a russian newspaper more details all this summer as a moscow washington spy scandal saying it was a top intelligence officer who blew his own people coupled. with the top stories of today and all this week you're with auty live from moscow well it's the only country ever to be hit by an atomic attack japan seems an appropriate place to aspire to a nuclear free world on the sidelines of the apec summit in yokohama president.

a russian newspaper uncovers more details of this summer's moscow washington spy scandal saying it wasa top intelligence officer and. you're watching r.t. and this is our weekly needs of you but first as the only country ever to be hit by an atomic attack japan seems an appropriate place to aspire to a nuclear free world on the sidelines of the apec summit in yokohama preston.

now the big story we brought you from the week the moscow spidey scandal the moscow washington spy scandal indeed took an unexpected turn when it was revealed that the ten russian agents were sold out by their own boss a russian newspaper named colonel showed a cough who's now apparently under f.b.i. protection going off reports. that summer spy story between the u.s. and russia just a few months after dropping out of headlines around the world the biggest spy scandal between moscow and washington since the cold war iraq is back over the drama of this whole situation is that the agents were turned in by their boss. he's been named as colonel suitable cool for allegedly headed the american department of russia's foreign intelligence service neither his first name or photograph have been found to journalists from the moscow based community newspaper who have held their own investigation claim he is behind it blown his colleagues cover in the united states. everyone we spoke to agreed that this was the biggest failure in the history of a foreign intelligence service some of the agents worked

spy scandal between moscow and washington reporters say they were betrayed by their own boss some. major business leaders were also at the g twenty. one of russia's biggest investment banks have a chance to catch up with him that's coming up next.

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russian foreign ministry is quite upset over this and this has impacted relations between moscow and washington to say the least the russian foreign ministry has called this grieving justice essentially saying that. a russian citizen should not have been extradited from thailand with the russian government knowing beforehand other comments that have been made by russian officials also allege that the us put a lot of political pressure on the thai government to meet a lot of back door deals. despite two rulings in thailand's criminal court saying viktor boots guilt was not proven the thai government has still decided to hand him over to the us i consider this unprecedented political pressure on the legal process. government this is an example of striking injustice we as a state will continue to give all necessary support to boot as a russian citizen the u.s. state officials say that they followed all the legal procedures they hope that what is happening right now with the activity surrounding viktor booth that it would not impact relations between moscow and washington in any way we have. a broa

not in power for elation between moscow and washington and anyway we have. a broad and deep relationship with russia it is guided by our mutual national interests i don't expect that this will have any impact on our relationship but it is so fully consistent with both our. bilateral treaty obligations with thailand and fully consistent with international not even victor boots white was notified that her husband was going to be extradited to another country dr blix wife has been living in thailand giving interviews to the media ever since he was arrested back in two thousand and eight two thousand and eight and has remained firm that her husband is innocent of all charges against him she says that her husband is a businessman and all of these accusations are false why you. finding out that he was actually went to the prison wasn't even able to see him she feels that her husband was kidnapped stolen like. it's hard for me to talk about but what happened was totally unexpected for both myself and victor's lawyer cabinet held a closed meeting a little decision w

covers more details of this summer's moscow washington spy scandal saying it was a top intelligence officer who flew his own people. it's a place where no one cares about the speed limits as we discover which russia will join the formula one part. we are running on the top stories of today and all of this week here on r.t. welcome to the program. and a country ever to be hit by.

a russian newspaper uncovers details of this summer's moscow washington spy scandal saying it was a tension who blew his cover. it's a place where no one cares about the speed limit as we discover which russian join the formula one part. twelve noon here in the russian capital and this is our team's weekly news review first it was the only country ever to be hit by an atomic attack japan.

