will not work if ukraine is not willing to tackle this challenge where it hurts the country most and it's very odd to see that western governments are not really opposing the government of ukraine in this point they only challenge always russia is respected in minsk agreement it's a corrupt but they are not putting enough pressure on the ukrainian government in these aspects. top u.s. officials are being hounded by anti trump activists say the president's recent stance on immigration will have more on that story after the break. right we're also starting five guys. house a signal. it's not going to talk about. just you right after the mars explorers one who would have their. record. to say what the. palace. told them to sophia and you know i'm so the shevardnadze said today we're got lots to talk about in our program and our guest is. the rock of. welcome back senior u.s. officials are being hounded by groups of trying to vist there's been a sharp rise in these incidents following the president's controversial immigration policy which has since been shelved this resulted in the child

and the russian invasion of ukraine and i was spending time during that sabbatical year in ukraine trying to explain russia and ukraine in particular the north carolina which cyber and propaganda were structuring the way we in other words what straightforward events like revolutions and wars. and i remember hitting the town back then about four years ago, a little bit less, and thinking, wow, these people don't know what hit them. i have to say i still think that. and that's one of the reasons why i wrote the book and one reason why i'm here now. so, it's -- i think this is one of these moments where you bring what you got, and what i have is history, what i have is historyingography, historical analysis so she road town freedom in every single respect, except for the fact it's about 2010, in every single respect is an degree aggressively traditional, aggressively conservatives history book. it's based on a huge amount of primary source research across five or six or seven languages, obsessively an know tated and it makes an argument that takes place over time. now, i emphasize that becau

international correspondent paula slate has been denied entry to ukraine she was heading to an o. s. t. e. called for instead it catered to nothing other than press freedom. day thirteen of the fee for world cup is set to determine what all the teams from group c. and d. apart from france and croatia go through to the next round but in some other news for you here on our international senior u.s. administration officials are being hounded by groups of unteach from protesters using everything from the stalking to chanting to make them feel unwelcome wherever they may go. all right now coming may day here in moscow thanks for joining us on our three international we do begin this hour with breaking news correspondent paula has been suddenly denied entry to ukraine as she was stopped at the border as she was heading to an c.e. conference dedicated to that of press freedom that's crossed live now to paula who's standing by for us at the moment a cold a good to see you can you tell us what's happened at the border. so. much. so this one. talks about how it's all about minutes ago i don

in ukraine because some of them are what's happening in the east of ukraine with some criticism as to ukraine handling the cough like propaganda should not be fought with propaganda or with censorship. in both the chunk of case in ukraine and the recent screwball case in the u.k. in which a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned fingers were quickly pointed at moscow the problem in both cases has been evidence the lack of it and the tendency of news organizations in ukraine the u.k. and elsewhere to accept the word of local authorities and publish according that's not journalism it's the knockers and it plays right into the hands of the kremlin and the media apparatus it happens at its spokes it's no longer necessary to source your story on anyone you just quote anonymous sources that you never name their names and i think that the western media have honed the art to perfection and this is something that a real journalist and real journalism to happen on one level listen is a conventional conflict that we are going to miss out. on the other hand it's also the information co

specially with these some parts of ukraine that the creamy ok's this is this is a burning issue and i think it's we stroll through these problems gradually and step by step we could really come back to do over no one european house i know that you've used the bands in ukraine as these turning point in as a relationship between russia and. the european union and you referred to it as a major challenge to europe species and security is what our sins and be. helsinki final act was signed in one thousand seventy five and i think we in russia can feel how acutely the europeans might have. fouled being violated by what happened in ukraine but i think you're in europe also need to recognize that russia acted the way that has acted in ukraine because of its own very very deep sense of insecurity europeans may feel very safe under nato security umbrella we feel the opposite i wonder how do you think that that security that allows. could be addressed now that it has already allowed to an open conflict with the full o. think some listeners. in one listener in the margins if we really want to l

