HARDtalk

Andriy Shevchenko MP - Fatherland Party, Ukraine and Alexander Nekrassov - Former Kremlin Advisor (2014x32)

Uitzenddatum: Mrt 05, 2014

Stephen Sackur speaks to two guests about the developing situation in Ukraine. Andriy Shevchenko is a Ukrainian MP closely allied to Ukraine's new prime minister and Alexander Nekrassov is a former Kremlin adviser. The question of how far Russia will go is preoccupying not just Ukrainians but governments across the western world. Vladimir Putin has Crimea firmly in his grip. Pushing his forces on into Russian-speaking areas of eastern Ukraine would surely tip this crisis into a shooting war. Is there a way back from the brink?