mr. yanukovych's pervoo view. until a government is in place there's a lot of mischief and a lot of trouble and potentially there's still possibility of violence. fundamentally power is driving from mr. yanukovych. even though there's talk about an election no later than december, i believe mr. yanukovych will be gone in a matter of weeks, if not a matter of days. >> brown: of course as we've heard many of the demonstrators want him gone immediately. there's still a lot of concern whether this agreement will hold for them or abide by it. >> well, i think that they will. i think there's a lot of anger obviously after the terrible events of the last few days. but a bill was already tabled for mr. yanukovych's impeachment. and given the fact that majorities and veto proof majorities have emerged in the parliament and the elite including many of mr. yanukovych's former backers is working hand in glove with the opposition, suggests that the signal's being sent that his future is not very secure, even through institutio

mr. yanukovych.ori newland was reported to say it would be a good thing if -- became the prime minister. if the other gentleman remained outside the government. that is all they said. if you listened to my conversation with greta, the opposition rejected the proposal to take the prime minister. of course american diplomats have the opinions about individual matters in ukraine. that does not mean we control it. you mischaracterize the demonstrations. the demonstrations were peaceful from the start. the first violence was applied by mr. yanukovych. there have been several efforts since then to crackdown on the demonstrators. depression has been overwhelmingly a tool implied -- employed by the authorities. you haven't seen organized repression and violence on the part of the demonstrators, except in defense. the casualties suggest there are thousands of casualties among the protesters. there are not hundreds of casualties among the police. host: the usa has no role in ukraine as president obama has made

mr. yanukovych. there were quite a few people who believe that mr. yanukovych never intend to sign agreement with the opinion but he was trying to get the best deal possible. ukrainian economy is in very patchy. ukraine is going to default if it doesn't get economic assistance. and so in the last couple days russia has offered $15 billion rescue package if you like to ukraine that involves buying bombs, making sure ukraine doesn't default and then cutting the gas prices from around $400, two to 83 but anyway cutting is substantially so that ukraine would be paying much lower prices for russian gas. and the european union has sort of taken a step back now. interestingly enough, you suddenly had a rash of european politicians, american politicians going to give and speaking to the thousands and thousands of demonstrators who want to ukraine to sign an agreement with european union support in this square were as you haven't seen russian officials going there and making speeches. have quietly been talking to the ukrainians. clarity at this point russia ha

mr. yanukovych's party and the far right.rt of picture do you think we're getting of what this government of national unity will look like. >> what we are seeing now is the leader of the party of the regions of mr. yanukovych's party in parliament. he just nunsed his party is going into opposition. he basically didn't indicate whether they wanted to take part in the government or not. however, a representative of the far right party made a very impassioned speech saying basically citizens should be given more weapons. that was the only criticism he made. so far there's no list of people. there are two names that were proposed, both former members of the government during the orange revolution. but so far there's no confirmation who will be the next prime minister. >> okay. as ever, thank you very much. i'm sure i'll be speaking to you again on this story. >>> now, then, other news. in the last few minutes, uganda's president signed a controversial new law that could bring long prison sentences for homosexuals. president obama

mr. yanukovych o. tori newland was reported to say it would be a good thing if -- became the prime minister. gentleman remained outside the government. that is all they said. if you listened to my conversation with greta, the opposition rejected the proposal to take the prime minister. of course american diplomats have the opinions about individual matters in ukraine. that does not mean we control it. you mischaracterize the demonstrations. the demonstrations were peaceful from the start. the first violence was applied by mr. yanukovych. there have been several efforts since then to crackdown on the demonstrators. depression has been overwhelmingly a tool implied -- employed by the authorities. you haven't seen organized repression and violence on the part of the demonstrators, except in defense. the casualties suggest there are thousands of casualties among the protesters. there are not hundreds of casualties among the police. the usa has no role in ukraine as president obama has made us no longer a s