we're committed to ukraine. we're committed to the support of ukraine and a democratic ukraine is a fundamental part of policy in europe. that includes crimea. >> you know, mr. secretary, you could not be more clear in what you are saying. therefore, i would like to play this sound bite from the president where he spoke about the g7 and russia's participation in what used to be the g8. >> some people like the idea of bringing russia back in. this used to be the g8, not the g7, and something happened a while ago where russia is no longer in. i think it would be an asset to have russia back in. i think it would be good for the world, for russia, the united states, i think it would be good for all of the countries of the current g7. i think the g8 would be better i think having russia back in would be a positive thing. >> i think what you're hearing president trump saying is he himself wants to engage with president putin on these important issues as other parts of his administration have. we have a lot to talk abo

in ukraine because some of them are what's happening in the east of ukraine with some criticism as to ukraine handling the cough like propaganda should not be fought with propaganda or with censorship. in both the chunk of case in ukraine and the recent screwball case in the u.k. in which a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned fingers were quickly pointed at moscow the problem in both cases has been evidence of the lack of it and the tendency of news organizations in ukraine and the u.k. and elsewhere to accept the word of local authorities and publish according that's not journalism it's the knockers and it plays right into the hands of the kremlin and the media apparatus it happens at its spokes it's no longer necessary to source your story on anyone you just quote anonymous sources that you never name their names and i think that the western media have honed the art to perfection and this is something that a real journalist and real journalism to happen on one level listen is a conventional conflict we are going to miss out. on the other hand it's also an information c

shows that the government in ukraine has not yet changed its policies. to promote freedom of speech freedom of media in ukraine is a very good initiative but of course it will aren't worth much if ukraine is not willing to tackle this challenge where it hurts the country most and it's very odd to see that western governments are not really seeing the government of ukraine in this point they only challenge always russia respecting. remained a corrupt but they are not putting enough pressure on the ukrainian government in these aspects. we've requested an explanation from the authorities in kiev but haven't received one yet and the ukrainian law or any foreign national may be denied entry to the country if they fail to satisfy the conditions of entry however the law also obliges officials to state the reasons for denied entry and paula hasn't received any explanation as of yet we've also contacted the british foreign office for comment as she was traveling on a british passport we'll update you on their response if and when we can. get back to the world cu

live to ukraine to georgia. work to do sell some part bill for all of the military in the area it would be a quite depressive step forward to increase our secret was a for russia you mentioned the two percent of each suggests to me that you're still thinking about the security of your of with them to framework of nato but there is also a discussion in europe about building its own security system and over the last couple of years a lot of conventions have been upturned for example i'm pretty sure that the europeans couldn't have imagined that the united states would be threatening them in such areas and syria morning this way with tears and sanctions as we were as you think about building the european security system should be planned with the idea of countering all possible security threats and by that i mean do you think and the american threat could ever be. contemplated in europe as a direct threat to for instance have in mind i think one we when we go to those. in the middle from the one very serious german

without ukraine at the table. that has certainly been the approach taken in the past. again, in your role, i expect you to have strong roles -- strong views on this. how would you advise the president on the sanctions and what's going on at the border of ukraine? to i'm not going to engage in too many you -- too many hypotheticals. i think the legislation is clear, what specific actions would be needed on the part of the russians in order for us to lift sanctions. i think we have shown our resolve, not least, by providing defensive aid to the ukrainians and to the georgians. i believe beyond that, our overall mindset has to be that we keep the door open to constructive dialogue where there are shared areas of interest. it's increasingly hard to see whether our dose where there are -- it's increasingly hard to see where there are shared interests with the u.s. in russia. i think we have been very clear about where the boundaries are. >> i appreciate your comments. >> thank you secretary mitchell for being here toda

is should we have all conferences in ukraine at all maybe next on they won't or maybe they shouldn't at all if they're going to carry on in this fashion and also for again with another question they're not i mean what threat to the across to the ukrainian authorities what is it that they see in journalists what that is such a threat. well i think it only conflicts not just in the ukraine inevitably your foreign cities on different sides see journalists who say what they think is a potential threat we all know that's the case it happens in all kinds of conflicts not just in ukraine but of course if we're going to inform people all over the world in a genuine fashion of what the the issues are and what the real conflicts the rebate the journalists with genuine and he want to tell the truth of got to be given the right to do the job that we've got so you know that's a principle that we really have to defend and it's an underpinning for dialogue and ultimately for peace and without it then things start to fall apart the day martin summers journalist thank you very much indeed and. now pr

