st. petersburg." a 750-foot-long norwegian cargo ship. a car carrier that's run by a company called hoegh auto liners. this is a huge ship. weighs nearly 70,000 tons. the "st. petersburg" was on its way from madagascar to melbourne, australia, when the australian government announced last night commercial satellite images showed what appeared to be large-scale debris in the ocean off the coast of australia.

st. petersburg was an unusual student. a trouble maker is how he is described. he later earned a law degree and ph.d. in economics. from school he went into the intelligence service, rising to the rank of ltcol in the kgb, going cold war duty in east germany. the chaos after the collapse of the soviet union brought

st. petersburg." that ship is under no obligation to help search for what or what might not be parts of that missing plane. when the cargo ship got the call they might be helpful in the search since they were the nearest ship to the potential debris field, they totally stepped up. they said they would help. hoegh auto liner executives held a press conference in oslo, pledged their full support. they declared their ship and crew of 19 mariners would be at authorities' disposal for as long as needed. their ship had radar equipment and powerful search lights that would be used to scan the ocean surface around the clock. they said weather conditions near the ship were good, but they hadn't spotted anything so far. so the "st. petersburg" has been in the general area of this unidentified debris since last night. and without, of course, any certainty that the debris has anything to do with the missing 777, more help is on the way in that part of the world. five other merchant ships volunteered to help searc

st. petersburg and clearwater florida commissioned snow sculptures in chicago. and their timing couldn't have been better. "yea, this was the creme de la creme of snow-sculpting winters. there was a plethora of snow--a lot of material to work with." joseph gagnepain built eight scuptures. dolphins, suns, and palm trees. pinellas county paid him $700 for each one...pay not expected--countless compliments for gagnepain and his crew of helpers. "people, police officers, all came up and thanked us. they were sick of all the snow and we game them something whimsical to see." "part of it is the element of surprise and there's a novel aspect to it, too." "visit st petersburg/clearwater" campaign spent about two million dollars advertising during the winter. much of it wrapped around busses and displayed on elevator screens comparing four degrees in chicago with st. pete/clearwater's 69. then add something a little different, a snow stamp that sent the pasty populous to i- need-sun-dot-com. "the roi is hard to calculate but we know about foot traffic and it's definitely

st. petersburg. he rose through the ranks, his career took off. he was appointed the head of the security service, successor to the kgb, was the secretary of the security council , was prime minister in "99 and was elected president, buoyed by a rebounding economy. >> this came after extreme recession in the 1990s, and suddenly the economy was back on its feet. people felt a sense of stability. people were grateful to the team in charge. vladimir putin served two terms as president and was prevented from running again. he served as prime minister under dmitry medvedev and won back the presidency in 2012. he oversaw economic reforms, was the first russian or soviet leader to visit israel and strengthened his imaging with a brutal campaign to put down the rebelian no chech niia. >> it is short lived. in chech na there was a rally. a spike in his ratings, but it evab rated. >> vooutan used the med-- vladi putin used the media. his 30 years marriage ended. his two daughters are a mystery. kept out of the public eye. rumours are fodder for the european

st petersburg confidence was shaken over the weekend by one nil loss to cska moscow now. the club is also struggling to overcome differences over in teams of a coach. one final item three twenty three month old colt of their kinds have made their first appearance at the next how a bronze to the very young mother tube on and kept a close watch as the cut the lead cop enjoyed the open space of a physio outdoor enclosure the keepers that the young family had the most critical phase behind them and i are doing well. the cubs will meet their father. the yorkie for the first time later this year. i thank you's to love them as much as we sailed into the air freshener i then saw from appear to genting you very much for wanting to stay with us. shea. he is. i know. he said. sixteen and canapes. back in after claim at the barber shop. it was one of our own. for more here i like the changing one's mind is the world's first jewish teachers weekdays. it's about the peace process was for many years. in twenty oh eight in its brightness of this trial the haunting of interest. i know. i

