when a russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. he's answering the news conference he will be speaking no doubt on the situation in ukraine which has culminated the committee inaugural meeting. with only thirteen foreign ministers in attendance. let's see what he has to say but that is going with a group of ladies and gentleman the first of all. i would like to thank the school has no suitable for the pope to see what i would like to think that the cancer peoria. for the efforts has been this close to. let's reward the efforts of the preparation with this view has been only reason for this meeting has evolved into an instant. some ministers of our christmas went across the video. we are told to the killer of the situation on the continent. it was easy so ultimately she's going through that difficult period many problems sexual and economic withdraws from that of the provisions of the duty was to his office the sticker but it will get his pitch to its letter to the post of the showbiz apostles did it's the west and its hardest to ad

is sergei lavrov correct - are we on the verge of civil war there? >> sorry, i don't think foreign minister sergei lavrov read the situation correctly. the violence that took place kramatorsk is unfortunate making clear that the separatists are using syria's weapons to wreak damage. i'm coming from a meeting from a roundtable which was chaired with political parties, religious leaders, the ayman, the heads of both the moscow patriarchy, the orthodox and greek catholic church. every point on the spectrum. no one was talking about civil war. what they were talking about is bringing the country forward, how to make the country economically successful and politically stable. >> the round-table talks, national unity talks began on wednesday, hoping to resolve the crisis by finding a formula satisfying the eastern regions, where the separatists want autonomy or the government in kiev want central authority, how can the talks square that circle. what kind of compromise could they reach to calm things down and move forward? >> i don't think a compromise is t

sergei lavrov, for 10 years the russian ambassador to the united nations, 10 years driving the foreignimir putin and the russian people. i thought that this was absolutely fascinating, adam johnson and scarlet fu with me as well. the key headline across bloomberg was the idea that the ukraine is not a foreign country to russia. he really reaffirmed that the mandate that we saw -- >> he said kiev was the mother city of russia, that is where the russian language essentially began. >> speaking back to their religion and culture and we will continue to monitor those headlines and get them to you. there it is. god knows why the russians and soviets cap boundaries like they did. >> that is what was interesting, how he mentioned what the soviet union was. every other word was soviet. >> we are them, they are us, we are all together. he said that all regions of the ukraine must be involved and there must be no violence. >> there is a mixup that you expect. >> he is walking a line, the escalating but making it clear that the ukraine and russia are more than -- >> the pushback against the obama

let's cross to moscow - foreign minister sergei lavrov may be speaking later. in the meantime. let's go to kim vern 'em, and she is hive in kiev. so the russian pro-separatists in donetsk have claimed this overwhelming victory. what are they going to do now? >> well, that is the question. they'll be listening to the press conference. we are about to hear from sergei lavrov, and vladimir putin, at some point, will make a statement about the referendum. the results are not surprising. we are hearing 89.7% of people who voted in donetsk and 94% of people who voted in lugansk voted yes, they'd like to see a self-state. in the past few moments we have heard from russian media, in the town of andrika. there has been reports of casualties in other areas. tensions boiled over. we had ukranian forces, not the national guard, opening fire on civilians there. we had one person there reported. as for this referendum, i think we need to take these results lightly. we on the ground saw some filling out several ballots, in respect no international observers, and some who voted were unaware of

the german foreign minister met his russian counterpart sergei lavrov and the ukrainian foreign minister. earlier at a meeting of foreign ministers from the council of europe russia outlined its position. foreign minister lavrov said new peace talks with the useless unless they involve the pro russian rebels active in ukraine it's difficult to meet again as before with those opposing the current regime in ukraine absent from the discussions it is unlikely to achieve anything. of course we can do it again but we will end up going around in circles and being unable to carry out what we've agreed on. it's the ukrainian side has ruled out talking with the separatists the international community is still hopeful the deal can be reached. and that elections can go ahead as planned in ukraine on the twenty fifth. edmonton it is extremely important to them peace be in contention to be held. the crows them. a new person and can it be if we didn't get to macy and the cost to shoot closest political creed can go forward incorporated in a much more inclusive in the much improved mongrel who wait on t

