charlie: the tsar was always standing. mikhail: standing.nd ambassadors, before coming into the throne room, would have been cross thug this room. military corridor. which has portraits of all the generals of russian army who fought napoleon. so it's a special room commemorating the russian victory over napoleon, the most important thing we had in the 19th century. charlie: the victory over napoleon. first the russians showed napoleon no, then they said to hitler, no. niet. mikhail: exactly. the 19th century war is much cleaner than 20th century. charlie: these are the generals who fought napoleon. mikhail: and over here, the duke of ellington because he fought as well. charlie: wow. unbelievable. it just goes on and on and on. we're still at the palace. mikhail: still at the palace, the main rooms of the winter palace. this is called the room of the crest of arms. we have crests or coats of arms of all governors of russia on the chandeliers. so when the governors have been coming to be presented to the tsar, they would be standing under the

he can't say "this is not my fault", he is trying to push blame on the economic tsar. there's a lot of discussion about officials getting fired perhaps the next port in congress. there's a lot of turmoil at the top because of the problems in the economy, which people there did not anticipate. >> but this trip will be seen as a good thing inside china, because they'll see him as an equal with president obama. >> absolutely. i don't think the president wants to go to washington. he'd like to avoid it if he could. seattle is important. in washington there would be an important thing, that is the televised images of the welcoming ceremony, the 21 gun salute and the state dinner, that will bolster legitimacy at home, that is what xi jinping wants. >> you think on the other hand united states and president obama should understand the reality and take a tough position towards china. >> yes. right now we have all the high cards. united states, i think, could use that. if have to go back to the 1970s, the nixon, ford, carter areas. regan came in and recognised the vulnerabiliti

tsar had a palace that he visited often in the warmer weather. i find it is offensive for us to be intruding into all aspects of , inciting people against russia. i happen to be russian-american. i was born in america, my parents were born in russia, but i have studied russian and i'd like to think i know a little bit about history. i have visited the country many times. you are saying now russia should help. why are we going against the russian populace? have all these different rules and regulations against russia. i have many friends that are and russian and ukrainian's are like brothers and sisters. host: we will get a response. thank you for the call. guest: well, they may be like brothers and sisters but a lot of those brothers and sisters are displaced within the ukraine. i have had to flee from crimea, they have had to flee from the east. very large numbers of ukrainians who have lost their homes and have been pushed out. there are also refugees that have fled the country entirely, most going east and west. that means russia itself is hos

tsar had a palace that he visited often in the warmer weather. i find it is offensive for us to be intruding into all aspects of , inciting people against russia. i happen to be russian-american. i was born in america, my parents were born in russia, but i have studied russian and i'd like to think i know a little bit about history. i have visited the country many times. you are saying now russia should help. why are we going against the russian populace? have all these different rules and regulations against russia. i have many friends that are and russian and ukrainian's are like brothers and sisters. host: we will get a response. thank you for the call. guest: well, they may be like brothers and sisters but a lot of those brothers and sisters are displaced within the ukraine. i have had to flee from crimea, they have had to flee from the east. very large numbers of ukrainians who have lost their homes and have been pushed out. there are also refugees that have fled the country entirely, most going east and west. that means russia itself is hos