st. petersburg. he ended up in the kremlin. underestimate vladimir putin. >> how should ukraine be restructured? against --sh should russia be a part of that restructuring? >> so much of the trade, particularly for the eastern part of the ukraine is with russia. if you talk to the russians, they remind you that the founding of what we think of russia today was kiev. we have to come in through the international monetary fund, the bank reconstruction development that worked on that out of london and europe, the european investment bank,'s government to government lending. give them support, and they will take positive economic reforms that we are not taking under yanukovych. discuss two hot button topics, it is always great to be with you. >> thank you very much. >> "bottom line continues. ♪ >> facebook's $19 billion pp has broughtatsa more deals in the online chat industry. bloomberg's middle east correspondent spoke with life persons ceo in tel aviv. >> the world is really changing. things like facebook are acquiring whatsapp,

st. petersburg. there were arrests at those rallies. the police moved in fast. the police say they arrested 40 or 50 people. the human rights groups are saying the number is higher, that some 300 were detained. protests took place for what russia is doing in ukraine. they are much larger, 27,000 people, if you believe what the police are saying. >> rory challands in moscow. the united states has been vocal about russia's moves. mike viqueira is live at the white house. more stern statements from the white house. what are the administration's options today? >> the options are what they are trying to scramble to figure out. president obama, we are told from a spokesman has been with the national security advisors this morning. he's been getting updates, spending the afternoon talking to allied world leaders. john kerry making the rounds of some of the sunday talk shows. still insisting that this is not a cold war redo, although it's obviously russia versus the west in the crisis over ukraine. harking back to an earlier era, saying it's 19th century actions on the

st. petersburg, and who lives there. >> yes, it's a district that pin pinellis county where st. petersburg is carved out. it's predominantly a white district, voters, over half are seniors, but most no party affiliation and only 2.4% difference between republicans and democrats with the republicans having an upper hand. it's been evolving into a competitive district and democrats were hopeful to pick the seat up. >> woodruff: stu, did one way or another the democrat or republican have an advantage going in? >> in terms of partisan numbers, no. it is a tossup district. the president won it twice, george bush won it in 2004. all the indices show an evenly divided district but i think it's clear alex sink had the advantage going into the actual special election. republican jolly had a primary challenge. his record, he was a washington lobbyist. that is not a great credential to go to a special election. christmas just a few months ago, alex sink had a million dollars in the bank, jolly had just over $100,000 and in the middle of a primary contest. alex sink has won this district bef

grow on a st petersburg. but when cold areas. we can become honest when ukraine slipped away from them. he had to react to in order to not look like a weakling but we will continue with the cook to death the european union is aghast that he hasn't ruled out sending russian soldiers into parts and ukraine beyond crimea is the only thing in the clip we should decide the company's defence of ukrainian systems. i'd like to see the ukrainian soldiers to shoot women and children when we are standing behind the states that the us. and then couldn't simply deny that russian soldiers were in crimea my other first and a soft though cos he agrees that put this worldview is a product of his life story the nurse knew but foolishly if it's not only childhood experiences but also his time as deputy mary peters for them and that's where he learned all the tricks of the criminal million. because he was responsible for its contacts with the municipal illustration soon is that it's hers. it is thought that russian special forces without insignia rb

st. petersburg.e was here in washington, and he was arm wrestling another american at the table who had done a lot of work in russia. and at one point, putin got up and poked him in the chest and said, cia, and the fellow poked back into putin's chest, and said, kgb. and that's the first time i realized that this fellow was somebody other than the vice-mayor of st. petersburg, that he clearly was associat associated -- by the way, his pride and his disdain for america came out in some of his comments that we had around the table. i don't know that putin has changed much. he's still basically at his core kgb. but on the other hand -- on the other hand, i think he's somebody who can be dealt with. we just have to be forceful, and we have to have the europeans united in this with us, and we have to let him know what the boundaries are. and that's one of the reasons why we want to bring this legislation up on thursday. >> all right, congressman ed royce, we appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >

st. petersburg, they head a meeting with the international. >> you mean the ga? >> yes, and it was the president and the putin were thought to shake hands, they did not do so. >> i they we believed too petty as the greatest world power and i think he is a man that we can do business with. >> well, you heard from the pro- putin corner here. >> do not knock that corner, necessarily. >> there has been tension between president putin and president obama and the olympics were a moment for putin to put his country on the world stage and restore the lost grand our. and if he behaved in a heavily handed way to ukraine, he is going undo all of the goodwill he did with the $8 billion that he spent on the olympics. >> $51 billion. >> okay, a lot more, well, the point is that he wants to show that russia is a mod herb, forward thinking nation--is a modern, forward thinking nation and how he behaves toward ukraine is going set that back. he is a smart man. the ukrainan president is a loser, he is not going back him. he wants ukraine to stay together. it is going to require a

st. petersburg, russia right now, this guy in the black vest police say may have been drunk and got into some sort of verbal discussion with a guard inside this supermarket. he calmly walks away, thinks about it, reaches into his pocket and fires that. that's being described as a gas pistol. basically some sort of self-defense weapon that shoots a chemical or some sort of tear gas. he then puts it right back into his pocket like nothing happens. police right next to him don't realize that he just pulled the trigger on that weapon. looks like he's about to go about his business when another guard nearby begins to approach. then -- >> whoa. >> guy winds up on his butt other people come to help and they quick lly wrestle the guy d take the pistol away. one 50-year-old was taken to the hospital with chemical burns to eyes. so the guy did hit his target. >>> you can always depend on dad to take care of business and to have a tool for the job. in this case little zach insisted that dad pull his tooth! >> ahh. >> okay. i can see what i did wrong. >> he was very upset because the other kids in h

st. petersburg, florida. he often worked long hours and some nights were longer than others. >> he called me at 10:18 and said, i'm just letting you know i'm going to be later tonight because we had a late party and i just closed up. i just let everyone out and locked the door. >> around midnight, an exterminator entered the restaurant with his own key. >> that is when he saw all the bloody footprints and he saw and found mr. holmes' lifeless body. >> stephen holmes had been stabbed to death. >> i've never seen a crime scene this horrific. it was a pretty bad scene. >> in a clear case of overkill, stephen was stabbed more than 40 times. >> when you think of a murder, you sometimes think, okay, somebody is shot or stabbed. this was a vicious, vicious attack. he was almost decapitated. >> robbery appeared to be the motive. about $8,000 was missing from the safe in the manager's office. this was much more than usual, because the restaurant had been promoting $100 gift certificates as christmas presents that even

st. petersburg tonight. dana?: erin, i'm at alex sink's the democratic candidate's headquarters. she just came out, she's speaking behind me. she is conceding this race. as you said, the reason why there is such a national focus on what's going on here is because it has been kind of a testing ground for both parties on several fronts but most importantly on the message of obamacare, what alex sink has been saying at the behest of the democratic party is that she is still for obamacare but that she thinks there should be some changes, there should be some reforms to it. and that is something that she's been pushing, something that democrats were and still are hoping that other democrats in tough races in the big mid terms in november can use. it didn't work for her here, but it's also important to note that this is a district that has been held by a republican or was held by a republican until he passed away for 43 years. so the winner as you said is david jolly. we expect him to come out and speak at his headquart

st. petersburg. he was esteemed to be a reformer supporting the idea of democracy and free markets. vladimir putin worked for him. i don't think for one minute that he's not in control of his senses. i think he's very smart, he's very cagey, he is an ardent russian nationalist. you can be a russian nationalist and still not take action, is that are inconsistent with a stable world order. >> rose: what do you think of the fact that the president of russia, the president of the united states are having these lengthy phone conversations, is that the way to go or should that be handled by secretaries of state and foreign moneyers? >> i think there's nothing at all wrong with that because there's a lot at stake here. if we're going to finally get to a dialogue, if we're going to finally find a way to try to work out a diplomatic solution to this problem, i think it's very good for the leaders to be talking, not face to face but talking to each other. and you know, that doesn't foreclose secretary of state from talking with the russian foreign minister. they're doing a lot of talking, too