sergio lavrov sat down with -- sergey lavrov sat down with bloomberg.t quarter profit matched estimates. as insider trading spread to the fed -- a new research paper found some investors might have gotten early words of change in fed policy between 1997 and 2013 -- unbelievable. economics editor michael mckee has been looking into the charges, and that time: set your time covering the fed. r you to blame? what is going on. >> i did nothing wrong. i do not need a lawyer. information releases were looked at, not just the federal reserve a decision combo the gdp numbers, the labor department numbers on jobs, and price numbers, and they tried to find out whether there were any leaks coming out of the lockups where reporters are put in a room and told the information ahead of time. they found none on the economics indicators, but they found movement in markets that they 20se significant 10 to minutes before the release of announcements, and they say it was significant, with money made by people trading early on the fed decisions. >> unbelievable. for so many

what do you make of sergey lavrov's comments? >> he has a very difficult job. he has to defend russia against economic sanctions in the face of its aggression in the ukraine. there is not a civil war going on in ukraine. you have a russian-financed and led and supplied insurgency. the united states is responding by sanctioning individual russians and perhaps the russian economy and sending troops. mr. lavrov's job is to try to prevent the west from doing that. >> explain if you can russia's role in the region, and if you can, the specific. there is crimea but also eastern ukraine. >> russian troops without insignias on their lapels seized crimea. then they held a farce of an election, which according to a russian human rights organization only had 30% turnout, and of that, anywhere from 50% to 60% voted for joining russia. by this data, you have 25% or 35% of the population voting to join russia, yet, they joined russia. in eastern ukraine, you have russian special forces, fsb, which is their post-kgb secret police agents, running and financing a small insurgen

sergei lavrov said the election will be recognized but warned ukraine against operations in the thisast. the new mayor says this these camps will soon be cleared. but meme here who fought for a new president said they are not about to go anywhere until they see progress. with demonstrators on the square and russian separatists in the east east, they have a very long list of differences right now in determines of gas and gas sup place, also the crimea, the difficulties in eastern ukraine, where they feel the russians continue to behind some of the interference. mr. porashanco said there could be a meeting as early as mid-june. but he wants a detailed agenda worked out before the two sides get together. and we is expecting the european union and the u.s. will also be at the table. sergei lavrov said he sees no reason for l these talks, that they can speak directly to ukraine. >>> crista is a journalist author and politician who was in ukraine over the weekend to monitor the elections. she told us more about the situation on the ground in the east. >> what we have seen since the revolut

we heard from sergei lavrov a few minutes ago actually quoting from a statement issued earlier today. a short statement issued by the kremlin basically saying the referendum in donetsk in eyes of moscow represented the will of the people there. moscow noted the high turnout in those votes and made it clear it would respect the votes. wi&=p. kremlin condemned what i described as attempts to sabotage the votes with the use of violence including the use of heavy weaponry against civilians. those are words of kremlin. there was also a call for dialogue between kiev and donetsk and luhansk for the results of referendum and the organization in europe could be part of a dialogue. >> is moscow going to be worried if there are more sanctions from the eu? >> i don't think moscow will like the idea of more sanctions. will it be worried, i don't think so. so far the kremlin hasn't shown it's concerned about the sanctions from the eu or united states. certainly not concerned enough to make it change course on ukraine. >> steve rosenburg. >>> india's five week election, longest in the country's his

in moscow, russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says, ukraine's new president will be recognized. >but what to do with the tents camps in the center of kyiv, the new president said the camps will be cleared. but they're not to go anywhere until they can see some progress. with demonstrators on the square and russian separatists in the east, poroshenko has won a presidency but he inherits a country being torn apardon. when will the negotiations come up with the cost of gas supplies coming up, the crimea, difficulties in eastern ukraine, where they feel the russians continue to be behind some of the interference there. mr. poroshenko is saying they could meet as early as mid june but is not going to be a meeting that they sit down and shake hands. he wants a very detailed agenda worked out for the two sides before they actually get together and he is expecting that the european union and the united states will be at the table. sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister head a conference in moscow, but it would appear that mr. poroshenko would hope that those talks would be brokered an

