european economies said a statement there isn't a big upset in the first opinion matches against moscow russia escalate the situation in ukraine. the other hand the international community promised financial support to kenya. a foreshadowing of what economic sanctions on russia will be faced with if it continues down this course on a commitment to provide support to the ukrainian people. again it's going to lead to concrete out outcomes and imf package economic assistance of beaches other people none of ukraine. as financial assistance to obtain documents on the bonnet of the meantime if the finance people use any means but the imf economic reforms. the decision was announced a japanese speaking cabinets just a few surprise was that the money will be provided as loans at low interest rates. the couple said that japan could not stay inside in ukraine is in serious economic and political situation because it was a husky cream distorting its diminished this week thomas keating scott west ukraine the president of the u s express his support to ukraine and his million tears old a crisis that faces.

as peter sharp reports from moscow. russia declared its support for the breakaway movement in crimea. >> a standing ovation for the crimean deputies arriving at the russian parliament. their overwhelming vote to join the russian federation on thursday was applauded, seen almost as a declaration of independence, their message from their russian brothers welcome home and a promise. >> translation: everything is clear from this side of moscow. if we see you are ready to make this decision, i assure you our total support. everyone is just excited about this, because this is a festive occasion. >> festivities extending to red square, when the bill speeding up integration goes toward the doouma. crimea could become the first territory to join russia since the break-up of the soviet union since 1981. the significance of that not lost among these people. among political observers, concern at the pace of change your and the direction that vladimir putin appears to be leaving russia as this crisis unravels hour by hour. >> this is a fat

moscow. it was many miles away down in southern russia. so on one hand the russians are still saying he's the president of ukraine, but they're also keeping him very much at arm's length. >> is there some sort of mediator that can calm this down? you heard from the spokesman of ban ki-moon saying that the secretary general will be speaking with putin shortly at the situation in ukraine. would he have any impact realistically on putin, ban ki-moon? >> that depends on putin. i mean there could well be a role for a mediation provided by the united nations or someone else if the russian is prepared to have this conference mediated. but what i find worrisome, you saw what happened last week in kiev after the ukrainian president fled. no one was talking about ending the russian bases, and instead, you had this escalation that looked like it was almost provoked by the russians. >>. >> former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. ambassador, thanks, very, very much for joining us, we're going to continue to watch the developments out of ukraine. the develop

referendum and a further extension of crimea by russia this is coming after this meeting in the back of his meeting up with president putin yesterday in moscow when he said that he had grave concerns about what's happening in ukraine and russia is the feeling that is shared by many here and as is the city last month with the capital of a country that has twenty five percent trade with russia. and also twenty percent of them are housed the trial but this year to rush as well so the idea has been good bad and neighbors for quite awhile and of the slow build up close ties with this latest escalation of both people from both sides are feeling this already relations. andy at the same time ukraine's into when prime minister is in process design ability to deal with the european union that will pave way for negotiations on the free trade deal tells more about this visit. thirdly this is this is quite a landmark deal for ukraine. this is what this people in the back when the mind instead of workers are protesting for some time on an anti government protests the overall they wanted to visit or when stuart morgan to or try share less than the dependen

high stakes game of chicken going on between washington and moscow. russiareatening to suspend an arms inspection deal if the u.s. imposes sanctions. today president obama work the phones, calling on european leaders for their support. but he's on a golf course right now. judy miller is an investigative reporter, good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> predictable that putin would start threatening the nuke inspections, right? >> right. this is ratcheting up. this is escalating. each side is escalating up its threats. this was going to happen. i think the president is prepared for it. >> our threats are sanctions, visas and financial sanctions. but look, the united states imposing sanctions is really meaningless, isn't it, because russia's big partners are european nations that do so much trade. i mean, europe gets roughly 30% of its natural gas from russia and europe makes huge profits by selling a myriad of stuff to russia. so if you're a european nation, you don't want to damage economically your biggest trading partner. >> that's the problem, gregg. that

