we're talking about ukraine, get out, do this, do that. ukraine is very far away from us. how come the countries near the ukraine, surrounding the ukraine, how come they're not opening up, and they're not at least protesting? i never hear anything except from anybody but the united states. nato is obsolete. nato is obsolete and extremely expensive to the united states. disproportionately so. we should readjust nato. it has to be readjusted to take care of terrorism or we have to set up a new coalition, a new group of countries to handle terrorism. because terrorism is out of control. >> but ukraine is not a member of nato. there are no u.s. troops involved in ukraine? >> i'm not saying they're a member. what i'm saying about ukraine -- we're talking -- when russia is going into ukraine, we immediately get nato. i don't hear from the other countries. i don't hear having to do with ukraine. i don't hear from the other countries in nato. i don't hear from germany. i only hear from the united states. we've gotta do this. we're constantly telling russia and it's all fine if eve

this is ukraine.r there is russia, and between them lies the crossing point that separates the two countries. ukraine looks ready to defend against an attack. the nearby customs clearance building is hardly being used. trade between ukraine and russia has nearly come to a standstill. instead, kiyv has already allocated tens of millions of euros to build the european wall as the fortified border is dubbed. >> we're defending our homeland here, but i think we are actually also defending the democratic world. >> remarks like that indicate that officer dudko supports a pro-european, pro-western stance for ukraine. but would the fences and anti-tank trenches really be able to hold back a russian advance? >> in any case, it would enable the soldiers of the border unit to hold back the attack for some time. if you're attacked, it's definitely better to be returning fire from a protected position like this one to meet than it is to go out and meet the enemy on an open field. >> over the next few years, the co

two years ago, progression fighters took parts of eastern ukraine.lages were destroyed with thousands of lives lost. a formal cease-fire was announced. but for those people trying to return home, there is little sign of peace. among the thing the price of war are ukraine's disabled athletic team. finishing fourth at the london 2012 paralympics. these athletes are living and training far from home. the continuing conflict has meant they lost funding and access to their craft. but, they have not lost their winning spirit. >> tim is one of the team's greatest hoax. a group of young, disabled athletes from northern ukraine are highly motivated. many of the young athletes were orphans, or placed in children's homes by their parents when they were babies. now, the coach is like a mother to them. >> she helps make sure we get vocational training. at the same time, we prepare for competitions. first at the national level then for the european championships. >> she is hoping she will be able to take her youngsters to italy this summer. just taking part would

ukraine is the most important issue, i still think, for mr putin to get whatever he wants in ukraine >>> thanks. >> thank you >>> more than 100 people have been arrested in china over the past week next with a vaccine scam. so far four pharmaceutical producers have had their licences revoked. >> reporter: this woman has pent days worrying after hearing an illegal vaccine ring having been in operation for fours years since 2011 >> translation: i'm worried because i don't know if this is the only case are there are many cases like this in the whole country or whether it will happen again. >> reporter: in april a mother and daughter were arrested accused of being the ring leaders. they had bought vaccines from licenced and unlicensed traders, then resold them to hospitals and clinics. the drugs were made by approved manufacturers, but officials say they were not stored or transported with adequate refrigeration. the w mo and government health bodies have said the vaccines are very unlikely to cause adverse side effects. despite the assurances, many parents are still angry. one of the re

we saw a hybrid or fair in ukraine and eastern ukraine triggered by the annexation of crimea, which israble. that was a very, very and still is a conflict, a very difficult situation. russia did this, this hybrid warfare, which is not open but disguised with a lot of propaganda, with a lot of cyber activity, a lot of activity in social media, but of course heavy arms and weapons that would have triggered into -- charlie: that plane was shot down. there was discourse of that. minister von der leyen: exactly. i think one smart and wise decision was not to answer in the same way as russia as acting in the ukraine, otherwise we would have had an extremely dangerous situation over there. to answer to russia in a way that we said, listen, if you do not abide to the rules, we answer by hurting you in a way where you are the most vulnerable. your economic sanctions. of course, industry is valuable too. this put a lot of pressure on russia, ushering to economy at the moment -- it has a shrinking economy at the moment. charlie: i'm behind that, those sanctions, and because of ukraine, president

