. >> the latest trouble in ukraine is brewing for weeks. the crisis approached the breaking point overnight as police moved against the protesters in the ukraine capitol kiev. it was the rejection of a deal for closer economic ties with europe that sent protesters into the streets. it's a high-stakes drama and a flash point of the larger power struggle between russian president putin on one side and the united states and europe on the other. on this edition of our program we're going to dig in to why all this matters for america. but we start on the ground in kiev's independent square. >> for more than two weeks demonstrators have rallied against the government in the ukraine's capitol kiev. in the middle of the night riot police moved into independent square. >> we're standing here, but we're moving. we're moving forward step by step, we're going forward. everyone makes a big effort for our country, for our families, and the whole world is watching ukraine. >> in freezing conditions the police pushed and shoved their way in the square tryi

it cannot bail out ukraine forever. russia's economy is growing sluggishly, plagued by corruption and capital flight dependent on hydrocarbons. under these circumstances, i imagine many russians are not too happy to see $15 billion of their natural resources heading to a foreign country in furtherance of president putin's selfish ideological ambitions. the question now is where do we go from here. first, we must continue to support the peaceful aspirations of ukrainians for democracy, rule of law, uncorrupt governments 0-- governance, equal opportunity, and integration with europe. we must insist that the ukrainian government uphold the rights of all ukrainians, especially the freedom of speech and association. and where ukrainian citizens remain detained for peacefully exercising these basic rights, we should continue to call and work for their immediate release. second, we must continue to demand that all sides from the current political crisis refrain from violence. something that the demonstrators have done to a rem

alone and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle ukraine deeply divided here of sovereign decision to walk away from an association agreement with brussels has resulted in an explosion of street protests and violence of some western pundits have even called for the overthrow of ukraine's current political order it would seem those who ultimately lost the orange revolution are bent on giving it a second try. to cross out the crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest alexander make your wrists in london he is a writer on legal affairs and an analyst in brussels we have gone to how he is the director of the european center of the carnegie endowment for international peace and in moscow we cross to mark slowly he is a senior lecturer in research or at moscow state university or gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want if i can go to you in brussels the ukrainian government survived a vote of no confidence today but at the same time there are voices in the european union and some prominent newspapers as well as some prominent europea

we're talking about the protests in ukraine. the white house strongly condemn the action against demonstrators and urge the country to return to the path of integration. we want to hone in on the story and whether outside pressure--as we heard we have a society divided against ethnic russians, and ethnic ukraines, mod dennizers versus traditionalists, and those who want to move towards europe while others want to stay in the russian area. >> what we see coming out now not just in the secrets of kiev but across the country, an overwhelming sense of yes, the ukrainian people want the opportunity to have a less corrupt, more democratic society, governed by rules of law moving towards europe. yanukovych himself was preparing his country for that deal with the european union. and many thought he was ready to support the deal with europe. the ukrainians are driving this debate, but the outside world, the united states, europe, they do have influence. and if anyone understands this, it's yanukovych. in 2004 then candidate for president

two crops up the crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest alexander make your wrists in london he is a writer on legal affairs and an analyst in brussels we have gone to how he is the director of the european center of the carnegie endowment for international peace and in moscow we cross to mark slowly he is a senior lecturer in research or at moscow state university or gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want if i go to you in brussels the ukrainian government survived a vote of no confidence today but at the same time there are voices in the european union and some prominent newspapers as well as some prominent european union officials are saying that the government now in ukraine is illegitimate which is rather strange isn't it because two weeks ago they were negotiations with it so are we experiencing a second orange revolution in ukraine a lot towards going to turn into a second orange revolution. and of course it's likely thirdly as you say to talk about non-legitimate government that's very clear but it also has not been entirely throbbed ru

