. >>> yo juro fidelidad a crimea, y obedezco sus ordenes, dijo n sebastopol. >>> lo que más le teme putiniembro de la otan. >>> los países condenaron esto y pidieron a moscu el repliegue, apelan a rusia y ucrania hablar de paz. >>> pedimos que se respete el territorio. >>> también pidieron observadores inernacionales de la onu. >>> el papa se refirio a la crisis. >>> les pido que recen por ucrania. >>> los extranjeros estan preocupados. >>> nosotros pedimos policía por si acaso, por algun motivo o problema futuro. >>> francia y el reino unido se retiran de la preparacion del g8, la casa blanca dijo que estados unidos considera no asístir. >>> seguimos con más. >>> gracias los estudiantes que protestan contra nicolas maduro pidieron claridad y aseguraron pedir amigos estabilidad. >>> estuvimos en caracas en otro día de agitacion >>> 4 marchas en caracas >>> el asesino a mi hijo. >>> la creatividad se lucio. >>> como la ilusion de la playa, estamos pidiendo democracia. >>> el movimiento estudiantil lidero la protesta >>> golpeados y maltratados. >>> hasta de la ministra de informacion, que

and it is access to sebastopol.previously the soviet union had housed their black sea fleet. and as you indicated, it's the only warm water port that the russian federation has access to. so it's incredibly important in terms of their national security interests, access to the mediterranean and then onward, free access and flow along all those lines of communications that have affect not only their security, but also their economics, all of their commerce, et cetera. so it's extremely important. and also in light of what is taking place in syria right now, this is really quick access to that region as well. and as we realize, the united states' ien east is waning. russia now as we have seen is taking a very upper hand in events in syria. and it's amazing to us that we can see russia quite easily control events and dictate the pace in syria. they conduct the olympics in sochi, and now they're asserting themselves almost without resistance in the ukraine. >> and also, just about the black sea, you have this major russ

rodeados por militares rusos que iban enmascarados, en crimea estÁ la principal base naval rusa, en sebastopolesidente obama dijo que se reconocen los intereses rusos, pero lo que no puede hacer es entrometer sus efectivos y violar principios bÁsicos, es una declaraciÓn de guerra contra mi paÍs dijo, el presidente cree que la guerra cree, criticÓ una falta de polÍtica, obama en constante comunicaciÓn prometio una serie de acciones contra rusia por su invasiÓn y la alta concentracion de tropas en la frontera. toda una gama de sanciones econÓmicas, se suspendieron los preparativos para los preparativos. >>> podrÍa anunciar ejercicios en el este europeo, todos paÍses que se sienten amenazados. >>> moscÚ tuvo un costo econÓmico, invirtiendo millones para apoyar su reserva, y una baja del mÁs de 10% en su bolsa. >>> el encarcelado leopoldo lÓpez pidio a sus simpatizantes pidiÓ que mantengan las protestas contra maduro, en momentos que se esperan reunir con el secretario general de la onu. >>> y el canciller elÍas jaua arribo para una reuniÓn con el secretario general de naciones unidas, el cancille

the russian commander in sebastopol warned them not to resist. god forbid you make a single shot even from a sling shot, he said. don't play with fire. and russia's influence and power are spreading beyond crimea to the ukrainian mainland. this is a ukrainian military facility but there are no supply convoys coming in and out right now because they're being blocked by the pro-russian militia men, they put this place under siege and it looks like they will be here for a while. we did not see weapons, just determination to prevent the ukrainian forces from deploying. we don't want these fascists to kill people, one man says, they're like the nazis, ukrainian troops moved past us quickly to get behind the gates, virtual hostages inside the gates. ukraine is in a bind, its forces boxed in, its authority undermined. but if it opens fire on the militias now setting up checkpoints here moscow could take it as a provocation and in invade. the entire region is on edge, vice president joe biden in eastern europe reassured nervous allies and issued a warnin

