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the question of e.u. enlargement to ukraine is felt, i know here, as to the massive missed opportunity by the european union. why didn't they do this years ago? viewed from european capitals, the answers are quite, you know, simpler, that there was very little appetite for further enlargement amongst the populations of the european union after the last enlargement that the, what's actually involved in incorporating a country into the e.u. is massively complicated, and it's a process of many, many years. so i can see what the scowcroft and the kingennier -- kissinger's are getting at, but it is more complicated than it seems from this side of the atlantic. energy and gas, i think that's going to be very important, and i think that could be one very positive thing about this crisis if it gets the americans to kind of resolve the debates about the exports of the clear energy bonanza in the u.s. that would be good news i think, actually, for measuring as well, but also certainly for the your boons. and just a
the question of e.u. enlargement to ukraine is felt, i know here, as to the massive missed opportunity by the european union. why didn't they do this years ago? viewed from european capitals, the answers are quite, you know, simpler, that there was very little appetite for further enlargement amongst the populations of the european union after the last enlargement that the, what's actually involved in incorporating a country into the e.u. is massively complicated, and it's a process of many,...
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the question of e.u. enlargement to ukraine is felt, i know here, as to the massive missed opportunity by the european union. why didn't they do this years ago? viewed from european capitals, the answers are quite, you know, simpler, that there was very little appetite for further enlargement amongst the populations of the european union after the last enlargement that the, what's actually involved in incorporating a country into the e.u. is massively complicated, and it's a process of many, many years. so i can see what the scowcroft and the kingennier -- kissinger's are getting at, but it is more complicated than it seems from this side of the atlantic. energy and gas, i think that's going to be very important, and i think that could be one very positive thing about this crisis if it gets the americans to kind of resolve the debates about the exports of the clear energy bonanza in the u.s. that would be good news i think, actually, for measuring as well, but also certainly for the your boons. and just a
the question of e.u. enlargement to ukraine is felt, i know here, as to the massive missed opportunity by the european union. why didn't they do this years ago? viewed from european capitals, the answers are quite, you know, simpler, that there was very little appetite for further enlargement amongst the populations of the european union after the last enlargement that the, what's actually involved in incorporating a country into the e.u. is massively complicated, and it's a process of many,...
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the e.u. has promised even tougher restrictions if a russia continues with what the west calls aggression against ukraine so let's take a look at what's at stake if the e.u. is to impose sanctions on russia any potential visa bans would certainly harm the terrorists the tourist rather industry take spain for example where travelers from russia spend over two billion euros again trade restrictions would also injure the rupee and economy france would have to pass up a one billion euro deal to supply russia with two mistral helicopter carriers and as well germany forty percent of its oil and gas consumes comes from russia and russian gas count for about a third of europe's consumption in general now moscow had several economic fallout with the west in the past two years including to gas conflicts that's why russia is looking east for economic partners now trade between russia and china has been growing in leaps and bounds since twenty ten when it surged by over forty percent in just a record trade
the e.u. has promised even tougher restrictions if a russia continues with what the west calls aggression against ukraine so let's take a look at what's at stake if the e.u. is to impose sanctions on russia any potential visa bans would certainly harm the terrorists the tourist rather industry take spain for example where travelers from russia spend over two billion euros again trade restrictions would also injure the rupee and economy france would have to pass up a one billion euro deal to...
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the stakes that the e.u. has. for the u.s. it's less of an agony because their economic and business exposure in russia is far less than many e.u. countries. difficult to predict how this plays itself out, but it's not going to be a neat and tidy outcome. >> thank you very much. >> thats it from me for the moment. >> let's go straight to crimea, and in front of a ukrainian base in the town. what more can you tell bus this ultimatum that has been issued by the commander of the black sea fleet? >> well, we spoke to the headquarters of the ukrainian navy. they have confirmed the ultimatum and that it confirms two navy bases and two navy ships, but they could not tell us about the rest of the armed forces. the commander of the base just behind me has come out and spoken to reporters, and he said he would not surrender to the russians. he said he will continue taking his orders from kiev, and he also said that other commanders in crimea have refused to fall under the leadership of the man who actually defected or was sacked, dependi
the stakes that the e.u. has. for the u.s. it's less of an agony because their economic and business exposure in russia is far less than many e.u. countries. difficult to predict how this plays itself out, but it's not going to be a neat and tidy outcome. >> thank you very much. >> thats it from me for the moment. >> let's go straight to crimea, and in front of a ukrainian base in the town. what more can you tell bus this ultimatum that has been issued by the commander of the...
