forces from the russian bases. if that's the case, given that the russian agency said the russian forces are surrounding the military airport an hour away from here, you'd have a situation where the returnan forces are outside the perimeter of the civilian and military airports in crimea. i've been here for five hours this morning. nothing has changed and nothing is changing either. there were a load of rumours swirling around, some of the pro-russian civilians claiming that a pro-russian politician from moscow is flying in, and they were here to protect him. others suggested the interior ministry from kiev were flying in and they were here to keep him out. we haven't seen anyone flying in and out. there has been a couple of shift changes of the soldiers. they are just here. and i am starting to wonder whether they are here for a specific purpose, or whether this is the new normal now, and they are here for the same ostensible reason that they say they are outside the military region, which is to keep the out the f

but clearly putting up a russian flag on -- taking the side of russian speakers in crimea. we don't know if these events are linked, but it does seem quite odd that the former ukrainian president who, let's face it, has been denounced all over the place, including here in russia, should sutdly be given airspace on russian television. >> thanks for that update. intriguing. as the polish foreign minister of course said there are now dangerous turns taking place, particularly in what's happened in crimea. more from ukraine later in this program. we go now to the somali capital where a suicide car bomb exploded killing 12 people and wounding others. al shabaab said it carried out the attack. it was outside security services building in mogadishi. we have a reading on the security situation which has seen an increase in attacks suddenly recently. >> reporter: yes, exactly. it has been coming back in the past few weeks. today a car loaded with explosives was driven to a cafe near the headquarters of the somali intelligence areas. they have attacked the area. and several people, i

the only peoplwho can afford this kind of price are the so-called new russians. ( speaking russian ) translator: the overwhelming majority of new homeowners are the so-called new russians, people who are in the trade sector that's developing dynamically. hardwick: they would tend to be the entrepreneurs, people that are in the travel and tourism industry. some of them used to work for intourist, perhaps. they probably speak english, german, other european languages. and so they, along with, of course, the criminal element that's unfortunately all too common throughout the world, are probably going to be the few people that can afford to buy property. narrator: as long as the gorunovs still have their jobs, they can afford to maintain their apartment. but life has changed for their daughters' generation. their future is no longer guaranteed by the state. many of st. petersburg's industries were old and inefficient and haven'survived the transition to a free-market economy. hardwick: the pace of change in russia has just been so much slower than anybody could have imagined ten years ag

that's russian ukraine. we see what are believed to be russian troops dressed in civilian clothes surrounding military and commercial as well as government buildings in crimea right now. all of this escalating, forcing the president of the united states only within the past couple hours or so to go into the white house briefing room and issue a strong warning. jim sciutto's our chief national security correspondent. the president is clearly concerned right now and his aides are telling our white house correspondent jim acosta, that they may actually consider boycotting the g-8 summit in sochi, russia, in june. that's a huge deal. >> that's right. the president said there would be costs, he'd impose substantial costs and beginning to define what those costs are. they might not attend sochi. granted it's four months from now, but it's a marquee event for russia at the site of the olympics. if you can get some of your allies to join in, recently in the last hour, we had britain's ambassador to the u.n. also con

-russian art and ship -- u.s.-russian partnership or in case of limited partnership or competition between these countries? >> let's jump in right here. you get the last word from the florida. my name is martin. i am a student at american university. i was hoping you could talk to the article that mr. putin wrote in "the new york times" that at the end of 2013 regarding the syrian conflict. i was wondering if you could speak to the idea that he sees the west as sort of flouting the rules come especially the u.n., for its own convenience and the idea that clinton needs to speak directly to the american people needs than -- that putin to speak directly to the american people rather than through others. what's that ties nicely together to the first question. >> we have a separate op-ed page and news page. thing, you have to understand about on op-ed like ant, the kremlin hired american pr firm who told them it was a good idea to do this and he was happy to do it. i don't think he cares too much what american public a

there is a new cold war i'm joined by my guest stephen cohen in new york he is a professor emeritus of russian studies at new york university and author of soviet fates in last alternatives that currently is out in paperback from columbia university press also in new york we have eric draitser he is a geo political analyst and founder of stop imperialism dot org and in london we cross to mark and he is a modern history lecturer at the university of oxford right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want stephen cohen if i go to you first in new york when you hear the term new cold war because it's part of your title of your most recent book what does it mean to you and what should it mean to our viewers. what it means i don't know whether we're in a new cold war or a continuation of the old cold war and it doesn't really matter whether we call it a cold war or not but the conflicts the dangers the issues the confrontations that characterize the forty year cold war between the united states and russia and russia in the west are back and in some ways it's di

