why it's happening was attempting to walk down the two efforts against the kremlin. gazprom spend years based in the region germany with export large amounts of gas when the russians annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula on the kremlin's continued provocations in east ukraine at the moment george gould a strained relations been asked about it . the international news on one. the armenian government has expressed disappointment with turkey following courts regarding the nineteen fifteen massacre of armenians in an effort to prevent criticism that its prime minister as he ties the two and described the killing of one point five million armenians is being inhumane but failed to apologize bowden a book on the road in the one statement is a typical itself looked at these double standards anticipating possible pressure on the turkish leadership or the speaking countries and the international community on the eve of war. austria armenian genocide. the empire he should have reacted to make a preemptive move in some way but of course he didn't have enough courage as a cit

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. >> fascist is being used to designate all things noxious and bad in the kremlin line of argument. >> reporter: this political analysts say as the kremlin tries to reinforce the notion of patriotism through a campaign across state media tapping into a vein of national pride which swelled during the sochi olympics and kept its momentum through last month's annexation of crimea by russia. this channel was dropped after it was asked if the city of leningrad should have been dropped by the nazis. >> it was a huge campaign

this is completely acceptable france's un ambassador accused the kremlin and ignoring the evidence of social media and other information so says warning that brushes tactics in east ukraine nearer the easy to use before its annexation last month of the crimean peninsula. she woke up we have the impression the russian applied to knowing the facts is pretending that the internet does not exist and that the internet today is contradicting what it says lets not forget that these demonstrations weapon to use it to the annexation of crimea and shoulder next to me the security council has held numerous emergency meetings on ukraine has been incapable of taking concrete action because of rush's show disagreements with the united states and europe. the white house is christ and fresh sanctions against the kremlin if it does not take steps to de escalate the situation. he taught woman has been arrested to talk to police found the remains of seventy comprising infants stopped in separate carport books is in the form of hiding. thirteen on the road to make and huntsman was detained off to the car

geographic in the kremlin of stirring up trouble in ukraine's eastern province to a charge denied by russian president but the report in one april seventeen rejected claims the russian special forces present in eastern ukraine putin also admitted to lying on march for when he famously denied russian troops had invaded ukraine's crimean peninsula. one can get into any of the simplest oh and by such uniforms. the selected self defense forces in crimea in fact russia invaded crimea in late february and formally annexed the peninsula a month later after a sham referendum only recognized by a few country. ukraine's announcement of stricter border controls to a sharp response from moscow which accuses gm of ignoring the rights of russian speaker be charged a bunch last week in a special report prepared by the united nations human rights office. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and his american counterpart john kerry hammered out with a one page agreement on april seventeen designed to de escalate tensions bbq drink or government buildings had been captured by kremlin backed militia.

the kremlin is coordinating this. this would not be happening without the kremlin's involvement. >> julia, what's your analysis? >> i think he's absolutely right, especially with what happened in kiev, which the russians are constantly asking us and inviting us to do, equating the movements in eastern ukraine, the pro-russian movements in eastern ukraine and what happened in kiev. it was guys with bats and shin guards. they didn't have this kind of weaponry, didn't have this kind of efficiency or this kind of coordination, these uniforms. but what we're seeing in east ukraine is definitely not spontaneous grassroots movements, where people just went to the store and got these uniforms. >> you, josh, obtained a recording of the secretary of state john kerry speaking about what's going on in eastern ukraine in a closed-door meeting. you got a recording. i'm going to play the audio from the recording. the words are up on the screen, then i want to discuss what you heard at this meeting the other day. >> intel is producin

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the kremlin has for months and i get going russian intelligence operatives in ukraine russian president but the report non april seventeen admitted to lying about the president of russian soldiers in ukraine's crimea which russia next to march on april twenty fourth of june said the anti terrorism operation currently underway in ukraine. it's criminal. the arch and temperatures will be on tv in ukraine have released by music journalist simon dostoevsky of frosty has been covering the crisis in ukraine for weeks. self declared separate its mayor of what the odds they just love the metal told a news conference on april twenty second that his men were holding an american journalist because its reporting was too once i get asked all state records show that western propaganda was helping to stoke divisions and foment unrest there been more than a dozen people kidnapped by pro russian militants in eastern ukraine and region week. news on when the time. i would. bubble this debate legitimate. god bless you. each. what does it so what. which was huge double post. the other. it was. tool. great

