she wanted him to go back to moscow and then be ex filtrated out of moscow by the cia, then they could live their life. this is what she had hoped for. and also he agreed. he never knew about his daughter. he also had one stipulation before he left and went back to moscow. he wanted a way to commmit suicide in the event he was arrested and faced interrogation, brutal torture and death. the cia agreed to do this. i was shocked. i was a brand-new officer. we agreed to do that. when we returned to moscow, we put in a second pen. inside the barrel of this pen, in the place where the ink is stored, was a small capsule of poison. i have been asked what kind of poison. i don't know. it was supposedly very effective. it was at the end of this reservoir of ink. in the event he was caught, he could take his pen and bite down on the barrel and commit suicide. he also had a third pen, which was the normal pen that we wanted him to have, so it was accepted as part of his daily dress, what he wore every day. how we kept him straight, i will never know, but he knew which was which. so off he went to

s continued insistence that moscow is to blame for the poisoning with the kremlin noting that the most basic questions on the incident remain unanswered while these police reports. i've been talking to some of the people here and many of them say they're still processing what happened take a lesson. and put the two together so. you see. these two great war i mean you really get it it's part of you made people see so. i put my bike cram there the everyday life that's a mobile supporter with me so i just went straight back in for a way so i wouldn't pick anything up any more. or less than i'm sure the contamination is complete so. i don't think me saying well one year ago you'd be hard pressed to find many people outside the u.k. that knew much about the town of souls very or perhaps the height of the spire of the famous cathedral here but the attack against the script files that took place here put this place on the map in the international scandal that ensued has really ensured that souls barry has stayed rather famous it was here it was actually on a park bench on this green that on t

thirty kilometers from moscow it's basically an outpost of the kremlin. that it could take you this is for the simultaneous translation. of to believe you do unfortunately in the second decade of the twenty first century we are again confronted with something that seemed to have long since been condemned and down dated namely religious persecution but he's of course christians have also been targeted. christiane but of course the situation in syria warrants national attention many christian churches and monasteries have been plundered and destroyed it. for several years the russian state quickly gather with the russian orthodox church and other religious organizations which has been providing humanitarian aid to the victims in syria. and the protection of the projects for the protection of middle eastern christians and the preservation of christian values has afforded a hoot in the opportunity to cast himself in the role of benefactor and defender he presents himself as an honorable that internationally recognized politician who can negotiate peace deals

carol the first as the patriarch of moscow and all russia he is more than a spiritual leader he embodies a religious entity that with its reach and influence will to power barely perceived in the west the power of the russian orthodox church. and the church set on an expansion course even abroad like here in paris and twenty sixteen at the consecration of a new orthodox cathedral. as head of the russian orthodox church carol mingles with the mighty on the world stage with former u.s. president barack obama pope francis chinese president xi jinping. syria's bashar al assad and of course. the russian leader vladimir putin. the president and the patriarch are demonstrative little house allies two leaders united in their efforts to forge a new and ultra conservative russian identity. two leaders who share the same vision despite occasional differences in opinion. as a new act on the international stage the russian church is asserting itself farsi on both the spiritual and the political front. carol who for russians is the equivalent of the pope and a man hard to gain access to allowed our ca

to moscow for support from the kremlin and the patriarch it's. only politics. saw through if you want to protect it so you want to protect a piece of the whole of the church play a political role but doc is a leader with president put and he can talk is a little with it but the the powerful vatican he can talk with there but. we need him we need the support we need. for. that reason but with good luck if you got secret deal with the issues. you put them out there are those who are fortunate very good should it be then i would look at how was i like that because i know you're about to hear. when meeting mahmoud abbas kirill is not only playing the role of church leader he's also a negotiator there are many russian orthodox and christian palestinians for patriarch kirill russia's presence in the region is vital for the protection of christians in the middle east has also. to ground. zero but see. another place central to carroll's duties in moscow is the cathedral of christ the savior converted into a swimming pool in the soviet era it was restored after nine hun

and it is obvious that moscow couldn't have been anything. and it important and in crucial in that war i mean moscow and gave some kind of diplomatic. support to serbia and by the end of the war. came back to the process and in moscow came back to the process within this unity council discussion about the new resolution so i was really on loaning the hurt but as they said the b.n. go on the murder was numb better than the beginning. in mind there is a russian and forty four and the reaction of not only russian proposal china and the other countries being a members of the security council and there is a russian which was in favor of for some future sushant of that problem but before that resolution was passed. moscow essentially joined the west in calling for milosevic to surrender. the yugoslav capitulation came later that day i am talking about june third one thousand nine hundred nine do you think that it was an act of. bravery you know maybe current dis on the part of russia. it was very complicated situation and i think russia did what it