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the partnership deal with the e.u. was seen as catastrophic yet from the un states now the west is promising economic aid through the international monetary fund but the assistance comes under the strictest of conditions and has already pushed other countries to the brink of collapse. the referendum is seven days away voters will be asked any two questions but whichever way the people choose the status of crimea will inevitably be very different from what it is now and there were actually many more reasons for people here to want to change policy r.t. some from upul. well it is not only in crimea where people are not happy with the changes in kiev thousands marched in cities across the southeast and throughout the week pushing for referendums one of the most recent rallies took place and done over a thousand people have protested against to the interim central government and demanded the release of the so-called people's governor there a pro russian activist who was chosen by locals to represent them was earlier arreste
the partnership deal with the e.u. was seen as catastrophic yet from the un states now the west is promising economic aid through the international monetary fund but the assistance comes under the strictest of conditions and has already pushed other countries to the brink of collapse. the referendum is seven days away voters will be asked any two questions but whichever way the people choose the status of crimea will inevitably be very different from what it is now and there were actually many...
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the e.u. has no leverage whatsoever with russia europe is buying gas from russia and europe is paying for that in euro's those euros come back to europe via russia to buy goods and services in europe so germany is a great beneficiary of this so in terms of any sanctions from the e.u. there's no chance whatsoever it's all bark and no bite you know as far as washington goes if they're if they do impose sanctions there's huge ramifications here for for progress that's made been made globally in the last century and that's the restart of the start treaty in two thousand and ten that's certainly in jeopardy it's regressive it's got no benefits really for today's society the world's moved ahead and it seems washington is very keen to drag it back into the past and trouble is going to end with public dissent and a potential breakup of its territory that's looming bankruptcy to consider as well ukraine is desperately walking to secure a massive loans but is on his meeting a culture of explains the clo
the e.u. has no leverage whatsoever with russia europe is buying gas from russia and europe is paying for that in euro's those euros come back to europe via russia to buy goods and services in europe so germany is a great beneficiary of this so in terms of any sanctions from the e.u. there's no chance whatsoever it's all bark and no bite you know as far as washington goes if they're if they do impose sanctions there's huge ramifications here for for progress that's made been made globally in...
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who voted against the membership in the e.u. in the referendum and that was simply ignored for expediency to push the treaty through so you have this double standard and i must also remind everybody that only eight or nine months ago when the muslim brotherhood was ousted in a popular uprising in egypt the u.s. set its emissaries begging to reinstate the democratically elected government and that it was absolutely. you know unacceptable from their standard so we have a clear double standard here so mazing thing is if you look at what happened in syria there's a kind of a trend of the the west getting in bed with people who are marriages of convenience so they backed a jihad jihad is to link forces in syria for regime change and now you have the total spin whereby you have the e.u. getting in bed with neo nazis in an easy jihad in kiev so it's absolutely incredible but then you know in the beginning the program you talked about media coverage here i think this is patrick brings up a very interesting point and some of the people in
who voted against the membership in the e.u. in the referendum and that was simply ignored for expediency to push the treaty through so you have this double standard and i must also remind everybody that only eight or nine months ago when the muslim brotherhood was ousted in a popular uprising in egypt the u.s. set its emissaries begging to reinstate the democratically elected government and that it was absolutely. you know unacceptable from their standard so we have a clear double standard...
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the e.u. further calls upon the chinese authorities to ensure that all human rights of all minorities are respected germany continues to be worried about human rights violations in china the world will be looking at china to a greater extent than it has in past years and people who also believe and how china presents itself in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of the press now though they're happy to let the business of doing business take center stage europe's real politic as a very short memory. the trial of a proxy. but if the e.u. does go along with more sanctions on the kremlin over ukraine this may in the end only benefit china. skin are breaking down the global chess game for us. in the last several weeks the word sanctions has dominated all russian related news remember as imposed sanctions sanctions sanctions on should. we make sure that an exceptional actions will be very serious consequences so far the sanctions of the e.u. and the u.s. have been personal frozen assets of certai
the e.u. further calls upon the chinese authorities to ensure that all human rights of all minorities are respected germany continues to be worried about human rights violations in china the world will be looking at china to a greater extent than it has in past years and people who also believe and how china presents itself in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of the press now though they're happy to let the business of doing business take center stage europe's real politic as a very short...
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the e.u. further calls upon the chinese authorities to ensure that all human rights of all minorities are respected germany continues to be worried about human rights violations in china the world will be looking at china to a greater extent than it has in past years and people who also believe and how china presents itself in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of the press no though they're happy to let the business of doing business take center stage europe's real politic is a very short memory. the trial of a proxy. china is such an attractive prospect because it's expected to become the world's biggest economy in less than five kids its growth rate is slowing a little but it remains well ahead of everyone else is the host of venture capital case of people they were explains to us why china is a key player. the chinese economy has come a long way since being one of the poorest countries in the world back in nineteen seventy eight and now fast forward more than three decades and china is
the e.u. further calls upon the chinese authorities to ensure that all human rights of all minorities are respected germany continues to be worried about human rights violations in china the world will be looking at china to a greater extent than it has in past years and people who also believe and how china presents itself in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of the press no though they're happy to let the business of doing business take center stage europe's real politic is a very short...
