mr. lavrov saying there are criminal elements on the streets of kiev and john kerry saying politicians are being bought off and that it would be much easier to work together with russia to accomplish a solution, but nobody should make any mistake, the u.s. and europe will stand with ukraine no matter what. >> there are several conflicts brewing around the world that are obviously being discussed there. what are the main sources of tension at this year's security conference? >> many of those conflicts, syria, iran, really require cooperation between the west and russia in order to move forward. but the fact is, one of the major sources of tension here this year is between the west and russia. if you remember, this is the place where the reset button was pushed between the u.s. and russia. it's also the place where the foreign minister of russia could sit down on the panel with the u.s. secretary of state. that is not happening here this year. we heard some very harsh exchanges, indirect exchanges between the west and russia. we've also heard the head of nato saying it looks like we're being

so far have been dealing with the situation there and their approach was listen to what mr lavrov had to say. it is the nuclear from the new one has to answer some fundamental questions these are rising in connection with the situation in ukraine and the premier league the question of which one does inside them and. recently violent street protests have to do with promoting democracy why don't we hear the condemnation of those who seize and hold government buildings and the police torched the police use racist as it is anti semitic and nazis lie on many prominent european politicians actually encouraging suggestions to go back home quickly into surely punish any violations of the law. now one of the first meetings that took place here in munich last night was the one between one of the leaders of the queen opposition arsenius a new and to the german president and even though the president's post here in germany is a somewhat of a formal position many still saw it as a hint that ukraine would take up much of the talks here and we know that mr yatsenyuk is also scheduled to meet separat

mr. lavrov is a clear statement that russia adheres to the principal of noninterference in domestic affairs of other countries. he is waiting to see what sort of new government there will be. and would russia be prepared to take part in any new donor crisis. he didn't say no, given we don't want anything to do with this new government which was the tenor yesterday. instead he said we're waiting to see what the policies of the new government are. and he laid out conditions saying there needs to be an end to violence. there needs to be a restoration of law and order and national reconciliation. but at the same time, tim, the other strain of russian alarm does continue. this morning they expressed outrage at the continued dismantling of monuments in ukraine. the latest they say was in western ukraine. the demolition of amonment to a russian war hero. there have been other statues pulled down. number one, moscow is biding its time waiting to see exactly who will be in the new government and whether it wants to reach out a hand to russia. and this whole question of just how much tension there is

mr. lavrov say this and is quite convincing.sergey lavrov is the foreign minister another person we have met over the years very impressive professional. he has been the foreign minister for 10 years in russia and the russian explanation has always been that the iranians have not done anything so far that contravenes the agreements made with the atomic energy agency. so that was an issue of great attention to train the u.s. and russia. that situation improved when obama came into power and he showed president medvedev evidence of a secret enrichment facility in i ran and fresher than agreed with the west to tougher sanctions against i ran in the u.n. security council. but russia is still always claimed that there is no evidence that i ran is trying to develop a nuclear weapons capability and some cynics have said oh russian wouldn't mind an attack on i ran because oil prices would go up and this would be good for russia. there may be some people that think that. i think the russian government does not want to see a military atta

on friendly terms with both assuming the russians and the europeans can agree that mr recently cannot agree sergei lavrov has worked closely with his opposite numbers. in the eu in poland and germany. in the united states. these foreign ministers can sit around a table as it did last week and cut a deal. make sure that russia and the others will sustain ukraine as a going country. we do not need a war in the middle of europe would be normal diplomatic relationships. this is not time for soldiers at the time for diplomats. we have seen some of the concerns though when it comes to tensions on the border between ukraine and russia it sounds as if you'll saying that perhaps at least from the russian perspective. i wish that we should be paying down those tensions. exactly but i think president putin has got to juggle two wings of opinion i was in russia all last week i speak mainly with bankers and businessmen they do not want war. we do not want to break up the ukraine they wanna continue normal business can see the ukrainian economy grow there is also a faction that would love to wave the flag that we've s

i was there from our russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov also manage all commenting on mr kerry's statement saying that the next time the meat is going to ask him about his math grades in school saying it's not really clear how many countries are in that group which he called the rest of the wall. so the usa to stage on kerry has restricted to washington stands with the people of ukraine. but the latest poll showed two thirds of them are against having has been plaguing him in the country's western regions and many feared civil war. this anonymous things on the needs the support shown by the us for the riots is all about geopolitics. now we have the wii in a cove near the general secretary of making more more comments in this regard again. favoring the protesters. of course the ukraine is is the geo political prize for excellence. if you moving east toward russia. and obviously make two in the morning he's sincere since the end of the cold war. more than twenty years ago. the thing as it seems like the end justifies the means. this is again not continue for the west to play real f

some strong words there from russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov also made a joke commenting on mr kerry's statement saying that the next time the meet he is going to ask him about his math grades in school saying it's not really clear how many countries are in that group which he called the rest of the world but frankly from the start of the conference room unit it became clear that ukraine was going to be taking up a lot of time here a lot of the talks since one of the first meetings that took place here was between another leader of the ukrainian opposition are sunni. and the german president even though in germany this is more of a formal position the president many were saying that the same hence that a lot of attention was going to be paid to ukraine and then we found out about the scheduled meeting with the u.s. secretary of state and also i want to add that none of the ukrainian officials had any separate meetings with any western partners on this issue but other are the other things of course have also been discussed here like the anti missile defense system which has been

some strong words there from russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov also made a joke commenting on mr kerry's statement saying that the next time we meet he is going to ask him about his master grades in school saying clear how many countries are in that group which he called the rest of the world. so the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has reiterated that washington stands with the people of ukraine but the latest polls show two thirds of them are against the habit been plaguing kiev and the country's western regions and many fear civil war political analyst alexander public believes the support shown by the us for the riots is all about geopolitics now we have the nato general secretary. making more and more comments in this regard again favoring the protesters of course the ukraine is is a prize par excellence if you're moving east toward russia and obviously nato has been moving east since it's just the end of the cold war more than twenty years ago the thing is it seems like the end justifies the means this is again not anything new for the west they're playing real politics a