soulsby on the first anniversary of the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter moscow claims london is withholding the full truth of what happened twelve months ago. that israel is self-proclaimed interim president is back on home soil but risks arrest for defying a travel ban although washington has threatened a significant response if anything should happen to one. another news an offshoot of the al qaida terrorists stages a deadly surprise attack in syria as the u.s. offers a million dollar reward for information on the some of the. british rapper has broken women's weightlifting records while identifying as a female comes as transgender people are allowed to compete with women in sports musician told us why he feels that some found. strength and speed. good evening thanks for joining us this is r.t. . britain's prime minister's visited solsbury one year after the poisoning there or former russian double agents. daughter yulia reason may says that the city is recovering from the incident that has been a tremendous effort here in the deacon in order to move on and re

crossed talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst with sputnik international and in london we crossed alexander me curious he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to i always appreciate let me go to our going to be curious in london or those programs as the title you know a u.s. isolate let me go through a quick checklist to back up what i'm saying here we have the pentagon announcing it a deployment of new intermediate range weapons interestingly the europeans haven't been told much about it the recent warsaw where the u.s. essentially stood alone on the issue of iran. rough handling of venezuela's alienating western allies in the western hemisphere continues to support the kingdom of saudi arabia when it comes to yemen that's a very unpopular position to be taking washington's allies essentially shut out of the withdrawal process troop withdrawal process from afghanistan even though they're contr

moscow keeps ignoring president for russian troops to leave the south american country. and asked a lot from. thanks for joining us this hour. should have been britain's first day outside the european union in half a century instead of this though the country's hurtling towards a hard and many of the remaining twenty seven nation bloc say no deals. the most likely outcome u.k. has less than two weeks to decide which path to take to avoid crashing out on april twelfth russell says it is a definitive plan from west before it can grant a further extension to the divorce process if necessary on friday britain's prime minister faced a third defeat with all agreements in the house of commons the latest news she's now looking for a fourth getting it through. the implication of the house's decision. the legal default now is the united kingdom is due to leave the european union on the twelfth of april in just fourteen days time mr speaker i fear we are reaching the limits of this. sess in this house this house has rejected no deal it has rejected no brick sit on wednesday it reje

free on the first anniversary of the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter moscow claims london is withholding the full truth of what happened twelve months ago. venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president is back on home soil but risks to rest for defying a travel ban although washington's threatened a significant response if anything happens to plan. an offshoot of the al qaeda terror group stages a deadly surprise attack in syria as the u.s. offers a million dollar reward for information on osama bin ladin the son. very warm welcome to you watching us international with mean a king air and now our top story britain's prime minister has visited souls' gray one year after the poisoning bout of former russian double agents their case grip owl and his daughter yulia to resume a ses the city is recovering from the incident. there has been a tremendous effort here in salzburg the decontamination has now been completed the key moment for the city in order to move on and circulate around the events of march twenty eighth in russia refutes the u.k.'s continued insisten

spree on the first anniversary of the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter moscow alleges that london's withholding the full truth of what happened twelve months ago. but as well as self-proclaimed interim president back on home soil but risks arrest for defying a travel ban for washington to threaten a significant response if anything happens to one. hundred offshoot of the al qaeda terror group stages a deadly surprise attack in syria the u.s. offers a million dollar reward for information on a somewhat large and some. very good evening and welcome this is r.t. and. britain's prime minister's visited souls for a one year after the poisoning there a former russian double agent and his daughter yulia reason may says the city is still recovering from the incident that has been a tremendous effort here in salzburg the decontamination has now been completed a key moment for this city in order to move on and recover from what took place last year. the questions continue to circulate around the events of march twenty eight. case continued insistence that moscow is to bl

cells on the first anniversary of the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter moscow alleges one is withholding the full truth of what happened twelve months ago. an offshoot of the al qaeda terror group stages a deadly surprise attack in syria as the u.s. offers a million dollar reward for information on a solid bin laden sun. also in syria heavy fighting resumes as u.s. backed kurdish forces close in on islamic states last stronghold that's despite donald trump having proclaim victory over i saw numerous times in the last few months plus. i'd like to see as broad a coalition as we can put together to replace the door to replace the whole corrupt regime the u.s. national security adviser considers an international coalition to help get venezuela's opposition leader it doesn't. this is arch international coming to you live straight from the russian capital where it's just turned five pm into the program. british prime minister trees that may visit in the city of solsbury a year after the poisoning a former russian double agents are going to fall and his daughter yulia