mr. yanukovych. there were quite a few people that believe that mr. anukovych never intended to sign the agreement but he was trying to get the best deal possible. the ukrainian economy is in very bad shape. ukraine is going to the going to default if it doesn't give economic assistance so in the last couple of days russia has offered a 15 billion-dollar rescue package to the ukraine involving buying bonds in making sure the ukraine does not default and cutting gas prices from $400 to 283 but anyway cutting it substantially so ukraine would be paying lower prices for russian gas. the european union has sort of taken a step back down. interestingly enough you saw, you suddenly had a rash of european politicians, american politicians go into kias and speaking to the thousands of demonstrators who wanted the ukraine to sign an agreement with the european union whereas you haven't seen russian officials going there in making speeches trade they'll quietly been talking to the ukrainians. early at this point russia has one. russia is going to bail out ukrain

up for reelection in march two thousand and fifteen now there may be all sorts of issues with mr yanukovych which he may be corrupt he may be incompetent he is entirely within his rights not to sign an association agreement with the european union if he. judges that that's inappropriate if you want to remove him the right constitutional and democratic way to do that is through an election which is due in march of next year not through these extraordinary maneuvers that we're seeing in which people are brought out onto the streets and buildings are seized violence happens there are riots all funded it appears now by the united states which wants its own particular candidate made prime minister before those elections take place which if i go back you and watching if you look at the times the new and visited ukraine in the last few months from november of last year to the to the close to the president here there seems to be very interesting connection to when the violence broke out ok after she had had consultations with some members of the opposition and i'd like to point out to our viewers s

mr. yanukovych would be in power. it is a paradox. i don't think they're aiming and close. ing i would say is these groups were created by russian intelligence and by yanukovych and his party who subsidized the groups because they played a cultural politics game in ukraine. there are ultra right wing people from central and western ukraine. we western speakers are under attack. that's how they mobilize their electorate while they plunder the country. mr. yanukovych took $12 billion in three years for his personal needs. >> i know everybody wants to get in. when we come back, we'll let everybody get in. you know what it sounds like to people watching who are in the u.s. that watched the whole arab spring thing, it sounds like what happened in egypt. as mark pointed out, that didn't necessarily work out how we planned. we will get into it more when we come back. when you order the works you want everything. an expert ford technician knows your car's health depends on a full, complete checkup. the works. because when it comes to feeling safe behind the wheel, going the distance

mr. yanukovych. comedy.een told this is even if you look back, as i was told by my colleagues, if you ,ook at what he said literally that because of our strategic --ations with the ukraine look, the president of the .kraine stated it like that a man who could step aside, even on the price of his own position , and not to permit people to kill others, he escaped from the country somewhere. and making statements which are making more and more harm. it is beyond moral. so the imf. the delegation of the imf is coming to kiev next week. there were some statements from negotiateat we are to some liberations in the position, but what is very that we door us understand the restrictions, because money to come should come and work for the reforms and net disappear, 2 billion, 3 given by the russian side. they are to work for the reforms and the people in the government should know exactly where this money will go. you exactly expect from this session of the security council? besides calling it aggression, will

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. that's where the trail goes cold. so, we've got a former president on the run, very much a wanted man, interestingly, there is, you heard about crowd sources for building businesses, there's a crowd sourcing website where people of ukraine can donate money for a reward for viktor yanukovych. this afternoon, it was about a million, that's about $100,000, growing every day, so

mr. yanukovych does appear at this press conference. swiss prosecutors announced they are launching a probe into possible money laundering by yanukovych and his son alexander and they have frozen assets of 20, including president yann coffee yanukovych and his son alexander. it is becoming very difficult as the new government, which is just a day old, is finding. >> legal maneuverings, diplomatic as well. let's go back to christian frazier in crimea. this is a country 60% agent nick russian. i understand almost a quarter are ethnic ukrainian. do you get a sense where they feel is their natural home? >> reporter: certainly this morning i have had a good idea. wherever i have turned up there have been sympathizers fixing flags to traffic signs where we have been standing. and a lot of people in support of these rather unknown paramilitary units coming across. yeah. i think local sentiment is east looking rather than west looking. lots of maneuverings. the difficulty, as i said at the outset is we don't know who these groups are answering t

