but basically georgian minister of interior have said that they have uncovered this enormous aspiring they said that there are a lot more people than just these thirteen that were charged with espionage for russia but the others are coordinating with the ministry of the interior allegedly according again to the ministry they have implanted a mole into russia's directorate of military intelligence who has in turn supplied information on the all of these people accused of espionage now of course the news broke about this a week ago by the ministry of interior has decided to keep mum about the details probably trying to maybe make it sound little bit more important than it actually is in fact most georgian officials have not said anything on the matter claiming of the fact that this case is top secret and not releasing any information and that's everywhere from the interior ministry to the foreign ministry all the way out to presidential ministration who also claimed to know very little about the case so this these are the details there are the names are known and what will transpire aft

nicholas co is in the georgian capital. they basically gathered a holes or a journalist to announce that they have arrested thirteen people four of them are russian nationals like you said the rest of them are georgians most of them are georgian air force officers there are also some members of n.g.o.s and businessmen but basically georgian minister of interior have said that they have uncovered this enormous aspiring they said that there are a lot more people than just these thirteen that were charged with espionage for russia but the others are coordinating with the ministry of the interior allegedly according again to the ministry they have implanted a mole into russia's directorate of military intelligence who has in turn supplied information on the all of these people accused of espionage now of course the news broke about this a week ago by the ministry of interior has decided to keep mum about the details the accused will be kept in two months of preliminary confinement and then they will stand before a court to hear

georgian president mikheil saakashvili as at least two passions one relations with russia as much as possible and present russia as an enemy of georgia the second is to destroy as many people are away i mean the tragedy in south the city jail as many people as possible. people have been arrested who have nothing to do special services or do nothing against georgia but who once again will be declared the enemies of the georgian people this is happening first of all only eve of a very important summit of a lisbon summit where russia and nato are supposed to come together and discuss some very important issues and of course georgia has been trying to get into nato for the last several years also they have to remember that november is almost traditionally a month for the georgian opposition to start yet another round of attempts. to overthrow the georgian government in particular president saakashvili and they did already say that they did plan some massive many stations later this month now there was this very similar spy scandal back in two thousand and six when former russian officers

that let's get the facts out first at thirteen people four of them russian nationals arrested by georgian ministry of interior affairs for allegedly spying for russia no no evidence has been presented at least publicly they do say that apparently they have concrete evidence and that evidence has been gathered by none other than a mall which also allegedly has been implanted into russia as a direct threat of military intelligence by georgians this statement was made a week after f. foreign media source broke the story the reaction has been coming from russia's ministry of foreign affairs almost immediately they have called it a provocation in part and they have said that this is just another attempt on tbilisi's be have to exist or beat the already existing tensions between moscow and tbilisi reaction has also been coming from russian state duma particularly from the head of the foreign affairs committee consenting to such a. georgian president mikheil saakashvili as at least two passions one is to aggravate relations with russia as much as possible and present russia as an enemy of georgi

opposition to start yet another round of attempts to overthrow the georgian government in particular president saakashvili and they did already say that they did plan some massive minute to stations later this month now there was this very similar spy scandal back in two thousand and six when former russian officers were arrested for spying for russia they were released afterwards but relations between moscow and police went down words from there of course there was also this georgian south states in war of two thousand and eight in which supported the city and afterwards diplomatic relations between russia and georgia world altogether dissolved and the communication has come basically to nothing abut throwing verbal punches at each other and at this point it seems like president really does not want to stop at continuing this a war of words and sometimes questionable actions. what it all analysts dmitri babich thinks the georgian president may be trying to provoke an angry response from russia that could turn the political balance in his favor. if you'll put yourself in the shoes of

