have their own conclusions about what is reportedly a very severe heart condition with with mr yushchenko we spoke to his lawyer and he told us that he is being kept in a very poor conditions and he himself is reportedly suffering from a heart attack and practically no help no medical help is being given to me in the new jersey prison where he's been kept right now let's listen to what the lawyer had to say. did appear sick to me his face was red hugh visibly had shortness of breath he would take pauses in our conversation compose himself he was having difficulty remembering that they need some of the chronology of the different events that took place this week shortness of breath a burning sensation in the. just high blood pressure these sometimes are indicative of a soon to happen heart attack we also managed to speak to a mysterious and cause wife and she told us that it wasn't the first time that our son who was suffering from health problems inside this prison let's listen to that . about a month ago he had a high fever and couldn't get up for days nobody looked after him he was phys

yushchenko help the olympic oldest green team gold over the weekend. to colombia now where nearly five tons of marijuana held by four rebels have been seized by the government will start has been fighting the state since nineteen sixty four but from what a year now they've actually been negotiating an agreement that could bring peace lately one of the big focus point has been on illegal drugs. now if the deal is reached you would have a huge impact on the thousands of leftists for spiders. we met up with one of them used in finding a new life after leaving the rebel group islam demands his full concentration. just a few years ago and lose focus was on a very different job as a fox command of his great to tell us about his new non repairing cars on the condition between securing his place. they are in a moment when you're working in my repair shop and people find out what it used to do it they congratulate me that's nice. you've been out there doing bad things to humanity to society. and then you come here and search people. yes but you're still left wi

this is the 2004 map, yushchenko's victory.asically see the ukrainians speaking part of ukraine voted for him overwhelmingly. the russian-speaking part voted for his opponent overwhelmingly. 2010, another map very, very similar in hue. what precipitated this, right, was this decision to reject what the eu was offering and move toward a closer embrace with russia. the question is, is what's happening now a kind of mass uprising against the government or something more like a civil war in which there are two competing groups of people who are fighting over the determination of this country's future? >> well, the situation has actually morphed. when this began, it began as a policy debate when the president of the country felt it's in the best interest of ukraine to be closer to russia than the european union. he made a policy decision. that angered a lot of people. people took to the streets. but it was not violent. it did not have sustainable street protests exactly for the reason you mentioned. sop of the country does support c

. >> president viktor yushchenko fleeing the capital of kiev. >> waiting for may elections. >> jon: wait the putin guy fled? forces of freedom prevailed? i think it's pretty clear what happened here? the ghost of reagan. [ laughter ] haunted yanukovych, told him to leave p boo crane. there's no other explanation. >> two days before he fled an obama administration official says he was on the phone for more than two hours with vice president joe biden. biden told him the window for a resolution to the crisis was quickly closing. >> jon: no wonder he got the (bleep) out there. two hours on the phone with joe biden? [cheers and applause] we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] when you switch to sprint's new framily plan, friends are like family, so who's gonna be in yours? let's get a sound guy and some roadies. [ male announcer ] but the more people you add, the lower the rate. how 'bout sketchy jeff? he gets billed separately, right? [ male announcer ] get up to 10 separate bills and everyone gets unlimited talk, text and one gig of data for as low as $25 a month each. cool. one more. we

according to his lawyer constantine yushchenko has been refused a vital medical help despite being at death's door and even now russian top officials are urging washington to intervene as our. reports. first he received twenty years in prison in the united states for a crime he never committed on the american soil now it has gone from bad to worse for russian violent constantini russian. he called me in the morning and told me he felt very sick and that he'd be lucky to survive until monday he seems to be having a heart attack because he told me he was suffocating experienced heart pain and was almost unable to walk he was beaten severely when he was arrested and has not they are still unwell for a long time but his pleas for medical help have been ignored and he felt sick they put him in lock up and left him on the cold floor he tried to get to the doctor but all he was offered was flu medication and some antibiotics sometimes they don't even let me send him letters and they have refused to let any russian officials meet with the prison chief over the head doctor you know showing his