armed men ran through two gates of a ukrainian missile defense in sebastopol. even as vladimir putin back in sochi was kicking off the paralympics and telling the ukrainian delegation he hopes the games will help reduce tensions between their countries. ukrainian athletes will compete, but in protest sent only their flag bearer to the opening ceremony. he was cheered when he entered. >> a rousing ovation from the crowd in russia. >> reporter: the flash point of the u.s. and nato is crimea's threat to secede from ukraine and become part of russia. in a tense call thursday night, president obama told putin that would be illegal. putin countered, the kremlin said today that last month's uprising was an unconstitutional coup. and ukraine's current government is imposing entirely illegitimate decisions onto crimea and eastern and southeastern regions of ukraine. john kerry tried again, calling russian's foreign minister sergey lavrov. critics say the u.s. needs to be tougher. >> i wish the president would speak up more and label vladimir putin for what he is. and i

goes into the ratio and also on the other side of this you see the pictures coming out of crimea sebastopol looking to pull away the russian flags they're looking jubilant oh mark what do you make of this good a story moment to school a historic occasion that we've just witnessed the. it is really storch moment not only for russia but especially for the people of the crimea my wife herself is and they largely feel that they have been living in another country that was not their own for the last twenty two years and with the recent events it became extremely hostile to their interests so they have a very great feeling of coming home in fact one western commentator viewing it in sevastopol remarked that the sense of the crimean people felt very much like the feeling of the german people when the berlin wall came down and they were reunited and i think president putin alluded to this in his speech that is the strength of feeling and sheer joy on the sides both in russia and the create me over this well mark while we were listening to president address and discussing the highlights of his speec

driving down the main road to take city grace great excitement here but not only here but also in sebastopol any moscow where there are fireworks displays on the go at the same time now this follows earlier on friday the russian president vladimir putin signing a treaty that had earlier been ratified by the upper house of the russian parliament all of us following a referendum held last may which the majority of people here overwhelmingly voted in support of being reunited with russia that of course follows if he can speak to that happened in kiev several weeks ago in which people here say illegitimate government came to power and many people have continuously speccing constant that this regime in kiev has extremist elements is linked has links with me are nazis and at the same time has passions and meaning so while you have this need of celebration here in crimea the focus for the moment is also on the eastern ukraine which people there are increasingly anxious and afraid about this new power in here . if there's one place in eastern ukraine that's not safe anymore it's the streets this man

and in the very heart of russia's massive naval base at sebastopol, the home of its black sea fleet for more than 200 years, a handful of ukrainian sea men are still holding out aboard the chernobyl and slavitych. the sailors tied their mattresses to the rail in order to stop any russians who might try to board their ships. they're still flying the ukrainian flag and they've issued a statement they will not give in, in any way, to russia. the statement also called vladimir putin a bare-faced liar. that's a reference to the russian president's claim yesterday that the armed men surrounding the ukrainian bases aren't russian soldiers but what he called local self-defense forces. ukrainian colonel yuri manchur knows firsthand that's just not true. on tuesday, he led his men toward a russian blockade in an attempt to retake an arms depot. but he had to turn back when they started shooting. today, he says, the tension has eased. the russian troops are no longer surrounding his base, but they are still calling his cell phone occasionally asking him to give up. "by now, though, they realize ou

civilians were among those held for hours yesterday at the facility in sebastopol. ukraine's interim president says the forces were russian and members of the crimean me lisha. the militia. >> diplomacy remains the only acceptable means of resolving this situation and we are prepared to impose further "costs" on russia for its violation of ukraine sovereignty. >> german chancellor angela merkel says the european union will impose more sanctions on russia and will suspend all g8 meetings until the political situation changes. >>> 4:45. today the chancellor at city college of san francisco will call for an independent review into what happened on its campus a week ago. [ screaming ] >> students going head to head with the campus police in protests that turned violent. two students were arrested. another was pepper sprayed. chancellor is also proposing a plan to establish procedures to promote, in his words, respectful dialogue on campus. >>> there is a $700 million mystery in north san jose. a major tech company is going to build a massive complex near mineta internat

