and businessman viktor bout returned to moscow, he spent 14 years in an american prison on frankly far-fetched and unproven charges, he was exchanged for an american britney runner as a result of long and painstaking negotiations with his relatives. victor works met our correspondent. boris ivanin. he managed to get exclusive footage of how victor would have entered the moscow land and met with his wife and mother. so boris is now in direct contact with us. boris is waiting for all the details from you, how everything went. yes,

greetings anton. again. indeed, it was a very touching meeting. after so many years of separation, uh, almost 14 years. victor bout spent e away from his homeland, and finally that night he returned to russia, this path was not easy in many ways, including in the most direct e from the state of illinois, where victor seemed to be kept in prison. at first, uh, he was sent by plane to british manchester there was refueling, and then from the uk an abortion with a russian flew to abu dhabi exactly there in the capital of the united an exchange took place in the united arab emirates, and our compatriot for an american citizen , basketball player brit, was not a player who was convicted here in russia, but to 9 years in prison for smuggling and possession of drugs. and then from abu dhabi, and already the plane took a course in russia, but

first there was a stop. help in makhachkala and the last 3 hours from about 9:00 pm until midnight viktor but e, spent in the air on his way to the russian capital and here on the airfield of vnukovo airport he was met by the closest people. it is his wife alla and his mother raisa kuzminichna who is 83 years old and despite her already advanced age. she personally came here to hug her son. and it was a very touching, very warm, very sincere meeting. since, after all, a's wife alla flew to the usa and saw victor for the last time 3 years ago, then it was a short meeting in an american prison. but, and today it was joyful hugs, warm meetings, and together with relatives we met victor bottles here on the airfield. and that's what she told us wife alla yurievna in an exclusive interview.

i still do not believe that this happened, to be honest , the soul is some kind of emptiness. well, i don’t know, probably because so much has been experienced. i still don't believe. but here i remind you that viktor bout was not in russia for almost 14 years in 2008 by his deceit. a-a was summoned to bangkok by uh agents of the american drug enforcement administration, and under the guise of uh colombian rebels, they offered to conclude an alleged arms deal. and there, in thailand, viktor bout was arrested for far-fetched pretexts for e, unproven accusations of violating all the laws of both thailand and the united states. and the russian was extradited to the united states and there is already a trial over him. it was a jury trial in 2011,

this high-profile case began in new york and the jury ruled that it was really allegedly victor bout but uh, hmm conspired with the goal of even weapons to colombian terrorists, although uh, they pretended to be these terrorists us a special agents and federal judges themselves, who led there was nothing left for victor bout. how to agree with the findings here, juror colleagues, but by the way, she appointed the minimum possible punishment on all counts. however, in america there are very strict laws and even the minimum possible punishment was 25 years in prison and almost half of this term, while viktor bout spent in an american prison, and in general, outside of human conditions. and he had health problems there and he had a hard time, a resisting. it can be said that they provided medical assistance only after

intervention, but diplomatic uh, forces uh, our country. and now all this is behind victor bout here in russia at home. and here is his first comment after he stepped on russian soil. we got there. well, sort of got there. this is the most important thing, we, of course, congratulate you and warmly. welcome here in russia and how did you even know that here you are, but they are going to return to your homeland, well, in the middle of the night, they just got up and said, get ready and that's it. there was no such specific preliminary information. you didn't even know where you were being taken. they didn't tell you anything it was clear that, as it were, the situation, how it developed. here is such an unbroken character of a russian, victor will be reminded that he did not admit not a single point of accusation did not admit his guilt during this entire trial, which took place in america, which began back in

thailand and by the way, there in thailand, at first, the court found him right, but then, uh, the american side intervened, which, in violation of all laws, i repeat, uh, to their thoughts and unthinkable rules, and administered its american justice and with this american justice and completely politically biased faced, including the deputy of the state duma. maria butina , who was also convicted in the united states , is true, but only for 18 years. uh, she was found guilty of allegedly working as a foreign agent without registration in the united states, but the inconsistency of the third charges is emphasized by the fact that maria butina did not fully spend her term on the walls of the american only 15 months. she was released before explaining it's good behavior and maria bead. today , too, but i met viktor bout here in vnukovo we asked her about the position of the american side, since a in the usa now there are also