st. petersburg, russia, she was immediately sent to an orphanage after her surgery. >> i didn't have a wheelchairso my legs were atrophied. >> six years later, a chance visit by an american to the orphanage changed her life. >> i immediately knew she was my mom. >> adoption gave her an instant family. her mom pushed tatjana to participate in sports. >> getting involved in sports saved my life. i said i really want to be a paralympic athlete. >> she became the youngest member of the u.s. track and field team at the athens paralympic game. she won four more medals in beijing and in london she won gold. in 2013, mcfadden won the grand slam title for marathon wheelchair racing, then traded her wheelchair for a sit city. now she's back in russia where she's competing in the paralympic nordic cross skiing event. dr. sanjay gupta, reporting. there's this kid. coach calls her a team player. she's kind of special. she makes the whole team better. he's the kind of player that puts the puck, horsehide, bullet. right where it needs to be. coach calls it logistics. he's a great passer. dependable. a winning t

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train five three to seven is departing from moscow and it's just st petersburg. for a train five three zero nine has departed from human to come check. well you know military train five to zero four is moving from such a station to the naval base. before that it should go towards the eastern bridge. you. know you do it usually happens that when people talk about a project like this they have three basic questions about it with the how much does it costs so much time will it take to build up with when will it break even though that i have the exact same but very solid and awfully convincing on certain all three of these questions i don't know. i always leave it would be difficult to start any partnership with me when you begin at this kind of starting point the war that's why i came to the conclusion that if i wanted to make something i should only rely on my own abilities brought up was a way used to be a factory instant petersburg that specialized in making a space for space products back in the one nine hundred ninety s. i became one of the owners. good morning

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kayla has been raking in the rubles by doing business with wealthy customers from moscow and st petersburg. you may sleep in the best hotels. and enjoyed the intellect lifestyle. i've been coming here with the whole family for four or five years. we come to ski every winter. his skill as a pleasant little town for parents and children to spend a vacation and eighty pence which was to busy week the shoes love of pete hill has driven up real estate prices. dozens of buildings and apartments are owned by russians. to go for lunch three places like this one which cost more than three million euros. channel ten s of the key to show you around call me half the kitchen and dining area with an open coffin large dining table he has always had some guests rather than very family oriented. the real estate agent says sanctions against russia are on an idea. downs on this hunt down we went on to get where we know it would be attending a mistake to stir up trouble this on to the contras. it's putin says attendant asked anymore the russians were not a bandstand way that's my consent this is the bcp speak

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st. petersburg, florida pulled the plug on its cameras after three years saying they didn't make fiscal sense. on wednesday, ellisville, missouri, voted to terminate its contract after public outcry. critics say the cameras are unconstitutional and create a driving hazard. >> it puts people in a really tough spot between making a choice to perhaps get into a rear-end accident or force themselves to run that intersection and get a ticket. >> reporter: nationwide the number of communities using red light cameras is down about 6% since 2012. and while 24 states and washington, d.c. allow them, nine states have banned them. >> we're coming up to this first one right now. >> reporter: st. louis police chief sam dodson, says in his city he's noticed no increase in crashes. his officers sort through some 500 violations a day. >> there we have another violation. no stop. >> no stop. >> reporter: dodson says without the cameras, his force would be stretched too thin. >> it would take over 200 police officers to do what the cameras are doing today. >> reporter: he agrees with the camera provider's stat

st. petersburg demonstrator clashed over putin's request to use force, authorities say 40 people were arrestedrally. >> hundreds of people matched and camped in bank cog vowing to topple the government. egypt's interrupt president has sworn in a new government. the new lineup has 20 ministers from the old cabinet, including defense minister' del sisi he's widely expected to run for president this years a live look at preparations for the 86th annual academy a wards in los angeles. in just a couple of hours fans and stars will be arriving there for hollywood's biggest night. talk show hold ellen degeneres is hosting. favorites including american hustle, graph reu and 12 years a slave. those are the headlines think i am jonathan betz i will be back in an hour with more news, but up next the documentary toughest place taxi driver starts now for updates all day go to al jazerra doll come. have a good day. taxi driver to join the taxi wallahs in the indian megacity of mumbai. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. big bus, big bus, big bus. what have i got myself into here, eh? >> he'll have to come to g

