his contact, as the intelligence services say, gives wheelon a flash drive with secret information abouthe personnel of the russian fsb. well , next, willan was caught in the act, his room was searched , and now he was already pensive in the fsb reception area. now after the exchange, he has perked up and is ironic. look at the wall street journal again. you know, the fsb grabbed me, said i was a spy, apparently, an army general, a secret agent, this is an absurd story that they came up with and they would have just left it... i didn’t visit these spies in the detention center in rifortovo, when they were there even before the court decision made this decision legal force, well, it is clear that today they will in every possible way deny their connection with the american intelligence services, work for them, for many of my colleagues who work in the west today, it is no secret that wheelon and gershkovich are for... here directly intelligence. both were sentenced in russia to sixteen years in prison for espionage. both were returned to the states in exchange for our citizens. trying to

the rest, the rest is actually a makeweight, these are things that, well, in principle, the former wheelond. did, he sort of fulfilled his promise, now everyone should be happy, although, of course, uh, you understand, here is the motivation and here is the motivation, here we returned our own, the state did not abandon its own, by the way, i would add to the information that you have already given, that's all previously exchanged, those who served their homeland abroad, they all found their rightful place in civil society, now everyone feels very good, that is, this is actually a system, this is not some one-time act, the first time, yes, the president met, well because this is the second thing, now they are not our headache, because to be honest, god forbid one of them should have something happen to him, they would have blamed all the dogs on us again, but you know what i mean, yes, i understand, all people are mortal in the end, and this situation, in fact, yes, it once again he says who they actually worked for, because aleksandrevich lukashenko said, yes, that in fact the negotiation

wheelon, who is called a businessman in the usa, for some reason has passports of great britain, irelandnd canada. willan was detained in 2018 in moscow. as it turned out, this businessman, actually a career employee of american intelligence, in russia, which he regularly visited, willen tried to recruit employees of the ministry of defense and the fsb. he served his sentence in a mordovian colony and for a long time i was waiting for an exchange. according to russian laws, he would have been released from prison only in 2036, but... he found himself free and returned to the united states after he, along with others, was pardoned by decree of the russian president. another us citizen is alsou kurmashova, a journalist recognized by the undesirable anti-russian organization radio liberty. she lived permanently in the czech republic, but in may twenty-third she flew to russia. in october of the same year, she was accused of refusing to register as a foreign agent; in december, another case was opened against kurmasheva for distributing fakes about russian. the army last month sentenced her

the states are trying to present gershkovich, wheelon and others as innocent victims, unjustly convicted, and this rhetoric begins with biden. they say they were unfairly held in prison for many years. but the publisher of the all street journal, where the alleged journalist gershkovich works, writes that his employee was convicted on the basis of false, allegedly accusations as part of a total attack on... the free press, is it gershkovich , the free press with secret papers under his arm, or the traveler willon, who during a secret meeting in the toilet room of one of the rooms of the metropol hotel received from his contact a flash drive with secret information about the personnel of the fsb of russia, but the new newspaper europe, which is considered undesirable in our country, justifies willon, saying that the recording shows how a man hands willan a small white object, he puts it in his pocket, the recording there is no sound, but they are trying to at least cling to something, they look stupid, but they need to practice the methodology, the foreign agent meduza is generally lying

room of one of the rooms of the metropol hotel, his contact, as the intelligence services say, gives wheelon drive with secret information about the personnel of the fsb of russia, well, then willan was caught in the act, his room was searched, and now he was already pensive in the fsb reception area. lies, because you can’t argue with these materials. anton potkovenko, lead. one of those who returned to russia to the united states as part of the prisoner exchange was roman seleznev. in broadcast on studio 5, he told how he was abused in an american prison. i was given 27 years, that is, only this can, well, serve some purpose, well, plunge you into depression and... then they just started to torture me, well, not physically, but emotionally, they put some prisoners next to me who tried to get some information out of me, there were some threats, people with knives were passing by, that is , the prison administration also treated me somehow, well, not very well, let’s just say i had... confessed to everything, somehow got the hang of it mine homeland, suppressed me in every possible way, in t

