10:54
17.4.2014
10:52
17.4.2014
Shakhnazarov was one of the artists who signed a letter in support of the referendum on Crimea. The host says there are some opponents of the move also in the audience.
10:47
17.4.2014
Putin says as a former KGB officer he will always be loyal to state.
10:46
17.4.2014
Amazingly harsh words for Yanukovych from questioners.
Q: Yanukovych fled, but would you die for your country?
Putin: I wouldn't say he fled. He went to the east and then they took over his building. He would have agreed to anything, but as soon as he left Kyiv protesters captured his administration building.
"This was a coup d'etat."
Q: Yanukovych fled, but would you die for your country?
Putin: I wouldn't say he fled. He went to the east and then they took over his building. He would have agreed to anything, but as soon as he left Kyiv protesters captured his administration building.
"This was a coup d'etat."
10:43
17.4.2014
Questioner says we have self-defense troops and former Berkut, who helped avoid a tragedy by coming into Crimea and preventing radicals from entering. He has harsh words for Yanukovych. Says he was abandoned by him after resisting using force in Kyiv.
Putin: Yanukovych told him he thought about using force, but couldn't use it against his own citizens.
What happened to you and what is happening to your colleagues in Kyiv right now will hurt the Ukrainian state back. "You can't put officers on their knees."
Putin: Yanukovych told him he thought about using force, but couldn't use it against his own citizens.
What happened to you and what is happening to your colleagues in Kyiv right now will hurt the Ukrainian state back. "You can't put officers on their knees."
10:37
17.4.2014
Putin says "of course" there were Russian troops in Crimea.
Putin says he's already addressed this. We had to take measures to avoid radicals and nationalists, he said.
Putin says he's already addressed this. We had to take measures to avoid radicals and nationalists, he said.
10:34
17.4.2014
Anchor: I will introduce some criticism. People wondering if Crimea will lose its identity with mansions, but no elementary services.
Putin: They have enough castles and mansions. What Crimea is missing is services for the masses. The [Ukrainian] oligarchs already built mansions for themselves. We will be different.
Putin: They have enough castles and mansions. What Crimea is missing is services for the masses. The [Ukrainian] oligarchs already built mansions for themselves. We will be different.
10:32
17.4.2014
Now this, for a Ukrainian perspective, as Putin continues on economic goals in Crimea.
10:30
17.4.2014
10:29
17.4.2014
Putin says all benefits people had when they were part of Ukraine will not be lost. Using additional subsidies from Crimean budget, those preferences will be kept. This will in addition to Russian entitlements.