was the morton of the viscously residence he was asked to accommodate russian and ukrainian officials in the government residence and meet boris yeltsin in person yeltsin was the last to arrive in viscously that day in the evening i met him at the entrance it was clear that yeltsin had just come from a social function. visit was carefully prepared for everyone realized that the outcome of the talks as a whole depended very much on his mood. i was standing at the front door to the residence and i held this part of them. came through i greeted him. and he was led to his. there he rested until it was supper time. the verdict on the soviet union was pronounced that same night during a joint supper on the ground floor near the main entrance there was a buffet whole. everyone gathered in this hall ate in the evening for supper. it lasted until eleven pm. afterwards they all retired to their rooms. and drank vodka. i'm not sure if everyone was the same everyone drank as much as they could. and then he wanted to went to the song. sternness les just gave each still has a caricature in his home

it is here that the parties decided to invite the ukrainian leader to join them for their first ever discussion of their common future without go but off the yes the point was obviously to deliberate in europe since of corba charges i would even say we all realized that we would not be able to persuade gorbachev and besides he's worried it could not be relied upon i mean he could tell you anything and do something completely different. late on december the seventh yeltsin was already in viscously the next day the press was admitted to the lobby of the premises and the signatory parties to the agreement would periodically make an appearance the core deliberations however were all being held behind closed doors. down to draw up the documents question immediately arose as to who would do the writing. so i said let me do it i'm used to writing what i used to work for the party's ideology section. pen and paper and got down to it. by midday the agreement had been composed tables were being arranged in the lobby for the signing ceremony when the meeting participants suddenly realized that

on december the seventh one thousand nine hundred ninety one hunting party was organized for the ukrainian leader leonid kravchuk. it was already getting. said he wanted to go hunting so we all got into the car with the guards went closer to his coolly where there was. a european bison is the symbol of the bill of asia forest the largest population of them in the world can be found here hunting them is prohibited however so leonid kravchuk proposed wild boars instead. of no way to get closer just to be certain. the boar stood there eating. but as we moved. walked away. even suited it. didn't suit it on that day and killed nuffield. in one thousand nine hundred one stepan martis york was the morton of the viscously residence he was asked to accommodate russian and ukrainian officials in the government residence and meet boris yeltsin in person yeltsin was the last to arrive in viscously that day in the evening i met him at the entrance it was clear that yeltsin had just come from a social function. visit was carefully prepared for everyone realized that the outcome of the talks as a whole d

the former ukrainian prime minister's supporters. coming into the war in iraq people. of occupation all the u.s. troops leave behind this political destroyed infrastructure. five pm in a very snowy moscow this is with me. russia's foreign minister has accused the west of turning a blind eye to opposition groups in syria which. the situation create further calls for foreign intervention. has repeated his belief that a one sided approach to resolving the country's crisis is wrong and wants both sides to hold dialogue to broker peace. now joins us live from central moscow with more details on what exactly did the foreign minister have to say. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov slammed to the west for what he says is a one sided approach by some western states and to the crisis in syria he says that. he instead of looking for ways to bring to the crisis there to the country some western states are applying more pressure on the syrian afterwards while ignoring the atrocities being committed by some of the problem western groups within the so-called syrian opposition wh

know it's a crucial day for the former ukrainian premier you're with us on tuesday it's her last chance to escape seventy years of prison as a country's highest appeal court is set to hear her tam to over turn a conviction for abuse of power are just like here chefs explains why the iron lady of ukrainian politics is hoping for. experts are speculating how long it may take for the ukraine appeal court to deliver its decision on the appeal against the verdict of yulia tymoshenko ukraine's former prime minister in fact it is unclear whether it may take several days but we do understand that the essential part of the hearings is starting today on tuesday experts are also speculating what their verdict what the decision by the appeal court would be and most likely they say the court will deny the appeal against verdict i'd like to remind our viewers that on october the eleventh the country's former prime minister was sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing her power during signing gas deals with russia back in two thousand and nine the move which infuriated both the european union an