my name is stanislav khristneko, and i'm originally from ukraine. i was born in ukraine. in my opinion, one of the reasons that many countries have problems these days is that they don't get enough events that have art, and that people can really get positive emotions, get really great feeling from. we have five pianists from five different countries. we haveur artistic director, a wonderful pianist from russia, alexander ghindin. francios-xavier poizat from switzerland. we also have a piano duo from israel and palestine--yaron kohlberg and bishara haroni. and myself representing ukraine. alexander: when i bring is isarali and palestine, russian and ukrainian, i want to say that our countries has difficult time, but it is not forever. that's why the message is that our countries are not in the best relations for this moment. first of all, it doesn't affect the people of art or any human beings. the other part of the message, that thanks to the fact that we're musicians, we can bring it to stage. stanisv: i hopthat thi concert here that they're going to present here in gen

we need to work with the ukraine. we need to be a partner of ukraine. a stronger, more prosperous ukraine stands a better chance of turning putin back. and speaking of putin, we need to let him know, we will never acquiesce to his illegal occupation of crimea. and his aggression in ukraine will not be tolerated. bolstering nato in eastern that's why i'm glad we're bolstering nato in eastern europe to deter further russian aggression.bolstering nato in e europe to deter further russian aggression. and any talk of sanctions relief for russia is premature so long as ukraine doesn't control its own eastern border. more to counter russian but, mr. secretary, we must do more to counter russian propaganda. the chairman and i feel strong about the fact that people in the russian language sometimes only hear on the air what putin wants them to hear, and they get a very unbalanced view and we need to be able to move in there and make sure they get a balanced view. here in our neighborhood, let me applaud president obama for what he's done over the last year. we s

ukraine is one of those. of course i will come back to ukraine in detail in a short while, but i should not and i don't want to forget one important note. you mentioned some important dates and events with a history of central and eastern europe and over time they are very much intertwined. the czech republic or czechoslovakia i believe it is of paramount importance. i also mentioned in my speech. that is the significant that trans-atlantic corporation and partnership in the e.u. and the united states of america. it is important for the united states of america in spite of their own political challenges, priorities and issues, should not forget what is happening in europe it has one of the 20th century tip place always had an impact on the global level. whatever happens in central europe and the balkans, it started a first world war. what happened in germany and central europe in 39, it started the second world war. what happened in the 60s and central europe actually enabled by fall of the communist regime l

so if you look at the ukraine for example, the ukraines have a right to decide how it wants to positiontself. >> but is russia allowing them to do that because of the activities on the border and near ukraine. >> what we seen almost two years ago now that russia does not allow that ukraine.$we saw a hyn ukraine triggered by russia, we saw the annexation which is unbearable. so that was a very very conflict, very difficult situation when russia did this kind of hybrid warfare which is kind of not open. in fact disguised. there was;rip a lot of propagana lot of cyber activity, a lot of activity on social media but had the arms and weapons. >> rose: shot down. >> exactly. i think one smart and wise decision was not to answer in the same way that russia was acting in the eastern european an extremely dangerous situation over there. but to answer to russia in a way that we said listen, if you do not abide, we answer in a way where you are the most vulnerable and there is your economic side. of course industrial too. this puts a lot of pressure on russia that has weak economy, shrinking econo

a villain here and hero in ukraine. she had been deployed to iraq. she volunteered in the battalion-- batal ooshgs lian. accused of exiting human rights violations. she was also elected in aborigine sentia to the parliament but that did not give her immunity for a trial that was unfair >> we found that the judge has refused to admit material that could potentially serve as an alibi for her. they refused to admit either to admit material or to summon witnesses, potential defense witnesses or have refused to order independent expert analysis evidence. that really undermines the fairness of the trial. >> reporter: in the weeks proceeding the end of this trial, ukrainian protesters spent days outside the embassy expressing their anger. her case attracted international attention. >> an immediate an unconditional release >> reporter: the european union and president obama called for her release stating that the detention went against the agreement. she says she will not appeal the ruling. it is very possible that she will be heading home soon. she is on to

in ukraine it is considered-- she is considered the hero. the international community stepped in. the e.u. had called for her unconditional release saying that her detention was actually in breach of the agreement that called for all prisoner of war to be released. president obama also trade to weigh in. he actually had as early as last week a call with president putin in which her case was mentioned. president putin said i cannot interfere with the judicial process. we have to wait to see what happens in court, what the sentence is, and then we will see what happens next. as i said what happens next is that she returns to ukraine in exchange for these two russian intelligence officers >>> thank you for that. plenty more ahead on the news hour. greece wants more time before it starts returning refugees to turk. hundreds of people coming despite a deal. obama held an historic opportunity as crowds were in the street to welcome him. the west indies make it two from two at the world twenty20. jo will have the details >>> russia wants to hold an urgent with the u.s. it comes as indire

