MOSCOW WITH MORE OF HIS EXCHEW
SIEVE INTERVIEW.
WE ALSO HAVE MAKE MEMOLI.
KEIR, GOOD MORNING TO YOU AND
BOY THIS WAS A RIDE RANGING
INTERVIEW, SIGNIFICANT ON A
NUMBER OF FRONTS INCLUDING THIS
ISSUE THAT YOU ASK ID HIM ABOUT
UKRAINE
UKRAINE.
>> YES, WE WERE TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS STRATEGY IS.
HIS STRATEGY IS TO ATTACK,
NEGOTIATE, ATTACK, NEGOTIATE.
ARREST AMERICANS AND THEN TRY TO
NEGOTIATE A TRADE.
WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE IS TALKING
ABOUT TROOPS AND THEN I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT NATO.
HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT HISTORY AND
RESENTMENT.
BUSH PROMISING NOT TO EXPAND NA
NATO, BUT THAT AGREEMENT WAS
NEVER WRITTEN DOWN, TAKE A
LISTEN.
>> IN THE CASE OF UKRAINE, THEY
SAID YOU HAD MORE THAN 100,000
TROOPS ON THE BORDER, WAS THAT
AN ATTEMPT TO GET WASHINGTONS
ATTENTION?
>> Translator: LOOK, FIRST,
UKRAINE ITSELF CONSTANTLY AND I
THINK IS STILL DOING THAT, IT
KEPT BRINGING PERSONNEL AND
EQUIPMENT.
THAT IS ONE.
TWO IS THAT WE CONDUCTED
EXERCISES IN OUR TERRITORY, AND
NOT JUST IN THE SOUTH OF THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION, BUT ALSO IN
THE FAR EAST, THE NORTH, AND THE
ARCTIC.
SIMULTANEOUSLY THEY WERE BEING
HELD AND AT THE SAME TIME THE
U.S. WAS CONDUCTING MILITARY
EXERCISES IN ALASKA.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
PROBABLY NOT.
ILL TELL YOU THAT I DO KNOW.
AND THAT IS IN DIRECT PROXIMITY
TO OUR BORDERS.
THATS YOUR TERRITORY ON YOUR
LAND, WE DIDNT EVEN PAY
ATTENTION TO IT.
NOW AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDERS
THERE IS A WAR GAME, DEFENDER
EUROPE.
40,000 PERSONNEL, 50,000 UNITS
OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT, PART OF
THEM HAVE BEEN AIR LIFTED YOUR
CONTINENT TO OURS.
DID WE AIR LEFT THEM?
NO WE DID NOT.
>> MANY OF THOSE EXERCISES ARE A
RESPONSE TO YOUR ACTIONS, MR.
PRESIDENT.
DO YOU WORRY THAT YOUR
OPPOSITION HAS STRENGTHENNED IT?
FOR SIXTH YEARS NATO HAS SPENT
MORE ON DEFENSE.
>> THAT IS SOME DEFENSE.
DURING THE GORBICHOV ERA, HE GOT
A PROMISE.
>> WHERE IS THAT WRITTEN DOWN?
WHERE IS THAT PROMISE WRITTEN
DOWN?
>> Translator: RIGHT, RIGHT,
RIGHT.
WELL DONE.
CORRECT.
YOU HAVE A POINT.
GOT YOU GOOD.
CONGRATULATIONS.
OF COURSE EVERYTHING SHOULD BE
SEALED AND WRITTEN ON PAPER, BUT
WHAT WAS THE POINT OF EXPANDING
NATO TO THE EAST AND BRINGING
THIS INFRASTRUCTURE TO OUR
BORDERS?
AND ALL OF THIS BEFORE SAYING
THAT WERE THE ONES ACTING
AGGRESSIVELY?
WHY, DID RUSSIA PRESENT ANY
THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES FOR
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES?
WE WITHDREW OUR TROOPS FROM
EASTERN EUROPE LEAVING THEM ON
EMPTY LAND.
THEY LIVED THERE FOR DECADES IN
WHAT WAS NOT NORMAL CONDITIONS
INCLUDING TO THEIR CHILDREN.
AND WHAT DID WE GET IN RESPONSE?
WE GOT IN RESPONSE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND NOW YOU SAY WERE
THREATENING.
WERE CONDUCTING WAR GAMES ON A
REGULAR BASIS INCLUDING SURPRISE
MILITARY EXERCISES.
WHY SHOULD I WORRY THE NATO
PARTNERS, I DONT UNDERSTAND
THAT.
>> WILL YOU COMMIT NOW NOT TO SEND ANY FURTHER RUSSIAN TROOPS
SEND ANY FURTHER RUSSIAN TROOPS
INTO UKRAINE SOVEREIGN
TERRITORY?
>> LOOK, DID WE SAY THAT WERE
PLANNING TO SEND OUR INFORMATION
ANYWHERE?
WE CONDUCTED WAR GAMES IN OUR
TERRITORY.
HOW CAN THIS NOT BE CLEAR?
IM SAYING IT AGAIN BECAUSE I
WANT YOUR AUDIENCE TO HEAR IT.
I WANT YOUR LISTENERS TO HEAR
IT.
BOTH ON THE SCREENS OF THEIR
TELEVISION SETS AND ON THE
INTERNET.
WE CONDUCTED MILITARY EXERCISES
IN OUR TERRITORY.
WHAT IF WE KENT TROOPS TO YOUR
BORDERS.
WE DIDNT DO THAT.
WE DID IT IN OUR TERRITORY.
YOU CONDUCTED WAR GAMES IN
ALASKA.
GOD LESSBLESS YOU.
YOU CROSSED AN OCEAN, THOUSANDS
OF PERSONNEL AND THOUSANDS OF
UNITS OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT
CLOSE TO OUR BORDERS AND YOU
BELIEVE WERE ACTING
AGGRESSIVELY AND SOMEHOW YOURE
NOT?
JUST LOOK AT THAT.
THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE
BLACK.
>>> AND THE PRESIDENT MEETING
WITH THE SECRETARY OF NATO
TODAY, SAYING IT IS A PIVOTAL
MOMENT FOR THE ALLIANCE.
IT INCLUDING TURKEY AND WHETHER