it has two boys in the kremlin's propaganda to portray the kiddos went as a group of fascists is expected to get less than one percent. per cent as john says increased with the endorsement of heavyweight boxer the topic which co leader of the antibiotic iv treatments that go down to the presidential race the four th or old you and is one point three billion dollar fortune with his kind of confectionery shops threw his weight behind the prayer your movement is based on a scale of the use of ukraine's government dithering of a closer ties with the dup fifty percent of ukrainians long session to the european union. the center of the mosque according to a poll published last month the un. as the us and eu continue to mull over for the economic sanctions against russia. although we don't make telephone calls he has formed a new retirement reactions could be due to defects in the short time. he has no sanctions will affect were shaking me deeply. it's the current russian gold and foreign currency reserves the peculiarities of the energy distribution system ways energy suppliers can be replaced

knowing that the ending was attempting to walk down the two efforts against the kremlin. gazprom spend years based in the region germany with its bold large amounts of gas when the russians annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula and the clintons can see provocations in east ukraine at the moment joint goal of a strained relations between moscow and the tin. the on the lawn. schools in the eastern ukrainian rebel held city of sodium school i don't eat dessert it was parents keep their children at home during an assault on the sixteenth my cranium troops ukrainian special forces launched a second phase of their operation in the east of the country on friday by mounting a full page of the city which is being overrun by kremlin backed militants who aim to create a pretext for russian annexation. let's erase the new cheese dishes to do with the change he said. this holds true is that it couldn't be that we would have six hundred and ninety zero s are just as you can see it open and honest i'd be a terrible president of just six per cent. according to our information once he

ukrainian prime minister alison yet seen the look and several western allies say the kremlin is behind the unrest in east ukraine and yet seen the look has accused moscow of exporting terror to his country the russian government to deny such allegations that some observers believe russian president but in a putin who use the continuing chaos as a pretext to sending treats such tactics would mirror the scenes last month when russia invaded and annexed ukraine's crimean peninsula. however such an approach from the kremlin may know pre dawn likeable owing to a new report from the knights nations human rights office which says that ethnic russians in crimea falsely claims to be under attack in order to justify a russian involvement on the peninsula the paper states that quote greatly exaggerated stories of harassment of the ethnic russians by ukrainian extremist nationalist was systematically used to create a climate of fear and insecurity. the reason it's a case of your accusations leveled a small scope that it has been waging a campaign of disinformation in order to discredit the present

another classic tool in the kremlin's propaganda tool box. unlucky circumstances around that the incident which left several prayer were some ants instead a dispute it's typical that the publication of the kremlin was quick to agree with the pro russia reporting by accusing rights act to and claiming that gm was complicit. bringing the key of government as fascist dictated to by rod sector has become most ghost and a description of the new government in ukraine despite the fact that there are no rights or two members in government and the political wing of the policy is polling at less than two percent the owner of any stripe bookstore who's been widely priced across the country faced a bunch and takes readers on his korean racked up is an oprah like that second punch bowl. fifty seven year old. it's my lefty who wants a second humble stall in the port city of place i've been dealing in the second tumbled tried to leave that when she is such a holy life of books sold off the polite his customers' lives he said he undertook the crayon off his

>> no reaction yet and the kremlin quite honestly is not particularly worried.in knows the sanctions cannot be particularly effected and targeted to individuals, obama this, the eu knows this, but what it can have an effect on and what it is having an effect as a threat is invested confidence and invested confidence has really suffered in the past three months anywhere from 65-100 billion of investment, foreign investment has left the country. what investors are looking for putting this much money in a single country are two things, stability and security and i'm sorry russia does not tick either box, stability or security, as a result of the ongoing financial crisis following the annexation of crimea and the escalating crisis in ukraine. already the country has seen its economy shrink by a half of 1% and in this keeps going and there is absolutely no reason why it shouldn't the country could hit recession at the end of the year and these are not sanctions to worry russia and talking about banking sanctions and defense and especially energy that is a completely