welcome back artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer has been denied entry to ukraine she was stopped at the border she was heading to a human rights conference dedicated to press freedom she's currently stuck at the airport and this is what she told us. i'm sitting right now in the deposits announced here in kiev i am right at about eight o'clock this morning local time am supposed to be attending a conference organized by the organization for security and cooperation in europe and the conference is devoted to chris' freedom and media pew ality in ukraine june in times of conflict now it's quite ironic that i cannot even attend the conference and it's not only me there's another russian journalist who's also being detained and is being deported so while the deliberations will happen throughout the course of the day and as i'm speaking to you there deliberating media freedom in ukraine we stuck here they pulled unable to attend because we represent the russian networks i had checked in advance if i was on any blacklist because i have reported in ukraine in the past and the inf

actions contradict democracy i'm astonished by ukraine's entry denial of madame slipper the ukrainian services have to explain the reasons for their decision and stop all the pressure on journalists it completely contradicts how democracy works or paula slater wasn't the only journalist who was denied entry to ukraine this tuesday we spoke with russian journalist you have any primakov who's also been turned back at the border. to. the people. who. didn't. or. well it's another crucial day at the fee for world cup here in russia out with four group matches being played today in group day croatia are already through to the knockout stages and they take on iceland who still have a chance to go three well let's see what our top pundit manchester united boss jersey marina is thinks of the team's chances. as a local if they're playing to qualify his i'm almost old for a competitive match. they both know how to compete. in more tactical as the more physical croatia with more experience with more of it all because of the technical ability but i would say being in confrontation two of the big

i expected issue is president putin asking to make decisions about ukraine without ukraine at the table. that has been the approach they have taken in the past. in your role, i expect views on this how would you advise the president on this issue on the sanctions than what's going on? >> i will not engage in hypotheticals. on ukraine, we been clear in our public messaging, what specific actions would be needed a part of the russians in order for us to live sanctions. we have shown our resolve in this matter at least by providing aid, beyond that, our overall mindset has to be that we keep the door open to constructive dialogue where there are shared areas of interest. we oh it to the american people and the international stability to keep open to this idea. i want engage in hypotheticals. we'll see where the process leads. we have been clear about where the boundaries are. >> thank you secretary mitchell for being here today and for the good work that you are promoti promoting. in yr statement you say clearly that we seek a better relationship with russia, but it can only happen when ru

but especially when you're dealing with ukraine. ukraine is not a monolithic country.t is a democracy, even when it was ruled by yanukovych. when he left, the parties, the forces, the political forces, the business interests that he represented did not go anywhere. and in fact they tried to mount a challenge to the pro-western government that had come in with petro poroshenko, who was himself extremely corrupt. and it is not -- you know, closing down an investigation into one corrupt guy is not crazy in a government that's also riddled with corruption. so you know, i think this kind of makes sense as a kind of offering to the trump administration to get what this government, which is so anti-russian, which was lethal aid, lethal force in fighting the russian-backed separatists in eastern ukraine. >> and as part of what they may have arranged here, not only were the investigations into manafort dropped but it appears at the same time that kilimnik was allowed to leave ukraine despite the fact there was an espionage inquiry into him and he was allowed to go to russia, wh

in ukraine because some of them are what's happening in the east of ukraine with some criticism as to ukraine handling the cough like propaganda it should not be fought with propaganda or with censorship. in both the chunk of case in ukraine and the recent screwball case in the u.k. in which a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned fingers were quickly pointed at moscow the problem in both cases has been evidence of the lack of it and the tendency of news organizations in ukraine the u.k. and elsewhere to accept the word of local authorities and publish according that's not journalism it's the knockers and it plays right into the hands of the kremlin and the media apparatus it happens at its spokes it's no longer necessary to source your story on anyone you just quote anonymous sources that you never name their names and i think that the western media have home the art of perfection and this is something that a real journalist and real journalism allowed to happen on one level listen is a conventional conflict before we jump in the side. on the other hand it's also the info

