i never thought i'd ever say anything nice about mr barroso bad he has said that if scotland leaves the u.k. replies it would have to reapply to join the european union and sign a treaty that committed scotland to joining the euro and the scottish people looked at that and said no thank you very much indeed so i think the independence referendum in twenty fourteen you know i very much doubt that more than twenty twenty five percent of people will vote for independence and we can then have a proper debate about the relationship between scotland and westminster personally i'm pro more devolution you know i've got no difficulty with the f. word the federal structure within the united kingdom but i think the scots should actually be raising more of their own money and spending more of their own money as prime minister always pretty unlikely isn't it i mean look you know here we are we are third in the opinion polls we're above the lib dems we've made huge progress i very much believe that in the european elections of next year we've got a serious chance of winning those elections nation

mr. barroso and mr. medvedev. i want to see how that reboot looks. is it a reboot in name only or is it meaningful? they would prove that it's meaningful by including a solution to the cyprus crisis, including not only the troika, but the russian federation. that's is where mr. medvedev saying russian interests should have been thought about. mr. barroso saying no of the on governments were talked about friday into saturday a week ago. it's absolutely important to see what comes out of this next press conference to see whether russia and -- see a meaningful future together. despite the fact that xi jinping is due in town later today, it's almost incredible irony that russia appear to be looking east rather than west despite the west being the biggest trading partners at the moment. a whole host of deals expected to be signed in coal, more gas exports from russia to china, as well. it's an amazing time, not just for cypress, but for the whole relationship structure of the west and russia and can china. >> steve, it's a great point and a really, really

longing to return home to russia now in a separate incident we heard that just the day before he died mr barroso ski said to have had an informal talk with a russian journalist again in which he was a detail his state of mind and his longing to attend high of course this is causing a huge amount of speculation because he controversial character that you have a lot of i don't see questions here this is going to be what the police are doing are trying to tie a wall they say and to get an accurate picture for all their investigation and later on cheese day we're going to have that for will identification taking place. it's been going on now for the past decade moscow has been insisting that london extradite the ex billionaire so we can be tried for money laundering and other offenses parasol death a massive thorn in u.k. russian relations are now being removed according to water and analyst martin mccauley i think you go down as a band of capitalist. who was more concerned with power than money is political judgment was very very poor because during the year he seemed to be writing very very hard.

cooperation as well and even his independence in europe line has now been dealt a fatal blow by mr barroso i never thought i'd ever say anything nice about mr bott he has said that if scotland leaves the u.k. replies it would have to reapply to join the european union and sign a treaty that committed scotland to joining the euro and the scottish people looked at that and said no thank you very much indeed so i think the independence referendum in twenty fourteen you know i very much doubt that more than twenty twenty five percent of people will vote for independence and we can then have a proper debate about the relationship between scotland and westminster personally i'm pro more devolution you know i've got no difficulty with the f. word the federal structure within the united kingdom but i think the scots should actually be raising more of their own money and spending more of their own money as prime minister oh it's pretty unlikely isn't it i mean look you know here we are we are third in the opinion polls we're above the lib dems we've made huge progress i very much believe that in th

mr. barroso, the president of the european commission, was saying, look, to the russians, don't blame us.e you from all of these discussions. but the russians are still mighty irked about what's happened this one runs and runs and runs. back to you. >> cnbc's steve sedgwick in moscow, thank you. >>> as cyprus turns to russia to be a potential savior in a very difficult situation we want to give you some insight as to what's at stake from a man who he knows russia well. bill, nice to see you again. for many years you were one of the go-to guys on investing in russia. you were based, in part, in moscow and when your visa was revoked it made the front page of the financial times. your lawyer has died in prison and you are both now facing legal action from the authorities there. but i want to put to one side your personal situation and maybe we can come back to that. with your experience and your knowledge, can you explain to us what this relationship is between big russian money and cypress? >> well, very simply about ten years ago russia took over the cypriot banking system. there's a tax t

just been to a meeting this morning between the european commission president, barroso, and the prime minister of russia, mrdvedev. and despite the very fine words on the surface, it is very clear the russians are very upset with the europeans. as you mentioned, sue, a huge amount of interest the russians have down in cyprus as well. and they're really upset they weren't included in the negotiations for some form of bailout package initially. they've said the europeans have behaved like a bully in a china shop. they've also said they've done everything wrong. and this is the best one i thought. they're accusing them of absolutely misappropriating assets akin to something that happened in the soviet era. this is the russians telling the europeans they're doing something completely wrong on property rights. quite extraordinary. the russians have said they will work with europeans. europeans have said they will work with the russians. despite that, key european policymakers are still raising doubts about russian participation. the dutch finance minister, also the head of the euro group of finance ministers in