and union dictating the sovereignty of the ukraine saying that we we simply will not x. . trilateral negotiations with russia when both the ukraine and russia have requested it so i don't quite understand that. we have thirty seconds left to alexander give you the last word of the program go ahead alexander london quickly we're not talking about the association agreements of the european union has with other countries we're talking about vis association agreement if the e.u. e.u. wants an association agreement with you with the ukraine which will work it has to be a workable the green and and it has to involve russia now this is simply elementary it's practical reality one can get on one's high horse and argue otherwise but if all right we're going to gentlemen have run out of time fascinating discussion many thanks to my guest today in london and brussels and here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here dorothy see you next time and remember cross talk rules. leave. councils here in the u.k. are calling for tougher laws to police aggressive bankers finall

uncertainty hangs over ukraine as the e.u. says it's frozen trade talks while keeping up the pressure on the president and blaming moscow for meddling. but mexico is planning to privatized the pumps but if you're an oil tycoon don't get your cash out just yet hundreds of thousands of protesters are very valid to stop the state from selling out. its five pm here in moscow you're watching our team international with me and the sonali straight to our top story this hour nazi like atrocities are being described in war torn syria residents of a small town outside damascus have told r.t. how they've witnessed anti-government islamist burning civilians and of ins and using others as human shields well the army struggling to throw the extremists out of the area say the horrific scenes did take place or she's arabic channel trying to get a clear picture of what happened. at that are two sources in the military say radical islamist fighters entered the town of an address and massacred local civilians according to the latest figures at l

ukraine. and you ask. korean relations. he accused russia of interfering with many questioned why he was there in the first place. it's not the first time join mccain hasn't seen paying a visit to both the united states is currently lending its support to the other photo op with some syrian rabble kidnappers now it's a world boxing champion turned politician mccain is not the only american politician in ukraine. his appearance acute independence square was preceded by us assistant secretary of state accordion door and handing out takes to the protest is getting to know that in probably because i think these people wanted to touch the ukraine from russia as they say. and they think that by supporting the protest is in kiev. they might actually achieve that the problem with that strategy is that the studio where he belongs to the ukraine and russia economically and culturally and ethnically on simpl too strong. and i think for american politicians and anti european politicians to go to the youth

killed on the streets and compared to what we saw in egypt or syria thankfully the protests in the ukraine and even the police efforts to disperse that process while all of that were relatively civilized do you think the worst is now over or have you any concerns that if those rallies continued that they could be real blood being spilled in care. well there is one think we should makes the events in kiev these days very different from the arab revolutions and it's about the peaceful. brought to us every ten or fifteen minutes every speaker who is on this station says to the to the people we're a peaceful gathering of citizens we're not going to attack government buildings and if you see anyone who who calls you to go and attack the presence of mr nation or a different building that's someone who wants this revolution to be stopped so i think it's this is what makes this ukrainian process very different from when the revolutions which we saw in the middle east what makes this event similar to the arab it's the anger that people have and it's the government which absolutely does not respond

america weighs in on ukraine's own going crisis supporting the opposition is protesting president. and. i am ready to pick up.

i think russia and ukraine militarists have been very pragmatically they do want to keep ukraine close they do want to see ukraine as part of the customs union so i think the division is very clear for me but i don't think that is going to change a lot of things here in the recruiting because the west majority of ukrainians do want to create to go to go to the closer ties with the european union and sooner or later it was this president who was a different president i think will for the clear perspective of the association with europe now i heard your interview on b.b.c. radio the other day and he said there quote just a couple of weeks we thought we were about to become one of the european nations and now we find ourselves under newly formed dictatorship in eastern europe something that you would expect in belarus or sometimes in russia now i'm not going to even argue with you whether russia constitutes a dictatorship i think that's a very far fetched statement. don't you think that democracy is a bit too complicated than which trade union or reach. agreement if you decide and to alig