. >> 4:03 in the afternoon in moscow, russia. thank you so much jim. back at home, there is new political fights to talk about. president barack obama 's $3.9 trillion budget is on capitol hill. the highlight is massive expansion of earned income tax credit. 13.5 million workers would be eligible for $60 billion in credit. also included, billions for roads and rails, spending the white house says will bolster the economy. republicans say the president's budget is dead on arrival. they complain it runs up the nation's credit card without addressing long term debt. the 2014 primary season kicking off in texas with drama. attorney general greg abbott easily winning the republican primary a. he's the new gop nominee in more than one decade. he wants more freedom and less government. >> we must never forget that the rights that we have, they don't come from government. instead those rights come from god. >> democrats pinning their hopes on state senator wendy davis. she called her opponent defender of status quo. >> i'm ready to fight for you and to fight f

moscow. after russia's reunion with crimea both the e.u. and washington slapped moscow with sanctions compiling black list of officials who now face visa bans and asset freezes one bank also winding up on the u.s. list. is a little slow but i personally don't have an account in it but i will definitely open one on monday president vladimir putin apparently surprised by sanctions applied to the russian bank as it's been revealed a number of officials on the u.s. list are connected to the crisis in ukraine. seen from the spanish capital on saturday thousands of protesters from all over the country converge in madrid where their month long march took a violent. six am in moscow or bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news moscow and crimea mark very union this week after the vast majority of people on the peninsula vote to rejoin russia after the votes were counted there was celebration in the russian capital and in crimea as main city of simferopol fireworks drew crowds with many crimean saying they were ecstatic about th

. >> in moscow, russia's parliament is ready to welcome it into its federation but president obama says the split from ukraine would be illegal. >> we're far from the time when borders can be placed over leaders. >> the situation on the ground remains tense. >> we support crimea with two hands, to let them join russia, both sevastopol and crimea. >> while about 60% of crimea's population is ethnic russian not everyone on the peninsula is demanding independence. >> translator: we came because we want peace in ukraine. we want ukraine to stay united. white is the color of peace and we don't want anyone to know we are part of some difficulties here. >> still under siege although no shots have been fired. when we return, you might not recognize him. >> we're place you go to, to get your five minutes of happiness. >> but the faces he brings to the web puts a cheese in cheese burger, and cats and other critters too. >> that is stupid. >> that's funny. >> meet bee ben huh and find out what he has in mind for your digital future next. >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you

. >> let's go now life to phil ittner in moscow. russia seems to be using the crisis in ukraine to take back crimea. where is crimea so important to them? >> well, first and foremost, morgan, there is that naval base in crimea. and where the black sea fleet is based is particularly important for russian military might because that gives them access through the black sea through the mediterranean and out into the wider world. strategically military taylor it is important but it's important in terms of economic terms and in terms of where russia sees itself a as a power block bloc. without ukraine, it's one of the major and biggest parts of what would be vladimir putin's vision. >> it's important in terms of trade. but they have asked to remove russian ambassador to the u.s. what is russia saying to that? >> they've asked to get rid of the russian ambassador, recall the russian ambassador to the united states particularly intriguing development. all of this conflict has actually been started between the e.u. brussels and russia. but clearly

moscow. after russia's reunion with crimea the e.u. and washington moscow with sanctions compiling block lists of officials now facing visa bans and asset freezes one bag also wending up on the us list is a little slow but i personally don't have an account in it but i will definitely open one on monday president vladimir putin apparently surprised by sanctions applied to that russian bank as it has been revealed that a number of officials on the u.s. list are not connected to the ukraine crisis. seems that in the spanish capital on saturday thousands of protesters from around the country converging on madrid where their month long anti austerity march took a violent turn. in moscow giving you a look at today's stories and the week's news moscow and crimea marking their reunion this week after the majority of people on the peninsula vote to rejoin russia after the votes were counted the celebration began in the russian capital and in crimea is main city of some a federal fireworks drawing large crowds many crimean saying they're ecstati

. >> in moscow, russia's parliament is ready to welcome crimea into its federation, but president obama says that a split from ukraine will be illegal. good in 2013, we are well from the days where borders can be drawn over the heads of democratic liters. >> as the west ponders what could be the outcome, the situation on the ground remains intense. >> we support crimea with two hands, to let them join russia, both sevastopol and crimea. >> while about 60% of crimea's population is ethnic russian not everyone on the peninsula is demanding independence. >> translator: we came because we want peace in ukraine. we want ukraine to stay united. white is the color of peace and we don't want anyone to think we are involved in some kind of provocation here. >> a russian truck broke through the base, the installation is still under siege although no shots have been fired. when we return, you might not recognize him. >> we're place you go to, to get your five minutes of happiness. >> but the faces he brings to the web puts a cheese in cheeseburger and a laugh online for billions of cats and other