i'm elaine, an associate director of wisconsin international ukraine university in kiev ukraine. and i really do appreciate this panel and the perspectives put forth. nikolai, he made a really don't start off with a really great point about the history, and i would like to ask in context with that, yeah, what often thought of culture is the thickest form of binding of anything, and so whether you would call it history or maybe we should be calling it culture, which is to build up over hundreds of years, and thousands. and so maybe the culture has been described here end of the people have read about it, maybe the culture or the dynamics in russia are unique unto russia as his culture is unique to america or england or germany and so forth. so whether we are looking at that, how would, within russia, the people of russia address the issues that are important to russia and russia as larger in the world to be able to succeed successfully for russia to be a part of the world community versus the current status, which is not necessarily in the interests of russia in its role in the co

reporter: the cease-fire in east ukraine is being broken more and more often. kiev should have regained control of exporter to russia a long time ago. according to the letter of the minsk agreement, there should have been elections in the rebel areas, supported by moscow, a long time ago. >> what kind of elections can take place in a region of war, where chaos rules and people are being killed? who should be elected? >> i think the minsk agreement is working partially. the most important point is the cease-fire, and it is being honored more or less. what's important is that less ukrainian soldiers are being killed. >and that the populations in donetsk and luhansk are suffering less. >> we should have begun was driving them out and then begun with the minsk agreement. then we would have had peace. reporter: after teedo years of war -- after two years of war, kiev is the city at unease within itself. brent: more and more people in africa are dependent on food aid as harvests fail. reporter: the small amount of money they have barely pays for flour and a few cups

ukraine, regularly violates the air and sea states and neutral countries in europe. it has threatened military attack, including nuclear attack against bar saw or against danish ships and the countries in the eastern parts, particularly the baltic states, are very concerned about this more aggressive russian behaviour. so for them it's very important that nato make clear that it maintains the political will and the military capability to fulfil its collective defense obligations. as long as that is true and visible, then we can continue to deter any russian aggression in the future. i think if anything it is going to cause russian to be more cautious in some of its approaches toward eastern allies and europe, and i think it you will understand and respect that the u.s. is taking a clear position consistent with its longstanding treaty obligations of collected defense. what we've seen up to now in this part of the world is, i believe, russia taking advantage of the u.s. and nato. they've done everything possible to accommodate russia. what russia has done is go furthe

. >> think liberty, i can't ukraine, think central asia, putin said it is not going to happen. they wanted to stop extremism in assad's wake. early in the conflict when i was still in government, what follows assad? look we with have no love lost for assad , you know, we are not a particular pan of his, but what is going to follow assad? and i if the answer is afghanistan, somalia like comai os and jihad distaking over no thank you and we never had a good answer to that. >> rose:. >> that's a concern of everybody, what follows assad? >> it should certainly be a concern of everybody. but that is why i think, you know, in a way, this is what they said. they were going in to prevent those things from happening, and i think it is a good thing that they are willing to take yes for an answer, now we have to see what happens in geneva. >> rose: did you read jeff goldberg's piece in the atlantic which is on this same program. >> very much. >> rose: he talks amount his impression of putin. >> obama's? >> yes. we can reason with him and have good conversations, et cetera, et cetera. >> r

what russia has done is go further and further from georgia to ukraine and more. what i think we're going to see is more push back, perhaps, you could call it that, a little bit more persistence from nato, and i think that will help disablise things a little bit rather than seeing this creeping russian - i wouldn't call it aggression necessarily in the case of nato, but creeping assertiveness which has continued because we have not responded >>> world leaders have begun to arrive in u.s. for a summit on nuclear security. more than 50 countries are attending this summit in washington. they will discuss ways of limiting nuclear war and how to safely secure nuclear materials. russia hasn't attended the talks. it is said that it is a missed opportunity by the u.s. >> reporter: this man flew to washington in 2010 to take part in the first ever nuclear security summit. he and hi host, u.s. president obama, agreed the time was now to keep nuclear materials away from the bad guys. >> translation: this is not about economy or global crisis. this topic is crucial to every s

