russian ambassador vitaly churkin read a letter from yanukovych.one more twist in a chaotic and baffling situation that has both the international community and world markets rattled. president obama spoke out again today saying that there will be consequences for russia breaking international laws. >> it's a violation of ukraine sovereignty, ukraine's territorial integrity, that they are a violation of international law. over time, this will be a costly proposition for russia and now is the time for them to consider whether they can serve their interests in a way that resorts to diplomacy as opposed to force. >> what president obama describes as a potentially costly proposition for russia comes after weeks of bloody protests in the streets of the capital of kiev which costs more than 100 people their lives. this comes as no surprise to one outspoken critic of vladimir putin. he became famous in the 1980s as the most famous chess player but became under prosecution for putin's repressive regime. he's currently living in new york. thank you for join

. >> ambassador vitaly churkin attacked the comments of the unrepresentative. he had this comment about his security council colleagues. >> we have taken note of the rehabilitation of a number of our western partners who simply cannot rid themselves of imperial colonial habits of attempting to impose their writ on other people and countries. >> a thief can steel appropriate. but that does not confer the right of ownership on the leaf. as a matter of law and history, wrong as a matter of policy. >> her comments angered vitaly churkin, who asked to speak again. >> translation: it's unacceptable to listen to these snuments insults. if the u.s. expect our cooperation on a number of issues. >> and as he left. >> i expect an apology. >> un-secretary-genera ban ki-moon will be visiting the areas to try to de-escalate tensions. >> thousands of people who fled their homes in south sudan because of fighting have another threat to deal with - heavy rains, and with little or no sanitation, the refugees are at risk of malaria and other waterborne diseases. landslides in bar

before that we heard from the russian ambassador to the u.n., vitaly churkin in a very defiant argument starting by saying that really the russians were asked to come in by crimean representatives, pro-russian in that part of the country. said they received a request to provide assistance to restore peace in that country. he also went on to make the charge that it was the west, including the e.u. and the u.s., who stirred up the disturbances in kiev, saying that it was in his words a crude intervention into the internal sovereignty of the ukraine. so in effect, russia there reversing the tables on the u.s. saying they are not violating ukraine's sovereignty but that in fact the west did that by getting involved in those demonstrations. we are joined now by our team of correspondents. we have elise labott at the state department, richard roth at the u.n. and christiane amanpour in london. christiane, tell me what you heard that was the most striking part of this. >> reporter: well, all sides staked out the positions that we've been hearing over the last 24 hours. there was nothing new in

but i am saying that's what vitaly churkin said -- >> right.l. >> we played it for you. >> i heard it. i heard it. we just as a network have to be really careful not to lump the entire pro-european ukrainians into what is -- >> we're not, i'm not. >> -- which are nationalistic and extremist. >> christianchristiane, we're n >> i'm an outsider. i hate to see a civil war break out on cnn. >> it's not a civil war. it's smart conversation. all right, i certainly wasn't lumping all the pro ukrainians -- d at least we got that straight. because wolf, we're in "the situation room," man. >> put it on the air and call it the war room. ♪ [ male announcer ] she won't remember this, being carried in your arms. but after a day spent in the caribbean exploring mayan ruins and playing pirates with you in secret coves, she won't exactly be short on memories. princess cruises. come back new. [ female announcer ] plan your seven-day cruise from just $549. call your travel agent or 1-800-princess. call your travel agent humans -- we are beautifully imperfect creat

i've been at it for 15 years already but it's not at all done. >> rose: vitaly churkin and larry page when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: taly churkin is here he's russia's ambassador to the united nations. today putin ratified the parliament's treaty to formally annex crimea. the eu and the united states have responded by expanding sanctions on high ranking russian officials. president putin's spokesperson said that the sanctions will not go unnoticed. in ukraine the new government signed an association agreement with the european union for closer economic ties. it is the same agreement that former ukraine president viktor yanukovych refused to sign triggering protest in november. i am pleased to have vitaly churkin back at this table. >> thank you. >> rose: tell me how ricia sees the -- russia sees the aexing of crimea. >> after forced separation crimea and russia have been finally reunified, something which has been the agreement of the people on the crimea all those years. you remember that