usa today of stents kerry has won the moscow russia may be able to save crimea. but in the and russia will isolate itself. he's heading to cheer for these pastimes rees government of shows on tuesday. as a kind of long continuous beings the west and us. some express say this to be the most dangerous mind you up with history since the end of the color the wall. tuesday so now it's two hours stephen awful crime year foreign ministers from across the european union has issued a warning to aggression needed staff told them to withdraw their troops or face sanctions. this is from twenty eight member states met in brussels the eastbourne posse chief issued a statement as saying that his actions violate international law. catherine ashton city officials will review times. if the russians don't win friends call us at some new mandates that was cautious about putting more pressure on russia. fearing the situation could escalate ambassadors from the nato countries and getting together for an emergency meeting. representatives from all twenty eight member countries will take

moscow russia in the us and europe see the end of the cold wall i eye. many afghans are concerned about what will happen to their security after miss u s combat forces leave this here. security has become a key campaign issue ahead of the presidential election next month. choose a successor to present on the con side but insurgents have launched a series of attacks aimed at disrupting the process. he was nothing she said that reports from kabul. nine candidates are on the media luncheon. they're trying to rally support. by promising to restore security and rebuild the economy. what does a limo. let me change people's lives. i will do everything i can to change the future. houdini. i'm resolved to build peace in this country. the bloodshed must be stopped me in that but we are going in afghanistan is that the historic crossroads of it means peace and stability board as well as democracy and development. on the table mom got a bit. the election commission is calling on voters to go to the pool the plan. at jcpenney the election is already in trouble. last

isn't now america's biggest geopolitical foe, the president was dismissive sending a message to moscow. >> russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength, but out of weakness. russia's actions are a problem. they don't pose the number one national security threat to the united states. i continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in manhattan. >> the president also admitted that there was little the west can do to force russia out of crimea. he heads to rome tomorrow for a meeting with the pope. >>> the white house extending the deadline for some people applying for health insurance. anyone who has started an application before the march 31st deadline will be able to finish it. no word on how long the grace period will be. the administration predicts a crush of applicants in the last hours could cause a computer traffic jam. >>> all right, listen to this. margarita drinkers are seeing double. it's not because of the booze. what is driving up the price of the main ingredient? >

ashley become a habit in europe to play in moscow. russia has accused the carousel. that's the vision that many politicians in hiring see from the front of the cold war not stuck in this situation you're accused of fondling a economic crisis it is time for dinner. in launching tool if you crave with a victory if they hope to bring to the electorate before the routine election match up with a trailer because it wasn't realistic lighting was not his voluntary based on sound means that political ambition self when in reality came into the pockets of ansett which was the only possible camp with the mouth the state dept of my new years because economically you can't go into great country of forty five million people without money and that all would not sell and it is a traditional approach because your cell is me do it if needed. all this in itself and i made a fresh and they are because it's much easier to talk about the situation of conflict and crisis created by brush is meant to resolve the problem of twenty five million off european unemployment. russia's we're too c

cranium this is even more interesting because the pudding to agreements existing between kiev and moscow russia actually have the right to have as many as twenty five thousand troops on the ground. the naval base there for years and out no one had jobs that innovation is unclear what has changed considering russia's president has not issued a command to deploy troops now what did happen is approval from russian federation council put in has explained that an actual deployment of the russian military which only the very last resort also seen reports concerning the presence of russian tanks but according to ukraine's own border patrol however no russian military equipment and coming to ukraine and really did take place a week ago but that was on russian territory and not ukrainian again this is not what the media have been reporting russia has never said it once more with ukraine with its interest in the next ukrainian but that's nowhere to be seen in media headlines being a war drums in an already very complex situation in ukraine. our team york. the opposition the men in ukraine has many faces

russia starting with threats to cut off all ties and ending with potential sanctions against moscow. russia's defense ministry's denied reports that its black sea fleet is presented an ultimatum to ukrainian troops stationed in crime and ordering them to surrender by early tuesday morning while reports of alice mason came from key at the woodville confirmed by any concrete sources russia's foreign ministry only issued a statement insisting the black sea fleet is not interfering in ukraine is in total offense. despite having no means a decision yet on whether to send troops to crimea. most are scum of the fluff from western leaders washington pulled no punches as for the moment maybe korea russia is facing political and economic isolation. george has drawn becca says the us is not on the position to tell mr what to do that. given that washington's support for the revolution. i actually expected a booming voice to come on again and say the empire has spoken president to whom in all other political leaders within earshot biology enuf let them do as instructed on on the ukrainian for president ob

