the annexation of crimea is country to international law if it were as mr putin. shared his different point of view with me comparing crimea to kosovo and i was telling him that this share they'll this comparison is unacceptable that was part of our substantive negotiation where we did not come. with mr putin but we did come to an agreement on many other issues energy need believe that this discussion has been useful not only for austria but also for resolving the relevant issues where you are. russia news network i also have a question for both presidents. and it concerns the south stream president has just said a lot about how important this project is for us three accounts at the same time we hear statements made by. u.s. politicians by certain u.s. politicians and. officials so i would like to ask you how viable do you believe a south stream to be as a project despite all this pressure against. you know we are engaged in negotiations with our partners with partners who are parties to contracts with. third party with our american counterparts are unhappy with.

the french president is expected to meet mr. putin for dinner paris according to the french newspapers. this is what this president had to say about the former exclusion of russia and about meetings planned with mr. putin as the summit closes. >> we are for dialogue not for confrontation. we're keeping a dialogue with russia. i think this is important. another thing is accept russia as a like-minded partner in a forum of democracies like g 8 or g7. it's powerful we cannot accept vladimir putin as legitimate member of the g 8. of course we're keeping our ways of dialogue with him and russia. we have to recognize russia is necessary to find a solution for issues that are important for our continent including the important issue of ukraine. >> that's the president of the european commission. i'm joined by michael williams. i wonder if you get a sense now this is a slihifting of the plates. is this real talk to at last defuse issues in ukraine. >> there definitely is. the issue is order and justice in ukraine. the g7 leaders have to choos

mr. putin has reminded us that europe is not the peaceful place that many people had assumed. administration's best efforts to persuade us otherwise, the terrorists have not all gone away. terroristys, the threat we face today is more diverse and difficult than ever before. " story in the "new york times said the director of the fbi said before he was sworn in, he understood the terrorist threat. he said, there are many more than i appreciated, and they are stronger than i appreciated. boko haram is the latest to remind us of that. the dangers posed by outlaw states is greater now than they have been in some time. afghanistan we will talk about more in a minute, but we have to keep the site of the point that whatever policy we have has .epercussions in the reemergence of al qaeda poses higherq risk, as europeans and others travel there and back again. new domains of warfare in sybron outerspace continue to develop, and we struggle to keep up. i traveled to asia as majority heard theter, as we s

after all, mr. putin does not actually denounce the process which brought the president to power in ukraine. is that what you will be exploring with him this evening and do you accept that germany may not come to your aid. >> will that blow your entire strategy off course. will your credibility be so damaged in britain that people may simply vote to leave the union, finally, who are you more afraid of, angela merkel or teresa may? >> right. you want to go, let me take those. first of all, my meeting with vladimir putin, i think it's just important to have this communication about some very important messages about what's happening now is not acceptable, about the changes that need to take place, i think as the president said, there is an opportunity for diplomacy to play a role and to chart a path, because we've had these elections. the ukrainian people will have chosen a president, he's a capable man and it's quite possible that he could have a proper relationship with putin that could be a proper relati

coincided with mr putin. as far as timing goes i subscribe to the point of view that. south stream would be expedient and also advisable and if anyone wants to criticize austria for being involved in this project then you should also blame. and serbia. as well as a number of european companies that are also engaged in this project. there is a philosophy also that member states that she's hungry and bulgaria. fully participate in the south stream may not. even though he's only fifty kilometers an hour out of the hundred kilometers of the country will be go into syria and so we do not share that that. any. government in my own attitude it will give us and we've also discussed issues of human rights with mr putin. to him. but human rights are very important for us we are strongly against the death penalty we have reforms. provide for nondiscrimination of same sex relationships. those were decisions taken by the austrian parliament. i made up by the russian parliament and we are also interested in. issues like those coming therefore i have suggested to mr putin that i want