mr. yanukovych. and he wants to make sure that they don't have closer ties with the eu and he doesn't want tose ukraine, he would like to pull it into an economic union with kazakhstan and armenia which is an economic agreement to nowhere and i think mr. putin has been surprised by the events of the past week or two. >> does the u.s. have any leverage in this at all? >> we have some. this is overwhelmingly an internal ukrainian dispute. the most influential outside partner is russia. the second most influential partner is the eu and the united states is third. our role as you might say as a champion of freedom, so we were the first outside power to sanction ukrainian officials for brutally treating their citizens. and we have said positive things to the demonstrators and we've tried to encourage the eu to also issue sanctions and, of course, the eu did make that decision two days ago. and note, when the eu did it, things in ukraine changed. because this is a very important because, the oligarchs in u

mr. yanukovych, i think they'd be able to resolve this. >> mr. short end of the stick like that? we let him walk all over us. >> i don't know if we let him walk all over us. mr. putin tried very hard to mr. make sure mr. yanukovych became president at that time, via a fraudulent election. he lost big-time in ukraine at that time. looks like he will lose again today, today meaning in this crisis. >> that sounds good. i don't know if you saw "the journal" editorial today. did he have designs on bringing ukraine back into a greater russia? >> well, i don't know about that. but his policy has been to ensure ukraine does not have a close economic relationship with europe, that ukraine becomes part of mr. putin's euro-asian economic. the policies that mr. putin are not in ukraine's interest. for ma matter, the policies are not in their best interest. >> is there so much widespread unrest in the ukraine that the only sustainable solution has to come from within the country, from its citizenry and from a change in the legal system and the voting and the

mr. yanukovych reversed course on a path to association with the european union. and that was what provoked the initial wave of protests. and they accelerated after there was of course a lot of repression. but the point is mr. putin is i think angry, frustrated. he was on a roll. he was on a roll in syria. he was on a roll with his sort of iran policy. he was exerting a lot of clout for a fairly small economy relative to the european and the united states, and here suddenly the people of a country bordering him surprise him with their vehemence, their courage and their civic-mindedness and deal him a pretty severe setback. >> i want to listen to what susan rice said about warning about going back to a cold war dynamic. let's listen to this. >> the president is very plain and very forceful in his dealings with putin. but it's not necessary, nor is it in our interest to return to a cold war construct, which is long out of date and that doesn't reflect the realities of the 21st century. >> steve, is this the biggest risk we've seen of slipping back into some of the c

i mean his comments are wholly unhelpful of course i mean mr yanukovych which is the rule democracy going downhill very quickly in ukraine where you say we. mission to save democracy and in ukraine i mean let's look at it from the other way it's not the european union that there's a demand there here it's the it's the ukraine that is demanded from the european union for many years a closer relationship both politically and economically i mean the european union does not go around looking for countries to save. welcome back you're watching our to international live from moscow despite being a relatively small country israel is the world's sixth largest arms export are the industry is one of television's biggest sources of income but it's come under scrutiny recently with the report revealing that it's using the palestinian territory as a testing ground for new weapons party's policy player has the details. i think there is a very big elephant in the room in israel very big fact in a reality which is seldom spoken about and that's as far as most people go on israel's arms industry but how h

quite frankly the chances of presidential elections being free and fair was not very likely i mean mr yanukovych which is rule for democracy going downhill very quickly in ukraine you know you say where you live in new orleans mission to save democracy and in ukraine can you answer that question why is it your responsibility i mean let's look at it from the other way it's not the european union that's a demander here it's the it's the ukraine that is demanded from the european union for many years a closer relationship both politically and economically i mean the european union does not go around looking for countries to save the request came from ukrainian political elites from civil society from france from society as a whole they want to have this engagement with the e.u. they want to have the relationship but what we have seen and i also get from president a new crate and his government no one other than one of the big problems here is that it is a divided country it's a divided country our xandra can you address that here because again you know we we have these differences in eastern west a

