airline delta stopped direct flights to and from moscow leaving aeroflot as the leading carrier with regular flights to and from both countries the russian foreign ministry though has said in a statement that these these obstacles were regrettable and that they're happy to welcome americans and happy to welcome international spectators to russia ahead of the world cup. ok thanks. michelle i was finished in moscow. now the u.k. government is setting up a special russia task force comprising of several senior employees that will counter perceived threats from moscow it does come amid the current diplomatic spat between the two countries over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter let's get the details on this one now from deraa today and she joins us from our u.k. studios good afternoon again india so just tell us what exactly is this task force trying to achieve well this committee consists of very high profile politicians a group of them and at the helm of that committee is the chairman of the foreign affairs committee his name is tom a toucan heart he's not minced h

britain and this tension is extending elsewhere to isn't it i mean we had an incident involving an aeroflot plane in london yesterday also just tell us about that well this is this is all part of it part of this degradation in relations russian passenger jet that had arrived in london was unexpectedly without warning and without reason searched by british authorities at first there is confusion because nobody admitted the search the police said that we wanted well involved they even tweeted about it however it turned out that there was in fact the search going on and the russians say went against all protocol the u.k. representatives tried to speak with the crew being present which is strictly prohibited by the relevant regulations. only off to the arrival of an embassy official and lengthy negotiations was the pilots allowed to be present during the inspection the u.k. representatives refused to provide any documents that would specify the reason for the search its legal basis and the results of the russian foreign ministry has come out and said that this is you know outrageous and just an