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of turkey and ukrainian art fits medalist. to the international game where the venue for the first match of your twenty twelve is all but ready head of next summer's tournaments start final touch ups being drawn to the warsaw national stadium which will host the poland greece opener on june the if the construction of the stadium began back in two thousand and eight with the country sports officials finally getting all the necessary paperwork in order leaving the job essentially finished now and there won't be a permanent grass pitch with grass late after the finals the stadium also hosts the opening ceremony a quarter final and a semi final in addition to group a not just a group of poland russia the czech republic and greece fifty one thought funds can fit in and don't expect the single empty seat time. that brings us to buy a film where team russia claimed their first gold of the season the third stage of the world cup in austria. doing the honors taking first place in the women's sprint race leaving twenty minutes thirty si

i do without you life from moscow it is a crucial day for former ukrainian premier yulia timoshenko but the country's highest appeal court now hearing her attempt to overturn a conviction for abuse of power she's trying to avoid spending seven years and jail not of course live to see whose are following developments for us in here so what is the lady of ukrainian politics are hoping to achieve. well certainly you know too much shankar ukraine's former prime minister is hoping that her seven year prison term which she received in october the eleventh for abusing her power when she signed gas deals with russian two thousand and nine would be revoked by the highest appeal court in ukraine which has just started reviewing this case experts say this may take months they are uncertain on whether when this reviewing will happen whether the appeal would be rejected or approved in any case actually have little doubt that the appeal would be most likely denied and even if such a thing happens as the high people court says that the appeal is granted then. has several other criminal cases launched

central russia and kazakstan some one key of insist it was an act of genocide directed against ukrainians most school says it was caused by criminal agricultural policies of stalin's government but those behind the credit card project claim they're driven by remembrance motives only putting all the story debates aside you know what it's another good mechanism to have knowledge and more remember thanks to the political elite and civil organizations it is well known in ukraine. besides there are only a few living witnesses left and they're already old. however it's not only about the intangible one percent of each purchase made with a whole the more card will be allocated to a special charity fund ukraine's main monuments commemorating the 1930's famine was built in two thousand and eight amid recession and millions of us dollars were used from the state budget people behind the hole the more credit card project say that the money they raise may be used to build more and more new mines and morial this apparently benign initiative however was met with an avalanche of criticism in ukraine and

and crowds of the former ukrainian prime ministers of supporters have stormed the court building where yulia timoshenko seven year jail term for power abuse is being appealed. now just after seven pm here in moscow you're watching with me rule received shite president dmitri medvedev has promised that all reports of violations during russia's recent parliamentary poll will be looked into he made the comments as he met with the leaders of the parties elected to the state duma. small from central moscow. they oversee made mention to the concerns a violation of violations he said once again that all these claims are going to be fully investigated and he will say stake if the role of the opposition again he has to play in the need to be saying that they should have. a committee we know cool so you know it's a russian losing their parliament she would your seat at the thirds majority to see that the election results were announced we had you know is russia talking about the fact that they will have to work much place with the opposition in the feature and learned from some compromises now y

before ukrainian prime ministers support stormed the court building. seven year jail term for power abuses being appealed. the coming end to the war in iraq people say that after nine years of occupation all the u.s. troops are leaving behind a political infighting destroyed infrastructure security. global news from moscow this is a. president to me treatment has promised that all reports of violations during russia's recent parliamentary poll will be looked into he made the comments as he met with the leaders of the parties elected for the state duma and let's get more of the. study by for us live here in central moscow. president medvedev said at the meeting and tell us how the post-election situation developing here in russia well this is. a united russia the communist party. now some of the things the other thing. the. once again. claims are going to be fully investigated and he will say state of the role of the opposition again to have to play in the need. saying that they should have shut the committee. closely united russia losing the parliament