st. petersburg, there were arrests at those rallies the police moved in fairly fast.police say they arrested maybe 40 or 50 people. there are human rights groups here in russia that are saying the number one much, much higher than that, that some 300 people were detained. there are also protests that took place for what russia is doing in ukraine those protests much larger some 27,000 people, if you believe what the police are sailing. >> all right, rory challands joining us from moscow. >>> and coming up on al jazerra america, a 92-year-ol 92-year-od transgender veteran battles the federal government over social security. >>> good afternoon and welcome back to al jazerra america. i am morgan radford. a 92-year-old world war ii veteran says she has been fighting for are social security benefits but huh been denied because she's transgender, al jazerra has that story. >> reporter: she is a world war ii veteran, a flight instructor, and at 92 a stock market trader. >> life is beautiful. it is such a joy to live. >> reporter: two years ago she says she lost the love of h

st. petersburg where demonstrators crashed over putin's request to use force. 40 people were arrested in rally. >>> second of state john kerry wasn't holding back on meet the press this morning, he had this to say. >> this is an act of aggression that is completely trumped up in terms of its pretext. it's really 19th century behavior in the 21st century. president obama hopes that president putin will turn in the direction that is available to him to work with all of us in a way that creates stability in ukraine. this does not have to be and should not be an east-west struggle. this is not about russia and the u.s., this is about the people of ukraine. >> british foreign minister william haige is now on his way to kiev. he said ukraine's approach to russia is in fact appropriate and world powers are now uniting in their diplomatic response. >> i will strongly advic advisem to continue with that approach. i am very concerned by reports this morning of escalating tension. he will also continue to your honor the return an to his speak directly to the ukrainians through ministers, through mi

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st. petersburg was the first vessel to reach the search area. an australian navy ship is two days away and a british survey ship, h.m.s. echo is also on its way. there are now 29 aircraft and 18 ships involved in the wider search area stretching from the shores of burma to the far south. the search operation is being coordinated from this air force base just outside perth. the planes are back here for the night and will resume in the morning in a four hours' time. officials are warning, of course, that the search for this debris could take days and even then, of course, it may have nothing to do with the missing plane. >> for more on those images central toll search, i'm joined from new york by an aviation expert. thank you for joining me. what do you make of these satellite images? do you think this could be debris from the plane? >> it could. however, there is a very, very large debris field located off the coast of western australia that stretches about 1,000 miles and travels in a counterclockwise manner in an oval shape. so it may or may no

st. petersburg and it's hoping to expand operations next year. ford operates three plants with a russian automaker. exxon mobile formed an alliance with russia's state-owned oil company in 2011 exploring for oil in siberia, the arctic and citi group holds more than $10 billion in assets in russia. tenth largest emerging markets. jp morgan chase exposure nearly $5 billion. >>> radio shack has no stores in russia. the struggling retailer is having a hard enough time attracting shoppers right here in the u.s. after a terrible fourth quarter which included the holiday season, shares of radio shack tumbled 17% today, forcing the company to announce some major changes. courtney reagan has more on the massive number of store closings to come and whether radio shack can even survive. >> reporter: for decades, radio shack has been the answer for folks in an electronics pinch, needing that cable or connector. but some believe radio shack may be entering the beginning of the end of its lifetime as the neighborhood electronics solution. today the retailer an

st. petersburg area is a test area. obama did carry the drnkt two times. it's being called one of the most expensive this cycle. outside spending more than doubled candidate spending, and the outside interests often overshadowed the candidates themselves, but last night a raucus crowd congratulated jolly. bob barker even announced him by video. jolly, who was a former lobbyist, called for unity after a hard fought, often nasty race where committee and super pac ads some true and some -- saturated the airwaves. >> i have very good news tonight. no more commercials. >> i have believed from the very beginning that this is a pineliss county race. we've talked about it. for months that's been a guiding principle to me. this race has always been personal to me, not political. >> no more commercials was a good line. >>> less than eight months to go new polling data suggests an uphill battle for president obama and the democratic party. according to nbc news and the "wall street journal" president obama's approval rating dropped to a personal low. 41%. more americ

