of course, it is russian media, but a new russian media.e remember the russian information agency that was reformed and run for 10 years and underwent a massive change with the appointment of a new leader, a man who, for example, in the same time said that he feels russia is strength related -- strangulated. to which putin said, don't worry, we can strangulate anybody. this is how this is being used and promoted by the propagandists. we have russia today as a television channel in english, spanish, and arabic. note that there is no russia today in chinese, because the chinese told them they do not want russia today in china. russia today is a channel through which these notions are distributed around the world. the legitimacy of the ukrainian state is totally undermined. mr. putin said twice in his q&a that he sees the new government of ukraine as illegitimate and by the implication that yanukovych is still the legitimate resident. and again, the people who are fighting for separating eastern and southern ukraine from the rest of ukraine ar

the russian gas supply, how big is that in the world market, the russian supply? .uest: they are the big player they supply in europe and there are small quantities that should be going east to china and that is actually something under discussion this week, and then next month vladimir putin will go to china. they are one of the major gas suppliers. years, you'vecent all probably heard about the natural gas boom in the u.s.. in the u.s. is now producing as much gas as russia. that is true, but it is also pretty much all for domestic consumption. the u.s. may start exporting gas to other markets in a few years time, other than mexico and some transfers to canada, a few out of alaska, it is not a big exporter at this point. share of russia's natural gas exports by destination, this is for 2012. guest: germany is the big single buyer. the smaller european countries are quite vulnerable as well. dependentem are 100% on russian gas. you look at the case of the baltic states, belarus. ukraine depends on it. and the further west you get, the u.k., spain, france, countri

emergence of ethnic russian identity because they russian nation they in fact the russian federation is the quickest way to do two things, both of which the kremlin doesn't want. versus the destruction of the russian federation, which is almost a third now non-russian. so if you get russian nationals at home, you look at the end of the russian federation. and that can't, if you allow russian nationalism to develop, not overly developed non-russian nationals, that you will require the kind of state authority -- the authoritarianism that will preclude economic development. that was the soviet union found itself in the 70s and 80s when it had to choose between stability and development. we know the stability under gorbachev may try to choose development and about him apart. that problem hasn't run away and there is a third element here which is critical and that is the russian federation government, including vladimir putin are terrified about some thing which we need to talk about, namely that russian -- the ethnic russian community, however you want to define it, has ceased to be an a

of course, it is russian media, but a new russian media.e remember the russian information agency that was reformed and run for 10 years and underwent a massive change with the appointment of a new , a man who, for example, in the same time said that he relatedssia is strength trangulated. to which putin said, don't worry, we can strangulate anybody. how this is being used and promoted by the propagandists. as ave russia today television channel in english, .panish, and arabic note that there is no russia today in chinese, because the chinese told them they do not want russia today in china. russia today is a channel through which these notions are distributed around the world. legitimacy -- the legitimacy of the ukrainian state is totally undermined. mr. putin said twice in his q&a that he sees the new government andkraine as illegitimate by the implication that yanukovych is still the legitimate resident. again, the people who are for separating eastern and southern ukraine from the rest of ukraine are locals, when it is very clear by the

special forces, russian personnel. we've seen that with the journalists documenting these people who have not only been seen on the ground but on the ground in georgia in 2008. you have mixed in the people who are native of the area, but these tourists and people are calling them, people who have been in russia and want to come in and take over donesk. they're being paid a small amount of money to hop on a bus, a van, and they'll be shipped from one protest to another. >> wouldn't they be on their own? isolated, if you will, if there wasn't some popular sentiment in those places that sustains what they're trying to do? even if there are russians mixed in there provocateurs, wouldn't it be hard for sustain that kind of thing if there was no popular sentiment in that part of the country of alienation from kiev. >> i wouldn't say that it's a popular sentiment but there are sentiments like that bred by years and years of infiltration by the russian military. we know yanukovych leaks going through the former compound , goin

a 12% decline in the russian stock market. $60 billion in capital flight leaving russia, all trying to create the impression, is the white house that russia is really suffering from this. but they are having a difficult time bringing the europeans along on those broader sectoral sanctions. they had an agreement with the g-7 and they are still talking they are going to trigger those sanctions if the russians come across the border. but they'll hoping this approach will gradually change his mind. >> mike what sort of measures are the white house considering if he doesn't change his mind? >> that's just it. these sanctions being held in abeyance, these brood-sectors of the russian economy. we have been talking about this ever since the g-7 in the hague last month when the president got those leaders all around the table and promised to impose those sanctions if vladimir putin were to continue his aggression and instigation into ukraine. the problem is there's no clear-cut trigger where those sanctions our would come in to place.

