where does russia and we're attitudes about russia come from in the west because obviously you know you can just open up a newspaper or magazine go to a website or a television in the west and well russia has to say the very least a bad name. one can hardly answer that question without first turning to your professor former professor martin the lead is a must book about russian western perceptions of russia that's really the first place to start i think the late press professor did an outstanding job in explaining the cultural context the only thing. and historical context the essential point is i take it from his book that whenever russia is strong attitudes against it are especially strong as well in europe the only time russia is viewed favorably in the west is when it is relatively weak the only thing that i might add to his discussion which i think deserves particular attention is the importance of the religious differences between the western and eastern branches of christianity which have been a sore spot for the past thousand odd years fly to me here in moscow you you were born

which is presumed to exist between russia and the west in the west but which russia does not see. we does have a real disconnect in terms of the reality of what is going on in russia and as a result of that disconnect a lot of positive information about the changes in russia is simply not taken into account which only exacerbates the differences parent differences. in fact if you wanted to overcome this crisis and to prevent such crisis from occurring in the future you would literally pursue the opposite policies from the ones that the west is pursuing instead of isolation you should try. people to people diplomacy instead of sanctions you would argue as people used to argue back in the one nine hundred seventy s. in the one nine hundred eighty s. that there should be expanded commercial ties because that conditions and makes both economies co dependent on each other and that would be the real solution to preventing unexpected political outcomes you know but a lot of i don't think we're going to see that because it's you know you either surrender or you know we're going to take yo

russia and it isn't working. i find it very interesting is that you know if there is it's a bind mary here you know when i look at the neo cons in the west and their control of foreign policy russia has a choice either. resists or it bows down if so menders and russia. will not bow down it will not surrender but there's never the third choice why don't we negotiate why don't we talk and this is this stonewalling that we have been seeing coming out of washington it's really horrific i mean and we've been using the example of ukraine year you know the russians before all this started having said to the european union why don't we work together all three all three parties work together let's find a solution it's part of the record no we will not negotiate with you it's under go chabot this is this mindset that i find very terrifying because you can't negotiate with these people though they say the russians you can't negotiate with it's again projecting. i think it gets back to the issue that i wrote about about the

of view russia is. has its own interests is a normal state it's not going to invade and so on and you may not like what it's doing and so on and it's very rich natural resources and so on but china you should be looking at china and so on and china is going to compete with you in the future ok i want to get the last word tonight in washington it seems to me that everything negative the west sees in russia it's the west is actually it's a self reflection of itself it quick claims that russia is aggressive it's the west it's truly aggressive it doesn't live by it value its values it breaks international law repeatedly and it just points a finger go ahead twenty seconds. it's a classical propaganda ploy it's called flipping the script you accuse the other guy of what you yourself intend to do and then the other guy goes on the defensive and he can never win that the russian neither to russians nor the chinese nor anybody else is trying to conquer or take over or dominate the world the people that are tryin

yeltsin years that we couldn't get but russia phobia russia was allowing the u.s. to do what it wanted but now that russia is effectively blocking united states plans for global domination basically then it's back to russia phobia in full force mc lyte one of the interesting things and you wrote an article that i was quite brilliant it was last summer i think about values in and a lot of neo cons and all you across the board will say well russia the united states' own suit share the same values and a lot of people but i've been in russia for seventeen years so i think i have a right to say what i understand about russian a lot of russians don't want western values and all but look at your own vision and say that it's not for us there is a gap but it's not because the of the west particularly americans think that you know there are still so superior lot of people here say i'll pass on that. one thing that people often overlook is the fact that there is a wide array of values both in russia and the west so it would be incorrect to say that the values for example of a

stay out of russia and sees this war on russia. this war on russia. you have to realize it is not what you think you are doing and what you say you are doing and what your intentions are that the fine for us our security interests. only we can define them. you say nato enlargement is not a threat. you say deployment of anti-middle school -- antimissile systems on our is not a problem for us. thirdly, the international order. was perfectlyin happy that the united states would be the leader of the international order. let them make the rules. you can definitely enforce the rules. you are welcome to be the policeman. there are only two criteria or two qualifications to that. we have no problem as long as there is no blowback to russia. we will have the right to veto actions that would be regarded as threatening to us. order.rs a rules-based everybody should go away the rules -- obey the rules except when he decides it's in his interest to not obey the rules heard he says, that is what the u.s. does. that is making it very simple and making it very crude.