that's the way look for moscow so far this saturday your next update from me in the moscow news team is in just over half an hour see them. welcome to maximize their financial survival guide. looking forward to a year that's the down. yanks this is what happens to pensions in britain delegates. watched as a report. saying the numbers mean something they've matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime families did . eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be old rich eight point six percent world market rose thirty percent some with four hundred to five hundred three first circuit per second and when he rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars ai industrial park but don't let the numbers over. the only number you need to remember is one one business showed you know for the mid one and only boom boom. training very young. eight months of intensive school. and. time after time they were going on the ground for a special edition of the show one year to the day of the beginning of the great march of

of its main oil firm to moscow. france the sixteenth weekend of yellow vest movement unrest with police resorting to tear gas and water cannons against protesters. also this hour the u.s. and north korean leaders hold their second summit but fail to reach a deal on denuclearization accusing each other on reasonable to me. this is the weekly bringing you the last week's biggest headlines from all of us here at r t h q in moscow welcome to the program. the border between venezuela and colombia witness further violence this week as tensions over american aid deliveries intensified and as well and president nicolas maduro has blocked the shipments from entering claiming they could be carrying weapons international efforts to end the crisis have stalled with the u.n. security council rejecting draft resolutions from both russia and the u.s. . by voting against this resolution some members of this council continue to shield woodrow and his cronies and prolong the suffering of the venezuelan people the time for a peaceful

a warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q and moscow thanks for joining us. british prime minister tourism a has visited the city of cells very a year after the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei skinner paul and his daughter you will the u.k. is failing to provide any answers even to the simplest of questions regarding the case artie's playboy reports. well the reason mays commemorated the anniversary of the attack against the script while she's visited souls' berry and earlier she put out a statement saying that she commended the work of all those that took part in the decontamination efforts after everything took place in the investigations and also she praised the resilience of the residents of souls who have had to ensure a pretty eventful year i've been talking to some of the people here and many of them say they're still processing what happened take a lesson. be true. ciccio. just. go to. these two three four i mean you really get it. kind of made people see so. i put my bike cram there the everyday life what's a mobile supporter with me

worry on the first anniversary of the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter moscow was just one and is withholding the full truth of what happened twelve months ago. also this hour an offshoot of the own kind of terror group stages a deadly surprise attack in syria because the u.s. offers a million dollar reward for information on the solid london sun. i'd like to see as broad a coalition as we can put together to replace the door to replace the whole corrupt regime. the u.s. national security adviser considers an international coalition to help get venezuela's opposition leader into power and invokes a sentry's old doctrine to justify ousting the country's president. you're watching arts and international for your global news update this hour welcome to the program. british prime minister tourism a visit to the city of solsbury a year after the poisoning of former russian double agents of the script ball and his daughter yulia twelve months on and the finger is still squarely point about moscow although it claims the u.k. is failing to provide answers to even the s

she feeds moscow st cats here every day to help get them through the winter. their cats have been everywhere here activists estimate that over one hundred thousand of them live on moscow streets and seek shelter from the cold in the city's basements cat lovers lower their food into the cellars so it doesn't freeze in the bowls and when access to the basements is closed off these animal rights activists take up their crowbars and we would of course you know we're fighting because we don't want the cats to die while we are filling out forms or making calls to leave the cat is outside and it's very cold minus twenty or twenty five degrees celsius and they can freeze to death within ten or twelve hours. five years ago ana feldman founded the organization cat rescue almost every day now she gets a cat emergency call and the rescuers jump into action thanks to their commitment to moscow's kitties the deputy mayor of the city has even issued a cat directive it order a small cellar windows like to remain open so that the animals can climb in if the vents are closed ac

as to moscow bogeyman image completely. foreign minister. moving. numbers in the baltic states on the border with russia all the while politicians pushed. through in brussels drumming up the hypothetical threats of a russian invasion will those fears over. europe do business with moscow what kind of reaction might the buildup provoke from the kremlin and is there any way for those three. with russia yet his. former foreign minister welcome to the show it is great to have you with us today as president mr says that the european union needs an effective. against a possible russian attack the su want more nato troops on the borders where the show will he feel more secure in that case well first. this militarization of society's conscience is creating very high waves and is it groaned that i don't know i think it is not i think this is the minimization rush to ten is just not a policy. it's a lack of policy so how long will it take place call long it will last i don't know i think both sides are sick and tired of this impasse while what what should happ