the russians into the greens from a russian speaking russian section because the actions of a different theme that happened on this piece i don't have any from the immense completion date is that russians are very much present justin feels. in europe you who are the masked man. the beginning said millie pretty sure that down russian special forces and utilities internet just to agitate to get things going the indication is that next meeting on. just desserts that's who they are. we're getting from denials from the russian foreign minister in fact you can listen to the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov insisted moscow's in no way behind the process. ask for your hypothetical question what would need to happen for russian military interventions to take place i didn't even want to speculate. we are not interfering in ukraine's internal fast but would not be an orange dress and we do not have agents that. could you get in the village. you see the same. some weeks you could tell you. i think this is not to rush and location distance or preparation of me drinking binge. like it to public

russian citizens or russian-speaking people and other things. e know the mission already reported i think that people any -- they were not under danger, any threat. there was not any threat on them. that's why just all this argument is just simply a lie. there were no arguments for protection of russian-speaking people. elections. and in russia, too. i think we're already faced with a big problem with elections. we thought that there is some kind of liberalization of -- in this area. our party was registered so it means it got access to elections and participated in two regional elections. and today the duma adopted another piece of election cutting us out of elections. designed this way that concerns only our party. it means just again we are coming to the environment that the instrument we thought would be just very practical not through the, say, revolution on the streets but through normal constitutional ways through elections to have a gradual the changing in the whole vironment just, we lost such opportunity. and today i already made the s

at first i said in russian. he loved it.hen i am so delighted now is it has come and gone into the american lexicon with post-people not knowing at all it is russian. those are -- which is why i, back to culture is important and our challenge now is defined to, if you want to go around the left field here. do things, something nonpolitical where both countries look good. the woodwind situation. he loved that. [laughter] you might try that. >> thank you. >> you can see this entire discussion on our website on c-span.org. in a eight from the obama administration on the tensions between ukraine and russia. briefing reporters aboard u.s. one, press secretary jay carney says we have additional sanctions prepared and we will impose them as appropriate. officials also said the u.s. is considering a package of nonlethal aid for ukraine, including medical supplies and clothing. on this morning's "washington journal" we looked at the role -- naturalnational gas in a country's relationship with ukraine. each week in this segment of the

but the russian government, the russian state has not set any trends.s out of fashion to be a patriot now. that is what i am trying to explain. when i was walking here to come here into the studio, i thought that i would be convinced that i am right. i have got four children, and my younger children are still in school. and the school has now shifted the responsibility for bringing up and educating the children to parents' shoulders, and we worked hard on this problem. we found a cadet school in moscow region, and the education at this school is based on historical tradition, the traditions of military service. most of the teachers are servicemen who actually bring up the children according to tradition of law for the whole land. they learn, the cadets, the young guys learn respect for women, for older people. they are accustomed to discipline and physical exercises. in other words, at the cadet school, they are trained to become real men. this is what they only do in 15 moscow schools. these schools are very few and far between. what i am suggesting is

my russian colleague stated today that russian language is in danger in ukraine. be let me give you some comparative figures on situation around protection of language rights of several million ukrainians and russian federation and russians in ukraine. figures are based on the report of -- [inaudible] or national minorities dated march/april 2009. please compare figures. secondary schools, there are no ukrainian secondary school in the russian federation. for at least two million people. in ukraine there are 1,256 russian secondary schools. publications, seven ukrainian papers are published at the expense of local authorities and ukrainian organizations of the russian federation. financial support at a federal level is not provided to insure the information needs of ukrainian community in russian federation. 1,176 newspapers are published in the russian language in ukraine. broadcasting. there is only one ukrainian broadcast radio program in russia. russian language -- [inaudible] programs in ukraine take around 74% of the total broadcasting in ukraine. russian --

