an inter governmental level. it has ten weeks to respond to the charges and it can appeal to the courts. but if it's unsuccessful its looking at huge fines running into billions and billions of dollars. now, european union, of course, is taking a big gamble in doing this because as it well knows russia's main export is fossil fuels. if they can go after the companies responsible for those exports then in effect you're going after the russian state itself. >> rory challands reporting there. >>> no in brazil a can exactly that is affected thousands of workers who have been laid off by companies tied to the oil giant because petrobras payments are being frozen as investigation continues into a corruption scandal of the company. checkties are accused of taking bribes for construction contracts and then funneling m

let's move on to gazprom.o to get an antitrust complaint of the european union as soon as wednesday. this is part of a two year investigation into gas pricing. this is all according to an eu official. that stock is up 3% right now and local trading. i wanted to mention what happened in asia overnight. last week's selloff because chinese regulators tightened some rules on marginal lending. over the weekend, they removed some of the sting from that by cutting the bank's reserve ratio requirements. expected to be one of many moves to stimulate the economy. down 1.6%. trading near its highest levels since 2008 read the hang seng index also losing. stephanie: our own chief markets correspondent, scarlet fu. mike mayo from clf a america is back with us. he's here for the full hour. i want to talk about some of these annual investor meetings the banks are holding. let's start with bankamerica. you kind of feel like they have underperformed after year we saw brian moynihan. any money raising her hand saying, why is th

it creates a natural hedge for gazprom. that, yeah this company is absolutely resilient and has a great hedging in place. francine: thank you so much for joining us. oil and gas analyst at b.s.g. securities. comboip coming up, the greek finance minister gets some dinner drama. we'll tell you about it after the break. ♪ francine: welcome back to "the pulse" live on bloomberg tv, radio and streaming on your tablet and phone. guy: it has been a tough few days for varoufakis, the greek finance minister. he was abused in riga late last week and had his role reduced and fow has been involved in an incident with anarchists. it is not going well at all. how did the night go down? >> yeah there was an incident in a suburb here in athens. a group of radicals with covered faces went to the restaurant that var factorice and his spouse were dining. they threw some glasses at him. thankfully no one got hurt. it was a good that i think his spouse hugged him and turned her back. the incident ended after the finance minister had a long disc

gazprom had to write off $650 million in debt from natural gas. o >>> the leader from an ultra ritest national gang - they claim they are victimized >>> warsaw warned bikers that they would not be allowed in calling the ride to berlin a prove suggests. they were turned away. >> the reasons for the refusal are unknown. they refused entry to poland to all participants of the group and the head of the group, myself, was put on a sanction list, my visa annulled and i was banned from entering the area. >> tuesday, the night wolves leader slammed the decision as petty and farcical. the trip was an acts of commemoration for the u.s.s.rs wartime heroism. >> we'll continue with out trip. i will not reveal the details. i do not want to create problems for the guys. sigh how difficult it's become disguising our trip, the russian phobia will come to no good. it's gone to far, on the eve of victoria day we should hide overseas and our intentions and go secretly to the graves of our ancestors. >> reporter: he suggests more will attempt the journey. germany says

i find it interesting because you have gazprom in there.struck an interim deal with ukraine. i thought they were at war together. apparently commerce is still happening. >> i can't speak on that behalf. you know, we look at -- >> i want everyone to know. jc literally goes by the numbers. he's not a fundamentals guy. i keep trying to push him. you don't look at the emotions going on at the ground. >> no one wants to know what i think about the economy and russia. i love it. from a risk reward standpoint, it makes sense. up to the 200 day moving average. realistically, we want to see how it reacts to that level. i think we can essentially go up to about 22 and a half on the rsx. 20% here. the energy companies, the components in energy, you know what, everybody hates the energy stocks here in the united states. i like them too. >> we just actually showed correlation with the us oil fund compared to the russian market sector. you can see how the yellow line, russia, rsx, is outperforming the u.s. it seems there is different treatment of oil. >>

the eu has accused russia upon gas prom -- russia's gazprom of abusing its position. >> the complaint centered on the company's actions in a number of areas. preventing the flow of gas between eu countries. charging unfair prices. demanding control of pipelines. the company says that the eu claims are unfounded. it has 12 weeks to formally react to the charges. >> it concerned a different countries -- eight different countries. they are prominent in all of these markets. in some of these markets, they are the gas under -- vendor. what we say in the statement of objection is our preliminary view alleges that they are abusing this dominant position. >> the so-called flash crash on wall street. a man was arrested in london on tuesday after u.s. authorities charged him with fraud and manipulation of the markets. he is facing an extradition case to stand trial in the united states. he has appeared in court in london in the past few minutes and the judge has set the hearing for the extradition case for august of this year. anchor: a very iconic american product is about to get a makeover. >