congress tries to approve the arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington before warnin. the deal just to score points against president. mass murder that shocked russia. following the slaughter of twelve people in the. investigators suspect the attackers of. a local official has also taken into question. six months after the oil spill in the gulf of mexico b.p. is selling its assets to cover the cost of the disaster meanwhile the u.s. reports its federal waters are once again open for fishing and what america claims to be one of the most promising signs of environmental recovery however. who wrote a book on the catastrophe is not so optimistic. with the oil industry inside. six months ago the worst environmental disaster took place in the u.s. the b.p. oil spill unleashing more than two hundred million gallons of oil into the gulf coast how could this disaster have been prevented and why has this story fallen from the front pages joining me now to talk more about this topic is bob cavanaugh our author of disaster on the horizon and c o of a look at technologies thank you

a moscow newspaper uncovers more details of this summer as a washington spy scandal saying it was a top intelligence officer who was a people's. moved. to much angry rhetoric between china and the u.s. the summits of the world's richest nations and so ends with an agreement to stun but wage and currency was attending the g. twenty was august and. that's coming up next. what's been dubbed a currency war on the trade imbalances it cools is still money exe discussion here at the fifth g twenty summit in.

congress tries to approve the arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington before a new members are sworn in many suspect have all teary or motives the new congress men are seen as likely to sacrifice just to score points against president obama. human rights activists demand transparency in u.s. detention practices in again a stand to make sure washington is cleaned up its act following claims of detainee torture and abuse one of the places in focus is the parwan detention facility formerly known as bug or two detainees were beaten to death in two thousand and two . a brutal mass murder that shocked russia forty's arrest a gang leader following the slaughter of twelve people in the southern region of the dark investigators suspect the attackers over records hearing a local official it's also been taken into question. now six months after the oil spill in the gulf of mexico b.p. is selling its assets to cover the cost of the disaster meanwhile the u.s. reports its federal waters are once again open for fishing and what america claims to be one of the most promising signs of envi

arena but also for it because it symbolizes the new start the so-called reset in ties between moscow and washington and to not ratify the treaty would be damaging to those ties which are crucial to relations not only between moscow and washington but the entire international community i have received overwhelming support from our allies here bad start the new start treaty is a critical component to us and. european security my expectation is is that my republican friends in the senate will ultimately conclude that it makes sense for us to do this jealousy or suppressed moles he would be us and the russian leader to speculate on what will happen to relations between russia and the united states should the treaty not be ratified both leaders said that they hope it won't come to that because it will mean that a whole lot of war going to whole lot of effort would have been wasted but of course the poles the leaders reiterated once again the fact that they believe this treaty will get ratified and the sooner the better. and poor engram executive director of the british american security information coun

arena but also for it because it symbolizes the new start the so-called reset in ties between moscow and washington and to not ratify the treaty would be damaging to those ties which are crucial to relations not only between moscow and washington but the entire international community and it's not it's an off would use actually when you've got. barack obama there you have some sort of decide about it any. polling data we're not going to go to that kind of are no problem but it seems like an oft used term doesn't it that reset button but something i guess that could be applied to indeed now i believe we can hear from barack obama let's say what he had to say about that stops a treaty. i have received overwhelming support from our allies here that start the new start treaty is a critical component to u.s. and european security you've seen the comments. of a wide range of european partners on this issue who have uniformly said that they will feel safer and more secure if this treaty gets ratified it's time for us to go and get it done and my hope is is that we we will do so my expectation is is that m

a russian newspaper has put a new twist on this summer's spy scandal between moscow and washington according to the paper the ten people expelled from the u.s. on espionage charges were turned in by their own boss president here the says this was no surprise as he was aware of the events all the way along artes you got a piece going off at the journalists who published the revelations. that summer spy story between the u.s. and russia just a few months after dropping out of headlines around the world the biggest spy scandal between moscow and washington since the cold war iraq is back over the drama of this whole situation is that the agents were turned in by their boss he's been named as colonel said about call for legend we headed the american department of russia's foreign intelligence service know firstly more photographs have been released to journalists from the moscow based community newspaper see they've been holding their only investigation into the story and clean he is behind blowing his colleagues cover in the united states. everyone we spoke to agreed that this was the biggest f

secretary of state hillary clinton has called on the senate to approve a kilmer's deal between moscow and washington before the end of the year republicans you made significant gains in the midterm elections have been stalling the ratification of the strategic arms reduction treaty that's a blow to the obama administration who made the weapons agreement one of its top priorities now it is going to check on has more from washington. it's getting pretty tense here the informal republican leader on the new start senator jon kyl said the treaty should not be considered until next year he is saying there are other important things for the senate to talk about the economy and that's bad news for the trade of the administration is making a last ditch effort to appeal to the secretary of state hillary clinton defense secretary robert gates leading security experts in the country they're all saying the failure to pass the new start treaty this year would endanger the u.s. national security they give two reasons for that first americans can no longer track russia's strategic nuclear arsenal the other main rea