is that syria russia isn't libya russia isn't iraq it is a daft ghana stand it's actually a major power and it has the power to say no and that once that's what turns russia into an enemy in the eyes of the west. well peter if you accept the proposition that the united states is the only indispensable country in the world well that was madeleine albright under clinton well then all other countries by definition are and bow on this i stand of all right yeah now this this is more more than a matter of national pride or nationalism it's a matter of national security to russia and the fly in the late but most of all is the missile defense system with putin which putin has said explicitly bothered him most and was one major factor in the referendum on crimean independence and re incorporating crimea into the russian republic why because this missile defense system by admission of former secretary of defense robert gates can act as a first strike capability taking out russian i.c.b.m.'s in a way that has not existed since the a.b.m. treaty in one thousand nine hundred ninety two i was had mus

russia. russia's lost as result of sanctions, harley a tasty woman. might be 1-b. this would increed. but this response of moving him gave a below for 10. e.u. e russian trade with is 15000. only elect table fish this. all the things beat them show. >> i toik like them said -- it is television. finnish prime minister are complaining that they're fwining to stop going. after him on the russian sell ision appearsed yol william. think said honestly blood is everywhere. and said that jen is very economy. the growth in europe is no becoming lower and hay are in trouble. russia is one of the biggest consumer in market if not the biggest in the area. first or second. i don't know. money? ink is the if you can't punish this kind tri. t's not of course -- it's very interesting. i would like to say a couple of words about the words and phrases used by american olitics. >> we've passed 10 minutes. > i'm coming underway. the curn russia, leaders they have another culture. if even they are very unhappy with american policy. they never became personal. they never used condescend

of industries would they even want from russia russia is interested in selling industrial goods machinery all you guys equipment to iraq and even agricultural goods as washing green would find a market in the wrong as well and let's not forget that worse than businesses are waiting for a call from i say from their politicians here because they want to throw it so much with iran and well but of course that question depends on whether the west and iran would strike a deal on iran's nuclear program is all that's what are we are waiting for and it's being negotiated out with the russian army and yes sure sure but russia now is moving beforehand and trying to secure a share in their on their markets and they sank you so much indeed for filling us in on all the details there very interesting stuff because it seems at the moment you've got the sanctions against the norms sanctions that we know september the night intend russia's going to rob potentially still this deal so we're waiting to see what happens there will we get a backlash from the u.s. if they do so we'll get back in to talk about th

as russia and the west continue to drift apart into a new cold war russia's worldview of international politics is largely neglected in western media and in the halls of power russia will defend its national interest and also house its own red lines once we use cool. the biology teachers their rates with their local gender experts and they came to the conclusion that the metaphor that the sprints are active and the eggs are passive in the reproduction process reinforces gender. eugenics but eugenics vulgarized darwin science punishment for an uncommitted crying i was. in eighty feebleminded still today for the few i don't know why. i still don't know why genetic improvement through forced sterilization the basis for nazi ideology don't stop at just sterilizing yet again and now go to the point of death. for years rarely discussed. till now really rather not talk about that right. the headlines from r.t. international there and back russian humanitarian trucks returned home after bringing much needed supplies to eastern ukraine followed the convoy on its perilous a mission which was dub

ching an agreement with russia so that russia did as those conditions say retained its overall influence over the ukraine although it allowed to do a whole ton of those things like trading and like that even internationally and would russia but the overall sphere of influence would be back with mother russia and that's what i think it will end up as but if. you crane and western ukraine was able to negotiate within those parameters i think you would have peace in the ukraine and i think you would have president obama only too willing to agree and get out of there and save the embarrassment and get rid of the sanctions which are harming particularly germany and european union and of course threatening the stability of nato so they would be very clean to came to find a way out and that would offer a way out mr brown that you just mentioned president obama and obviously we have midterm elections coming up in the united states which will at least an official i guess kick off a new presidential campaign and i wonder if president obama can really really use this chance to turn these. policy cr

new tack on russia this is an attack on germany especially sanctions on russia the u.s. is hasta our guard are very harmful to germany so there is this is going to cause unrest and discontent around the world and it's going to cause more rivalry and more tension and it's unfortunate russia has no choice they have to respond to this attack and economic warfare from united states i can't understand should i mean we are only just getting initial details of these russian sanctions but i mean by comparison the western ones they were attacking financial institutions major banks russian airlines well what we're getting so far from russia would talking about mate imports and vegetable imports i mean to me it doesn't say what we're even talking about the same kind of extent to d.c. this is retaliation do you see them as as considerable sanctions. i think russia has to do something it's clear russia has to do something now and it if it if it be imaginative you know someone putting someone against a wall and granting them at some point they're going to have to push back on whether