have you with us our top story this hour the ongoing hundred for ukraine's ousted leader viktor yushchenko between his once powerful party of regions prompted some strong statements from russia issued by the foreign ministry this statement says moscow's quote alarmed by the dictatorial sometimes terrorist methods chosen by ukraine's interim leadership to suppress discontent the text posted on their web site also urges all connected with the crisis to show deep responsibility to prevent further escalation of tension restore law and order and restrain extremists striving for power is going off as more from kiev. the situation here in kiev is referred to by many now as a witch hunt because now former officials are being searched for words masked men having been seen stopping cars and checking the i.d.'s of drivers and the passengers inside with deputies and other authors also they're looking for the party of regions which just a few days ago was the political force in the country is now under the threat of being banned while ousted president. wanted list when they knew of accusing him of bein

reached out to his lawyer and here is how he described here often because conditions at the moment mr yushchenko my client contacted me and stated that he was experiencing a burning sensation in the area of his heart so that he had trouble getting up he had very high blood pressure and in fact constant. that he might not live through the weekend monday is also a federal holiday in the united states so my supposition would be that a new kind of medical treatment to a constant in your option go could be provided only. on tuesday the eighteenth of february at the same time i believe. the gravity of his condition requires immediate medical attention the washing pilot was arrested in two thousand and ten in liberia and then shipped into the you were a small school says saw is that tension is blatant violation of good action because right saying during his detention in liberia he had been tortured kept naked handcuffed and starving suffered beatings and threats aimed at forcing him to confess to drug trafficking has complained about this incident has not been examined by any authority to this day he w

reached out to his lawyer and here's how he described here often good condition at the moment mr yushchenko my client contacted me and stated that he was experiencing a burning sensation in the area of his heart so that he had trouble getting up he had very high blood pressure and in fact constant. that he might not live through the weekend monday as also a federal holiday in the united states so my supposition would be that a new kind of medical treatment to constant yunior i shan't go could be provided only. on tuesday the eighteenth of february at the same time i believe. the gravity of his condition requires immediate medical attention to a prisoner said he only received flu medication here's what the russian because wife told us about the help that he has received so far remarkably good. condition is being completely ignored is temperature went as high as forty degrees but a prison doctor told him not to cover up at night and everything would be fine right now all my husband is hoping for is to survive until monday but if your secretary or the u.s. state department says they have no in

prison officials say they'll now help russian convert constantine yushchenko with the move coming only to moscow weighed in. also the international the russian. along anticipated gold the first ever in the sport on the host nation's modern history. meanwhile the russian hockey squad prepares to take on norway and their first playoff game we talked to the man who led the red machine to unpick silver back in the ninety's we go live to sochi very shortly here on out.

the two will likely face off against yushchenko in an emotional speech on the mike died late saturday the former prime minister said she would stand in the elections. she called on ukrainians to keep fighting and reminded them of the two units to spend my time i was in prison thinking there was no greater joy than to be going live among you because you are the best. but now we have imported cars to have the festival we have to bring a man who attend all the snow capped at around ten to lie down the day. it becomes president in a cool beach still enjoys strong support ukraine's eastern provinces in crimea demonstrators gathered in protest of the article that says alistair. pickled politics he didn't let traders and fashions and refused to recognize the legitimacy of them into government all correspond in arkansas area is following the dramatic events in ukraine for us he joins us now. marcus that are growing signs that you did tymoshenko will become the dominant figure in the opposition but the sign says he remains as dirty deeds going to take a position. that's right of costs and most

the main figure is behind the orange revolution in two thousand and four hundred allied viktor yushchenko was elected president and redrawn elections tymoshenko was appointed prime minister. she had this office twice the second time from two thousand and seven to twenty ten the year she unsuccessfully ran for president against victory and called it. soon after her legal troubles began when she was arrested on accusations of abuse of power and in the summons. it concerns a gas deal she's going to russia by prime minister in two thousand and nine. she was sentenced to seven years in prison in twenty eleven european union and international organizations condemned to a conviction of them is to the mall to visit and said she'd been physically miss trees and present threat the room aiden protest in which ankles portrait has been a constant presence the door from the main messages of support to protesters tymoshenko in that it's sad to leave prison following a bill passed by ukraine's tournaments opening the way to a possible return to politics the iron lady. but an italian center left politicia

