again, i am not convinced that mr. putin is ready to stand down and he appears to convinced he can test the united states and nato and europeans with his venteur in ukraine. >> thank you very much. >> pleasure. >> obama administration will explain what plans it makes for the companies going over seas. it is called corporate inversion. the secretary is pushing congress to reform the tax code to give businesses an incentive to stay. >> it is clear about the possibility that possibility may not move quickly to it respond to the growing wave of inversions. the treasury department is evaluating what we can do to make these deals less economically appealing. n50 companies have done. it and the most recent is burger king that it acquired tim horton's based in canada. >> and just one of many communities commemorating a tragic day. rick is live in east lake. hi, rick. >> hi, shannon. you picture massive twin reflecting pools in ground 0. but the town of oast lake thought it was important to build their own and pay tribute. >> east la

mr putin says he hopes progress will be made what's your opinion. well again it depends on who speaks for whom president putin of course and he's acknowledged this himself he can negotiate or make suggestions on behalf of perhaps some rebel factions perhaps the general population perhaps just in the interest of peace generally but he's made it clear himself that he cannot does not speak for all of the rebel factions one can remember when he a few months ago urged that the referendums towards separation should not take place they did take place despite his wishes and so of course that tended to show suggested that much of the western narrative at the time that president putin was running the show from the rebel perspective in southeast ukraine wasn't correct and that may be the case even now so but it can only help the situation of course if russia on one hand. prepared to talk if ukraine. pressures puts pressure by whatever means it can on the rebels to adhere to president putin some point plan and crucially that the western powers the u.s. and the e

so however much mr. putin denies that he has anything to do with this conflict, that his troops aren't on the ground, they certainly seem to be, wolf. >> diana, those burned out destroyed tanks that we're all seeing behind you right now, you say they go on for a while, are they russian tanks, ukrainian tanks? what's the assessment over there? >> reporter: well, we found the insignia of the ukrainian national guard on caps that have been left on the ground. we can't tell whether they are russian tanks. russian tanks and ukrainian tanks are the same soviet-era tank systems. the missile that i was talking about, a huge tail fin there, absolutely gigantic, an ss-21, that is soviet issue for both armies. it's difficult to tell whose tanks they are but when i've spoke on it rebels over the past few days they say all the tanks that we have are the spoils of war. they are ones that we have captured from the ukrainians along the way. well they haven't bothered to come and take these and the tanks that they are driving

and to bring home to mr. putin that if he thinks he can carry out a similar de facto annexation, or possibly the whole of the territories of one or more of the baltic states, he could precipitate the horrors of a world war iii? >> well, i don't have to respond to criticism of the united states, or any other country, but i'll respond to criticism of the uk government. i think we have responded in a measured and sensible way to an outrageous provocation. we've stood by the people of the ukraine. we have been at the forefront of the implementation of measures within the european union, within nato, to provide reassurance to the eastern member states of nato, and to impose economic sanctions on russia. i think these measures are more effective for having been imposed by the whole of the european union, and in the case of the reassurance measures, having been delivered and supported by the whole of nato, than they would have been if we'd taken within europe a series of bilateral actions. but acting 28 means that we have

mr. putin's mind. >> would you like to speculate why the russians took this position?>> what i would say is this, the e.u. end entered into good faith with negotiations over a long period of time. this wasn't some rushed deal to try to spite the russians t was a long negotiation. russia did not race objections while its man was in control in kiev. we've got to be very careful about any suggestion that we would allow russia a veto over the relationships which sovereign, independent countries want to negotiate with a bloc like the e.u. >> i was just going to add, of course it also came as well a surprise to president yanukovych who was after all very close at that stage. he didn't expect that degree of resistance because, as you say, he was coming to expecting probably to sign the agreement. >> would you like to tell us why you think the russians took this view? >> well the only, the only logic is that they saw, the russians expected to be able to control the situation by one means or another that they sensed perhaps they were losing the lever of control they thought the