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the e.u. plans to meet thursday about the possibility of sanctions but so far the group has treaded lightly. >> crisis diplomacy is not a weakness but it is more important than ever for us not to fall into the abyss of a military escalation not to blunder into this abyss. >> summited osummitvladimir puts unfazed. the u.s. really has little economic leverage. for example, russia and germany have strong economic ties. germany is the biggest importer of russian gas and oil. some of it comes through pop lines across the ukraine. russian supplies account for 36% of all german gas consumption. german leader angela merkel has taken on a quiet diplomatic approach through phone conversation in moscow. in washington president obama's options are limited by congress. speaker of the house of representatives republican john boehner spoke with the u.s. stand off against russia against. >> the majority working with our committee chairs on a bailout package also working with them on possible dealing with sanct
the e.u. plans to meet thursday about the possibility of sanctions but so far the group has treaded lightly. >> crisis diplomacy is not a weakness but it is more important than ever for us not to fall into the abyss of a military escalation not to blunder into this abyss. >> summited osummitvladimir puts unfazed. the u.s. really has little economic leverage. for example, russia and germany have strong economic ties. germany is the biggest importer of russian gas and oil. some of it...
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here is where the e.u. can help over the longer term. in that sense the e.u.ssociation agreement is what viktor yanukovych rejected, leading to his ousting. should the e.u. get the association agreement signed and offer membership? >> well, yes. i think the association agreement should be signed in a short period of time. some e.u. officials talk about the prospects of membership. some member states need to be convinced of that. they need to be careful that the agreement doesn't become a source of tension and gegs. they need to use it to glue the state together. >> richard young, consider associate. the european center joining us. thank you so much. >> police in china are looking for some of the attackers who killed 29 people at a southern train station. a group ram paged through the station with knives. beside the dead 130 were injured. horrified bystanders and train riders tried to flee the rampage. >> translation: i saw many killed and a group carrying knives. then they ran away. >> stayed media says the attackers are ethnic muslim separatists from the coun
here is where the e.u. can help over the longer term. in that sense the e.u.ssociation agreement is what viktor yanukovych rejected, leading to his ousting. should the e.u. get the association agreement signed and offer membership? >> well, yes. i think the association agreement should be signed in a short period of time. some e.u. officials talk about the prospects of membership. some member states need to be convinced of that. they need to be careful that the agreement doesn't become a...
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the e.u. of backing their candidates which is the opposition government in kiev and the russians are backing the large russian speaking population and in a way my view of this is that the e.u. of actually caused this whole crisis in some sense because they have blatantly ignored the fact that the country is deeply divided between these two factions east and west russian persian pro ukrainian nationalist and by doing this the pushing their agenda through refusing to see the other side and that's going to lead to a division although you know the focus was on my down and the demonstrations which have now come culminated in this new government is soon is that finished you put a new government in pro nationalists western orientated ukrainian government it's only natural that the other half of the country are actually going to stand up and say well hang about we don't have any say in this and we were against the protests in the first place and now we're being completely ignored what about us and so i
the e.u. of backing their candidates which is the opposition government in kiev and the russians are backing the large russian speaking population and in a way my view of this is that the e.u. of actually caused this whole crisis in some sense because they have blatantly ignored the fact that the country is deeply divided between these two factions east and west russian persian pro ukrainian nationalist and by doing this the pushing their agenda through refusing to see the other side and that's...
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but we did hear from the e.u. and foreign policy katherine cash toncatherineashton,. >> we'll look at the results of the so-called referendum. i don't have to remind any of you that it's illegal under the constitution of ukraine and under international law. i call upon russia yet again to meet with ukrainian leaders and to start dialogue with them, and to try to move to deescalation as quickly as possible. we see no evidence of that. >> so, you know, they still want to talk things out. but this--these developments today, these sanctions, as i said, del, are they going to hurt? well, they are going to hurt and this is a pretty serious develop. >> what are they saying in ukraine. we're outside of the vote of crimea to secede, so what is being said in parliament today. >> reporter: the ukrainian parliament all along said they would not recognize it. they said this is illegal and crimean parliament does not have the authority to make an unilateral decision on secession. coming back to sanctions it will be interesting t
but we did hear from the e.u. and foreign policy katherine cash toncatherineashton,. >> we'll look at the results of the so-called referendum. i don't have to remind any of you that it's illegal under the constitution of ukraine and under international law. i call upon russia yet again to meet with ukrainian leaders and to start dialogue with them, and to try to move to deescalation as quickly as possible. we see no evidence of that. >> so, you know, they still want to talk things...