we are not against russian people. we are against the chaos to take place during the russian flag and it is his report. sherpa to one. i don't need to defend my god and to defend my landslide to the monthly show i didn't like what will happen is that all of the separatist movement that calls this moment because the enemy and possible russia some dimension. i consider that as a possible for us to know you. under an international accord signed in geneva last week the two armed groups in ukraine became the rebels occupying about two dozen buildings in the launch the russian speaking east of the posted this on and go home but the west says russia has taken no steps to implement the deal. levy shelter facts founded the hollywood disgraceful ukrainian president viktor yanukovich had become display the us national museum off the train the artists in the meiji period complex in the portraits in the future to donate a to be coaxed from start to secrete goats we saw me was not all that hard to be treated like this i knew that da

with pro-russian militants occupying entire towns.area, russian pop music blaring as masked gunmen stand guard. ♪ the militants also continue to hold european observers hostage, releasing just one for medical reasons. >> we have no indication when we will be sent home to our countries and to see our families. >> sanctions on sectors will be held in reserves, say administration officials in the event that russian forces invade eastern ukraine. one official said that the administration does not want to use all its bullets at once while at the same time cautioning there is no single silver bullet to solve the crisis. i spoke to a senior ukrainian government official who told me the sanctions are, quote, a very good step but hopes not the final step in deterring russian actions in ukraine. wolf, as you know, ukrainian officials in fact, they're asking for bigger prices for russia to pay economically and also as you've noted many times asking for more significant military aid to push back this russian advance. >> yeah, they'd like weapons

main street, average russians? >> so far, it has not filtered down to the man in the street. so far, very notional. >> can only last so long. so up until now, you employment has been quite low. the russian economy was lowing over most of the past year and a half but it was still at full employment. so, wages were still increasing modestly. so most people didn't feel much of an impact. if the current trrndz continue for type of longerends continue for type of longer, they will. particularly inflation is sensitive in russia. you have a large number of pensioners on fixed encloses and you have large percentage of the population that's been quite a lot of income on things that are very sensitive to inflation, food, fuel, that kind of thing. >> what about sanctions? >> i don't think the new sanctions will have much of a direct impact in terms of how the average russian experiences it. to the extent they create additional uncertainty, they clearly local complicate matters and weaken the economy further. the sanctions tha

concession to the russian federation. one of the airport as was cold and punched by a group of aggressive people. the port vale and green are very inventive than a mile long held that oz or torture journaling far claimed it all happened in front of police in prayer. the day before the district court to allow people to continue demonstrations and the name rl to the hero is what the heck it's a bad upon her the ten thousand with that again. aaron taylor law enforcement top round and that bans guns and they are equal and next knives and clubs. it really lemons that they print nineteen c in the day saying but then spread on the trains in service of russia for the residents of the peninsula's and didn't want to get russian citizenship. if people did not confer any right to eat there in pencil to catch their train and prosper consign they will magically become russians. currently in the tent as there are only three points except in such applications. so the red bananas are forced to queue for several days. ask someone to see an

it's now under russian control. and the rest of russia that had concerns or grievances about russia's involvement in ukraine has started. so that was really what he sought to do. it may reassure people at home. a broad it leaves people wondering who the russian president is trying to kid. there's more denial russia is involved in the ukraine, something ukrainian authorities certainly dispute. >> tom in moscow, thank you. >>> tens of thousands of people have gone across a dozen states to cast ballots in the biggest day of voting in the indian election. 121 parliamentary seats are up for grabs in 12 states. the hindu nationalist bjp and candidate modi is seen by krit a ices as muslim. it's watched from neighboring pakistan where most the population is muslim. our correspondent reports. >> this is a region which still lives with a legacy of trauma from the devastating earthquake 2005 which killed many thousands of people. but the capital is back in business. life has returned to narrow alley way of the main market. for

