ukrainian m.p. is making some sensational claims against senior officials in the country of the twenty fourteen may down revolution details coming up after this short break stay with us. join me every thursday on the alex salmond sure i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question by the way it's going to be our coach. guys i know you're one of us is a huge star among us and a huge amount of pressure come out you have to go meet the center of the beach with all we with you and we will go through all the great game the greatest game you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down going left go. alone and doesn't worry you and i'm really happy to join our team for the two thousand and thirteen world cup in russia. this special was it was also appreciated me to just say the review the r.t. team's latest edition to

today the majority of crimea's inhabitants are ethnic russians ukrainians and crimean tatars. but the peninsula is also home to bellow russians armenians poles jews and germans. the crossroads of the orient and the oxygen. europe and asia. greeks came from across the mediterranean founded cities and opened up trade routes to europe. nomadic tribes from the steps of asia conquered crimea well the mongols of the golden horde established a slave trade here. conquerors became settlers tradesmen and artisans farmers and citizens until new conquerors came and new cultures. for centuries crimea belonged to the empire of the crimean tatars and the ottomans . under catherine the great it became russian and remained so for one hundred fifty years. then in one nine hundred fifty four the peninsula became part of ukraine. i a demonstration in the crimean capital simferopol in march twenty fourth team was an overwhelming show of support by the majority ethnic russian population of crimea in favor of leaving ukraine and joining russia. it's a very. i that sentiment was reflected in the outc

tank missiles being sold to the ukrainians by the americans obviously this is sending a message a number of messages u.s. support of the regime in kiev we can go is in shaky ground right now the issues in the dom obviously have not been resolved we know that legislation has been passed by the ukrainian parliament that is essentially made no envoy the entire middle minsk process which is not mentioned at all and that's just on the russian language in ukraine that west protest i think. we also see the rush is going to be steadfast in its position will not allow the people of the donbass to be overrun by military forces ukrainian military is gearing up number of several outrages events that happened this week around ukraine you're right there american javelin yourselves have been supplied to your green when when police race to the ground their protest came being near the ukrainian parliament one hundred people were arrested more than in november two thousand and thirteen when you just banned basically swept out the first mind that but that the traps of sanctions now. and then take me some o

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obviously have not been resolved we know that legislation has been passed by the ukrainian parliament that is essentially made no in void the entire middle minsk process which is not mentioned at all and that's just on the russian language in ukraine that west protests that they gained. and we also see that the russia is going to be steadfast in its position will not allow the people of the dumbass to be overrun by military forces ukrainian military is gearing up going to have several outrages events that happened this week around ukraine you're right there american javelin yourselves have been supplied to your green when when police race to the ground this protest came being near the ukrainian parliament one hundred people were arrested more than in november two thousand and thirteen when you just. basically swept out first my dog but at the time going to court you got threats of sanctions. didn't take me so you want to you have to be almost a specialist in eastern european affairs and ukraine even to know what you just said davis is a gets no coverage wants to have someone but they'

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claiming that a number of the ukrainian and. even the channel prosecutor were actually. responsible organizing this fire at both sides of the crowds at the mass protest in twenty fourteen of course those mass protests triggered or. the turn of the government at the time was enough time was victor and luckovich what we can do now is have a quick listen to what she said at that press conference. but you do you know i said that i saw a van people with weapons were coming out of it people are in parliament and i saw the current speaker of parliament bring snipers to the hotel those people are in parliament now the people who gave orders who committed crimes who will always look for a scapegoat the prosecutor general needed to become the prosecutor so that he's crimes against the ukrainian people are never investigated well these are incredibly serious accusations are they really are in a complete u. turn you know she's gone from a hero to enemy of the state she was previously imprisoned in russia she was accused at the time of being complicit in the killings of two western j

crisis prolonged because it actually affects the relationship of russia with ukrainian people because we have to draw strong ties strong ties between russians and ukrainians so i think that mr putin will actually continue to with the peace process in the ukraine and that was he will be calling west to do the same and just to to ask the ukrainian authorities to be reasonable and to continue the process of peaceful negotiations and peaceful settlement of these acute ukrainian crisis mr ben i can see wanting to come in early and there not just to answer this question this deterioration of relations with mr putin's russia is not in the western interest but it is in the western interest to send a strong signal that actions such as the one once taken in the u.k. or the war crimes committed in syria for that for that matter that those are the aggression aggression in eastern ukraine that needs to stop and then the west is not pursuing these measures to have a cold war with russia nobody wants this this is not in our interest as i said we should actually be focusing much more on the. competit

it's not simply ukrainian talent. other countries have tremendous absorptive capacity for western resources. but i've seen pressure and money have effect. there's been progress in terms of civil society and bottom-up shift in national consciousness in ukraine. but i would also discourage you a bit from expecting any quick results. there's a lot naturally that you can do, but end of the day, after years of seeing the west trying and nudging ukraine along and cycles of recidivism, you're going to have to do it. learned one thing long time ago from d.c., west can't want it for ukraine more than ukraine want it's for itself. that's the reality of it. i don't have answer for it. >> if i may pitch in for a second. you can't beat moldova with corruption. >> tough competition here on the panel. >> just to put in perspective, couple of years ago, nominally pro-european, pro-russia coalition in power embezzled over a billion dollars from bafrpgs. 12% of gdp, in context of u.s. or other country is mind boggling. major problem. d