notr all, mr. putinhas denounced the elections that brought the new president into power in ukraine. do you accept that germany may not come to your aid and stop juncker becoming president of the european commission? will your credibility be so damaged that people may simply vote to leave the union? finally, who are you more afraid of, angela merkel or teresa may? >> great question. right. let me take those. my meeting with vladimir putin this's important to have communication about some very important messages. what is happening now is not acceptable, about the changes that need to take place. as the president said there is , an opportunity for diplomacy to take a role and to chart a path. we have had these elections. the ukrainian people have chosen a president. he's a capable man. it is possible that he could have a proper relationship with putin that could be a proper relationship between ukraine and russia. but change is needed for that to happen. that is the message i have been delivering this even

if mr. putinse steps then it is possible for us to begin to rebuild trust between russia and its neighbors and europe. should he fail to do so, though, there will be additional consequences and one of the important things that came out of this meeting today was the recognition on the part of all of us that we can't simply allow drift. the mere fact that someone -- some of the russian soldiers have moved back off the border and that russia is now destabilizing ukraine through surrogates rather than overtly and explicitly does not mean that we can afford three months or four months or six months of continued violence and conflict in eastern ukraine. we will have a chance to see what mr. putin does over the next two, three, four, weeks, and if he remains on the current course then we've already indicated the kinds of actions that we're prepared to take. all right? >> we just had a set of european elections to take two countries at random, france and britain and france from national and an openly anti

but mr. putinas to realize that he can no longer control ukraine from the top down, which he was doing, and which he would like to reestablish. >> but what works with vladimir putin? there are complains that this administration is not talking tough or carrying a big stick, but does talking tough work with vladimir putin or does actions speak louder than words? this >> actions, of course, always speak louder than words almost in every situation. but you don't want to overdo it. that's why i think we have to have a concept of a fair settlementment along the lines i have just expressed. but at the same time we have to be willing to impose sanctions in russia, either use force or the use of force in ukraine, which it is doing and i think is likely to persist in doing, until it is driven home to russia that such actions are too costly for rush itself. and we have to be willing to arm the ukrainians so they can resist and protect themselves more effectively. >> i want to turn to the crisis in iraq, there

if mr. putinse steps, then it is possible for us to begin to rebuild trust between russia and its neighbors and europe. should he fail to do so, though, there are going to be additional consequences. and one of the important things that came out of this meeting today was the recognition on the part of all of us that we can't simply allow drift. the mere fact that some of the russian soldiers have moved back off the border and that russia is now destabilizing ukraine through surrogates rather than overtly and explicitly does not mean that we can afford three months or four months or six months of continued violence and conflict in eastern ukraine. we will have a chance to see what mr. putin does over the next two, three, four weeks. and if he remains on the current course, then we've already indicated the kinds of actions that we're prepared to take. all right. >> you asked a couple of questions about europe. it's worth setting the context, we've just had a set of european elections where, to take

we will have a chance to see what mr. putinoes over the next two, three, four weeks, and if he remains on the current course, then we've already indicated the kinds of actions that we're prepared to take. all right. >> you asked a couple of questions about europe. it's worth setting the context we just had a set of european elections where to take two countries at random, france and britain, and france the national and openly anti-european party won, and anti-european party in my country won, and when these things happen you can stick your head in the sand and wish the results would go away or have a strategy of addressing the concerns of the people you represent in your country. i have a strategy to represent and understand and reflect those concerns and that's why i think it's important that we have people running the institutions of europe who understand the need for change, the need for reform. i would argue that that is a view quite widely shared amongst other heads of the government and state in the european union. for br