so we're going to be hoping for a russian gold in the. but also the weather's taken a turn for the worse here in seoul and she had been beautiful sunshine cause havoc really up in rosa khutor and trust not be a pollyanna for some of the cross-country skiing events of the alpine events but this change of weather is actually had quite a severe consequences for the biathlon the mains must start was supposed to take place yesterday afternoon but it's been proposed and three times already and hopefully we're going to try and get it underway in around two hours time that's been postponed because of the fog and it's just very very cloudy out there the moments of the loud. complex rush of had a disappointing biathlon championship so far these olympics only one bronze medal so far for a country which really does excel that it was good he got on the chair in the men's individual but certainly they'll be hoping from the starts will sort of man and the women in action both today and obviously the relays coming on later to try and improve on that sall

route and raising the russian flag. this is being played out over a larger scale over the entirety of the ukraine were almost on reported by the western media we've seen violent clashes between these ultra nationalists attempting to deface historical and cultural statues seize government buildings being repulsed by. so forming militias in cities across the south in the east there is complete chaos across much of the country right about international relations expert not many thanks indeed thank you as always thank you. to be an ambassador you need patients tucked under sun a dose of statesmanship or if you want to be a top envoy for barack obama just fund his campaign and buy recently for the u.s. president is election bankrollers now number career diplomats but some have never even set foot in the countries they're supposed to serve in as guy letter to counterparts confirmation hearings every deal that a number of president obama's nominees for a basket of ships have little or no knowledge of the countries they're assi

for political changes and if you are brilliant and gulf war pro russian with the russian flags there for you great works here and the dangers are reaching the boiling point. even the news about this week's that most of the crimean tartars have been siding with the ukrainian nationalist but they were never able to agree on much elizabeth tartars one of their own crimean tartar government as it was but the idea is too far fetched to reach this point however nationalism is far more important than logic the majority here are expecting the local graveyard authorities to exercise the political will not do well in new ethnic offered in europe to break out you go to the school of reporting from the grey mirror. in a bid to gain ground through local muslim ta-ta community has been holding a raw is for the new king of leadership in the region however the group is a minority most of the area's populated by ethnic russians and over seventy percent of the people there count russian as their native language headlines across america and europe as well as in ukraine are speculating russia is on the

many are ethnic russians, and they speak russian, and so they find comfort knowing that the russians are nearby. vladimir putin calling for a russian military exercise on ukraine borders. he calls it a very clear side to show that russia is here present and very, very close and influential on the region. >> jennifer class reporting to us live from the crimea peninsula. now let's head northwest to kiev where our nick schifrin is standing by. nick, what is being said by politicians trying to understand the situation in crimea? >> well, it's a huge sauterne ray. they're calling it no less than a russian occupation, what they're worried about so much here, what secretary of kerry is worried about and president obama worried about in washington is whether this government is up to this task. the government is 30 hours old. this government would have challenges no matter what was happening in the south political unity challenges, economic challenges, unmarked economic challenges. this country will default in three months. and then you add on top of all of that the security challenge, huge s

to washington to let the russian officials and more importantly russian doctors access to. let them examine him and to 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 thi

-russian relations. the russians always say we criticize them for things we don't china or saudi arabia for. russia is a european country, they are a member of the counsel of europe, and signed on to conventions of agreements where they are supposed to adhere to the norms and china and saudi arabia haven't done that. it is true the u.s. has not been consistent for criticizing russia and not their neighbors and i go into this in the book because they are important partners for the united states at least in the war on terror. i think the obama administration has been pretty skilled at dealing with these issues. the reset, when it worked, and it hasn't in the last year or two, worked with russia on common interest like iran, missile defense and afghanistan and saying it was a two-track policy and separated from what what the was happening domestically in russia. this has changed in the last year, well the last couple years, since putin has thrown out other u.s. ngo's and we had the acts that banned the adop