when ukraine was giving away its nuclear arms there was a special treaty and russia was part of that which clearly said that russia is never going to use economic pressure in some other kinds of pressure to influence their transposition so many people in ukraine clearly clear see that russia russia went into the zone which was very close to relation of these international obligations but once again it's not it's not just legal framework i think it's much more about the way this pressure was put on the countries it was much more about the warden so i think many people here feel that it was a very hostile action towards ukraine well and what is it about the wording and the way this pressure was put on to ukraine because as far as fires kremlin is concerned it was very straightforward about what will happen if your crane indeed decides to sign this association agreement and to the list of documents that you mentioned earlier i want to add the free trade agreement between russia and ukraine that clearly stipulates that russia is within its own right to withdraw from the agreement if the

for ukraine are very beneficial for the for the for the people of ukraine you're saying you're saying you're carrying a peaceful seem to agree with that you're saying you're keen to see peaceful demonstrations but what about the so-called peaceful demonstrations but the occupy movement in the states being handled in many respects brutally by the police pepper spraying peaceful protesters i would watching to react if kremlin supporters were amongst the occupy protesters that. there were there were i'm sure there were plenty of observers russian another observers moving around in that period and there was i strongly disagree with you call it brutality at a certain the the protestors were permitted to camp out. in lower manhattan for weeks at a time and eventually they were moved out but they were moved out peacefully there are no injuries there was no brutality there was no confrontation and we certainly would hope not to see any such confrontation or brutality or bloodshed. are our policy has been. peaceful. expressions of opinion and and elections truly free electoral processes that p

any future dialogue with kenya we're lacking a decision by ukraine's leader in a situation when ukraine's president says the offer is not good for his country we need to take a break and think it over while others signaled there was still a whole political statements on twitter are not the best way to resolve the matter the best signal we could make is to tell you crave that our doors are still open for it. all this more explained the change from the sweet talk of many european leaders before the vilnius summit in november where president which had refused to sign the. deal the offer of signing the most ambitious agreement the european union has ever offered to a nonmember state is still on the table we should always respect ukraine's suffering decisions but the tone rapidly changed said the proposed compensation for saying the deal was in order no it's a blackmailer of politicians who try to make out of the president. and of course it's connected with they are present connected with the interests of those who want to get some benefits from joining the deep and comprehensive free trade ar

well wants to associate with such a turbulent nation as ukraine. i guess that for the moment being any kind of association and first and foremost signing of the deep and comprehensive free trade agreement with between us and ukraine to be kind of suicide economic suicide for the ukrainian side first and foremost because if we look at. the things which have happened during the last few months i mean during the conflict i mean that the economic conflict between russia and ukraine it was a clear proof that the ukraine's economy is very closely connected to russia these are the ties. have remained from the soviet times with perfectly know that ukraine is part of the post solve it economic area which is now integrating in the into eurasia integrating block so we can tell only that the european union is not capable to compensate all the losses economic losses financial losses and we say ukraine and ukrainian government but also ukrainian industry would encounter in case of. cooperation with the european union so i guess that first and foremost even the o

reporting from kiev in ukraine. it's not the first protest over regime change where senator mccain's popped up either here or on the screen see him bracing ukraine's orange revolution in its tail most a decade ago he was also a frequent flyer to georgia another former soviet republic that saw a color revolution to mccain's indeed friends with its no former president mikhail saakashvili who after coming to power then swiftly moved to crackdown on protests against his own administration and the arab spring didn't escape attention either john mccain supported protesters on egypt terry square and also in libya where he pushed for more active u.s. involvement in its civil war plus two involvement in syria mccain was among the most vocal advocates for america to stop bombing the regime and arming its rebels. now that back to crane for a moment as the pro e u n antigovernment protests in the capital rumble on the becoming a source of conflicting media reports tonight earlier we spoke to graham phillips he's a british journ