. >>> getting some reports now of very light rain up in forestville, sebastopol, petaluma, but not in nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my hey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. ♪ hey! must be the honey! >>> good morning. welcome back. 8:31. this is "mornings on 2." we're traking you live -- taking you live to a neighborhood in san carlos. would you believe the power is still out to more than 100 people? look at where we are. the outages were caused by an early-morning crash. this one right here. it ended up in someone affront yard. the crews are out there. so is brian flores. he will tell us when the power may be back on to those folks. brian will be here in just a couple of minutes. welcome back. tuesday, march 25th. i'm dave clark. now let's talk about the

we will start with nick peyton wall nsh sebastopol, crimea. give us the latest, nick. >> reporter: real concerns the these remaining ukrainian military bases across the crimeaen peninsula. the first military death of this invasion of the crimea at a base where i'm standing here near the capital. this morning, the main port city of sebastopol, 200 or so protesters stormed in to the base, we understand, suggestions russian troops were with them, assisting them. no reports of violence or deaths, but inside, it seems the ukrainian soldiers gave themselves up, reports of them leaving unarmed their installation and russian flag being hoisted, too. went to a base in the northwest of the peninsula yesterday, saw tense scenes, russian troops moving in and around that base. we understand this morning, a tractor broke open the gates and pro-russian protesters and russian troops are standing there, asking the ukrainian soldiers to give themselves up and the ukrainian and the russian flags are flying above that installation. ukrainian's defense minister is

we have an agreement with ukraine on the presence of the russian black sea fleet with a base in sebastopol we are acting within the framework of that agreement. i understand my ukrainian colleague tried to distance himself from this definition of aggression. if he were to use that definition, that would be completely unacceptable. >> do you believe that if mr. yanukovich remains in kiev, he would have been allowed to exercise -- >> this is exactly the problem -- what happened there was immediately after this agreement was signed, not just by president yanukovich and the opposition leaders but also the signatures were affected by the foreign ministers of germany, france, and poland. it was supported by the european union. immediately, there were threats the they would storm presidential residence unless he resigns by 10:00 the next morning. that is my understanding. of what caused them to leave the city. was was not something which envisaged in the agreement. that was a clear breach of that agreement. >> there seems to be a move to get the international monetary fund to quickly offer money.

some of the rainfall totals, cazadero over an inch, sebastopol, .75. mount tam almost .050.nd san francisco .41. thank you, michael, in the city who keeps wonderful records. some of the rain has been heavy. had a report of very heavy rain out in walnut creek not too long ago but from oakland, san leandro, really taking the brunt of it. that seems to be the line. you can see to the north there's not a lot. middletown. the rain has been quiet. it's tailed off. it's heavier for some areas. especially towards walnut creek, talked about walnut creek, alamo and walking back around -- look at this from san mateo towards half moon bay, 280, 101 if you are getting pounded by some of that rain, you can tweet me or e-mail me or facebook or something. i appreciate the info. that looks like heavy rain slamming towards foster city, millbrae, also -- who else? redwood shores. patrick will let me mow what's going on. back to the east bay, between san ramon, danville. not as heavy for some san jose areas. it's starting to pick up south of morgan hill and around santa cruz heading in. this is

she is sitting alongside russian ships in a new berth at sebastopol.ing the past two years of naval glory here. there is not much glory for the departing ukrainian navy. the united states described what's happened to crimea is a land grab. but a sea grab, the one ship behind us still flying the ukrainian flag. >> the passing pedestrian says it's not good that's the last ukrainian flag flying in the bay. not everyone is happy the russian he are here. in nearby strelotzka bay the takeover is complete. once, they flew side by side, now only the russian flags fly here. he was one of the dozens of naval officers thrown out on wednesday. he says there's no military honor in russia's action he. >> we have clearly seen in the last two weeks you can't believe russia. putin says his troops aren't here. i'm a military man. i see perfectly these are military men. >> he says all deals they have made the russians have broken including the promise not to take the base. >> in my opinion, the blockaded ships should be shot at or sunk. god forbid they start shooting. >>

firework display on friday night you had here in the capital city of some for apple as well in sebastopol and in moscow fireworks russian bands there were people singing along waving russian flags holding balloons it attractive people of all ages you saw fathers with their young children hoisted on their shoulders i was standing next to some young women who were crying as they watched these fireworks talking to people everybody experiencing this sense of history as indeed crimea is reunited with russia watching that one there well they really have we're finally russia at last all along you don't dream. has come through the woods that's right now. we're celebrating the end of the gay she said blushing at all hysterics not humanity. oh yes. i think all crimea's i have to i went back and. only worry now for the russian speaking population in ukraine south. well this follows the signing on friday by the russian president vladimir putin of an historic agreement that was it earlier ratified in the upper house of the russian parliament that sees crimea and the city of sevastopol formally becomin