in the east of ukraine with some criticism as to ukraine handling the cough like propaganda it should not be fought with propaganda or with censorship. in both the chunk of case in ukraine and the recent screwball case in the u.k. in which a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned fingers were quickly pointed at moscow the problem in both cases has been evidence of the lack of it and the tendency of news organizations in ukraine the u.k. and elsewhere to accept the word of local authorities and publish according that's not journalism it's the knockers and it plays right into the hands of the kremlin and the media apparatus it happens at its spokes it's no longer necessary to source your story on anyone you just quote anonymous sources that you never name their names and i think that the western media have honed the art to perfection and this is something that a real journalist and real journalism allowed to happen on one level listen is a conventional conflict before we jump in the sun. on the other hand it's also an information conflict and the russians have sort of blown o

russia pushed out after it seized the huge chunk of ukraine known as crimea. we want to give you history. crimean peninsula was part of ukraine for 60 years, so this is what's incredible. it really was all yellow. it was part of ukraine, but in march of 2014 while the world was focused on the winter olympics in sochi, russia, russia seized crimea from ukraine, fully integrating the peninsula by july 2015. the move caused international outrage and steep sanctions against russia followed and are for now still in place, but, of course, the conflict further escalated into deadly fighting between the ukrainian government and the separatist forces in the area of ukraine, and for now, we need to keep stressing, that would be like if mexico bites off a chunk of texas. you can't do that. so they were kicked out of the g8 and that's how the g8 became the g7. our thanks to blake burman. he will interrupt us if anything happens. while the g7 is dominating the narrative, there are market drivers coming up next week that right now have investors making major bets as they ze

in ukraine because some of them are what's happening in the east of ukraine with some criticism of ukrainehandling the cough like propaganda should not be fought with propaganda or with. in both the chuckle case in ukraine and the recent screwball case in the u.k. in which a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned fingers were quickly pointed at moscow the problem in both cases has been evidence the lack of it and the tendency of news organizations in ukraine the u.k. and elsewhere to accept the word of local authorities and publish according that's not journalism it's the knockers and it plays right into the hands of the kremlin and the media apparatus it happens as it's suppose it's no longer necessary to source your story on anyone you just quote anonymous sources that you never name their names and i think that the western media have all of this art to perfection and this is something that a real journalist and real journalism to happen on one level listen is a conventional conflict before we jump in the side. on the other hand it's also an information conflict and the russia

there is a huge sense of betrayal and anger with ukraine surprise surprise surprise their interest angry because of the. it's not that they expose this narrative as in this case a false and an awful lot of people are very upset and angry with ukraine for doing that. that is one of the most remarkable things people who say well the terrible thing about the story is it's going to mean that putin and the kremlin drawing ganda machine are going to be able to explore this to prove that a lot of the i am certainly not exploiting anything i am jews you. shining the light on this because that is the only antidote to this kind of propaganda here mark go ahead jump in ok so the whole sordid i mean obviously has some good planning here the ukrainian m.p. who was in on this said that it was done in the style of sherlock holmes because sherlock holmes also did something like this and it was very successful for him i had to tell it to those around a and b. but seans isn't a real character he's. doing very well there so even though we have a fake killer who actually used to be part of these ukrainian a

the joint investigation team includes the netherlands belgium australia malaysia and ukraine. the body cooperates with other states but russia's only been allowed limited involvement. ukraine was quick to blame russia for the tragedy however the final report does not directly blame russia for the crash. investigators concluded the book was driven in from russia and returned across the border after the launch that was based on intercepted telephone conversations witness statements photographs and videos posted on social media but the accuracy of such evidence remains questionable. several mainstream media outlets and prominent politicians also didn't hesitate to pin the blame on russia even before the investigation reached any conclusions many reports used questionable evidence from amateur investigators like belling cat who used social networks and open internet sources to try and decipher what happened. it is news headlines and updates on our top stories for you in half an hour. about your sudden passing i've only just learnt you worry yourself in taking your last wrong turn.