capital hill not to the side track the ratification of the nuclear arms cost treaty between moscow and washington calling it and the national security imperative. president obama is trying to push his arguably major foreign policy achievement through the senate i'm going to check on in washington d.c. i'll be back with more in just a few moments. and also in the u.s. then edged gun drawn a big to boot claims u.s. officials trying to force him into admitting to arms smuggling charges while they extradited from bangkok to watch. moscow says it will continue providing all necessary support to victor boot but does not proclaim whether the russian citizen is innocent or guilty. hello welcome to our c twenty four hour news live from moscow angular ship of our top story now for the first time russia of banks you are in sanctions against iran president medvedev has met with the iranian leader mahmoud ahmadinejad the vet have said russia will continue helping tehran develop a peaceful atomic program the two were meeting at a summit old of five nations bordering the caspian sea all of whom have claims to t

moscow is also accusing washington of double standards and we have to remember boot forty three year old russian citizen is being accused of smuggling weapons to fork rebels that would have been used to kill americans yet russian officials say that washington did provide georgia with several weapons many weapons that were used during the war in. which hundreds of civilians were killed so obviously a very contentious and sensitive situation surrounding one of. them so what do you think if you're getting the thing. all right now many are speculating about the fact of whether victor boot can get a fair trial in the u.s. two russian diplomats did visit visit with mr boobed in the federal prison where he's being held in lower manhattan one russian diplomat said that he he is right now in ok circumstances he was the fifty hydrated he's being held in solitary confinement mr boot said that his all of his farms were essentially stolen while he was held in prison in thailand for more than two years he also asked russian diplomats to try to get his wife to the united states right now is in thai

the united states last summer which resulted basically in the biggest spying scandal between moscow and washington since the cold war era now if all this is true then the big question is at the moment is held. manage to hide his activities from russian authorities the newspaper says that before this scandal erupted polish was offered a promotion by russian authorities which she rejected possibly because he had to take a lie detector test which could have revealed his activities as a double agent and also reportedly several months before the scandal just about corsi daughter left russia to the united states. and also this could hint that she might have known that something was about to happen going to sunset newspaper also says that the foreign intelligence service here in russia claims to continue looking into what happened back then and also valves to find and punish everybody responsible for the feel year of that massive secret operation not you go if you would just take us back for a moment to that worldwide attention getting spy drama that unfolded this past summer the one that ended with a do

live from moscow neoconservatives have madame washington to reiterate the very same rhetoric that failed them in the us presidential race two years ago the right wing politicians of call to boost the enormous military budget by threats coming from iran and china and question russia's nuclear might artist for reports. neo conservative leaders came together for two days of quote restoring america's leadership in a democratic world without ever acknowledging the role their policies played in its decline they reassured each other that china's rise didn't signal imperial demise we're different from china you know we have a liberal regime we make mistakes all the time and we had you know there are things in our history for which we need to apologize and have apologized but at the end of the day think of ourselves as trying to promote human rights and lift all boats and prosperity and that's not how the chinese regime thinks of itself and they painted a rosy picture of their continued occupation of afghanistan and their ability to control afghan president hamid karzai despite new corruption cha

congress tries to approve the arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington before a new members are sworn in and may have a different agenda. human rights activists demand transparency new as a tantrum practices in afghanistan to ensure washington is cleaned up and out following claims of detainee torture and abuse. and brought on mass murder that shocked russia the world he's arrested gang leader following the slaughter of twelve people in the southern region across the dar we are at the scene. and eleven am the russian capital you watching r t. welcome to the program first off the alleged russian arms trafficker viktor board has left thailand after being handed over to u.s. authorities it follows the thai government's decision to approve his extradition washington accuses the businessman of a number of crimes including trying to sell weapons to rubbles in colombia. and will bring of course more on this case as we get it in the meantime let's take a look at other stories that we're following for here in our top u.s. officials have urged the outgoing senator ratify the latest nu