i saw you ordered a shirt and from india with consider suddenly a 1000 troops into a made an escalation of tensions over the break away region. a high level prisoner thought for russian business when visibility returns home off the more than a decade and us property exchange for american basketball player, brittany griner and an import making while so for them a world of saudi crown, prince coast time as president for the peace summit i met with

want to go and get a whatever you are the world. welcome to our international is just gone for i am here in the russian capital. it's great to have you with this. i'm right, i'm on. let's take a look at today's top stories survey has been considering sending a 1000 troops into cause of the of the hundreds of police officers in the break way . regency is part of the service. majority city sada, you may, which you recruited, has continued with the legal actions aimed at occupying the north, kosovo and mentor. here belgrade will consider the return of 1000 members of our security forces to the area of kosovo, tokyo in accordance with resolution, 1244, not but the serve in government has said cause of a police of committed crimes against serv. majority areas in the break way province, including driving an armored vehicle into the yard of a kindergarten and ceiling. wind from a vineyard. local correspondent, nuclear. you sent us this report from belgrade nights around 9 o'clock in the

evening, will be over 200 armed men. came to the, not the most was the sort of live and they are now as we speak all around the town to as they see secure stability in the indian. part of you can say they are policeman of so called the probably possible because among them there are special forces from the sofa and other members of the unit. so we cannot speak about the concrete military or police formation. we are not certain. what are we talking about exactly what kinds of unit or police force there is? this is the 2nd publication of the day, or even 3rd, because during the day we already had the one incident in which one of the

4 municipalities in the north are most certainly we can cation where police forces are also entered kindergarten when, where children were over sleeping and they interrupted the work or also university cohorts sort of been and club near the article that they took over 40000 police. there's a wind from local, turbulent producers. why? and they also banned construction workers for or from putting on and bathing the road, leading to only left in the region. so we get federal procures to this day and this game as the last, unfortunately, also bad news for the as you speak, read the police forces and other forces armed men in general are present in votes

from interest. they are disturbing locals there. as we gather information from 3 and as people call us every minute to see what's the serious situation like, there we go over the you know, medical force are also present albanian army or regular military forces of, of been year were present here in america quarter. and oracle, which is a violation of resolution $1244.00 of the united nations and every other agreement signed by serbia and coastal. so that the prime minister of so called causal code is continuing his provocations and his intentions to violently solve the problem. all serbs leaving this deuces of so called possible a month ago and to try to impose his will on them due to the fact that he needs to organize new elections which serbs will boycott as things are for now with the new

location in, in future this is all for tonight and hopefully the last of the bad news for these already really bad day. we are live from belgrade. my name is me for a high level prison i saw between moscow and washington as russian businessman, it's a boot in u. s. custody for a decade armed training convention has returned to his homeland. he was at staring for a marathon basketball player. brittany greiner, who's been convicted or have been convicted of drug offenses in russia. foot was sentenced by us authorities back in 2012 to a quarter century in prison on allegations of arman terrace and conspired to kill american citizens. he denies all the accusations. moscow said his case with political leap motivated. the exchange was conducted in the united arab emirates, often from negotiations with

a boot was elated to return to his homeland your video, or in some you had no doubt to stay would calm as possible so many thanks to everyone who participated, who helped, who cared. so i'm just incredibly glad her gotten, i guess the city of course, we always had ad hope that makes her was returned home all these years, especially in the last 6 months when information began to surface that his release was possible level. when maria brought in and called me and said, when you're hanging there, i realised in heart beat that the exchange has been carried out. so i mediately got the shakes in my heart was beating so fast, but i'm in charlotte. another said look at joe biden. how he's fighting for his son, he should think about all the kids. his keep him locked up. he whitewashed his son in connection with ukraine and some other things in america, which were very grateful. tell president, and as a mother i sincerely sank our foreign ministry little by sake. i love her off that diplomats their employees visit him no matter what. even during a bizarre in new york,

they make sure people do not lose hope and knows that their motherland does not forget them. born. both victor boots are brittany groin. i received for residential portals before they was set free. route was initially arrested in thailand in 2008 a risk as a result of a you asked sting operation of the years behind balls in legal limbo boots. i was expedited to america where he was leads a convicted ma schools fighting for his release for more than a deckard. washington category can rejected any cooperation with russia and the exchange came. nevertheless, we continued active efforts to rescue our citizen. as a result is became possible to organize the exchange with the american side. victor boot has returned to his homeland. well, we understand that the prisoner swap happened in our dobby. in the united arab emirates, the u. a. e. the individuals were exchanged and victor boot has returned home to russia after being held since 2008,