reached out to his lawyer and here's how he described here often good condition at the moment mr yushchenko my client contacted me and stated that he was experiencing a burning sensation in the area of his heart that he had trouble getting up he had very high blood pressure and in fact constant. that he might not live through the weekend monday as also a federal holiday in the united states so my supposition would be that a new kind of medical treatment to constant in your ocean go could be provided only . on tuesday the eighteenth of february at the same time i believe. the gravity of his condition requires immediate medical attention from fresno said he only received flu medication here's what goes wife told us about the help that he has received so far. he called me in the morning and told me he felt very sick and that he'd be lucky to survive until monday he seems to be having a heart attack because he told me he was suffocating experienced heart pain and was almost unable to walk he was beaten severely when he was arrested and has not been feeling well for a long time with his pleas fo

we all have great respect for yushchenko. she's a legend in our sport and a great example for many worldwide. i think the faggots and came out and help when the team gold given his condition is a role which even stepping in. i want to take my hats off to jenny and telling me he's the greatest of athletes everything he went through in everything he she it was unique. few people in history to the court and other costs as reported guess that is another hit against in russia say whats on my eyelid takes a cross race at monaco this out of the nineties we here in heaven and if it's gemini for more treatment often deceiving that's about spinal injury. the sleek rupturing a tendon when on saturday she fronted a vote to brendan remote middle but she immediately underwent surgery the metal implant is that it just wasn't a politician is that it stayed in hospital by president putin able to get her respects. the last boss officials say the son of his condition is serious but stable as they put it she say she's eager to get well and get g

have their own conclusions about what is reportedly a very severe heart condition with with mr yushchenko. really say about mr your chance. to do it as you say was able to meet him what does he say about his condition yes indeed we spoke to his lawyer and he told us that he is being kept in a very poor conditions and he himself is reportedly suffering from a heart attack and practically no help no medical help is being given to me in the new jersey prison where he's being kept right now let's listen to what the lawyer had to say i have seen my client constant go for dick's prison earlier today. did appear sick to me his face was red hugh visibly had shortness of breath he would take pauses in our conversation to compose himself he was. confused and generally appeared to be. having difficulty remembering the dates and the chronology of the different events that took place this week we also managed to speak to him because wife and he told she told us that it wasn't the first time that he was suffering from health problems inside this prison let's listen to that. on purple. about a month ago

parliament has appointed to the speaker as interim president after voting for the resignation of viktor yushchenko which since taking over the reins in the capital the opposition has been hard at work establishing its own order her to go to peace get off is in kiev for us. the situation here resembles more and more a coup since the president's fled the city along with some of his supporters those deputies of state or from opposition parties and they have been passing laws like a printing press the latest include the appointment of the acting president and a russian as the second official language in the country even though in the east up to fifty percent of those living there are ethnic russians still under the full control of the protesters some of the former officials have been arrested while the appointed are known for their fire right. to say that events unfolded quickly here is almost say nothing and for more about how things went on and what's the situation here like on the ground here's a report by my colleague. own hell was breaking loose in kiev on tuesday to compromise with seemingly rea

and at various points when president yushchenko was president, there was a poisoning of him that waslly figured out, but there was concerns perhaps he was poisoned by the opposition or perhaps by russians at that point. so this is a country who after real democrats came back to move into a pro-civil society posture are seeing some of this rollback, i believe many of the ukrainians i've talked to have felt in their bones that ukraine can never go back to the dark ages of being dominated in a soviet-like era. that said, the ukrainian people were not ready to join nato. they're not ready to join wholesale into europe. they need to hedge, they need to create space that allow themselves to be engaged both in russia and not europe and not have a zero sum contest between both sides. >> thanks for joining us again tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> chris christie ran for reelection on the way he handled the aftermath of hurricane sandy. in the town hall meeting he was in today in new jersey, he absolutely would not be able to run on hurricane sandy today. that's next. .. including unlimited t

nation's parliament and the ousted president and days after fleeing the country we hear from viktor yushchenko bitch what he sees or ukraine's future coming up. and a proposal is being pushed to break up the golden state's a silicon valley venture capitalist things california should be six separate states but how exactly would that work we'll talk with the man behind the proposal later in the show. it's friday february twenty eighth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. america we begin today with the hot debate over privacy in the wake of the leaks from edward snowden revealing a massive government surveillance program there is a renewed demand for privacy whether it's online or on your phone the takeaway has been that none of your digital activity is guaranteed to be private and this new scrutiny over spying is fueling the demand for tech products that allow people to conduct their lives under the radar now a new smartphone is set to hit the market that aims to supply this demand for privacy artes and we're david has more for. what we have is deciding it may l