perfectly clear that they want mr yeltsin you to become prime minister mr you'd say in your case mr yanukovych which is pretty opponent and washington clearly sees him and miss nuland has confirmed that it's man now the point to make about the ukraine not being a democracy anymore that there is a threat to the demarc to democracy in the you know in the ukraine and we see where it's coming from it's coming from the people including the united states who want to overthrow its constitution and a democratically elected government and they want to do that before that government is due to come up for reelection in march two thousand and fifteen now there may be all sorts of issues with mr yanik which he may be corrupt he may be incompetent he is entirely within his rights not to sign an association agreement with the european union if he'd. judges that that's inappropriate if you want to remove him the right constitutional and democratic way to do that is through an election which is due in march of next year not through these extraordinary maneuvers that we're seeing in which people are brought out

i mean his comments are wholly unhelpful of course i mean mr yanukovych which is rule we still democracy going downhill very quickly in ukraine and you say where you live in the unions mission to save democracy and in ukraine i mean let's look at it from the other way it's not the european union that it's the demands are here it's the it's the ukraine that is demanded from the european union for many years a closer relationship both politically and economically i mean the european union does not go around looking for countries to save. think. we're going to go digital the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy albus. role. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across a cynical we've been a hydrogen lying handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once it's all just my job market and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go

mr yanukovych. defeat was shamed something. a shameless. furthermore i would like to offer my apology first and foremost to the veteran to the ukrainian people. for what happened in ukraine. for the fact that they didn't have enough strings. to maintain stability to rid you of the. mess to happen. they're trying to please introduce yourself and turn very neat skate channel one on the twenty first of february he signed an agreement with the opposition and he made concessions to the opposition and this agreement was brokered by the e.u. and then suddenly you fled the country could your place explain in detail why you fled the country my second question is why didn't you speak directly to people straight away and my third question is why didn't you ask you for help. ok thanks for the questions but please keep to one question. well first of all i didn't believe i went from kiev to the city of hardcore. during their trip when i was still in kiev. i was. exposed to gunfire from an automatic weapons and th

yanick over his own policies during the crisis may have turned his people against him i think mr yanukovych which is a political call we've seen people in the eastern ukraine it's a saying how utterly betrayed they feel by him there was a release today by his own party what's left of it we've gone to the regions which accused him of betraying the ukraine i think he is an utterly discredited man he's made threats which he's never for through he's never supported cheat he's the police and the security forces who were very loyal to him right up until almost the end and he cut deals with opposition leaders who were quite obviously since the nineteenth of january no longer in control of the crowds and here so he's a political leadership has been disastrous and i think that he's recognized across the whole country. and after a short break katie pilbeam has that week's financial highlights in venture capital stay with us r.t. international. transit road to vnukovo report you'll best way to the heart of moscow. judy cox a utah mother out of spite but an entire line of t. shirts at a popular chain s

i mean his comments are wholly unhelpful of course i mean mr yanukovych which is the rule we still democracy going downhill very quickly in ukraine do you say where you live even though you indians mission to save democracy and in ukraine i mean let's look at it from the other way it's not the european union there's a demand there here it's the it's the ukraine that is demanded from the european union for many years a closer relationship both politically and economically i mean the european union does not go around looking for countries to save. my marriage join me. in that impartial and financial commentary interviews and much much. only on the bus and on. the interview. so god help to buy scheme for real estate which is a copycat of the fannie mae and freddie mac. debacle which caused the sub prime crisis two thousand and seven the british energy corporations are going to take fracking even though in america it's been proven to be completely on economical and environmental disasters but they're going to do it here anyway because why nobody in the media here except for maybe george moby up