and to bring home to mr. putin he thinks he can carry policy of defacto possiblyn of part or the whole of the territories of one or more of the baltic could precipitate the iii.rs of a world war >> well, i don't have to respond to criticism of the united country. any other but i'll respond to criticism of government. i think we have responded in a sensible way to an outrageous provocation. we've stood by the people of the ukraine. been at the forefront of implementation of measures within the european union, provideato to reassurance to the eastern nato. states of and to impose economic sanctions russia. i think these measures are more effective for having been imposed by the whole of the european union and in the case of the reassurance measures having been delivered and whole of natohe than they would have been, if we taken within europe a series of by lateral actions. but acting at 28 means that we about how pragmatic fast and how far we can go. we have to take everybody with us. my judgment is that the level of

mr. putin's view of the world.re particularly, with his ideas about what is acceptable in going about achieving his objectiv objectives. >> one more moment that you should be reading the doctora s doctorates, but perhaps those in your department should be reading them. that leads me to my next question. what has contributed to us underestimating the risk here? tony bratton, quote, british diplomacy toward russia and elsewhere has suffered because of a loss of language skills, particularly in the foreign office. now, we know we've reopened the language school. that's been good. but the sort of general feeling we're not committing or have not committed enough resource to eastern europe and russia, is that your take on things? do we need to invest now more on the issue in front of us? >> i think we are reenvesting in russia and eastern europe as our gaze refocuses there. but there is no doubt this is well ready to well-trodden ground. russia disengaged from large parts of the world. my predecessor spent a lot of time

which he'd had with russian president vladimir putin no in this conversation he said he'd pushed mr putin on whether russian troops were in ukraine whether they were fighting actively there he then said mr putin's response was that if i had sent troops into ukraine then i could have taken kiev in two weeks now this resulted in a went all around all of the major newspapers in europe across many major t.v. stations as well and it really. sure that response was to say that these words had been taken completely out of context by mr but also it was what they saw as a what russia sees as a breach of diplomatic ethics in order to speak this way well the response from russia has been that they're demanding to hear more on this from the european commission they say that unless they get a sufficient answer then they're going to publish the transcript of the whole phone conversation between vladimir putin and towards the manuel but also so far though what we're hearing from the european side is not willing to move at all on this all to say anything more about it at all so we may well see that full t

obama's aggression, mr. putin ordered russian troops in the east put on alert. mr. putin is is -- adroit withs sense of irony. today when iranian stated clearly that some members of the obama military coalition are sponsors of terrorism. iran and russia. not a me mention of either, buto most important nations to consider in calculus of mr. obama's middle east policy, they are something to consider. we're coming right back. >> on this day, two years ago. radical islamist terrorists killed 4 americans in benghazi, but there were heroes who fought to save the lives of others, chrichristopher an so was one of those, next am when fixed income experts work with equity experts who work with regional experts who work with portfolio management experts that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expertise without collaboration. with up to 27% more brush movements patented sonic technology get healthier gums in two weeks guaranteed. philips sonicare discover the brush that's perfect for you. hi, are we still on for tomorrow? tomorrow. quick look at the weather. nice

and to bring home to mr. putin that if he thinks he can carry of de factor policy of parts of the territories of one or more of the baltic states, he can precipitate the horrors of a world war iii. i don't have to respond to criticism of the united states or any other country but i will respond to criticism of the u.k. government. think we have responded in a measured and sensible way. we stood by the people of the ukraine. we have been at the forefront of the implementation of measures within the european union to provide reassurance to the eastern member states of nato and to impose economic sanctions on russia. i think these measures are more effective for having been imposed on the whole of the european union. the reassurance measures having been delivered and supported by the whole of nato if we had taken within europe a series of bilateral actions. we have to be pragmatic about how far we can go. we can take everybody with us. the responses that -- far morevered effectiveness that had been delivered by a stro

with regard to what our colleagues call mr. putin operative in the kremlin, 35 years after the soviet union invaded afghanistan, a post-soviet leader, putin, invaded another neighboring country, namely ukraine. and there have been, there's some evidence and certainly some speculation that that could be disastrous or at least bad for russia over the long run for reasons that relate actually to afghanistan. i remember as a journalist going to central asia about three months after the invasion, told by central asian authorities that the recent had gone to afghanistan was because, it was the equivalent of a forest fire there and wanted to keep the forest fire from jumping over in to the culturally and historically islamic parts of the soviet union. and putin, of course, has justified going into ukraine on the grounds of basically great russian chauvinism, which i don't think probably plays very well in those parts of the russian federation that are populated by the descendents of turkic people and mongols and so forth, islamic people in