scenes of course i'm at that at the it is believed to that of course it was also voted to add a yushchenko who outgrew its influence to bear on the piano commission decision not to sign the new agreement. isn't she the case in your view that moscow is simply reluctant to give up its sphere of influence and will put intense pressure on ukrainian governments ukraine president surfers became presence and he couldn't refuse the time back in november don't look that was sort of harmony in fact all four of the season was that a physician and he eventually let the yuan or ukrainian. on monday the fifth of the showroom and the danger percent this month and the digest than not but it didn't. hazel has been much for the pro european economy. also there at the request of the crime of eighteen the rent from glenn beck achieved in the third of its own name also mind you. this is indeed they do actually. what's the connection of them portion to move thousands of european citizens to begin their governments and police earlier in the frosting and store in spain. soul. not saying that they know or seven sh

it turned out that it did work out the way that the west hoped it would for the leadership under yushchenko they were arguing all the time and so you had a relatively free and fair election in 2010. mr. icahn johan a cold came to power and the european union was trying to entice him through this eastern partnership to sign a free-trade agreement to sign an associatiassociati on agreement which does not mean membership. it should tailor the way it -- the european union in itself believes that it's a postmodern grouping. it doesn't like to engage in old-fashioned geopolitics. russia doesn't mind engaging in old-fashioned geopolitics of russia, ukraine is a new country. if it really were to join the european union you would be a major historical shift for russia because russia and ukraine have been part of the same system if you like. russia does believe that has to write to its interest in its backyard. this is a right that neither of the united states or european union have been willing to concede. as it became clear that mr. yanukovych appeared to be serious about signing an agreement with

that guy and you need it to size and for people staying in va until the inauguration the president yushchenko and it's the looks i can do the logical consequence of the vents. i need to stay on until it filled in my bed to continue. the and the new bikini mass and moved as it sounds and begin the country that he had the new departure for them to you after a few more months then as the elections are planned to announce a date to leave okay a lot of you fascinated by where the ousted president could be you it usually is saying there are rumors unocal which might be in the st nicholas monasteries seventy km from the nets of bounty of the eco chic ideas is victor yanukovich whose whereabouts the main topic of conversation today. mowbray that i don't think he is interested know that two of these interesting to anyone a no no. keith barton said. did he strays her for his opponents eighties he screamed no. so now is to use personal story. he'll finish his life. zero o ne. he's not appreciated by anyone here in this country out of four realizing it the emotion than easy. he told me that one idea if h

the orange revolution triggered the election ark and the president-elected was victor yushchenko, and he failed. follow following him, the reformest who failed, and still under house arrest, and that is because in ukraine, those who hold ultimate p power are not the politicians, but about 20 or so oligarchs, and they control 80% of the wealt wealth, and they exert an inordinate amount of control over the rest of the country. if that system is reformd, then i would say that today's agreement is seen as a path to real change. betty? >> well, jim, so much to sort out here. this deal is seen as a test of power for the eu, and what does it mean for the u.s. and the european allies? >> well, i think that certainly for the u.s. and europe, it is seen as a positive already. op the one hand, you will see them working together and that has not always been the case as mrs. newland has attested recently. working together to apply pressure this time through the sanctions and helping to attain a policy goal, and more broadly to influence potentially influence an important country like ukraine. but

nation's parliament and the ousted president and days after fleeing the country we hear from viktor yushchenko bitch what he sees or ukraine's future coming up. and a proposal is being pushed to break up the golden state's a silicon valley venture capitalist things california should be six separate states but how exactly would that work we'll talk with the man behind the.

another twist in the already crazy hollywood style saga of the ousted ukrainian president viktor yushchenko beach who has been missing since saturday last week for almost a week now some reports claim he was in ukraine but apparently now he resurfaced in russia on thursday he sent a message to several russian russian news agency saying that he was still the legitimate president of ukraine elected in a constitutional manner that every decision made by the ukrainian parliament in kiev was considered illegitimate by him and that he would continue his fight to restore constitutional order in the country later on the demerged the ousted president the article which would give a press conference in the southern russian city of stuff on dawn now the local media are reporting that he's playing has already landed in this in that city and we're expecting the press conference at five o'clock five o'clock pm local time which is roughly in about three hours from now although a journalist on the scene are reporting that the whereabouts of this press conference are still unknown certainly we're waiting for