driving down the main road beating this city grace great excitement but not only here but also in sebastopol any moscow where there are five with displays on the go at the same time now this follows earlier on friday the russian president vladimir putin signing a treaty that had earlier been ratified by the upper house of the russian economy all of us running away from a difficult last sunday in which the majority of people here overwhelmingly voted in support of being reunited with russia that of course follows. coups that happened in kiev in which people here say. government came to power and many people have continuously speccing constant that this regime in kid has extremist elements is linked had links with mia nazis and at the same time has meaning. now in the meantime thousands of responded to the rise of the right by taking to the streets across the crane in protest of the interim authorities are posting. yet some of the biggest rallies to demand a referendum on a possible cessation activists across eastern region say they're making a stand against the fascist leanings of a post lead

black sea fleet to the base in the sebastopol and we are acting within the framework of that agreement so you have moscow saying that it will stick to its obligations under existing agreements but president obama was apparently echoing the statements from interim authorities in kiev rather than reacting to what moscow said or done the interim leader in q. of spoke shortly before president obama and accused russia of a military invasion and the white house for the fear of the tensions saying president obama may reconsider his trip to the g. eight summit in russia if moscow intervenes militarily again there are no statements from moscow i would back up those warnings and and threats we even heard from the u.s. state department earlier that it cannot say that russia has broken any of its commitments and on the border somalia chooser ukrainian affairs analyst told us here at our international that the white house should think twice before relying on simple hearsay. what i'm thinking is happening with the white house is that they're using this is a pretext to cover up their own involvement

bottles were thrown at cars, trucks and buses traveling at high speeds in the sebastopol and santa rosas. the c-h-p says as many as ten vehicles were hit. including two school buses. a bottle even shattered a bus windsheild, injuring the driver. the incidents stopped when c-h-p released a photograph of the pickup truck involved. no arrests have been made yet. and the boys' names have not been released. maligned we are learning more about a teenage boy who died in a terrible car crash on highway- 24 in lafayette. the crash. near the pleasant hill road exit. shut down traffic for 3- hours thursday. kron 4's justine waldman spoke with the last people to see the victim before he died. they expressed their deep sadness over this sudden loss. linesot he was just so young and vibrant >> 17 year old anthony grosso loved cars. the high school student known as tony.was the youngest employee at berkeley honda. he had just left work as a customer service rep. and morning he died. >> sot he was like son to me. >> carter tyson hired tony, about a year ago and remembers him as man with endless potenti

civilians were among those held for hours yesterday at the facility in sebastopol.nterim president says the forces were russian and members of the crimean militia. the storming came hours before ukraine announced plans to withdraw troops from crimea which was formally annexed by russia this week. >> diplomacy remains the only acceptable means of resolving this situation. we are prepared to impose further costs on russia. >> the eu will add more sanctions and suspend g8 meetings. >>> governor brown's high-speed rail back in the spotlight. he is under fire for who he thinks should be riding it. >> there's a lot of old people who shouldn't be driving. [ laughter ] they should be sitting in a nice train car working on their ipads having a martini. >> the governor made the remarks at a labor union dinner in sacramento. his office says it was a joke. not everyone thought it was funny. the 75-year-old governor uses a chauffeur with the chp. >>> california isn't ready to deal with a disaster involving crude oil. that's the bottom line after a hearing on the issue first repo

russian-speaking troops have taken over ukraine's naval headquarters in sebastopol.al community continues to condemn the annexation of crimea. >>> today is the first day of spring. the sun is directly above the equator and the day and night are of equal length. it occurs twice a year. the fall equinox falls on september 23. >>> there is a $700 million mystery in north san jose. a major tech company is going to build a massive complex near mineta international airport. plans call for building 10 seven-story buildings there. the san jose mayor says the company's identity is confidential at least for now. >>> happening today, students at city college of san francisco are standing up for themselves against alleged police violence a week after students were beaten and pepper sprayed by campus police. they are hoping it's a more peaceful scene today. >>> i'm cate caugiran. developing news from the north coast where a mendocino county sheriff's deputy is dead at the hands of a gunman on a two- state crime spree. deputy ricky del fiorentino grew up in napa with the sheriff's