for more than a week the ukrainian topless protesters had been making themselves heard across europe on a dedicated road trip to draw attention to the sexual exploitation of women in room one of their activists made a revealing protest against injustice towards women in the catholic church in the vatican right in front of the pope. was before that they hit paris storming former i.m.f. banker dominique strauss kahn his residence. and women from italy came to us in switzerland and said we know that you're coming to rome and will be staging a protest again berlusconi and the pope thank you they said for sharing our problems there while draw free rallies in ukraine have been making international headlines for several years now from protesting against the alarming rate of prostitution especially with the upcoming who are twenty twelve full book tournament to exposing flaws in ukraine's politics now they're looking even further afield dealing with the new could be worse or they were understood the classic famine is no longer works it is if you excuse me impotent but where would dubai. the

and in a few minutes we were poured in a novel way to demonstrate the ukrainian women for europe with a series of protests bearing their anger by burying their bodies. at ten weeks of exhaustive controversial and sometimes even bloody protests the fruits of a movement that was widely expected to fizzle out in days but far from it the occupy wall street campaign is now bigger than ever defining a coordinated government crackdown widespread car brutality and media ridicule as artie's more in a word that has covered the movement's massachusetts even with those whose job is to silence it. occupy wall street has become an undeniable american household name. and police crackdowns against the democratic movement have become something of the norm not so normal is seeing one side endorse the other. retired philadelphia police captain bray lewis became the game changer on nov seventeenth arrested while demonstrating with occupy protesters on the streets of new york city the twenty four year veteran was held in police custody for eleven hours and received one comment from a new york cop nobody t

supporters of the former ukrainian prime minister stormed the court building with conviction is being appealed. to seven years behind bars for abuse of power. and barack obama hails the end of occupation in iraq with american troops finally due to withdraw by the thirty first of december many people there say they'd even off the nine years old us forces and leaving behind political infighting destroyed infrastructure and poor security. america's military withdrawal from iraq is still preparing plans to control the country's rich all reserves that's according to. the indian ambassador to iraq that interview with. president obama has announced the united states will definitively end the war in iraq at the end of this month but as the united states attempts to get the military personnel and contractors out of the country questions still remain about the implications of this decision for security in the region joining me to help discuss this is the former indian ambassador to iraq and the author of the book the ultimate prize ranjeet singh kala thing so much for joining me first of all i

supporters of the former ukrainian prime minister storm of the court building where conviction is being appealed. yulia timoshenko was sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuse of power while in office. and barack obama hailed the end of the occupation of iraq with american troops finally due to withdrawal by the thirty first of december but many people say that off the nine years all the u.s. forces have left behind is political infighting destroyed infrastructure and security. despite america's withdrawal of its military out of iraq washington is preparing to control the country's oil reserves in any case that's according to iran's india's former ambassador to iraq his discussion with us here at r.t. is right now. president obama has announced the united states will definitively end the war in iraq at the end of this month but as the united states attempts to get the military personnel and contractors out of the country questions still remain about the implications of this decision for security in the region joining me to help discuss this is the former indian ambassador to iraq

the former ukrainian prime minister supporters have stormed the building where yulia timoshenko seven year jail term for power abuse. international news and comment live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is. present a. promise that all reports of violations during russia's recent parliamentary poll will be looked into he made the comments as he met with leaders of the parties elected to the state duma well for more let's talk to. live from central moscow sara what else is present event of said at the meeting and how has the post-election situation been developing in russia while he was talking with the other leaders of the party that made it into the dream of course. the communist party. and the liberal democratic party now we heard of of course addressing the concerns of the election. he once again reiterated that all these claims are going to be fully investigated now we also heard him talking about the part of the opposition again to have to play in the. saying that they should have a best say in the team a committee of course we had all the elections united russia lost the

crowds of the former ukrainian prime minister supporters of storm the court building where you did to shrink a seven year jail term for power abuses being a preview. of the right above the hills the coming into the war in iraq people there say that after nine years of occupation all the u.s. troops will leave behind his political infighting destroyed infrastructure and port security. russia's foreign minister has accused the west of turning a blind eye to opposition groups in syria which aim to destabilize the situation and create further cool's for foreign intervention so it could evolve his repeated his belief that a one sided approach to resolving the country's crisis is wrong and wants both sides to hold on to broker peace peace can offer as more. foreign minister lavrov slams the west for what it says is a one sided approach by some western states to the situation in syria he says that instead of looking for ways to bring peace to the country more pressure is being applied on the syrian authorities while the atrocities committed by some of the problem western groups within the sy