russian soldiers will go back across the border to russia where this was becoming a problem for mr. putin the effect of this, from my reading -- you tell me -- the effect is some areas in the east of ukraine will not be as centrally governed and have some autonomy. >> mr. poroshenko made the suggestion, the peace proposal, exactly that, that is some deal would include a -- authority to local governments, including dough ned k, such as the policy of use of local taxes and local infrastructure rebuilding, the policy on language. so this, again, is poroshenko's proposal which the russians now have agreed to. >> that does this mean? the takeover of crimea, the invasion of crimea -- because by the dictionary that's the right word but in politics you can't use it. they invadessed and took crimea and for that there's birthday cake? what do you get for that? >> you get more)ú sanctions. you have the sanctions that have affected the russian economy, and i do believe the threat of additional sanctions the europeans and the americans were looking at today has had an effect, and has led to -- has bee

mr. putin's spokesman insists that does not mean independence for those areas. and that they should remain part of ukraine. cnn international correspondent matthew chance is covering this for us from our moscow bureau. hi, matthew. what are we to make of these comments from president putin? what does he mean when he talks about statehood in this context? >> i'm sorry, we have a very bad connection from the studio. if you were talking about vladimir putin's comments about statehood with rebels in the east of the country. initially, those remarks were interpreted as a change of russian position, where russia married to the idea of an independent state in the east and south of ukraine. previously not sought any support for, even though rebels groups in donetsk had been calling for an independent state from kiev, from ukraine, in those areas. the spokesman, as you mentioned, of vladimir putin came after putin's remarks trying to clarify them saying they still regarded the matter in ukraine as an international matter and they weren't supportive of an independent stat

and there's no question of what mr. putin is trying to do. they've done all those things.ed a very prudent and strong president, he's trying to negotiate an end to this that enables them to have a relationship with russia without paralyzing their ties to europe and their attempts to weaken the economic -- reap the economic and political benefits that would entail. i think the united states should support building ukraine's capacity to defend itself but more importantly we should be doing what we can, including things like our global initiative to help them succeed economically, to reward their choice to be free and independent. i think it's very important that the world not buy the propaganda that is going over the russian media that ukrainians wanted to have an adversarial relationship with russia. that's simply not true. all they wanted to do was to have a good relationship with russia and a good relationship with europe and the west and be a bridge between the two. why he doesn't want that remains something of a mystery to me. i mean, i think he's gotten a outdated view

you've said mr. putin is aiming for a so-called frozen conflict. gain with that? >> well, what we have seen over the last days is clearly now that ukraine is under attack from russian troops, and there are russian soldiers on ukrainian soil. the invasion has been taking place over the last couple of months, and this has been a hybrid war, a war where we've seen russians funded troops in ukraine. we've seen, now, russian troops crossing the border. we've seen an information war and an economic war against ukraine. what is putin's end game? putin wants to create as much, he wants to destabilize the region, ukraine, as much as possible. he cannot accept that this country is moving towards europe, is moving towards european values, and he does not want to allow this, because this will have massive implications for him back home in russia. he's run a corrupt regime for many, many years. the russian economy is in serious decline. and now he wants to shift the focus from his problems back at home onto a more international level and to focus on this so-cal

mr. putin's peace initiative, is it genuine or a smokescreen? >> look, ukraine is fighting for peace. ukraine was not initiator of war. ukraine our object of the aggression and we tried to do our best to immediate stop the aggression and to stop the fire. why? because it is exactly ukraine who pays the highest price every single day. losing the lives of their soldiers, innocent civilians, and the as the president of ukraine are ready to do my best to stop the war. and why i have, i can take care for optimism for tomorrow meeting of the trilateral group in minsk, because beforehand it was the statement of the russian authorities and the russian president, and it was in response, the statement of their leaders of so-called -- people, that they are ready for immediate cease-fire. and that it is very important to have support of the oed, for the mission, and to immediate release the hostages which is kept by the terrorists. and get the situation under control on the ukrainian russian border and wit

