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international it's trade talk with sophie shevardnadze but if you're watching us in the u.k. i'm sure but tons is going underground that's just. you know what i don't like fake scandals sort i saw the article the train killers of vladimir child army oh i knew i was in for a treat the online version of the article which has a less alarming title tells the shocking truth of the barracuda sports club which trains young children in various activities like hiking wrestling and even using firearms firstly by vladimir's child army they must mean putin but the thing is that this is not a network of government training facilities it's just one camp and there is nothing on their site or materials to indicate that is a government facility or that putin has anything to do with it at all furthermore in the soviet union there was a universal military skills class taught in all schools called and v.p. if putin really wanted a quote child army then bringing that program back would be a lot better than a private judo class twenty kids in it secondly the young people who want to learn to use g

well welcome to sophie shevardnadze now while the crisis in post-revolutionary ukraine is grabbing the headlines for pulling care from the brink of default now lives with heroes but doesn't you have bigger problems on its hands and is it even the world claims to be well today i talked to bill cash a conservative member of the british parliament. the new entices ukrainian with the barrage of membership of the blocs. worried about this red tape of the rule or the like to. shoot desperate to trust the juicy promises from. brussels is struggling to keep its coffers. if the european way the good way why do so want to step or trade. bill cash a conservative member of the british parliament is on our show it's great to have you with us today so i'm going to go ahead and start from the latest news which is ukraine obviously the eastern partnership the association treaty are responsible for the current crisis in ukraine those are your words so if you elaborate on them how and why. well i'm very much in favor of political cooperation i'm also very much in favor of trade throughout europe and of

welcome to sort of sophie shevardnadze after the crimean referendum and secession to russia india was one of these states to recognize moscow's interest in their region was making a india stand beside russia saying how the west is taking a confrontational stance that you are an indian journalist sink is my guest today. ukraine's crisis sentry pulls across the line. as western states slap sanctions on russia calling for most was isolation the defining countries of the brics bloc of throwing their support behind one of the members will the crisis in ukraine be the spark to the world order of. the brics countries my challenge to western dominance . and here in the city is that senior indian journalist niehaus saying thank you very much for being with us today we're going to start from the un general assembly vote condemning crimea referendum india has abstained earlier the russian president thanked india for its take on crimea. what's making it is so supportive of russia on this issue. what i think you do graduate is that russia is afraid of india that is pointed toward and secondly obvi

the welcome to sophie and coming sophie shevardnadze two thousand and fourteen paralympic winter games are underway in sochi this morning festivities are grabbing on president his attention with massive media coverage and record ticket sales or who better to talk to about the challenges and successes of these games than. sir philip craven president of the international olympic committee. when the impossible becomes possible a victory against. the drug the strength the success but. once again. to breed the paralympics what does it take to become a paralympic medalist how did the movement gain its momentum. to be done. craven president of the international paralympic committee it's really great to have you on the program today so obviously the world's attention is right now fixed on ukraine and we're seeing the lists of countries already courting the problem fix what are your feelings to feel like it's an appropriate thing to do in this context mixing politics and sports but especially when it has to do with paralympics. i've heard you were. not aware of any country boycotting the games

shevardnadze as ten deaths over the. crane's autonomy's region of crimea is grabbing global headlines but ukraine's ailing economy could prove to be a much bigger problem for a here right now is that you're ready to pull ukraine out of the slump they had of the political consultant john c. housman enterprises self is with me today to make sense of it all. with ukraine still reeling from revolutionary bloodshed. refusing to recognize a government imposed. with ukraine in a referendum will decide the region's future could this be a solution to ukraine's between east and west is there a peaceful resolution to the dr says and how much to potential reach boiling point . dr john c. how one political analyst an expert on international relations joining me from berlin it's really great to have you on our program today so i'm just going to start from the latest news ukraine's crimea has called a referendum to take place in the coming weeks what do you expect is going to vote to join the russian federation. well i hope not and the