russia sees crimea and the kremlin has continued to come and gone and separatism in towns and cities across the southeast of the country the first covenant easy and dedicate it to the free to crack down on china's tiananmen square pro democracy protests twenty five years ago it has opened in hong kong. in early june nineteen ninety nine to china's leaders support the troops with assault rifles and tanks type and quiet of a student demonstration which was protesting the death of a post carnival comes to men but come to an economic and democratic reform. hundreds of photos diets. in the simple opening ceremony to me seems down to schoolwork on to copy the nineteen eighteen an editorial from the government mouthpiece the stake the people's daily revealed the date of the museum jonathan chan hong kong residents was the university student back in nineteen eighteen the line he recalls the scene at the local hospital not knowing. most of them all the words of the will of the most beautifully with the people and again. more info. is unbearable. my two which was to accommodate his needs him p

following the attack the kremlin backed rebels blamed ukrainian nationalist policy probably six to two in ten claimed it was russian special forces carried out what they labeled a priceless provocation on the east tonight. as accusations continue to fight back and forth. some have questioned the reliability of the evidence that the crime scene. russian news sites like these plaintiff discovered in the hunt elk are a crime scene the business cost of this man to me to drop her off. he's the leader of the far right fringe party probably stick to the game to widespread publicity during ukrainian uprising against former princeton to the ecm economy serious question marks have been raised and the authenticity of the business college. russia says its evidence the group carried out a checkpoint attacks inside the ons all of this state would be highly unusual but in the arm to cover private sector taka to carry or leaf behind the leaders business conduct during a secret planned operation. since the attacks the internet has become awash with it which means monkey russia's claims some of them inc

but it was been seen as a message to the kremlin and a show of support ukraine at the white has confirmed that c i a director john brennan that needed trip to kiev to meet with the interim authorities there and discuss ways to increase cooperation and intelligence gathering something ukraine and desperately needs as a russian friends for their aggression. which was attorney general eric holder has spoken this memorial service for the three people shots until the jewish sense is intense as holders of them it is like every time a hate crime were an affront to the nation said all americans stand with the people of kansas city and want to see that justice is the moriarty time the losses of carrying william henry in all that their teachers should have known. we grieve for the friends and family members and best loved them mulch. was that we will support you. as one community and as one nation. in sorrow but the strain. guided by tragedy the down together. my unyielding was all in the face of the few violence to research on since the three year old french england cross with the meditations this

ukrainian army moves to blockaded pro-kremlin rebels in the mid east. standing shoulder to shoulder, the u.s. and south korea showed their united fronts against pyongyang's nuclear program. info.erican president's we begin now with some stern words over ukraine. ukrainian prime minister accusing russia of wanting to start another world war iii if speaking -- world war. >> by russia on ukraine's territory. will lead to military conflict in europe. the world has not yet forgotten world war ii. a russia already wants to start world war iii. highnsions are running east of ukraine as the government is carrying out what it calls an antiterrorist operation. program russian separatists have seized -- have seized control of several cities. we go to douglas herbert who is covering events for us now. you're just north of the eastern city. you have seen ukrainian special forces. describe for us the current situation at this hour. hour is really in the past that we came upon the first sign that we can see of this antiterrorist operation in kiev. we came upon a large

, which the kremlin denies vehemently. but the kremlin says that they expect it, i would think. >> one of the protesters, they're not going to leave the building until the process of

unit, rivalling the e.u. >> if that is the case, how far do you think the kremlin is ready to go. we have seen it annexing crimea very quickly. do you think it's likely to want to take more they are the tri from ukraine. >> we need to point to areas similar to the crimean situation. we are seeing various pro-russian groups assisted by russian personnel - similar to crimea. i think the strategic objective may be different. >> russia does not need to incorporate ukraine's east. they are trying to gain leverage against ta ukraine state. it wants a federalized ukraine, one which would apportion various region's roles to conduct foreign policy, conducive to the eurasian area that vladimir putin wants and has invested capital in. this is the game atoo. foot -- afoot. we need to be aware of it. >> thank you tofor speaking to . >> security forces in the philippines say they have killed two rebel fighters after a raid on a safe house. it took place in the southern philippines. six other members of the group have been arrested. the group was founded in 1991 and is blamed or some of the wors