with russia per se but with former soviet russia and the ukraine.e will go clockwise from the black sea. sea.rders the black it has a long border with bulgaria separated by the danube river. then it borders the former yugoslavia. then it borders hungary. finally, it has a border with ukraine. ,nd finally, with moldova formerly a socialist republic inside the soviet union. if an american wanted to go to romania on vacation, and they have ever been there and didn't speak the language, what would it be like? robert: they would have a wonderful time. brian: what about the language? is widespread in romania, particularly since 1989. that is the language to know in the sem people have a working knowledge of english. they would fly to bucharest, they could rent a car and drive north, the beginning of transferring a -- transylvania and go through the carpathian mountains and drive up through the painted monasteries to the northwest to the wooden churches. visitedvely and it is but it is not yet on the international tourist map so that you will not encounter

there were not satisfied with the position i held on ukraine it.yan: your business partners think it's more russian stuff. how the russian ukrainian gas relationship worked in the past. is that not true? dimitry: this is absolutely untrue. somebody likes to tell fairytales. this is nonsense. there is nothing to tell. i did not tell anything to anybody because i have nothing to tell. ryan: -- a recent that was interview. ryan joins us for more. it's not true. there's nothing to tell. officiallywanted with a deal in in india on bribery charges. what he says is this is a politically motivated case. the u.s. first sought his arrest in 2014. they were seeking to remove him from the ukrainian political scene. you could argue to an extent that they succeeded in doing that. one austrian judge agreed with him. that's why he hasn't been extradited. he needs to get one more austrian judge from an appellate court to agree with that. maybe he will be asked indicted. the third version is what actually the u.s. wants. news --ormation about vladimir putin's inner

that is an agreement by russia negotiated with ukraine. there are actions you need to be taken from both sides, but russia has not complied with all of its commitment. if they do, we would not relent to boot, but we would be anxious because the sanctions would accomplish their purpose. that is the message we have tried to deliver clearly and it's why i think as i said in my remarks it is so that we not hesitate when we achieve our goals for sanctions than respond by lifting the sanctions themselves. it is just not tenable to have a sanctions regime that works if you suffer the same price if you comply or don't comply. so if russia implements, ms. compliance with its international obligations. that will be a pathway towards lifting the sanctions. >> chat, thank you very much. i promise you i predict. takes for a really thoughtful set of remarks on a very important subject and thanks for your extraordinary service. i hope you will all join me in 18. -- thinking. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conver

ukraine ofccusing dragging its feet on implementing last year's cease-fire agreement.ess conference in moscow, he said in action by kiev is the main stumbling block to a peace settlement in ukraine. a task force investigating the flint, michigan water crisis calls it a story of government fan -- failure. the panel re

finally, it has a border with ukraine.finally, with moldova, formerly a socialist republic inside the soviet union. brian: if an american wanted to go to romania on vacation, and they have ever been there and didn't speak the language, what would it be like? robert: they would have a wonderful time. brian: what about the language? robert: english is widespread in romania, particularly since 1989. that is the language to know in -- and most young people have a working knowledge of english. they would fly to bucharest, they could rent a car and drive north, the beginning of transylvania and go through the carpathian mountains and drive up through the painted monasteries to the northeast and northwest to the wooden churches. it is lovely and it is visited but it is not yet on the international tourist map so that you will not encounter hundreds and hundreds of tourists. brian: how are the accommodations? robert: they are better and better. there are boutique hotels spouting out in the countryside. brian: you wrote, the ultima

and russia -- charlie: the government of ukraine. jack: yeah. the government of ukraine. i think that it's hard to say what russia would have done absent sanctions but i think it's clear that they're trying to explore a way to not have it get worse. charlie: help us understand how it looks. if in fact you're a country that imposed sanctions, and you're cut off from international markets and you're cut off from international sources of finance, and give us a sense from their point of view what it is, it does to their economy, that might change their policy? jack: it affects the economy both in the financial and the real economies. charlie: you can't sell your products. jack: if you can't acquire the technology you need, you know, for a country like russia, for them to do the kind of deep, arctic drilling for oil that need ed, they international cooperation. it's a big deal to their economy. right now with oil prices low, you might think that that's a thing of the past. but arctic drill something about the future. it's not about the current. it's long-term planning. if you

in the russian news media she was portrayed as a rutdzless killer in parts of ukraine she has become national hero. depending on where you get your information she is either a victim of the fog of war or justice has been served. it looks like there is a punch newspaper. an analyst there says it appears to be political. several senior journalists have left the daily nation including the former editor who was fired in january after writing an end of year editorial directed at the president, headlined. that followed the firing you of one of the best known cartoonis cartoonist. his contract was not renewed because of pressure that came from the top. with a circulation of 170,000 and a website that gets an estimated 3 million hits a day, the daily nation is one of the most influential newspapers. it is published by the media group which is owned by a british businessman. he has multiple business interests in kenya, including hospitals, hotels and banks. analysts there say the paper is going soft on the government and getting rid of critical staff ahead of next year's elections to protect