shevardnadze now at a time when every cell phone is equipped with g.p.s. the n.s.a. swallowing our every move. seems almost impossible let alone losing the whole plane so what happened to malaysia airlines flight three seventy by almost three weeks on is there still no trace of the aircraft our guest today with more than forty years of experience. he will help us to uncover the mystery. malaysia airlines flight three seventy two hundred and thirty nine people on board that is just the. authorities say when down in the indian ocean thousands of miles from its planned destination but after weeks of searching first not a single piece of data breach recovered and there is still no explanation for what happened. how did the plane steer so far off course how can a massive. just disappear. what could have gone so terribly wrong. harlow jay johnson former pilot to expert from joseph aviation consulting thanks for being with us today so we're going to go right to have the malaysian prime minister said the flight ended in the middle of the indian ocean and there are no survivo

the shevardnadze that saddam is republic of crimea and ukraine. has for centuries been populated by ethnic russians as revolution unfolded in clear the republic with plans to blanch allegiance to the new government to protect ethnic russians moscow is considering the possibility of sending troops to the region what will it take to peacefully settle the crisis all today i'm joined by russian center. ukraine is torn apart by revolution western politicians cheering ukraine's mind on radical nationalist groups claim power across the country. in crimea ethnic russians are now asking for moscow's protection where is ukraine's legitimate government what will it take to restore peace and unity. and what are the chances outside forces will have to step in. and i guess today's a claim of russian senator a member of the foreign affairs committee it's really great to have you with us so we're just going to start from the latest news why did you guys approve the possibility of sending russian troops in first of all because it would have. a right to do only dur

international today and brewery sushi in moscow stepping aside though sophie shevardnadze say and her latest program so pick up that's coming your way in just a moment. the evils of inflation and private central banks don't just affect the usa alone recently the russian ruble has gone from around thirty roubles to the dollar to thirty five yikes people in the russian media are now debating whether to go dollars or euros but the thing they forget is that all this paper money one way or another is doomed by inflation so if you have a few thousand dollars or rubles that what you do with it many people say that gold is the way to go because it has retained value for thousands of years but land has also been in big demand since the dawn of time and paper money inflates into nothing a nice big chunk of the earth's surface is always worth something according to the washington post and twenty eleven the u.s. so security system is forty five billion in negative cash flow so maybe it's time to invest in having some children that because for most of human history your retirement package was your

welcome to go home sophie shevardnadze years in a rush to sign the long awaited association deal with ukraine while the new leaders in kiev are turning to washington for advice those interests were at stake in ukraine's revolution while our guest today is former u.s. intelligence officer scott rickard. before war of the streets of ukraine's capital the elected president forced into exile. all too familiar scenes of a bloody revolution cheered by western politicians but what's in it for them is the will of the people behind my duns victory in kiev or rather strings attached to the revolutionary euphoria. by scott rickard former us intelligence officer is with us today it's great to have you with us now i know that you have said the united states government has been preparing the revolution in ukraine sorrier so it's invested five billion dollars so far and they are rising where are you getting this information gigi you have a proof that that's the case. well it's public information you have the folks at the national endowment of democracy who have been doing this the unfortunate overth

shevardnadze said their region of crimea has decided on a referendum to join their russian federation in a vote that was branded as illegitimate and undemocratic by the west before it even started but in europe not everybody agrees and today we talk to somebody who witnessed a crime in both firsthand and will learn member of the european parliament austrian politician is our guest today. has crimea decided on its future calls of condemnation have been heard in the west democratic aspirations are dismissed as an illegal choice. what's making europe go against its own principles why are brussels and washington ignoring the people's voice is western diplomacy really as impartial as a claims to be. i was tabular i'm not a politician member of the european vitamin it's great to have you on our show today and i was just a blur hugh where observing the referendum in crimea my question is why did you decide to go as an observer in the first place. i decided to go because i had the impression through studying the media and through discussions in the european parliament votes you don't need. th

my colleague yulia should develop by here in half an hour's time though before her it's sophie shevardnadze had taken on the ukrainian issue with a russian senator it's r.t. international live from moscow. small protests of around a few hundred are up today after the sentencing of eight protesters who were convicted of instigating riots and russia's famous below square around a year ago this incident like basically any incident russia is being blown completely out of proportion oh how could bush should be so intolerant well the thing that people don't realize is that any sane government doesn't tolerate riots in fact according to the guardian two young men in chester england were sentenced to four years in prison that's equal to or less than the sense that the russian rioters got for just attempting to start a riot the police were actually monitoring the facebook group and they were planning their public chaos and arrested them before they could even throw one brick if the british government let these guys are just anyone go on a rampage in the country would fall apart and is the job of gov