back to the hate to hear from european commissioner president, jose manuel barroso.t conversation. ♪ outcomemorning, welcome you are watching "the pulse." live on bloomberg tv, and bloomberg.com. >> now a look at what we are watching. we are joined by ryan chilcote in moscow. sanctions and whether they will bite. >> i have got my i am brussels, that is where the u.s.-eu summit will take place tomorrow. can president obama convince the europeans to strengthen their sanctions? at the moment, the u.s. is a bit ahead of the european union. the second thing is that ruble,al, -- is the strengthening against the dollar and the euro. no one believes these sanctions are actually coming. we have heard a lot of talk from the white house about pushing down the ruble. yesterday, the ceo of sberbank told me he thought this crisis led to the ruble being pushed down by about 10%. see suggests people do not greater sanctions coming. and little money coming back into the russian market. back to you. also watching what is happening in the headache. hans nichols has an exclusive intervi

the countries that signed the agreements cannot protect its european commission president jose manuel barroso has also called on russia to cecil preparations for the annexation of crimea side to the same time he has seen last anti jew in the first world war . the accused. one day and more. in him. it's a bit the us the eye. of the eu the christian east ukraine six hit tony its remaining resolute following a series of violent confrontations street to buy russian criminals crossing the border. as result authorities increased controls a chuckle with suspicious russian citizen prevented from entering the kremlin has been to that piece and again thanks to attack certain undisclosed colts is the new crane and to realize the violent take it for regional parliament tree and administrative buildings and tony asks can you buy a copy of like the consent of the expected chaos in the country. it's really really important. now to william nights at them and understand what that white understand what's going on like civil war. is this the scenario is that it is really. movie. it's fine trudeau. the gardens.

a veteran of the politics and he's hoping to succeed current commission president shows that manuel barroso. this was the international criminal court in the hague convicted a former congolese militia commander of war crimes on friday. it is a man cuts congo was found guilty of involvement in the two thousand three massacre of more than two hundred civilians in the village in northeastern congo he was cleared of other offences including deploying child soldiers. and keeping women and girls as play a huge show. the winter paralympics picked up and such. their landmark for russia where people with disabilities have long been stigmatized russian president reading including officially open the games as the tense standoff continued in crimea the dispute played out symbolically in the stadium and ukraine sent down just a lone flag carrier to protest against russian actions ukraine's other athletes all boycotted the ceremony the german team also made a point of refusing to carry the russian flag. and that concludes our review of the week's news. what's the world's biggest story each day. exclusive

prevent any territorial division of ukraine and a meeting with the eu commission president jose manuel barroso found some eco called on all sides to find a peaceful diplomatic solution to the crisis. apple also praised political reforms announced by the new interim government in kiev. and she said that your pet a historical responsibility to support the country. and we're joined now by our correspondent in brussels care and health care and it seemed like washington and moscow are on a collision course over that situation in ukraine was just leave your animal situation. the piece here and there in a very difficult to position because she opened one hand one student had to negotiate to de escalate. but you've also took me a position he as he had the fun they said the unity of the sovereignty and also that air time out and take a teal signed up to ukraine is in cotton and they cannot them now and that's to be attached and they also said dislikes. he carried the tradition of the witnesses said they came out and they'd taken them the russian decision still a bit of the very key a standstill it puts

within the last few moments it's been reported that the european union, commission president jose manuel barrosoay it is european union will provide ukraine $15 billion of financial aid to ukraine over the next couple years, remembering ukraine is in a very difficult financial situation and is virtually a bankrupt country. that as the defense minister of russia has described as utter rubbish photographs and videos which appear to show russian troops and military hardware in crimea. the russian foreign minister in madrid says none of those russian troops or forces who are armed are under any control from moscow, they are self-defense forces. more on bbc news shortly. stay with me. the puck, the puck, horsehide, bullet. right where it needs to be. coach calls it logistics. he's a great passer. dependable. a winning team has to have one. somebody you can count on. somebody like my dad. this is my dad. somebody like my mom. my grandfather. i'm very pround of him. her. them. activia tummies, happy people when you feel good inside. you live life with a smile. but when you feel bloated, with discomfort

i want to give the floor to the president of the european commission, jose manuel barroso. >> first of all, president obama, it's great to have you here in brussels, the capital of europe into headquarters. your visit sends a very strong signal. first of all of the ukraine citizens, they understand how important the transatlantic relationship, for europe and for the united states of america. to american people, i would like to say to the american people that you can count on us as your best friends and alliance. and also to those of the world, we remain committed and open that we decide to engage in all those global issues from free trade to achieve to public calls to climate action. but at the same time we will also the firm in defending our common values, those of peace, of freedom, of the rights of individuals, the rule of law. european union and united states have risen together to make sure that actions that are unacceptable will bear serious consequence. and, in fact, we can say that it is in the spirit that there is not only we are working on issues like iran or middle east peac