/russian relations. until a couple days ago, he was the united states ambassador in moscow, but now he's back at stanford university. i'm just guessing, ambassador, someone would have said to you the united states is no longer absolutely positively going to be attending the g-8 summit in russia in june in sochi, you would have thought there wat wa of the question. >> well, that was 48 hours ago, yes, when i was still a government official. obviously things have changed rapidly in crimea. as you just reported from the white house, of course i think it would be nearly impossible for any of the other g-8 members to attend a summit in sochi, which by the way i just saw the facility as i was in sochi just three or four days ago. this is a major event for russia. they've been planning this for many years. it would be a real blow to president putin if that summit didn't come off. >> you know, if you think about it, that they're even issuing -- not necessarily on the record but on background to reporters a threa

>> the russian president. >> the russian president, sorry. geographically as well, sochi, beautiful place, but of course there is a high-speed rail link. there are limited roads. so it provides lots of opportunities to cut those communication, to create enormous disruption, becomes another reason for the attack. then sort of winding down the list, i don't think my news is any better than tom's was i have to say in terms why terrorists would be attracted to sochi. multiplicity of potential very zareries and groups. not just the caucussus emirate or dagestan, you have nearby like-minded uzbekistan groups. iju. you have groups that not only would seek to target the games because of president putin's policies or to embarass russia but also they buy into the ideology of global jihad where the caucuses do figure prominently. one of the iconic figures in the jihadi movement is a saudi who in the late 1980s, mid-1980s went off to afghanistan to fight against the russians, in the late 1980s and early 19 '90s he migrated to caucususes where he ended up

for devotion and what role you when you and gulf war roll russian with the russian flags there was actually a year and the tensions reaching the boiling point. even though i knew several effects that would most of the crimean tartars have been siding with the ukrainian nationalist but they were never able to agree on much it was about tatars want their own crimean tartar government but the idea is too far fetched to me at this point however nationalism is far more important than logic but the majority here are expecting the local crimean authorities to exercise the political will and not oh well a new ethnic offered in europe to break out i you go to school of r t reporting from the crimea. meanwhile a video has surfaced online of alexander music the current leader of the ultra nationalist group known as the right sector and this group was at the forefront of the violent protests that rocked the ukrainian capital for to shows research has method of dealing with the remaining authorities. don't you just wouldn't want to go. what you just didn't. want to. get was it. because. it was a trick a

was a political change and it was for you when you and gulf war pro russian with the russian flags there was waste year and the tensions reaching the boiling point. even though i knew several dislikes don't most of the crimean tartars have been siding with the ukrainian nationalists but they were never able to agree on much it was about tatars want their own crimean tartar government as it was but the idea is too far fetched to me at this point however nationalism is far more important than logic and the majority here are expecting the local crimean authorities to exercise the political will and not oh well a new ethnic conflict in europe to break out i you go to school of r.t.e. reporting from the crimea i mean one a video has surfaced online of alexander music he's a former mercenary who fought in chechnya and a current leader of the ultra nationalist group known as the right sector it shows his method of dealing with the remaining authorities. just. look at the scene there's a policeman standing there behind this guy. policeman over there doing nothing. look at him. you know. that thi

that has changed radically. >> the russians are taught in ukrainian and classes are taught in russian and everything done according to the wishes of parents. >> the school's rue craneian flag is flown at half mast in memory of those who died in kiev. with the classrooms empty, sasha and anya began lessons in ballroom dancing, such charm translates into any language and crosses all borders. aljazeera. >> that is it from london for the moment, back ho doha. >> anti-government protestors in venezuela are calling for more demonstrations, at least 14 people killed in unrest since the student led protest began. police have issued an arrest warrant for another opposition figure, part of a crackdown on dissent. from caracas, we report. >> residents are preparing for further confrontation with security forces. thursday kicked off a week long carnival but there was no signs of tension easing. >> i want to make an appeal to the president who calls himself a president, this is much too much for him, because the country is enduring hunger, there is no security, no health care. there isn't anything

the twenty thirteenth season so the russians become part of the team. finds a. lot of friends here and he was big on the missing the boat but that is typical communication about the city it's it's yeah it's better just so was the plan for the team that had been on defeat it seems they first came together and you jones inspiring them to become even better and always that time took they did the station and we can say that our idea and our vision it's been real. out of this and think the very people that are but a shining beacon notion for the nation european union hall to use the european technology and technology put it together in the same and did for be a symbol of corroboration between africa and asia and in your opinion. running your own party. and that's all from the sports a mentally ill impacts. century ago this year the first world war started it fundamentally changed the global political order later and even it weakened international system set the stage for the second world war since the end of the cold war the global order has been in limbo under ameri