sergei lavrov is in vienna where the foreign ministers of the council of europe are holding talks on the crisis. let's cross to our correspondent in kiev, nick spicer. sergei lavrov has not sounded convinced about backing the elections in ukraine. >> reporter: no, it looks like a slight softening of language from what the foreign ministry was saying on the website, that the elections would be a sham. the foreign minister said it would be unusual because the activity taking place in the south-east of the country. he would like to see the people who are pro-kremlin, essentially the people who are anti-government. there are a lot of different people fighting. this is what he had to say. >> translation: we are confident that there is a way out of the ukranian crisis and can be found only on the basis of a national dial elent in which voices from the -- dialect, in which voices from the west, the south and the east are heard. >> we have the french president warning that there could be civil war if no elections are held. kiev is pretty determined to go ahead with them. >> well, kiev is, an

in moscow, foreign minister sergey lavrov said his country recognizes the ukrainian election. who said thesce, he vote was held largely in line with international commitments, lavrov said it was far from ideal. >> there were attacks on candidates' houses. >> russia is ready for negotiation, but lavrov says he hopes the president-elect won't set to many conditions, like having representatives from the u.s. and eu around the table. insurgents say they are not ready to lay down their weapons. young men were still signing up to enroll in local militias. egypt, where, three years after ousting hosni mubarak and 11 months after the --, the huge favorite to win is the former army chief, i don't but all cc -- army chief, abdel fatah al-sisi. al-sisi is among the first to cast his vote in cairo, the beginning of a two-day election in egypt. make historywill today and tomorrow. may god stand by -- egyptians will make history today and tomorrow. may god stand by egypt. >> the veteran leftists finished third in the 2012 elections that brought muslim brotherhood back hooduslim brother moha

sergei lavrov. movell ask about his next over the standoff in ukraine.an rebels have killed seven government soldiers and wounded a in an ambush. elgo a merkel -- angela merk was speaking at a news conference in berlin. david tweed is based in berlin, too. she also met with the imf. what was the focus? >> the focus was to be on germany's economy. in the end, it was ukraine, ukraine, ukraine. made it very clear that she wants to see a diplomatic solution. the difficulty is that you need to have some people sit down and talk to you. they have had no success getting the pro russian separatists to talk. that is exactly what she said last night. >> everybody is called to make a contribution to this. areelieve that roundtables a good opportunity to do this work. more representatives at the table the better. it is clear that only those are welcome who already and credible to achieve their goals not through violence. >> clearly the situation is already having consequences. we have revised downward the 0.2% thisor russia to year and 1% next year. and that is prov

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has demanded an immediate end to the violence. he compared the crisis to situations in africa and the middle east. he urged both sides to come to the negotiating table without preconditions. >> our correspondent is standing by in kiev. two tweeams of osce observers ae now missing. what is the latest on their whereabouts? >> there are conflicting reports coming from the east regarding the whereabouts of these teams. first, the first report from osce officials is they have no contact whatsoever with neither of the teams, the one missing since monday or the one missing since tuesday. there are reports the second team was released, but this was not confirmed and these people are still being detained. the second team consists of four osce observers and an interpreter. >> ukraine and the u.s. are claiming russians have been entering ukraine from chechnya to join the rebels. what can you tell us about that? >> that is correct. this is confirmed by the local sources. last sunday, one ukraine was having elections all around the country, th

foreign minister sergei lavrov says they want to give others the opportunity to calm down. but things seem far from calm on the ground in eastern ukraine. as the separatists expand their reach. government troops stay well away, manning checkpoints on the outskirts of the occupied region. to make matters worse, ukraine is deeply in debt. the international monetary fund has thrown it a $17 billion lifeline. >> we are trying to improve the situation so that the stability is restored. >> reporter: but it will take more than money to entirely restore stability. ukrainian leaders say russian forces on the border are ready to invade. president putin has said only peaceful means could resolve this conflict, but sanctions, dialogue and international agreements have so far failed. craig dale, nhk world. >> i spoke earlier with a representative of the united nations children's fund in ukraine. yukia moku has been based in kiev since 2009. ms. moku, thank you very much for coming in. >> thank you. >> the unicef has raised concern about increasing number of displaced people from crimea.