was what ukraine was experiencing this week. from smiles to host tiles after key if said last week would not be signing a free trade pact with europe eva officials were jumping out of their skin to persuade president got a call that. think. that. there are. things. you could see ropy and politicians were not too happy to hear the korean president citing economic troubles and as it became clear kiev was not going to sign the deal at this point paired with a violent dispersal of protests in the capital that's when europe assumed a different tone we have to set aside short term political calculations. and we may not give in to external pressure not the least from russia such tactics from europe which have been accusing russia of pressure in ukraine not to sign the free trade pact raised some eyebrows they should really really stop using the methods of the caldwell their blackmailing ukraine add that to the e.u. offering no compensations to ukraine for potential economic losses which could have been catastrophic in practical terms i

the city to ukraine for three years. it's about the humiliation of the ukrainian people and make it into guarding the rights and freedom. cranium. uses a stolen country. he'd stolen bike to get caught in a deal with anti government sentiment has been further fuelled by a police crackdown on protests. yes we will be outraged ukrainians went to the streets to hold peaceful demonstrations. the young people have no political slogans. they had ukrainian national flags. the police dispersed them with our tummies. i had never happened in the history of independent ukraine. prime minister he could answer of apologized in parliament for the harsh for the saxon he also promised to reshuffle his cabinet the opposition if it's on to find. after the post leader's guide to continue their campaign and located the parliament building to prevent the government from working. any ais based on correspondence in kent town of the crowd i asked him what's next for ukraine. that is the question that people find it extremely difficult on so you

ultimately he will help liver ukraine to europe. was the endaid that goal, but the and now seems farther out. >> ok, senator murphy. thank you for joining us. u.s. officials have confirmed an indian and one that was strip searched in new york after being arrested. the indian government is shocked and appalled. the incidence came after she was taken into custody after allegations that she lied in her visa application. politicians have snubbed a visiting european delegation in response. a short time ago i spoke to our correspondent at the united nations in new york. >> let's start at the beginning. what happened to this diplomat? was arrestedmat last thursday. according to press reports in india, she was handcuffed. she was taking her child to school. that is when she was arrested. she was taken into custody where she was held in a cell and also rip searched. indiansthe thing the regard as so humiliating. there are reports in the media -- they have not been confirmed by the state department or the diplomat's lawyer -- but they were co

reporting from kiev in ukraine. political science professor nicholai petra told me that the a use taking the wrong approach to things and trying to win over ukraine. the e.u. lost sight of the ball. the entire discussion was about. how that was to be the sticking point and instead it always was really about how to fund the transition when i look at the statistics of what financial aid is that is typically offered and has been offered over the past seven years to countries that are transitioning to european association and presumably eventually into membership it has never arrived at of more than two billion euros a year ukraine was offered one billion but that's an order of magnitude below what. economists here say that they need. meantime several merican politicians who pay visits to kiev showing a keen interest in what direction the country will take international affairs commentator at rows of things their priority is to draw ukraine into nato. what's important to realize is that the west it's crafted a program f

reporting from kiev in ukraine. well there's another party involved in trying to sway ukraine towards e.u. integration with an array of american politicians visiting kiev lately to support the protesters international affairs commentator rick explains washington's heightened interest by its desire to ultimately lure ukraine into nato what's important to realize is that the west has crafted a program for integrating ukraine into the west which means not only the european union european union it's the economic component of the arrangement the north atlantic treaty organization is the real. goal of western policy piece of it the ukraine so the intent is to use the lure of economic benefits trade benefits. you know visas to soften. their ukrainian populace ultimately for absorption in the north atlantic treaty organization. but nato has long been striving to lower ukraine into its ranks but it's the current ukrainian president who actually sell the membership plans three years ago and that signified halt in the alliance

poland has always regarded ukraine as its backyard it has i would say neo imperialist designs on ukraine it wants ukraine to come into its orbit into the european orbit mainly into its orbit and that's why polish leaders the former president question have ski and others have taken such a role in this so there's no incompatibilities between kaczynski professed euro skepticism and his deep desire to effect this radical geopolitical change which would be represented by ukrainian accession to this disagreement jonathan director of studies that of democracy and corporation in paris mr lupton thank you very much indeed thank you. the current unrest in ukraine fall from spontaneous and is no longer inspired by the failure of the trade deal with the easy russia's president commented on the ongoing process in the neighboring country stressing the events look like they were masterminded for the next presidential election numbers really what's going on in kiev has little to do with ukraine's relations with the e.u. moreover it doesn't look like a revolution but a well planned action we can see well