of the animosity between london and moscow. to resume a gave a statement via twitter saying she hopes old three will once again be known as a beautiful welcoming english city unfortunately there was one slight problem. the sun. the sun thank you. so so thank you. thank you. thank you. thanks thanks. thanks. thanks thanks. thanks. thanks thanks so. much. as well as some proclaimed interim president was back in the country he had left in late february in defiance of a travel ban imposed by the country's supremes course this is the moment he arrived in caracas that the ambassadors of germany france spain and the netherlands were there to greet him along with a crowd of journalists why go had been touring latin america to wow support with his return now opens the possibility of the venues where they don't. thora teams will try to arrest him later here qwest his supporters are getting them to continue their protests. yet. today will continue in the streets all of venezuela will return to the streets determined to mobilize in search

of its main all firm to moscow. france sees a sixteenth weekend of yellow vest movement unrest with police there resorting to tear gas and water cannon against the protest. as the u.s. and north korean leaders hold their second summit but failed to reach a deal on denuclearization accusing each other of unreasonable demands. great to have you with us midnight here in moscow this is the weekly art. the u.s. has formed a coalition to hand over power in venezuela from the current leader nicolas maduro to the self-proclaimed president that's according to the u.s. security advisor john bolton who says that the plan is very peaceful transition of power. so i'd like to see as broad a coalition as we can put together to replace me to replace the whole corrupt regime work in this administration we're not afraid to use the phrase monroe doctrine it's been the objective of american presidents going back to ronald reagan to have a completely democratic chemistry or the monroe doctrine was unveiled by president james monroe in t

what was the reaction in moscow to the mueller report?ns were really surprised to get the report. because most russians did not believe that there could have been a conspiracy between trump and putin. i think if they were surprised, they were surprised by the fact that the commission dared to come up with the conclusions because the perception in moscow, whether it is right or wrong, it's not up to us to judge, but the perception in moscow is the commission has been working under serious political pressure. it was surprising the commission publicized the outcomes in such a blunt way as it did. >> what do you think, andre, it means for u.s./russian relations? in some ways, they have been a little paralyzed by this issue. do you thing it provides an opportunity for a new start? >> well, i think that we should not overestimate the impact on the relationship because there are many, many problems in this relationship beyond the so-called russian interference into american elections. however, i think it is important that the russian factor migh

verde opera in a book oh began with its director two thousand kilometers away under house arrest in moscow carol sort of branded coffee is a harsh critic of the government so unable to travel he's relied on friends to carry out his vision for the production and his updated take on verdi's classic puts the plight of refugees in europe into the mix. a modern rendition a very nice classic nabucco set in the u.n. security council teeming with six intrigue and despots oh. the slave chorus laments their lost home but in this update the original hebrew slaves have been replaced by actual refugees from syria and afghanistan. director kyocera brenna cove is not able to take the final curtain he's under house arrest in moscow and can only send a video message. down a. great opening thank you so much for this extraordinary moment in my. live. carol sir brenda coffee is considered a punk among russian directors he's received international accolades but the outspoken kremlin critic was arrested in august of two thousand and seventeen charged with embezzling public funds he now has to work remotely from

maybe not the resume of someone prepared to build a giant moscow skyscraper but okay.p inc podcast discovered is even those accomplishments were over sold. the suburban development as never been completed. the mall in north dakota was never built. they did create this nice imaging of it and the building in new york city, well, here is what happened when two reporters went to that building. >> they asked to talk with the super, david whose been there since the early '90s. >> hi, nice to meet you. >> hands are cold. >> property records she he owned it for a year, bout it cash, took out financing and sold it for a 23% profit. during that year they didn't make any major improvements onnon the building and he never met rosov but did meet another russian speaker during the deal. >> felix sater. >> yeah. >> felix sater, his name shows up on the sale documents as an authorized significant tor atur >> this builder appears to have owned for a year and felix sater was the only guy who went there or signed paperwork? that's what the developer is holding out as a qualifications to