sergey lavrov spoke over the phone with his counterparts in germany, france and the u.s. lavrov expressed concern over the continued military operations for ukraine's interim government. in talks with u.s. secretary of state john kerry, lavrov called on western leaders to use their influence to get the interim government to hold dialogue with pro-russian groups. meanwhile, russia's energy minister says starting next month, ukraine will have to pay for its natural gas deliveries in advanced. alexander novak sayses ukraine has not made a payment since march, and owes $3.5 billion. russia's apparently ready to halt natural gas delivery to ukraine unless the interim government agrees to a prepaid deal. >>> an electrical accident has killed a worker at a soccer stadium in brazil. the country's preparations to host a fifa world cup have been marred by accidents and delays. the man was installing communications equipment. construction there was suspended for an investigation into the accident. he is the eighth worker to die during the building of world cup arenas. president rous

. >> sergei lavrov demanding the ukrainian government troops and their assault on rebel strong holdsressing doubt that the upcoming elects will go forward saying it would be unusual with troops deployed against citizens trying to vote. the pro-russian groups say they will keep up the fight some of them are preparing for that referendum on sunday and they talked to al jazerra's paul brennan. >> reporter: the training is basic and even the civilian instructor struggles to re-assemble the rival that he has just stripped down. but the people bath earned around him are keen to learn. if the russians do come, and there is no indication that they actually will, luhansk could be their first stop. according to the people gathered here, the staunchly pro-russian city would certainly not oppose them. >> it's not a problem, i am russian and i was born here. >> reporter: right. >> soar ilike circumstances bo . >> reporter: no, sir picnic in the park. some have only sticks and table legs, others have brand-new military kit. although apparently not supplied by russia. so he went in to a shop and yo

secretary of state john kerry spoke over the phone with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. they discussed the separatist movement in eastern ukraine. kerry pressed lavrov to end all support for the militants. >> he also urged russia to reach out to president-elect poroshenko and begin working to the to de-escalate the conflict. >> she said kerry pushed lavrov to get the militants to lay down their arms. >>> egypt's former army chief has won a divisive victory to become the country's new president, but some of abdel fattah al sisi's opponents are questioning the results. local media said with most of the ballots counted, sisi had won more than 92% of the vote. but they say fewer than half of eligible voters turned out. and sisi faced only one other contender. >> translator: egypt's economy will now develop. >> translator: cheers to the country's new leader. i will follow his ideas. >> sisi led a group of generals last july that overthrew then-president mohamed morsi. and media outlets gave strong support to his presidential campaign. commentators said he could save the natio

sanctions they say they won't retaliate songs yet it was solution to the swiss foreign minister sergei lavrov says they want o give others the opportunity to calm down he seemed far from home on the ground in eastern ukraine as the separatists expand their reach. government troops stay well away manng checkpoints on the outskirts of the occupied region to make matters worse ukraine is deeply and dad the international monetary fund is thrown in the seventeen billion dollar lifeline. we are trying to improve the situation so that the stability is restored but it will take more than money to entirely restore stability. ukrainian leaders say russian forces on the border are ready to invade. president clinton has said only peaceful means good result this conflict. but sanctions dialogue in international agreements have so far failed. the gala that the world. the turmoil is starting to affect the lives of children in the country earlier we spoke to the representatives of the united nations children's fund in ukraine. you can and will cool has been based in kiev since two thousand and nine. i am. we

and i really understand the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said when she attended the meeting with european foreign ministers in vienna that it would be adequate in sports and utah to hold a presidential election in ukraine when the army was being deployed against the population. what does that statement by and how would the statement effect situation in ukraine what the it happened to me that question question but you can eat all the attention of the chalk out on the question open to carry out an operation against the people of the clean body will honestly i'm a question you have to have it in one book a poem. i want to mention that the selection and meet up the situation where the end i'm the one that captured an odd looking him in very good thing to be patient. i'm on the lead acting like that i'm having too much money on rent in which the league lead you to get up on on on the wing but i'm going to lead them into thinking that washington could not be but the actual election the child i think we all make me want to cry and i must report the brink and on and i'm sure that th

neil russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has rolled out new talks to defuse rising tensions in ukraine. lavrov also criticized him for pushing forward with the presidential election scheduled for may twenty ten despite the military being deployed against part of the population. and turning now to central america top court in el salvador has afforded a rest and capture of former president francisco flores is facing a host of crushing charges including ian bell's laments the legal in richmond and disobedience ex prison floor as her role from nineteen ninety nine to two thousand for this pic isn't this a proper e more than fifty million us dollars donated by the taiwanese kevin for earthquake relief efforts. upon the court's ruling on seminar called on interpol to help capture the former president who is believed to be in panama flores has denied misusing the taiwanese funds. nrg the work process or official government channels. there are several and international stories making headlines around the world. see you back here tomorrow night welcome to prime time sports and even checked when