mr. yanukovych and mr.utin had their meeting in sochi, it was clear that the russian influence carried the day so far which is obviously what we're seeing in the streets right now. >> rose: recently the vice president yesterday called in very strong language i think said you don't want to be killing your own citizens. >> exactly. i'm sure the other thing they talked about was georgia and i'm sure the russians do not want to see that experience recreated in the ukraine. this is a pretty important moment in terms of not only what's happening on a day to day bases but what's likely to roll out in the future. >> rose: what are the risks? >> in terms of military confrontation, probably zero. >> rose: they clearly have the capacity to put down the revolt. >> sure. the question is what do they do about it and i thought the question's speech was effective in the sense that we have figured out that sanctions in the case of iran for example were severe enough to force them to at least give some indication they might

mr. yanukovych would understand that there really wasn't a way out now. as you talk to others in the opposition, from the various parties from the protesters in the streets do you have a sense they can be satisfied unless he is completely gone? >> absolutely. we saw some major developments today, the parliament diminishing the president's power, also the parliament voting for a special law that is going to free prisoners and punishment against them. going to release ulo yeshenko, a well-known political prisoner. people really want yanukovych out. he fled today for his home city of donetske. it is a feeling that he has lost ground here in kiev in the capitol of the country. >> is it clear that the opposition can unite in some way to gof govern the country quick? >> i think so, i think we will see a new technical government and i think we will see some nonpartisan experts, nonpartisan managers in that don't. but as of the moment, the priority is to finally set the date for an early presidential election. today yanukovych and three of the opposition parties

mr. yanukovych.e turned to russia after talking up the european deal for a very long time and ultimately when the europeans would not put money on the table and the russians would, he made on its face what was a reasonable decision. now that things seem to be falling apart, russia has to figure out their next move. >> the last question, is there anybody that is stepping up that is going to take over should they succeed in getting the president to step down? >> no, and that's part of the problem is that the opposition itself is very divided. the opposition leaders don't control the people out in the streets and one of the iranic things is if there are new elections, polls show that mr. yanukovych and his party might actually do quite well. if that's the case, would the opposition accept that, would some of the western countries like the united states accept that. we could be right back where we are now even after new elections. >> thank you for being with us this morning. >> car bombs in and around th

mr. yanukovych is out of power. so that is why we have very big events and our new leader. so that is doctor we are very happy. >> what will that foe do next? amy cokellogg is following it a of it live from moscow. >> reporter: parliament officially threw yanukovych out of office today. in moscow, they are criticizing both the eu representatives as well as the opposition for not upholding their part of the deal, the truce of course that was signed just yesterday and the lavrov here even lashing out at what he calls extremists for destabilizing the country and threatening the sovereignty of ukraine. in eastern ukraine, which is much more pro russia, a governor and mayor reportedly have fled to russia and there are even reports that yanukovych himself tried to flee. all of this coming from the new speaker of ukraine's parliament. as far as we know, yanukovych remains in country this eastern ukraine where he said in an interview today he feels much safer and where he plans to remain and try to shore up his support so that, quote, his country doesn't fall apart. he claims shots

mr. yanukovych but to somebody representing those interests and say, we need to step back and exrocompromise, rather than say, we win you lose. >> james jatris. thank you for joining us. >>> secretary of the defense chuck hagel cutting back on the department. there were build yups during world war ii and draw downs in peace, now the pentagon wants to downsize the army even more. lisa stark is in washington, talk us through the cuts being proposed by secretary hagel. >> he wants to create a more agile force. you talked about the army, after 911 there were 570,000 army troops. it was already scheduled to go down to 490,000. secretary hagel wants to bring it down to 450,000. but other areas would see increases however, special ops would see an increase of reportingly 3,000 members. he is shifting forces. secretary hagel insists this would not compromise national security. >> this country should be assured that we will retain the capability to defend our country and our interests around the world. i believe that our allies as well as our adversaries will understand that. thr there is no military