. >> it's cheer that mr. putinet in motion the dogs of war and many of the people he's empowered are not fully under his control. there are extreme russian nationalists, there are russian fascists operating. there are true believers that will not necessarily listen to the kremlin. if russia wants to stop this conflict, it can stop i would say 90% of the military activity in eastern ukraine. i think that one of the reasons mr. putin is preparing his population for the fact that russia will not directly intervene is because this proxy war is not working. ukraine's forces are now showing a lot more cohesion. they control about 70% of that territory in eastern ukraine that was primarily under the hands of the rebels. the rebels do control the two major cities, but never the less, a lot of progress has made despite the death of nine member today in that attack on a helicopter. >> richard wolf, it seems president obama has more danger spots to manage man vladamir putin does from ukraine to iraq, and of course, iraq becom

we will have a chance to see what mr. putin does over the weeks, and if he remains we are prepared to take. >> we just had a set of european elections where we have taken two countries at random, france , and into european parties won. you can wish these results would go away or you can address the concerns of the people you represent in your country. i have a strategy to represent and understand them. it is important we have people running the institutions of europe who understand the needs for change, the need for reform. that he was widely shared among other heads of government and heads of state in the european union. as for britain's future, i am clear in what i want to achieve. to secure britain's place in a reformed european union. it is about renegotiating our position, recovering some important powers, making significant changes, and then putting the decision in a referendum to the british people. that weuch recommending stay in a reformed european union. it is a strategy for dealing with things. i don't want to see br

together that we can bring a solution short people presumably have to make concessions on both sides mr putin says that if the separatists lay down their arms which is what many people are asking to happen then it's right that members of the right sector for example which is a political organization should be forced to lay down their arms too does he have a point do you think. i think nobody should use arms in this but all the pans if i look what happened yesterday afternoon with that helicopter of course you can't just let things happen so if there is an action there is a great danger that there is a reaction and i really have the feeling that some people and i'm not talking about the russian authorities and not about ukrainian authorities either but that there are some people they just don't want a supplement of the crisis and i think those who are in power on both sides with the help of the council of europe and we did already a lot with the help so overall been a zation that we can sit down and really talk in order to make a step by step progress in. order to deescalate because we really

i am not sure that is true that i think it's truth mr. putincertainly because he is clear in his goals with the russian people. his desire that seems to have a lot of support is to re-create something like the old russian imperial power as one of the great powers over much of the area around russia today stretching into eurasia and into central europe. this is a very dangerous strategy. you ask how can race respond against its? he is facing the e.u. and the united states with a 2 billion 2 billion -- a 2 trillion-dollar economy. we have $30 trillion. we have six times the population two or three times the number of forces under arms that are equipped. why is he doing this and why is he seemingly having success? because we are divided. we are not sure what the threat is and in particular we are reluctant to the u.s. degree and the europeans even more to meet force with force. that's why so important to take military rules while also strengthening the economic and political sanctions and strictures against him. as he doesn't believe we are going

muronov, the leader of my former party, was meeting mr. putin about his permanent personal sanction to put this law into force. >> as i said in the grinning you're taking tremendous political risks. we respect them, re admire your principle stance on a number of these issues and at this point we have 11 minutes for q & a. maybe i'll extend it a little bit. when you are asking a question, please introduce yourself and keep it to a question and please keep it short so other people can ask questions. who would like to start? >> my name is kahan -- >> what for the mic. your affiliation. >> i am from interning the summer here in washington, dc, and my question is, as you know, we know that the west did some sanctions on russia but still recently russia signed a very big oil deal with china -- >> gas. >> -- gas deal with china and certain my many political economists are saying this is the dollar -- the petro dollar in particular. do you think the sanction can still sustain itself given that it has a large natural gas and narl oil base and do you thin

and down with the clock apparently now second to for some action we will have a chance to see what mr putin does over the next. two three four weeks and the group finally cooked up and ultimatums if these things don't happen then sectoral sanctions will fall or they're accusing russians completely without any basis of having troops or smuggling in supporters of smuggling weapons these are completely scurrilous charges and yet they're putting them out there to justify their own aggression with our talks still fresh on their lips the leaders had to face putin shortly after. and i was here in normandy when all the heads of state pain together to mark seventy years since the day that we saw some unexpected interesting and offered moments. the public was frantic to see how french organizers will settle the logistical nightmare of position and two presidents at odds far enough at all events well they succeeded the host had to die and really hard to make sure barack obama and vladimir putin didn't bump into each other. but they did courtesy of french t.v. operators who positioned them on split scr