georgian president mikheil saakashvili has at least two passions one relations with russia as much as possible and present russia as an enemy of georgia the second is to destroy as many people. i mean the tragedy in some of the city. as many people as possible. people who've been arrested who have nothing to do with the special services nothing against georgia but who once again will be declared enemies of the georgian people we have to remind our viewers that this is not the first time that aspires scandal broke out between georgia and russia back in two thousand and six four russian officers were detained and also accused of spying for russia as preposterous as it actually sounds they were later released later on but that actually led to the downfall in the relationship between police and moscow and that relationship has been going downhill there was also the south the city in georgian war off two thousand and eight in which russia of course the port. the said here and afterwards diplomatic ties between mosco and the sea were broken georgia's opposition leaders are saying that this

top stories of the week here in our team spies lies and videotape many georgians feared losers and a russian paranoia could find them accuse the best of you know. your hands are better than one russian nato pledge to work together to create a van system to neutralize common threats. obama call that shellacking critics say was just a good old beating but something cast no votes are sure the republicans to victory in this week's u.s. midterm elections. go outraged tokyo's angered by president visits to russia's coral islands which japan claims as its own moscow says it will keep investing in its remote region. and the international space station is celebrating ten years of human life in orbit the longest stretch ever and outside the earth's atmosphere our team mates a citizens. this is already coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now this week has seen a new scandal flaring out between russia and georgia as tbilisi said thirteen people were caught spying for moscow russia claimed the whole story is a political farce and deliberate provocation by the g

i'm not afraid but i know that if need be georgian authorities can accuse not only me but any georgian citizen in spying for any contradiction they don't need to trade now but when they will they will accuse me of the committee. to be lisi georgia russia receive nato proposal for a joint european missile defense system wednesday the alliance the secretary general was on a visit to moscow and has for rasmus and stressed that nato sees russia as a friend and an essential player in a regional stability president medvedev said partnership with the alliance could boost security in europe and the world the meeting comes ahead of a nato summit in lisbon later this month which the president will attend an expert on conflict resolution dmitri trenin tells our team that a joint russian nato missile defense project could be a breakthrough for both sides. the secretary general is a champion of joint missile defense on russia's russian. corporation with nato on missile defense he made that statement his first speech on russia first major speech on any issue he made. last year basically you need to

i'm not a free but i know that if need be georgian authorities can accuse not only me but any georgian citizen inspiron for any contrary they don't need to write now but when they will they will accuse me of the movie it is going to be see georgia a question mark appeared this week over the ratification of the strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington russia's state duma foreign affairs committee where a vote that's approval of the deal following a number of changes made by the u.s. senate also with us midterm elections giving republicans more seats and congress the trainee could now face more opposition within the u.s. the deal signed by presidents medvedev and obama in april of this year would see the nuclear arsenals of both countries slashed by a third to come into force though it has to be approved by the russian parliament and u.s. congress despite the latest developments president obama expressed hope that the training could still be approved by year's end and how activist and journalist scott horton believes the democrats have made so many changes to the tre

types to put zest into the spy thriller it's georgian state t.v. version of the arrest of fifteen people accused of being russian spies in reality the only evidence releases given to realities is the apparent confession of one of those arrested a super agent who actually turns out to be a georgian spine. i personally enrolled him he was my agent from ninety two to ninety four after the rose revolution he was recruited to work for georgian intelligence also his brother runs the security service of the whole republic of vegetarian by sirte it officially this man is a georgian agent. but the stories certainly doesn't and there are especially for roussillon t.v. spies stories don't usually interest him yet this one caught his eye one of the suspects appeared to be his father. in may this year my dad went to georgia to visit relatives on the border he was thorough interrogated on where he was going to stay they photographed him and took away sweets he was bringing for his nephews two days later he was arrested he never contacted us afterwards we found o

i'm not afraid but i know that if need be georgian authorities can accuse not only me but any georgian citizen inspiron for any country they don't need to right now but when they will they will accuse me of the committee. to be lisi georgia. russia received nato as proposal for a joint european missile defense program when the alliances secretary general anders fogh rasmussen visited moscow this week the nato chief stressed that the alliance sees russia as a friend and partner as being essential to regional stability the russian side has stated that the plan should be based on principles of the equal development of a system that would neutralize common threats the meeting comes ahead of a key nato summit in lisbon on november the twenty of an expert in conflict resolution dmitri trenin told r.t. that a joint russia nato missile defense project could be a breakthrough for both sides it's. the secretary general is a champion. joint missile defense on russia's russia. corporation with nato on missile defense he made that statement during his first speech on russia first major speech on an