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. >> nick, we know john kerry and sergey lavrov spoke on the phone.know moscow's reaction to this escalating violence this weekend? >> reporter: well, yes, i mean they say this is a crime. they say they're deeply concerned and they reiterate the noise we've been hearing for months now that russia reseshz the right to intervene here in they believe people they referring to their come patriots, russian language speakers around the threat. they've been receiving thousands of calls for intervention and assistance, consider what's happening to be a criminal act. we haven't seen at this point any large scale mobilization to bring those russian troops just across the border in our direction here. that's a possibility and we are hearing from the ukrainian prime minister a substantial military maneuvers bolstering the russian military presence in crimea which they annexed only a month ago. some say it's not the game plan of the kremlin to intervene. we see a worsening death toll, the deaths of over 40 people in a building fire there, that's got a lot of pro-ru

in exclusive conversation -- russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov sits down with us and we have earnings itv. welcome to the second hour of countdown. today, here on bloomberg we are going to bring you an exclusive interview with the foreign minister of russia sergei lavrov which will be coming up on noon the london time. that conversation taking place live in moscow. we are getting numbers breaking from the broadcaster itv. a few details coming through so far. the company singer their growth strategy remains on track. let's talk to caroline hyde about the company. >> bit of a mass. 583 million pounds, up two percent but the market is looking for a five percent gain. on my performance is up 14%. clearly, that is where the money is being brought in. revenue isg online up three percent but they are saying they're on track. strategy is there, particularly when it comes to cost cutting. this is a company that tried to reorient itself for the future because not only have they got the warm breeze of the world cup coming their direction in the second quarter where we are expecting some strong n

foreign minister sergei lavrov said. this is a practice of double standards by western countries in kiev what you think about this again we are in the weeds there were in a tactical details which are important for day to day operations perhaps but they don't really matter in the greater scheme of things. everyone has some built on the side of the united states the eu ukraine itself. um moscow there's this there is tactical days in the current deal on all sides. and i just admitted that the united states there is a large burden for its expansion into we need to forget that we need to push that aside and think about the present in the future. and the only way to deal with the situation in order to do that is to change some form of neutrality for ukraine. let the conclave come down it can be found in him work out some deal if you will. snow's ukraine to be neutral and to be independent and do its own thing economically financially and so forth with as i said the good offices in the help of the great powers and others in wor

. >> one of the comments by sergey lavrov, the foreign minister of russia, today to ryan chilcote washat russians do not feel like foreigners when they go to ukraine. is that a valid assessment? >> i'm not certain what to make of that. you could be positive or deeply negative things in that, but it is true that you crazy and people share the same religion read positive or deeply negative things in that, but it is true that ukrainian and russian people share the same religion and cultural elements, but there is no question that the ukrainian people consider themselves an independent people and an independent custard -- country. >> i want to thank you for joining me, john herbst, currently eurasia center director at the atlantic council . coming up next, we will travel to a more tranquil location. i will speak to the chief executive of sandals resort, and we will talk about rubbing his all-inclusive vacation empire. details next. ♪ >> summer -- yes, it is around the corner. it will happen, so, just relax. maybe get a little relaxation at an all-inclusive resort. how does that sound? joi

at the same time, we have russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, contradicting what his boss saidesterday, saying any elections on may 25 would be premature and the country is not ready for them. and we saw the separatists saying they would go forward with the referendum on may 11, yesterday, attin least publicly, urged them to pull back on those. >> and how are governments and investors responding to that mixed message? message frome investors already today, that some of the perhaps misplaced euphoria that we saw yesterday has the rally of the micex been tempered today. we saw the ruble dropping today for the first time in four days and the ukrainian currency also going down. and in the same way that investors are not so sure what prudent is top -- putin is talking about, we have seen some wariness on the half -- on the part of western governments. before putin said he was going to be testing his military forces, he had a german envoy saying, yesterday's message was great and maybe we don't have to go forward with sanctions. but after what he said today, i think governments are r

