we are back with timothy snyder. he is in vienna, austria. his latest piece is entitled "fascism, russia, and ukraine." with us from odessa, ukraine is nicolai petro. i want to turn to statements made by yulia tymoshenko, following her release from jail. she was undressed and protesters in kiev. >> i know that all together we will be able to do it and i will never allow anyone to let you down. a singlet not politician or official to touch or lay one of their fingers on your life. nothing in my life will be more important. may god give you good health, be happy in your country, and all the sacrifices will not be in vain. lori to ukraine. >> that is the former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko. timothy snyder, the significance of her release, what she represents? a political prisoner, was the head of the major opposition party. she lost the last presidential elections to yanukovych by relatively narrow margins. for many years, she and yanukovych were the dominant figures in ukrainian public life. observers,rights governments in the west

steven i think like you in new york to sweep here timothy snyder wrote in the walls walls washington post don't let putin grab ukraine you know made a mention of that to my producer i did read that it's a truly disturbing article in the washington post would you explain why you thought it was as well. well let me correct you it wasn't in the washington post it was in the international herald tribune told by him both he was in both he was in both. yeah well that's quite remarkable in itself i mean i mean with bear in mind that snyder is an eminent professor of history at yale and we may see this kind of reckless inflammatory unfactual writing in newspapers and in magazines but for a professor to say that shows you just how deep is the new cold war because what snyder is saying or warning against is the possibility that after the olympics when the world's gaze is overt it from russia putin may carry out a military takeover of ukraine. and that the west there has to have therefore has to be ready he's talking about war actual war not cold war but hot war for this allegation he has absol