the protesting crowd refused to accept the president returning empty handed to kiev alexi reports. italy greece spain portugal ukraine. the picture looks are deceiving because a number of european countries has been protesting against brussels policy ukraine is probably the only one where people are taking to the streets in tens of thousands to support the idea of your integration that you have to thank yes we deserved to be in europe but this was not about being in the joining the union was not even on the table and brussels was offering no compensation for any potential economic losses the country already has two hundred thirty six billion dollars foreign debt and just more denies it factories to e.u. standards would have cost a staggering two hundred billion or more trash deal would have allowed us to get better education in europe but the two hundred page blueprint of the agreement never said anything about a visa free regime we are hugely isn't about that my wife can go to poland and buy a lot of food for just ten her even though which is just over a dollar that's twice as muc

and in the false until today clinton's hard bargain with this talk about it from kiev alexi up because he's the head of the european center for a modern ukraine thank you for joining the postman came from moscow former member of parliament for vladimir putin's united russia party so to mark off the rack to the institute of clinical studies. welcome back to the shows. i say steamboat and calmness to the internet from new york times story and i'm thinkin' and tough on crime on ca who teaches at the french political science institutes gospel. thank you for joining us the prospect of debate and conversation on facebook and twitter. hatch act of two four debates. before we go to our panel let's go to ukraine's capital and the corresponding color for cracking goal for the opposition staging another rally this evening yes they did. that evening at demonstrations many people it that well yet today on your lap. she found that people other than the huge crowd that we still own the sunday even though i hated that word hundred thousand people in local authority and that you could be permitted unle

russia over ukraine as decision the european bloc has accused moscow of pressuring kiev out of sign the deal artie's alexy our share of skis following the protests in kiev. protesters still continue in kiev they lost it overnight despite temperatures dropping well below zero and right now several thousand people are besieging the government building in central kiev and there's been a warning coming from the authorities for the general public to abstain from any kind of provocations because they had information that some provocative groups were preparing some royals and even the possible attempt to take over the government building that's why you can see this heavy police presence riot police are all over the place i when i walked here to the government building i saw literally hundreds of riot police all over the place they're securing every governmental building the parliament of the government building and the administration of president building and judging by the time that these people have ten counts across the city they're not willing to go anywhere until friday until the summit in vilnius they're s

rally started on thursday demanding that the government resigns and the president be in paged alexy is in kiev for. you great is back to protest vote several rallies are now taking place across the great capitol to have this is one of them this is one of the rallies protesting against the government's decision this week. good to suspend the trade agreement with the european union the government try to be very pragmatic here finding some very serious economic reasons not to take this leap of faith that not sign the trade agreement with the european union first and foremost is the state of the countries or scenery modernization would have cost hundreds of billions of years they'll actually was the country cannot afford at the moment so. obviously false tax rates or to be close to that people would have found themselves in the streets and we're talking tens of thousands of people here this would create a serious serious social unrest in the country ukraine started to take this was to take this break. stand how to alleviate this loss of that actually offered to create a three sided commission with

continue taking people into the streets and demands that the president is impeached alexi russia reporting from kiev in ukraine. and also he has been gathering acts that analysis on how k. of could benefit from signing potential trade pogs and here's what we had the opportunity to be part of an absolutely huge free trade zone it's a fantastic idea but the problem we really have is that already the european union model has been deeply compromised by the addition of countries that weren't ready such as belgariad and rumania the european union itself really has to concentrate on its own internal economic problems to say that this is a sort of with an unexpected totally unexpected move it's very strange because of course you can cross to bear on sense see whether it's interesting as well. as for example the european union to dictate to greece. or to perth to grow ok other countries and then there's a step or two and presence and millions of people losing their jobs movements that i think that it became clear to the ukrainian president general quaritch that if you sign their deal he's not going to get an

angry crowds were refusing to go home they want the president's head before they do alexy russia's t.r.t. reporting from kiev ukraine and protesters believe the country's leadership hijacked their future by leaving the e.u. trade deal on the scrapheap although warned that a hasty agreement could devastate the country's economy people still want and as kiev looks to possibly revisit the agreement next year ati's paul scott has been finding out exactly what went so wrong this time. it's. a moment of on power allowed access it's crazy and president which comes face to face with a huge lead is for the first time since stilling one historic trade deal the whole thing caught on camera i think it was her sister at the far. right if it is the us i. it's clear that k.s. decision to hold for seedings has rankled a unit is flowing in a haze of negotiations the e.u. senses outside influence we have to set aside short term political calculations. and we may not give in to external pressure not the least from russia. because it says the financial deal also isn't large enough to prevent damage to ukraine's flailing economy