embassy in ukraine. paula's had to leave ukraine once before when she received death threats in twenty fifteen she was covering a story about wildfires we've been through the area around chernobyl and asking people about how the situation was unfolding ukrainian journeys unhappy with paulo being allowed entry to the country launched an online campaign and called for people to kill her well she then started receiving death threats on twitter and subsequently fled the country. the incident was mentioned at the media freedom conference that paula was heading to however the panel changed the subject when it was mentioned. don't you think that ukraine should step away from the policy that would condemn and russia i'm think full to the speaker for condemning the decision of the ukrainian authorities not to allow russian journalist of guinea permaculture and r.t. correspondent paula slip to come to crane favor by preventing them from participating in this conference thank you. an open question more for the audi

embassy in ukraine. r.t. has also requested multiple press freedom organizations to comment on the situation with paulus lear most of them have not yet responded but here's what some of them told us the international federation of journalists said kiev's actions completely contradict democracy while human rights watch said any dissatisfaction with the work of journalist does not justify it barring them from doing it. and of course the incident was mentioned at the media freedom conference that paula was heading to however the panel change the subject when it was mentioned don't you think that ukraine should step away from the policy that we condemn and russia i'm think full to the speaker for condemning the decision of the ukrainian authorities not to allow russian journalist of guinea permaculture and r.t. correspondent paula slayer to come to crane favor by preventing them from participating in this conference thank you. an open question more for the audience not necessarily for the expert panel here so i'm

the joint investigation team includes the netherlands belgium australia malaysia and ukraine. the body cooperates with other states but russia's only been allowed limited involvement. ukraine was quick to blame russia for the tragedy however the final report does not directly blame russia for the crash. investigators concluded the book was driven in from russia and returned across the border after the launch that was based on intercepted telephone conversations witness statements photographs and videos posted on social media but the accuracy of such evidence remains questionable. several mainstream media outlets and prominent politicians also didn't hesitate to pin the blame on russia even before the investigation reached any conclusions many reports used questionable evidence from amateur investigators like belling cat who used social networks and open internet sources to try and decipher what happened. are the very latest news headlines for you and updates on our top stories in half an hour. well we'll come twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeep

embassy in ukraine. paula has had to leave ukraine once before when she received death threats in twenty fifteen she was covering a story about wild sweeping through the area around chernobyl and asking people about how the situation was unfolding ukrainian journalist and happy with paula being allowed entry to the country launched an online campaign and called for people to kill her she then started receiving death threats on twitter and subsequently fled the country. the incident was mentioned at the media freedom conference that paula was heading to however the panel changed the subject when it was mentioned don't you think that ukraine should step away from the policy that we condemn and russia i'm thankful to the speaker for condemning the decision of the ukrainian authorities not to allow russian journalist of guinea permaculture and r.t. correspondent paula slip to come to green preventing them from participating in this conference thank you. question for the audience not necessarily for the exper

embassy in ukraine. artie's also asked multiple press freedom organizations to comment on the situation with paulus lear most of them have not yet responded but here's what some of them told us the international federation of journalists said here of their actions completely contradict democracy while human rights watch said any dissatisfaction with the work of journalist does not justify barring them from doing it. and of course the incident was mentioned at the media freedom conference that pollard was heading to however the panel change the subject when it was mentioned don't you think that ukraine should step away from the policy that we condemn and russia and think full to the speaker for condemning the decision of the ukrainian authorities not to allow russian journalist of guinea permaculture and r.t. correspondent paula slip to come to green so by preventing them from participating in this conference thank you. open question more for the audience not necessarily for the expert panel here so i'm s

without ukraine at the table. that has been the approach they have taken in the past. in your role, i expect you to have strong views on this. how would you advise the president on this issue of ukraine and specifically the sanctions and what is going on on the eastern border? >> i will not engage in too many hypotheticals. i will say that on ukraine, we have been very clear in our public messaging. i think the legislation is clear about what actions would be needed in part of the russians in order for us to lift sanctions. i think we have shown our resolve in this area by providing defensive aid to the ukrainians and georgians. i think beyond that, our overall mindset has to be that we keep the door open to constructive dialogue where there are shared areas of interest. it is increasingly hard to see where there are shared areas of interest to the russians but i think we owe it to the american people to keep open to the idea that we can find those areas. i won't engage in hypotheticals. we will see where the proc