of ukraine. >> yes, the government of ukraine. it's hard to say what russia would have done absent sanctions but i think it's clear they're trying to explore a way not to get worse. >> rose: help us understand how it looks. if you're aountry that impose sanctions and you're cut off from international markets and you're cut off from international sources of financing. give us a sense from their point of view what it is that does to their economy that might change their policy. >> well, it affects the economy both in the financial and the real economies. >> rose: can't sell your products. >> if you can't acquire the technology you need for a country like russia for them to doÑi the kind of deep arctic drilling for oil they need, they need international cooperation. it's a big deal to their economy.@mright now with oil pr, you might think that that's a thing of the past but arctic drilling is aboutocáru theÑi fut about the current. it's long term planning. if you need to issue bonds, you wanted to do it in dollars or euros, your abil

reporter: another major problem for ukraine. difficult for many ukrainians, internationally kiev has gained praise for its energy market reforms, especially in the gas sector. the times of corruption might finally be over. mariana: that's a look at your business news at this hour. now back over to brent. brent: let's get you back up today with stories making headlines around the world. a u.s. judge has rejected a government bid to force apple to unlock the iphone in the san bernardino case. they want them to unlock a phone used by these san bernardino shooters. south korea's president says the country is not losing the door to dialogue with north korea, but pressure will keep rolling on the north, which faces fresh u.n. sanctions. the president made the remarks during independence day celebrations. stargazers in northern britain got a surprise monday night when a suspected meteor blazed across the sky. look at that. that's not lightning, by the way. local residents in scotland took to social media to discuss the celestial specta

think the ukraine and georgia, putin is saying, it's not going to happen.hey also wanted to prevent chaos and extremism in assad's wake. there are those tell us, what follows assad? they would say we have no love lost for assad, we are not particular fan of his, but what is going to follow assad? if the answer is afghanistan and somalia-like chaos, no thank you. charlie: that should be a concern for everybody. but that is why i think, in a way, this is what they said. they were going to prevent those things from happening and i think it is a good thing that they are willing to take yes for an answer. now we have to see what happens in geneva. charlie: did you see the program in geneva? he talked about his impression of putin. >> obama? >> yes. he said he could reason with him and there was the shouting or bullying. sometimes easy to exaggerate the tensions between the two because they are this role. they have both always said they can work together. putin is very much about making deals. being a player. we have seen this before in syria with the chemical we

russia wants to have also some substantial talks on ukraine. that was very clear when they both mentioned their opening remarks before going behind the closed door meeting which ask still on the way. lavrov said that he wanted to hear about what's going to happen next in ukraine. he wanted at some point they would discuss the sanctions, the easing of the sanctions. that has been biting the economy here. so for russia these two go hand to hand. once this has finished behind closed doors, they will head later on in the afternoon to the kremlin. john kerry will need with vladimir putin and then both men will hold a press sorry - sorry, lavrov and kerry will hold a press conference. we will know then if there is a break through >>> thank you. james, mr invoice stroi putting out a-- staffan de mistura putting out a paper talking about a common vision. have they made real progress as this round of talks draws to a close? >> reporter: not on the very big issues. what staffan de mistura calls the mother of all issues, political transition. that's why,

united states officials not with ukraine. okay.that's the problem of due process because i know the bjude refused all the documents and phone printings, phone number printings and so on. that's the first part. the second problem is the recent russian constitutional courts, you know, what is more important the judgments of the european court or international legislation and the constitutional court ruled that could reverse in of the courts judgment if it contradicts the constitution. now it's very much interpretation. and of course, i suppose it was made just because of the case. because of the huge amount of compensation that russia must pay. who deals with those cases. a man worked in some secret service ten years ago and he filed to some foreign company and his spy and he could be sentenced to 20 years. next thing is expulsion of foreigners. for example, from a native town, i was in some cases s s a transr to some foreigners who just forced to leave the country and three americans from my native town were in detention center with

and killed a journalist in 2014 and she says she was captured by rebel backed fighters in eastern ukrainehould have been treated as a prisoner of war and a guilty verdict that comes as no surprise really. >> no, it doesn't come as any surprise and actually the defense team has been saying all along and even in their view it was a political trial she still will be found guilty. she was found guilty but we don't know what sentence she is receiving yet because that is very typical to the russian judicial process. the judge has pronounced the verdict then now he is going through the deliberations of both the prosecution and the defense and finally he will review the reasoning of the court. that process could take up to two days especially in such a high profile case so it's either later today or tomorrow tuesday we will find out if she has been sentenced indeed to the 23 years asked by the prosecution or she received a lower sentence. >> both russia and ukraine have a lot of attention on this case and you wonder what impacts this guilty verdict is going to have on the already very bad relatio