putin relied heavily on mr. yanukovych, the former leader of ukraine. and when mr. yanukovych was forced to run from the country, of course, that was a very scary example for the russian opposition in general, for the russian society. because that meant that putin was mistaken. secondly, that he could be replaced. thirdly, that even with the military force and all the snipers and whatever was happening in kiev, doesn't stop the rebellious people by removing corrupt politicians from their offices. that had to be overshadowed by some bright and bold moves from the russian government. that is why i think the invasion into crimea was a very short-lived decision. it was taken immediately after what happened with yanukovych happened. it was not well planned. it was on the spot. and for the eastern parts of ukraine, i think putin is interested in instability in ukraine because that would make the ukrainian government either resign and prove that he was right and that no revolutions can be successful, or would force them to negotiate a new -- a certian view with the russian

but mr. putin is the head of mr. kerry. putin called on russia's parliament to rescind this authorization of the use of military force in ukraine. putin's move came during a fragile cease fire declared by ukraine's new president, the chocolate olagark. on wednesday, president putin conferred by phone for more than one hour with french president, olan, and german chancellor, angela. the four leaders discussed the mechanism between prorussian accept sepratists. unless president putin takes steps to deescalate the situation, president putin may face further economic sanctions. >> also on friday, ukraine's president signed a long awaited trade deal with the european union. question, is this the light at the end of the tunnel? are we firmly on the path to a negotiated resolution of the ukraine crisis? guy taylor, in 25 words or less. >> i think we're at the beginning of the end of the tunnel, but the russians are still sending troops in the -- equipment into eastern ukraine and massing equipment on the border. 27 words. >> russia

putin's regime. on mr.elied heavily yanukovych, the former leader of ukraine. and when mr. yanukovych was forced to run from the country, of course, that was a very scary example for the russian for theon in general, russian society. because that meant that putin was mistaken. secondly, that he could be replaced. that even with the military force and all the snipers and whatever was , thening in kiev rebellious people removed corrupt politicians from their offices. had to be overshadowed by some bright and bold moves from the russian government. that is why i think the invasion a veryimea was short-lived decision. it was taken immediately after what happened with yanukovych happened. it was not well planned. it was on the spot. and for the eastern parts of ukraine, i think putin is interested in instability in ukraine because that would make the ukrainian government either resign and prove that he was right and that no revolutions can be successful, or would force them to negotiate a new with the russian government, which would help prudent to -- putin to claim victory in th

he had dessert with mr. putin.ng on the beaches of normandy where ryan chilcote is. >> thanks. d-day celebrations just about to commence and normandy. we are waiting for the french president to kickoff the ceremony. the president of france, just one of a number of world leaders here in normandy today using the 70th anniversary of d-day to find a way to end the war in ukraine. guy. >> ryan, thank you very much indeed. that is what we are watching around europe. busy day. we have european markets just about to open. we are in between draghi and payroll. trying to figure out the

and mr. putin delivered spectacularly on that between 2000-2008. last year, some russian economists were saying even if the projected growth in 2014 of 2% would not be enough for mr. puti putin to hold of his io the bargain sony to try to increase the pressure. i should say when my college at brookings who's very knowledgeable of russia, his concern is wha what will happens it me play devil is that mr. putin may seize on the sanctions and then use that as the excuse to blame the west for the economic difficulties and then use that to his own economic mismanagement. i would argue it is just the prospect of changing his calculus in a way that makes them change the policy, the west should do because of the egregious nature of russia's action in the last couple of months. >> let me add that it is the economy, stupid, and the point in russia right now showed nationalism running high, but over time as the sanctions bite further committed to think there should be some sectoral sanctions done very carefully. i agree with ambassador pifer that the need to b