indignant responses to this exchange of an electric boot for an american basketball player, and britney griner, who, let me remind you, really, but was detained in russia on an absolute real charge. this is smuggling and drug storage in her luggage. when she flew here to moscow in sheremetyevo in winter, they found hash oil . griner was sentenced to 9 years in prison for spreading on the territory of our country. uh, and really only spent a few months in there. and now the exchange took place in abu dhabi. we asked maria putina about comments from trump's former national security adviser. nothing to us bolton, who considered such an exchange of quotation. the american surrender stated that this is not at all what a should represent the american force. here is what maria putina answered him in absentia, the recognition of my chatterbox, we support this america's capitulation because we pushed through our

demands and spoke from a position of strength. it 's great. and of course, to add that this exchange would not have taken place without moscow’s diplomatic efforts, russian foreign minister sergei lavrov repeatedly spoke about the need for an exchange of prisoners in conversations with his american counterpart, the us secretary of state, this is not blinkin, and here are the comments of our embassy in washington let's listen, what ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of russia to the united states anatoly antonov said congratulations on your return you spent a long 12 years in american conditions outside the walls in which our citizens are kept in us prisons by ordinary people. it's hard to imagine knowing about the most powerful physical and psychological pressure on you and that's it. you

endured this with dignity, demonstrating strength of character and fortitude. everyone who followed your fate, dear viktor anatolyevich, and such big trunks in our country, are well aware that even far from your homeland you experienced in connection with events related to the special military operation. empathized with the fate of our soldiers on the front line, this fact is an example of the fact that the difficult conditions in which you were in america did not break or weaken your love for the fatherland. well , now it's all behind, behind the long almost 14 years of separation. and by the way, it must be said that a huge number of words of support for viktor bout were noted today in the russian foreign ministry, and words of support addressed to viktor bout even from people who do not know him personally,

who have been following his fate all these years and also tried to make him return to homeland. now victor will be together with his family, together with his seimaly mother, together with his wife, and they are already talking without the press, without the presence of cameras, but, of course, we expect that victor bout, who did not sleep, as his wife told us for almost three days, while he was getting here from the usa and that soon he will be able to tell in detail about his stay in america anton yes, thanks boris, of course, i wonder what the wind will do in russia in the future . we join in the congratulations. uh, finally back home by drawing on the return of victor boo. which, finally, waited at home. well, here is the news about the exchange of victor bouton britney-bryner is the main one in the us biden. he says that this is all his merit, one of the main american ones. yastrebov john bolton, for example,

said that this is the surrender of the states why such different assessments will tell stanislav vasilchenko ready to fly abu dhabi airport, complete secrecy. britney grimer returns to the us in exchange for viktor bout saved her from 9 years in a maximum security penal colony for drug smuggling. tv channels interrupt broadcasting with urgent messages unusually early, the president of the united states decided to speak quite recently. i talked to britney griner. she is safe. she is on the plane. she flies home. britney greimer was detained at sheremetyevo airport in february. when passing through customs in the green corridor, an american woman who had flown in from new york attracted the attention of a service dog during the inspection of luggage, they found a liquid for vaping with hash oil in court, the granner pleaded guilty, said she knew it was impossible to bring drugs to russia, but allegedly in puffs. accidentally threw them into the luggage of the united states immediately deployed.

biden demanded the whole company to protect her, demanded the release of an american woman without in those conditions, the white house then said that the united states was even ready to take extraordinary measures, without specifying. for which ones. as a result, we agreed on an exchange . the democratic public and people close to griner are now praising the white house. i am overwhelmed with emotions. but the most important emotion is immense gratitude to president biden and all his administrations. he has already said that these negotiations were very difficult. and it really is. so this is the second exchange this year in april for homeland. he returned, the former russian pilot konstantin yaroshenko was arrested in liberia in may 2010, allegedly for smuggling he was later illegally taken to the united states where he was sentenced to twenty years in prison. bud exchange, grainer. eroshenko made me very happy, they returned me to my homeland, as well as him , too, because he, like me, was illegally convicted and spent much more time than i did in

