european commission and the european court just approved that gazprom can take full advantage of thepal pipeline in germany or gazprom has booked all the capacities of the german czech and czech slovakiaen interconnectors. so there's a robust cooperation, but when there's political debates, they sometimes forget about that or try to forget about that but we, you know, we're aware of that of course >> i also asked him about the effectiveness of sanctions currently given that europe continues to impose sanctions on russia over its actions in ukraine. of course within the last few months we've seen the americans introduce another layer of sanctions on moscow. let's hear what he had to say about the effectiveness of those sanctions. >> i would like to make one thing, once again, very clear. hungary has never broke the european unity regarding sanctions, and we will never break european unity regarding sanctions. at the same time we have the opinion if you look at the issue and especially the impact and outcome of the sanctions in a rational way, no emotions, no politics, just rational, t

but a new ski resort project approved by the russian parliament and backed by gazprom is putting thosethe persian leopard, in jeopardy. reporter: it feels rather adventurous. we are in an area unique in russia, a nature preserve unparalleled anywhere in europe. nature as it was 100 years ago, still under complete protection. we are only permitted here accompanied by scientists and rangers. we are in leopard country. many of them used to live here, but then they were almost exterminated. now that is to be reversed. last year, scientists released three persian leopards into the wild. biologist alim pjitikov says one day their number could increase to 100 again. alim has set up cameras to learn more about the leopards and other animals in the western caucasus. every day alim evaluates the footage at the camp and an overall picture is gradually emerging. the cadavers of prey tell him about the leopards' hunting grounds, and he notes everything on a map. alim pjitikow: leopards are the ideal predators, because they only kill what they need. and so the ratio of prey to leopards is never caus

colleagues at the station called that assessment complete nonsense despite being owned by the energy giant gazprom which is a state owned company radio echo of moscow is one of the few broadcast outlets that remain critical of the kremlin yulia latynina another journalist at the station fled russia last month after an arson attack on her car. part two of our syria related program now the coverage of the refugee story next door in lebanon and the resulting rise of what some are calling a fascist climate there a few months back a provocative article appeared in a leading french language newspaper in beirut lawdy only issue three hundred people put their names to it journalists activists and intellectuals they were protesting against the incitement of hatred against syrian refugees among those accused of creating that climate or the country's highly politicized media outlets pick up a newspaper or turn on the t.v. and you might conclude that the problems that have plagued lebanon for years daily electricity cuts a lack of jobs pollution all began with the arrival of the refugees the toxic rhetoric of

contention ukraine right now there's a massive pipeline that goes through the ukraine from russia gazprom uses it and you know there is a bit of control there especially what is moving up through poland so these countries all have a stake in this that's where the contention comes into play so this oil would move directly from russia under the baltic sea to germany to where the one of the biggest markets is now again you're hearing this you know this that they'd be too reliant on one oil from one place so the europeans are saying all everything would be coming from russia well guess what you're buying most of your oil from russia right now this would just move it faster probably more efficiently and the u.s. is telling the european commission hey you guys there's a lot of having this and so the european commission is putting all kind of roadblocks up to try to make this a much more difficult task than it needs to be so right now it looks like things are according to some people but as a u.s. and its allies especially on trees that are really like the ukraine there of course is south of the

gazprom. >>> all right.minutes but now the most important news of the day. tonight one of the best world series in some time continues. >> oh, i have never seen two games in one world series like this two games we've seen in this world series. the other night was an incredible event. tonight, game six, verlander and the astros. i don't think it will end tonight. >> you don't? >> i don't. >> ver land is great, but the lodgers are going back home, and again, this is one of the best teams all year. it would be pretty shocking if houston could claw back from being two down against the yankees and come back and win in six. boy, that would be crazy. >> it would. and they did it two nights ago against clayton kershaw. dodgers up 4-0. they go home, up 3-2. and then it turns into that home run derby over five and a half hours. >> and outrated the nfl. >> yeah. on sunday night. >> amazing. >>> and mika, of course, now that know your value is over, you're going to be watching baseball games six and seven. >> oh, it's n