the white house wanted to isolate mr. putin yet he has these series of meetings and he can have his case on what he plans to do in ukraine. >> will obama and putin have their own separate meeting or not? >> the official line from the white house is that no meeting has been planned. numerousl be opportunities for asides. do they have a brief conversation that turns into something substantiative? they will be in normandy on friday. plenty of opportunity. is how long the conversation will be. doesn't qualify as a meeting? president obama will find the opportunity to pull vladimir putin aside and potentially warn him. the interesting thing here, mark, the status quo of russian troops and crimea seems to be accepted. there will be no additional action to push them out of crimea. all the talk of triggers are what russia does in the future in eastern ukraine. >> hans nichols, international correspondent in brussels today. more consolidation in the u.s. telecom space. sprint is closing in on a deal for t-mobile. here with more is europ

hasnderstand that mr. putin employed the pottery barn rule -- if you break it, you buy the payments for state workers and crimea vomit that is another hit on the russian budget. heator mccain is right when says russia's economy is a gas station, and russia is a gas station posing as a country. if that gas is turned off with respect to europe, that is a huge hit. he has made a deal with china, but i think that shows desperation, not long-term advantage. that iuld like to add very much am in favor of sanctions and i think we have seen particularly some secondary effects of them. we should continue and strengthen them, trying to keep the europeans on board because they will keep most of the pain. nonetheless, i am a little bit concerned if we think that, to sum it up briefly, 21st century values -- economic development, people power, and such -- triumphs over aggression, over nationalism, and over name t -- over 18th and 19th century values. i am not sure that is true, and i really do not think it is true with mr.

on french tv. >> reporter: " it's better not to argue with women," putin said, calling mrs. clinton weak and oddly adding, "maybe weakness is not the worst quality for a woman." to keep obama and putin apart tonight, french president hollande had two separate dinners in paris. first with obama and then later with putin. that's right -- two diners but tomorrow an obama putin encounter is inevitable. senior white house officials telling me they don't expect any beyond a quick conversation. >>> diane was sitting down with hillary clinton with the exclusive interview. nothing off limits. but so many wonder erring if she will run from president. a rare and candid conversation about it all from benghazi to her relationship, her health and marriage and plan. she tells diane her own deadline. when we'll all know if she's running. the exclusive interview, diane sawyer, one on one, a view inside her life we have not seen before. monday night on the eve of the new book hard choices. >>> we do move on to general motors. back in the news this evening. 15 employees fired over the recalls.

and mr. putin delivered on that in 2,000 in 2008. last year, some were saying that even the projected growth of 2014 of 200% within the enough for mr. putin to hold up his end of the bargain, so we need to try to increase the pressure. i should say that one of my colleagues, his concern is what will happen as it may play a different role that mr. putin may seize on those sanctions and use that to blame the west for the economic difficulties and then use that to sidestep his own mismanagement but i would argue that even if this is just the prospect of changing the calculus in a way that makes them change the policy, the west should do it because of the egregious actions of the last couple of months. >> let me add that in american politics but it's the economy and the polling in russia right now shows nationalism running high. but over time, as the sanctions bite further community do think that there should be some sectors done very carefully. i agree with the ambassador pifer that they need to be done carefully. people in russia would

>> the strategy is to have these to have three leaders thesed mr. putino accept plan, the president-elect of ukraine is going to be from this point forth. if the plan is going to work for ukraine, you need to have mr. putin's buy in. they will use those meetings to press him to have some sort of solution. there is broad recognition that unless you have him, any sort of will not work.e what is hanging over the conversation is additional sanctions. >> entire industries being targeted or ratcheting up sanctions they have arty done. -- already done. you would need something new. you need some sort of incursion from russia into ukraine. the status quo is unlikely to trigger sick coral sanctions. sectoral sanctions. the date on all of this, june 27. au officials come back to brussels and they will take a look and see approach. >> thank you. here's a look at our top headlines this morning. on a dealclosing in to buy t-mobile. -- sprint is closing in on a deal to buy t-mobile. it could be announced next month. bmw is rolling out its first sports car. it is a plug