top stories of the week here in our team spies lies and videotape many georgian spirit releases and a russian paranoid could find them accused of espionage next. to heads are better than one russian nato pledge to work together to great advances tend to neutralize common threats. a bomb a cold a chill lacking critics say it was just a good old beating but something cast votes are sure of the republicans to victory in this week's u.s. miss term elections. archipelago outraged he was angered by president medvedev says it to russia's coral islands which japan claims as its own moscow says it will keep investing in its remote region. and the international space station is celebrating ten years of human life in orbit the longest stretch ever spent outside the earth's atmosphere our team needs space citizens. of the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshua welcome to the program now this week has seen a new scandal flaring out between russia and georgia just release the sad thirteen people were caught spying for moscow russia claim the whole story is a political farce and d

spies lies and videotape many georgians fear of police as a russian paranoia could find them accused of espionage next. year has are better than one russian made a pledge to work together to great a fan system to neutralize common threads. obama called a chill lacking critics say was just a good old beating up on something cash an elbow to usher in the republicans to victory in this week's u.s. midterm elections. archipelago outraged tokyo's angered by president medvedev said is a to russia's coral islands which didn't pay out claims of its own moscow says it will keep investing in its remote region. and the international space station is celebrating ten years of human life in orbit the longest stretch ever spent outside the earth's atmosphere marty meets space citizens. who want to argue live from moscow nine am here marina joshua welcome to the program and this week has seen a new scandal flare ya between russia and georgia asked police he said thirteen. people were caught spying for moscow russia claimed the whole story as a political farce and deliberate provocation by the georgi

i'm not afraid but i know that if need be georgian authorities can accuse not only me but any georgian citizen inspiron for any contradiction they donated to right now but when they will they will accuse me of a movie. to be lisi georgia. a question mark appeared this week over the ratification of the strategic arms reduction agreement between moscow and washington russia's state duma foreign affairs committee revoking its approval of the start treaty following a number of changes made by the us senate the treat it could also face more opposition within the us after american meantime elections gave republicans more seats in congress the deal signed by presidents made that if and in april this year we'll see the nuclear arsenals of both countries slashed by a set to come into force it has to be approved by the russian parliament and the u.s. congress despite the difficulties president obama hopes the senate will approve the historic nuclear arms reduction deal with moscow by the end of the get this and he will accept this and journalists called course and believes the democrats have mad

top stories of the week here on our team spies lies and videotape many georgians fear to believe russian paranoia could find them accused of espionage next. two hands are better than one russian needle pledge to work together to create a fan system to neutralize common threats. obama called it lacking critics say it was just the good old being something cash no votes i'm sure the republicans to victory in this week's u.s. midterm elections. archipelago outraged tokyo's angered by president medvedev so visit to russia's core alliance which japan claims as its own moscow says it will keep investing in its rebuild region. and the international space station is celebrating twenty years of human life in orbit the longest stretch ever spent outside the earth's atmosphere our team the space citizens. you're watching aren't you coming to live from moscow i'm marina josh and welcome to the program this week has seen a new scandal flaring up between russia and georgia asked police he said thirteen people were caught spying for moscow russia claim the whole story is a political farce and deliberate

everything that concerns any information coming from the georgian authorities is highly don't. end with a healthy dose of irony. in this whole affair seem to be questioned on the american spy scandal only intellect and on the chatter of the sex symbol parent lead states just at the same time it's an attempt to lead the situation between russia and georgia to not those conditions so the twelve police in moscow exchanged verbal blows one woman continues to bring justice for her and well you know i'm not a free but i know that if need be the georgian authorities can accuse not only me but any georgian citizen in spying for any contradiction they don't need right now but when they will they will accuse me of the worst of the party in those quality to be lisi georgia. russia received nato as proposal for a joint european missile defense system on wednesday alliances secretary general was on a visit to moscow anders fogh rasmussen stressed that nato sees russia as a friend and an essential player in regional stability president medvedev said partnership with the alliance could boost

