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Germany says it could live without Russian gas
By Mick Krever, CNN
Germany could live without its Russian gas supply if necessary, Philipp Missfelder, foreign policy spokesperson for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling political coalition, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Monday.
“If the Russians would stop the gas supply for us, or we would raise sanctions on the oil and gas sector, we will be able to have in the interconnected and linked European energy market – of course with higher prices – the energy supply for Germany.”
Germany has a stockpile of coal it could tap, Missfelder said, admitting that such a move would impact the country’s climate change goals.
But “for the political calculation, it’s good to know that we are independent from Russian gas.”
NATO concerned about further Russian intervention
By Mick Krever, CNN
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Monday that he is “concerned about Russian military activities along the borders of Ukraine.”
Amanpour asked Rasmussen if he was worried that Russia may be “stirring up trouble” in eastern Ukraine as a pretext for intervention. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday warned of “continuing provocations” in Eastern Ukraine.
“Absolutely,” Rasmussen said. “That is a possibility, that is a clear risk that would further deteriorate the whole situation.”
NATO worried about more Russia intervention
NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen tells Christiane Amanpour he is concerned about further Russian intervention in Ukraine.
With more than 20,000 Russian soldiers in Crimea, according to the interim Ukrainian government, Crimeans voted overwhelmingly to leave Ukraine and join Russia.
Web extra: NATO 'reassesing' relationship with Russia
In this web extra, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen talks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour about NATO's relationship with Russia.
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Pakistan charting new path of non-interference, says de-facto foreign minister
By Mick Krever, CNN
Pakistan is charting a new future of non-interference with its neighbors, that country’s national security adviser and de facto foreign minister Sartaj Aziz told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday.
“Our policy – Pakistan’s policy – is non-interference and no favorite,” Aziz told Amanpour in London.
Pakistan supported the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan in the 1990s, thinking that the radical group would serve as a bulwark against India, Pakistan’s long-time enemy.
“Afghan has been a theater of great power rivalries, great power games for a long time,” he said. “One of the apprehensions of the Afghan government and President Karzai was the Taliban have a better chance because Pakistan is supporting them, and we have convinced him that is not in our security interest.”
Former Kremlin adviser talks Crimea
Former Kremlin Adviser Alexander Nekrassov speaks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour about Ukraine.
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U.S. Senator who met with Yatsenyuk
Christiane Amanpour speaks with U.S. Senator Chris Murphy about Ukraine and his meeting with interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
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Two Popes with one trusted adviser
Did you know Pope Francis and Former Pope Benedict rely on the same man as trusted adviser? They call him Gorgeous Georg for his good looks.
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Millions of children affected by Syria war a ‘strategic issue,’ says UNICEF director and former U.S. national security adviser
By Mick Krever, CNN
The plight of the 5.5 million children now affected by the war in Syria – more than twice the number than just a year ago – is a national security issue, not just a humanitarian one, UNICEF Executive Director and former U.S. National Security Adviser Anthony Lake.
“These are not statistics. These are human beings, and these are children. And this is, the governments should remember, a strategic issue,” Lake told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour from the devastated Syrian city of Homs.
“So many of them have been traumatized by seeing things no child should ever see,” he said. “I fear that they’re going to grow up with more vengeance than reconciliation.”
Why Syria is 'strategic issue'
UNICEF Executive Director and former U.S. National Security Adviser Anthony Lake says Syria is a "strategic issue."
Without adequate education and counselling, he said, “in the next generation we’re going to see a replication of the same violence and the same problems that will affect both the region and the world.”
“So this is a question not an issue of humanitarian obligations, but also of strategic self-interest for all of these governments, and they need to step back and understand that.”
Fears of vengeance for Syria's children
UNICEF Director Tony Lake tells Amanpour he fears Syrian children will grow up with vengeance, not reconciliation.
This week marks three years since the beginning of the Syrian war, and humanitarian organizations are redoubling their efforts to get the world to respond to, and put an end to, the bloodshed.
The UK organization Save the Children said in a new report that some surgical patients are “opting to be knocked out with metal bars for lack of anaesthesia.”
Drones may be useful, but governments need more transparency, says UN investigator
By Mick Krever, CNN
On a spring day nearly three years ago, the tribal elders of Datta Khel, a village in North Waziristan, Pakistan – the so-called Tribal Areas – were gathering for a meeting.
It was the second day of community discussion about the distribution of many thousands of dollars of mining rights.
[/owa/]At 10:45 on the second day of the Jirga, a remotely piloted drone released a missile, or missiles, that struck one of two group of elders, killing upwards of 43 civilians.
That is just one of many allegations contained in a new report by United Nations Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson, who has spent more than two years investigating the use of drones.
“This was one of the most notorious headline incidents, which caused a great deal of outrage in the Fatah region and provoked very hostile reaction from the Pakistani government,” Emmerson told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.
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“We’re still working for the transparency that is required with an incident like this.”
America uses drones more than other country, and President Obama more than his predecessors - mostly in secret.
Madeleine Albright: Diplomacy still possible in Ukraine, if Putin wants solution
By Mick Krever, CNN
A diplomatic solution to the standoff over Crimea is still possible, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday.
“There is a solution,” she said. “There could be more autonomy for Crimea. The question is whether [Russian President Vladimir] Putin wants a solution. He may like this kind of disarray, because it's kind of in everybody's face.”
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talked on the phone Tuesday about their respective countries' ideas about resolving the Ukrainian crisis, a day after Lavrov announced that Kerry had postponed a face-to-face meeting with Putin, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
“There are moments where you think, ‘Why can't we get this together,’” Albright told Amanpour. “The bottom line is, scoring points is not what it's about.”
There is a solution, she said, in which the country has a relationship with both Russia and the United States.
“What I think is a tragedy is that Putin is providing a zero-sum game. And it doesn't have to be.”
Crimea will hold a referendum Sunday on whether the peninsula should become a part of Russia or remain within Ukraine.
The interim Ukrainian government – and foreign leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama – have called that initiative illegal.
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, will discuss legislation on March 21 on Crimea joining the nation, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Tuesday.
Could Crimea’s fate be a “fait accompli,” Amanpour asked.
“I suppose it is possible that it could be a fait accompli,” Albright said.
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