american dungeons. i spent 12 years. he spent 14 years on a just like me fabricated by american affairs services fabricated and falsified, because everything was done, like a blueprint, however, not everyone is happy with this outcome, for example, trump's former national security adviser john bolton called the exchange of surrender the united states believes that washington should decide everything only by force. however, tough bolton rhetoric . now very much needed, he said that he was not opposed to stand as a candidate for the us presidential election stanislav vasilchenko to lead. and vladimir putin presented the heroes of russia with gold star medals, the solemn ceremony took place in the kremlin presidential palace, noted that everyone who now feels the nationwide support is at the forefront, alexey golovkov will tell how everything went. no matter how the walls burn with marble and gold, the glitter of golden stars on the jackets and uniforms of the heroes is still brighter on the eve of the holiday

of the day of the heroes of the fatherland of the holders of the highest award in the st. george hall. where, on each wall, heroes of past eras are carved, over the three decades of the existence of the hero of russia award, a little more than 1,200 people have become. this is still a rare and unique title above the recognition of the merits of a citizen before the state, a sign of an unconditional feat. on on a special platform next to the president, the heroes of today, almost all of them are participants in a special military operation. we bow to our ancestors who created the great history of russia full of victories and are proud of the soldiers , officers, volunteers, militias who are now fighting, participating in a special military operation, honorably performing combat missions, defending the life and dignity of our fellow citizens, defending our common

right to independently determine our own destiny. i also want to address those who are on the front line for me, for all our fellow citizens, each of you is a hero. and i really want you to feel the warmth of our hearts, the warmth of this truly all people's support. and here is the moment that each of the servicemen will remember for a lifetime. the golden star is presented by the president of the country. corporal driver david malykin today, the youngest in rank and noticeably worried, they are ready to happily increase our glory of russian weapons and not disgrace the memory of our ancestors. all their own

despite all the difficulties. we will complete the task and destroy the nazi infection. it turns out that in the kremlin it is even more exciting than then on the battlefield, after all, and he says feats, simply and casually shelling equipment provided medical assistance. back

among those watching the ceremony in the hall there are many those who have already received their award for a special military operation on the account of pilot ilya sizov 12 downed enemy aircraft su-24 mig-29 su-27. e mi-24 mi 8, especially which su-35 to fly major enver nabiev lezgin by nationality commands a unit, where almost all soldiers from buryatia, in order to hide their intention from the enemy in we sometimes use the buryat language in radio intercepts, and you know nonsense, i don’t know i have an interpreter , unfortunately, very often the price of a feat is the life of a soldier and officer, the profession of defending the homeland, this is always a dangerous job. we must not really forget these, then today are not with us. who passed away defending their homeland, who is being treated today? and restores

strength, we wish these our guys health and well-being. we must never and will never forget the essenes, but those close to those who did their heroes. parents and laws on supporting the families of participants in the special operation are already in force in the state duma and the council of the federation. there are also many heroes of russia. today , a number of laws have been adopted at the legislative level aimed at supporting the participants in the special military operation, their families. these laws are among the top priorities and are adopted on an urgent basis, and the president and the awardees continued to communicate in an informal setting over a glass of champagne sergey demyanenko, a helicopter test pilot with unique combat experience, is the first the second chechen four syrian give in the army try. now. yesterday the day before yesterday. just a very

good indicator, colonel maxim stefanov, tester of the latest fighters of the russian aerospace forces. all the modern, newest fighters have come. this su-57 aircraft works very well and the attack aircraft are excellent. the weapons are good. it's just that not everyone here can tell details about their exploits and work in front of television cameras. vladimir putin reminds once again that people are in uniform. this is the main defense of the country and the army must remember that she is fighting, despite the informational noise from the side, all the harmful informational confrontation, informational questions, all sorts of fakes, we must do our duty. yes, and you don’t have to be especially sophisticated in

this information confrontation in order to understand what is really happening now. there is a lot of noise about our strikes on the energy infrastructure of the neighboring side . well, who started it, who hit the crimean bridge? who blew up power lines from the kursk nuclear power plant, who does not supply water to donetsk in a city of millions it's nobody anywhere a word about it is a liar. air

on the iss, they became 123 and 124 cosmonauts of our country. the united states house of representatives approved a record defense budget for the next year of $858 billion, part of the money from this defense budget will go to expel russia from the g20 , it is noteworthy that so far only $800 million has been issued to ukraine, while taiwan is 12 times more than $10 billion. well, ukrainian business believes that zelensky's reforms are an attempt to strengthen his sole power and intercept safe financial flows. this withdrawal of journalists to the washington post, in particular.