all he was also another criminal that had to leave russia because he wanted to escape persecution when i was hiding out in israel you know what's interesting is he owns about seventy percent of the stake of his holding company that was awarded the quote unquote. as of this fifty one billion dollars an unfortunate a lot of people are under the false assumption that this money is going to be going to mom and pop investors where frankly it's not the case going on this one all garko and about seventy percent of the holding and the other thirty percent is own largely by about four other all darks they're all russian of russian nationality says rich people they're going to get even richer and actually actually to make it even worse let's just say they get this money hope it hypothetically is going to be laundered right back into politics is going to come right into the russian federation and sure i would imagine the offshore but also there is a project to try to instigate a color revolution here although i think it's very unlikely the fact is if you give us type of money being invested towar

this is one of the methods that they're trying to do they're trying to make russia appear on a track to for business even though it's not the case because the same things have been very very successful so mr medlin he was an angel a that was a no not at. all he was also another criminal they had to leave russia because he wanted to escape persecution when i was hiding out in israel you know what's interesting is he owns about seventy percent of the stake of his holding company that was awarded the quote unquote. a prize of his fifty one billion dollars and unfortunate a lot of people were under the false assumption that this money is going to be going to mom and pop investors the case is going to want all garko and about seventy percent of the holding and the other thirty percent is own larger by about four other all guards they're all russian of the russian nationality so it's rich people they're going to get even richer you know well you know actually actually to make it even worse let's just say they get this money i hope it hypothetically is going to be laundered. right back into

russia's. interests have to be respected and that is something that is being argued for this side of they're going to. use is going to arguing that russia's interests have to be have to be recognized. as a great power russia is definitely good we can be recognized as a want to be good partner or one of the superpower that he or she is a good partner so you know all of these these these collision of interests that right nowell is creating a situation an uncertain situation in which the dumb as you know this is their you're right in the main leads in the military realm but you know we are going to exploit that we are exploiting that in the asia pacific and we're not going to give that up and that we are we're doing that mean africa in fighting terrorism so you know no dominant power is going to be our no great power no uni polar in the unit. no dominant power is going to see our demise as a done deal well defined you to take this to take these keys and diggle or that they're going to happen ok i

and that, that take on where russia goes and where the west goes now influences the position of russia. so what they're trying to create they try to create military, political and economic union that would compete with your european union, nato on the one hand and china on the other hand. that is the way how i see them looking at that. in terms of the authoritarian regimes, ukraine -- not estonia, not las via, not lithuania -- but ukraine creates a major challenge to that kind of arrangement, authoritarian arrangement that exists in russia today. because good half of ukraine speaks russian. in terms of many elements, not all, but many elements of political culture, they're very close. and many pro-democratic activists in russia look at ukraine and kiev with hope that this middle class that has ability to modellize itself without support from

russia. the question is whether putin only sees things in zero-sum terms? i teach a course. i say foreign policy is just trying to get countries to do what you want. what are the tools? there are not a lot of tools. i think that president obama is using the tools in the best possible way of finding a regime finally in cooperation with the europeans. it is going to hurt. i have said that putin's victory in crimea is a. pyrrich, -- is a victory, for the same reasons of their economic situation. i do think the ukrainians need more assistance. i think the question is, and i cannot answer this. i was in ukraine for the elections and i was there as an observer. i met with not-yet president poroshenko and he said that his real agenda was to do security and the economy. the question is, if all they do is fight in the east whether they forget the fact their country is basically are basket case and provide, they have to get their act together economically. we needed to give more assistance to the ukrai

sanctions while ukraine considers halting russia's energy transit to europe. israel and the palestinians agree to another seventy two hour ceasefire after talks in egypt that folds a week of violence that has continued to tick lives in gaza. and also this hour u.s. jets complete four runs of strikes against hamas in iraq amid accusations that one .