revolution and just like nine years ago it has every chance to be a very loud protest alexy russia ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. and the decision to postpone further integration has split the ukrainian parliament have a right here. oh. boy. pretty tough to mistake that the opposition booing the parliament's refusal to allow team a shanker to get medical treatment abroad further statements on postponing the idea of european integration were met with calls for the president in the twenty now around a thousand activists launched a protest against the decision call calling for a mass rally on sunday and the date coinciding with the beginning of the orange revolution by geo political analyst f william angle he believes the e.u. really has nothing to offer ukraine in the first place. i suspect that the ukrainian. political leadership but as it has a delusional view of what the e.u. would bring for your cranium economy of course a they long to be accepted as a western european nation and so forth since the breakup of the soviet union but right now the e.u. is in a kind of a death spiral the e.u. has little

crowds who are refusing to go home they want the president's head before they do alexy russia city r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine protests to say ukraine's leadership ruined hopes for a better future by rejecting this e.u. deal but the government says there were economic dangers to making a hasty agreement scott takes a look at what went wrong. it's. a moment of on power allowed access the ukrainian president viktor yushchenko vich comes face to face with a huge lead as for the first time since stalling on an historic trade deal the whole thing caught on camera i think it was hard for us to our bit. to see. if it is us i. it's clear that kiev decision to hold proceedings has rankled a huge lead as following years of negotiations the e.u. senses outside influence we have to set aside short and political calculations. and we may not give in to external pressure not the least from russia. which says the financial deal on offer isn't large enough to prevent damage to ukraine's flailing economy of course neither ukrainian businesses nor the government have this amount of money or will have any time soon th

revolution and just like nine years ago it has every chance to be a very loud protest alexi russia ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. and the country's parliament voted against a draft that would have had let the former prime minister yulia timoshenko get out of jail for medical treatment abroad the decision said as a precondition for integration certainly splitting the crimean parliament have a look right here. as you can see the opposition jaring the government's refusal. further statements on for spawning the idea of european integration were met with colds for the president in peach meant around a thousand activists launched a protest against the decision and called for a mass rally on sunday to coincide with the anniversary of the beginning of the orange revolution. and it will hold trade pact with europe on hold kiev is set to restore its close economic ties with the russian commonwealth earlier here on r.t. we discussed the pros and cons with venture capital host. according to the energy minister of the ukrainian energy minister he seems to think that it's all about economics and that it makes sen

kiev and brussels reached the streets of the ukrainian capital thousands joined a second day of protest despite the government insisting a deal would have devastated the country's economy artie's alexy a chef he has a look at the broken expectations. back to square one for ukraine's politics or kiev central square to be precise in two thousand and four the orange revolution started here gave independence square the event which dramatically changed political life in ukraine and set it on a year integration course nine years later the square is filled with people again only this time they hear because their president took a turn around well these protesters have been furious with the decision we have to fight for an independent ukraine we have to fight for tomorrow other people believe ukraine may have in fact dodged a bullet. you decision to suspend the preparation of signing the association agreement and zone of free trade with the e.u. is the only one possible in the current difficult economic situation which we now have in ukraine do you have a delusion that life will be better in the e.u. talk to polish people talk to gary and right now the e.u. is in a kind of a death spiral the

more enterprises but our country can't afford firing tens of thousands of workers alexy russia ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. and back to you later now what tells dominated the margins of the meeting between adeline and place him there in st petersburg. hi there well of course the focus is economic and energy cooperation the two countries have very strong ties and that's you know this is really the annual meeting where they get to set the agenda for that on the sidelines of course syria was the main topic the main issue that we in the present been waiting for comments on the two countries basically reiterated previous. that they've stated before they've essentially agreed to disagree prime minister erdogan blamed more than one hundred fifty thousand deaths in the syrian conflict on the regime of president saddam whereas mr putin had raised the issue of a radical islamist militias that operate in the country blaming the violence on those groups another issue that actually came up we're hearing reports basically that mr putin had asked the vice on how to deal with the european union everyone had re

brussels and moscow accused each other of blackmailing kiev into accepting offers over integration deals artie's alexy has more. the first and foremost mission of angela merkel according to herself is to persuade the russian leader that the eastern partnership initiative is not directed against russia have been fearing this comes just basically hours after putting himself welcomed the idea of holding a three sided commission between russia ukraine and the european union on how to alleviate potential economic losses we should great may suffer from eventually joining this association deal with the e.u. meanwhile several hundred people are still protesting at teves independence square some of these comments and emotions i compiled in my report back to square one for ukraine's politics or kiev central square to be precise in two thousand and four the orange revolution started here at independence square the event which dramatically changed political life in ukraine and set it on a year integration course nine years later the square is filled with people again only this time they're here because their pres