russia. western leaders declare the moscow backed referendum to be illegal. the west is set to respond to eu ministers meeting this monday to decide on further tough sanctions against russia. the city of smog. the french government imposes harsh restrictions on city drivers as officials battle record pollution levels. hello and welcome to "france 24 ." top story -- and eu foreign minister due to discuss further sanctions against russia this monday. the meeting comes a day after moscow acta referendum in crimea voting to step from ukraine. the 28 member bloc is considering a visa ban in an effort against a number of high-ranking russian officials. election officials in crimea essay some 97% of voters backed joining russia with moscow saying it will accept the result .ill sto >> last night they were raucous, joyous, celebratory. whatever we can say about the conducted,erendum is it did reflect the opinion of the majority of the people living in crimea. they were exalted last night. they feel they got what they had been wanting for many years. probably since the

russia's foreign minister has responded strongly to criticism of moscow's policies on ukraine he was speaking about the crisis at the un human rights council in geneva but is anything as more. the russian foreign minister has come down hard on critics of russia's actions particularly reminding the western leaders about the fact that they have supported the opposition in ukraine during the days of protest at the end of last year and beginning of this year and thereby a sensibly contributing to the crisis of ukraine because their support for the opposition essentially gave way to the radical extremists who have permeated all branches of the current thought to claim government in ukraine thereby contributing to mayhem that is happening in the country at the moment there's more and russian foreign minister. those who try to interpret the situation aggressively who threaten us with sanctions and boycotts those same western partners of ours the repeatedly insistently encouraged the political powers that were close to them to put food in ultimatum and to refuse dialogue to ignore the concern

who are now behind multiple terror attacks across russia joined forces and stepped up attacks against moscow. and russia's federation. council wants to recall its ambassador to the u.s. after threatening words from president obama. live from our studio center in moscow this is our team international working twenty four hours a day. we start with breaking news russia's upper house of parliament has voted unanimously to approve the deployment of armed forces in ukraine until the situation there stabilizes president putin has asked the senators to support the milf because of the extraordinary situation in ukraine which represents a threat to the lives of russian citizens our compatriots and the contingent of russian armed forces located in the autonomous republic of crimea according to an international treaty as stated in the constitution of the russian federation i asked the upper house of parliament for permission to use armed forces new crane until the situation there is stabilized our teams are in english there has been following moscow's reaction to events in crimea and the decisions in th

moscow? does russia fear sanctions? said sanctions are like mosquito bites. putin returned to the presidency in 2012 we have seen a real entrenchment of his forces. he has been forcing politicians to repatriate their funds back to russia. if there are sanctions, it will only confirm if the west is out to get us. they are encircling us. as with sanctions and other parts of the world, often they do not affect people that they are actually supposed to. that analysis.r 40% of the country's gas in germany does come from russia. the business interests are increasingly intertwined your moscow is also dependent on selling its gas. gasestern europe to biggest facility can store enough natural gas to heat 2 million single-family homes for a year. mid-2014, they will own one fit of the storage capacity. that is the result of an asset swap [indiscernible] in exchange, they get part ownership of the gas fields in siberia. some experts are not sure it is a good move. >> and might of the crisis in ukraine and given that russia is currently easing its gas as a political weap

this funeral beginning as moscow declares crimea now part of russia. endured deportation by stalin. moscow now sees them as its subjects again, promising to protect their rights. but this violent debt, they fear, is perhaps aed bid to st something. they want to light a fire, he says. it's been done because it's useful for somebody, and we know who. his widow told me he had always fought for justice. but she's unlikely to see much of that soon. far north , the new crimea is moving fast to oust the old. these ukrainian troops faced pro russian protesters who peacefully gather, asking them to defect. this local official gives them a decree saying they have until 10:00 a.m. to surrender. but tempers are hot. there was a referendum, she shouts. >> he tries to soothe the crowd. in the back stands tatiana whose husband andre is serving on the base. armed people came here, she says, and just seized us. it's the 21st century and they took part of ukraine because somebody wanted it. suddenly this truck arrives. civilians mixed with the uniformed men who still, e

that can be seen domestication predecessor the tree tea already signed by russia's president that the mitre ten tensions between moscow and kiev has escalated since granny is referendum on joining russia ukraine use old is in the eastern region of ten after been consolidating their base handicap. some fifty km from the russian border. in crimea. it felt prayer russian troops have taken a victory ukrainian warships into the stock will according to ukrainian ap have been reports that stun grenades were used in shops were fired but no injuries have been reported you push their use is in charge the report the judges on friday hours after prime minister time ago and threatened to shut down access to the social media sites. one is buckling corruption scandal. two weeks ago the kids. lee facebook and youtube. after recordings claiming to reveal shady dealings in the center circle appeared online chanel. much of the reasons i showed him where is the intent was there schmidt said. he said. we have a court order by which it was the cool things the international community can say what we like heights and scare everyone will see