in ukraine. or ask about details on the deals now struck by ukraine and russia from oxford university historian mark colvin joining us on the line ottomar this a major concession say that ukraine's got from russia to sort of things that may know that any future deals with the e.u. are currently off the table for good. not at all it seems to me that actually the european union strategist must be rather happy with this deal russia has agreed to pay off essential of the western banks who have lent money rather. probably unwisely to ukraine without really thinking through its ability to pay and russia is going to subsidize in effect the provision of gas to people in ukraine which is a good thing for ordinary people in the business but it doesn't actually buy and if you do create income politically not if there's a change of government after all these deals go through after the cash is transferred and still there is a revolution or some kind of change of regime doesn't void the possibility that then c

the book the poles didn't meet up or ukraine's economy it would remain loyal to you. i would have to apologize to all here for the band sound quality but in the meantime styron that owns channel they were think tank mr all thank you very much indeed for that. the price has seen ukraine have been going on for about a week now and what the details of the movement as well as more on the ukrainian he deal that's not to be can always no haunt our website. this is also international stay with us from low blow bubbles up to the break. when the crisis leaves us traces everywhere. empty clothes rooms become the norm. children pay for the mistakes of adults. by working in a tobacco field or in a cafe. they are the ones who come back home blasts. so kids games are just in their memories. this is the we can all see international let's move on now this week saw diplomatic differences exposed by the historic deal between six world powers and iran over its atomic ambitions amid gentle cautious optimism hawks on capitol hill israeli hardliners and a disgruntled shakes in the gulf sta

but in the three phases over ukraine's opposition a book saw a nationalist. the expert on minister they chewed on kiev's independence square but can they preserve that unity after the protests over a goat on novices coming out. and version is being accused of pushing ideology before common sense that's off to london down the ten down the easy to find food despite having more than half a million minds that are growing that are godly hungry looks at why. just a stone's throw from the seat of government in westminster is something that's becoming a more and more common sight in the u.k. this building's used as a food bank handing out emergency supplies to families so poor they can't afford to eat as the cost of living rises the number of people turning to food banks increases with its funding tighter all the time but nevertheless the government has turned down a potential twenty two million pounds in funding for food aid why because the money comes from the european union britain we've caught i government with a very anti european ideology appears to be more kee

closer to russia than they do to ukraine's western nations to stop impulse with a nine which our ukraine has inspected by ruling princes of the many and many of them have russian him and offered a defense that the rating on which um so that's a that's an important thing to keep in mind. ukraine has so many contests think with with specification is in many ways the country that is more divided than any that many of those on the only european competition the west and east but beyond the full stats every time i bought this as of monday up pressure on the gas energy. and a full set of the ukrainian state that is comically for funds which gives the fabric store for a new watch with cash through dry throat and cough delivered. we do we store was at the point you just talked about very much in the two thousand and four orange revolution but today's opinion polls show that more than fifty percent of ukrainians consistently back eu integration said. does that mean that these street protests have more taunts of spreading to the east to meet its knowing is again i think its current episode of the d

regime change manual exposes interference in ukraine and beyond coming up. shelling pentagon plans to reveal systematic i don't want to roll up democracy. why is john kerry's assistant and finding out can these two fanatical riders bulldozing people and injuring hundreds in unprovoked attacks. and i warning washington is quote. cold in my eyes there's a twentieth century fox in shanghai and chinese they didn't submit to folks they were racists in slaving whole nations and well being the resources they reassure the public through mainstream media but they were chords civilising the natives to trick the soviet twenty first century public school in a quote pretext has become even more caring but same practice continuing to overturn governments through the world and install puppet regimes america's current destabilization of ukraine's government writes washington based on this new push your mileage is following the white house regime change manual to the left tip of the icebergs u.s. senators like mccain flying to kiev and joining the protest as well as the syst