they spoke to one of ukraine's richest men, renat akhmetova akhmetov, and other critics warn that zelenskiy's attack on the oligarchs could be a power grab disguised as reforms, business relations should be managed in a civilized way that all developed countries adhere to. they use populist laws, akhmetov said in an interview with the washington post, neither in the us nor in the eu there is a law on oligarchs that would allow illegal lists of undesirable persons to be compiled in extrajudicial okay. instead, they have a law, and lobbying. to work for freedom. kaziev karatyuk yakovlev gennady thousands of russian criminals every day come out from behind the barbed wire and, like ordinary people, go to work first to clean the manure to clean the feeders. how many tons you suck so per day per shift throws a total of 7-8 tons per day, who is now serving a sentence in the comfort zone, the destined

must certainly put themselves in character. this is where we live. here is our room at eight o'clock. it's definitely overtime. double pay. they have the opportunity to communicate with the family with children almost every day worked. he's coming. let, at least for an hour you need to go. in general, i am grateful to fate for the fact that i had such a chance. we conducted our own investigation for this case. we will tell you what this day is remembered for in history right now hello december 9 , 1824 in peru, the battle of ayak took place in the decisive war of latin america against the spanish monarchy, by that time mexico argentina colombia chile and others are strange. well, peru remained a stronghold for the railists. their troops. viceroy

jose himself headed the affairs of the chamois, and the patriot corps was commanded by the young general antonio sucre, under his command there were peruvians, colombians, chileans, and european volunteers, the snouts had more strength, but they made a miscalculation and did not have time to line up in battle formations when the patriots launched a powerful counterattack. most of their army. has been destroyed. the viceroy himself is captured, the rest soon capitulated. this was the final peru won independence. on december 9, 1942, for the first time, the audience saw the ballet about the frames of khachaturian , the libretto about the love of a young collective farmer was not original, but the music provided the ballet with a long life. widely used armenian folk melodies. and this

is another special calorie, but a sword dance, which the composer wrote at the last moment amazed the whole world in the forties, this melody even sounded in all american jukeboxes and became the first recording of the chkka symphony orchestra, more than a million copies were sold. on december 9, 1953, general electric, one of the largest american corporations, began a witch hunt, as the united states called the persecution of communists, not one of those who adhered to leftist views and sympathized with the ussr, the inspirer of this company was senator joseph macarte and in fifty-third marktism. reached its peak victims of repression, became known actors, directors, writers, officials and ordinary

workers at general electric began mass layoffs of all the so-called reds, it is not known exactly. how many people suffered from maktism were deported, imprisoned or lost their jobs, but the bill went to tens of thousands, only by the end of the fifties this company began to decline, and in the state of nevada, for example, the law that allowed workers to be fired for communist views was canceled only 9 years ago . on december 9, 1992, us marines landed in the capital agadis salt, there was a civil war, a humanitarian catastrophe was brewing, president george w. bush volunteered to restore order and received a mandate to do so. the united nations peacekeeping contingent of 25,000 people was based on the us military and under the pretext of peacekeeping. washington expected to strengthen its position in the horn of africa, the

americans began hostilities against the rebellious general mohammed haidid. at the same time, they did not spare the civilian population, bombed and fired rockets at villages and city blocks over civilians, mocked them, tortured and shot in october 93 when trying to capture aidids, american special forces were blocked and suffered heavy losses. the americans had to leave somalia, this operation is considered one of the most disastrous in the history of the us armed forces 180 years ago on december 9, 1842, peter kropotkin was born, a revolutionary and theorist of anarchism, who was also an outstanding scientist while serving in the army in eastern siberia, he organized a number of geographical expeditions to northern manchuria by the sayans of transbaikalia studied the features of the mainland

glaciation in the quaternary period. kropotkin discovered glacial deposits, extinct volcanoes on the mountain and mountain ranges. he was accepted into the russian geographical society about his description of manchuria and was awarded a gold medal after scientific research in sweden and finland kropotkin predicted the existence of the land of franz and osif, and in march 1874 a situation report was made on the ice age, but after the scientist was arrested for participating in a revolutionary circle and finished this labor. he is already in prison in the peter and paul fortress. later in emigration, kropotkin published historical and philosophical works that substantiated the possibility of creating a society without state dictates on the basis of free cooperation and free unions. that was the day in history.

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