the vast majority of syrias arms have come from russia, but sirways strategically important to moscownly warm water port is there in crimea. but russia also a key naval facility in western syria. together they give the country crucial access to the ped tier rainan sea. without those they don't have it. the united states has been very critical of russia's relationship with syria. last month our secretary of state john kerry cruised russia of enabling the syrian regime with weapons and undermining talks to end the syrian civil war. our chief correspondent jonathan hunt is in our newsroom. what else does assad say, as if anybody cares. >> they're brothers in arms, and assad, according to the translation of the syrian state news agency, in this letter, he sent to president putin, expressed, quote, syria's solidarity with president putin's effort to restore security and stability to the friendly country of ukraine in face of the coup attempt against legitimacy and democracy in favor of the terrorist extremists. clearly, shep, providing a dictator with millions of dollars worth of weaponry,

>> reporter: two big things have to happen, and it all happens in moscow. russia's constitutional court has to ratify that treaty, and then it goes back to the legislature, and they basically sign, seal and deliver it. it all seems a formality. if you saw the great enthusiasm that vladimir putin had when he made that speech saying he would annex crimea, to bring crimea back in the fold. he said righting historic wrong, he said. even amidst all that jubilation he had warning words for the west. >> our western partners with the united states at the head prefer to be guided not by international law but by right of the force. they believe that force and exclusivity, and it's their right to resolve the fate of the role that they're always right. they do whatever they feel is just. they use force against sovereign states. they build coalition under principle that is not with us, he is against us. >> defiant words for russian president vladimir putin, and as really an illustration the treaty that he signed was along side two cry mean leaders, both who whom are on the sanct

offered to mediate in the crisis between ukraine and russia. moscow is questioning whether washington can be mutual. and in statements called russia the aggressor. >> arseniy yatsenyuk heads to the white house on wednesday in the hope the white house can help find a way out of the standoff with russia over crimea. >> we strongly support ukraine, the ukrainian people and the legitimacy of the government. >> the u.s.'s position that ukraine is the victim of aggression infuriated moscow. president vladimir putin accuses the u.s. and the european union of meddling in this area after the ousting of that country's legitimate president. analysts say putin's argument is rooted in its fundamental concern about its place in the world order, and the u.s. must appeal to that concern. >> the rational thing is to see the country as being one of a handful of global players. one of the claims is that russia sits at the network. it's not only russia, but russia and its allies and partners. among the post soviet state, ukraine is probably the most important. >> the u.s

always been about pushing the frontiers of far away from the heartland as possible centered in moscow. russia is located in this great plain. >> this is strategic depth. >> it's strategic depth in many ways. this is what allowed russia to survive in the below ludic evasion. so psychologically this becomes an important part of the way russians think about their security and the way they think about their economic prosperity. and then of course there's the historical argument that we're all slavs and the world. >> kimberly you're shaking your head. >> it's giving mr. putin too much to call him a chess player. he's a judo. he's using the populous nationalism he's stirring up in russia to get support among the elites for going forward. the reason that the timing happened now is because of the sochi olympics and the corruption. there was a big scandal about the corruption, $50 billion wasted on the sochi olympics. >> this is about the dog. >> i think it is. >> -- when he was alive often used to write a column where he put himself inside someone else's head. if bill were alive today he would be wri

sanctions over ukraine russia may freeze weapons inspections out of moscow. russia broadened its war of words saturday when the ministry of defense said it may consider stopping inspections of its nuclear weapons in response to threatened sanctions from the west. what are they talking about here? guest: they are talking about the inspections that currently occur at regular intervals of nuclear weapons. i think russia is simply trying to scare the west and the united states from introducing any sort of sanctions. they keep increasing the rhetoric in terms of what those sanctions would mean in terms of e.u. russian relations, and they are basically trying to get in front of this issue and basically compel the united states and the e.i. not to uppingsnks sanctions and the rhetoric. host: good morning. our caller. caller: putin is a dictator. he's going to take all of ukraine. he attacked the republic of georgia in 2008, and he's thrown the gauntlet to germany. germany now has control over yugoslavia and it no longer exists. you are getting realedy for a new version of

