oximately 15 return decision to after i hadnly made seen the south of the referendum. we couldn't have made any other choice. here, the southeast of ukraine situation is not that clear but i want to assure that we need to do our best to help these people protect their rights and independently define their destiny. this is what we're going to fight for. federation council of russian federation gave the president the rights to use the armed forces in ukraine but i do hope that i will not have to use this right. so politics and diplomacy will be able to resolve all these issues that we have today in ukraine. >> it's not only the southeast of ukraine that's suffering, but there's the new government on the other side. so i've got a text message. what is russia's chance on the currency chances? the parliament asked russia to ecognize its independence. >> they have a population about half a million people if i have tried and people are really -- there are a lot of russian citizens there. they have their own idea about how they should be building their future. and yesterday, i