ways going to joao a satellite map after sebastopol. these three russian ships have moved in. is that how a blockade works? >> it does. 9 way you have to neutralize naval ships you either board them, in other words take control of them, you sink them to the bottom, or you blockade them so their function can't be performed. this is the least aggressive if you will of the possibilities. >> what's interesting, you mentioned sinking a ship because the other blockade they've been doing is further up the coast of crimea at another base here where the russians actually scuttled an old moth-balled a cruiser to block the entrance and block some ships inside. you know better than me, is that an act of war? >> no, that's not. what they're doing again is they're isolating that portion of the ukranian navy in this port so they can't do anything. they can't use those ships. really what the russians are doing are saying we really have taken complete control ground, sea, air, space, of crimea. we own it. and shots aren't being fired. >> facts on the ground as they say. >> general, there's wor

but interesting, the city of sebastopol where the black sea fleet is located is supposed to be under the direct jurbs diction of kiev, so it is more confusing. >> so what is all this say about the possibility of the question how far russia might go to protect its interest to an invasion like what we saw with georgia? >> at this point, i think putin does understand that he has an emerging stake in the relationship with the united states, with the european union and he would like to control the situation and to limit the damage. i think at this point, it is still possible to reach a deal where you authorities in kiev would stop talking to the russians in a more conciliatory way, that is what the obama administration also recommends and in return, the referendum in crimea, i'm sure it will take place on may 25th as scheduled. but they would not talk about independence. they would just expect somewhat autonomy. i don't think that this would be a terrible deal for the united states. having said that, if the situation continues to escalate, all kinds of unpredictable things, unthinkable th

world war two veterans in sebastopol fear of fascism could be returning as hardline nationalists and the your nonsense thrive in post-coup ukraine. bags as the western media adds fuel to the fire with reports mistakenly suggesting a full blown russian military intervention and land grab are underway in crimea. the paralympic torch relay reaches sochi after an epic but swift journey warming hearts across russian even and one english village. to be a mosque you're watching our national with me welcome to the program now the threat of neo nazi ideology is causing alarm in ukraine the country home to over thirteen ethnicities is now rocked in a daily basis by shocking videos uploaded to youtube by some of those who came to power following the ousting of president. has more. these are some of the new masters of ukraine doing what they want after spearheading the revolution they burst into a local parliament session in a town outside kiev wearing uniforms masks and t. shirts with nattie singles leaving the two guns the only among them are the patriots of ukraine group one of its leader is

right these are a lot of these latest the pictures actually from the crimean city of sebastopol the exit poll they get to show that they've been met with cheering as a crowd gathered on the city's central square with many waving russian flags and chanting pro russian slogans and in other cities a witness a similar scenes as the ballot counting get that underway l.s.c. yet a chef ski report. polling stations are closed all across crimea and it's safe to say that the referendum has been successful course we are waiting for the official results but the mood here and since are over the capital of crimea is already that of celebration thousands are known here at the central square of the city in a large concert we hear chants russia russia everywhere sounding everywhere across the square for live in the information is that ninety three percent of the crimean population supported the idea of joining russia we know that there were two questions on the ballot sheet during the stuff around him whether crime you should join russia or should or that it should remain as part of ukraine reverting to

taking up a lot of real estate from sebastopol through rohnert park so you still need the umbrella outy air temperatures into the 50s and later today, topping off into the 50s and the 60s. >>> during her trip to china, michelle obama fed panda bears. yeah. like most they feed the bears, eight the bam boo, an then had a cheeseburger the minute she left. >> nothing wrong with that. welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour one of the most powerful republicans heading into the 2016 race to the white house isn't running for anything. how billionaire sheldon aidleson is commanding the attention of so many gop stars this week even though most of his choices lose. >>> plus crimea isn't the only thing on vladimir putin's mind. he's looking for help from action stars steven segal. see why putin is darmed to make russians sweat. that's ahead. >> i can't wait. this morning we're getting firsthand accounts of an amazing rescue at a fire in houston where an apartment complex was under construction. we first showed you this video yesterday. manuel bojor rubble, and every second