but those camping out in kiev central square are adamant about becoming part of europe despite the risks to their own country's economic health. alexy has been in the thick of the ongoing public unrest in kiev from day one and follow r.t. on instagram for his images from the very heart of the demonstrations. ukraine's dire economic conditions are being cited as the main reason lawmakers backed away from the e.u. deal are burning correspondent has been hearing reaction in europe with some believing it can't afford to accommodate kiev. ukraine's decision not to push for closer association with the e.u. could turn out to be a blessing for those european countries there was going to have to be some two hundred thousand pieces of regulation that would have to be changed to allow ukraine to fit into this new partnership all of which would have had to have been paid for by the european countries now these pieces of regulation range from quite big issues right down to things like the type of screws used on road signs and the gauge of railway tracks and those are things that really european countries can't afford to be paying for right now w

our enterprises but our country can't afford firing tens of thousands of workers alexy russia ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. whose blackmailing her president vladimir putin his address recent allegations that russia forced ukraine into the u. turn. is in st petersburg and she's been listening to what the russian leader had to say. turkish prime minister erdogan is here meeting with president putin they had a joint press conference where the ukraine issued actually did come up in one of the questions mr putin was actually asked about allegations that came out in reports earlier on friday suggesting that the ukrainian president had spoken to his counterpart his lithuanian counterpart in a phone call in a which he brought moscow pressure on the ukraine to scrap plans for participation in this trade pact here's a mr putin responded to a question about that let's take a listen. i don't know what the ukrainian president was talking about with his lithuanian counterpart maybe we should ask our merican friends about it but so far they haven't told us anything now he was of course joking but what he was

more enterprises but our country can't afford firing tens of thousands of workers alexy russia ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. are i then and who is a blackmailing who president of lied to me period has addressed and i gave shows that russia forced ukraine into a u.-turn of its integration plans with the. content of has been listening to what the russian leader had to say so hi there lucy claims and counterclaims was indeed did putin have to say that. certainly a war of words here in st petersburg now we're actually here to cover the high level economic meeting between turkey and russia the turkish prime minister erdogan is here meeting with president putin they had a joint press conference where the ukraine issued actually did come up in one of the questions mr putin was actually asked about allegations that came out in reports earlier on friday suggesting that the ukrainian president had spoken to his counterpart his lithuanian counterpart in a phone call in a which he brought a moscow pressure on the ukraine to scrap plans for participation in this trade pact here's a mr putin responded to a qu

our enterprises but our country can't afford firing tens of thousands of workers alexy russia's ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. the country's parliament voted against a draft that would have let jailed former prime minister yulia tymoshenko get medical treatment abroad the decision to set a precondition for integration of the europe has split the ukrainian parliament. was. the opposition the government's refusal of further statements on postponing the idea of european integration when met with calls for the president's impeachment many m.p.'s supporter of the initial rallies in the capital and said they would join we can't demonstrations. and get more details on ukraine's current economic situation with his case if he'll be him he joins me now live here in the studio hi katie nice to see you here so it seems from here crying simply can't afford joining the e.u. free trade agreement you'd be right there because the e.u. have said that they're not going to be compensating ukraine for the money that would be lost from not doing business with the c.i.s. countries so i'm talking about no longer privy to

our enterprises but our country can't afford firing tens of thousands of workers alexy russia ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. so let's see some important statements ok my space and that's where the his tech is counterpart as a one and what's al's did the leaders discussed that. very purpose here was a force that cannot make energy operationally the stuff that planned first the topic that everyone is pleading for is syria we didn't really hear much from either either on that basis and if we disagree yeah president blames much of the financial crisis on the fund stream a strip club revamp theory that. for president prime minister erdogan his part said that it's the regime that's primarily responsible for the bulk of the more than one hundred fifty thousand estimated syrians who have died in that conflict again sort of reiterating their positions both sides to urge for diplomatic talks the geneva two conference that's due to a common that's been stalled of course for quite some time they said that they discussed iran although not quite clear what came out of that we do know that both turkey and russ