i am pleased to have vitaly churkin back at this table. tell me how russia sees the annexing of crimea. >> we see it as a historic fact and day. after 60 years of separation, crimea and russia can finally be reunified. something that has been the dream and aspiration of the people all the crimea all of those years. you remember crimea has been a part of russia for centuries. around 60 years ago, arbitrarily by his own decision, he transferred crimea to ukraine. at that point, there was a little grumbling. at least crimea stayed within the same continent. the crimea people tried to cut their political adopting a certain constitution giving them autonomy, but, kiev changed it giving power to crimea. in that situation which developed unexpectedly after the coup which happened in february as no legal authority remained in kiev, the situation where crimea felt threatened by those who conducted this violent coup they went ahead and declared their own independence and a referendum where people voted for joining russia. russia cannot do but take u

. >> ambassador vitaly churkin attacked the comment and said the u.n. person produced a one-sided report. >> translation: we have taken note of a number of western partners, who cannot rid themselves of colonial parties who impose their writ. >> a thief can steal property. it does not confer the rite of ownership on the thief. in closing let me emphasise what russia has done is wrong as a matter of law, wrong as a matter of history, wrong as a matter of policy, and dangerous. >> her comments angered ambassador vitaly churkin, who asked to speak again. >> translation: it is simply unacceptable to listen to the insults directed to our country. if the the u.s. delegation expects our cooperation in the security council on other issues, ambassador power must respect us. >> as me left he added this... >> ban ki-moon is starting a visit to moscow and kiev, and the aim to de-escalate the situation. events in the region, and the language around the security council table suggests that tensions are rising. james >> we are in cuba where car ownership is being rela

"no", said vitaly churkin, "we were invited in." it prompted strong condemnation. >> russia has every right to wish that events in ukraine turned out differently. it does not have the right to express the unhappiness by using military force or trying to convince the world community that up is down and black is white. >> the russian representative claims that viktor yanukovych called for russian military intervention. "we are talking about a former leader who abandoned his office, capital and country. the idea that his pronouncements conveys legitimacy is farr fetched and in keeping with the rest of russia's bogus justification." the russian ambassador spoke to report erts. >> that letter you got there, do you believe it makes russia's move into crimea legal. the the president of ukraine shares our concerns, concerns of a large segment of the ukrainian population and is appealing to russia to use the armed forces to change the situation and prevent the situation from further deteriorating. >> western nations say russia invaded crimea

church -- vitaly churkin had a letter from the former president viktor yanukovych. russia is accused of invading crimea. "no, we were invite in." it prompted strong condemnation from other ambassadors. >> russia had every right to wish events in ukraine turned out differently. it does not have the right to show that by using military force and trying to convince the community that up is down and black is white. >> russians claim that mr viktor yanukovych called for russian military intervention. we are talking about a former leader who abandoned his office, capital and his country. the idea that his pronouncements convey legitimacy is farr fetched and in keeping with russia's bogus reasons. >> that letter you have there, do you believe it makes your military intervention in crimea legal? >> well, we believe that the person who we believe legally is president of ukraine also shares our concerns, the concerns of a large segment of the ukrainian population about what is going on. it's appealing to russia to use the armed forces to change the situation and prevent it fr

vitaly churkin says his country was just respecting the choice of crimeans who voted in favor of joining the russian federation. the u.n. resolution is the latest attempt to isolate russia for annexing the autonomous ukrainian republic. u.s. and european union leaders have imposed sanctions, and this week the u.s. state department took action to cut off the flow of defense items and services to russia. >> the sanctions that the united states and the european union have imposed will continue to grow, if russia doesn't change course. >> reporter: as western nations try to hurt russia, they're helping ukraine. the international monetary fund reached a multibillion dollar loan agreement that will unlock further assistance to steer the country away from bankruptcy. >> this financial support amounts to $27 billion over the next three years. >> reporter: and in the u.s. -- >> the yeas are 98, the nays are 2 -- >> reporter: lawmakers passed a bill to provide aid and back a $1 billion loan guarantee. ukrainians know their economy is in trouble after months of political unrest. they blame russia f

