during talks in london between us secretary of state john kerry and russia's foreign minister sergei laptop. the two could not bridge their differences kerry was trying to put the brakes on a possible annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula residents are set to vote on sunday on whether to leave ukraine and become part of russia washington and europe say they will not recognize the outcome of that referendum and the threatened harsh sanctions. they talked for six hours. the scenery and barely any common ground that the match between us secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov. we will do what we will respect the wishes of the crimean people as expressed in the referendum on mark sixteen fifteen. on the united states was when the man about its intention to reject the fact the united states' position on the referendum i must say is clear as clear today. we believe the referendum is contrary to the constitution of ukraine. this cut trade international law is in violation of the globe we believe it is illegitimate monsoon crime and preparations for sunday's refe