is it a russian who wants to be russian? there's no definition as to what a russian is. do we have a definition of what a russian is in the eastern part of the ukraine? >> i don't know that we do, sir. >> it means different things to different people. >> that's true. and mr. putin defines it as a native russian or russian speaker. >> the elections in ukraine are coming up on may 26, i believe. i think it's important for stability in ukraine that they have these elections. that they are fair, people vote. do you see, i'm asking you to do you see, i'm asking you to look 26 days in the future. do you see that the russians may cause a disturbance a crisis to try to postpone these elections? it seems like to me, if they cause a crisis, they want to solve a crisis by moving in their troops. are we expecting a possible crisis to try to get these leches postponed? -- these elections postponed? >> thank you for that. i would be hesitant to speculate too far into the future. the conditions are such that that is a legitimate concern. in the negotiation of the geneva statement, the

russian black sea fleet. nato in the west of it accused of a generally weak response to russia's aggression against ukraine nato members themselves had difficulty finding common ground and strategy toward the kremlin leaders disagree with the scope of response to button your code in germany in particular has been blamed for not imposing harsh sanctions and crippling his ability to respond to the growing crisis the united states has hesitated in sharing some information with the korean intelligence agencies have today been infiltrated by a russian forces. but it was been seen as a message to the kremlin and a show of support ukraine at the white house confirmed that c i a director john brennan that needed trip to kiev to meet with the interim authorities there and discuss ways to increase cooperation in intelligence gathering something ukraine it desperately needs as a russian friends for their aggression china's labour messaging service similar to twitter has raised less than expected two hundred and eighty s

a russian activists have so far. disregarding calls to leave the occupied buildings and continued to guard barricades on roads entering the cities of what god is good for much more some residents of slowdown believe it is inevitable that there did that province will leave ukraine. dunfermline rising there is never going to be in length and ukraine signed yes deep need to speak as they seek some well known to the european union summit around town. ukraine's secret service said last week that needed to rest the ten member of russia's state intelligence directorate and has barred entry to more than ten thousand russian man following a string of violent building takeovers in the heart even to guns and did not break ins during march he was working on april seventeen denied the russian special forces present in eastern ukraine. joseph issue that probation or a non aggression treaty and sell these cute trying to earn a special services to remote reign as the israelite course it is in estonia three minutes. ukrainian celebra

, russian speaking population in ukraine. in a sense, diplomatically they are a party to this conflict, in the same way this the united states and the european union are. come to a resolution, but without the support from the outside, that is not going to happen. >> we are going to take a short break, and when we come back, we'll talk about what brought the parties to the table, just as things are starting to look like they were unraveling. this is inside story. >> every saturday, join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> everywhere i go there they are wanting to tell dr. jane what their doing... >> the inspirational dr. jane goodall talks to john seganthaller >> i started with a notebook, and a pair of secondhand binoculars. which was all i could afford... >> and reveals the remarkable human nature of chimpanzees. >> they have a dark side, and that made them more like us than i had thought before. talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america welcome back to insid

certainly people here speak russian.y, culturally, ethnically with russia but it doesn't mean they want to secede from ukraine or join the russian federation for that matter. you have committed groups occupying these public buildings that does not mean they enjoy overwhelming widespread public support. it means if this were to escalate, there is enormous potential for further violence and division within the society. carol? >> so ambassador burns, president putin apparently requested a phone call with president obama. the two men talked, and president putin said to mr. obama, you know, you've got to help me settle things down in ukraine. because things could get out of control with these ukrainian people. you know? it could turn into civil war. help us, and president obama responded, well, we kind of thing russia's at fault. so what do we make of that? >> well, i think these two leaders are talking past each other, obviously. they completely disagree on what's happening. from the viewpoint of the united states, it looks

russian russia is promoting aloe ute u.n. positive tim statements of the human rights of lgbt people. the federal lgbt propaganda law as signed by president putin last june took effect in june of last year. in the federal law propaganda is defined as "distribution of information that is aimed at the formation among minors of nontraditional sexual attitudes, attractiveness of nontraditional sexual relations, misperceptions of the social equivalence of traditional and nontraditional sexual relations or enforcing information about nontraditional sexual relations that evokes interest to such relations." the new law sets up administrative fines that can be quite significant and the more severe administrative fines are allowed for propaganda or apply to quote-unquote propaganda through media networks or [speaker not understood]. foreigners are also subject to 15 days imprisonment and deportation from russia. these laws unfortunately are reminiscent of laws criminalizing jews in nazi germany in the 1930s, and russia, unfortunately,