2008. he was in thailand. he was set up in some kind of sting operation conducted by us officials and us individuals operating and thailand. he was then taken to the united states. he stood trial in 2011 and was found guilty on conspiracy charges. he described the interview. the trial is essentially a sham trial where he wasn't really able to adequately defend himself. all the charges were conspiracy charges, no actual crime had been committed. it was all based on allegations that in some conversation, he hinted he might do something or something to that effect. and he'd been held in the united states and federal prison that time. now brittany griner was detained in russia in february and convicted of having a candidate based substance in her bag. and she was convicted of drug trafficking, drug charges. she's been, she'd been held in russia and we heard from biden,

he spoke and he did not reference victor. danny points and remarks that gave brassy simply reference written greiner had relatives of brittany greiner with him. while he spoke to the press, he refused to answer any questions from the media about what exchanges had been made. but we understand at this point that victor booth is returned to russia and it was a prisoner swap. the place in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates. now i had the opportunity to interview victor booth from u. s. federal prison when he was being held. and he described to me the conditions in which he was being held, how he wasn't able to visit his family until donald trump was elected president. and the trump administration made arrangements so he could even visit is relatives described being held in solitary confinement and additions that the united nations have described as torture. he highlighted different cases of political prisoners in

the united states. it was really a great opportunity to speak to victor booth when he was being held in the us prison on trumped up charges basically being held describe out he was forced and not for us but, but pressured rather to try and say negative things about the russian government to exchange for a better deal or exchange for release or the ability to see his family. all kinds of pressure was put on him to help feed into anti russian narrative and how he was held. but yet he refused to make any deals. and now we understand that after years and years of being held in us federal facilities on trumped up charges that now victor boot is back home in russia. so this is from my interview with victor. bu, while he was being held in a u. s. federal prison based in colorado. this is the conversation that we had a lord of war and a merchant of death. and that's how western media describes victor boot. for moscow,

he's a political prisoner, rejecting his case as unfounded and biased from the start. at his trial, he pled not guilty, and he called the accusations against him, a bunch of wise the court decided otherwise and jailed him for 25 years. he's now served a 3rd of that sentence, and he's agreed to talk to me from prison. because your case is highly political, are you being treated differently? well, of course i've been treated differently because my family then be okay, deciding that diamond is special or is group or whatever. i'm a general population. but on the other very strict supervision and control, victor boot describes himself as a political prisoner. i asked him what that means. this is a 100 percent qualify as a political prisoner because i'm healed off my nationality and i was denied to call a twin size and i'm standing up. didn't do anything else. and we'll fight for my

innocence. i misstated bachmann couple years ago or make a cab gonna keep him. as example, as a model was a boy for whipping father rations would be more likely corporate with us when they go off. there are up 3, g mm. i asked him about deals that had been offered to him in the past and currently, well, they've been during pre trial and during the trial, were there been through the public defender and they approach and said, well, we're going to get you at all your primary green carts and subtle you there, if you will tell us some dirt about food turn and how car off this regime time. so i said, no, you can't do the 1st for all the deal. that's why i went to the trial. pick your boot offered up a pretty strong and consistent critique of the us legal system and how he says it has been used against russian citizens boot points to what he calls conspiracy laws as a method of imprisoning people. not for actually committing crimes,

but for offhand comments made 2 undercover officers boot says he's not the only political prisoner being held and that the efforts of the russian embassy have definitely improved his circumstances. hayward martin r t new york glenda had been detained by moscow. airport customs officers back in february after a police dog found cannabis oil in her luggage in july and she pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges. despite saying it was an honest mistake, the defense team said groin and made the admission to show her bravery and set a positive example for others. she was sentenced to 9 years. she filed an appeal which was rejected by a russian court. joe bridle in turn had said grinder was wrongfully detained in russia. despite the fact she had actually admitted to being drugs into the country is relieved to finally be heading home. and the fact remains that she's lost months

of her life experience for needless trauma. she deserves space privacy in time with their loved ones to recover and heal from her time being wrong. 3 detained. well, let's go live now to larry johnson, former c i a analyst, and c o berg. a says it's larry great to have you on the show that why do you think this is happening now? why is the u. s. funny agreed to release bits a bit after refusing to do so for more than a decade? well, i have some cervical friends who suggested that a group of lied with miss griner, made a contribution to the biden family, and we were able to buy her from her way out. there was no strategic reason for this to go right now. other than the bar, joe biden, and his crew was just wanting to get her out. and what's, what's interesting is there's a lot of blow back in the united states. complaints that he left behind. i think