to russia's border what's happened now is that russia has recovered from the one nine hundred ninety s. it's much more powerful today than it was back then and furthermore expanding nato to ukraine is putting nato right on russia's border and creating a direct threat so it's those changes that make the present situation much more volatile than what happened in the ninety's and in the early two thousand steve in new york you want to jump in there please do. yeah i apologized to john from erupting as he being in chicago and i don't know how you are creates the problem i think john's thesis is exceedingly important in its more than a thesis and he being perhaps the preeminent american scholar of international affairs and american the behavior of abroad we have to take it seriously the view that american policymakers think that we behave abroad no matter how aggressively only benignly and that other people will see it this way is reflected in what's happening today it's astonishing to me that unlike in previous run ups to war cold war or hot there is no opposition in the american congres

in ukraine and russia. now this is a graphic video we've received from near the now it's up to fifteen ukrainian troops were reportedly killed after their bus was attacked by local resistance fighters some media suggest those on the vehicle were fighters from the radical right sector group it's thought the bus mistakenly arrived at an anti-government checkpoint after being sent to the wrong location. a journalist around the world have voiced their anger over the disappearance of russian photographer understand in the ukraine but it seems kiev officials are not sure if they know or want others to know his whereabouts for example a lobby a radio station asked an advisor to ukraine's interior minister if he knew where stan was. but i agree it probably. has to win them russian men who will be the buffer on telling the russian go added that key of suspects the missing photographer of aiding terrorists however when sent his employer the region obviously news agency called that the interior minister's advisor his

russia has a different perspective russia has always been a great power russia was a superpower in the soviet union was and in the russia is as you point out in your in your interview at the russian perspective is that it has been ignored his interest has been ignored have been ignored and there were certain policy that the united states did not abandon in the aftermath of the cold war that when they do expansion and you know the nato expansion internet expression and it's an extension i remember reading the summer books after after the collapse of the soviet union with a bit where we have we had given. assurances that nato would not expand would not come to russia's border borders and then we just went ahead and do it so from russia's perspective containment is very much alive so russia and china have to have always wanted to have a multiple to work now what's happening is in the in the aftermath of two eights economic meltdown they didn't make situation has has not has not been favoring you know the u.s. interest so in the aftermath of that mark that pulled out of the has become more

russia. this is re-creating a view of what russia is, what russian identity is, and how it relates to russia's great power role. and this is russia the third version. and that's why i thought he wrote the op-ed that he did. it was a kind of manifesto for a russian future that he feels. just to close, a good friend of mine, a russian, said, "you americans with your support for democracy and your national endowment for democracy, you won't be satisfied until russia is back among the borders of the dutch." think about that. it means for those particular people, the russian empire, russian expansion, and russian identity are solid. created by america's cable companies 13 years ago. -- 30 years ago. your callsments, live on washington journal. willentennial commission be at the international press legislation about for memorials in washington, d.c.. at noon, the cable institute hosts a discussion. trust hosts aable symposium up on it immigrant children. in 45 minutes, our guest is bob cusack. at 8

the separatists are trained by russia, armed by russia, funded by russia. russia has deliberately and repeatedly violated the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. the new images of russian forces inside ukraine make that plain for the world to see. this comes as ukrainian forces are making progress against separatists. as a result of these actions russia has already taken, and the major sanctions we impose with our european and international partners, brush is already more isolated than at any time since the end of the cold war. capital is fleeing, investors are staying out, and the economy is in decline. this ongoing incursion into ukraine will only bring more costs and consequences for russia. next week, i will be in europe to coordinate with our partners. in estonia, i will reaffirm our commitment to the defense of our nato allies. at the nato summit in the united kingdom, we will focus on additional steps we can take to ensure the alliance remains compared for any challenge. i look forward to reaffirming the unwavering commitment of the uni

but russia is a very important country should we make sure that we can work with russia the russia will want to work with us but we're pushing. nature to the boundaries of russia in my view was bound to do the opposite now because concerns over the expansion of nato have long been dismissed in the west as they examined all of the cold war mentality and you know that russia still leaves in the past and views the west in those cold war lenses and yet if we look at the current crisis and the way it was portrayed in the west many suggested that russia's effective control over crimea is just the first step in putin's expansionist imperialistic i've done that and that if he's not challenge this time around the next day he will invade poland and the day after tanks may roll into the czech republic i wonder how do you think we can break this cycle of mutual fears that over time turn into self-fulfilling prophecies somehow or other russia and the west need to dry and make a new start a different start i think we have to accept that but the european union has done over recent years. what's happen