hundred billion euro france has been counting on a billion euro warship sail to moscow most of europe's cars are sold to russia as the country holds the title of the blocks largest automobile market in the winter might be over but the you still buys almost a third of its gas from moscow london meanwhile has enjoyed luxury property sales to russians with five hundred million dollars and every year russians spend seventeen million euros in u.k. school fees now even if these markets are close to moscow there are still other partners in east trade with beijing has been booming lately going up by more than forty percent in twenty ten plus the sides ratified an agreement that will see china buying thirty one million tonnes of russian oil and geo political analyst patrick henningsen believes and he sanctions on russia will become a bitter blow for the west. in terms of any sanctions from the e.u. there's no chance whatsoever that it's all bark and no bite you know as far as washington goes. if they do impose sanctions it's huge ramifications here for for progress that's made been made globally in the last century and

leaders meet in moscow. russia says it will counter actions, by freezing assets. >> secretary of state john kerry will hold a second round of talks with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov and the two will meet in rome. in ukraine a confront saying involving a senior united nations official. armed men threatened the u.n. envoy at gun point. he was forced to leave a day after arriving. phil ittner is in kiev. good morning. there's talk that the e.u. will not come to a consensus on sanctions. what are you hearing? >> stephanie, yes, that is always the concern when it comes to the iconsider, it's a 27 -- to the e.u. it's a 27-body, with dispirit nations all with their own relationships with russia. the new ukrainian prime minister arrived in brussels, he wanted to make it clear that this is not a fight between two nations. >> we urge the russian president and government immediately to pull back its forces and stick to international agreements signed between the ukraine and russia, this is not the ukraine and russi

russia. thousands march in moscow in support of the the moves in crimea. opponents demonstrated, but some were dragged away by the police. the russian economy is taking it on the chip, the stock market plungingment russia lost almost 60 billion, more than the cost of the sochi winter olympics, practically overnight. we are joined by al jazeera correspondent rory challands were moscow. good to have you with us. how are people in moscow reacting. how strong is public support for the military action in ukraine. >> finding trustworthy independent polls is difficult. they are not done och, so it's a fairly difficult task to gauge accurately who public opinion generally is. anebbing totally, speaking to people, engaging views myself, it does seem to be that russians in the main sympathise with their government actions in ukraine. the main reason for that is russians sympathise with fellow russian speakers particularly in crimea. they see them as kip, than they are ethnic brothers and sisters. that essentially they are being persecuted. the message that you get fl

the proposal form russia responded to american and european sanctions with measures of its own. moscow bound to nine american officials from entering russia including cause of representatives speaker jaunt trainer. the senate democratic leader harry reid republican senator john mccain was among a number of american officials who visited ukraine's new government in moscow meanwhile russia continues its advance on many of the upper house of parliament is just to ratify the treaty on absorbing the region. this has changed continue to expand their control the pencil on thursday to take over more ukrainian military bases for soldiers have been trapped for the us it was a battle over sanctions continues and russian troops continued to extend their control of the crimean peninsula on thursday they took over more ukrainian military bases were soldiers had been trapped for weeks. ukrainian flags to play david is great but not much to match. indeed ukrainian soldiers remaining tonight. okay did i mention treat and given them to be showcased during the tsunami he said jobs for the crimea to cut a

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russia. the new reality as celebrated by moscow supporter and reading russia and crimea together forever. >> we are proud that we have a president like putin and happy that crimea is part of russia. >> putin's strong stands on crimea and under scoring before the parliament and insisting that russian's decisions are not dictated by the west. >> on behalf of the conscious of people, crimea has always been and remains part of russia. >> o that said, putin is quick to add that russia has no interest in expanding the homed on ukraine. >> don't believe those that scare you about russia, who say that other regions are going to follow of crimea. we don't want a division of ukraine. we don't need that. >> but the west isn't buying it. vice president biden toured eastern europe in a bid to reassure this neighbors poland and latvia. >> russia is justifying the land grab and the world has seen through the actions and rejected the logic, the flawed logic behind those actions. >> while the white house issued another stern warning to moscow. >> i don't think russia has a doubt that we have the tools availa