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in the e.u. at all right now dmitri rohloff of course you came to prominence with your essays collapse gap in the follow up to that essay talking about how basically the arms race between america and soviet union has bankrupted both countries with the soviet union going bust first and the u.s. is kind of going through a slow motion collapse over the past twenty years what can we glean from this current you can crisis that would relate to the collapse gap theory how do you fit it into your paradigm well on the one hand this is an ongoing set of rolling collapses basically to keep the core that western economic core from collapsing it's important to continue destroying countries so we destroyed iraq we destroyed libya we destroyed syria and now are destroying ukraine and that thing is that basically whenever we destroy a country the result is massive wealth destruction that occurs somewhere other than in the economic heartland allowing the economic heartland to continue to exist at some point we wil
in the e.u. at all right now dmitri rohloff of course you came to prominence with your essays collapse gap in the follow up to that essay talking about how basically the arms race between america and soviet union has bankrupted both countries with the soviet union going bust first and the u.s. is kind of going through a slow motion collapse over the past twenty years what can we glean from this current you can crisis that would relate to the collapse gap theory how do you fit it into your...
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germany within the e.u. is not exactly on the russian side, but on the more moderate side, let's put it this way. again, there are limitations to what can be done. they will come under pressure domestically from civil society. a crucial indication of what the e.u. is going to do would be the helicopter carriers which france is scheduled to deliver to russia. that will be a litmus test for the determination of the e.u. to do something about ukraine and russia. >> the question about what would happen after the russian invasion in eastern ukraine and sanctions. they would probably need military protection from international forces. ukrainian territorial integrity. aggression is important in the crisis in crimea. the eastern ukraine indicates in current political international system which was created in 1945. symbolically, this order in 2015. the resolution of the way of development. it is one point of view. the question about occupation of eastern ukraine. the central government does not have capacity to keep p
germany within the e.u. is not exactly on the russian side, but on the more moderate side, let's put it this way. again, there are limitations to what can be done. they will come under pressure domestically from civil society. a crucial indication of what the e.u. is going to do would be the helicopter carriers which france is scheduled to deliver to russia. that will be a litmus test for the determination of the e.u. to do something about ukraine and russia. >> the question about what...
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he would like to speak as part of the e.u. and currently it's not certain which some of the major party sweden in the you are actually. to leave the. skin in the e.u. an independent scotland would be better and more share in i think they should be mainly a political question but it is important for think there's no cheese to express their want to use and i rethink read that. business you should have their views here to swallow but when you look at websites like better together they are sort of comedy. which stupid. things actually see and so the war of words continues project as it's been dubbed by the s.n.p. and it will only intensify as september's referendum draws. more news now from around the world. riot police have used tear gas and batons on anti austerity protesters took to the streets of athens despite a partial ban on demonstrations clashes broke out when one group tried to break through a cordon reach the finance ministry greece has been receiving rescue learns to plug its budgets but unemployment continues to so the
he would like to speak as part of the e.u. and currently it's not certain which some of the major party sweden in the you are actually. to leave the. skin in the e.u. an independent scotland would be better and more share in i think they should be mainly a political question but it is important for think there's no cheese to express their want to use and i rethink read that. business you should have their views here to swallow but when you look at websites like better together they are sort of...
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this is a major stumbling block as to how the two, the e.u. and the united states feas the issue of sanction -- face the issue of sanctions. the u.s. has a relatively small amount of trade with russia. but the e.u. has major trade relations with russia, and they get much of their energy from russia. this complicates any unified approach with sanctions. in that case, russia is also dependent on the e.u. without the hard currency earnings, russia's economy would collapse. it is a two-way street for russia. i think what we might see coming incident is hole the e.u. will move that much faster to lessen their dependence on russian energy, and that's not something russia really wants. host: coal exports were 20%, 15% passing through ukraine. take a look at this, much of which goes to three of europe's large e economies. %, and the%, italy 404 u.k. 12%. norma? caller: i will try to be brief. russia, morning, ukraine being brought out, you mentioned britain and there was something about 40% of the money in the -- in other words, he can't say where he's
this is a major stumbling block as to how the two, the e.u. and the united states feas the issue of sanction -- face the issue of sanctions. the u.s. has a relatively small amount of trade with russia. but the e.u. has major trade relations with russia, and they get much of their energy from russia. this complicates any unified approach with sanctions. in that case, russia is also dependent on the e.u. without the hard currency earnings, russia's economy would collapse. it is a two-way street...