it's phil wayland, former marine, there was arrested on espionage charges in russia that many say that he would have been a more appropriate exchange because he was actually there. ready for some, you know, perceived political pushback as opposed to miss griner k. she was, he was carrying drugs that were prohibited prescribed may actually bring me to my next little point. now it was this a fast walk. i'm interested in that you said that they bought them back, but well, you know, for for booths family, absolutely great swap grinders family. they have no clue who victor boot is. so, as far as the families are concerned, it's a fair swap. i would know the difference now between say let's go back prior to the cuban missile crisis in 1962 where you had the pilot of the you

to play that was shot, shot down and gary powers. and then you also had a american college student that was in the custody of the east germans the law u. s. lawyer donovan negotiated a to, for one swap back there. so certainly the united states has lost some of its mojo when it comes to these kinds of things, there was no demand that both be released. and i think frankly, the united states could have made a credible case that boot was of such importance that it merited. swapping greiner and whalen for mr. boot, it's interesting. you put it that way. so strange a value on someone's life. in a 241141 is quite sad. ready, but so are you saying that the u. s. couldn't of or should have pushed for to, for one or just couldn't up? well, i don't think the russians would have accepted it too for one because the russians hold some very strong cards right now. all, i think from russia standpoint,

this was laughable. it's just that it underscores the weakness of the. ready foreign policy team that surrounds joe biden, that they, you know, these guys would have trouble selling, selling snowed, ask your boss, they just, they're really, they're an incompetent law. and actually, it wasn't the bite administration. as i understand that the negotiated was the saudis, and the united arab emirates working together, they broke the deal. they just presented it to the biden. folks, and apparently the biting folks went along. interesting, then you said the, the saudi sort of broker, there's still quite true proposal. so i always say that there's no dialogue between russia and the u. s. right now there's very little, i know that the prior to the outbreak of the special military operation with respect to military operations inside syria. i know that there were sort of daily

or weekly conversations between senior us military personnel and senior russian military personnel. there's nothing else to just d conflict. make sure nobody flew into each other. make sure no one fired on the other. but i think there has been a real breakdown in the communication, in part because when you listen to the times of just brazen demands that demonstrate for people like blanket objects, solvent off, it really doesn't reflect any kind of class cou or so it is very crew and, and, and russia for whatever one things wonder, the leadership of surgery lover of is, is a world class diplomatic outfit. so, i think the russians could be genuinely confused, wondering what it is that the united states is up to. yeah, interesting. i didn't think so. my,

my final question i do appreciate time we've seen before the us use is prison slopes as a tool of diplomacy. what's your take on that? well, in the past where there were actual intelligence officers that were, you know, and in russian and then soviet jails. and likewise, there were soviet intelligence officers in russian jails. and beta, it was politically essential, apt, because each side wanted to remind their intelligence officers that they were not going to leave them out there. abandon all russia has been pushing all along for boots release. i think part of part of the, as the weight that fell upon victor boot was more to, to punish russia. because within once of boots or ross, there was the military intervention by russia in george, after russia was attacked. and so the hostess kept trying to punish russia for that

element, and in a way the boot became a sacrificial lamb, where he could bear the weight of that guilt. and indeed, indeed very interesting. indeed, larry johnson, pharmacy. and alice, thanks so much for joining us. paid today on august acres at org and usa once again . but like mine is we will now u. s. federal lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved to bill toys in record. hi, ms. g spending. the includes $800000000.00 of support for ukraine's war foot and further anti russian sanctions. mclennan says the legislation is essentially directed against russia into the premium u. s. defense budget is confrontational towards russia and it's totally unprecedented. it's aimed at long term destabilization of the european continent. the usaa legislation seeks to provide $850000000000.00 to increase funding on troops, weaponry, ships,

and aircraft. as well as security assistance v crane and pie one. it includes $6000000000.00 for efforts to deter russian influence in europe. cross now live to discuss this with former pentagon owl is michael maloof. michael, thanks for joining us here. art awesome. now this would be the biggest defense budget in us history. isn't washington concerned about foot high spending? well, it's, it's authorizing program. so what, what comes after that is going to be the real nitty gritty and, and sticky wicket in the appropriations. and that is going to the end that by the time that that gets, you're going to have, you're going to have a republican controlled house. and that, that's where the, the deals are going to be made. and it is, it is the highest and it's allowing new programs. it's adding, for example,

with the f $35.00, it's allowing him more or $35.00 more more more we're spending 4 parts of components. and even though the record shows that the plane itself is very fragile and very, and, and very prone to break downs. so or yet, this goes on and on and on. and there are some calls to, to change planes that, that, that it would be tremendously expensive. that's just one example. the, the height, the high authorization for spending for ukraine. again, republican congress will look at that and probably trim it considerably according to their initial reaction. at this point to, to a blank check notion due to biden's, they don't want to blank check. in fact,