mr. yanukovych was on russian soil and thought it unlikely that russia would give him sanctuary.ot only apparently in russia given protection by the russian authorities but having his statements that he thinks the authorities in ukraine are legitimate. it's not just the russian news agency which released this, nik, it was read out on russian television. it seems, given that, to have some authority of the russian state behind it. quite what it means in the battle that's been going on over who should be in control and what should happen in ukraine is difficult to read. but it is slightly ominous given the events in the crimea this morning. these armed men who have taken over the parliament in the government in the crimea not saying very much but clearly putting up a russian flag on taking the side of russian speakers in crimea. we don't know if these events are linked. but it does seem quite odd that the former ukrainian president, who let's face it is being denounced all over the place, including here in russia, should suddenly be given airspace on russian television. >> so intern

mr. yanukovych was at that time. >> well, is russia then the pup met master of all things political in ukrainet the moment. >> no, i don't think so at all. no doubt they have their influence there, just like the europeans and to some extent the united states does as well. i think themore important thing that's been lacking in this either or discussion, between russia and the european i don't know i don't know is not only the divisions among ukrainians but the fact that i think both presidentian that coifish and the russians have been very keep to say look, the best thing for ukraine is to have good relations with both the e.u. and russia, and also for russia and the e.u. to have good relations with each other. you mentioned the you ray sha economic union, the russians have been very clear, that they want to have a very strong relationship their trade block, and the european union. you mentioned in your view, vladimir putin is not the puppet master, howled wow you describe the relationship between the two men? i understand it isn't particularly close one with. >> that's what with they say. i ha

mr. yanukovych, it must have been done with the authority of the russian government. >> olga, we'll comek to you. we have seen pictures of russian military drills on the border. that must be extremely disconcerting for many people. now talk of yanukovych. are they focused on yanukovych in ukraine at all? i'm sure they care. but are they worried by it? >> it seems right now everyone here is overwhelmed by the news from crimea. in the square people continue listening to the parliament meeting. as i can hear now they are discussing the possible actions. as for russian military presence in crimea and movements, they do have right to be stationed in crimea. they do have right to move around crimea. but at the same time these troops and u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s are one of the best troops that russia has. that's why there is so much concern here. >> olga, thank you very much indeed. and bridgett in moscow, many thanks. >>> right now the german chancellor angela merkel is on a visit top london. in fact, she's just about to address -- well, both houses of parliament. let's take you to the house of com

mr. yanukovych to be extradited from russia. literally an hour before we arrives just north of the border to show he's in russia and he's put into position. >> i don't suppose the russian authorities will respond to that favorably, especially given the comments i just quoted from a senior parliamentarian. they have allowed him to have a statement read on russian television in which he declared he's a lawful president of the ukraine. they announce they are sympathetic towards him, even prepared to look after him. reportedly, they said they will give protection from extremists in kiev. so i don't think they would respond to request for extradition. >> let's return to what is essentially a ukrainian military outside outside to the north of the city still being controlled by men reportedly to be wearing russian uniforms. >> you might be able to see what looks like a military base. we're 500 meters from the main gate. there are barriers. just a couple hundred yards on, a very professional unit. these men are carrying high-powered ass

mr. yanukovych is facing a lot of pressure. he really is in a difficult position, isn't he?forget how everything started not that long ago. ukraine was preparing for a wide raining association agreement with the eu. the preparations were going under way for seven years. and then suddenly with actually no advanced warning a week before this agreement was supposed to be signed, yanukovych's government announced they were holding preparations and they would not sign. this is an indication, if you will, for the west that yanukovych is not the kind of person they're used to deal with. he comes from eastern ukraine, which is fairly crime ridden itself, in prison twice. so we have to remember who we are dealing with here. and there is a good russian word used in these cases which means chaos, no rules, no laws. that's the axiom according to which yanukovych legs. people know that. they don't trust them. i don't think they're going to buy any teal that he is offering. >> the institute of statehood and democracy. head to the bbc's website live page. live video of the latest photos an

mr. yanukovych. hasn't been seen since his plane was blocked from taking off on saturday.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 spoken to one of the biggest news agencies here and said he was with yanukovych to sub

