more than that, when dimitry peskov, the spokesman for the - peskov, the spokesman for the kremlin, was 29th ofjune which is when this meeting was supposed to have taken place, he said, we don't know. he wasn't aware of his whereabouts. all of this only adds to the air of mystery surrounding the whole wagner affair. it's alleged mutiny. it's really interesting to see how the kremlin�*s media machine is going to spin this meeting in a way that would prop up vladimir putin's authority because at the start of this mutiny, he had vowed to punish people he called traitors. as far as we know, that punishment never really occurred. it's great to have experts like you guiding us through these stories, thank you for the moment. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. it was like constant mental torture. gambling and alcohol was just a momentary respite in just the same continuous, negative force.- continuous, negative force. losing his grandfather _ continuous, negative force. losing his grandfather hit _ continuous, negative force. losing his grandfather hit him _ continuous, nega

. >>> meanwhile, in russia kremlin spokesman dimitri peskov said they're open to prisoner swaps, butuote, complete silence. this coming one day after the united states ambassador to russia was granted access to detained american "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich. for first time in months. cnn's kylie atwood is at the state department. it does sound there that peskov is leaving the door open, and it also sounds almost reminiscent to the kind of talk that we were hearing a few months before eventually brittney griner was released from detention in russia. >> reporter: abby, it is noteworthy that peskov acknowledged that there have been conversations about a prisoner swap. historically what we have seen with russian officials, particularly when u.s. citizens are on trial facing charges in the russian system, is that russian officials won't even comment at all on conversations to secure their release because they say they need to go through the entire trial system. so it's noteworthy. however, it does sort of also reflect what our reporting is, that u.s. officials have real

quote, the kremlin spokesman, dimitri peskov, deflected a question about mr.had neither the ability nor desire to track his movements. and a quote. it's a wildly odd thing to say because russian intelligence does have the ability to track peoples movements, it does it all the time. next week, putting gifts look forward to headlines about a nato summit that will be largely focused on his illegal war. it is the first nato summit the president biden will attend since finland became nato is a 31st member and increased nato is a border with russia, that red line you are looking at by 830 miles. further irritating vladimir putin. just after putin first became russians president, he was asked in march of 2000 by the bbc quote, is it possible russia could join nato? he answered, i don't see why not. i would not rule out such a possibility. if and when russia's use are taken into account as those of unequal partner, and quote. since then, putin's openness to joining nato turned into annoyance with nato and is now just a open hostility towards nato. president biden face