but i think you're absolutely right, natalie, that mr. putin has started the process of the isolation of russia and this is a tragic turning point for the russian people after 25 years of trying to integrate russia in the west financially, economically, diplomatically, politically, and every way. and now we see russia turning away from that. and the prize in terms of the land grabs in ukraine is very popular inside russia in the short term, but in the long term this is very bad for russia. the infrastructure is crumbling. public services are bad. the economy's stagnating. and i think under putin russia really isn't going anywhere. it's just a series of these bombastic stunts and military adventures but no real progress. >> that's a very astute analysis from you. and it's interesting that his popularity remains above 80% even despite that. how long that will last anyone knows. but thank you so much, edward lucas, senior editor for "the economist." we appreciate your time. we also want to bring in cnn's reza sayah, who's following developments fr

make the cost higher for keeping this support going, to the separatists, will be enough to stop mr. putin. >> how about the nato meeting later in the week? what signal could that sent to moscow? >> it could send a strong signal to moscow. if they say they will defend every member of the nato alliance -- because some of the members right on the border of russia are worried and concerned -- but if they demonstrate and make commitments to the president of ukraine, who will be there at the summit, that they are willing to support him, i would love for them to say with weapons, and that'll be an individual decision as i imagine, but also with financial support. >> thank you very much for joining us. see what happens. today, there were violent clashes in islamabad. ontesters continue to call the prime minister to step down. at one point, they occupied the headquarters of the state broadcaster. they were eventually ousted by security forces. negotiations have failed to end the unrest that has gripped the country for more than two weeks. i spoke a brief time ago with the director of the south asi

. >> mr. putinoes not care about his standing in the world community, cares with it in russia and he is comfortable. he is trying to figure out, what are exactly the red lines. what would be the consequences if we were to cross them. it's my hunch that' is improvising as much as anything else, in trying to figure out what gain versus what pain he will experience depending on what he does. >> you created one of the great phrases in conversations, war of choice. versus war of necessity with your book, a great phrase. with regard to isis and the war, i will put it in quotes, that we are about to engage in, perhaps to try to degrade and destroy, to use the president's words. is this going to be a war of necessity or a war of choice? >> i would say it's getting very close to a war of necessity. and at the risk of getting slightly academic here, it a form of what is called preemtive self defense. if we do not weaken them, it's when and not if they attack world interests and the american homeland itself. r

speaker, on mr. putin. after ukraine, he has his eyes set on allies in the ball particular states. -- baltic states. ukraine is not a part of nato. at least not yet. nor do we have a specific treaty -- 20 seconds. mr. engel: an additional 30 seconds. mr. pascrell: do we have a specific treaty with ukraine? no, we don't. but they are our ally. that must mean something. the united states of america stands with the people of ukraine today and we will continue to stand with them in the future. i thank mr. gerlach from pennsylvania for putting this resolution forward, marcy kaptur from ohio, mr. levin from michigan, and of course mr. elliott is always there to do the right thing in international discourse. i'm honored to be here today to present this, mr. speaker. i yield back the rest of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california continues to reserve. the gentleman from new york is recognized. thank you, mr. speaker. let me first of all echo what mr. pa

mr. putin's psychology on this, but in terms of actions, what we've seen is aggression and appeal to national sentiments that have historically been very dangerous in europe. >> also breaking this morning, just a short time ago a national security council spokesperson confirming the authenticity of the isis video showing u.s. citizen steven sotloff decapitated by an isis terrorist. president obama offered his condolences on behalf of all americans to sotloff's family and sent this message to isis militantses. >> we will not be intimidated. their horrific acts only nig s us and those who make the mistake of harming americans will learn that we will not forget and that our reach is long and that justice will be served. >> and now to nbc's richard engel who has more on the tragic turn of events. steven sotloff sat calmly as he waited to die. the 31-year-old reporter's voice never broke as he read a statement, a knife held by his throat. sotloff's executioner appeared to be the same militant who beheaded american reporter james foley two weeks ago. >> this is -- >> the same swagger, the voice, th