any people still wonder what the policy is toward ukraine. and ultimately it's, it's seen as more of an attack on russia. and people are getting weary of that and because it hasn't been explained why we, why the united states is so vehemently against russia the way that it is and was not only contain but perhaps change government together. i think that these are gonna have to be issues at, at the appropriation stage that will have to be discussed because i'm pro level spending. that is, is there a lot of money that michael, i mean 800000000 a couple of 1000000. i mean, how many planes is that really by was not just plain it's other equipment it's, it's a raises and, and for, for troops there's social engineering programs, which it may makes, makes the defense department a,

a social experiment which is contrary to its purpose. and so again, this, it's him, it's unbelievable that we spend in the united states and spending this much or wants to spend this much are china, is half that and yet, and russia's budget is half of what's trying to spend. so, i mean, it, it makes the question is, why are we spending so much and, and, and we have to meet those worldwide commitments that the united states is trying to assert as the, the leader of the so called free world and, and assert itself. but now we, what we've done with data is help is, is extend, is actually push russia and china and china together. and, and, and nato has declared that if it plans to

extend and expand its role into our, the arctic into the in the pacific. even though it's an atlantic, a defense of supposed to be a defensive mechanism in for, for the atlantic. let me just see before you go on a bit further that you bought me. so i thought about this other thing you've just said. now, the legislation also called for efforts to did so, russian influence in europe. i mean, what does that, what does that mean? well that's, that's very nebulous. you're europe. i think regrets what it has done now in cutting, in basically shooting itself from the foot by cutting off of access to energy and to food. it has lowered the, the quality of life in western europe altogether. it's got to take years and years

to recover. and europe is now resentful of the united states, because now the united states has begun to charge very high prices for the energy that, that's supposed to substitute for what the russians wanted, particularly, and natural gas. so there's a growing resentment that's and you saw that exhibited in the most recent visit by mcgraw, france out to the white house there, there was some tent intense discussions and i think that they need not to agree you or she i, he touched on this michael the 2nd i go, i mean, how do you think china is gonna react to this us a package for tie one? well, it's going to been a source of irritation and, and i think it plays into stolen birds role as the head of nato. and to the, i think the anticipation is that we have to be the guardians of everything and,

and, and go around creating instability. and that's, and that has become extremely expensive. you know, you're approaching your approach and a trillion dollars for one year for military spending and for what, what, what's the threat? the one except the threat that we helped create, by what, by our old asked policy decision, blinking lincoln in victoria new and the state department when the sherman, these are nia collins. and, and their, their purpose in life is to contain both china and russia. and if we thought that putting that deterrence in into the into pacific would, would make china crate crater as a consequence has had the opposite effect. china cannot all those,

all of the aircraft carriers that, that we would have to send. and we would be, we're cindy, and the only way the u. s. can be dominant if you will, in the, in the pacific is by align with countries that have to live with china is pretty much the way we ruined the, the, the, the, the relationship between europe and russia, which is physically located next to each other. and books so far removed from that, but we don't care. we abandon our friends and we've demonstrated that time. and again, it interested in the surveys making a lot of money out of this michael. it was a surprise if we find out later on that it ministration of says in lockheed and race on on own all that. thanks again, mike. oh is a pleasure talking to we'll speak again soon. no doubt like that please. i'm just thank you. okay, one now trying using thing, is it a re add for

a summit aimed at ford in phil natar basing and gulf countries sounding clown, prince mom had been summon, welcome to the chinese president and what the chinese pharmacy has, as well as an epoch making some ex, accord into unconfirmed reports for investment agreements sign shortly before jeez arrival. this continues an up turn in the china saudi trade, which has amounted to more than $300000000000.00 since 2017. we spoke to c g t and correspond that young shang g told us about the many areas where the corporate to cooperation is improving between the 2 countries. now tony present it in white on wednesday. welcome on his birthday here in to 1000 capital, with the official building in montana and grounding momma and tom on an important law patient document with the kingdom. now president,

she is also said to attend a summit with leaders of golf country. and why don't you, why the world after the bilateral meeting was valued? either let's look at some of the results so far. he said 1000 and chinese companies the time 30 for investment agreement recovery a wide range of specter, green energy information technology, asportation health care, housing impacts reconstruction. there is yet to be solid evidence to support the claimed that a middle eastern countries walk rating with largest trading partner on economic and tech development. it's not to use it to international order. officials from both countries that reiterated unprecedented opportunity brought by a lead synergy between the 2 countries strategic named the china belt and wrote it and the division 130 on the radio is on track to become you know, technology and innovation up and chinese theaters have made it very clear that the country is looking forward to working with.