in the video of wheelon’s arrest, a man comes into the bathroom in his room and, after a short dialoguea flash drive. in the following frames, the already detained wheelon sits on a bed, surrounded by security forces, after which he is taken out of the hotel. the european press is literally suffering over the release. gave rise to a lot of speculation, to the point that biden’s stomach cramped and he decided to use the toilet, or did he thus want to fly away himself? as part of an exchange to moscow. help the american people understand this. the americans freed journalists and other innocent people. the russians freed one convicted murderer, several spies and other hackers. how does this balance innocent journalists in exchange for criminals? first, i think this says a lot about the different priorities of the united states, our allies, on the one hand, and russia, on the other. what do we value and what is valued? they are, but secondly, this is a difficult decision, as the president said. i would like to congratulate vladimir putin for striking another great deal. have you seen what d

entry of this decision, for many of my colleagues who work in the west today, it is no secret that wheelon and gershkovich was directly involved in reconnaissance here. that is, only this can serve to plunge you into some kind of depression, then they just started me. well, not physically, but emotionally, they tortured me with some prisoners who tried to extract some information from me, there were some threats, people with knives passed by, that is, the prison administration also treated me somehow, well, not very well, let's just say, i had, well... like a program so that i would check in every 2 hours every day, they woke me up at night, every 2 hours, they asked if i had run away, the lights were constantly turned on, it was so that they locked me in the capser for 40, 60 days, they gave me less food, they didn’t let me wash, they wanted me to confess, to confess everything. other topics, the consequences of a powerful flood are being eliminated in buryatia, a state of emergency at the republican level has been introduced in the region, residential buildings, garden plots and vegetabl

his contact, as intelligence agencies say, gives wheelon a flash drive with classified information. aboutght by the hand, a search in the room, now he is already pensive in the fsb reception area. now after the exchange, i perked up, made irony, and watched the wall street journal again. you know, the fsb grabbed me, said that i was a spy, apparently an army general, a secret agent, this is an absurd story that they came up with, they would not have left it so easily. i visited these spies in... the detention center in rifortovo, when they were there - they were there even before the court decision entered into legal force, well , it is clear that today they will in every possible way deny their connection with the american intelligence services, work for them, for many of my colleagues who work in the west today, it is no secret, that willan and gershkovich were directly involved in reconnaissance here. both were sentenced in russia to sixteen years in prison for espionage. both were returned to the states in exchange for our citizens. trying to present gershkovich's villages as some kin

sending from russia of former prisoners for exchange, in particular, paul is visible in the footage wheelonent authorities today reported that the russian side is completely satisfied with the exchange that took place. all the information known by this hour was collected by yuri lepatov. social networks were filled with images taken from the computer service flight radar, which tracked the movements of government, military and private aircraft. over russia, germany, norway. in the evening , it became known from official reports that 26 prisoners had been exchanged in ankara. during vladimir putin's interview with tucker carlson in february this year's theme was exchange. the russian president then said that a dialogue was ongoing, and that only those who were capable of them themselves could count on gestures of goodwill from russia. we've done so much. i’m talking about those people who are essentially under the control of the us authorities, no matter where they are in prison, i’ll tell you, they are sitting in one country, in the country of an ally of the united states, and a person who,

of one of the rooms of the metropol hotel, his... contact, as the intelligence services say, gives wheelon drive with secret information about personnel of the fsb of russia, well, then wilon was caught red-handed, his room was searched, and now he was already pensive in the fsb reception area. now after the exchange he has perked up, is ironic, and is watching the wall street journal again. you know, the fsb grabbed me, said i was a spy, apparently a general army, secret agent, this is an absurd story that they came up with and they would not have left it so easily. i visited these spies in the detention center in rifortovo when they were there even before the court decision came into force, well, it is clear that today they will in every possible way deny their connection with the american intelligence services, work for them, for many of my colleagues , who today work in the west, it is no secret that willan and gershkovich were directly involved here. both were sentenced to russia to 16 years in prison for espionage, both were returned to the states in exchange for our citizens, trying

russia, in particular , wall street journal correspondent in moscow, evan gershkovich, american paul wheelonsian citizens, including those with dual citizenship. russian president vladimir putin signed a decree pardoning them. well among those who returned home, was our guest today in the studio , roman seleznyom, in 2014, american intelligence services captured him while on vacation in the maldives, grossly violating all the fundamental norms of international law and, moreover, local laws, including taking him to the united states states, they threw him into prison and roman spent 10 years in american dungeons. but what’s interesting is that it doesn’t happen in america. are not letting up, as white house communications coordinator john kirby said, this time the united states is going to impose another sanctions against russia for allegedly unlawfully detaining american citizens. will the us send a signal to russia about the consequences after this week's historic prisoner exchange? we have already done this, we told americans not to travel to russia, we imposed sanctions using the levinson