we'll be joined by rio tinto's ceo sam walsh first on cnbc. that's coming up in around 15 minutes' time. let's continue with a look at the bond markets because we saw the ten-year bund yield going negative for the first time since may 2013. currently is at 0.013%. also want to draw your attention to the ten-year yield. another record low and this is obviously in response to all the dpeeo political and disinflationary pressures we're seeing out there with 1.086%. the ten-year treasury yield still below that 2.35% level, as well. very quickly want to show you what's going on in the currency markets. the dollar showing a bit of a rebound against the japanese yen. 102.29. we did see that big fall yesterday, but many chalk it up to sink or trade. the aussie/dollar slumping in today's trading session. a two-month low against the greenback. down by 0.2%. unemployment in australia hitting a 12-year high. cable is down by 0.1% and not too much activity in the euro/dollar. 1.3367 ahead of that ecb meeting. >>> the next day of the crisis in ukraine could

sam walsh says the world second largest mining company it's on its way to becoming a cash machine. rise ined dividends. cash machine.s a it enables you to make material increases. that is good news to the organization and investors. crank crisis over the continues to escalate. vladimir putin has banned food eu and in response to u.s. sanctions. how vulnerable is the russian economy? can it survive? we are joined by a man who predicted the crisis in 1998, john paul smith. they keep. theare structural bear on russian economy. you tould it take for change that? view on's a structural russia. it has been negative on the russian equity market. the reason for that is primarily governance driven. the expansion of state power among which has had advance -- negative consequences. viewsare more technical which looks closely at the level of valuations positioned in the less bearish on russia than i have been for quite a long time. it has nothing to do with the series of vents in the ukraine. the market has been sold off to a level where you have a dividend yield on markets approaching 5%, whi