st. petersburg clearwater airport. her father was flying the plane. he was killed in the crash. investigators say the plan had a field problem as it approached the airport. >> the senators are asking for a meeting with bp following this week's oil spill. clean-up continues along the southern shore of the lake. between 9- 18 bar. of crude oil spilled into the lake after a malfunction at the plant earlier this week. crews have recovered most of the oil which got into a system that cools equipment. the epa says it does not look like there's any threat to the environment or drinking water supply. crews will continue to check the beach for oil. >> a man is suing police claiming officers beat him so severely he was hospitalized for several days and needed surgery to have a metal plate put in his head. he says he was walking earlier this month when a police officer began chasing him and hit him in the head with the butt of a gun. more officers from evanston joined in and began hitting him before handcuffing him. the lawsuit does not say why he believes he was attacked. it does note tha

the st petersburg has now arrived in an area of the indian ocean to one of ten thousand km southwest of perth. it's where investigators checking satellite images spotted objects in the water the largest image of the same as the system being twenty four wickets. and this one cents more than that and then the number above the images i'm in the general area the aerial search was halted at nightfall and will resume again on friday morning several ships are on their way to join the effort the first reconnaissance aircraft in the area was unable to make the siding it's far from certain the objects are wreckage of the mh three seventy kg but malaysian authorities are treating it as a credible lead. school starts this fall we will continue. and that is why i say that it has retired to find you can crop and to beat the blackhawks. but instead the attendees must also show that we must never never give up hope. hope is all these families have they been waiting anxiously for two weeks for news of their loved ones. much like the bag on the bed rounded the ocean that title. the problem was a fun t

sports now and another fine win for burris at dortmund after therefore to victory against zenit st petersburg during the week in the champions league. back in the bundesliga base the world are berkeley mail on saturday the fifth again mouthfuls rather than just me and handed the guitar in all sport in the second half to seal the win. and let's take a look at the rest of the weekend's results. i'll spend two one all with hanover run by dan mentioned that i finished the same way that it is a severed a shock to see ten mines women won the derby deal with combat by nenek had just destroyed shot the winning side the one in sunday's games often hunt against full spec and frankfurt against the tide and five but minogue got the weekend's action underway on friday night with the closely fought draw we'll have to wait and hope for more than a goalless draw but for five of the away point could prove vital in the battle against relegation here's a report i know we can do scientists is a beetle away team had seven and says hi. that is exchanged friendly gestures up to attain bundesliga match in which neit

the same status as moscow and st petersburg the local population is already being given russian passports. however they can choose truth is that i keep the ukrainian papers. local authorities abbas has said pensions and salaries will soon be raised to russian levels. look at the red tape that still needs clearing up the first three sets of already been completed and you can see right here. now max the parliament has ratified the agreement that lawmakers need to pass into federal law. and finally the russian constitution and the land. western nations have turned to cold war rhetoric saying they want blood rush to get away with reunification that easily the revolution in kiev that toppled the democratically elected president is making some cry hypocrisy presentation speech made it very clear. that's what happened in crimea was going which was sold off the western backed to think if the european union really showed its face as a bully garfunkel and anti democratic organization when they contend the referendum. we simply look at what happened in february and kept them to say. the rozelle elec

st. petersburg, russia. president obama talked by phone with putin over the weekend for 90 minutes. today mr. obama said putin is, quote, on the wrong side of history. and there are threats of economic sanctions against russia. major garrett is at the white house for us tonight. major? >> reporter: scott, president obama is meeting now with top national security and economic advisors on ukraine. mr. obama knows that economic sanctions against russia are the west's best weapon at this stage. but european nations are not yet ready to go down that road. german chancellor angela merkel has told the president she fears provoking an even bigger military response from moscow. today president obama said russia faces a stark choice. >> over time, this will be a costly proposition for russia. and now is the time for them to consider whether they can serve their interests in a way that resorts to diplomacy as opposed to force. >> reporter: despite a weekend of criticism that he has appeared weak, president obama believes it is putin who is playing the weak hand. the president views putin's inv