if you're interested you cathe sebastopol town plaza. >>> gm under the microscope this morning afterajor recall linked to deaths. congress is planning hearings and officials may be looking into possible criminal conduct. it's all because of 29-year-old brook melton as she was driving down the highway without warning her 2005 chevy cobalt crashed. it was shut down and crashed into oncoming traffic. she died of her injuries. brook had taken her cobalt to a car dealer to fix the ignition shutoff a few days before she died. the ignition had essentially slipped into accessory mode and that effectively cuts almost all the power to the car. records suggest that gm knew about the defective ignition for more than a decade but gm's new ceo said gm acted without hesitation to incorporate fixes. last month gm recalled more than a million 1/2 vehicles to correct the problem. melton's family is outraged. >> i'm bubbling over with anger. i am overwhelmed by anger. if we had just known this information, my daughter would still be here today. >> an auto safety group claims the defect is tied to 303 d

a russian military truck broke through the gates of the crimean port city of sebastopol. there were 20 attackers who threw stun grenades while ukrainians barricaded themselves inside one of their barracks. thursday the house passed a resolution condemning russia's violation of ukrainian sovereignty and independence. the obama administration officials from the state and treasury departments and usaid testified on russia's actions in the region. they appeared before the house foreign affairs committee for about an hour and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> i'm going to call the committee to order this time and we will ask the members if they can come in and take their seats for this hearing. and let me begin by pointing out that ukraine is facing not one crisis but a number of them. its new government is confronting an economic and financial crisis brought on by years of mismanagement, years of corruption by previous government officials. and it is doing this while under military invasion and economic coercion by neighboring russia. the world has been speaking out, s

. >>> sebastopol police made an unusual discovery during a traffic stop.e say they found dozens of small nitrous oxide canisters covering the seats and floors of a car they recently stopped. two brothers, ages 23 and 26, were arrested. those canisters are used to refill whipped cream cans, but police say people also use them to get high. police say those cans are sold at a nearby gas station. >> the retailer is simply selling what they can defend as being a legitimate product. the problem is that the people who are going in to buy them aren't using for a legitimate use. >> police say the two brothers are facing misdemeanor possession charges and may have to pay fines. >>> tomorrow's the deadline for students to apply for federal financial aid and cal grant. last year, the california student aid commission granted 265,000 financial aid packages to high school students who qualified for a cal grant. a commission leader is encouraging everyone who thinks they may qualify to apply. >> there's been great sticker shock among working class families and the price

aspirations and lay hands on crimea that the west third tension syria stablish yet another base in sebastopol and. i wonder if you believe that any of the sides could really plan or even anticipate what has already happened up until this point well i do not want to draw any direct lows but it's an it's an interesting. anyway this year marks the centennial of the first world war the first world war was not planned it was the actions of the various leaders monarchs presidents and others that contributed to the chain of events that led to the first world war and i would submit to you that this new cold war that's emerging i think is also the product of many actions not planned. the various earth as but collectively they contributed to this new situation of the international system at least in the your atlantic area i take it from your answer that you believe that the rands essentially took on the life of their own but i want to reach of the sides whether it is russia or the west which one of them handled the situation in a more pretty pragmatic way well frankly i think the last as president is a

come back now integrating crimea and sebastopol into the economy is a priority task according to russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev is in the region's capital capital simferopol and so too is artie's maria. school will make crimea special economic zone with tax breaks for investors as far as we understand both russian and for and this is what we heard from russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev who is in crimea's capital seem to operate today this region is not very attractive economically these days and of course this move this decision is expected to help boost the regional foreign division but it has come here to discuss the economic development with the broader integration of this new region into russia's political social economic cultural life because today this is the main concern of not only crimea is or russian authorities but also of local residents and lives visit is a very significant one because prime minister is the first russian high ranking official to visit this region after historic referendum to exit go here that made this piece of flesh and part of the russian fed