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says ukraine is sliding into civil war that will make it impossiblehold legitimate elections on may 25. the u.s. and eu say russia is behind the unrest in the eastern part of ukraine. pro-russian separatist groups were excluded from unity talks that started in the capital yesterday. in an exclusive interview we asked foreign minister lavrov about president putin's recent comments about kiev and whether russia has any claim on the ukrainian capital. have a listen to what he told ryan chilcote. kiev is the mother of the russian cities. russian language, russian religion, orthodox christianity was born in the territory of ukraine as it stands now and we do not consider ourselves foreign. america is different from the north american territory from traditions, from culture. we have been one nation for more than 300 years. even before that, when they brought religion more than 1000 years ago. >> you raise a really good point. >> it is impossible to miss the psychological historical family feeling. >> president putin not long ago mentioned the term new russi

we saw the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov talk about how he wanted to delay. wanted a delay in elections, and we have the eu calling for another meeting in geneva to come up with something better since the last was not working so well, and there is russian polling that shows that although a majority of russians still believe that crimea should have been legitimately annexed, fewer and fewer of them are willing to their the economic cost for supporting crimea and sanctions. >> thank you. forof the 21 candidates president of ukraine is in washington today. says the u.s. and russia hold the keys to peace in ukraine. he is asking both countries too, in his words, step back from the crisis. the candidate spoke to our chief washington correspondent, peter cook, and he joins me in that conversation. good afternoon. >> that afternoon. he is an economist and a former member of the ukrainian parliament and also an adviser to victor yanukovych, although he quit over the yanukovych policies. he sees himself as a candidate -- helpedlp divide with the divided country. they

to find out how you should be positioned. >>> russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is currently holding a press conference with his turkish counterpart in moscow. he's been across the wires making numerous comments, also saying that he demands that ukraine stop using military force against the civilian population. he's also said the threats of new western sanctions over ukraine are ridiculous right now. steve is in kiev to give us the latest on this. steve, what's your take here? it's not a new line as far as the concern over violence in the east but obviously that's stepped up again in the last 24 hours. >> yes. look, it's a protection issue. when does a freedom fighter between a terrorist and vice versa. i had this conversation with my fixer here. how did you talk about the i.r.a. in the '80s and '90s. you're going to continue to get this different interpretation from the russian side and indeed from the western side as well. the hope is, of course, this can abate somewhat as well. i think the comments from mr. lavrov are interesting. the threat of those sanctions is not ridiculous. i

in russia, russian foreign minister sergey lavrov warned against ftc. >> people here who fought for a new president say they're not about to go anywhere until they see some progress. with demonstrators on the square and russian separatists in the east, poroshenko has won a presidency but he natures a country being torn -- he inherits a country being torn apart. tony, sometime in mid june, he expected that the talks to be brokered, that the united states and the european union should be at the table. the ukrainians think that should be at their advantage to keep the pressure on are the russians. it does seem from the news conference today that poroshenko will hold the line and insist on the united states being involved in those talks in mid june should they take place then. >> dana, good to see you. >>> secretary of state john kerry made a statement, the ukrainian people want to live in a united, democratic and peaceful ukraine. at 6:30, we'll see what sets poroshenko apart from yanukovych. >>> president obama visited arlington national cemetery for memorial day events. he laid a wreat

we have heard from sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister today, i'll read you a quote from him, he's been saying that kievs anti terror operations in eastern ukraine are essentially turning into terror against the citizens of his own country for their political beliefs. it does seem that moscow is becoming a little bit more ambivalent for its support of the separatists in ukraine and does seem to be much more positive about the possibility of reconciliation between the government and kiev, and the pro russian separatists in the east. >> that would be a major development indeed. >> chinese nationals leaving ve in my in droves, anti chinese sentiment has been escalating in the country. vietnamese protestors are angry that china placed an oil rig in the south chain i can't speak disputed waters. factories were set on fire. 200 died, 40 injured, vietnam's government now frightening security and calling for protestors to remain peaceful. >> after days of often violent anti chinese pro tests, the vietnamese authorities appear to be containing the disturbances. police broke up some sma

russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov says there are no plans to meet with poroshenko. >> china callingor on line spying to cease. u.s. prosecutors charged five military officers with hacking into their companies to steal trade secrets joe biden china said the united states should be condemned by the international community for spying. >> a tiny shipping vessel sank, the latest incident connected to the oil rich south china sea. >> this is a remind their tensions between vietnam and china are not going away. in this latest incident, there are different versions of what happened. china says that a vietnamese fishing vessel simply bumped into one of its fishing vessels. hanoi accuse beijing of attacking the vietnamese vessel and causing it to sink. this happened in an area where china has been drilling to oil close to islands claimed by both china and vietnam. this drilling operation began at the beginning of the month and china deployed a sizeable armada to protect the operation. vietnamese vessels have been doing what they can with the operation. 700 protestors will be put on trial or f