and supporters of the former ukrainian prime minister stormed the court building where her conviction is being appealed to you to machine who was sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuse of power while in office. what is part america's military withdrawal from iraq washington is still preparing plans to control the country's rich all reserves that's according to ranjit singh color he is india's former ambassador to iraq and that interview with him is coming up next here on r.t. . president obama has announced the united states will definitively end the war in iraq at the end of this month but as the united states attempts to get the military personnel and contractors out of the country questions still remain about the implications of this decision for security in the region joining me to help discuss this is the former indian ambassador to iraq and the author of the book the ultimate prize saying kala things so much for joining me first of all i want to ask you about the recent terrorist attacks in iraq obviously there have been quite a few in the past few years and they've clai

crowds in the former ukrainian prime minister supporters have stormed the port building where you get to. a power abuse is appealing. international news and public life in moscow twenty four hours a day this is the prison to be treated video has promised that all reports of violations during russia's recent parliamentary poll will be looked into he made the comments as he met with leaders of the parties elected to the state duma the lower house of parliament on the sort of firth has more now from central moscow. we had mcdade of the pools addressing the concerns of the election violations he once again reiterated the old these claims are going to be fully investigated though we also heard him talking about the pa the opposition to going to have to play in the need to miss saying that they should have the best say in the team a committee of course we had all the elections united russia lost the parliamentary majority that t. says majority so you know it's russia two we're talking about two milledge in the fact they will have to work much closer with the opposition in the feature to bos

painful episodes in ukraine's history when a famine across the soviet union claim three million ukrainian lives alone and reports there are many in kiev who view the move as u.s. banks attempting to cash in on tragedy. almost a decades on ukraine still mourns those who died in the 1930's famine in the u.s.s.r. known here as the whole of the more and it's a rare example where political forces more used to in fighting put aside their differences to unite in common cause now the ukrainian diaspora in the united states is joining in remembrance in a rather peculiar fashion to the application for the whole of the lot of credit card. will be able to allow the south asian. and one of our branches the catastrophic nine hundred thirty two nine hundred thirty three famine claimed at least three million lives in ukraine alone with several more million perishing across what is now central russia and kazakstan some one key of insist it was an act of genocide directed against ukrainians most school says it was caused by criminal agricultural policies of stalin's government but those behind the credit c

the former ukrainian prime minister has been transferred to or remote prison where she will serve out the rest of her seven- year sentence. the leader of ukraine's orange revolution was convicted of abuse of power in october. and appeals court upheld the sentence last week. the eu has expressed concern that the charges against her are politically motivated. >> yulia tymoshenko was taken away detention center early friday morning. she is reportedly suffering from a slipped disc and the 51-year- old left the facility in a wheelchair. her attorney stance -- her attorney criticize the authorities. >> she cannot walk, and this has been confirmed. transporting her just before the new year is sadism. unfortunately, that is why we have to admit that ukraine is ruled by a pathological status. -- sadist. >> there are fears that ukrainian president viktor yanukovych has been trying to keep yulia tymoshenko in prison to neutralize his longtime political rival. officially, she is in prison for abuse of office. she was found guilty of overstepping her authority when negotiating natural gas contract

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you know our east europeans our our ukrainians and many others were very happy to see it break up and there were those in washington that still looked at the soviet union even under gorbachev as it is at least a potential in him it is no question about that but i'm talking about president bush sr. and baker our secretary of state the people who had the real power they did everything they could to support gorbachev and including a speech in kiev august first that one of our journalists called his show. chicken kiev speech because he advised the ukrainians and the others to sign gorbachev union treaty now obviously we had no real influence there but what we had we said left the three baltic countries regain their independence keep the rance. separate by that time because a we all understood you have the you know gorbachev knew that the baltics were nowhere. like we call it in russia of the kata loaf it is the one point but the others you want people to get to know them. do you think that the us really did win the cold war was what happened with with the soviet union result of the cold w