authorities are simply attention seeking ahead of a nato summit and as a teaser reports many georgians fear the government's russian mania could land them in prison for espionage as well. for alina this spy scandal was a horrible deja vu her own husband. was thrown into prison for allegedly spying for russia during the two thousand and eight conflict between georgia and south a city or three and five they said some three thousand three hundred pages of data which my husband supposedly sound to russia that's a blatant lie we have presented evidence numerous times that on information with which fact and worked was just his analysis if you look at his case you'll see that it's easy to say that anyone's a spy in georgia something. as husband was george's envoy to nato he was named in a documentary just shown on one of george's main channels to as one of the russian spies who didn't get away in fact the film was just part of what seemed to be a spy novel unraveling in a small caucasus country over the past week thurst the news of the arrests that came suddenly and not from the authorities b

everything that concerns any information coming from the georgian authorities is highly don't fall and with a healthy dose of irony. this whole affair seemed to be fashioned on the american spy scandal only it lacked and on the chaplin the sex symbol but apparently the tastes differ at the same time it's an attempt to lead the situation between russia and georgia to have those collation. the police in mosco exchange verbal blows one woman continues to wait for justice for her husband well you know i'm not afraid but i know that if need be georgian authorities can accuse not only me but any georgian citizen inspiron for any contradiction they donated to right now but when they will they will accuse me of a movie in those court t.v. to be lisi georgia. a question mark appeared this week over the ratification of the strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington russia's state duma foreign affairs committee revoked its approval of the deal following a number of changes made by the us senate also with american midterm elections giving republicans more congressional seats the

i'm not afraid but i know that if need be georgian authorities can accuse not only me but any georgian citizen and spying for any country which they don't need it right now but when they will they will accuse me of pretty. to be lisi georgia. russia received late his invitation to cooperate in a joint european missile defense system on wednesday the alliance the secretary general was in a visit to moscow hoping to take relations to you level and rasmussen stresses that nato sees russia as a friend and an essential play with in regional stability present vet of said partnership alliance could boost security in europe and the world the meeting comes ahead of a nato summit in lisbon later this month which the president will attend an expert in conflict resolution to be treaty told us he that a joint russian later missile defense project could be a breakthrough for both sides the secretary general. of the joint. russia's. cooperation with. the state bar during his first speech on russia first major speech on any issue. last year basically you need to realize that no amount of strategic arm

and mosco and that relationship has been going downhill there was also the south the city in georgian war off two thousand and eight in which russia of course supported south the city and afterwards diplomatic ties between moscow and for the sea were broken georgia's opposition leaders are saying that this also could be a way to try and put pressure on them because at the in the middle of the there were some opposition rallies scheduled to be held and of course that may be a way that georgian government is trying to tell the georgian opposition be quiet or else you will also be accused of espionage because this actually happens to be a rather frequent case in georgia as of late. i think the really good reporting more political analyst things the georgian president may be trying to provoke an angry response from russia but could turn political balance in his favor. if you'll put yourself in the shoes of saakashvili he is really in a very difficult situation he cannot attack south or sit and applies there for the second because that will be a political suicide and he cannot afford to po

by sirte it officially this man is a georgian agent.but the stories certainly doesn't and there are especially for roussillon t.v. spies stories don't usually interest him yet this one caught his eye one of the suspects appeared to be his father. in may this year my dad went to georgia to visit on the border he was thorough interrogated on where he was going to stay we photographed him and took away sweets he was bringing for his nephews two days later he was arrested he never conducted us afterwards we found out about his arrest by chance and were shocked. six months ago the sixty three year old was detained for crossing the border allegedly with a fake id and trying to sell. count a few dollars lending he was eighteen years in jail is only now the screen leak of his being accused of spying for russia but his family says as beyond beyond the ailing pensioners ability. did you father use computer internet you know he barely used a cell phone on the shore to push just to bertram's the green on the road won his grandson help him read mess

