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mr.. -- to selected a new prime minister. the ukraine closer to a european union, but they are struggling to maintain relations with russia. issident viktor yanukovych reportedly holed up in a russian area outside of moscow. yanukovych'stor top rival was released from prison over the weekend. she had been convicted of charges she had abused her political power. although some consider her the top contender for the presidency, to whether she is a deeply polarizing figure. >> she has been a very fiery orator and in the process has alienated some people in the ukraine. this partner at a law firm had been trying to secure her release from prison since 2011. i think she is a person who now believes for a strongly that the rhetoric of the past will not serve now. what the country needs is really a commitment to bind up the thisn's wounds and end mindless cycle of revenge. flexingvladimir hooton military ash with vladimir putin flexing their military strength on the border, some say there could be war. >> she is a person who i believe right now has an historic opportunity to play a very significant role in leading this country through this difficult time. f

viktor yanukovych and vladimir putin? >> the crisis in ukraine is verwhelming. mr. putin has very strong feelings about ukraine. he should be able to dictate the type of government that rules in the capital kiev. he was a strong supporter of the yanukovych and encouraged him to use force to crack down on peaceful demonstrators. you might say that mr. putin's advice is one of the reasons hy he fell from power. the use of force ultimately failed because the police were to use all of the force at their disposal and the people resisted. >> what role does energy and military, specifically the russian naval fleet, play in the calculations of the future of ukraine? >> for the russians, their base n ukraine is very important to the naval operations and the mediterranean sea. one of the first things that yanukovych did was to extend russia's lease on that base rom 2007 until 2042. the russians very much wanted to retain that base. as for energy, ukraine has more oil and gas pipelines than any country in the world. russia's greatest source of foreign currency is the export of oil and gas to europe and most of that passes

interim authorities are seeking the arrest of the ousted president viktor yanukovych for what they call the mass murder of peaceful civilians. mrvych was last seen in the peninsula. >>> catherine ashton is expected in kiev later to discuss support for ukraine's new leaders. >>> now, a woman who is believed to have been the oldest remaining holocaust survivor died in london. she was an accomplished pianist. she was 110 years old. it comes just a week before a documentary about her extraordinary story could win an oscar. she survived two years in a nazi prison camp. >> until her final days, her passion for music never waned. a documentary about her incredible story has been nominated for an oscar. >> my life is music. i'm not interested in anything else. >> reporter: born into a jewish family in prague, she spent two years in a nazi concentration camp where she was allowed to continue playing her beloved piano. her elderly mother was killed in treblinka. she said music kept her alive. and the optimistic, which sustained her through the holocaust, never lost her. >> every day life is beautiful. every day it's beautiful. >> alice d

hope not, but what happened last week with viktor yanukovych 's departure and the parliament vote to oust him certainly came as a very unpleasant surprise to mr. putin, so it's hard to predict how he may react to this. this is not a good development for him, so my hope is he will not try to bring ukraine down in the process after having seen his colleague brought down. >> as i've suggested, there are a lot of international entities on their way to kiev or in tf -- key as -- kiev at the moment. the problem is they do not know who they need to work with to manage ukraine. >> it makes it very difficult for international interlocutors to integrate with ukrainian counterparts to talk about how stabilize the economy and 10 down any separatist tendencies. what's needed is a financial assistance package from the u.s., from the eu, and probably most importantly, from the imf. >> when you look at what the interim government is saying at the moment -- and they are using this language like serious risk of separatism -- is that brinkmanship, or do you think that -- i mean, how responsibly do you think they are behaving at the moment? >> i think it is so n

mr. ambassador if you look at a map of who voted for who in the last elections, the western ukrainian speaking parts of the country voted overwhelmingly against viktor yanukovych, and the eastern russian speaking parts of the country voted overwhelmingly for him. that split has not gone away just because they've worked out this deal. >> as history is playing its role in a contemporary world. if we look back we can see centuries of differing developing parts of what this day is ukraine. there are things that are common, of course. these are the ukrainians who will decide the future of the country. but of course the history will play an important role, and also the different kind of development we're talking about having the east, more friendly for business and western way of the way people think. but let me share information with our viewers which goes-to-your first question, which is at the beginning of the negotiations there wer there we0 portions of the attacks. degrees have won, a successful story. more over two hours only the parliament needed to approve a new--the change in the constitution, there are very promising signs on the political side, and also w

but, you know, this relates to what mr vitaly klitschko said in the lead-up piece that the responsibility for the violence is in president viktor yanukovych's hands. certainly there's a problem with violence and excessive force coming from the government side. there are violent people, extreme people with the street protest that are committing acts that if they were committed in washington would land you in gaol and subject you to rough treatments. >> also, the news that came out this week, in the fact that activists, opposition leaders have been tortured - is that not the right approach from the united states to urge a change in leadership, in the president until administration there. >> no, i don't think having a regime change will occur. i think the international community and all ukrainians should agree on is find out who is responsible for these things and prosecute them even as excess among protesters that violate civilized norms or legal standards. >> you study the region and are familiar with what is happening. what is the way out? what is a reasonable expectation here. >> a reasonable expectation has a couple of elements. one is a