russian interference. well, russia is not interning because they do in the recognize the government interim. they are talking about them as a so-called government. they did not say-- . >> brown: even the definition of interference. >> exactly. and yanukovych from the russian standpoint is still the legitimate president. he's in russia. and he stated today publicly that he fully supports actions of self-defense units in crimea. and a definition of self-defense units is quite broad, including units provided by the russian black sea fleet. >> brown: angela stent, when the president says as we also heard that there would be costs to any military intervention, what might that mean? what sort of leverage would there be? >> that's a very interesting question. we do not have that much leverage with russia any more. our relationship with russia has deteriorated. there is not much russia wants from us. and so i think, and on the other hand we need to work with russia on the iranian question and the obama administrat

the russian message seems to be to keep stirring up trouble. stalin's first job in the bolshevik government was the people's commissar for nationalities. he had a lot to do with drawing the map and designing the policies, all of which notably including in his homeland georgia, was to ensure that a lot of these old feuds would continue to simmer. keep those parts of the country week so that they could be ruled from moscow. and i think that is also their view of the world as a whole. and as for syria, angela, you emphasized this, but just to conclude on it, there is an ironclad rule of russian foreign policy now that is not only never again will they be party to a regime change, whether it is in syria or ukraine, but they will do everything they can to thwart that. this is a lesson that they didn't just learn in libya. it is a lesson that they learned in the balkans and particularly as a result of the kosovo war. what did the kosovo war end with? and this goes back to the slavophile point. an orthodox country in europe had its regime toppled and

to washington to let the russian officials and more importantly russian doctors access to. let them examine him and to have their own conclusions about what is reportedly a very severe heart condition 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 hue visibly shortness of breath he would take pauses in our conversation compose himself he was having difficulty remembering the dates and 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 mr arafat because wife and she told us that it wasn't the first time that i was suffering from health problems inside this prison let's listen to that. abo

energy delivery infrastructure and conversely ukrainian industry is very much dependent upon russian energy and russian investment so all of these nuances to that relationship are of course completely ignored solely for the purposes of making putin into the bad guy the russians into the big bad former soviet union and making it the responsibility of the west to swoop in on their you know the proverbial white horse and save the ukrainians not have you reflected on what's going on in your head steve go ahead please do. what eric says is completely true but then it poses a question everybody has known for decades that ukraine is at least two different countries one leaning toward the west poland in the way one toward russia it's been a ticking political time bomb for decades the question is who provoked this current political civil war in ukraine which may be the most fateful international development under way the blame has been placed in the west on ukrainian president young recruits and putin but the reality is this was triggered when the european union issued an ultimatum to the dem

lou: russians taking of the step. @% sending one of its naval ships, to cuba. reports that russian semiship on your screen, is there for surveillance, just over 100 miles fm the united states this picture taken in port of havana late yesterday. our first guest saidhat dodge has demonstrated a -- ama administration has demonstrated a pattern ofppsement of the russians and hd to expect anything but a continuation of the trend. joining us randy forbe. >> the president has warned the russias, secretary kerry has warned the russians. as well as ukrainians. you don't think much will come of those wning >> lou, i don't think that you see the russians shaking in their boots. after all the russian told the president to take our missile defense systems out of europe, and preside said yes, sir, and took them out, put them on the back of our navy, and gave the navy no additional asset to do that. now he is cutting asset that navy has, i don't think that the president right now has t credibily necessary to back up many of his statements. lou: and do you have a view as to wh

he is deeply concerned by the reports that these russian , and this isments a warning street to the russian military, that the rest of the world is watching you. what sort of consequences would there be for the russians if they have indeed crossed that line? and where do we go from here? this was an effort to have this white house ratchet up the pressure on the russians, and escalate this into a larger crisis than it was just a few hours ago. >> the president also talked about how we invited the russians to be a part of the international community's effort to stabilize the situation and the sovereignty and integrity of ukraine. ,hat is an invitation to russia which is he also noted, has a lot of history with ukraine. invitations? is that what vladimir putin wants to hear? >> it is inviting this president to call -- turn the cold war page and treat this differently, not in the old cold war terms. the question is, on the part of a lot of folks in the u.s. government are the russians prepared to turn the page? collaborativemore effort, can the russians play ball with everyone else? work on a f

says when i was there kelly russian flight was at the regional parliament the building. if they want to break away. what the address as the british parliament saying that she does not support it. i talked with the european

