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should be just what had been longer konstantin expensive but if you think it means flying for longer. well yeah maybe if it had been flying for longer for example if they hadn't suddenly landed and so on maybe then things could have turned out differently. didn't use moscow correspondent and we sure went has more emily dramatic revelations there can you give us any more details about their conversation. well there was some dramatic new information coming to light in that conversation including the fact that the f.s.b. the alleged f.s.b. operative that nobody seems to be speaking to there said that the poison that was used to poison the viney was actually put on the in seams of his underwear so far there had been questions about how and where exactly had been poisoned ahead of his flight in siberia and the agent also confirmed seem to confirm that the f.s.b. agents on the ground later collected his his clothing and washed it several times in order to destroy any evidence of that poison he also see said as we just saw in that clip that he seemed to think that the emergency response both

she did what had been longer konstantin but that's about it if you've been flying for longer. maybe it would have been trying for longer for example if they hadn't suddenly landed and so on maybe then things could have turned out differently. it's going to be some red faces in moscow tonight let's go to the russian capital then where we find the dublin correspondent emily sherwood now welcome emulate tell us more about that conversation. well that conversation seemed to reveal new details about these poisoning with now via me of course asking the questions brazenly himself we pounce found out it seems from that operative that the poison that got into the system was put on the inner seams of his underwear we also heard that later on f.s.b. operatives collected his clothing and washed it several times in order to kind of erase traces of that poison so it fits seems that the conversation that we heard on you tube today that confirmed a lot of the details that we saw revealed in the recent investigation led by the. show was all russian north or she saying. well we've just heard a

should do what had been longer konstantin. if you'd been flying for longer. maybe if it had been flying for longer for example if they hadn't suddenly landed and so on maybe then things could have turned out differently. it's going to be some red faces in moscow tonight let's go to the russian capital then where we find the debris correspondent and welcome emulate tell us more about that conversation. well that conversation seems to reveal new details about these poisoning with now via me of course asking the questions brazenly himself we pound sound out it seems from that operative that the poison that got into the system was put on the inner seams of his underwear we also heard that later on f.s.b. operatives collected his clothing and washed it several times in order to kind of erase traces of that poison so it seems that the conversation that we heard on you tube today that confirmed a lot of the details that we saw revealed in the recent investigation led by the. show was the russian north or she saying. well we've just heard a statement from the f.s.b.

coming up, we speak with george georgeconstantino -- popper konstantin new .s is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is bloomberg surveillance. in london,ne lacqua tom keene in new york. -- urging policymakers to take action against a looming global solvency problem -- looming global solvency crisis. massed only by massive liquidity injections from governments around the world. joining us to talk about this and other european matters is george papaconstantinou, former greek finance minister. thank you for joining us, mr. papaconstantinou. we keep hearing about the break -- about the crisis, being at the brink. the crisis, because we are talking about it? a more benign in fireman of low interest rates. the public sector. i don't think we can dismiss it as an issue that is not here. this is exactly what the report is saying. at the same, -- at the same time, i don't think it is imminent danger. spending whatever we need to spend. after that, there will be a day of reckoning. it is not too early to start planning ahead. there are some good ideas in that report, regarding

konstantin responsibility you see if you've been trying for a long. well yeah maybe if it had been flying for longer for example if they hadn't suddenly landed and someone maybe then things could have turned out differently. didn't use moscow correspondent and was sure one has more emily dramatic revelations there can you give us any more details about their conversation. well there was some dramatic new information coming to light in that conversation including the fact that the f.s.b. the alleged f.s.b. operative that nobody seems to be speaking to there said that the poison that was used to poison the viney was actually put on the in seams of his underwear so far there had been questions about how and where exactly he had been poisoned ahead of his flight in siberia and the agent also confirmed seem to confirm that the f.s.b. agents on the ground later collected his his clothing and washed it several times in order to destroy any evidence of that poison he also see said this we just saw in that clip that he seemed to think that the emergency respon

the operative, konstantin kudryavtsev, is hesitant at first but then reveals the poison was placed ontranslator: well, imagine underpants and in what place? >> translator: the insides, the groin. >> translator: the crotch of the underpants? >> translator: well, the so-called flap. there are seams there, so across the seams. >> reporter: the explosive admission punches a gaping hole in the kremlin's repeated denials that the russian government played any role in navalny's poisoning. kudryavtsev was one of an elite team who trailed navalny for years as cnn and online investigative outlet bellingcat reported last week. the unit was headquartered in this unassuming building in a nas could you suburb. most of its members were doctors or scientists. kudryavtsev graduated from the russian academy of chemical defense. when navalny was poisoned back in august his flight was suddenly diverted to oms k. fight days later kudryavtsev flew to that same city, taking possession of navalny's clothes. on the 45-minute call with navalny he offers an assurance that no trace of novichok would be found on

russian government and the trump campaign in 2016 and dealt with the russian intelligence agent, konstantin kilimnick who was the person who took all of that polling data, that very granular data and took it back to st. petersburg where the russian operatives used it to suppress the hillary clinton vote. so i think you see it being used for political purposes. you see it being at the beginning to undermine what were the applicatccomplishments of t mueller investigation. the next person that's going to be on this list, mark my words, is paul manafort. >> and this might not be over. this might be the middle of the ball game in terms of the pardons. >> these are the early innings, i think. >> however you want to play it, evan. >> but carrie, it's still 20 names on this list. what do you think of this? >> i agree that this is the first wave of pardon season that we're going to see. and i think about the pardons that i expect the president to give in three different categories. so the first category as nick was describing is the unraveling of the mueller investigation. so the president had alrea

should british what had been longer konstantin responsibilities you see if you're trying for longer. maybe it would have been flying for longer for example if they hadn't suddenly landed and so on maybe then things could have turned out differently. didn't use moscow correspondent and was sure no one has more emily dramatic revelations there can you give us any more details about their conversation. well there was some dramatic new information coming to light in that conversation including the fact that the f.s.b. the alleged f.s.b. operative that nobody seems to be speaking to there said that the poison that was used to poison the viney was actually put on the in seams of his underwear so far there had been questions about how and where exactly he had been poisoned ahead of his flight in siberia and the agent also confirmed seem to confirm that the f.s.b. agents on the ground later collected his his clothing and washed it several times in order to destroy any evidence of that poison he also see said this we just saw in that clip that he seemed to think that the emergency response bo