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it would be out of the grasp of e.u. nato, and russia. d this would be most militarily and economically strong. so really we're looking towards the speech tomorrow from vladimir putin on tuesday to see if he's going to be able to flesh out some of those proposals. it's moving very quickly. >> peter sharp in moscow. >>> the syrian government said it is now in control of yabroud, the last rebel stronghold in western syria. forces have been taking the town for weeks. it means that the rebels have effectively lost their supply line for weapons on the western front which borders lebanon. >>> iran of course a major ally of the syrian government and his helped to secure that victory in yabroud. ibrahimi is hoping for a third round of peace talks in geneva. >>> a major rebel advance towards damascus was reversed in july of 2012. since then the government has taken a number of key strategic towns. a perhaps the significant last june. the isil announced it's arrival in syria, which led to increase factional fighting within option groups. we're joine
it would be out of the grasp of e.u. nato, and russia. d this would be most militarily and economically strong. so really we're looking towards the speech tomorrow from vladimir putin on tuesday to see if he's going to be able to flesh out some of those proposals. it's moving very quickly. >> peter sharp in moscow. >>> the syrian government said it is now in control of yabroud, the last rebel stronghold in western syria. forces have been taking the town for weeks. it means that...
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and the e.u. have been very much in support of the protest movement the foreign minister of germany even went to my dance have pledged his support that's despite the fact that russia has repeatedly called on its western partners to reassess the situation to take a look at who it is they're supporting but right sector now it has become a major violent force in ukraine the arms that catherine ashton was talking about are allegedly stolen by right sector from weapons during the unrest they're linked to violence against anti my down activist to deaths in eastern ukraine and the group's leader well he's wanted in russia for instigating acts of terrorism and this is a man by the way that's running for presidency in ukraine so it's only now that the violence part of this coup is over that we get this admission from the e.u. foreign policy chief that things may not be as rosy as they initially would have you believe. well brussels had every reason to denounce the actions of radical groups in ukraine much e
and the e.u. have been very much in support of the protest movement the foreign minister of germany even went to my dance have pledged his support that's despite the fact that russia has repeatedly called on its western partners to reassess the situation to take a look at who it is they're supporting but right sector now it has become a major violent force in ukraine the arms that catherine ashton was talking about are allegedly stolen by right sector from weapons during the unrest they're...
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the e.u. has more economic skin in the game. the e.u. has more leverage here. the e.u. has more fence on the energy that flows through ukraine, and when the final deal was made between the yanukovych government and the opposition even though that only lasted a few hours before yanukovych fled, it was the e.u. that negotiated that deal. so the e.u. has got to be part of this. you know, the obama administration has the most tools, the most power, but the e.u. has the most to lose. and i think that's the second thing. and the third thing here is that, you know, we're talking about, you know, how outraged everyone is and as is said, oh, russia must stop, right? this is what obama said in the briefing room on friday. he must -- there will be costs, right? so the number one question in washington and in brussels for that matter is what are those consequences, what are those costs, and what are the enforcement mechanisms that we have to hold russia accountable for the international laws it's clearly breaking, right? and the conventional wisdom here is that we have few levers o
the e.u. has more economic skin in the game. the e.u. has more leverage here. the e.u. has more fence on the energy that flows through ukraine, and when the final deal was made between the yanukovych government and the opposition even though that only lasted a few hours before yanukovych fled, it was the e.u. that negotiated that deal. so the e.u. has got to be part of this. you know, the obama administration has the most tools, the most power, but the e.u. has the most to lose. and i think...
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well the e.u. and u.s. leaders went out of their way on wednesday to present a united front with warm words handshakes and hugs this rhetoric comes in shell contrast with the scandals that have been more in their relations for months now lottie's marina portnoy reports. a political summit celebrating the bond of friendship. a bond of friendship tested by history and deadbolt is shockproof europe is america's closest partner we are more secure and we are more prosperous the world is safer and more just when europe and america stand as one except when one uses the f. bomb while referencing the other so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. . as was the case a few months ago when u.s. assistant secretary of state of victoria nuland spoke of america's closest friend in this leaked phone conversation about ukraine. the longtime military allies are currently taking their relationship to the next level through a trance pacific free trade partnershi
well the e.u. and u.s. leaders went out of their way on wednesday to present a united front with warm words handshakes and hugs this rhetoric comes in shell contrast with the scandals that have been more in their relations for months now lottie's marina portnoy reports. a political summit celebrating the bond of friendship. a bond of friendship tested by history and deadbolt is shockproof europe is america's closest partner we are more secure and we are more prosperous the world is safer and...
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he also went on to make the charge that it was the west, including the e.u. and the u.s., who stirred up the disturbances in kiev, saying that it was in his words a crude intervention into the internal sovereignty of the ukraine. so in effect, russia there reversing the tables on the u.s. saying they are not violating ukraine's sovereignty but that in fact the west did that by getting involved in those demonstrations. we are joined now by our team of correspondents. we have elise labott at the state department, richard roth at the u.n. and christiane amanpour in london. christiane, tell me what you heard that was the most striking part of this. >> reporter: well, all sides staked out the positions that we've been hearing over the last 24 hours. there was nothing new in who they blamed and counter blame. i found it striking that the russians didn't go as heavily in a diatribe against the united states as the u.s. did against russia. the things that were slightly interesting were both the united states and russia named a couple of avenues out of this. russia sug
he also went on to make the charge that it was the west, including the e.u. and the u.s., who stirred up the disturbances in kiev, saying that it was in his words a crude intervention into the internal sovereignty of the ukraine. so in effect, russia there reversing the tables on the u.s. saying they are not violating ukraine's sovereignty but that in fact the west did that by getting involved in those demonstrations. we are joined now by our team of correspondents. we have elise labott at the...