energy delivery infrastructure and conversely ukrainian industry is very much dependent upon russian energy and russian investment so all of these nuances to that relationship are of course completely ignored solely for the purposes of making into the bad guy the russians into the big bad former soviet union and making it the responsibility of the west to swoop in on their you know the proverbial white horse and save the ukrainians mark how do you reflect upon what's going on in your head steve. and please do. well what eric says is completely true but then it poses a question everybody has known for decades that ukraine is at least two different countries one leaning toward the west poland in the way one toward russia it's been a ticking political time bomb for decades the question is who provoked this current political civil war in ukraine which may be the most fateful international development under way the blame has been placed in the west on ukrainian president young coverts and putin but the reality is this was triggered when the european union issued an ultimatum to the democr

talk to our viewers here how does the russian consumer feel right now and what is the russian consumer thinking about. well i think the russian consumer is. more in secure than say last year over the past several years because of the ruble dynamic certainly the ruble appreciation is a significant blow. related to that of course is ruble depreciation leading to potentially higher inflation. the other factor is the slowdown in consumer lending that something bad is actually seen by the central bank as a good thing but on the other hand in terms of headline growth figures this is a bit of a negative so it's basically a transition i think for the economy but also for the russian consumer for from quantity to quality and to some degree because of that will see i see. that the dynamic here in this market here is that patterns are changing your people want better quality but maybe if you were good steve i was going to say i think that the average consumer is becoming more sophisticated in many ways in terms of the quality the products that they choose but also looking from the banking side al

-russian relations. to your question about saudi arabia, let me say of course the russians always say the u.s. pursues double standards, that we criticize russia for doing things we don't criticize china for, saudi arabia. the russians have of course that russia is a european country. their member of the council of era. they signed up to agreements where they are supposed to adhere to these alien tick marks, which of course china hasn't done to my saudi arabia hasn't done. but the u.s. in the past has not been consistent in the way it is criticize for some things that happened domestically and not criticize some of russia's neighbors. i go into this in the book because there's strategic partners for the united states at least in the war on terror. the obama administration has been pretty scaled at dealing with these issues. the reset when it worked and how that works so well in the last year or two explicitly differentiated between working with russia on common interests like arms control, like her rant,

haven't been in russia for a while i've never really been to a russian or what is also known as a russian sauna but now i'm in sochi and the world we congregated here during the winter games and i thought why not give it a try something traditional and russian so let's see if the british banja is using the right. sometimes equated to a turkish bath the by now experience is usually considered an indispensable pitstop on the journey to discover russian culture. when you first arrive there's a sense of serenity in the air incense burning meditation music in the background and a cup of herbal tea to come the body down the felde heads we're wearing a by your hats typically want to protect the heat from this intense heat of the sun . the misuse of friendly experienced and she has some health tips about what the russian buying a does for the body the experience i'm lazy i also had one more treatment to test out this will become one of those places that all of the spectators athletes might want to visit another thought that i find myself in a big giant heart but this part would be a mounting one

law enforcement and i would say that russian law enforcement also feel the same. u.s. state department is warning american athletes to not wear united states year outside the venue. you think that creates fear. i don't know i'm not responsible for the guidance that state department is issuing because had i been interested to do so i would have done a little bit different but i think that american sportsman can feel safe in the olympics as anybody else is roger concerned that the president obama is not going the vice president does not go in the first lady is not going is that. they regard that as some sort of snub while olympics and when i invent where we invite those who are willing to come and we're going to have about sixty leaders of states member of the olympic movement we're going to have about eighty five countries participating in sending they do we gave so it's up for each and every country to decide who they want to send to these delegation to this event so we're pretty comfortable with the decisions that the united states take because it's for them to d

they have a peninsula with the majority of russians and the vast majority of russian speakers who intend to be part of a russia-leaning ukraine. the question is, can they compass at purely by waiting them out because the west, show as much interest or as much money as will be needed to keep the ukrainians in check or does cute and selecting has to put more pressure in the near-term. he is hedging. that is why we see the unwillingness to recognize the new government and the continued willingness to accept janik over its, also the military operations over the last 24 hours. clearly, there is a possibility for the russians to intervene directly were they invited to do element. local >> how would the west respond? >> we would complain very sharply. i think the west has made a mistake, frankly by putting together what sounds like a redline on ukrainian territorial integrity. it is not that we don't support the integrity and we do, but we are not likely to stand up for it. we have this issue with georgia before. the president who is very much pro-western, wonderful english speaker, a strong ge