. >>> russia's gas giant gazprom has reported a steep loss in privates in 2014. the 86% plunge is blamed on the weak ruble and the troubled gas operations as well as falling oil prices. >>> greece's government is considering selling states in the country's two largest ports. the government said that it's willing to sell 51% stake and the move would an concession to reach an agreement with international lenders and a route to unlocking bailout funds. >>> now italy is struggling to cope with the number of migrants arriving on its shores just this year about 25,000 have crossed the mediterranean sea. those psyching asylum are housed in reception centers around the country. we go to sicily to find frustrated residents and evidence of exploitation. >> it's market day europe's largest center for asylum centers. these are the people who reached italy safely after risking their lives on the mediterranean sea. home is now this isolateed former base the united states airman. they're free to move, free to roam but doesn't know where to go and nothing much to do. the police

. >>> charges on russia's state- state-own gas company gazprom is charged with taking advantage of its dominance in the market to overcharge and limit others to resell gas. >> there is history here, and it's russia has used gas in ways that have been accused russia has been accused of in a political manner. there is a different scenario these days, though. one is that the price of oil which gas is linked to, has considerably weakened, and also european union has done a lot over the last few months to make itself more sufficient sufficient more reliant--less reliant on russian gas. so that all gives russia less of a bargaining chip, less of a leverage point to use when it comes to this sort of thing. >> rory challands in moscow. pope francis will be visiting cuba in september his way to the u.s. exact dates have not been released. the pope harass instrumental in launching negotiations to restore diplomatic ties between the u.s. and cuba. president obama is on his way to the florida every grades at ever glades at this you hour. the president is expected to say what is happening in florid

. >>> russia's energy giant gazprom has been charged. >> there is history here, and that russia has usedas in ways that have been accuse--russia has been accused of in a political manner that taps had been turned off in ukraine in years gone past and various other disputes that have arisen within other countries within the european union. it's a different scenario these days. one is that the price of oil which gas is linked to, has considerably weakened, and also the european union has done a lot over the last few months to make itself more self-sufficient, less reliant on russian gas. that all gives russia less of a bargaining chip, less of a leverage point to use when it comes to this sort of thing. >> the first pope in latin america will visit cuba. he'll stop by the island in september on his way to the united states. the exact dates have not yet been released. the pope was instrumental in launching negotiations in reestablishing diplomatic ties between the u.s. and cuba. president obama will deliver a message on climate change. the president is expected to say that what is happening

ukraine's naftogas and rush's gazprom have said they will keep the terms for the next three months. marks and spencer has turned the corner after four years of decline. sales of general merchandise grew 0.7% in first quarter. led by a successful fashion line and more online traffic. sales were up by under 1%. net shares jumped to their highest level in seven years in early morning trading. workers at a shoe factory in vietnam have ended a weeklong strike after the government agreed to their demands on retirement payouts. the country often sees demonstrations overpay or working conditions that peaceful block out at the factory -- peaceful lockout at the factory with a rare challenge to the government labor policy. genie: let's take a look at cuba's blossoming tourist sector. starting today, airbnb is going to be operating in cuba. kate: the government is going to encourage residents to open doors to visitors using that website. searches for cuba on airbnb will turn up more than 1000 properties across the island, 40% in havana. if airbnb does take off that could represent the most sig