ukraine has made its decision on which way it wants to go, probably in response to the threats from mr. putin like he is making now. >> what could those threats be? >> there are a lot of exports ukrainians sent to russia. they send cheese, chocolate, dairy products, potatoes. find excuses to close down those exports. ukraine is going to have to reorient, make itself more competitive, and orient exports on europe. it has done that a lot. it has to do more. >> the cease-fire in the east is shaky. do you think it is going to hold? >> i am not sure it is going to hold. the problem is the russians. the russians have to decide if they are going to stand down, stop the support for the russian and the separatists supporting the ukrainian separatists. if that support continues from russia, cease-fire will not hold. >> is the e.u. having any impact at all? >> i think the europeans and americans, with their limited sanctions, have had an effect. i think the sanctions have indicated to president putin that europeans and americans can be united. >> there is a dispute about where ukraine's future lies, wit

>> i have no doubt that i'll see mr. putin, and he and i have always had a business like relationship and it is entirely appropriate that he is there to commemorate d-day given the extraordinary sacrifices that were made of the people of the soviet union during world war ii. and should we have the opportunity to talk, i will be repeating the same message that i've been delivering to him throughout this crisis. keep in mind that although we haven't had formal meetings i've spoken to him by phone repeatedly from the outset of the protests. my message has been very consistent and that is that russia has a legitimate interest in what happens in ukraine given that it's on its border and given its historical ties, but ultimately it's up to the people of ukraine to make their own decisions, that russian armed forces annexing pieces of a neighbor is illegal and violates international law, and the kinds of destabilizing activities that we now see funded and encouraged by russia are illegal and not constructive and there is a path in wh

it doesn't necessarily mean mr. putin is orchestrating the action.ple he makes a phone call and a ukrainian airplane or helicopter gets shut down. that's very unlikely. what he has done is sent plenty of weapons into the region. he a loued that to happen, he allowed russian volunteers to go intohe has not her metally seald the border but limited operations so the yew crannian forces could surround. he hasn't done that yet. if he were to do that, though, and this is the key, it might be necessary but it's not sufficient to end the conflict. and this is where we have the problem with the western position. the western position judges mr. putin's compliance based on the results in the conflict. does the conflict end, is peace restored. and that depends much more at this point. >> brown: he may not control that. >> it's a genie out of the bottle problem. he has done things at this point which now potentially put local leaders beyond his ability to reel them back in. >> brown: nikolas, there were talks going on. there's not a real cease-fire yet. what is h

mr. obama hinted he may bump into putin. >> i have no doubt that i'll see mr. putin. and he and i have always had a business-like relationship. >> reporter: president obama is the fifth u.s. president to visit the beaches of normandy. more than 9,000 americans are buried in cemeteries there. tahman bradley, abc news, washington. >> tahman, thank you. >>> and one more image from france taken this morning on omaha beach. a lone american flag placed in the sand at sunrise. just one of the many american flags on display today in normandy. >>> and breaking overnight -- days of terror are over for a small town in canada. >> there's been an arrest in the shooting deaths of three police officers. the suspect was taken into custody just after midnight, not far from where the shooting happened. this town brought to a standstill, during a hunt for the killer. one woman described the arresting drama as it unfolded right in her front yard. >> all of a sudden, one of the s.w.a.t. vehicles stopped in front of our house. and all of the officers unloaded and started heading towards my

. >> we will have a chance to see what mr. putin does over the next two, three, four weeks. >> putin met separately with some of the g7 leaders. british prime minister david cameron urged russia to stop meddling in ukraine and normalize relations with kiev. he later spoke with french president francois hollande and he's scheduled to meet with german chancellor angela merkel. putin will attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the d-day landings in normandy on friday. obama is scheduled to attend. >>> islamist militants are reaching deeper into northeastern nigeria in a campaign of fear. gunmen believed to be members of the extremist group boko haram have attacked villages. they killed at least 240 people. security authorities say the militants rode in on military trucks into three villages in the state of borno on monday. the authorities say the gunmen were dressed in military fatigues and tricked villagers into believing they would be protected. the militants gathered people together, then started shooting. gunmen moved in

