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According to the official results of the referendum it was what . 98 support for seceding and becoming part of russia and that was during a time when the russian army occupied crimea. And so it was not a free and Fair Election. But im prepared to believe that had it been a free and Fair Election in crimea at that time over half would have said the same thing. I would agree. There is clearly discontent in that part of ukraine. I would just like to add that this is spoken of a fan of usia in the past. I think it shows the effect particularly among the russian speakers who depend on Russian Television in those areas as a source of information in their view of the world is a constant 24 hour of russian information policies. The effect of television particularly monopoly television and the fact that as the crisis started there was almost nothing comparable to the organized innovation information transmission that was going on in that part which was voluntarily chosen. Its possible to get ra
Cooperation with russia, especially in the energy and financial sectors, and what will china and russia do to further strengthen their coordination and cooperation in International Affairs . [speaking foreign language] the chinarussia relationship is not dictated by International Advice sis teuds and does not target any third parties. The strong strategy trust the two sides have established, our relationship is becoming more mature and stable. As comprehensive strategic partners, china and russia have a good tradition of supporting each other. And the friendship between our two peoples provides a Strong Foundation for strengthening strategic cooperation between the two sides. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] the practical cooperation between china and russia is based on mutual need. It speaks winwin results and has enormous internal impetus and room for expansion. This year, our practical cooperation is expected to deliver a series of new results. For example, we
We are witnessing today calling into question our fundamental values like freedom and democracy and prosperity and political order. I want to make sure who uses propaganda against us and commit acts of violence and to violate the sovereignty of our neighbors. They want to weaken the policies of the weston word western world. Today we can see with clarity they are trying to divide us in europe and america. When we are united, we will be able to put a stop to be aggressive policies of a russia and against neighbors. The past has shown when we were united, we were able to succeed against the fight against terrorism. We have acted together in the field of the economy and free trade. We achieved success. When it comes to getting agreement, it is my hope we can have agreement. We have a strong argument. I believe in 2015, christian of will be in khrushchev will be in and also, it is about Political Security and cooperation. Second, we have to stop violent extremism spreading in south africa.