new government came to power in kids talking to people on the streets of some proper lead indeed sebastopol where i have spent several days they say that they are very afraid that this new kid government is near not see that it is extremist in its pinking and that it has fascist leanings. artie's paulus there live from crimea paula thank you very much and let's now get reaction from political analyst alexander silly banner hater. alan light the sun the senate are welcome to all see no doubt a historic day for russia and crimea but from your point of view how is it all likely to affect moscow's long term relations with the new power plays into yet. first of all we have to say that most there's not to know what it's going to be going to see of the current players in here and sort of the only movement that they do receive is from the western world that stands against russian stance on this but this is the. international law. into all these international. this is. the. western world and could be rethought ration of crimea sponsored domino effects in the russian speaking regions of ukraine. we h

border between the peninsula and ukraine now becomes the russian ukrainian border this city is sebastopol where the russian black sea fleet is based is a separate federal subject within the country the same status as moscow and st petersburg and the local population is already being given russian passports however they can choose to refuse them and keep their ukrainian papers local authorities have all said that said that pensions and salaries will soon be raised to russian levels. well in the ukrainian capital kiev crimea as we have occasion with russia was not received well and those who dared to broadcast not a mere putin speech where he explained the move to ukrainians were dealt with in a manner of the new authorities are becoming increasingly known for what is more if national reports. literally because most of the land in a big clue is a deputy of ukraine's new parliament here who's representing the country's information and media committee the youngest resigned there is a commission i tell you he talks to the head of ukraine's national t.v. channel first well now the film happened

today the facts of the matter are that soldiers are not within their barracks within the crimea or sebastopol or elsewhere what is interesting i'll say that those reports are actually it is second round here they are is a bit of t.v. there's there's been plenty of t.v. footage which we've all seen of russian soldiers out of their bases pointing guns at ukrainian soldiers that itself is an act of war let's talk about the fact you say the british people are behind your government so they really don't care about the right to self-determination what about this bid for independence why is the british government and indeed western governments ignoring the fact those people in crimea have a right to take part in the referendum do they want to be part of russia or do they want stronger autonomy within ukraine that's a very straightforward question for them isn't it. well there already an autonomous region within within ukraine it is not up to the russians who have been doing their best to foment revolution within crimea to try and create a synthetic illegal vote that is about to take place it has no

delegation is in moscow and till tomorrow and one of the proposals on the table is actually to make sebastopolwhere you have the russian military feet the capital and offices he where i'm standing some from walpole the russian president vladimir putin reiterated what he said before and that is that the ukraine should not become the reason for relations between the west and russia to deteriorate as he also stated. again he said this before that sanctions are not going to achieve anything he said that sanctions will only backfire and that is the message that the russian president has given before obviously people here on the ground are watching this meeting very closely and again there's a sense that whatever is said in russia or is something that is a message to them to people here in crimea and president putin and president obama talks on the phone for an hour last night then anything significant come out of that conversation what was said it doesn't maybe seem as if there was anything particularly significant from that conversation essentially the two feet is president putin and president oba

people here are saying that in recent weeks nothing has really changed i'm studying trade here in sebastopol for four years and. you know this city is always so was like military city you know i think that. nothing changed what has changed however is the formation and presence of these self-defense groups that have set up checkpoints and pledged allegiance to the regional crimea for instance but these are not russian troops. stories may not be coping in a situation like this that is the reason our self-defense squads exist we are just people who feel it's our duty to protect our native city i'm from civil stoppel myself spend my whole life year we maintain public order look out for any provocations and make sure nobody attacks journalists and the rest of the people and they insist that the the only russian military personnel are those on the permitted bases maintaining the black sea fleet so who. volunteers mostly. people must know that they are safe and protected and not by the military but by regular citizens like themselves. there's also members of the ukrainian military that switch sides

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black sea fleet with a base in the sebastopol and we're acting within the framework of that agreement i understand my ukrainian call it tried to distance himself from the so definition of aggression if in fact he were to to use that definition that would of course be completely unacceptable. and yet he goes on there to say that he's against any imposed mediation of course we heard from obama today taking a very strong stance strong diplomatic stance saying the u.s. might not attend the g. eight summit in sochi i mean how do you see this playing out well i think the russian ambassador is completely correct from a legal point of view a russia in the ukraine have treaty obligations regarding that part of the crimea and in the end the soviet naval fleet is there by treaty arrangements just because the west using semi fascist and fascist forces in kiev could overthrow the elected government there's no not there's not now give the west the right to tell russia that they have no rights in the crimea when by force of law which the treaty is the russians clearly have rights and responsibilitie