if you could tie the russians to in less red tape, that might be another way to deter a russian military invasion, but you have those tools. the threat of important sectoral sanctions should putin go into eastern ukraine, some kind of diplomatic process that might slow them down. we have wryly taken a western military response off the table because they have no security guarantee and commitment to ukraine, but those seem to be the two levers that the west has, but they are not strong. i do think the west is at a disadvantage in this match with putin. >> thank you for joining us. watching bbc world news america. still to come on tonight's program, two decades after the genocide in rwanda, the country has made great strides towards recovery. but has the progress come at a price? four men who were paralyzed from the chest down have been able to move parts of their legs again after treatment here in the united states. electrical pulses were used to stimulate their spinal cords. it allowed them to move their hips. according to one researcher, it is a groundbreaking advance for those with simi

, russian speaking population in ukraine. in a sense, diplomatically they are a party to this conflict, in the same way this the united states and the european union are. come to a resolution, but without the support from the outside, that is not going to happen. >> we are going to take a short break, and when we come back, we'll talk about what brought the parties to the table, just as things are starting to look like they were unraveling. this is inside story. >> what excites me about detroit is the feeling of possibility... >> the re-birth of an america city >> we're looking at what every city can learn from detroit, >> the industrial revival entrepreneurs driving growth communities fighting back... >> we're fighting for you and we're taking these neighborhoods back, for you. >> a special look at the moves adding fuel to the motor city five days in detroit only on al jazeera america. >> every saturday, join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> everywhere i go th

not only russian speaking. they're using russian propaganda to find those who can theoretically support the separatist. >> we'll have to leave it there. thank you for joining us. >>> thank you for watching here on bbc world news. a lot more still to come including two explosions, dozens onene ock. l beg wh respe. a d sti by twi tack. 'll being wh respble. [ male announcer ] love drama? don't be a yes man. [ boss ] it is a very smart plan. so we're all on board? [ paul ] no.is a stupi [ boss ] it is a very smart plan. so we're all on board? an. research. price. find. [ boss ] it is a very smart plan. so we're all on board? only cars.com helps you get the right car without alrice. finda. >>> authorities in nigeria say dozens have been killed by two bomb explosions on the outskirts of abuja. it happened at a bus station. one counted 20 bodies at one morgue alone. there's no group claiming responsibility. the group boko haram has targeted the capital before. we have the world service reporter in abuja. he joins us

ukrainians said the russians broke the truce and the russians issued a statement saying, no, no, no, it's the ukrainians who are responsible. absolute truth is very difficult to come by these days, but one thing is certain. the incident that occurred overnight certainly brings a region on brink of war just one step closer. this is the video from the scene where you can see there are two cars that are burned out. there's a lot of ammunition lying around there from what was a pretty fierce fire fight. according to the ukrainian interior ministry, at least three russian separatists are dead, a number of other people are wounded. who was behind the attack exactly and who fired first when these cars approached this checkpoint is still very much in dispute. the ukrainians, of course, claim that these pro-russian separatists are being controlled by moscow through intelligence agents and members of the russian special forces on the ground here inside of eastern ukraine. they are supporting the separatists, okaying them and giving them guidance, those kinds of things. those siptists control a

the russians have said this is a rough line. yes, they do not have to accept the ukraine because a number of them say that they want to come into nato. they have to look at their own interests in a broader spectrum. so yes, i am in agreement among the nato members at the ukraine will be neutral. and it does provide the type of political space that they need in order to focus on their domestic problems. and nato declared and in the past several years no one has been pushing this with nato. this is a red herring. and yet oddly enough it actually increased cooperation and he made it clear there are other things it was you to resolve and that is a false issue that has been raised. we met we are going to move onto this second situation. >> yes, hello, my name is anna and i am half russian and half green. i want to make a comment because i feel like i don't have much expertise on what americans have to do, certainly. but i can do that will russian and ukrainian. for example, it was said that there was hardly one person in moscow that