the stock market, susie is more worried about what is going on with mr. putin and eastern europe and in a shorter term basis what is going on with scotland and the u.k., they're coming up with a separation vote in a couple of days. the market was scared, when it looked that there was a possibility that scott land would separate from the u.k. tonight the market is not looking for surprises whatsoever. >> let's talk a little bit about the defense sector and whether in light of the president's new strategy that he will unveil tonight there could be decreased spending in the united states. and if so will it be the aerospace company? the drone makers? where? >> tyler, you put your finger on that, as the president said it will be a three-year plan and in the scheme of things it will be much more than that. all the sectors you just talked about will be longer term beneficiaries, so i think the answer is yes, yes, and yes. >> so let me just ask, so this war could be three years or more, with that overhanging all of this, i mean, what are you as an experienced investor

that russia is ignoring diplomatic solutions for ukraine to the same time this comes just after mr putin and his possible plans for pace what does mr obama mean do you think. well i think the u.s. position is some are different from mr bush because the situation seems that the ukrainian president is now realizing that the situation on the ground is developing a very negative before you create anti-terrorist operations police say inclined to make some concessions or as a bummer of course means that. ukraine must not surrender and not get into conditions imposed by russia on a certain new. i mean some would argue that mr obama is actually aggravating the situation himself because he's asking for a deescalation but the same time he says he's going to support more of nato allies in the east of europe but he's also offering to advise ukraine's military commanders. well the announcement that the united states and other nato allies should now modernize the military not only of ukraine but also children moldova is of course a need occasional the escalation between the west and the russian federa

mr. putin's spokesperson said that mr. authorize a cease-fire because he's not a party to this conflict. however, they reiterated out of moss to you that they supported the framework for an agreement. we're also hearing from the pro-russian rebels fighting in southeastern ukraine. they are aware of this report, but they are doubtful that a cease-fire can hold until these ukrainian forces pull out of southeastern ukraine. that hasn't happened yet, so a lot of details to work through, but perhaps the best indication yet that in this conflict we're close to a breakthrough, kate. >> all right. a lot of moving parts this morning. reza on top of it for us in kiev, ukraine. reseda, thank you so much. chris? >> let's get back to the situation in iraq, syria that's been driven by isis because the president said this morning it's now time to act. let's figure out what that means. we have rear admiral john kirby, assistant press secretary. they will feel the reach of justice and that's what they said about the killers. the question is

. >> according to mr. putin. >> that is the major theme for our next four hours of "bloomberg surveillance." >> president obama will be sending 350 additional troops into iraq. it is to protect diplomatic facilities and personnel in baghdad. they will not be fighting on the ground. the u.s. will now have more than 800 troops in iraq. >> if that is not the legacy of benghazi, i don't know what is. we did not send people to protect ambassador stevenson. this is a good thing. it is still more american lives put in risk. >> islamic states that it killed more another -- killed another american journalist. the united states says the video showing the beheading was authentic. is someoned center from britain. >> a video also showed a british citizen and an orange jumpsuit as well. >> he might be the next person. >> if it wasn't russia-ukraine, this would be front and center. >> can you imagine beheading journalists? it is hard to fathom. >> let's move on to our furred -- third front-page story. another company appears t

. >> obama, president obama wants to give mr. putin an exit ramp. do you understand? >> i do understand. >> that's not bad. >> it isn't. >> as far as playing the universal game. >> that's on the exception he is looking for an exit ramp rather than an entrance. >> that's what i'm doing. >> he's doing exactly the right thing. there's no matter of aid or guns where they will defeat russia. you give him some, you'll have a war and the russians will win the war. the president is doing the exact right thing. this aught to be negotiated, we aught not make ukraine a nato ally, which means if there's a war between russia and ewe careen, the united states is going to go to war with russia, that's an act of insanity, and this time barack obama is showing some guts and he has done the right thing in the ukraine all along. >> he is pressing russia with the sanctions, which putin doesn't like. and right now, the russians are respecting the cease fire with ukraine. so i think right now, the president isn't looking for something that will look like a direct provocation. if you make u