russia, on the recent food band is more damaging to russia than the west. we have reached a new post cold car low and things don't seem to turn up at all. >> why is the relationship important. what is american center. >> america has interest in working about russia, and solving the issue. it was mentioned in iran and north korea. we have, since the collapse. scoounion worked with russia to address the issues. that is an porp thing that tried to bring russia and the united states together. the other, of course, is that the united states has strong allies in europe. which want to support europe and the territorial integrity and the border that exist in europe, and the actions in korea threaten that and u.s. security. >> ukraine, if you will, is a storm between u.s. and russian relations. >> something to add to the point is russia is a country in europe. a lot of it is in europe, and therefore is important to the united states. ukraine is a buffer zone between europe and russia, something that during the cold war poland was, the last line of defence for the we

the country we had the usual neo conservative russia of the poissy saying this was a base by russia to get christie. and so i think that what's happened is that they have been phone calls made from the e.u. and from the u.s. to get cable or at least to change their position on this which is a great shame because of course people are dying in this region eight hundred thousand refugees over a thousand people killed and they need this aid and people are playing politics with this people are following the russian political agenda and they putting it out before the lives of civilians in eastern ukraine he is shameful. now residential areas in the resistance strongholds of deniece going to guns are being shelled on a daily basis the ukrainian authorities say they will launch a final offensive on the cities with gave advising civilians to leave their homes and evacuate this is the latest video from lugansk that we have received the past few hours here you can see apartment buildings devastated by artillery fire locals are saying that most of the city remains without water or electricity t

sanctions against russia and obviously russia retaliated and they say. confrontational rhetoric goes on and on what do you think about sanctions isn't it a way of holding economy and business hostage to politics. sanctions are better than war. over say. they're obviously. it's not it's they're not great but i mean sanctions are definitely better than conflict and definitely better than killing people and you know it's you know if we can you know if you know from the west point of view. is that. the. treasure sanctions will stop an invasion of east ukraine. and you know if it's russia did invade east ukraine i mean i don't think the west or russia would try to get electrocuted for twenty or thirty years i mean it's you know it's it's. there's no easy easy easy right or wrong but it definitely is something is better than complete well i agree with you that sanctions are better than call thing but on the other hand as somebody somebody who was born in the soviet union during the years of planned economy we were we've been always told about the benefits of f

considered on peter lavelle as russia and the west continue to drift apart into a new cold war russia's worldview of international politics is largely neglected in western media and in the halls of power russia will defend its national interest and also house its own bread lines. to across the world according to russia i'm joined by my guests ray mcgovern in washington he's a former cia analyst also in washington we have the boys from mali cheese the director of the rights institute for serbian studies and in london we cross to mark macaulay he is a specialist at international affairs at the university of london are gentlemen cross-talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want if i go to you first that's ok almost any article you read in western media portrays russia is a very aggressive country bent on rebuilding the soviet union we are bent on rebuilding an empire but reality on the ground i don't see any evidence of it am i wrong. the question is whether it's bad bad bad bad poutine no shirt on bad putin on a horse no shirt on putin bad or whether that's a more r

and russia the e.u. didn't want to hear about it now all of a sudden they're considering it they're bringing back on the table and now also merkel old merkel and suddenly remembered that there is the possibility of having a federation and ukraine after the i think russians and ukraine have come under a massive bombardment after there's an incredible hate campaign against them both by the media and among politicians coming from politicians incredible hate speech which would not be acceptable and if western audience would actually be aware of the degree of racism involved i think they would be quite shocked and many. i've heard stories from friends in donetsk how many soldiers ukrainian soldiers have told them we came here because our government promised us that we're going to get you home and we capture this area and we will subjugate you and you will be a slave and now after this i'm going to america decided that federation is a good idea ok let me go to a middle ground really running out of time here jo

security council meeting was called upon where its western members push to hold russia responsible russia stop this conflict at least two thousand two hundred twenty people including twenty three children have died in the conflict in eastern ukraine but we've never heard the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. call on key to stop bombing its own people in washington i'm going to r.t. . putin says russia is not seeking involvement in any military conflict but will stand up for itself and defend its interests he was speaking at a youth forum in central russia. that was that russia is far from getting involved in any large scale military conflicts we don't want them to and aren't going to do it which would obviously have to always be ready to rebook any aggression towards russia and our partners whichever state their countries are in and whatever foreign policy course they're taking but usually have to understand they better not mess with us but thank god i don't think anyone today would think of starting a large scale conflict with russia but. meanwhile human rights watch is again cold on kiev for