the kremlin is happy to sit back and see how things lay out. it will be interesting to see what the outcomes of the talks are. no great hopes that they'll see any way forward, not with the entrenched positions that nick spicer is talking about. >> peter will keep ice ears and eyes open in moscow for us, as vladimir putin has the question and answer session with the russian people. >> we have a lot more to come at al jazeera - including no friends, no family and little money. we report from mexico where people are struggling to start over after being deported from the u.s. plus, china's version of twitter going public. weibo sets its sites on the nasdaq in new york. >> hello again. i'm martine dennis in doha. these are the top stories. leader from the u.s., e.u., russia and ukraine are meeting to try to solve the crisis in eastern ukraine. >> ukrainian troops failed to oust pro-russian groups from buildings in the east. vladimir putin says the deployments are another serious crime by the ukrainian government. >> strong currents and bad visibilit

the kremlin took exception to what it said was 150 u.s. mercenaries who said - who the foreign ministries said have been drafted in to help, and were drafted in to help the ukrainian forces. the mercenaries come from the gray stone group, they are dressed in ukrainian security uniforms. we have no way to confirm those allegations, but the war of words continue with a tough line from the kremlin. absolutely. russia says the u.s. mersan ris, the presidential ukrainian candidate yulia tymoschenko saying they are russian provocateurs. where does all this leave the interim government in kiev? >> i think the government is in a very, very difficult position at the moment. the russians, kremlin are saying do not send forces down to the easement don't interfere in the grass roots activism carried out by pro-russian forces. if they don't intervene, and that gets out of control, then if they stay out russia could say "well, the situation is out of control. they have lost control of the east and we can bring in humanitarian forces to settle the situat

, which the kremlin denies vehemently. but the kremlin says that they expect it, i would think. >> one of the protesters, they're not going to leave the building until the process of amending the constitution begins, and any idea on the process or the timeline of how this happens? >> well, the government has made it clear that it's appointing a committee of experts to look at a constitutional overhaul to address some of the concerns that have come up at moscow's instigation, but a timeline for the people to vote on, and perhaps the presidential election, it's not carved in stone, but one of the several processes intertwined in a way that lowers the intentions, between kiev and moscow and washington and moscow for this to really stick. >> thank you so much, nick spicer there from geneva, and let's bring you back up to speed. the crisis in ukraine with the russian foreign minister saying that they have agreed that all occupied squares and buildings will be freed, weapons will only be held by what he calls legitimate authorit

we're just hearing the summary from the kremlin and they are saying that the protests that have beennd into ukraine, as the kremlin puts it, the kiev's authority inability and unwillingness to take into account the needs and and the russian speaking populations within that area. blaming it on kiev, basically, saying that they haven't done enough to cater to the people there and take their rights into account and the kremlin called america's use of the term meddling, accusing russia of meddling in ukraine, they called that inaccurate. and that the kremlin called on ukraine to craft a new constitution that would focus on those other populations within ukraine. well, the u.s. take -- we don't have the read-out on the phone call just yet. we expect that very soon but the u.s. is seeing this entirely differently and increasingly over the last couple of weeks, we've seen the obama administration use much stronger language in defining that situation. we haven't seen additional action. in fact, today the press secretary was just barraged by questions from reporters as to why the u.s. hasn't

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the billions at stake in the kremlin's standoff with ukraine. >>> storm track, dangerous and deadly stormsipping through the country, and recovery, the philippines battling back six months after a devastating typhoon. >>> tonight in eastern ukraine, violence exploded in the streets. pro russia activists crashed a pro-government rally. they beat protesters with baseball bats. and in another major city the mayor was shot in the back. now the u.s. is imposing more sanctions against moscow. this is the fourth time the ups has gone this route. this time the focus is on seven russian officials and 17 companies with close ties to vladimir putin. they will face travel bans and asset freezes. the u.s. is curving exports of high-tech products to russia. the european union says it will impose similar sanctions tomorrow. mike viqueira joining us now from manila. mike, what is the obama administration trying to achieve with this latest batch of sanctions? >> john, the white house says they are simply trying to ratchet up the existing sanctions. you described it, john, you have reported 7 individuals, 7

