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Post-soviet union. many new carriers. they have had difficulty with safety. >> nic robertson. we heard from you reporting in cairo, that the egyptians have said there is no evidence of foul play here, considering the region, when this plane took off and started to have problems, have the russians made any comments similar to those or speaking auto all about the potential for foul play? >> the russians havent made a comment at all. they will certainly be aware of their rates profile in the middle...

Take responsibility for what they had done. to the point where nearly a decade after the shoot-down, when boris yeltsin was the first post-soviet president of russia, the reaction to that shoot-down of that korean airliner was such that nearly a decade after it happened, the russians still had custody of the black boxes from that crash. they had never given into international president, president reagans pressure, or anybody elses pressure to turn the black boxes over so they could be part of an...

Here that the europeans do have to weigh in and finally unite against this russian influence, military influence on ukraine. >> joe? >> richard haass, i thought it was fascinating, ians response and just talking about how putin responded to sanctions, how he responded as a crisis deepened that had actually get more aggressive. it goes back to what youve talked about for sometime. vladimir putin is the embodiment of all post-soviet resentments that putin has and where he draws his power from. the...

Sawyer and robin roberts. so david frum, as we get ready for another huge hillary wave in the media i would say that perhaps theres a media obsession with the former first lady. is she in danger of being overexposed and the media flustering them? >> she is very cleverly using scarcity to make sure she never faces difficult questions. the clinton operation, since bill clinton left office, is just this morass of financial, ethical scandals. the idea that bill clinton was giving speeches in foreign...

Sawyer and robin roberts. so david frum, as we get ready for another huge hillary wave in the media i would say that perhaps theres a media obsession with the former first lady. is she in danger of being overexposed and the media flustering them? >> she is very cleverly using scarcity to make sure she never faces difficult questions. the clinton operation, since bill clinton left office, is just this morass of financial, ethical scandals. the idea that bill clinton was giving speeches in foreign...

Troops now patrolling ukraine. he says they arent his. >> translator: at other uniforms of other post-soviet. you can see such uniforms in the shop. they were self defense teams. they were prepared well. but look at how well the people in kiev were prepared. >> reporter: heres putin on the protester that is brought down the pro russian government in ukraine. >> translator: including kiev. >> reporter: putin wasnt kind to the u.s. either. >> translator: i have a feeling in america, some people si...

Putting together a number of dubious statements from the russian president keeping them honest. lets take a look. >> reporter: after days of staying mum, russian president vladimir putin finally broke his silence. trouble is, u.s. officials say very little of what he said is true. heres putin on the russian troops now patrolling ukraine. he says they arent his. >> translator: at other uniforms of other post-soviet. you can see such uniforms in the shop. they were self defense teams. they were pr...

With ukraine about improving relations with the eu. making signals in the part couple of days, theyre not being seas, making the commits th commitments they need. continuing to play out in the square, a desire for a life facing the european direction. and from u.s. senator john mccain saying their future lies with europe and the u.s. supports them, but nine years ago many thought this country made its decision to head in a westerly direction. pru brushes away most of its postsoviet leadership. m...

>> heres the interesting thing. someone who leads a country that was, until 20 years ago, the soviet union, appealing to our faith in god. did you notice that? >> i noticed that. >> what did you think of that? >> i thought it was written by the washington speechwriters. but it was a remarkable post-soviet document, because he cites the pope. i mean, can you imagine khrushchev or lennin or stalin, you want to know who lost the cold war, the communists lost the cold war. >> well, stalin would ask,...

>> isnt it a difference between a revolution from the regime change from outside and regime change from within. isnt the right analogy eastern europe or post-soviet russia. post-soviet russia didnt go so well. a lot of people argued thats because there wasnt enough support of the transformation. >> we dont know which the better analogy is. given that uncertainty i come down with nick. if theres this organic home grown drive for democracy how can we not thereabout to support it if we believe in a...