>> sergey lavrov calling john kerry, talked about the need to return to the table, the need for a negotiated agreement, security in europe and off please make -- oh please make sure that those in kyiv talk to the militants because we can't go back to the table unless you include the militants. that's something the government in kyiv can do. feels like groundhog day, feels like this is where we were about a month ago. >> i thought that mr. putin had asked for that to be delayed, the referendum? >> there was this conciliatory moment where putin came forward and said really, postpone the referendum this is not a good thing to do. there were suggestions that russia was pulling back its large military force which has been sitting on the border of ukraine for weeks. the russians haven't gone anywhere and the militants say we don't listen to mr. putin and we took a vote and decided that the referendum should go ahead. >> so it will on sunday. what's happening with getting the message out. clearly both sides need to put their message out at this point. >> it's really important, when you look at the

. >> hearing from ukraine's president elect and russian's foreign minister sergei lavrov.t it with our panel. federal reserve off the elections yesterday. charles, our own greg palkot you have seen it on the ground. yesterday as this was playing out he was telling us entire area where not a poll was open in the entire area. nobody was voting or attempting to vote. how much do you think that will factor into the acceptance whether this is legitimate election or not? >> i think this will be used by the russians, by the separatists in the east and by others to say that the eastern part or the southern parts of the ukraine did not legitimately elect the president. he perhaps represents the western ukrainian-speaking part. and i think that will militate for a very radical loosening of the bonds of the central government. he appears to be prepared for great autonomy for the provinces which means that putin has succeeded in breaking ukraine to his saddle. he absorbs the crimea, he dominates the black sea, is he going to get tremendous autonomy from the eastern parts who will then

in fact, his foreign minister sergey lavrov was talking about the fact that the country wasn't ready for those elections. but now the country seems open to accepting them but with some preconditions? >> precisely. it's all about the preconditions. the preconditions that the russian president mentioned when he was meeting with the european union en-- the european envoy, that the ukrainian armed forces have to stop trying to take back the positions of the pro-russian forces. they have taken over administrative buildings in ten to 12 places in southeastern ukraine. is he going to say in the future the military action hasn't stopped therefore i no longer support the idea of a presidential election, that is something that we'll just have to wait and see. people in kyiv are very skeptical. it has to be said about what the russian president puts forward. you have to remember that when russia annexed crimea, it said that there were no russian troops on the ground there. and then vladimir putin said well actually there were some assisting in the takeover of military base there. the fear is th

putin to intervene, especially after the latest violent conflicts, and russian foreign minister sergei lavrov called it a war. there were reports of clashes with armed men, some chechen fighters joining the separatists. certainly all of those are not great signs that moscow is conflict. >> moscow - you are right, sending out mixed signals. it is clear that moscow does not want to support the separatists in a dramatic, serious way with troops coming across the border. moscow sound like they'd like to continue to provide the equipment, the leadership, organization in their security evers ises. including chechens. they don't want to be seen to move their major forces across. they say - i assume they will, talk to petero poroshenko about these issues. >> but that's the thing, president-elect petero poroshenko, in talking about the mixed signals, he wants to talk peace, but then lavrov says on tuesday a visit by petero poroshenko is not considered. how do you react to that? >> i think petero poroshenko was asked whether he'd go to moscow or brussels, he gave the right answer. he said he'll go to d

at the same time, russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov, who's on a foreign visit said kiev government needs to be holding dialogue with southern and eastern regions of ukraine and his ministry's put out a statement calling plans by kiev to hold a referendum on national unit alongside the presidential poll may 25. they call that cynical and a sham. they've said that that can't happen while kiev launches military operations to in their words against their own people, but i wouldn't be surprised if the kiev government would say well, what's not possible right now is dialogue between us and those cities where the government buildings are being occupied by those very same separatist forces. >> there was a may day rale earlier. did the ukrainian crisis feature much there? >> to an extent, the main theme as it always is, is labor rights, and the importance of workers. it was interesting, because for the first time since the fall of the soviet union, people were allowed to rally on red square. it was much bigger, more than 100,000 people turned out. there was a smaller demonstration elsewhere

but russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov pointed to scenes such as you just saw to lay the ground work for russia to possibly question the legitimacy of ukraine's elections. >> translator: the situation when they use an army against their own population is quite an outstanding one. this is not afghanistan. this is a completely different situation. >> how very reassuring. president obama has said if russia interferes with ukraine's elections, it will target entire sectors of russia's economy. lavrov also dismissed the idea of more talks in geneva to ease tensions in ukraine unless the pro-russian separatists get a spot at the table. authorities claim that 30 pro-russian rebels have been killed. the violence we have seen so far there may just be the beginning. our senior international correspondent nick peyton walsh is near slovyansk. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: there is a second assault that may occur in the days ahead. and despite the fact that they themselves lost four ukrainian soldiers, the militants said they lost ten of their own people. that's a lot of casualties

when is the last time secretary kerry spoke with his counterpart sergey lavrov? >> what is illegal here was russia's actions to annex crimea. they are the one who is are blatantly in violation of international law right now. those are just the latest in a set of pretty ridiculous comments by president putin but we are engaged with them. there is a diplomatic offering up here. russia has a choice. they can continue down the path -- look, we're playing a long game here. if they want to keep playing this game, they will be isolated, their economy will be cut off and we'll impose more costs. secretary kerry is focused on it right now and diplomats are focused on it and we have to see actions on the ground in order to have any chance of that moving forward. >> maria, before you go, i want to ask you something that your boss secretary of state john kerry said about the u.s. role in nigeria. let's play that tape. >> boko haram, nigeria, only the united states is there offering the assistance to help find those young women. other countries not only aren't there and invit

today, russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said the u.s.hould call on ukraine to halt its military operations but he did agree on b on the need to a to the agreement made in geneva. we touched base a short time ago with correspondent james match who's on the ground there. >> reporter: the authorities here in ukraine insist their offensive to regain control of the eastern part of their country is not over. despite a day of setbacks yesterday in which they lost men and at least two helicopters. they say this morning they renewed the attack on the town which is just short of the separati separatist-held stronghold, their target. if they intend to press that battle to a conclusion, from what we know of the defenses in slovansk, it could be very bloody indeed. >> also today, people in odessa were laying flowers at the scene of the blood shed. >>> you hear it all the time, see something, say something. well, she did. today, a minnesota woman is being credited in stopping what could have been a dem stating school attack. police say john david ladu

sergei lavrov said this is unusual.g, and what is really the word that this is going to to ahead, this election? >> reporter: yeah, that's a presidential election set to take place at the end of the month. it will be difficult to see how the government is going to actually hold elections in the eastern part of the country, when in most of these key cities, it has little to no control. the vast majority of the government institutions are actually in the hands of the pro-russian camp. another interesting thing that is taking place also is that may 11th, the referendum that the camp is intent on holding, is said to go ahead. the initial key question of do you want to be a federal state. and we're hearing that there will be another referendum asking whether or not people here want to join russia. so there's a lot of unknowns, and a lot of uncertainty. and that really is having a devastating impact on the population here. >> certainly. arwa damon, thank you so much for that. >>> coming up, a dire climate change report releas

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. >> that's right, sergey lavrov speaking in slovakia with his counterpart saying the whole relationship between russia and nato, russia and the european union, should be re-examined. there's been this huge fallout over the crisis in ukraine. these two sides, the old cold war battle lines perhaps being drawn. they're just not seeing eye to eye, west, the european union, nato and russia on this issue. what the west wants, it seems, is a federal constitution in ukraine. that means they will control large area, of the country. that would mean it could prevent ukraine from joining nato. i think we'll see more trouble between the east and west in the future. >> i think you're absolutely right. all right, matthew, thanks very much. >>> let's go to the white house right now. our correspondent there michelle kosinski is standing by. what else are they saying about this latest announcement from the russian president? as matthew chance says, the third time he says those troops are moving away from the border. >> in three words, not buying it. senior administration officials today saying there's no