. >>> chief cab pet secretary says ukraine president will visit japan in early april. suga says the ukrainian president will visit on april fifth and will meet with prime minister shinzo abe. this will be his first visit in two years. >> translator: as the host of the g-7 summit, prime minister abe will help the ukraine peacefully have domestic reforms. >>> sporadic fighting continues in eastern ukraine despite a cease-fire deal reached in february of last year. >> north korea's state-run media reported the country test ad new type of rocket launching system. it believes projectiles from pyongyang fired monday came from that launcher. the ruling workers party newspaper reports the test took place in the presence of leader kim jong-un. it says the test was the last one before operational deployment and targets in south korea are within range. and it adds kim expressed satisfaction with the rockets accuracy. the report didn't say when or where the tests took place. north korea has launched multiple projectiles. the latest came on monday when it was fired towards the sea

we need to work with the ukraine. we need to be a partner with ukraine.t stands a better chance of turning putin back. speaking of putin need to let him know we will never acquiesce to his illegal occupation of crimea. i'm glad we're bolstering nato in eastern europe to deter further action of russia. ukraine doesn't control its own eastern border. but mr. secretary, we must do more to counter russian propaganda. the chairman and i i feel strong about the fact that people in the russian language sometimes only hear on the air what putin wants them to hear and they get a very unbalanced view. we need to be -- we need to move in there and make sure they get a balanced view. here in our neighborhood, let me applaud president obama for what he's done over the last year. we should support the president's billion dollar request for central america. if we're getting to the root causes of child migration, from el salvador, honduras, fewer will attempt the dangerous trek. our top ally in the region, colombia, is nearing a peace agreement with the farc. just as we

expended songs sanctions over its military center in ukraine. president obama signed an order targetting those connected to vladimir putin. it blocks a number of russian state companies from holding assets in the united states. >> the international olympic committee says 43 refugees athletes will compete in the summer games in rio. they will take part as the team of athletes. >> the reason brazil's organizers came to london, it was a good place. and they need to get the messages out. it's been another difficult week for them. still concerned about zika virus and the need to reassure the public and competitors. they are not going away. despite the reassurances that they try to put out event like this. and also there's an issue with tickets and 7.5 million tickets from rio have been sold. the organizers say the brazilian public came to it late. what a good thing, the story came out from the international committee about refugee. it will be interesting to see that the team will come out before the brazilians in the opening ceremony. it will be a bi

, they say that we are right and here in washington my colleague at the institute visited ukraine and the people in the hospital to have no but have no hands, no feet, they are victims and when we speak about conflict between ukraine and russia it's not a conflict, if they wore. we have radio station representatives that is well known. i may representative of a well-known radio but it seems to me when our editor-in-chief is asked why putin needs you to broadcast, there are several reasons. first, they should get some use from the source. it is a good source. the second reason is that we need a showcase if some person from the west comes to moscow and asks where is the freedom of the broadcasting they can answer the. and the third reason it seems to me that's very important is radio has no meaning as a source of propaganda when there are elections in russia you can see the people who will be our politics on any channel but if you listen there are also people from opposition, and they do not have enough audience to get their voices for voting. it would have enough true if i say there is

real quickly i want to pivot to crimea and the ukraine. one of the concerns i've got and i know it's shared by friends on both sides of the aisle is with respect to soviet expansionism, soviet imperialism, whatever word we want to use for it, it all starts with crimea. if you let crimea go, now you're quibbling over the price in eastern ukraine or wherever. and what is the united states' position with respect to the illegal annexation of crimea? >> that it is illegal and we're not seating crimea with respect to anything. but the primary focus for the moment is clearly on the don bos and minsk agreement implementation. >> but we're not going to give up on the crimea. >> no. >> the president, if i'm correct some of my friends have criticized him on issuance of executive orders but presumably not these. 660, 661, 662 and 685 blocking property, persons and transactions related to the illegal annexation of crimea and subversion in the eastern ukraine. how is compliance going with those executive orders? and is the administration seeking legisla