of the political crisis in ukraine that's the person who put the relationship between ukraine and russia into a very dangerous situation and that's the person who put the relationship between ukraine to be there have been union into this wary of mass that we can see it and so this that's why going back to the beginning of conversation most of the ukrainians feel that this man should step down from his present position he's personally responsible for this mess that the country is at the moment while i'm at the tank unfortunately as only time will tell whether this is going to happen but we are out of time right now i really appreciate your perspective and to our viewers if you like the show please join us again same place same time here on while the party. form is probably the most complex and difficult to. answer still locked up. in the phenomenon of friendly fire probably extends back to the invention of gunpowder. just kill a bunch of people you don't know if the premises are really us people. reading. this some shoots my brother in the leg not intentional because of it because it was

reporting from kiev in ukraine. as if they didn't have enough to sort out back home several american politicians have been coming to kiev to show their keen interest in ukraine's fate international affairs commentator rick ross all thinks the ultimate goal is to lord the country into nato what's important to realize is that the west has crafted a program for integrating ukraine into the west which means not only the european union european union is the economic component of the arrangement the north atlantic treaty organization is the real you know. goal over western policy because of either ukraine so the intent is to use the lure of economic benefits trade benefits. you know pieces to soften the ukrainian or ukrainian populace ultimately for absorption in the north atlantic treaty organization. nato has long wanted ukraine in its ranks but president get a covert self membership plans in two thousand and ten that halted the alliances expansion to the east towards the russian border and at the moment as this map sho

an offer of support for ukraine z. u.s. durations was not enough to persuade one of the country's opposition leaders and yet to book drop shoulders with the german foreign minister during his surprise appearance at the protests in kiev mr westerly is openly gay and elected new books border has made its position on homosexuals quite clear at tackling gay parades the most we want to build the country based on harmony and social justice we're being dragged into homosexual values by the western states and we will not allow that but homosexuals and people of different races are clearly not the biggest foes. any treaty with russia is not worth the paper it was signed oh. dear he looks forward cannot make up the core of the protest movement but there clearly it's loudest voices and it's actions as well as words and the salt of the city hall and scuffles around it ten days ago they took all the lenin statue in kiev and event described as the fall of the tyrant by the party and reckless vandalism by many others this is a crack in th

ukraine's sovereign decision. go read the caring less chemical the current and proposed compensation for saying the deal was not enough to let my all flash heal fully the so called tight to my pack how cafe has that kind of bummed about that will pass on costs. and of course it's a connected to it that they are preserved. when i read that the interests of those school wants to get some benefits from the o'brien joining that deep and comprehensive free trade area with a european union the more they steal the main sticking point. ukraine needs billions the eu offers millions and both sides refused to budge and economics. it's this continuing standoff with stupidity can add this to fifty of them which is the last goal on fifty two billion dollars loan from russia or a cucumber to be the likely result of this trip despite harsh rhetoric coming from your chemical which has been insisting that ukraine will not step down from the utah association path. how about the protesting crowd behind the barricades already made it

ukraine called the deal historic. a document reported by the wall street journal indicated ukraine could have gained more from the west with different conditions and not as plainly put. had it signed the pact, it might have had $26 billion of loans and grants from the eu over the next seven years. and if it also agreed to imf package. while the you crane pivots eastward, hundreds of thousands ukraines pivot westward standing in protest for their continued desire to be part of a europe whole and free. it's in that context that we welcome back a great friend of the atlantic council, senator john mccain who visited the protestors over the weekend with senator chris murphy and continues to play a consistent leading principle role in supporting democratic change in eastern europe and around the world. thinking through what role the united states should be playing in challenging times. for those reasons and many more the atlantic council presented sther the freedom a ward in 2011. he said then and i quote, like the workers