we will do everything we can to make sure ukrainians feel at home in russia. yesterday you congratulated the chairman. are you confident that bilateral relations between russia and china will prosper? to develop his country. we wish the best of luck to the chinese leadership and the people of china. there are some ideas like silk road and the economic component of the silk road. i do not want to talk about the specifics but we think this initiative is compatible with our project. we want to build in economic inon and develop cooperation an expanded sense of the term and our interest converge. we have a lot of things on which we could work together. the level of relations between russia and china is very high and we treasure these relations and we congratulate the chairman on being reelected and we are by himnt that china, led and russia, will do everything they can to further develop the russia china cooperation. when will you nominate new members of your cabinet? practice is the president appoints the new cabinet after he enters office, so i will have to cons

run by military forces ukrainian military is gearing up for the number of several outrages events that happened this week around ukraine you're right there american javelin yourselves have been supplied to ukraine when when police race to the ground this protest camping near the ukrainian parliament one hundred people were arrested more than in november two thousand and thirteen when you just . basically swept out the first my dog but at the time going to court you got threats of sanctions. and then take me some of them have to be almost a specialist in eastern european affairs and ukraine even to know what you just said davis is a gets no coverage when so absolutely but they're also if you are the fact that they just wanted to mention that american negotiate on your grain they suggested to disband the donetsk people's republic people's republic he forgot to mention that these entered just would have never sprung up if it hadn't been for the u.s. support it three zero change in ukraine in two thousand and fourteen so it's the same story as in for example syria why you see the isis beca

very long it started back in one thousand nine hundred one russia continues li didn't go in the ukrainian affairs the liberal about it was only business not and personal not in fraternal just gas get payment for the gas that's why chernomyrdin or the former prime minister you know the gas person of russia was appointed there was the exercise of russia not often exercise or russian soft power the results are dredging but let's put it like that but i think what we're talking about putin's legacy a lot will depend on the developments in ukraine ukraine is entering its own election cycle and the problem is that poroshenko is getting huge power thanks to the new war national security he will be created police the army the security service on the other hand he's very unpopular so he's popular with washington yes is that going to cause a little you know he's actually he's actually giving me more problems coming up just to be aware of the almost every single day that you have to suffer is already being able to read that who wanted to blow up the ukrainian parliament kill the president in the way

you with their ukrainian parliament every day. is fasting eleven twelve thirteen as the ok you know i think in the russian duma there won't pick up the court and they dia suction it's not just you know it was twelfth and second speech or because she's last on terrorism and. the reactions have short first of all is the political capital to. get his foreign policy and domestic policy objectives that he allies within the next six years ok well hold it you'll be able to talk about this in six years and that's all the time we have german many thanks and i guess here in moscow this is the end of our broadcast segment stay with us for the extended version on our you tube channel see you next time and remember. when almost chokes seem wrong when old clothes just don't hold. the world to get to shape out these days you can stick out to it and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. well you know the cars they were kind of adopted because we were called pirates for so long. i m

and that ukrainians feel at home in russia. yesterday you congratulated chairman she didn't mean. are you confident that the bilateral relations between russia and china will prosper. chairman sees that you said some misses goals for china he wants to develop his country and we wish the best of luck to the chinese and chinese leadership in the the people of china. there are some. good. ideas like this. and the economic component of the silk road and i don't want to talk about this specific so our cooperation but we think that this initiative has quite compatible with our projects in that we want to build the eurasian economic the union we want to develop a eurasian coppery in an expanded sense of the terms and our interests coincide they converge and we have a lot of things on which we could work together and we'll do that china is i was thirteen partner the level of relations between russia and china he is unprecedentedly high you we're proud of it and we treasure these relations so we congratulate chairman see on being really acted and we are confident that china led by him and

you with their ukrainian parliament every day. is fasting eleven twelve thirteen as d ok no i think in the russian duma they're going to have the port and idea suctioned it's not just you know it was twelfth and second speech or because he was last on terrorism and. actions have showed first of all is the political capital to. get his foreign policy and domestic policy objectives is to within the next six years ok well hold it you'll be able to talk about this in six years and that's all the time we have german many thanks to my guest here in moscow this is the end of our broadcast segment stay with us for the extended version on our you tube channel see you next time and remember. the most expensive fish in the world each one is selling for tens of thousands of euros it continues to grow its entire life if it was thirty years old you might have a two ton fish out there and yet they don't get that big today because we're way too good at catching. it's only when themself a much larger mission was once there and that was much more w