obama and mr. putin could come face-to-face later on in the week in france. they'll both be attending ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of d-day. >>> syrians are voting for president today. but there's little doubt about the outcome. the current leader, bashar assad, is widely expected to win. assad has been locked in a devastating three-year civil war with rebel forces. human rights activists say more than 160,000 syrians have died as a result. >>> scientists plan to release detailed information today about a mysterious noise recorded about the time malaysia airlines flight 370 crashed. that noise, possibly an ocean impact, was recorded by two undersea receivers but did not come from the area of the ocean where crews have been searching. the lead scientist says there's only about a 25% chance the noise is related to flight 370. but that it's a chance worth taking. >>> a furious sandstorm roared into iran's capital of tehran, lasting only 15 minutes. but it created some deadly chaos. within just moments, the sky turned completely dark and temperatures p

they emerge with a clear ultimatum for mr. putin, stop russian support within a month or face far harsher sanctions aimed at the heart of russia's economy. >> the next month will be vital in judging whether president putin has taken the steps. >> ec a pathway to the crisis? what if there is a path that russia has the capacity to engage directly with the president. he should take it. a strategy ofs undermining the sovereignty of ukraine, then we have no choice but to respond. no sign of there is an end to the violence. separatists and government forces fight for political control. one rebel leader tells the bbc there is no going back now. was asked if he would talk to ukraine's new president and they were careful not to rule that out. that direct dialogue is one thing that david cameron will urge on the russian leader, carrying the g7's message to vladimir putin. >> that meeting ended a short while ago. david cameron said he told vladimir putin at the situation is not acceptable but that there is a diplomatic path. we are looking at

mr. putin's personal involvement in ukraine and the china deal that was just announced. mr. putin would rather have gas statistics at the drop of the hat any time he is given the opportunities. so this is something that is close to the russian leadership. but the question i want to read and it maybe a subtext of book and i will read it more carefully and that is in order to meet the various market challenges, rather fundamental structural reform of the gas structure in russia is needed. it amuses me they are called independent. it would be like calling exxon mobile and con independent. are they going to be limited? the so-called independents to serving the domestic market as they have clearly expanded their scope there or are the one ong one offs or do they pretend to something that is larger in the fuc future that will be a real liberalization of the gas market and one could easily explain ong and the special relationships rather than the systemic change over the horizon. if you were to become more response to the changing global market it seems some changes would be necessa

mr. putinepeating his demand or his insistence that he have -- that kiev speak directly to the insurgents. there are mixed signals and mix actions coming from moscow. on the one hand, there have and conditional positive noises toward the peace and the cease-fire. at the same time, russian troops apparently, according to russian officials and ukrainian officials, remain on the border. is alsotary hardware coming through the border. the fact that the two sides are speaking, perhaps on lower levels, speaking to president clinton, is taken as a positive sign. -- and speaking to president putin, is taken as a positive sign. >> the signs are really confusing, as you say. you are watching "bbc world news america." when the world cup games are on, do not expect to get any business done. a south korean soldier who killed five members of his unit has been captured after a failed suicide attempt. johnson werth has all the details for us. -- john has the details for us. trek through the night, the fugitive

>> i think mr. putin dulls have control over some of the groups.here has been evidence that some of the people running some of these groups are programs russian military and special services but other groups he may have less of an ability to influence. but what you haven't seen at all from molls cow in the last several months is anybody saying to the accepttists you need to ratchet -- accepttists, you need to ratchet this down. >> what would factions be? hitting russia's oil and gas sector? >> the sectors people tend to look at would be the defense industry, oil and gas and the financial sector. now, my guess is that they don't get everything in the sect ore dish sector but they would begin by choosing a couple of big targets. for example, on oil and gas, the you don't want to disrupt that now but programs the united states and europe could say ok, we're going to block investment in new oil and gas deals to begin to cause some concern in russia. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> more than 20 people have been killed and many more injured