the g-8 meeting of developed nations was meant to be held this june in russia but moscow has been frozen out of the group because of its annexation of crimea. the g7 has moved the meeting to brussels and is warning russia could face tougher sanctions if they take further actions to destabilize ukraine. we have more on how much the sanctions might hurt russia's economy. >> the g7, not g-8, meeting without russia, discussing ways to deepen international isolation. both the u.s. and the eu have introduced sanctions. , the u.s.,ntries canada, france, the u.k., germany, italy, and japan have threatened to move up a gear, and take on key sectors of russia's economy. the banking and arms sector would be targeted in a bid to hit moscow where it hurts most. crude oil represents 70% of and 40% of revenues the stock exchange is held by foreign investors. russia exports 27% of the worlds weapons. new sanctions would affect europeans more than americans. the eu does 10 times as much of the unitedsia states. they will work on reducing dependence on oil and gas. >> to ukraine has pulled troops and thei

say dixie all of that how about we go with your dixie one of russia's largest food retail chains they have a ton of grocery stores all over moscowand russia and europe all people are always going to need to eat so i bet it will be very profitable nice one tim all right well good luck i like your optimism i haven't been to ted by disastrous but i mean that in the dollar but i reckon it's going to get better from here because people wait here in russia there's lots about the site so that's good stuff all right tim cappy have a great week and enjoy that today because you deserve it thank you but that's all for today and next week we will be discussing the financial outcome of the crimea referendum i'll say good bye good bye. i marinate join me. in that impartial and financial commentary interviews and much much. only on the best and only. dramas that could be ignored. story others houston don't. think stranger the world right. to picture a. former student. dropped. right. first strike. and i think your. instrument. very serious. thanks for staying with us seventeen minutes to the top of the hour officials say more than seventy perc

the airport, the only flights allowed out are to moscow. russia says it's not their military there but there will be a lot of influencing. >> thank you. >>> new poll out finding 72% of americans see russia as an adversary rather than ally. more than 6 in 10 americans view putin in a negative light. that's more than in 1995 when the cold war started. at that time 56% of americans saw russia as an ally, 35 saw it as an adversary. >> breaking news, colorado, this is 40 miles north of denver. a high-speed chase, you see the car, apparently early reports say the car was stolen out of a gas station but in the backseat is a 4-year-old boy. so again, stolen car being chased by police and helicopters. this happening just north of denver, colorado. we do understand there's a child in the backseat. >> interesting. the driver driving around haphazardly, something we're keeping an eye on for you. >>> 6:34. time to check the forecast. beautiful look at downtown san jose, illuminated as the sun's arrival almost upon us. >> good morning. this wind is something yo

and russia has taken control of the region, seizing airports and government buildings, all without firing a single shot. president obama threatened serious consequences and issued a new warning to moscow. but russia's president, vladimir putin, seems to be rubbing his defiance in d.c.'s face. today he took part in his military's war games, letting cameras record him watching the bombing drills. analysts say the standoff has become the biggest foreign challenge of president obama's time in office, and the biggest confrontation of this kind since the end of the cold war. tomorrow, secretary of state john kerry is set to go to kiev where the crisis began. that's where we saw the deadly protests. the latest action is in crimea, a region along the black sea. strategically important and socially as well. it is important to russia because the russian navy has a base there. a warm water port here to the black sea. russian officials say they're trying to protect their citizens in the region, which is dubious to hear from many analysts. secretary of state called that a trumped up excuse. we have team fox coverage. wendell is live with reaction from the white house. first, let's get to eric shaw

obama within minutes of that announcement russia retaliated. moscow announced a travel ban on nine american officials and among them was the chair of the foreign relations committee. i spoke to him a short time from brussels. so, senator, you are one of president putin's nine least favorite people in washington at the moment. how do you feel about being on this list of sanctioned americans? >> well, standing up for ukrainian independence sovereignty and democracy is something to be sanctioned for, then so be it. i think that this is, you know, ill advised by president putin and a continuation of not understanding the international norms that russia has violated. >> what actual practical effect might this have on you? i'm assuming you didn't plan to spend your easter holidays in moscow? >> no, but as chair of the senate foreign relations committee, i have traveled throughout the world and here at nato headquarters in brussels right now and so it always exists the possibility in our engagement with russia to have visited. i think that the legs that i --

russia's soldiers may not end here on. >>> still to come on the show, mixed messages out of moscow. tin calls time on military exercises, but russia could see fault on loans. stay tuned as we cross to moscow for the latest. >>> markets stabilize and sentiment improves after nervous trade yesterday. this as putin orders his troops back to base. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is due to touch down in kiev later today. >>> the ukrainian parliament has ratified an agreement to receive a $610 million euro loan from the eu. this as the country's economy minister warns that the ukraine's finance ministers are in a dire state. >>> the treasury is empty. we need to quickly design and implement the austerity program. >> in corporate news, glencore xstrata beat forecasts as it's trading on health to offset weakness in its mining division. shares open towards the top of the market in london. >>> and president obama focuses attention back on domestic issues. he prepares to unveil his fiscal budget for 2016 today. that's at 11:30 eastern time. >>> european markets trading higher in this morning