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the e.u. and ukraine both of which have important trade relations with russia and depend on it for energy supplies now according to the world trade organization back in two thousand and thirteen just last year forty five percent of russia's five hundred twenty three billion dollars in exports went to the e.u. now two thirds of which was oil and natural gas last year russia imported three hundred forty four billion dollars worth of products from the e.u. with machinery and vehicles being among the biggest of imported items in two thousand and thirteen ukraine sold almost sixteen billion worth of products to russia is the largest market with iron steel and cereal being its principal exports the u.s. is trade with ukraine is negligible by comparison it accounted for just two point five billion in both directions last year now lobel markets rallied monday after briefly falling on sunday's news that citizens of crimea voted overwhelmingly to join the russian federation nearly ninety seven percent of
the e.u. and ukraine both of which have important trade relations with russia and depend on it for energy supplies now according to the world trade organization back in two thousand and thirteen just last year forty five percent of russia's five hundred twenty three billion dollars in exports went to the e.u. now two thirds of which was oil and natural gas last year russia imported three hundred forty four billion dollars worth of products from the e.u. with machinery and vehicles being among...
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the key question is will e.u. leaders deliver on sanctions. >> it's interesting you mentioning that the ukraine prime minister is there, and he's been faith as the new leader. the e.u. is standing behind ukraine, it's provided an aid package. do they see him as the legitimate leader? >> i think that's the message that they want to send to the russians. as far as they are concerned for the time being, until constitutional reforms play out. this is the man that the european union is willing to recognise. they underline the message, with the announcement of a $15 billion aid package. they'll follow up with talk on visa liberalisation, and the possibility of speeding up talks and free trade pact. the symbolism is clear, moscow should talk to this guy because as far as the e.u. is concerned, he's the legitimate government in e.u. for the time being. >> for the moment, simon mcgregor woods there. >> now, on wednesday the u.s. secretary of state john kerry met with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov in paris. kerry d
the key question is will e.u. leaders deliver on sanctions. >> it's interesting you mentioning that the ukraine prime minister is there, and he's been faith as the new leader. the e.u. is standing behind ukraine, it's provided an aid package. do they see him as the legitimate leader? >> i think that's the message that they want to send to the russians. as far as they are concerned for the time being, until constitutional reforms play out. this is the man that the european union is...
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a change of the e.u. foreign policy chief condemns ukraine's radical right sector group the key driving force behind the op evolving here for she has enjoyed support from brussels all along. a very warm welcome to you if you just well just joined us here on our team to national pardon me i'm to one would say let's take a look at the news. the turkish government does read faceoffs legal revealed and alleged daring to justify invading neighboring syria an anonymous source posted already of a secret meeting between top turkish officials discussing a false flag operation that what appear as a syrian attack the leak on you to syria prime minister added one who rushed to block the site here's an extract from the tape. yeah. prime minister said that in current conjuncture and this attack must be seen as an opportunity for us. i'll send four men from syria it's what it takes i'll make up a cause for war by ordering a missile attack on turkey. now the discussion surrounds a possible attack on the tomb of cement in
a change of the e.u. foreign policy chief condemns ukraine's radical right sector group the key driving force behind the op evolving here for she has enjoyed support from brussels all along. a very warm welcome to you if you just well just joined us here on our team to national pardon me i'm to one would say let's take a look at the news. the turkish government does read faceoffs legal revealed and alleged daring to justify invading neighboring syria an anonymous source posted already of a...
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what do you see as being the next step either from the u.s., nato and the e.u. or from vladimir putin? >> well, with respect to the united states and their allies and western community, i think the step is to make clear to president putin that there will be costs of continued occupation of the sovereign country of ukraine and to make him think about what those costs might be and to make people around him think about what those costs might be down the road. and to give him the chance to rethink where he's going with his operation in crimea. it's my own view, and i did just step down a few days ago, i was just working in moscow last week, that this is not some master plan that putin has planned out for years and years. this is a reaction from president putin to the fall of his partner, president yanukovych in kiev a few weeks ago. where it ultimately goes i don't think has been decided yet in moscow and therefore i think it is right to put that pressure on and think about where this could really cost russians, including russians very close to president putin. >> wh
what do you see as being the next step either from the u.s., nato and the e.u. or from vladimir putin? >> well, with respect to the united states and their allies and western community, i think the step is to make clear to president putin that there will be costs of continued occupation of the sovereign country of ukraine and to make him think about what those costs might be and to make people around him think about what those costs might be down the road. and to give him the chance to...