kiev last week, ukraine's ousted president, viktor yanukovych, speaking in russian from inside russia, insisted he remained the legitimate leader of ukraine. mrkovych is wanted for the mass murder of protesters in his country. despite russia's overt plex flexing of military muscle yesterday, the kremlin maintains it will respect the serenity of its neighbor. earlier today, secretary of state john kerry urged peace on all sides. >> we urge all parties, all parties, that includes the new interim technical government and rightists and oppositionists and others, anybody in the street who is armed, we urge all parties to avoid any steps that could be misinterpreted or lead to miscalculation or do anything other than to work to bring peace and stability and peaceful transition within the governing process of ukraine. >> coming up, america loves a trial. so, why don't we care about what is going on in guantanamo bay? the "miami herald's" carol rosenberg joins me to discuss the gators from gitmo, first, to bill clinton from hillary clinton. thousands of new documents from clintonland. that's next on "now." . ameriprise asked people a simple question:

viktor yanukovych is on the run. days after removed from office, no one seems to know where he is. authorities issued a warrant for his arrest charging various charges against mr. yanukovych related to last week's deadly rye lens in kiev. he tried to flee the country but was stopped. an interim government should be in place by tomorrow. >> ukraine is appealing for economic assistance and the u.s. is ready to help. jennifer glasse is following developments there. any speculation object where mr. yanukovych might be? >> we think he might be in crimea. that's where he was, that's where they lost his trail this morning. he has been on the run since saturday. he left kiev, he went to the central northeast to one of his political strongholds where he was meant to meet with the leaders of his ruling party, the former ruling party. he didn't show up at that meeting. he did tape a message shown on national television and that's the last we've seen of him publicly. he went where he was once governor, tried to leave the country, stopped by border guards and headed to crimea in the south. that is very much a russian-looking region wheres russian black sea fleet is based.

viktor yanukovych to the international criminal court in the hague. they say he was responsible for the deaths of 100 protesters. in ukraine, the hunt is on for the ousted president mrovych. hasn't been seen since his plane was blocked from taking off on saturday. it is understood he escaped to a stronghold of support for the former president. well, let's go over to daniel sanford. daniel, they seek him there, they seek him there. what's the word there? >> reporter: well, the concrete information remains the same as yesterday. yanukovych's official security detail left him -- he gave the option to leave and they took it. that was the last time that anybody officially saw him. that information comes direct from his official security detail. he hasn't been seen since then. beyond that where his whereabouts are speculation, whether or not he took a boat from here or whether or not he's in one of the russian bases here or whether he somehow escaped. but there is one interesting detail that emerged in the last few minutes. that is the security detail said one of the people with him at that moment when they left him was a man called andre, one of his closest aides. he has

says it has granted protection to fugitive ukraine president viktor yanukovych, who russian news agencies report is in a sanatorium near moscow. mrhich fled -- mr.? yankovych fled kiev last week. leader has been approved as the next prime minister but he says that the country's future lies in their opinion and with family relationships with russia and said that ukraine does not want to fight with russia. those are the latest headlines on c-span radio. websiteew cspan.org makes it easier than ever to keep caps on washington, d.c. and share your finds vi facebook, twitter, another social networks. easy search options let you access our daily coverage of events. new tools make it simple to create video clips and share it with your friends via facebook, twitter, or other social networks. or you can send links via e-mail. used to share tools on our video player or look for the green icon links throughout the site. watch washington on the new cspan.org, and if you see something of interest, clip it and share it with your friends. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional he

mr. bullard. >> that's what i was saying earlier. >> it's not the same question. >> oh, god. >> thank you, steve, for being here. thank you. becky? >>> let's get to michelle caruso-cabrera. she's been monitoring outed ukrainian president viktor yanukovych'she's calm but defiant. at one point, a reporter asks him are you ashamed of anything. he said, yes, i am ashamed. i am ashamed i could not maintain stability in ukraine. no reference to any of the stuff that we have seen over the last several days about the amount of wealth he's amassed or where he lived. when i say he's defiant, he says nationalists and fascists have seized power, power has been taken over by radicals. he want the country to return to the terms of the february 21st agreement. that was the agreement that kept him in power. he says he intends to continue to struggle for the future of ukraine. he says he didn't flee. he was forced to leave because of security measures because at one point he was shot at, he says. he says the crisis in ukraine has to do with irresponsible western policy that indulged the protesters, indulge is his word. he says the current parliament is not legitimate. he also just said that he has spoken with vladimir putin by phone since 'riffed in russ