russia's involvement in the celtic building seizures which many believe could be used as a pretext for a kremlin backed invasion in two months to the leader of the alt text displayed it for preston pretence help gm for cause those who run the new house to regional security building as terrorists meanwhile the self proclaimed interim authorities hold up in the state's building in tanya is still discussing independence from kiev ukraine's interior minister has threatened to use force determine if the protesters as you. cuba has announced that giant us contract to the girls. it has recently gone on hunger strike while serving long prison term is a normal stable health and receiving to fight and decent treatment in hospital wards on tuesday. rose's lawyer announced that his clients have to go on strike last week to protest his alleged mistreatment by the cuban and us governments. the lawyer claims the crows had been confined to a small cost to me that so that it lost ten pounds since beginning his strike on the third of april crocs have lost one hundred and ten pounds prior to the hunger strike in t

the man who oversees it is a long time ally of vladimir putin who is one of the 11 kremlin officials that president obama -- >> i'm authorizing sanctions on russian officials -- >> placed under sanction in the ukraine crisis last month. it may be undermining the effective of sanctions as a tool of foreign policy. >> there's an impetus for ux la to go out and purchase as many as russian engines as possible before future sanctions go into place. this may not be in the best interests of u.s. diplomacy. >> the state department disagreed. >> i think the individual you are referring to was obviously sanctioned as an individual, not as a company. >> ula told fox news, the air force has a 2 to 3 stockpile of the russian engines. the supply chain has never experienced a supply disruption in the 15 years of imports. russia has taken no actions to restrict the sales. today, spacex which launches satellites, filed in court of claims a protest. >> it seems like the wrong time to send hundreds of millions of dollars to the kremlin. >>> james, thank you. as we just saw, the u.s. is and lockheed mar

session of the un security council the key of government alongside on that in washington says the kremlin is behind unrest in east ukraine which is seen on the pro russian activists seized government buildings in several towns. my voice and a special issues to greenpoint. ever since and some attention but is it response retirees the statements and position of prussia in tech support terrorists in ukraine whose season is freedom innings local women into it harrison also secrete service integrated twenties in several cities and opened fire on a crane and police the us and britain had been unequivocal in placing the blame squarely on rush's shoulders for events now unfolding in ukraine's border with russia. we know who was behind this. indeed the only entity in the area capable of the sport needed professional military actions is russian russia is seeking to impose its will on the people of ukraine using this information intimidation and aggression. tactics gold from the darkest days of the last entry. this is completely unacceptable. rowe says un ambassador accused the kremlin and ignoring

delegation of top diplomats could decide to implement tougher trade and economic sanctions against the kremlin if it decides to expand its military presence beyond ukraine's crimean peninsula the warning comes days after nadu expressed grave concerns over the tens of thousands of russian troops massed along the korean supporters. moscow has responded by almost doubling the gas price for ukraine in the past two days despite the pressure ukraine's prime minister arson yet seen you for instance the new pro eu government will continue to stick the unpopular measures which he says comes with the price of independence the addicted person putin's plan to resurrect the soviet union would be the biggest disaster of the century. tia has been the russian tv channels programs from being broadcast in the baltic country after the country's media regulator decided that gross t a r t bars cover of the crisis in ukraine was biased. the country's media watchdog called the programming coming from group c o r t r war propaganda. ukraine has quit to broadcasting and the all russian state owned tv channels most of

acting interior affairs minister attended by gov said the situation in logan's given that were pro kremlin protesters have occupied government buildings would be resolved within the next forty eight hours of negotiations or fight for german chancellor angela merkel said that russia is not taking the necessary steps to ease the standoff over ukraine. she said germany would continue to urge dialogue to resolve the complex and upper limit support ukraine's right to decide its own future the sony as new prime minister on the boycott meanwhile set in holland and imposing economic sanctions on russia with her european union countries but might be needed to send a strong message to moscow. hours earlier the european union in brussels announced plans to set up a special support group to help ukraine stabilize the precarious economy and political situation. european union chief jose manual barroso said the group whose work would be extended to georgia and moldova will draw on the expertise of various eu member states and work with international financial institutions . the activist who i've been ho