international with me thank you for joining us moscow and crimea have celebrated their reunion after the peninsula broke away from ukraine to become a part of russia for the skies by thunderous fireworks both in the russian capital here in moscow and simferopol which is the main city in crimea. to watch the spectacular show and to celebrate. that we have finally in russia at last a long time dream has come true nothing. less integrates into the unification with that. hysteric modern man you know. i think all crimea is a half day went back in russia we're only one week now for the russian speaking population in ukraine south. and that before crimea was signed sealed and delivered to russia president putin lashed out at ukraine's new leadership russia strives to be on good terms with its east a neighbor but putin made it clear that the far right radicals calling the shots in the interim government are not the people that moscow wants to talk to the president also hit out of the u.s. and europe for supporting the people saying their actions have crossed the line but also who carried out the coup in ukraine you nazis nationalists and the anti semites

if i'm a banker, if i'm a public figure in the united states, i don't have bank accounts in moscow. so russia will have to look at striking out the sanctions on industry no matter how germany or the e.u. would like it. we're still waiting on the press conference to sigh what folks in brussels are going to do. but we did hear from the e.u. and foreign policy katherine cash toncatherineashton,. >> we'll look at the results of the so-called referendum. i don't have to remind any of you that it's illegal under the constitution of ukraine and under international law. i call upon russia yet again to meet with ukrainian leaders and to start dialogue with them, and to try to move to deescalation as quickly as possible. we see no evidence of that. >> so, you know, they still want to talk things out. but this--these developments today, these sanctions, as i said, del, are they going to hurt? well, they are going to hurt and this is a pretty serious develop. >> what are they saying in ukraine. we're outside of the vote of crimea to secede, so what is being said in parliament today. >> reporter: the ukra

wealth of knowledge in the region, former diplomatic correspondent,correspondent, former moscow bureau chief. russiae vote is not only legal, but free and fair. isn't it hard to vote freely when you're surrounded by 22,000 russian troops with gun guns? and isn't crimea already under de facto annexnnexation? >> no question. for the past couple week, the are your sh russian military has been in control. you can see what is going on. what is interesting right now this referendum today will say almost certainly let's go back and be part of russia. that is a big deal for russia. this means that putin has gotten his way on this particular issue. but he has picked up something that will cost him a great deal. and the costs are immediate. crimea does not have much water. it does not have much energy. much electricity. that means putin will have to pay for all of these things, for all of the people that he has inherited. this is a big step. >> i wonder if putin will pay in other ways.

he is live in moscow, russia, right now, giving his first comments about the situation in ukraine. ssia. he says it is not an invasion. he says that this is a savior mission for russia to go in to help people wrongfully oppressed by a coup that deposed the rightful president there and that the eastern part of ukraine is in jeopardy. he uses the word coup. he has said during these speaks that this is a wrongful revolution. he is also providing a new potential definition of ukraine as two separate sovereigns, east versus west, and the rights of those who are being victimized there. >>> he is also talking about sanctions that could be levied and that many people could be hurt by sanctions. also important to know, what he says is on the table going forward. >> he really is remaining steadfast. at one point saying that russia reserves the right to reserve all options if there is lawlessness in eastern ukraine. we have to understand where he could be going and moving going forward. >> he says that they are only er

also, the capture of the government in crimea by units which were sent by russia from moscow. from russia, we see a very aggressive method of carrying out politics towards ukraine. we could observe their attempts to divide ukraine or take crimea. >> with the tension in the crimea region of ukraine, would you call for nato support against russia if required? >> yes, for sure. we think we are owed from the united states and britain. nato is a guarantee of safety in the black sea region. of course, we are sure about nato. it has already been announced that they have their own vision and will not allow the russian federation to create conflict. >> from kiev to washington, what got president obama and vice president biden running around the white house? we will tell you. the chairman of microsoft wants you to join him on the cloud. his exclusive interview later on "lunch money." ♪ >> washington enthusiasts rejoice. we have coverage from all three branches of government. for what may be the first time ever, a video camera secretly recorded a supreme court argument. video captures a p