. >> her comments angered ambassador vitaly churkin who asked to speak again. >> it's unacceptable to listen to the instalments addressed to the country. if the u.s. delegation expect our cooperation, then ambassador powell must understand this. als he left the meeting -- as he left the meeting he added this... >> ban ki-moon is starting a visit to moscow and kiev, his aim to de-escalate the situation. however, event in the region, and the language around the security council table suggest that interpretation is rising. >> coming up on the program - a second opposition leader is arrested in venezuela as the death toll from protests continues to rises. >> victims of landslides are struggling to find shelter. >> good to have you with us. these are the top stories on al jazeera. australia says it has found two objects in the southern indian ocean that could be linked to the missing malaysia airlines flight mh370. an aircraft is searching the area with three more arriving later. the australian maritime agency says one of the objects measured 24 metres. >> seven taliban suicide bombers att

security council she was replying to some things that he said the russian ambassador to the un vitaly churkindidn't take her words very lightly. getting her discussions to do some of my colleagues used excessive language particularly the us ambassador ms howard who started by mentioning tolstoy in check of but ended at the level of the targets such insults concerning russians are absolutely unacceptable that should be clear to them is that the u.s. delegation expects to cooperate with russia in the security council on other issues in the future or use that i mean obviously tensions are high there is a division within the security council but at the end of the day no matter how divided all these envoys are they do need to find a common language to interact with one another without offending one another. well the most recent shooting incident in crimea sor an unidentified sniper opened fire on both local self-defense forces and the ukrainian military killing one person from each side the local authorities have been investigating the case but the u.s. state department has already made up its min

vitaly churkin >> the major developments in the ukraine have worldwide implications. russia's black sea fleet ordering them to surrender by monday. the commander threatened a real assault of ukraine's military if the deadline passed. a fleet spokesman claimed there were no immediate plans for a russian attack. meanwhile ukraine's u.n. ambassador said monday that russia put 16,000 troops in crimea for the past week. sergei lavrov, the forin minister, in geneva said russia was protecting its interest and russian's citizens that lived in ukraine: >> russia's u.n. ambassador insisted troops in crimea were invited, entering at the request of deposed ukrainian president viktor yanukovych to establish: >> but america's u.n. ambassador samantha power didn't buy it. >> military action cannot be justified on the basis of threats that haven't been made and aren't being carried out. there is no evidence that ethnic russians are in danger. >> meanwhile at the white house president obama warned russia that the u.s. and russian allies were making preparations of their own. >> we are

yes something truly historic happened those are the words of russia's and avoid to the un vitaly churkinelebrating moscow's signing of a treaty with crimea the response however a frenzy of friction these were an important reports when the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power spoke her scathing remarks against russia showed basically no restraint she referenced russia some of the russia's very well known world renowned author is while mocking the country's current actions and she also went on to refer to russia as a thief russia is known for its literary greatness and what you just heard from the russian ambassador showed more imagination than tolstoy or chekhov a thief can steal property but that does not confer the right of ownership on the thief you know there you had the u.s. envoy speaking after her russian counterpart how to address this security council she was replying to some things that he said by the russian ambassador to the un vitaly churkin didn't take her words very lightly would you know she just giving her discussions to do some of my colleagues used excessive langu

honest to see his father vitaly churkin is the russian ambassador or the russian envoy to the un and he has become the target of heated criticism by c.n.n. anchor christiane amanpour after churkin did not agree to appear on her show she lashed out at him and even made it personal. have people like churkin feel they don't need have to leave their comfort zone. own daughter is the u.s. base for schools or for russia today in new york she's shown here u.s. state department spokesman jen psaki over this whole ukraine crisis and in the pond she's even reported on her own father. the russian ambassador did not appreciate the dragging of his daughter into the case and wrote a response highlighting ms. own family relations he also pointed out that. his very position at the security council has made him used to tough questions on our website you can find on voice full response take a look at our two dot com. still ahead on the program british anti-fascist activists stage protests rallies calling for hardline politicians to stop the blame game in a bid to score political points on anti immigrat