the gazprom said that e.u. claims are unfounded. >> russian's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that the european union has unfairly back dated these charges and it helps to resolve in an inter governmental level. it has ten weeks to respond to the charges. it can, of course, appeal to the courts. if unsuccessful its running into huge fines. the european union is taking a big gamble in doing this. as. well knows russia's main export is fossil fuels and if go after the companies that are responsible for those exports then in effect you're going after the russian state itself. >> that was roy challands reporting there. now corruption charges, hundreds rallied against what they say is a witch-hunt aimed at the former leadership. the economic development minister during his brother's presidency. he's accused of financial irregularities in a poverty alleveiation program run by his brother's presidency. >>> protesters in hong kong say that beijing-backed proposals will not allow for free elections. >> it has deeply

erik: gazprom expects it will be a solution with the help of the russian government.mping up its lobbying efforts in washington -- the amount they spent on lobbying rose 15%. apple lobbyists are focused on mobile payments and consumer privacy. but that costs are just a fraction of google's -- google spent more than $5 million on lobbying in the last quarter. stephanie: a london court granted bail to a british trader accused of playing a role in the 2010 flash crash. suzy ring was inside the courtroom and joins us now. what was the feeling in the room? reporter: it has been a really strange day. he's in his sweatpants -- he's not allowed to have any access to the internet. he's not allowed to have a phone with connection to the internet. a really strange case. stephanie: a strange case because of what prosecutors allege? suzi: he's an incredibly young guy, and his 30's, but he looks a lot younger than he is. he looks like a guy you -- he lives with his parents in a suburb in london, yet he's a multimillionaire. he's made 28 million pounds in gains in the past year and

gazprom will have a probe. has been examining whether the company contracts unfairly link oil and gas prices and prevent customers from reselling gas. the eu president has called a summit on april 23 to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the mediterranean after a boat carrying hundreds of people capsized off the libyan coast. >> the situation in the mediterranean is growing. it cannot continue like this. we cannot accept that hundreds of people die when trying to cross the sea to europe. this is why i have decided to call an extraordinary council this thursday and this is why i traveled to the region. the objective of the summit is to discuss at the highest levels what the member states and eu together can and must do to alleviate the situation now. caroline: a desperate situation. that is coming up next. we speak exclusively to the sap chief executive bill mcdermott. they reported sales up 22%. a bit of a boost in the strength of the dollar. we will be chatting about that and the move to the cloud afte

the charges accuse gazprom of inflating prices and forcing out the constitution it could mean a billion in fines. >> japan and the u.s. hope to create a trade pack. talks on the trans-pacific partnership are in their final stages. the economies of japan and the u.s. would make up 80% of the entire group. >> japan's prime minister xi jinping sent an offering honouring the war dead. china calls on them to acknowledge the contep somehows hist -- contentious history, before the two nations plan to met at app asian summit in indonesia. they are hoping to improve strategic ties. >>> more than 20 years ago ecuador jans went to court over an oil drilling operation. chevron refused to pay the cost. the case has moved back to new york. details coming up >>> a powerful tornado tears through a brazilian town. >>> china appears to be making protests when it comes to the environment. issue pollution is down 31% from a year ago. it's based on data released by the government. it was called a significant step in the right direction, but pollution is a serious threat. hundreds of chinese cities do not me

they own gazprom. the owners of gazprom are running the country. these are not just politicians.hey use their businesses, use the media inside the country inside ukraine that inside all over the west in order to achieve their own end. their hands are to remain in power. whatever pittance goals are, his end goal is to remain in power. -- putin's main goal is, his end goal is to remain in power. to build up his nuclear arsenal, to carry out military exercises. claiming they were shut down by martians. whatever it is going to be to maintain his power. we are forced to talk about him because he is so dominant. what you have not heard is from the people who have been the important victims. these are the young and energized ukrainians. these men and women -- [applause] creating a television these men and women have, in the past 18 months, created new television stations from scratch. they have run for parliament and one on anticorruption tickets. they have set up organizations designed to promote transparency and good government. they may well not succeed. they have extraordinary obsta

competition commission anywhere europe against google was political, today she is accused russia's gazproming on prices for natural gas in central and eastern europe that will do nothing to improve relations with russia. guys, back to you. >> simon hobbs, thanks so much with a look at the close in europe. >>> up next, when the apple watch comes out this friday, the thing to look for is how it works with apple pay. so says roger mcnamee up next. sometimes romantic. there were tears in my eyes. and tears in my eyes. and so many little things that we learned were really the biggest things. through it all, we saved and had a retirement plan. and someone who listened and helped us along the way. because we always knew that someday the future would be the present. every someday needs a plan. talk with us about your retirement today. you can't always see them. but it's our job to find them. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner, brighter future. at boeing, that's what building something better is all ab