remember, most russians view.by comparison to the situation inherited 1999 when russia was virtually failed state. the economy had just suffered a depression twice as deep as that which the united states suffered in the 1930s. a new stage in the war chechnya had threatened the territorial integrity of russia, had just risen up. the suspect who was appointed prime minister and nato expansion was proceeding on all fronts with no limits to space and time. russia was virtually failed state. putin was able to restore an element of order out of this chaos, an element of prosperity and an element of international respect that of humiliation. this is not the whole picture to be sure. he presides over a very corrupt authoritarian political machine. it is more dependent on oil and natural resource revenues than it was before. citibank, for instance, thinks the price of oil has to be at about $150 a barrel. it's about 110, 115 for the russian government to balance given how much the state depend on oil revenues. this is a ma

it appears the russians have not.ording to press reports, it appears the russians have tested a ground launch cruise missile from an operational launcher. the russians have responded, this is a sea-based missile which does not fall under the treaty. there's no way to know if it's a sea-based missile until it's deployed but even so, if it was a sea-based missile and the russians tested on land using an operational launcher, it's in violation of the treaty. either way the russians are violating this treaty. according to press reports, the administration knew about the violation back in 2008. six years later the state department says, the violation is still under review and is not officially classified as a violation or not. time for the state department to pick a horse and ride it. either it's a violation or it's not a violation. i've introduced h.con.res. 94 with representative rogers and joe heck calling the russians out for their violation, and the administration for its refusal to tell it like it is. we had hoped th

in this case, the russians.ionship, sometimes close, other times strained, but rarely equal. in fact, the connections between the two countries run deep, through marriage, religion, culture and language. >> can you just walk me through all of the things that have bound ukraine and russia together throughout history? >> one is ukrainian and russian languages are quite similar. many ukrainians are bilingual, television programs and contemporary ukraine often switch back and forth depending how ukrainian and russia. >> timothy frye is from columbia university, it's one of the leading russian study centers in the nation. >> there's lots of ukrainians who speak russian as their first language and in lesser case there are many russians who also speak ukrainian and language is an important part of the equation. >> the ties between the two date back to the establishment of a state before the year 1 those. the area extended all of the way to moscow. >> in its heyday it was one of the most important, if not the most impor

tens of thousands of russian troops just along the russian side of the border. what is putin after in all of this? well, according to officials in the west, the kremlin is working to break ukraine apart into regions that can then vote to join russia. exactly what we saw when putin took over crimea. kremlin officials deny that. they say they're just trying to protect russian peeking people in eastern ukraine from so-called western backed terror attacks. fox news can report there is no such evidence of any attacks. the united states ambassador to the united nations spoke at an emergency security council meting and said president putin is spreading fiction. >> the fact it this is the saddest kind of instability. it is completely manmade. this instability was written and choreographed. in and by russia. >> written and choreographed. now the white house has threatened to slap russia with even more economic punishment. like the one the west put in place after russia took over cream ya. but if the past is any indicator, instant doesn't seem to bother putin one lea is l

people speak in russian. and yes overwhelmingly yes they do support a breakaway whether it will be a breakaway for autonomy or under russian rule are joining with trash out that remains to be seen again people say they want it to be a vote on that but yes overwhelmingly support the overwhelming we hear the support and deciding ease with and for russia. thank you very much a response to a free hand on it. for more on the crisis in ukraine lets across my truck respondents make all the debates and nikki yet i'm tall buxom and most of us let's go to yet the whole production. it is to have been no point in me doesn't deny that it was this from russia. how has yet responded to dance. well the first of all blamed most of the situation on our show they're saying that bush is trying to pretend as separatist movement in ukraine. they have had official of statements by the interim government representatives to ensure the finest art in its idiot who said that other less is trying to create an excuse and basically to cros