heavyweights more praising in the united states on the list of russia's second largest by bt b. which also operates in europe asia and africa as well as a subsidiary of bank of moscow to russia's agricultural bank which funds the farming sector has been targeted as well in the united shipbuilding corporation which is the country's largest holding falls under the punitive measures too but the us said it isn't unanimous in its support for sanctions it seems you know after the sort you fell there was a tremendous potential to making russia our friend of tremendous potential they withdraw their troops from eastern europe. the russians. were open to all kinds of interact even being coming part of the world community and. a horrible tremendous opportunity i should say was squandered. it's not just america brussels is also barred some of russia's banks from trading in european markets it puts the country's biggest and oldest bank in the firing line sperm bank the better g sectors also targeted western know how and equipment for offshore fuel exploration is under embargoed for russian c

the separatist are trained by russia, they are armed by russia, they are funded by russia. russia has deliberately and repeatedly violated the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. and the new images of forces inside ukraine make that plain for the world to see. stopped just short of calling it an invasion. >> the world must provide an assessment of the sharp open collation of the assessment. forces are capable to tackle and to cope with the russian led drill las. but this is difficult for us to fight with rush are sha and it's army. >> the united nations met a few hours later to discuss options. >> we cannot ignore the deeply alarming reports of military involvement, in this noway of escalation. if confirmed it will constitute a great international law, and of the u.n. charter. >> ambassadors from the country and ukraine, plan an emergency meeting friday. and the european union plans to meet saturday to go over the possibility of further sanctions. we have made clear several times that if there were any further escalations more sanctions would have to be discus

nestlÉ sells 90% of its goods in russia and it makes them in russia. it is not actually importing those. it is not taking them from outside russia into there. whether or not sanctions will stretch to companies operating in russia. think moment, i don't this is going to have as much an effect on this late. -- nestle. fluid.ntry is they are saying that the numbers are strong. they have had good growth in previous quarters in russia and growth in ukraine. they said ukraine is very resilient. whether or not we have to wait until the next order to summon the concerns about geopolitical risk and get into the purchasing of ukrainians in their hometowns kitkats are flying off the shelf. russia is the second biggest market for ice cream. they have a boutique where you can of mushroom soup with ice cream. a pretty disgusting combination. [laughter] is not feeling any of the bad wins in russia. they have got to be looking at russia. it is a minimal footprint in terms of sales. less than 2% is what analysts were saying. it remains fluid, but they are not entrenchi

when it comes to gods you know it's it's a big call to russia can play. and you know talks between pushing and pushing come true putin will make it clear that you know any any future discussions towards peace will have to include gas pipes being opened up again in ukraine and just have to make a choice does he allow his civilians to have warmth in their homes and hold water or the sea continue to plunge them into the coldness oh you know we can't just blame putin they say oh we should gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on ukraine stay with her to. the legal. rights. first street. and i think the. orders. in. the in the. thing that got america out of the depression was the securities act there are three thirty four door in order. to wall street it wasn't anything to do with repricing gold it had nothing to do our very little doing going into world war two it was bringing about law and order what's up in europe the disintegration of a lot in order the wild west mentality of letting a bank li

as russia and the west continue to drift apart into a new cold war russia's worldview of international politics is largely neglected in western media and in the halls of power russia will defend its national interest and also house its own red lines. do we speak your language of the will or not advance. toward me. news programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you breaking news. stories. you hear. the story all te spanish find out more visit. talk partido it's called. welcome back to worlds apart and we're discussing the conflict in ukraine with richard branson sir richard it's been more than a month since the malaysian airlines plane was downed in your crane and i'm sure you were horrified like the rest of us by this incident especially given your legacy in the airline industry and yet more than a month later no data on the investigation has been released you know the communications between ukrainian flight controllers haven't been released either and this is a very difficult question because obviously it's a highly charged political issue and you know releasing some of t

in ukraine and russia. now this is a video we've received from near done yet some of which is graphic up to fifteen ukrainian troops who were reportedly killed after their bus was attacked by local militia some media suggest those on the vehicle were fighters from the radical right sector is thought the bus mistakenly arrived at an anti government checkpoint after being sent to the wrong location. here sending mixed messages about the whereabouts of missing journalist a russian journalist understanding as international pressure grows for his release officials originally denied detaining the photographer but here's what an advisor to kiev's interior minister told a lobby in a radio station. to warn them russian men who will be looked after on tangata shameka added that andre is being held because he's suspected of aiding terrorists when his employer the ria novosti news agency asked for a comment the ukrainian official made quite a u. turn. he said the poor football of course if you're on the horse is part o