alexy russia ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. opposition lawmakers have opened friday's session by waving flags and shouting shame the chant had already been heard within the walls of ukraine's parliament the day before. that was after draft allowing child former prime minister yulia timoshenko to receive medical treatment abroad it was scuppered the documents were such as a precondition for integration with europe but it ended up just over a century of votes away from being approved the outcome was mostly due to the ruling party his refusal to pas the bush. since ukraine's decision not to integrate with the e.u. is believed to be based on economic matters i also venture capital hose cases failed them was that the country will regret it in the future. the e.u. have said that they're not going to be compensating ukraine for the money that would be lost from not doing business with the c.i.s. countries so i'm talking about no longer privy to the likes of gas discounts as well as twenty five percent of ukrainian goods make their way

our enterprises but our country can't afford firing tens of thousands of workers alexy russia's ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. the country's parliament voted against a draft that would have led jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko get medical treatment abroad the decision set a precondition for integration with europe has split the ukrainian parliament. with. the opposition jared the government's refusal and further statements on postponing the idea of european integration were met with calls for the president's impeachment many m.p.'s supported the initial rallies in the capital and said they would join weekend demonstrations. while the opposition is seeking a vote of no confidence for the government the government is sticking by its believe that integration with europe could do more harm than good and any of my colleagues who are so shy to discuss the pros and cons with venture capital host ok scipio being. according to the energy minister of the ukrainian energy minister he seems to think that it's all about economics and that it makes sense for ukraine to stay away from the e.u. free

well alexi has been in the thick of the ongoing public unrest in kiev from day one and you can follow r.t. on instagram for his images and the very heart of the demonstrations. more on this let's certain to any people not only joins us from the u.k. and he's from the u.k. independence party also mr nuttall thank you very much for coming on the program we know you ran to europe why shouldn't you crane join the briefly in your opinion. why would you want to join an organization where twelve percent of people across europe are unemployed twenty five percent of eighteen to twenty four year olds are unemployed and if you do join the european union of course you have to join the euro one of the terms of the treaty lisbon now i will put it to you that the euro isn't really a successful currency and quite frankly if i was ukraine i wouldn't want to join an organization where you hold hands over the power to control your own destiny to control your own borders so the european commission commissioners who are elected all right so that's the case why are thousands of people demonstrating in ukra

streets and demands that the president is impeached alexi russia reporting from key of ukraine and r.t. has been gathering expert analysis on how kiev could benefit from signing potential trade pacts here's what we had. the opportunity to be part of an absolutely huge free trade zone it's a fantastic idea but the problem we really have is that already the european union model has been deeply compromised by the addition of countries that weren't ready such as bulgaria and romania the european union itself really has to concentrate on its own internal economic problems to say that this is a sort of a unexpected totally unexpected move is very strange because of course you can quest to balance and see whether it simply. grants for example the european union to dictate leg to greece. or to perth to grow it to other countries and impose a stereotype and franzen's and millions of people losing their jobs i think it's a wise move and the biggest loser is the e.u. because the e.u. has conceived this association agreement like all the other agreements that it tries to sign with european states as a geo political project very important to und

alexi russia see reporting from key of in ukraine. a lot he's been gathering expert analysis on how kiev could benefit from signing potential trade pacts and is what we've heard. the opportunity to be part of an absolutely huge free trade zone it's a fantastic idea but the problem we really have is that already the european union model has been deeply compromised by the addition of countries that weren't ready such as belgariad and rumania the european union itself really has to concentrate on its own internal economic problems to say that this is a so the way unexpected totally unexpected move is very strange because of course you can quest to balance and see whether it simply has. for example the european union to dictate to greece. or to perl to grow it rather countries and impose a standard and tribes and millions of people losing their jobs. i think that it became clear to the ukrainian president that if you signed their deal he is not going to get anything financially the e.u. so basically office thinks. tangible you know it doesn't offer immediate economic benefits it says that ukraine at some point in the future will have acces

kiev angry at the government's decision to just suspend integration plans. in a different part of the city a large group of protesters staged a rival rally against closer ties with russell's artie's alexy or chef reports on a deal that not only divided people within the country but also the international community. ukraine is divided again the decision by the government to suspend the free trade agreement with the european union polarized the country these people participating in the largest protest rally i've seen in years and say that they completely disagree with this decision they say the president must be impeached there's a different rally just a few hundred meters from his supporters of the president say that this decision was a bridge magic one and was a very correct one the notion which is shared by many political analysts as well because looking at the possible disadvantages economic disadvantage is that ukraine could have suffered from joining the free trade agreement it's easy to see why first of all there was an isolation of ukrainian machinery factories could have cost more than one hundred billion dollars altogether the luxury which brain cannot afford at the moment so t