and the political processes which we can observe taking place there russia's envoy to the un vitaly churkinthank you very much for your time and shedding some light from a diplomatic stance on the situation in ukraine. well as ambassador churkin just mentioned ukrainian nationalists a gaining momentum the notorious needle of ukraine's me a nazi movement the right sector is to run for the country's presidency that's just by symmetry yet russian being wanted to inciting terror attacks and he is now also seeking to arm his right sector as our t.s.p. to all of our reports from. the me today ya is the leader of the group right sector you can't really move around the central parts of kiev right now without seeing somebody bearing the insignia of his organization in some circles they're called neo nazis they are certainly far right they're certainly holton ultra nationalist the amount of putting yourself forward for president dmitri i know he is the the subject of an international warrant that was issued by russia on the charges of inciting terror attacks and extremist actions now we're also heari

amanpour has singled out russian officials including our very own reporter on associate father vitaly churkinhe is the country's on void to the u.n. and she blasted him for refusing to give comments and being afraid of tough questions. have people like churkin feel they don't need have to leave their comfort choke and own daughter is the u.s. base for schools or for russia today in new york she's shown here quizzing u.s. state department spokesman jim psaki over this whole ukraine crisis and in the pond she's even reported on her own father. now the russian ambassador has already issued his response to the criticism highlighting only curious family links and also saying he is used to tough questions and accusations having been consistently speaking out at the security council for years and had to r.t. dot com for more details of the round. still ahead in the program british anti-fascist activists staged protest rallies calling for the hardline politicians to stop the blame game in a bid to score political points on the anti immigration sentiment ahead of the parliamentary elections plus. crav

security council she was replying to some things that he said the russian ambassador to the un vitaly churkindidn't take her words very lightly she just giving our discussions today some of my colleagues used excessive language particularly the u.s. ambassador ms it was howard who started by mentioning tolstoy and chekhov but into the liberal targets such insults concerning russia salute. the u.s. delegation expects to cooperate with russia in the security council issues. obviously tensions are high there is a division within the security council but at the end of the day no matter how divided all these envoys are they do need to find a common language to interact with one another without offending one another. the u.s. state department spokesperson has accused russia of opening fire on ukrainian soldiers in crimea according to local officials a third party was shooting both ukrainian and self-defense forces killing one person on each side incident is being investigated however washington already seems to think it has all the answers to try to find out whether there's any evidence to back its

calls on all parties to pursue a peaceful resolution to the crisis in ukraine russia's ambassador vitaly churkin called it confrontational but he also highlighted some aspects of the text he said should be implemented in any way by all parties. russia is against the proposed draft resolution by the general assembly it is confrontational in nature the draft seeks to put into question the meaning of the referendum in crimea that took place which already played a key historical role it would be counterproductive to challenge that at the same time we think that the draft has some important correct statements for example the call to refrain from unilateral actions or inflammatory rhetoric which could lead to an increase in tensions now the u.n. g.a. resolution on ukraine is non binding but it is symbolic and it does send a strong political message reflecting the position of the majority of member states belonging to the united nations we should remember and reflect back on kosovo as unilateral declaration of independence in two thousand and eight it happened outside of the authorization of the securi

would be drawn and that was vitaly churkin russian ambassador to the u.n. . and the largest hazardous waste a landfill on the west coast is trying to expand however the tiny town that sits next to it kettleman city which is in california is fighting back the town is worried about toxic pollution it claims has already cost residents harrowing birth defects activists have been fighting this landfill for years but the waste company is still claiming it's safe artie's ramon glendon has the story. the heart of california's central valley good old insidious hold to a vibrant agricultural industry it also sits on oil. pipelines and is close to a massive hazardous waste site. some residents of this remote town feel they are getting sick from all the pollution caused by the air is industries it's out of oh ok ok you know i wouldn't wish it on any parent but many parents in this area are going through it unfortunately and the thing that is going to hell and my yes i'll settle tears up actually describes the death of her ten month old daughter ashley in two thousand and