we meet european ukraine to me you also need european ukraine and that these but important precondition for our success no potash ankle. thank you very much for talking to us and i thank you for watching this edition of tokyo by was that the european commission in brussels. it's time to go back to paris. the mornings i love them. from there. i can. in. the all in. hundreds

and instead tied ukraine to russia. many see that as a way to polish its image just before the world descends upon russia just before the owe olympics. >> we are the host country, and the main thing for us is to create equal conditions for all the sports men so every one of them, no matter which country he represents can show his best qualities, make our and his fans feel happy and bring significant contribution into the development of olympic movement. >> reporter: but in the background is a question of human rights. putin has been cracking down on the press and others against homosexuality. president obama will not be going to the sochi games and instead named two gay sports figures to represent the u.s. at opening and closing ceremonies. >> the fact that we've got folks like billie jean king or brian boyntano who everyone acknowledges their excellence and character who also happen to be members of the lgbt community, they should take that for what it's worth. >> and putin touched upon relations with the u.s. by absol

thank you for starting with ukraine where are you i didn't start with ukraine you start it. your kremlin journalist raised this issue so here's what i'd like to clarify the world for three years you've been suppressing. ukraine know with high prices for garrett's for natural gas and now you for come up within discount does it mean that previously the prize for natural gas was unfair for the. brother for your neighbor and brotherly ukraine. so how do we move forward. with. these fifteen billion. did you paid for ukraine to say no to you v european integration and how much more. serious some serious talking right now how much do you need. how much do you want to pay so that ukraine looks away from europe well think you for the refreshing questions. so i'll start to reply to. the journalists who asked the first question yes basically this is the same question so why did we decide to take such a decision on providing financial assistance on a discount on natural. gas prices so without any irony. we often use. expressions. for nation fraternal country and we see that ukraine is i

his means ukraine has effectively in the russian word that right now. back to ukraine. the likely scale opposition leader one of the top rate is going to steal of the trail once again demanding new elections for what happens. well right now to stand out. we have that protesters on the square and we had to pull that trying to stay in power at practically no matter what means he's going to use a show. i think we still have to wait and see. and wouldn't that the eu that means you'd expect to be that way ukraine has been talking to the finance at least about the possibility of dancing some assistance and the eu has also been offering a few hundred million to expect that these kind of. these organizations to time. ross has often given to some of the deal will see you cry. no i didn't exactly that is what the us than trying to avoid and that it seems that ousted the imf is not willing to significantly reduce the conditions that it imposed on ukraine. so far so i don't think we're going to see it getting more and accents but i do think that any eu doesn't want to keep the door

from kiev in ukraine. has there been a real it's not the first protest aimed at regime change with senator mccain's popped up in the not here is on the screen behind me embracing ukraine's orange revolution almost a decade ago that was he was also a frequent flyer to georgia to another former soviet republic of the revolution and became friends to this day with the now former president because saakashvili who after coming to power move swiftly to crackdown on protests against his own administration mustn't forget that the arab spring didn't escape attention either john mccain supporter protesters in egypt area square also too in libya where he pushed for more active u.s. involvement in the civil war and so to syria mccain was among the most vocal advocates for america to start bombing assad's forces and bring its rebels down with adam z's executive director ron paul institute he told me that mccain is simply doing his job. what's interesting about someone like mccain is he goes over to ukraine and he is si

industrial hubs the scene here from donetsk in the east of ukraine this time though in support of the government these crowds preventing their frustration with the opposition for what they say turning their capital into a battlefield all this amid increasing interference from abroad as ridiculous reports. we stand with the vast majority of the ukrainians who want to see this future for their country and we urge the ukrainian government to listen to the voices of its people who want to live in freedom and in opportunity and prosperity and the elected representatives of the ukrainian people made their choice deciding against giving the government a no confidence slap down for the defeated opposition it was back to the streets if the democratic process won't force the government out let the protesters do the dirty work blockading official buildings paralyzing give the protests in the west calls of encouragement the supporters of your integration must remain firm and seize the momentum of the protest this is the only way they can get you know coach to make concessions one neighbor in part

