Amanpour and Company

>> SEWN WITH YOU ASK HIM, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU SAID ALL SORTS OF THINGS PUTTING YOUR DETERRENT FORCES ON COMBAT ALERT AND SAID ANYBODY WHO DARES TO INTERFERE WITH YOUR PROJECT WILL FACE CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH WE'VE NEVER SEEN IN HISTORY. >> YES. >> THAT IS A NUCLEAR THREAT, ISN'T IT? >> IT IS. IT IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THIS REMINDS ME OF DR. KIZITCHER. HE SAID WHENEVER PEACE IS UNDER DISCUSSION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ACTORS, THEY ARE ON THE MERCY OF THE MOST RUTHLESS. >> AND IN THIS CASE? >> SEEMS TO BE THE CASE. >> PUTIN IS THE MOST RUTHLESS? >> YES. >> DO YOU BELIEVE -- >> BY INDICATING THAT THERE WILL BE A HUGE MESS. >> IT'S MORE THAN A MESS. >> MORE THAN A MESS. >> IT'S A DISASTER. >> DISASTER. >> DO YOU BELIEVE AND HAVE YOU ASKED HIM WHETHER HE WOULD TAKE THAT ULTIMATE ESCALATETORY STEP? >> HE ONLY REPEATED THAT TERRIBLE THINGS WILL HAPPEN. >> YOU DIRECTLY ASKED HIM? >> YES, I TOLD HIM THAT, DON'T YOU SEE THAT THE PRESSURE FROM ORDINARY PEOPLE GROWS ALL THE TIME. IT'S NOT ONLY THE RUSSIAN REPUTATION IS GONE, NOW THEY ARE EVEN MORE WORRIED WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE PEOPLE BEING KILLED. DON'T YOU SEE THAT? WELL, THEN HE SAID THAT, HMM, IF NATO COUNTRIES TAKE ACTION, SOME TERRIBLE THINGS WILL HAPPEN. >> ARE YOU SCARED? >> NO, I'M NOT SCARED. I FEEL NOT SCARED BUT SURELY WE ARE FULLY AWAKE. >> FULLY AWAKE? >> YEP.