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is the e.u. prepared for the financial impact of being associated with kiev. >> i think this will be on both sides. i think kiev hasn't pope interns of its financial demands towards moscow. there are many assets in ukraine, the russian assets that will have liabilities to moscow also. i think that will be balanced out. in terms of any aid coming in, these will be loans which ukrainians will pay back over the years. this is the new government in place, a pro reform government, a government that will focus very much on an anti corruption platform. the next two years will be difficult for ukrainians, as many countries have gone through reform. they understand that this will be difficult, gas prices will go up, generally, yes, but in the mid to long term, this is a massive step forward. >> great getting your insight. thank you so much, director of the ukrainian institute speaking to us from london. >> what if one of italy's most famous cities were no longer part of italy? venice used to be an indepen
is the e.u. prepared for the financial impact of being associated with kiev. >> i think this will be on both sides. i think kiev hasn't pope interns of its financial demands towards moscow. there are many assets in ukraine, the russian assets that will have liabilities to moscow also. i think that will be balanced out. in terms of any aid coming in, these will be loans which ukrainians will pay back over the years. this is the new government in place, a pro reform government, a government...
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and the e.u. for that matter have been saying even days and had before the referendum to place that it would be rejected that it's considered illegal and against the ukrainian constitution so certainly the latest measures this second set of sanctions the first one having taken two weeks ago basically is no surprise and u.s. officials have warned it is a list of sanctions against seven russian officials among them the head of russia's federation council a deputy prime minister and an aide to russian president vladimir putin and for ukrainian officials including ousted ukrainian president viktor yushchenko bij what these sanctions include are certain asset freezes and travel bans curiously and visa bans and we've we've heard some comments being made from certain russian officials saying what if we don't have any assets to freeze and so certainly this comes as something quite expected in moscow now this list is bound to grow according to analysts we've also seen from the european union similar sanctio
and the e.u. for that matter have been saying even days and had before the referendum to place that it would be rejected that it's considered illegal and against the ukrainian constitution so certainly the latest measures this second set of sanctions the first one having taken two weeks ago basically is no surprise and u.s. officials have warned it is a list of sanctions against seven russian officials among them the head of russia's federation council a deputy prime minister and an aide to...
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how she referred to the the e.u. during a discussion with the with over the telephone there so that is the bottom line if this turns out to be the case the e.u. will have to have a serious rethink about how it deals with what's going on here in ukraine. has put all of our reporting from kiev well the story in foreign ministry is also urging for an independent investigation into the shootings on. my colleague marina just to discuss possible repercussions of the legal us foreign affairs expert marksman border and from the civil rights movement solidarity take a listen. i think it's not surprising these kind of relations because to be you have seen an incredible amount of. playing dollar the so-called protests on my don as seeing in ukraine it's nothing nothing else and. put supported by western polis which is primarily be politically motivated and especially directed against russia we also have in the studio with us who is international affairs and and let's now bring him and all of us together listen to another sound b
how she referred to the the e.u. during a discussion with the with over the telephone there so that is the bottom line if this turns out to be the case the e.u. will have to have a serious rethink about how it deals with what's going on here in ukraine. has put all of our reporting from kiev well the story in foreign ministry is also urging for an independent investigation into the shootings on. my colleague marina just to discuss possible repercussions of the legal us foreign affairs expert...
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and the e.u. e know to talks are already taking place between the government in kiev and those organizations that would have used to getting at least some emergency financial aid so that the government would be able to continue to pay its debt and pay its obligations that more substantial of a bailout talks that we believe will only take place after if you like that newly elected government is put in place perhaps in the summer in the ocean but the gas bill the two that two billion dollars already jew must be part of the american c. bailout kiev is negotiating and i think that's what russia is this the saying is that they want to be paid they're not cranking up the pressure immediately threatening to cut off today or tomorrow. but gas is part of an emergency he said he gets it if they can get paid and i also hear now about the sanctions and or potential sanctions if crimea does go towards russia and sanctions are imposed what would that mean for the russian economy then so there's already damage. b
and the e.u. e know to talks are already taking place between the government in kiev and those organizations that would have used to getting at least some emergency financial aid so that the government would be able to continue to pay its debt and pay its obligations that more substantial of a bailout talks that we believe will only take place after if you like that newly elected government is put in place perhaps in the summer in the ocean but the gas bill the two that two billion dollars...
