Turmoil in Eastern Ukraine Prompts Concern over Russia's Next Move
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The standoff over Ukraine may be the most dangerous crisis in Europe since the Cold War. We update the confrontation, hear what’s happening and look at possible options.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.0 | In Europe's latest hotspot, the temperatures rising. |
| 0:14.6 | Hello again, I'm Armin Aulny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:18.4 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:21.0 | Russian troops are poised on the eastern Ukrainian border as the U.S. and Russia trade charges |
| 0:25.6 | of manufacturing political crises in that troubled country. |
| 0:29.0 | Pro-Russian demonstrators occupy some government buildings and a crackdown by the interim government |
| 0:33.6 | could be the pretext for an invasion. Vladimir Putin has been scornful of economic sanctions |
| 0:38.7 | imposed by the U.S. and Europe after Russia annexed Crimea. How has such tension developed over Ukraine's |
| 0:45.1 | industrial heartland? If Russia resorts to military action, what could the U.S. do then? Today's |
| 0:51.0 | talking point, former President Jimmy Carter talks about women's equality. |
| 0:55.3 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:21.6 | Hello again, Mormon Only, back with To The Point. The current standoff over Ukraine is being called the most dangerous crisis in Europe since the end of the Cold War. |
| 1:29.4 | We'll update the diplomatic confrontation, hear what's happening on the ground, and look at possible options for the U.S. and Russia. |
| 1:35.6 | Today's talking point, former President Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for work on solving international conflicts. |
| 1:41.2 | Now, he says, the most serious and unaddressed worldwide challenge is women's |
| 1:45.7 | rights. We'll talk with him later. First, this news update. Payments for Medicare totaled more than |
| 1:50.9 | $77 billion in 2012. But 1% of all the doctors involved got 14% of the payments. 34 physicians got more than $3 million each. |
| 2:03.7 | That's according to statistics released for the first time after Dow Jones intervened in a federal lawsuit. |
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