people were bottom feeding and as i was saying if you want to bottom feed in energy why not go to gazpromhen you can bottom feed on the ruble and energy prices all at the same time? so, it is a high risk strategy. mark: is stanley druckenmiller said we are being pushed along the curve and we are doubling down on the same policy that got us here. he is worried about what happened in 2004. are you with him? guest: absolutely. one of the really interesting calls on that is health care which again defies fundamental analysis on many occasions, but i think the message which is that biotech and health care survived 2000 and 2001 extremely well and then had a problem in 2002 2004. that message is a good one. manus: lots to think upon. the ceo -- cio at harlan research. thank you very much. just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-yer] or is it foyer [pron

we'll be watching for petrobras and watching for gazprom. a completely different subject.ps things up for "the pulse". for our u.s. viewers, "surveillance" is up next. see you in a moment. ♪ . . >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." tom: markets turn a waiting in greece's future. can they prosper with this reduced volatility? the trail of america's flash crash of may 2010. it leads to a modest home in heathrow. and collecting the ever so rare, we consider these czar's faberge eggs. good morning, everybody. this is "bloomberg surveillance." it is wednesday, february 20 second. i'm tom. i've always, olivia sterns and brendan greeley. here is olivia. olivia: $45 billion mega merger with time warner cable. six u.s. senators, led by elizabeth warren, are asking regulators to stop the deal. a saving merger of the largest u.s. cable companies will mean fewer choices for american consumers. the justice department is urged for the deal to be blocked. and the so-called flash crash of

reports suggest the european union's antitrust regulator is planning to file charges against russia's gazpromeportedly the matter was put on the back burner when the crisis in ukraine escalated. >> russian firms are suffering after being cutoff from international capital markets. julia spoke exclusively with the russian finance minister and asked him how difficult it would be for companies to refinance their debt this year. >> well as i mentioned we see a decrease in capital outflows and the first quarter was worse for us. now we see improvements in financial markets as well. the demand for local currency has increased significantly. demand out numbers supply by 2 or 3 times and i know some corporations, some of the big russian corporations are currently raising funds on the international capital markets. we see that yields are going down and are almost at precrisis levels. so the first step as we see it, our corporates will borrow funds from capital markets and we will monitor the situation and possibly we shall not refuse to take into account external borrowing in our plans. >> russia recen

schroeder now works for gazprom. his cronies have invested heavily in strategically important european companies hoping by doing so it will acquire the political influence they need to protect their dishonest schemes. they make ample use of tax havens, thereby enriching the providers of these corruption services and depriving legitimate governments of revenue. how to stop this? only by disengaging and isolating the problem. let's get russian money out of the western financial system. a second example. the putin and his henchmen are often frustrated by multilateral institutions such as the e.u. and nato. a united e.u. energy policy would make it much more difficult for russia to use its gas pipelines as it does now to blackmail and bully its neighbors. if weren't for nato russia would find it much easier for example to take the landed of badly wants in the art. so the russian regime is invested heavily in anti-european anti-transatlantic and even fascist political movements across europe to a russian bank has lent 9 m

schroeder now works for gazprom. they have invested heavily in strategically important companies hoping they will acquire the political influence they need. they make ample use of tax havens thereby enriching the providers of these corruption conversation and depriving legitimate governments of revenue. how to stop this? only by disengaged and isolating the problem. let's get russian money out of the western financial system. a second example putin and his henchmen are often frustrated by western multinatural institutions like the eu. and nato. a unitede u energy policy would make it much more difficult for russia to use its gas pipelines as it does now to blackmail and bully its neighbors. if it weren't for nato, russia would find it much easier, for example, to take the land it badly wants in the arctic. and so the russian regime has invested heavily in anti-europe pen, anti-transatlantic, and even fascist political movements all across europe. a russian bank has lent 9 million euros to marine la pen, the leader of

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