to washington to let the russian officials and more importantly russian doctors access to. let them examine him and to have their own conclusions about what is reportedly a very severe heart condition 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. to me his face was red hue visibly 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 mr arafat because wife and he told us that it wasn't the first time that i was suffering from health problems inside this prison let's listen to that. about a mon

to many crimean, the russians are a comfort. >> you see russian helicopters flying over, and ultimately does it make it more likely that crimea, this peninsula, could actually split from ukraine? >> well, we haven't been hearing words about secession yet, tony. there is a youtube video of an military airport about an hour from here. we have not heard talk of secession. they already have their own parliament and prime minister. i asked what more do they want? interestingly they said taxes. a lot of the tax gas to ukraine proper. they want to see better roads, schools, everything that we see elsewhere in the world, better autonomy. i haven't heard the word secession heard yet but they would like to be as close to russia as they always been. this has been a part of ukraine since 1954, and they really feel that russia is their closest ally. >> the crimeans worried about pocketbook issues. thank you. >>> in washington secretar secrf state john kerry urged all parties not to inflame the situation. >> we urge all parties, that includes the new interim technical government, rightists, oppositio

there is a new cold war i'm joined by my guest stephen cohen in new york he is a professor emeritus of russian studies at new york university and author of soviet fates in last alternatives that currently is out in paperback from columbia university press also in new york we have eric draitser he is a geo political analyst and founder of stop imperialism dot org and in london we cross to mark and he is a modern history lecturer at the university of oxford right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want stephen cohen if i go to you first in new york when you hear the term new cold war because it's part of your title of your most recent book what does it mean to you and what should it mean to our viewers. what it means i don't know whether we're in a new cold war or a continuation of the old cold war and it doesn't really matter whether we call it a cold war or not but the conflicts the dangers the issues the confrontations that characterize the forty year cold war between the united states and russia and russia in the west are back and. and in some ways it

to washington to let the russian officials and more importantly russian doctors access to. let them examine him and to 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. go did appear sick to me his face was red hue visibly shortness of breath he would take pauses in our conversation compose himself he was having difficulty remembering the dates and the chronology of the different events that took place this week shortness of breath a burning sensation in the. high blood pressure these sometimes are indicative of a soon to happen heart attack we also managed to speak to mr arafat because wife and she told us that it wasn't the first time that i was suffering from health problems inside this prison let's listen to that.

law enforcement and i would say that russian law enforcement also feel the same. u.s. state department is warning american athletes to not wear united states year outside the venue. think that creates fear i don't know i'm not responsible for the guidance of that state department is an issue and because had i been interested to do so i would have done it a little bit different but i think that american sportsman can feel safe in their lives things as anybody else is raja concerned that the president obama is not going the vice president does not go in the first lady is not going is that they regard that as some sort of snub while olympics i invent where we invite those who are willing to come and we're going to have about sixty leaders of states member of the olympic moment we're going to have about eighty five countries participating you can sending they do we gave us so it's up for each and every country to decide who they want to send to these delegation to this event so we're pretty comfortable with the decisions that the united states take because it's for th

was a political changes and if you are the ukrainian and gulf war pro russian with the russian flags there for ukraine works here and the tensions are reaching the boiling point. even though i knew several effects their own emotions of the crimean tatars have been siding with the ukrainian nationalist but they were never able to agree on the march i was opposing titles one of our own crimean tartar government as it was but the idea is too far fetched under way at this point however nationalism is far more important than logic of the majority here are expecting the local premier authorities to exercise the political will and not oh well a new ethnic offered in europe to break out. you go to school of reporting from the frame you. and in a bid to gain ground the local muslim tatar community has been holding rallies for the new leadership in the region however they group is a minority most of the area's populated by ethnic russians and over seventy percent of the people consider russian that native language meanwhile the future of ukraine's new government is up in the air as interim lea