they demanded all of the russian agents and to move out the russian troops.o regard again the support, russia again found itself in isolation. putin is performing illogically, he is destroying the image of his own country, illogically. so that's why it's -- it's very difficult to predict what russia is going to -- to perform in a few hours. i'm a citizen of kiev, i'm a citizen of ukraine, naturally when you watch the places you visited in your childhood and recently saw naturally, my -- my heart is in blood, because -- well, it's awful. we know how art fishily this problem was created. we know that, and it is only because we started to build our new independent way of thinking and building of our statehood. >> retired lieutenant general joins us now. he served as the commander to the u.s. army in europe. mark, welcome. >> thank you very much. it's good to be here. >> it's good to have you here. does ukraine have the resources to really stand up to russia in any way shape or form. >> my experience was they were building a much stronger army. they certainly don

has said he has the right to assert russian power in defense of russians who do not live in russia. there are a lot of russians in live in riga and lithuania. a lot of people are nervous. do you favor more nato troops in the baltics in the event russians move into ukraine? >> i have no doubt we are heading in that direction. i think it is a question of what presents and what the modalities are. at this point, regardless of -- if the tragedy does not come to pass, which we all hope. in terms of no full-scale military intervention. there will be any number of baltico reassure the countries. as well, the romanians and bulgarians are the most exposed. worry a little bit that we in the west are setting the bar so high for triggering a response from us. full-scale invasion of ukraine. is able to destabilize ukraine well short of sending tanks across the border -- we are seeing it right now. we cannot set the bar so high that we may say if he does this we will not do anything. he is already doing it. there are other means for him to do it. we absolutely have to protect these countries. the

strong sense of russianness? >> show of hands who here considers themselves to be ethnically russian. oh, my okay. dripping wet balls. i'm afraid so. do these people have that uniquely russian je ne sais quoi? give me your best and most beautiful russian smile. [ laughter ] show me your biggest, brightest russian smile lift the corners of your mouth. just lift the corners of your mouth no a smile. [ laughter ] i dare you to look at this video and not smile. here it is. there it is. i knew it. >> except for that. we're so getting invaded. >> i was just in brightan beach. it can happen here it could happen here. >> i don't think it's going to happen here. putin keeps saying people in ukraine are under the threat of neonazi mobs hunting down ethic russians. >> crimea has marauding groups of guys scaring local russians but there's probably nothing like that in blighton beach. >> -- brighton beach. >> all winter they are here. >> who? >> the guys. >> they come here and drink vodka. >> and vodka, and vodka and then goi

in terms of other efforts to either cease investing in russian companies or to divest in russian securities, this is the resolution that supervisor wiener already mentioned, senate resolution 18. so, i won't talk about that again. nclr and equality california have also urged calpers, which is the nation's largest public pension fund, to divest in two specific russian companies that directly support the russian internet company that allows lgbt hate groups to post their videos. we're also aware of an assembly person in new york who has made a similar request for divestment in russian securities, but he did so through a letter to the com controller's office. san francisco has an opportunity here to take a leadership role just as it has in many times in the past, including when it passed the first equal benefits ordinance in the country. this city has a very long history of ensuring that tax dollars are not spent to support companies or groups or countries that violate -- violate basic civil rights. by pulling money out of russia san francisco can send a powerful message that it will not stand

on russian television denies russian troops are acting in eastern ukraine.spoke to natos former ambassador said it doesn't mean putin isn't involved. >> he'll usage taters to create justification. if ukraine seeks to stop that trying to reestablish its own control over its own territory, then these operatives will create conflict with those forces, which russia will use as a justification to move its regular troops into that territory under the pretext of establishing order. either way, putin is planning to do that this and betting that western europe and united states won't stop him. >> putin did admit that russian troops were on the ground prior to the march referendum in crimea. >> the u.s. is warning russia of more sanctions if it doesn't pull its troops away from ukraine's eastern border. the white house placed restrictions on influential russian businessman. critics wonder whether it is having any impact. >> the obama administration said it has proof that russia is behind this, the unrest in eastern ukraine and they are warning if a diplomatic solution