. >> reporter: a shot across the kremlin's bough.yesterday secretary of state john kerry promised more sanctions. >> let me be clear. if russia continues in this direction, it will not just be a grave mistake. it will be an expensive mistake. >> so far western sanctions to reign in moscow has been limited largely targeted members of russian president vladimir putin's inner circle, a bank with kremlin ties and a crimean gas company. western leaders have not said how they would broaden those measures. but experts believe the most powerful sanctions would aim to isolate russia financially by blocking access to international pavement systems and western investment. >> if we cut them off from that we could force a very rapid adjustment of the sort we saw in 2008 in global markets. >> russia is deeply entwined in global financial markets relying on billions in foreign money to finance cross border trade investment as well as international pavement systems to process transactions. it's that level of integration and sophistication that makes

such actions by the kremlin to change its position on key day today as cod.russian actions on the eastern borders of ukraine germany forbid its companies to supply military goes to auction at the beginning of a building amount of blood but the german minister of defense was over five million harassment of unexamined eleven fifty three. meanwhile the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs emphasizes that russia does not have the right to criticize the anti operation in the east of ukraine according to the minister of foreign affairs in ukraine statements of device the site says that ukraine supposedly started to walk again see its own people. just another provocation. i'm caught in lies unconscious execution of gnosis on behalf of the kremlin. inevitably new service spokesperson on the minister of foreign affairs also reminded that during the last month the federation itself called up operations against the terrorists in the north caucasus. we used all available military forces including tanks and approx would you go with the notice when you seem to be used to

it seems the kremlin has been hearing the prayers of his russian speaking breath ren. >> translation: this is nothing else but an exercise in democracy, if we let the people do what they want. >> in the capital, the symbols of the old soviet union have pride of place. at the end of the cold war, it led to a civil war, as the region broke away from moldova to protect their language and links with russia. more than 1,000 people were killed in the bitter fighting on the eastern banks of the river. it was only quelled when moscow ordered troops to intervene. the kremlin soldiers remain as peacekeepers, and politicians would like them to stay as defenders of a new sovereign republic. >> people in crimea voted for it. to some extent there is a jealousy in our situation. >> and witched between a casino and a shop selling soviet memor a billia. two breakaway regions of georgia, unrecognized by the world, and now hosting russian troops. the american senator john mccain visiting moldova made clear his views of the russian strategy. >> russia is a gas station masquerading as a country and i apol

is destabilizing the region, the kremlin is supporting those militias.t says the consequences for moscow are already apparent. listen. >> what you've already seen is the russian economy weaker, capital fleeing out of russia. you know, mr. putin's decisions are not just bad for ukraine. over the long term, they're going to be bad for russia. >> arwa damon is live in kiev with new evidence just in to cnn that russia may be behind what's happening in eastern ukraine. arwa, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, christine. well, no doubt, in the mind of ukrainian authorities, either about who is responsible for the unrest here. we were given exclusive access to some of the evidence that the ukrainian government is presenting during those critical talks in geneva. we spoke with bitali neda with ukraine's counterintelligence services, who showed us the military i.d.s, russian military i.d.s of individuals he says they have in custody. one of these men, he says, was found with plastic wrap explosives in his possession along with detonators and a map t

residents will have been able to hear the kremlin's spokesman justifying the build-up of troops along the eastern border. >> we have forces in the region of the border, some based there permanently, others to reinforce against a back drop of what is happening in the ukraine. actually, any country that is going take precautionary measures, will need to secure it. >> protesters in the east believe the interim government in kiev believe it's illegal. people in kiev describe the protesters as rebels and separatists. the only hopeful signs is an offer from the government to respect a truth until after easter. >> well, staying in ukraine, there's a poll out suggesting that most ukrainians don't want to join russia, but feel the counter government is illegitimate. kiev's institute for international published findings. over half are against joining russia, a little over a quarter are in favour of rule by moscow. >> in the wider donetsk region, under two fifth support the kremlin's demands for a federalized ukraine. around the same amount want a decentralisation of power. in eastern ukraine, n

we get this crawl -- this call from the kremlin yesterday.hey are saying it is not mandatory and it is just a recommendation. if they want to list on a foreign exchange, they are welcome to do that. >> we will stay on top of this story. we talked a little bit about central banks, fx, earnings. i know it is difficult to predict geopolitics. how does an investor play something like this? tensions could escalate. should try not to predict what you cannot predict. politics will always catch you by surprise, whether it is middle eastern tensions one point five years ago, ukraine and russia now, whether it was chinese-japan relationships around a year ago. , becauseway to do that , let's not getct it wrong when it comes to emerging markets. you will get it wrong if you focus on countries that do not have a huge reliance on foreign direct investment. countries which do not have a massive amount of current account deficits. you have this fragile, more sensitive to flow economy and you will be ok in the long run. emerging markets might be the only lis