embassy in ukraine. r.t. has also asked multiple press freedom organizations to comment on the situation with porter's lear most of them have not yet responded but here's what some of them told us the international federation of journalists said here is actions completely contradict democracy while human rights watch said any dissatisfaction with the work of journalist does not justify barring them from doing it and of course the incident was mentioned at the media freedom conference that paula was heading to however the panel changed the subject when it was mentioned. don't you think that ukraine should step away from the policy that we condemn and russia and think full to the speaker for condemning the decision of the ukrainian authorities not to allow russian journalist of guinea permaculture and r.t. correspondent paula slip to come to crane they by preventing them from participating in this conference thank you. an open question more for the audience not necessarily for the expert panel here so i'm sure

why don't you put up a map of ukraine and crimea and show people? hillary clinton went in in 2014, overthrew the government in ukraine, and russia said ok, we have to save our warm water port. they were already in crimea. russia did not invade crimea. the media said that they did. y'all say that. bunch of liars. to the hill, dems rip russia'sall for readmission. he wrote in a tweet, ok, really, what does putin have on president?- the russia has attacked our election, invaded ukraine, slaughtered innocent syrians, yet trump does his bidding and allies our out -- and alienates our allies. a brief exchange with the french president and the u.s. president in quebec. [video clip] >> on trade there is a critical fact there is a way to progress altogether. a had a direct discussion, willingness on all sides to find an agreement, a win-win approach for our people, our workers, our middle classes. we have good communication on north korea. an important meeting in singapore. share commonak and sense and common values. we share a willingness to get results tog

embassy in ukraine. r.t. it's also requested multiple press freedom organizations to comment on the situation with paulus lear most of them have not yet responded but here's what some of them told us the international federation of journalists said actions completely contradict democracy while human rights watch said any dissatisfaction with the work of journalist does not justify barring them from doing it. and of course the incident was mentioned at the media freedom conference the pilot was heading to however the panel changed the subject when it was mentioned. don't you think that ukraine should step away from the policy that would condemn and russia unthinkable to the speaker for condemning the decision of the ukrainian authorities not to allow russian journalist of guinea permaculture and r.t. correspondent paula slayer to come to green so by preventing them from participating in this conference thank you. question for the audience not necessarily for the expert panel here so i'm sure that will be discu

waterfalls meet it's if you read the you get the impression that things that ukraine is are personal position that it's being bargained with all that nationalism is exactly what. in two thousand and fourteen in the new role if if a new one is praising the support of the people at what you could make a comment to end up a bomb in ukraine and nationalism is that what has happened is since two thousand and fourteen there is a nationalism there but in the nation ok mark how do you follow. a summit a one on one because it seems to me that even though russia gate is winding down it's really turning into f.b.i. gate and d.o.j. gate more than anything else but we have seen that the media is going to let this go and in light of what we said in the first part of the program it's going to be more demonization i think they should meet if they can have some substance i don't like these kind of meetings without substance yeah i are afraid that until trump gets control of his own foreign policy and there is some kind of and whatever weight to this which with the russia gate conspiracy that's going

along with more on this this case is dragging on a bit is now russia far from happy here but ukraine sticking to its lie what do we know so far here that while kevin appeared in court basically appealing his arrest the judges decided to keep the order in place now while in the courtroom you complained about the conditions he's being kept in basically you said that he's being put under a tremendous amount of pressure that the only way he can move around is there while being handcuffed and convoyed by a large amount of people that's how he described it he also went as far as saying that he feels that it is like he's being charged with the killing of kennedy and now of course he's being charged with something else and that is very serious he's being charged with state treason in ukraine he was arrested on the fifteenth of may that was when the police raided the offices of ria novosti ukraine news agency and arrested him arrested its editor in chief for a real vision skill along with with other journalists and now. this caused international condemnation. organizations including the organ