prudent hosting the -- mr. putin hosting netanyahu atnjamin the u.n., addressing the u.n. today. 1 launches in china. >> is that a big deal? >> it is because it is the first time they are allowing it to be sold legally great now you are allowed to do it. >> standing out in front of the xbox store. let's do a data check. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. eight. at negative currencies, the euro is weaker, the ruble is weaker, the yen is weaker. 93.21 onons at american crude. , 14.85. dean kern it will join us on volatility. huge deal is this continued weakness in russian ruble. spoke with the foreign minister of russia. we will talk about that on "bloomberg surveillance." this morning. this is a non-chart. versus hong kong-dollar the yuan. the hong kong dollar is penned -- is pegged as a huge currency. >> add to the fact that the hong kong dollar had been weakening in the months or the weeks ahead of the protests over the weekend. you had a setup where the macro fundamentals were not so great. >> here is that long-term renminbi. some of the dynamics of economic tensi

we have spiked up here, creating a new volatility and challenge for mr. putin. to our front page this friday morning, it is a busy one. >> we start with what is happening at this moment. british parliament deciding whether to join a u.s.-led coalition against the islamic threat. david cameron speaking at the moment on the floor of parliament. there he is speaking. >> i will take some more interventions. what i believe a successful outcome would look like -- the motion does not endorse airstrikes on syria and rules out using -- >> the debate there is so much more interesting than in congress, in washington. they really get going. once,brown and cameron over iraq and bringing bodies home. they really get going. >> like prime minister's questions, the prime minister gets up and takes questions from the floor, and it is aggressive. imagine if senators went after president obama the way -- >> and the house of commons destroyed in the blitz in 1941, rebuilt in 1950. a spectacular room for this debate. >> the prime minister just said they would not commit ground forces

sides might work towards pay sell correspondent nina quote canada has more on that dana what is mr putin suggesting. well there is a seven point plan now first the russian president believes that the two sides of the conflict should stop military offensive on both sides of must withdraw troops from southeastern parts of ukraine in militia and must stop the offensive to therefore stop the blot schatz now the troops should pull back to eliminate the cities now then the president believes that there should be a fool an objective international a cease fire mon and touring in those areas there should be no abrogation used against civilians and there should be a special system installed to arrange the exchange of detainees with without exception now the last two points of the plan include special humanitarian corridor to be opened for the refugees the war in torn areas and the red construction of these areas that should be organized as well now this is really briefly of the plan that the russian president is suggesting the two sides could use to somehow re store peace in the country not being

what should our message be to russia and to mr. putin right now and what should our strategy be. >> professor:. >> the situation has come very far and using military presence which we cannot accept. there for it is appropriate for us to insist that the military pressures -- bob the problem he says is to convince putin it is bet are for both sides if ukraine becomes a bridge between them rather than an outpost of either. >> we need an outcome that does not make the west appear weak. and an outcome that does not make it appear humiliated. can one find a passage between it. we cannot permit a country to be -- but we should do it in a manner that keeps open the possibility that russia joins international system rather than it is put in a position where it feels totally outkast. >> rightly or wrongly there seems to be a perception in various parts of the world that the united states is somehow withdrawing, do you feel that, do you hear that? >> the fundamental statement of the administration have emphasized more what we should not do than wha

mr. putin's peace land he offered for discussion for the talks tomorrow between ukrainian government andebels with russians as well. the problem is here russia always saw today -- russian military extreme is seeing nato as partner. nato won't be partner anymore. in today's russian view of what's going on in ukraine, nato is not the best of partners. russia will will try to make sure ukrainians republican not joining nato at all a. >> seeing what happened with the founding act when russia stopped being the soviet union, there was optimism the relationship was going to be strong, open and warm. now it's the question of whether russia has completely renamed on its commitment to the founding act. what do you make of that? >> depends on how you look at it. inside russia, it's not seen as partner but enemy. that helps in many view of observers helps russian policies to form this particular siege mentality. there's a clamp down on freedom of speech. media is controlled. it's much easier to manipulate public opinion when there's singled out enemy to act against. that's how it's seen. at the same

