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It is a very tense, very dangerous situation. the country as the new prime minister said is on the brink of disaster. on cnn international, they join us from new york said time international. you spoke with a former ukrainian prime minister. a woman in jail under the last president. the president who fled more than a week ago. she is a key player on the ground. >> thats right. she is a major power player. she said first and foremost she is appealing to ukrainians to stay cool and calm and not gi...

Bases. that was the message that was just sent. russian forces are now in complete control of crimea. they took over this weekend without firing a shot and without resistance. the big question is, where will they stop? the u.s. and its allies are weighing options after russian president vladimir putin defiantly ignored president obamas warning not to invade ukraine. >> this is ran act of aggression that is completely trumped up in terms of its pretext. its really 19th century behavior in the 21s...

And lead with europe in order to really create a united front because if this thing gets further out of hand and in these cities and in the eastern ukraine, and if in the city hall they hoist russian flags, you can end with an insurrection across the ukraine. >> do you think vitaly churkin, describing that there are mob scenes on the ground that are not existing, they are creating a pretext, a reason for russia to go in there and take control, a reason that nobody who is there says is actually r...

Asset freezes, visa bans, there could be certainly disruption of any of the normal trade routine. and there could be business drawback on investment in the country. the oyfruble is already feeline impact of this and going down. the reason for this, david, is because you just dont invade another country on phony pretexts in order to assert your interests. there are ways -- there are ways to deal with this, and president putin knows that. president obama yesterday offered mediation. there are ple...

>> ms. timshenko, it sounds like you are calling for the united states and great britain and europe to use military force against russia? is that what you are calling for? >> i am asking all the world, every world leader to use all the possibilities in order to avoid ukraine losing crimea. >> whats also very worried to not only the ukrainians but also to the world leaders who are now engaged in heavy diplomacy is the possibility that russia extends what is. it is now defacto control of crimea. e...

Actions of a g-8 nation. if it persists, other nations wont participate in the g-8 meeting in russia. some lawmakers have been calling for a stronger response because already weve seen the u.s., canada and now the uk pull out of the preliminary meetings leading up to the g-8. why not something like immediate sanctions. today kerry said that is a possibility that none of that is off the table. we could very well see things like asset freezes and visa bans imposed against russia in the near future...

Country? they have been asking for the united nations for someone to send monitors into the eastern part and into crimea to prove that there isnt discrimination going on. the pretext to them going in was that russians would be discriminated against. this is something that they wanted all along. the west is going to be happy with this. they are able to bring diplomatic wiggle room into this crisis and the russians are going to you know stick to their guns so to speak at of now.

As usual manner, that russia is inviting the international stage. there could even be ultimately asset freezes, visa bans. there could be certainly disruption of any of the normal trade routine. there could be business drawback on investment in the country. the ruble is already going down and feeling the impact of this and going down. the reason for this, david, is because you just dont invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests. there are ways -- there are ways to...

This and president putin knows that. president obama yesterday offered mediation. there are plenty of ways to protect russian-speaking people in crimea or other parts of ukraine. but, you know, theyre really sort of a hidden pretext here of possibly trying to annex crimea. >> do you agree with that assessment, ambassador? whats the real motivation to annex crimea? >> the russians are not -- i shouldnt say the russians. the kremlin is not happy with the democratically minded government in kiev an...

But doesnt justify a military action of russia, an act of aggression into crimea. so thats just a false pretext, i believe, for russias position here and for the aggression. there are many ways to resolve disputes that might exist or disagreements but this is about a basic principle of international law that respect it is boards of a country and right to sovereignty. >> really quickly here, 25, 30 seconds. and this may sound like a simple question but important question, as well. why should folk...