the prime minister, the new prime minister of this country, given the ethnic mix of that part of the country, 60% of the people call themselves ethnic russians given the fact the russian troops are on the ground and the regional assembly is having a referendum of joining the russian federation in a short while. march 16th is the date for that. i put it to him, are the russians in control in crimea and maybe they were going to lose that part of the country. he was adamant that is not the case. listen in. there will be no referendum. i want to be very clear, crimea was, is and will be an integral part of ukraine. no concessions. reporter: see, here is the problem, you see. the russian government isn t recognizing the kiev government. the kiev government isn t recognizing the assembly in crimea. nobody is talking to each other. the talks, as you have been saying did not go well. the obama/putin talks are not going well. the kremlin is not recognizing this government and will