that would persuade mr. putin that the west is weak.s whet his appetite to conduct a christian. >> i would -- conduct aggression. >> how would you define timing? seized byia would not the end of june, sanctions would be opposed. rebels shot down the airline three weeks later. sanctions should have been delivered when we said they were going to be delivered. locatione's geographic gives it strategic and economic importance, not just for the region, but for europe. a sizable amount of russian oil supply to europe goes through pipelines that run through ukraine. how has this energy component impacted global markets? has point of fact, ukraine been a reliable conduit of russian oil and gas to europe. ability toused its send substantial quantities of gas and oil to ukraine and europe as a weapon against ukraine. but of course, the turmoil ukraine could in fact lead to a cut off and supplies. ukraine has been meticulous in not to let that happen in this crisis. but as russian aggression increases, this could be an outcome. >> in your opinion,

i can't say i know what is in the head of mr. putin. know that we are trying to have a dialogue. >> libya. it is a mess. >> libya is a mess, that is a real term. what can we do? tomorrow we will have a meeting in the u.n. you have two problems. the first is that you have two governments, different militias. we have to try and have unity. a new person has been appointed to try and favor this, because you cannot have two governments. that is one point. it implies that other countries will not intervene, giving weapons, giving money. and we are back to the dash problem. the second problem is that in the south of libya, you have a number of terrorist groups which are not affiliated to the two other ones, which are dangerous by themselves. and their relationship with boko haram is nigeria was a different terrorist. we have to deal with the parliament, we hope that if we are doing it, we have to deal with the terrorism. because there are a lot of weapons in libya. it is a rich country, and it is not a state. >> it is a failed state. >> it has

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quickly dismissed those reports, indicating that russia was not a party to this conflict and therefore mr. putin was not authorized to indicate any kind of cease-fire. then the two sides announced that they had agreed to a framework, the conditions under which a cease-fire would take place. and those conditions included the end of military operations in southeast ukraine, the pulling out of troops, the establishing of a humanitarian corridor where refugees and victims could get out and humanitarian aid could come in and international monitors put in place to ensure that these conditions were being met. yesterday with poroshenko with a positive message saying he's hopeful these conditions can be put in place as early as tomorrow when all sides of this conflict once again meet in belarus. however, late yesterday, prime minister saying this -- perhaps there's a breakthrough for a cease-fire, and now all eyes on belarus tomorrow to see what happens there. >> and also, what about what's going on in wales with the nato summit? how crucial is that to what's going on in ukraine? >> reporter: i think it'

mr. putin's spokesman doesn't mean it's -- he believes she should stay united with the rest of the country. matthew chance is covering this for us in moscow. trying to understand the language here, when does statehood not mean independence? >> reporter: i think what vladimir putin is doing is laying out an option for the future. what the kremlin wants is to prevent ukraine from the sphere of influence. keeping ukraine from joining nato. moscow's preferred option, it seems, given their calls for peace talks is for negotiated settlement in this in which ukraine adopts a new federal constitution that gives the areas, the russian speaking areas language equality and autonomy to decide their own affairs. that would give russia control in those areas. what vladimir putin has done is laid out other possible alternatives that russia is going to go down to awhooef the overall strategy. in the past, russia recognized break away territories as independent countries thinking of georgia. recognize that as a war in 2008. that could do the same with these areas east of southern ukraine. i don't think the

it's no accident mr. putincease-fire plan before the nato summit in wales and before the eu discusses broader sanctions on russia on friday. mr. putin hopes to forestall sanctions and divide the west a strategy that has worked before. ukraine will not mr. putin's last military destination. i mean, are they really going to fall for this at nato in terms of dealing with sanctions? are we going to say, oh, thank you so much, you've written this lovely -- >> that is ridiculous. >> gideon, i don't know what the options are for a lot of the eu countries. >> require some action. >> i think the nato countries are actually probably red-lined for putin. this "wall street journal" editorial talks about how putin uses kazakhstan is not really a country. i think my take is that putin's mainly got what he wants now. he has eastern ukraine where the russian speaker majority is and where the country's industrial base is. and with that, he basically has ukraine destabilized and weakened and that is all that matters to him. >> i