mr. yanukovych decides he has to use order force in order to stay in power and he gets backing from mr. putin as he would be likely to, then he's going to do just that. and the real question is not anything the united states says or does. the real question is are his soldiers willing to take orders and essentially kill their own people? if they are like we saw in iran a few years ago, the government will prevail. if you have a situation like egypt a few years ago where the military was not willing to use force against its own people, the government would likely fall. that's the key variable, not anything the united states says or does. >> lastly, there's this video going around getting a lot of attention, a documentary called "a whisper to a roar," which follows democracy activists in egypt, ukraine, venezuela. they released this clip of a ukrainian protester. it's got nearly 1.5 million views. take a listen. >> i'm a ukrainian, native of kiev. we have this freedom in our minds, and now i ask you to build this freedom in our country. you can help us -- >> so, richard, this young woman,

mr. yanukovych used this as a wedge issue. cultural politics is not just something between red states and blue states, it's also on a massive scale in ukraine and a dangerous scale as opposed to the system. >> woodruff: is there any question yanukovych is out of the picture now. >> all the ports have him hiding somewhere in crimea. he's been moving around since he disappeared on friday in eastern ukraine. one of the reports saying he actually tried to leave to depart to russia and border guards would not let him leave. the fact he's been hiding and really running for the last few days he's pretty much become irrelevant to what's going on in re. he's discredited himself. >> woodruff: what are the russians. we heard the critical comments from the russian prime minister saying this isn't a legitimate government. what should one expect from the russians? >> well, i think that the u.s. and the international community and especially europe should work very closely to get a consensus not just among the west but of the entire internat

mr. yanukovych, need to take steps to move back to a more democratic trend. >> and it seems, though, thathe other then that's going on here, and i'm curious of your experience there, is that this divide between essentially russian-ukrainians, you know, former russians, and the non-russian-speaking ukrainians, just has never been bridged, and that we're still -- you know, that's what divides this coun y country, and it may always divide this country, and that it's an uneasy peace that they've had in previous years, and now it's, obviously, no longer a peace? >> yeah. yes, although i think sometimes that divide between eastern ukrainian and western ukraine is overstated. it's true, about 45% of the ukrainian population speak russian as their first language, but only 17% of the population is ethnic russian. moreover, although the demonstrations in kiev three months ago started about drawing closer to the european union, i think since then they've broadened. you have people out there tired of the corruption that's grown worse in the last four years. they're tired of the authoritarian tendenci

mr. yanukovych is wanted for the mass murder of protesters in his country.te 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: can you keep your lifestyle in retirement? i don't want to think about

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mr. got a code which -- yanukovych fled the scene. security forces under his control used snipers in downtown kiev to kill dozens of ukrainians. i think that goes to the loss legitimacy. he packed up his belongings until this recent of conference review for not known. contains parliament members of parties that take withn with votes substantial majorities including votes to stabilize the situation in ukraine and move forward with a plan to have plan to have early elections. and is all appropriate fluid. briefing earlier today. the un security council met a short time ago to discuss the situation in ukraine. the meeting came hours after ukraine said russian troops took up positions around the postcard face. any action by the security council is unlikely. russia is a veto wielding permanent member to block any of forceful measures. the creamy ambassadors vote reporters after the meeting. we are planning to bring to your remarks later this afternoon here on c-span. >> these continue to decline. that's have increased almost 70%. at this r

mr. yanukovych believes to be on the run after he fled his presidential palace. the ukrainian parliament stepped him intent to appoint an acting prime minister and remaining provisional government. it seems to be a major strategic set back for russia. some worried president putin may intervene in one way or another. president obama's national security advisor susan rice said the move would be a grave mistake. joining me now from washington d.c. former ambassador to ukraine, john herbst. he served in the orange revolution, a series of protests in 2004 and 2005. iam bremmer is the president of the eurasia group and consulting firm, charles kupchan is a professor of international relations at georgetown university and a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. and fiona hill, the director of the center on the united states and europe and senior fellow at the brookings institution. i am pleased to have all of them on this program at this critical moment. fiona hill i begin with you and i have three questions and i would like for each of you to sort of get t