most have russian boots or see themselves as russian.there has been an estonian school here for almost seven years, but enrollment has twiddled, and the high school is set to close. then there will only be two schools here, but the director is still looking for a solution. >> i think we will become part of a new large high school, but the final decision has not been made yet. they have not finalized their plans. >> the town is situated right at the border crossing. traffic is always heavy on the road, but it's favorable location on this busy thorough way has not brought any economic benefits to the city. sasha pays a visit to a local cafÉ to meet some friends. the conversation turns, as so often, to the struggles of day to day life. many are worried about the future and are frustrated that the corruption of the soviet era is still an ongoing problem. >> the employment office is different from the rest of estonia. to get a job here, you need connections. people say it is changing, but it is slow. i have no idea how long it will take, but

turns out, we depend on the russians. we killed the space shuttle here but they did not kill the soyuz. so for $71 million per seat, the russians agree to fly american astronauts, as well as cargo, back and forth to the international space station. $71 million a seat. russia is the only country in the world that maintains that capacity right now to transport stuff in and out of space. and we pay russia to use that capacity which only they have. except maybe now not for long. what happened today in florida is something else that ronald reagan talked about in that state of the union address in 1984 where he announced that he wanted to build this international space station program. at the end of those remarks he said there would eventually not just be countries, but companies doing private commerce, private business in space. and today in florida, a company called space-x sent up its own private launch of a vehicle called dragon. which is delivering cargo up to the international space station. bringing up a whole bunch of s

to force the hand of russians and get support in. i think this is an escalation, i think the russians will carry maneuvers in the past couple of days. >> do you think those are military exercises or an eminent invasion? >> i do not think there are likely to be an eminent invasion. i think the russian strategy right now is very much to work through these special operations forces, moving into particularly pro-russian towns and villages, and mobilizing the population at opposition to the government. i do not think that the russians are getting ready to go win, but i think that the maneuvers are about preempting and preventing the ukrainians from taking action to reclaim these territories. there is a military purpose here. >> a new round of sanctions against moscow, but they nor the last lot. quite i do not see new round of ancient is going to be the vision -- sufficient to determine vladimir putin right now. >> what about the russian economy? >> it is quite alterable. it is weakening already. they were downgraded yesterday by s&p, the

many of the troops are identified as being russian as well. it is almost impossible to believe, given the level of coordination of events, the speed with which these so-called self-defense units took over administrative buildings all over eastern ukraine that it was just organized by local people. there is a groundswell of support of some level. we don't know exactly how popular, but certainly there is a level of support in russia in eastern ukraine. >> talk about the spectacle of this q and a session -- q&a session. we saw a film director. we are hearing that edward snowden is asking a question about surveillance. why is it so important to make this such a production? >> vladimir putin does these shows, not that irregularly. there was one at the end of last year but it was much more formal than this. it lasted for a long time. there wasn't the impression of putin being in touch with his people. there was more the impression of putin talking to his people. this time, for some reason he has decided that he wants to turn things on their head and

here is the russian border. many locals feel neglected by the government's back and tell them the older generations especially look with belonging to the east the russian town of the dumb dog is just across the river many enormous support the russian government's recent actions in crimea. yes i stole the new labour. my grandmother and all her friends and watch russian tv all day you met them. that's where they get all their information to us so that some may stay informed. of course there are a russian thing you must earn the win currencies. just like the ailing economy. mayor ed what the us has big plans for the future. he wants to transform the former factory grounds into a thriving new district modern fashionable shops expensive homes cafes and cultural activities. just like they have in berlin london or new york did with which he contributed to. i'm sure that our residents will do well in order to sustain it. sixty two thousand people live here. he knew the review due to most indian european union. and we're

for centuries yuen was russian. and eastern ukraine, most people speak russian, and call moscow the mother land. when the soviet union broke up, ukraine went west. by 2009, nine more countries. nato on russia's doorstep unnerved mow moscow and russian president vladimir putin wants it to stop. >> russian sees ukraine as an area of its national security interest and president putin has warned time and time and time again that this is line not to be crossed. >> those russian troops on the border and the pro-russian troops inside ukraine, hopes it will change and be more likely to accept russian demands. >> there has to be an inclusive process that would involve constitutional reform, federalization, giving autonomy to the regions with the majority of russian speaking population. >> reporter: why is the u.s. so worried? this dangerous brinksmanship threatens a return to the cold war. under the cold war, countries redrew borders with force. that would give license to tactics that were supposed to end with the end of the

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