it officially this man is a georgian agent. but the story is certainly doesn't and there are especially for roussillon one of the suspects appeared to be his father. in may this year my dad went to georgia to visit relatives on the border he was thorough interrogated on where he was going to stay before arrest him and took away sweets he was bringing for his nephews two days later he was arrested six months ago the sixty three year old was detained for crossing the border allegedly with a fake id and trying to sell counterfeit dollars lending he would eighteen years in jail is only now this creek of being accused of. for russia here is just one of the obvious blunders of the spy thriller jugend authorities claim that russian citizen scrutiny of the georgian border with a fake passport on a fake identity they also say they never set eyes on his real pos board and haven't seized it meanwhile here is the photo from that id with a stamp question where did they get it from. fighting their corner is as so s. russia which says it's th

georgian authorities now and they are it looks like. going out of their way to.the wrong way because consistently each day it happens to be. a professional holiday for those working in that ministry in the foreign intelligence. and that is the reason why minister of internal affairs and waited for the entire week before is not really specifying any details but of course this is not the first time. russia. for years ago in two thousand and six or. of course they. were not so good afterwards. they georgian war which russia of course supported south the states and afterwards the diplomatic relations between moscow and the sea were broken and looks like georgian authorities continue to try and get on the russians nerves for lack of a better word and yet another scandal with really absolutely no proof they have not presented any evidence until until very right now so we have to go over so we so we have to wait and see where moscow is believed to go from here all right arena thanks very much indeed for the some data from a very windy georgian capital tbilisi or english

no smoking no way they know about the dangers they say it is too expensive yet many georgians choose to smoke social pressure and economic problems notwithstanding like many naive took up the habit in her teens credibility my father left cigarettes on the table i was curious but picked one up and have been smoking since that day she says smoking never interfered with her day to day activities and she doesn't intend to give up anytime soon. have my salary goes on cigarettes but i don't want to quit it's the only pleasure in my life i can afford. a study conducted by the tobacco control alliance showed that almost forty percent of all georgians including children and the elderly are smokers and tobacco n.g.o.s say the number of youngsters taking up smoking has more than doubled over the past five years every pack of cigarettes sold in georgia there is the clear message smoking is bad for you for good mature aging so long cancer to heart disease the warnings are all there get so many georgians continue to light up even if they do have to choose between buying food or about the smokes. i

so why do many georgians still continue to choose cigarettes over bread that's coming up later. there are claims that last month's yemen bomb scare was all part of a publicist a stunt by american intelligence and security services to sway public opinion before the midterm elections explosives were said to have been found inside toner cartages on two cargo planes heading to the u.s. now some reports suggest there weren't in fact any bombs on board at all investigative journalist when munson says journalists in the u.s. are custom to stories like this popping up before voters go to the polls. well i think we have to look back at past that instance for example the underwear bomber flying to detroit from amsterdam who was allowed to basically board the plane no questions asked we had the times square physical bomber where something fizzled in times square in the and the guy was sitting there waiting to take off at kennedy airport and when the federal agents came in he said i've been expecting you know what took you so long i mean here's another case now we're being told that this u.

everything that concerns any information coming from the georgian authorities is highly don't. end with a healthy dose of irony. this whole affair seemed to be fashioned on the american spy scandal only it lacked on the chaplain the sex symbol but apparently. the same time it's an attempt to lead the situation between russia and georgia to numbers collation. police in mosco exchange verbal blows one woman continues to wait for justice for her husband well you know i'm not afraid but i know that if need be georgian authorities can accuse not only me but any georgian citizen and spying for any country they don't need to right now but when they will they will accuse me of the previous. court to be lisi georgia russia receive mater's invitation to cooperate in a joint european missile defense system on wednesday the alliance as secretary secretary-general was on a visit to moscow hoping to take relations to a new level under so rasmussen stressed that nato see as russia as a friend and an essential player in which all stability president medvedev said partnership with their allianc