the only reason there is violence in eastern ukraine is because of agents sent in by the kremlin. and i'm certain the authorities in ukraine are happy with the terms of the agreement today, but they want to make sure that those are, in fact, implement it. and again, that is entirely on mr. putin. >> defense secretary chuck hagel said the u.s. will provide nonlethal military aid to ukraine. but what if russia ignores sanctions and condemnation? then what happens? if when a line that crossed, would prompt military supplies to ukraine? >> i agree with senator mccain, that we should has sent lethal military supplies, antitank, and night vision goggles long ago. the ante if russia ups with its aggression, there will be increased pressure on the obama administration just -- to do just that. >> you believe some of that lethal aid should have been sent long ago. what would be be in the conflict if that had happened? would we be in worse shape? >> i think we would be in better shape. it is very clear that if mr. wooten wants to, he can seize parts of ukraine. providing weaponry to the mili

the voice of russia said the kremlin could no longer put up with voa's security subversive, self-serving propaganda. it is funded by the u.s. congress and first started to broadcast into the soviet union during the stalin era. thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of moscow april 13th to protest what they call a crackdown on independent media designed to stifle debate over ukraine and crimea. in rebateweeks, timchenko, the editor of lenta ru was relieved from her post. >> followed the dropping of a critical anti-kremlin network by its cable carriers three months ago. three journalists working for the lebanese television channel have become the latest media workers killed while covering the war in syria. henza hassan and cameraman and technician died during the government operation to seize the town north of damascus. it is owned by hezbollah condemned the attack and called the perpetrators terrorists. the lebanese president wrote on his twitter account that assassinating journalists gateway a cowardly act. there have now been more than 70 media workers killed in syria since the star

do you think the kremlin is taking the seriously? >> well, language that that just doesn't mesh with what we are seeing on the ground. and the facts are that we have seen a tremendous impact on the russian sxle, whether it's an impact on the stockmarket, aecon impact on the stockmarket, a, projections for economic growth. if the russian leadership really cares about the russian people, they should be taking a look at those factors as well. >> i am sure you have heard what senator bob corker from tennessee called it, a slap on the wrist. is this a watered-down approach? >> absolutely not. one, we have sanctioned individuals who are close to president putin who have had a direct impact on these illegal actions we have seen in ukraine and we have seen the impact on the russian economy. there are many people out there who want to play games with what should happen here and what shouldn't happen here. but there is no military solution to the situation in ukraine. there is no way that the ukrainian military can come up to par with the russ

but president obama remains cautious the kremlin will hold up it's part of the bargain.the world loses a library -- literary giant. gabriel garcia marquez passes away at 87. he helped put magical realism on the map. you're watching "live from paris." it is time to take a look at headlines internationally. we will start with the tragic story unfolding in south korea with the sinking ferry. >> is still dominating the international press. a photo of some relatives of the passengers still missing. things to the accounts of survivors, a picture is starting to emerge of what happened on board. it is a grim picture. you can see the title. one thing that is unclear is why so many passengers were unable to escape. it took nearly two and a half hours for the ship to capsize. according to this article passengers were told to stay inside their cabins because it was too dangerous to go outside. >> the captain of the ship is coming under a lot of heat. he was reportedly among the first to leave the ship. >> that is according to an article in the leading daily in south korea. you can s

the kremlin rejected allegations that it's fomenting the unrest in eastern ukraine. but secretary of state john kerry spoke with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov in a phone call. spokesman jen psaki: >> he called on russia to publicly disavow the activities of separatists, saboteurs and provocateurs, calling for de- escalation and dialogue, and called on all parties to refrain from agitation in ukraine. he made clear that any further russian effort to destabilize ukraine will incur further costs for russia. >> woodruff: the department also announced kerry plans to meet with top diplomats from russia, ukraine and the european union in the next ten days. >> woodruff: david herszenhorn is covering this story for the new york times from moscow. i spoke to him a short time ago. david hertz enhorn, thank you for talking-- herszenhorn, thank you for talk with us what is the latest you are hearing from eastern ukraine. >> we know now the government there kiev faces a critical choice to make, whether to try to move in on these protestors who have occupied government bui