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the e.u. refused to recognise the outcome and issued a statement calling for diplomacy. >> only working together can we find a solution. the e.u. called on russia to pull back soldiers. sanctions are on the work in washington, along with a diplomatic push. secretary of state john kerry and the white house are prepared to work with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. talks on friday between john kerry and lavrov ended in failure, and the kremlin appears to want to put crimea's reunion with russia on the fast truck. the speaker says moscow's response to the referendum will be fast. >> turning to other news. the u.s. army general accused of assaulting a female army captain is no longer facing sexual assault charges. brigadier general jeffrey sinclair will plead gauilty to lesser charges. he will no longer face life in prison. >> it appears he will escape prison time. 27-year army veteran brigadier general jeffrey sinclair saw the most serious charges. sexual assault against him dropped. in
the e.u. refused to recognise the outcome and issued a statement calling for diplomacy. >> only working together can we find a solution. the e.u. called on russia to pull back soldiers. sanctions are on the work in washington, along with a diplomatic push. secretary of state john kerry and the white house are prepared to work with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. talks on friday between john kerry and lavrov ended in failure, and the kremlin appears to want to put crimea's...
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yet if the e.u. agreement is not signs they are calling to article one one one of the criminal code the president will get ten to fifteen years behind it. however later i've seen you get to newcastle backtrack on this my pleasure to pick up with because we postponed signing the economic section of this document due to concerns over the possible negative effects that entering the free trade area might have if the industrial regions. easier said than done apparently once you have to actually analyze all of the pros and cons looks like everyone said oh it's in what's being called the new governments in ukraine with contradictions and rein in supreme. we heard promises from kiev to join nato and get as many weapons from member countries asked possible a draft law on the resumption of the process of integration of ukraine internet zero has been filed and recorded provide the maximum possible material and technical assistance in the form of modern military hardware and armaments once again something he had
yet if the e.u. agreement is not signs they are calling to article one one one of the criminal code the president will get ten to fifteen years behind it. however later i've seen you get to newcastle backtrack on this my pleasure to pick up with because we postponed signing the economic section of this document due to concerns over the possible negative effects that entering the free trade area might have if the industrial regions. easier said than done apparently once you have to actually...
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the e.u. and russia right now and again the economic impact of these particular sanctions will be next to nothing unless it however that's trying to be said is that we can impose these kinds of restrictions far more people who are in government so it's it's seen as a measure to bring the russians to the table from the perspective of the united states in respect of brussels. now as ukraine accuses moscow of a troop build up its borders american and german inspectors take to the skies over russia and better race to see what's going on the operation is taking place on the international treaty about open skies and is aimed at verifying the true positions of russian troops so that full story for you is a dot com also online it looks like the world wide web has made news the story is at least that's what we're courses without borders still the main play did america and the u.k. on its annual and the means of the internet. quite often countries rich in natural resources are the poorest ever does a col
the e.u. and russia right now and again the economic impact of these particular sanctions will be next to nothing unless it however that's trying to be said is that we can impose these kinds of restrictions far more people who are in government so it's it's seen as a measure to bring the russians to the table from the perspective of the united states in respect of brussels. now as ukraine accuses moscow of a troop build up its borders american and german inspectors take to the skies over russia...
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in the e.u. an independent scotland would be better and more share in i think they should be mainly a political question but i. think there's no use to express their bodies and i read degree that. business you should have here that when you look websites like becker together they are sort of comedy. which stupid. things actually actually and so the war of words continues project as it's been dubbed by the s.n.p. and it will only intensify as september's referendum draws near. a line for you right now at the olympics mutual help as met with applause but some are forced to pay a high price for aiding a rival once the games are over head to our data call for the details on how a german bobsled pilot's good intentions are being punished. also they're going to mysterious creator is allegedly on mass for more details of the elusive person who might have invented the digital currency log on to our website. right from the scene. of. the first street view and i think the true. on our reporters twitter. an
in the e.u. an independent scotland would be better and more share in i think they should be mainly a political question but i. think there's no use to express their bodies and i read degree that. business you should have here that when you look websites like becker together they are sort of comedy. which stupid. things actually actually and so the war of words continues project as it's been dubbed by the s.n.p. and it will only intensify as september's referendum draws near. a line for you...
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then take a short break now when we're back we'll talk more about ukraine's nato and the e.u. press pact with scott we turned for him our u.s. intelligence officer stay with us. i i. i . if you kill moon and children on the news the link to the close woman in the news is war. martin luther king said i have a dream obama is today to me i have the john . drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties and for the most part they have been very precise the six flights. out of this small body on the ground is a little girl and just next to her is a little boy of eight years. we do some of her service and also with other countries afghanistan's only one that i can confirm that we are operating in. afghanistan as the only other country like. afghanistan still countries. please write the scene please. first street legal and i would think that your. on a reporter's twitter. and instagram. live in the list on my list. i marinate join me. for in-depth impartial and financial reporting commentary contribute and much. only on us and. i were atlas scott re-occurrence u.s. intelli
then take a short break now when we're back we'll talk more about ukraine's nato and the e.u. press pact with scott we turned for him our u.s. intelligence officer stay with us. i i. i . if you kill moon and children on the news the link to the close woman in the news is war. martin luther king said i have a dream obama is today to me i have the john . drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties and for the most part they have been very precise the six flights. out of this small...