very long it started back in one thousand nine hundred one russia continues li didn't go in the ukrainian affairs the liberal about it was only business not and personal not in fraternal just gas get payment for the gas that's why chernomyrdin or the former prime minister you know the guest person of russia was appointed there was the exercise of russia not often exercise or russian soft power the results are dredging but let's put it like that but i think a lot when we talk about putin's legacy a lot will depend on the developments in ukraine ukraine is entering its own election cycle and the problem is that poroshenko is getting huge power thanks to the new war national security he will be created police the army the security service on the other hand he's very unpopular so he's popular with washington yes that was a little you know he's actually he's actually giving me more problems coming up just to be aware of the almost every single day that you have to search in case or it's being able to read that who wanted to blow up the ukrainian parliament kill the president in the way the gov

not ukrainians, not tatars, not jews, 13 russian nationals. today leader spool and i a-- leader pell owes i and i alongside senator feinstein and congressman nadler sent president trump a letter urging him to use all available resources to extradite the 13 russian nationals named in the special counsel's investigation to stand trial here in the united states. ensuring russian nationals stand trial in the united states would be a clear signal to those who seek to meddle with our licks that their actions are not without consequences. this is imperative to deter russia and any other nation in the future from attacking our democracy. another test, a test of president trump's leadership. another test he's failing miserably. if president trump really cared about our country, he would expand every resource in his possession to bring justice to these foreign actors who meddled with our country's most sacred democratic process, the one enshrined by the founding fathers and embraced and even worshiped by americans over the centuries, with good reason. a

the north stream to pipeline would be a serious blow to the ukrainian gas industry. the staff of the rivers flow station hope that ukraine will remain an important link in the gas delivery route but that would require the country to make substantial investments in its pipeline system. we have not seen mines we have ignored streaming water and we need nordstrom to use we need the parts line through crane absolutely work and of what even no one in russia no one here wants to eliminate that really million billions need to be invested in that part of invest yet that in recent years ukraine state owned oil and gas company has been collecting around two billion year. rose annually in transit fees for the country's coffers but the windfall from the russian pipeline has been not just a blessing but also occurs. in the rupee. suggs b i have to admit the gas has always been the biggest source of corruption in ukraine score of the war and that's because we're not just talking about gas whether a million dollars or one hundred million dollars but you're in your heart where the b

on the ukrainian controlled territory government controlled territory more than thirty visits have been happening over this this period of time to those people who have violated the ukrainian law you intercept the refugees and asylum seekers at sea the tow them back to where they came from or have them processed mainly on the pacific island of now roo or papua new guinea. the guiding principle being that people who try to ride by boat should never ever set foot in australia so. if you pay a people smuggler and you try to get to australia that way and you can only get to australia by boat. people smugglers try to get to australia that way we will try to discourage that process we want to stop it we do resettle refugees we're one of very few countries that has a refugee resettlement program but we don't think it's appropriate for people to pay people smugglers and try and get to australia you're going was accused of paying people smugglers itself two years. handing over words of cash and telling the people smugglers to take the. people back to try to try to understand what we're trying to

police the russian ambitious and why did the ukrainian police do it they said they were afraid. in two thousand. two thousand and fourteen well several dozen people were which was which was never fully investigated and no one was ever held to account of all the international who did of course because there videotapes are video games on you tube it gets even worse because they put the people that were the victims and. some of them who are going to who would appreciate it but the judge in jail again when contacted churches let's say with the election mark what would it be. americans always say they vote for bread and butter issues with their pocketbook here or russians any different. someone but i think there's an element of that too and i think that would not have had as high turnout as he did if the economy had turned in the last year. a little over a year ago he reached a deal with the saudis to end the oil price war and that helped raise the macro economy starting about eight months ago and only in the last three or four months did we see that start to trickle into the real ec

ukrainian acts of combat pilot have janko has been arrested for allegedly planning to carry out a coup with claims agents working for the government have been plotting to discredit her she is an outspoken critic of the ukrainian government and became a member of parliament in two thousand and fourteen after spending nearly two years in a russian jail. and one hundred thirty five whales have died after being washed ashore in western australia the animals are thought to be short fin the pilot whales a species and know to stranded large groups wildlife service staff were on site assessing the health and well being of the fifteen still alive. there's just a few months left before germany defend their world cup title in russia for the players who hope to be on coach walk in love squad it is crunch time tonight they face spain in a friendly let's take a look at some of the hopefuls for that world cup squad. their wish to never rest is the motto of the german football association the d.f.t. has given to the national team's world cup title defense it could also be interpreted as a warning to t

changed the boundary that it came under ukrainian control and no one was told about this and i've never seen any british media reporting in detail about the predominance of russians in the crimea and of course at the time i made the ukrainian government was taking some very unpleasant measures and frankly i can well understand that russians in crimea don't wish to be under the control of the ukrainian government they would rather be under the control of the russian government that's reason i also pointed out that m.p.'s and members of the royal family will not be attending a fee for world cup in russia this summer what kind of impact if any will that have or is it simply symbolic but it's absolutely no impact at all if to resume a was serious about taking action against russia you'd be looking at a big ramping up of economic sanctions but the course that would damage the west as well any trades important between russia and the rest of europe and so on so i have ceiling a lot of this is about trying to build up the image of theresa may who did very badly in the last general election and