i only come in to end up a bomb in the ukraine in nationalism is that what has happened in since two thousand and fourteen there is a nationalism there but no nation ok mark how do you follow. a summit a one on one because it seems to me that even though russia gate is winding down it's really turning into f.b.i. gate and d.o.j. gate more than anything else but we have seen that the media is going to let this go and in light of what we said in the first part of the program it's going to be more demonization i think they should meet if they can have some substance i don't like these kind of meetings without substance yeah i are afraid that until trump gets control of his own foreign policy and there is some kind of and whatever weight to this which with the russia gate conspiracy that's going on that he doesn't really have anything that he can offer russia it's not in rushers. interests to have this summit. a western journalist just tweeted this week the former chinese official diplomat he met with today said every country thinks america has gone crazy we benefit by doing nothing othe

there are tensions between hungary and ukraine over the rights of the ethnic and ariens and the west and you have said that ukraine step hungary in the back what is your reaction going to be hungary is reaction. well you know. maybe the loudest supporter within the european union.

russia in two thousand and fourteen but is still considered by western countries to be a part of ukraine artists america has more on the development. on board air force one on friday trump spoke to reporters about his upcoming meeting with putin when a reporter asked him if he recognized crimea as part of russia he said quote we're going to have to see but then he blamed obama for the entire crimea to awful saying that it was a shame that obama gave up crimea now to remind the viewers of what happened in crimea back in twenty fourteen a referendum was held with international observers present and ninety seven percent of the population voted to secede from ukraine and join russia the west refuse to recognize this plebiscite and then impose sanctions on russia and then separate ones on crimea but just this week we also heard from another u.s. official john bolton who said that trump wouldn't recognize crimea as part of russia so conflicting views coming from the trump administration which seems like basic protocol at this point but these statements come a few weeks before trump summit with

kilimnik has disappeared from ukraine fleeing where else but to russia. for more on the significance of these new charges by the special counsel, i'm joined by former federal proper harry sendek and ken vogel. ken, you reported about kilimnik and manafort for awhile. describe the two men's relationship for us. >> well, constantine kilimnik who can goes by kk or kostia an friends started with manafort back in 2005. he was recruited from the international republican institute's moscow office where he was -- had been fired actually, depending on who you listen to because of suspected ties to russian intelligence even back then but when he starred with manafort, he started as a translator and gradually worked his way up becoming integral to manafort's kiev operation and actually playing a huge role in implementing of this lobbying plan on behalf viktor yanukovych who is manafort's client, the pro-russian president strong mann president of ukraine, kk was very much involved in this effort that manafort helped fund and implement to essentially buff the reputati

to the news bulletin now artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer has been denied entry to ukraine she was stopped at the border while heading to a human rights conference on media freedom here's the latest report that she said. so the good news is that i have finally been given my passport back and my boarding card so i'm actually going to start right now and make my way through to the boarding gate i have been stuck here at the international departures lounge for the last eight hours and there's been no more explanation given to me as to why i'm here and why i was deported and why i'm being refused entry to claim other than that it was an order they came from above now i do understand that this essentially means that they see me as a threat to state security and that's often the reason that is given as an explanation but how they could be true in my case is beyond me because i was essentially coming here to participate in a workshop dedicated to the work of foreign journalists now you can see behind me there and i'm moving the camera at the departure lounge is really quiet and th

women's day march not these just so you know western media these people that you were backing in ukraine at least the vanguard of of the new government that helped brought it to power and keep it there those are actual honest to god real fascists. i already brought up the term of virtue virtue is signaling i mean this whole again i think you put it really well where you want to fall on the immigration debate but you know if you have the picture of time the cover of time magazine trump without a child i mean on so many levels. that cover of is fictitious it's a throng have to write it's fake news ok and particularly when trump found himself squeezed he caved whatever word you want to use. but he inherited a problem and he's still being blamed for it ok even when he took action go ahead oh yeah it was completely fake i mean the whole story was fake. the whole hysteria about the little girl nothing of about it was was even close to her getting taken away snatched from the arms for mother but i mean there's no need to go into detail the whole thing was fake news and that's why people are cal

