yes, i'm guilty but god has forgiven me. >> but rupel told us her religious conversion wasn't easy. >ould come in to do a bible study. i have to say, i hated them. they come in with their cheery little faces, smiling, telling me everything will be all right. everything will be all right. jesus will fix it. i was like, you don't know what you're talking about. maybe the biggest problem you got is that you might burn the dinner or have an overdue parking ticket. you're not facing what i'm facing. i was facing the death penalty at that point. and i don't want to hear it till finally i just -- i'll come if you just leave me alone. i don't want to hear it! and don't ask me to talk! that's how i was. >> eventually, she joined the bible study and found a connection with several of the other participants. they too, killed their husbands or boyfriends. >> it helps me just knowing i have sisters i can lean on, someone i can talk to, someone i can share these things with. in here, you have to be careful who you share things with. ♪ here is power for you all ♪ here is power for you all >> while r

cuba is you are seeing the skad rupele i rupeling it's one of the least connected on the planet.are thought to have access to the internet. if you look at africa and see how radical they are in terms of the adoption of telecommunications, that's something very penitentiary for many american countries. >> as that happened, we will see a lot of tourism even though there categories. that is something people can look forward to from here. >> virtually any category, that's the most important thing. airline travel from the united states to cuba will grow. this cell phone internet broadband connectivity with telecoms that will go in and negotiate deals to build infrastructure. the scaleability of the now limited ties is really quite significant. >> just to switch gears for a minute before i let you go. vladamir putin's defense of the economic collapse saying that he will get it all fixed in two years. what do you see going forward with putin and the economy. >> he is absolutely in a corner right now. not only is he coping with the sliding rubl, but one of the key things is what happens

little festive cheer over russia's russia's holiday break because plunging oil prices and the falling rupel have brought the economy to the brink of collapse. add to this, the u.s.-imposed sanctions over russia's annexing of crimea, and it's going to be a long, cold winter for ordinary russians. as part of the sanctions, two of the world's major credit card providers, mastercard and visa, announced yesterday they are no longer offering services in crimea, which has left many russians unable to pay for festive goods this weekend. russian president vladimir putin bet his entire economy on oil and gas but if oil remains below $60 a barrel, the russian economy will contract by a staggering 4% next year. and with the prices of goods and food already soaring the economy will continue to deteriorate, says investment consultant chris weafer. >> we are now in russia in that situation, where it's very much in survival mode. >> reporter: russia's financial crisis comes as the region remains unstable. although pro-russian separatists and the ukraine has begun an exchange of prisoners, peace talks betwe

we read suggestions of panic buying there, people spending their rupels before they lose more worth.l me what you're seeing. >> yeah, i mean, i'm not seeing panic buying. although, we are seeing signs of deep concern here. we've been to a supermarket earlier today. people are stocking up on imported goods like tea and coffee. they're likely to get much more expensive because they have to buy them with dollars, and dollars are so much more costly now after this de-valuation of the russian ruble. and yeah, it was an extreme measure, the central bank adopted, raising the key interest rate 6 1/2 points to 17%. in attempt to stem any panic and to encourage russians to keep their rubles in the bank, not to change them for dollars. i mean, the rubles been in decline for several weeks now. but it really has accelerated. the trouble is, it didn't work, and one of the reasons for that is that it didn't address the underlying issues. the low oil price and the international sanctions, which are still biting the russian economy. >> okay. tea and coffee for now. thank you very much in moscow. i wa