we just heard from the united states -- the russian ambassador to the united nations, vitaly churkin.und right now from the united states ambassador to the united nations, samantha power, who is

law it is not interfering or instigating any action in crimea the russian ambassador to the un vitaly churkin says that the security council of the u.n. usually condemns the violent overthrow of an elected leader but he says in the case of ukraine that is not being done what do you have in kiev is the government of the victors a number of people there including the minister of defense have been assigned to the members of the radical nationalists of a boarding party in december two thousand and twelve the european parliament passed a resolution that denounced the borders uses racist anti-semitic and zina food week it also stated that their counter to the fundamental principles and values of the european union and called on the pro democratic parties within the ukrainian parliament to avoid any coalitions which subordinate so want to have their european values gone now. ambassador churkin also question the sincerity of many western ambassadors when it came to self-determination he brought up an example of kosovo and how the us in europeans supported kosovo's unilateral declaration of independen

been defending crimea is right to self-determination against a barrel of criticism russian envoy vitaly churkin strides that is against any escalation of the crisis in ukraine and again called for an investigation into the deadly violence that brought the opposition to power in care of our season or in a partner has the story from the u.n. headquarters in new york. the u.s. and many european envoys use their platform within the council chambers to accuse russia of building up its military aggression within ukraine president putin asked for and received authorization from the federation council to use military force in crimea and today there are reportedly more than twenty thousand russian troops in the region against the express wishes of the ukrainian government russian military forces have taken control of a large part of the so when territory of ukraine. russia tramples on the values that led to the creation of the european union that were designed to overcome the cycle of invasions old patients and territorial claims when it comes to russia's military presence within crimea moscow says it i

ambassador vitaly churkin and c.n.n. anchor christiane amanpour you can find out what's happening and how it all went down right now with dot com. also there you can find many other stories as well the very latest developments in and around ukraine minute by minute updates and analysis a few clicks away. by of all for now here on our international coming up academics and lashing out at the government. we all trained and we have a passion to be lecturers to be involved in teaching support we are not professors now saying universities are losing their reputations because the authorities well continue to force them to check their immigration papers the full report and if you see. you but you weak. big news from players the chancellor of the tax on profits to ten percent in bingo lingo this would be jump and john drawers too little ducks quack quack it comes to herbie. not a serious time. now my. heart's. secret lover tour. was able to build a most sophisticated robot which fortunately doesn't give a dollar amount anything t

very little attention from western politicians and media outlets russia's ambassador to the un vitaly churkin told r.t. it's not just the shootings that need to be probed. but they need to investigate all the events which led to the coup in kiev for something which was recorded in the agreement which one site which was signed in cave by president you know in opposition leaders on february the twenty first one of the provisions was that the investigation should be conducted by the government on the opposition now they are trying to walk away from that in fact i think if matters were investigated silently and there is a continued and strong need for such investigation then the more interesting things will be revealed because the american media as you mentioned the not only ignore the latest leak this conversation where the foreign minister was storing you speaking about snipers shooting one sniper or one group of snipers shooting at people on both sides but also there is a need to investigate who has organized and direct of those who have been challenging and provoking the. militia in the sort

thank you so much information while i was very short snippet there of russia's envoy to the un vitaly churkin the united nations but our next on our team as kaiser gives us his take on why governments are struggling to justify their deep spending cuts. in an unofficial no unofficial referendum eighty nine percent of residents of venice and its surrounding area voted for independence from mother italy but bafflingly the majority of voters want the legendary city to remain part of both the e.u. and nato i don't want to be insulting please people but do they even understand what the word independence means so you don't want rome telling you what to do and take your tax money but if brussels does it then that's just jim dandy also according to the b.b.c. there are one hundred u.s. military bases of one sort or another all over italy including around venice so you want independence but having four military bases all over new country is just fine although it is written on a lot of bumper stickers the expression freedom ain't free is very true for fairness to become truly independent would come at a