a largely russian speaking part of ukraine, which is home to a massive russian naval base. this is simferopol, the capital. they are saying nothing to reporters. but flights are still operating in and out of this civilian airport as normal. the situation is less clear at nearby sebaterpol. you can see some of the warplanes lined up by fighter jets belonging to ukraine's armed forces. this has been taken over by unidentified armed men. here's our nick childs with the latest. >>reporter: unsettling images for the new authorities in the ukrainian capital kiev and also for many more looking anxiously in the world. armed men on guard in crimea with its ethnic russian majority. in uniform without identifying markings. pro-russian, no doubt. but is there anything more to it than that? with word of similar developments, ukraine's new interior minister has spoken of a home invasion. outwardly it looks calm. the airport has been operating more or less normally. but whoever these men are they are making clear their unhappiness with the dramatic upheavals taking place elsewhere in the

the biggest achievements probably for us for russians as the nation's. the best games ever in the history of my country all the us live us that we obtain the confidence that russia is capability to deliver ambitious project and the most important decide that the gold that we generated to historical legacy for the generations to come well i have the games as you know russia has come under a lot of criticism so how do you feel about those reports i mean how the in any way overshadowed the games you know it's impossible to shed those it's rules in the brick itself. from the cold war and now it was broken everybody who came in with them is this. fish and turned spy and how we're hospitable they really change from the criticism to the cover and the real positive things looking at the object of infrastructure that have been created in the city had all the games what can you tell us about how they are going to be used in diffuse the future of my native city of sochi it's a very bright the land for the legacy it's all these very well. with the money allocated to

known as the russian riviera is not your typical russian city. to be dozens of rivers streams and into forms of course false countryside but not on a more impressive than the scary so it's out with the lympics and even the spectacular. ninety minute journey from the olympic park three d. highlights the diversity of this region ok it's not nagra or a grassy but it really is very pretty here and quite relaxing ranging for a walk on twelve metres there are over thirty other waterfalls seven rapids and first team cascades in this area alone also offering their job. annie from the beautiful caucasus mountains offering the perfect break from the hustle and bustle of the city the best time to visit the foals is in the spring when the melting snow brings a rush of water. i've been this is one of the features of the soldier national park which can be easily reached the roads are excellent now they're open the whole year round on average one hundred thousand people visit next up it's into a four by four in such as such ease mysterious dolman experts believ

kobe bryant says what after watching some russians grinding a helicopter propeller. so we build a similar stage and invited thirty riders from across russia to put on a show for a. while the helicopter on show looked more like a prop from a movie set the ride is grinding it and pulling off moves on it were genuine as with a gasp from the crowd who also braved the freezing conditions to check out the show and what would extreme urban events like this one here be without a special guests i'm here with none other than extreme snowboarder. who is part of the russian snowboarding olympic team that's heading to sochi so is this the right way to prepare for the sochi games. yeah i just came back from a two month trip abroad yes got two days off so i came down here to say hi told my buddy that's right because some of them i haven't seen for ages but really i'm just relaxing now getting my strength back watching my mates show off their skills right now i feel like i've eaten something tasty and i'm calm and relaxed ahead of the games it's perhaps an unorthodox way of preparin

-russian art and ship -- u.s.-russian partnership or in case of limited partnership or competition between these countries? >> let's jump in right here. you get the last word from the florida. my name is martin. i am a student at american university. i was hoping you could talk to the article that mr. putin wrote in "the new york times" that at the end of 2013 regarding the syrian conflict. i was wondering if you could speak to the idea that he sees the west as sort of flouting the rules come especially the u.n., for its own convenience and the idea that clinton needs to speak directly to the american people needs than -- that putin to speak directly to the american people rather than through others. what's that ties nicely together to the first question. >> we have a separate op-ed page and news page. thing, you have to understand about on op-ed like ant, the kremlin hired american pr firm who told them it was a good idea to do this and he was happy to do it. i don't think he cares too much what american public a

they have no reason to doubt that russians are arriving on russian aircraft. earlier today we heard from jay carney saying it would be grave mistake for russia to intervene and we also heard from secretary of state john kerry, who said he had talked to the foreign minister earlier today, he told me the foreign minister told him, that putin doesn't plan to intervene in the sovereignty. you can expect that what we'll hear from the president is something along those lines, but perhaps more of a outline here of what the united states hopes and expects the ultimate outcome of this very tense situation to be. a very dicey situation. melissa. >> given the facts that it's going to be a simply a statement and obviously it's fluid situation, does that sort of limit the thinking that perhaps u.s. will actually be more involved in the situation? the president is approaching. >>> good afternoon, everybody. over the last several days, the united states has been responding to events as they unfold in ukraine. this crisis, we have been very clear about one fundamental princip

