and everybody in the international community should be invested in making sure that the economic deterioration that s happened in the ukraine stops but also that these elections proceed in a fair and freeway in which all ukrainians, including russian speakers inside of ukraine are able to express their choice of who should lead them. and if we have a strong robust legitimate election, then there shouldn t be any question as to whether the ukrainian people are governed themselves without the kinds of outside interference that we see russia exerting. thank you very much, everybody. a brief remark from president obama following the unveiling of his budget at elementary school in washington, d.c. we were also listening to secretary of state john kerry on the ground in kiev in ukraine. let me bring in peter alexander
and everybody in the international community should be invested in making sure that the economic deterioration that s happening in the ukraine stops, but also that these elections proceed in a fair and freeway in which all ukrainions, including russian speakers inside of ukraine are able to express their choice of who should lead them. and if we have a strong, robust, legitimate election, then there shouldn t be any question as to whether the ukrainian people govern themselves without the kinds of outside interference that we see russia exerting. all right? thank you very much, everybody. all right. that was president obama in washington, d.c. he was speaking about the situation in ukraine right now. just a few minutes before that, we were listening to secretary of state john kerry in kiev, talking about the crisis in ukraine. their message, very much the same, even though the tone a