very little attention from western politicians and media outlets russia's ambassador to the un vitaly churkin highlighted the issue unfortunately that transcript which created quite a stir in russian on some european media was completely ignored by the mainstream american media and as to who was the source of sniper fire you may have seen the footage on the internet the way i've seen it on television there were clearly opposition snipers who took over a hotel in downtown in downtown. who were working as snipers shooting on somebody in the streets so now it's obvious that they were the ones who were killing both the policemen and those who are protesting in order to exploit even further protest and take power by force to execute this school. in ukraine. well the russian envoy has also urged the un to push for an investigation into the shootings in kiev and our t.v. crew actually came under sniper fire bears well while it was covering events and i see a ship ski had a narrow escape he recalls now the day and how the blood should unravelled on the streets of kiev. it's so good now being without

anchor christiane amanpour has singled out russian officials in particular its envoy to the un vitaly churkinblasting him for refusing to give comments and being afraid of tough questions. people like churkin feel they don't really have to leave their comfort zone churkin own daughter is the u.s. based reporter for russia today in new york she's shown here quizzing u.s. state department spokesman jim psaki over this whole ukraine crisis and in the past she's even reported on her own father. the russian ambassador has already issued his response to that criticism highlighting this i'm a poor zone curious family links also saying he's used to questions of accusations having been consistently speaking about the security council for years that's why they don't come for more details of this. international war british high schools are widening the horizon students have been exposed to strict surveillance. we are trained up and we have a passion to be lecturing. teach school. says the u.k. government seems to view the education process a little differently stay with us to find out which home office

actually switched over to speaking russian for a few minutes when addressing the russian ambassador vitaly churkin directly but he did continue making the same accusations that he's been making for the past few past few weeks actually pointing its finger at russia first saying that russia is to blame for the crisis that is in suing in ukraine and how did the council members respond to that address well i got to be honest here a lot of the. ambassadors within the security council are putting a lot of pressure on russia we do know the u.s. ambassador many of the european ambassadors are siding with ukraine's appointed prime minister many of them are also reiterated the calls that were made by mr gouts and you asking russia to help deescalate the crisis in ukraine calling on russia to help stop or not acknowledge the referendum in crimea that is planned to take place on sunday they say that many investors russia of igniting the conflict are not playing a role in helping resolve the conflict but as we know russia does not see the situation the same way that the u.s. and many of the european countries

ambassador vitaly churkin speaking the document drafted by the u.s. is urging the countries not to recognize the results of the upcoming referendum in crimea moscow's expected to veto the vote why do we as it's been supporting crimea sports. for self-determination not what she was in on your plate was now listed as what was the sum of brazilian years when it would have a right of self-determination and separation from any of this our state is an extraordinary measure a measure of the new when future coexistence within a single state you want comes in possible with your good work of the morrow as practice has demonstrated the enjoyment of people which is a right to self-determination on majority of cases wasn't implemented without the agreement of the central authorities in the states according to the nia this case arose as a result of a legal blackout arising from a unconstitutional could it that carried out in kio noted you go by national radicals and have you have twenty fourteen as well as from the direct threat from these set individuals in and si

saturday just one day before crimea go to vote in the meantime the russian ambassador to the un vitaly churkin maintains that moscow has been abiding by international law and is not interview interfering or instigating any action in ukraine the russian envoy reminded council members that the security council of the u.n. usually condemns any violent overthrow of an elected leader but he said in the case of ukraine that's not being done and he also called out western countries being hypocritical when it comes to the issue of self-determination pointing out how the u.s. and europe supported kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence but in the case of. happening well both obama and kerry have made it clear that they do not want this referendum to go through it is there's still a chance that it could get called off while at this point it does not look likely u.s. secretary of state john kerry will be meeting with his with his russian counterpart foreign minister sergei lavrov in london friday may be there diplomacy will produce some magical shift in the situation but as of now it appears that