you see russian action outside of kiev, after the visit of a russian envoy earlier this week, a couple of days later you have leaders talking about concession, and it's very dangerous. i don't think it's quite as simple as that. the russians have a strong presence throughout the country, and a range ever tools they can play on. >> mr. ambassador if you look at a map of who voted for who in the last elections, the western ukrainian speaking parts of the country voted overwhelmingly against viktor yanukovych, and the eastern russian speaking parts of the country voted overwhelmingly for him. that split has not gone away just because they've worked out this deal. >> as history is playing its role in a contemporary world. if we look back we can see centuries of differing developing parts of what this day is ukraine. there are things that are common, of course. these are the ukrainians who will decide the future of the country. but of course the history will play an important role, and also the different kind of development we're talking about having the east, more friendly for business and

russian gunmen now occupying two airports this morning. we are live with developments overnight. >>> and are airlines cheating you at the ticket counter, slashing services, raising prices, claiming there just aren't enough pilots? question is, is this really true? what a new report is saying this morning. good morning, everyone! welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. it is friday, february 28th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. >>> all right, millions facing dangerous weather from coast to coast this morning. it is friday. that's the only good thing i can tell you. >> exactly, still, it's friday. >> communities in the california foothills near los angeles bracing for mud slides. look at these pictures! a major pacific storm moving in there. 1,000 homes now under a mandatory evacuation order. the drought-starved region expected to get more rain in the next 48 hours, more rain in two days, berman, than they've had in the past two years. meantime, bitter cold gripping much of the country, windchill temperatures di

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officials allow russian physicians to access have access to a russian national who is serving a twenty year sentence in a u.s. prison and a statement the foreign ministry said a russian doctor should examine constantine yarrow shango because according to his lawyer and his health has been worsening artie's on a stasia charkha has the story. in twenty ten detained in liberia in a sting operation brought on to u.s. soil and twenty eleven sentenced to twenty years behind bars for conspiring to internationally smuggle drugs the case of russian pilot constantin your son go stirring relations between moscow and washington returns to the headlines yet again after the imprisoned pilots numerous cries for medical help remain unanswered in the u.s. his lawyer after visiting the man in jail recent alarm saying his client needs urgent medical care if he is to live saying you're a sham go seems to be on the brink of a heart attack your go did appear sick to me his face was red hue visibly had shortness of breath he would take pauses in our conversation to compose himself he was. confused generally

ok one thing us why if you're not an ethnic russian or you're not a russian speaker. it's a pretty intimidating mood tonight you know one of the walking too much around the streets at least in the center of central pole essentially right now rusted phones the russian speakers up and dominate today are in control of the center of the city in control in the sense that you do not see any ukrainian from the street i've not seen any top cars on the streets which we saw thousands of them yesterday during those of skirmishes and from the parliament they've been practically invisible from the center of the city. we've had in their places to wrap it to a large contingent of russian speakers to writing from various parts of this province of crimea notably from the town of set but still pull the port town with the russian fleet is based they've been coming by bus is they've been coming in a bid coming with flags and they've all been converging descending on the us central square in front of the crimean parliament of parliament which added to my interviewers has been occupied by

to washington to let the russian officials and more importantly russian doctors access to. let them examine him and to 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. go did appear sick to me his face was red hue visibly shortness of breath he would take pauses in our conversation compose himself he was having difficulty remembering the dates and the chronology of the different events that took place this week shortness of breath a burning sensation in the. just high blood pressure these symptoms are indicative of a soon to happen heart attack we also managed to speak to a mistake because wife and she told us that it wasn't the first time that i was suffering from health problems inside this prison let's listen to th

what the russian action a very important official in russia mr gloves you've told through the use of force to clear the square mr gotobed used force mr glaus it was encouraging was the only coach to murderers own citizens well ambassador i heard i heard you make that point before but mr glascock is there really well let's say in significant figure in the russian politics he doesn't hold a public office he's not even a member of parliament he's a former political with very little weight in russia's political circles but i'm back there have said we have to take a very short break now i hope it will come back to this discussion and what we are going to discuss is how much of the geo political maneuvering in ukraine is about ukraine and how much of it about russia that's coming up in a few moments on world apart. let's talk a. little. bit . more. for the young girls campbell for the future harder. between two and three hundred million guns united states so you can act like they're not here and keep kids away from them. the process that is they learn you know i mean this teaches them a lo