leave the ukraine in the streets to deceive the you. know i'm not asking you you know stripping ukrainians of their sovereign rights we are talking about specifically. the extension of nato military infrastructure towards russian borders because i don't think russians if you're really i mean at least if you talk to mr putin. quite plainly said that's what russell russia was objecting to was not. european and ukrainian integration you know economic cooperation with russia was really troubled by is the prospect of nato and its borders. understand completely disintegrated in russia specially. when the in nato if you intend to needle russians ideas have to really emerge should two words a bit understanding they kill so much closer cooperation because really where this is in my opinion one of the big mistakes on both sides especially the later side. this is the big disappointment on the other hand i think you should not forget to add to the ukrainian thing the ukrainian problem started with the e.u. association agreement i would. exclude tha

there is ukraine and syria. not to mention traditional issues of counterterrorism, proliferation and fighting organized crime together. >> jeanine: sebastian gorka, let's talk about ukraine that barack obama did nothing about. what leverage do we have with russia to be able to get them to forget about coming to the table, they are already at the table but how do we level them? >> well, russia is in a world of hurt right now. if you look at every single significant policy decision that the president has taken in the last year and a half, judge, which has any impact on russia, they are been hurt. whether it is unleashing fracking in the anwar, whether it's getting the nato nations finally to pay 2% of the defense budget or whether it's arming the ukrainians, we have a lot of leverage. this is a country in a death spiral. 600,000 russians die every year. more than are born. the average mortality of a russian male is under 60. so, there is all kind of things with the economic, diplomatic that we can leverage. but th

russia in two thousand and fourteen but is still considered by western countries to be a part of ukraine artists american has more on the development on board air force one on friday trump spoke to reporters about his upcoming meeting with putin when a reporter asked him if he'd recognize crimea as part of russia he said quote we're going to have to see but then he blamed obama for the entire crimea debacle saying that it was a shame that obama gave up crimea now to remind the viewers of what happened in crimea back in twenty fourteen a referendum was held with international observers present and ninety seven percent of the population voted to secede from ukraine and join russia the west refuse to recognize this plebiscite and then impose sanctions on russia and then separate ones on crimea but just this week we also heard from another u.s. official john bolton who said that trump wouldn't recognize crimea as part of russia so conflicting views coming from the trump administration which seems like basic protocol at this point but these statements come a few weeks before trump's summit wi

there is a huge sense of betrayal and anger with ukraine surprise surprise surprise their interest angry because of the gift yeah it's not there they expose this narrative as in this case a false and an awful lot of people are very upset and angry with ukraine for doing that. that is one of the most remarkable things people who say well the terrible thing about the story is it's going to mean that putin and the kremlin drawing ganda machine are going to be able to exploit this to prove that a lot of the i am certainly not exploiting anything i am jews you should. getting the light on this because that is the only antidote to this kind of propaganda here mark go ahead jump in ok so the whole sort of i mean obviously has some good planning here the ukrainian m.p. who was in on this said that it was done in the style of sherlock holmes because sherlock holmes also did something like this and it was very successful for him i had to tell it to this route a and b. but there isn't a real character i mean he's. doing very well there so even though we had a fake killer who actually used to be par

there is a huge sense of betrayal and anger with ukraine surprise surprise surprise their interest angry because of the. narrative that they expose this narrative as in this case a false and an awful lot of people are very upset and angry with ukraine for doing that. that is one of the most remarkable things people who say well the terrible thing about the story is it's going to mean that hootin and the kremlin drawing ganda machine are going to be able to explore this to prove that a lot i am certainly not exploiting anything i'm juss shining the light on this because that is the only antidote to this kind of propaganda here mark go ahead jump in ok so the whole sort of i mean obviously has some good planning here the. ukrainian m.p. who was in on this said that it was done in the style of sherlock holmes because sherlock holmes also did something like this and it was very successful for him i had to tell it to this rather. comes isn't a real character i mean he is. doing very well there are so even though we have a fake killer who actually used to be part of these ukrainian alter it ac