does europe stand to gain from this deal with ukraine i think that through europe. besides digital natives for a free europe ukraine is also important markets i mean we're in mark employer european views it doesn't mean that you're europe will lead to creating. to be a member of european union but the european union may use. broad market and use. for you three millions. for european goods and on that gone through the ukrainian goods they're not competitive with the european wants so the ukraine is just a market for european and ukraine has some branches industry which may be competitive with the european wants or maybe at the low scale but to first of all it's of asian industry and you know rivals you are going to have no rivals of these brands you're going to through ukraine you just played for europe you do it's important here and i mean. i understand well let's now our briefly talk about the opposition demands here given that they are now not only calling for with the e.u. but also for the president to step down why has the message changed in your opinion from th

people are free to tweet ukraine. you just delivered the speech with the six principles to guide our way forward but you offer a broader remarks about a strategy in u.s. and european strategy in the partnership in general with ambassadors and representatives here today. you spend some time with teeeleven. teeeleven what did you take away from your conversation? innocents that was preparing his own country over two years for this process only to surprise them with this turnaround with this summit how did your conversation lead you where is the go or what is he trying to achieve? >> we spent two 1/2 hours 930 about 95% was the technicalities associated with with any negotiations he may have with russia or the you. when it is worth of condemnation of the protesters of the square. i got the distinct impression teeten is either insensitive or not concerned or does not understand the impact depending on what members you use of those demonstrating in a way that is peaceful but certainly one that has to be viewed as incredibl

uncertainty hangs over ukraine tonight as the e.u. says its frozen trade talks while keeping up the pressure on the president been plaguing moscow for meddling. in the center national condemns the torture of detainees including children in bahrain or rights workers there say the scale of the abuse is even worse than the latest report suggests. and a british energy company finds a massive wind turbine sprawled across the entrance to a drilling site a gift apparently for manti fracking activists caught up in the christmas spirit. if you just joined us for a good evening for me kevin i mean it's just past eight pm this is artie international live from moscow and our top story nazi like atrocities are being described in war torn syria residents of a small town outside damascus have told r.t. they witnessed anti government islamists burning civilians in other things and using others as human shields well the army struggling to overthrow the extremists and get them out of the area says the horrific scenes did take place artie's arabic chann

reporting from kiev in ukraine. all there's another party involved in trying to sway ukraine towards the e.u. integration with an air raid of american politicians visiting kiev lately to support the protesters at a national affairs commentator recross of explains washington's heightened andrus by his desire to ultimately lure ukraine into nato. what's important to realize is that the west has crafted a program for integrating ukraine into the west which means not only the european union european union it's the economic component of the arrangement the north atlantic treaty organization is the real you know. goal of western policy piece of ukraine so the intent is to use the war economic benefits trade benefits. you know pieces to soften the ukrainian or ukrainian populace ultimately for absorption into the north atlantic treaty organisation. now more expert opinion and analysis are those available on our website r.t. dot com where you can also find all of facts and numbers regarding what brussels and moscow can offe

ukraine, and people covering the media there. not so fast. ratings go through if roof. north koreans formal ly scrub kim jong-un's uncle off the map. >>> and the nsa wants to know who's been naughty and who's been nice. >>> when protests were played out across the country's air waves and around the world. domestic state media has been accused of back being the government's narrative and its decision to pull out of a partnership deal with the european union, as well as failing to tell a story about a protest movement demanding a geographic shift westward. that added to concerns about growing media censorship in ukraine as yanukovych struggled for power. protests numbers were down played and the west was accused of furnishing the uprising. moved into overdrive to preserve its relationship with its former republic and former ally. our stage is kiev. the first big story to come out of the protests was the political one. the size of the demonstrations. the scale of political dissent over the yanukovych government's position over negotiations with the eu. then came the media