st. petersburg and adding a series of new mansions to the grounds for each leader to stay in. those were the days. a spokesman said russia is interested in continuing contacts with g-8 members. tolda's foreign minister reporters that he is not clinging to the g-8 format. he says mother russia is the wider g 20. as for the g7, it's statement reads, we will suspend our participation in the g-8 until russia changes course. the situation in ukraine. if that escalates, president say they other leaders will levy tougher sanctions on russia. >> we are concerned about further encroachment by russia and ukraine. announced and what the european council announced was that we were consulting and putting in place the framework and architecture for additional sanctions and additional costs should russia take this next step. >> we know the president can walk the walk. can he talk the talk? ,> we have a united states after having back down on this red line in syria, he feels he has to follow through on his threats. ,e is coming up against putin who feels like this is the most important intere

st. petersburg-based bank, the 17th largest in the country. yuri kovalchuk is on the list and so is the bank. it is the first time the united states has sanctioned a financial entity. rossiya has come out with a statement saying it will not be affected by this decision. if the bank requires any assistance, it will require -- it will provide assistance to the lender. the russian rail network, state-controlled, london listed. interesting character who is also known president putting for a long time. sanctioned oneen the united states list. the sanctions are arty getting very personal. the u.s. and european union acted last night. they're going up the food chain trying to get associates much closer to president putting than before. putinser to president than before. >> at the moment, the meetings seem to be eliciting a more cautious response. >> he might try to. that depends on the events on the ground. quite clearly, while they wouldn't say it publicly, there is an understanding in the west, both here in the european union and in brussels, and i

fleet is based is a separate federal subject with in 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 also said pensions and salaries will soon be raised to russian levels now let's have a look at the red tape that still needs clearing up the first three steps have already been completed as you can see right here now next the parliament has to ratify the agreement that lawmakers need to pass it into federal law and finally the russian constitution will then be amended western nations have turned to cold war rhetoric saying they want blood russia get away with reunification that easily but the revolution in kiev that toppled the democratically elected president is making some cry hypocrisy president putin's speech made it very clear what happened in crimea was a direct result of the western backed coup in kiev european union really showed its face as an oligarch you call and you democratic organization when it condemned the refe

sevastopol becomes 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 everyone is free to keep their ukrainian papers as well local authorities have also said pensions and salaries will soon be raised to russian levels but the jubilation however was a model by that of the fatal shooting of two men by snipers in sevastopol in fact one alleged gunman has been detained and is a suspected pro radical investigative suggest there were similarities between this shooting and sniper fire during the coup when the ukrainian capital details now of artie's alexy to shift. some very worrying developments coming from one of the military bases located within the city's a boundaries now the local interior ministry has confirmed that two people have been shot dead this is one ukrainian officer from a ukrainian military base and one a member of self defense contingent which was securing the perimeter over there moreover the interior ministry says that's according to a different agency which quotes t

st. petersburg. -- he was not a can you asaid to him an old kgb person explain to me why gorbachev rejected negotiating about eastern europe and then gave it for nothing six months later? and he considered that a hugely significant remark. hasis view is that russia indicated, because of the incompetence of its leadership, and it gave up 300 years of its and they are right back .o where they started so he wants to restore -- >> how does he carry that agenda? you said that you don't believe that he wanted to take over ukraine or he realized he couldn't because the west reacted. he wants a eurasian bloc, the state of the former soviet union , plus what all girls -- plus whatever else is available. and then that would probably give him the option of playing with russia and playing with europe -- playing with china and playing with europe. >> what do you make of this? many people have said at this table and said to me he has more leverage than we do at this moment. there has been an influence with ukraine. his army is there as a base. and he just had the success in the olympics. he is influentia