director kyocera brenna cough is not able to take the final curtain he's under house arrest in moscow and can only send a video message. great opening thank you so much for all these extraordinary moment in my. live. carol sir brenda cuff is considered a punk among russian directors he's received international accolades but the outspoken kremlin critic was arrested in august of two thousand and seventeen charged with embezzling public phones he now has to work remotely from his moscow apartment. and for me it felt like we had a real director here i've often worked with directors who seemed much more absent even though they were physically present. in rehearsal recordings for the director each scene from every phase of rehearsals was filmed and sent via a u.s.b. stick to moscow it was up to system director of guinea could log in to communicate serve brenna cuffs return video instructions to the team and. look at this everyone has their own opinion of the message. they see different meanings questions and answers. there are certainly no clear message. but it certainly shines a light at

he is best known for his role in the proposed moscow deal.onnection with the president goes well beyond that. >> he did licensing agreements. >> absolutely. i did it in new york, ft. lauder dale and tried to do it in phoenix, arizona. i worked on numerous trump deals. >> he down played it during a exception in 2018. at the trump tower in new york. i cording to a person familiar to the office lay outat the time. >> that he had an office in the trump tower. >> and on the 26th floor. >> and the 26th floor is important why? >> because it is mr. trump's floor. >> moved to the u.s. in the 1970s. he is a former felon who says he shared a wealth of information with u.s. authorities on a variety of issues for the last 20 years and soon could share some of that with the american people. >> lawmakers will likely want to follow the money and ask about the financing of the project. it will happen in two weeks. president trump denied any wrong doing with regard to the deal which continued into his presidential campaign. >> thanks so much. here is donald tr

internet traffic is routed through servers in russia step faster with step vance and with more from moscow. around fifteen thousand people have turned up here in moscow to protest against restrictions on the russian internet they're protesting basically against the sole so-called sovereign internet bill which is currently being discussed by the state but the bill basically wants it wants to cut off the russian internet from the worldwide web if that is necessary a lot of protesters me especially young people turned up saying hands off from more internet we don't want any isolation there were a lot of slogans against president putin and also the lawmakers who came up with this bill basically lawmakers say this bill is needed to protect the russian internet from foreign attacks for when cyber attacks for example what could have happened in st petersburg during the u.s. midterm elections where the true so-called troll factory was reportedly cut off from the internet to make sure that it could not cause any damage to these elections or cause any influence on these elections so that's one of th

and ivanka trump got to go to moscow.to their father who has russian connections gets them a private tour of the kremlin. and ivanka gets a special perk, she gets to go behind vladimir putin's desk in the kremlin and sit in putin's private chair. the best part when "the new york times" asked ivanka trump whether the story was true, she said, "it's possible, but she just did not recall it." i mean, who could remember. maybe i sat in vladimir putin's chair in the kremlin that one time. who can say? anyway, the guy who claims to have arranged that tour is felix sater, grew up in brooklyn with trump attorney michael cohen, convict of financial fraud but avoided prison time by becoming an fbi informant. he wound up as a senior adviser to donald trump at the trump organization. felix sater best known for working with michael cohen to broker the trump tower moscow deal, which donald trump was secretly pursuing during the 2016 presidential campaign. even as russia was attacking our election. felix sater is set to give public test

other branches of the company will also move to moscow the u.s. is also counseled the visas the forty nine influential venezuelans aligned with president maduro if there is anyone who steals from the venezuelan people undermines democracy is not welcome francisco domingo as head of latin american studies at london's middlesex university believes the u.s. is doing everything in its power to achieve its goal in venezuela. people in venezuela particularly the military civic alliance the soldiers drum and the pressure from the united states in particular almost as closely on the military literally fogel as could three years again and again through those who are shown. through blackmail you name it got those words what is it going on beyond the scenes as all far they go almost nothing listen to me love these raises the specter or something. which can be organized irregular forces and training and organized by the united states and mr abrams is exactly the best and totally get it organized so this is jane concerned therefore that confirms not only won't

stick to moscow it was up to system director of guinea could log in to communicate serve brenna cuffs return video instructions to the team in hamburg. with everyone has their own opinion of the message. they see different meanings questions and answers. that there are certainly no clear message. but it certainly shines a light at outcast from our modern society putting actual refugees center stage and letting them voice an operatic call for freedom. ah i'm joined now by a fellow officer i should say a bit of pain tough they're not corral just before we talk about your paintings which we can see in glorious technicolor one of them behind it if you are in a similar situation to sarah brown a cough that. and somebody said you can do those paintings anymore what would you do while i don't know i hope i don't get into this situation i have a. list let's just hope for it and i just i just wonder what you think of seeing this must be the biggest you've ever seen a part of your painting yeah yeah quite good resolution yeah yeah does it worry you you sort of don't see so oh no no no it is lik