country in many, many years. i think that since we gained our independence. and that was in '91. >> reporter: what is life like in crimea right now based on what your family is telling you? >> everybody is sitting home not going to work, trying to watch as much tv a as they can, but they are starting to get the russian news, basically, so it is the russian propaganda, and they are thinking that the rest of the world has basically forgotten and that we are not hearing what is going on. >> and it is not just the -- >> reporter: and fenchenko prays reg regularly for her family in ukraine. >> we want the live peacefully, and that is it. that is it. >> reporter: peace, another one of those words that means the same in every language. now, those demonstration organizers that you saw in the bus, in that piece tell me that they plan to continue demonstrating until peace is achieved in ukraine. jim?