in prison for the amnesty law it didn't apply to mr holder costy what what has changed the situation and has led to his release is that mr holder koskie did what he had previously consistently said he would not do and that is that he wrote a letter to mr putin asking for a pardon and did so secretly cutting out his lawyers which is very interesting. we are seeing reports that. is on his weights and germany now any ideas why he'd go that well i don't know why he would choose to go to germany personally i don't think he would want to stay in russia that's my own. personal view i think he will want to go somewhere in the west it may be the germany is an easy place for him to go to but i wonder whether he want to stay there permanently he might want to go to britain he might want to go to the united states idea that he want to stay in russia itself. for someone who was convicted of stealing billions and billions of bare of rewards as well as dollars does how to kosky deserve to be pardoned from your point. well i think the first point to make is that he is guilty and i i want to say that because this constant attempts to say that he was a

for that for ten years what what has changed the situation and has led to his release is that mr holder koskie did what he had previously consistently said he would not do and that is that he wrote a letter to mr putin asking for a pardon so i don't personally see that there's any compelling reason to keep him in prison or longer. and we are closely following the latest developments in the story of his footage from outside the five star hotel in the coffee is believed to be staying a team from marty's video agency rep police watching the scene and feeding us the latest pictures. now i know half trillion dollars that is the figure handed by the u.s. congress to the defense department since nine hundred ninety six and it's remained unaccounted for ever since despite the organization having some of the most sophisticated military hardware in the world it still lies on antiquated and error prone accounting computer systems it's even lead to active duty personnel and war veterans being underpaid. investigates the pentagon is almost certainly the biggest source of waste in the u.s. government over r

court of human rights are i've lost count how many there are which is said unequivocally that mr holder koskie is guilty of massive tax evasion on a simply enormous scale now he has been punished he's been in prison for that for ten years what what has changed the situation and has led to his release is that mr holder koskie did what he had previously consistently said he would not do and that is that he wrote a letter to mr putin asking for a pardon so i don't personally see that there's any compelling reason to keep him in prison longer. throughout the day we are closely following the latest developments in this story these are live pictures from outside hold a hotel where stationed there we're still waiting to see if he might emerge into the daylight and of course we'll bring you the latest updates as and when we get them. now eight and a half trillion dollars that's the figure handed by the u.s. congress to the defense department since nine hundred ninety six and it's remained unaccounted for ever since despite the organization having some of the most sophisticated military hardware in the

for that for ten years what what has changed the situation and has led to his release is that mr holder koskie did what he had previously consistently said he would not do and that is that he wrote a letter to mr putin asking for a pardon and just to remind you. press conference will be held at twelve g.m.t. and berlin and we will be covering it live on air and online as well at r.t. dot com. at least eighty seven's have been slaughtered in the syrian town of north of damascus after it was raided by radical islam ists some reports put the number of those killed at two hundred r.t. arabic channel went there to talk to why witnesses of the bloodshed. terror still fills the hearts of those who witnessed the militants entering the town about drugs they saw panicked disoriented people running for their lives and they ran themselves they will never forget the despair in the eyes of those who were forced to stay behind we have no reliable way to communicate with the people trapped inside but officials are saying the atrocities against the civilian population are continuing and people are being butche

for that for ten years what what has changed the situation and has led to use release is that mr holder koskie did what he had previously consistently said he would not do and that is that he wrote a letter to mr putin asking for a pardon. the day were closely following the latest developments in this story so to stay with us here on r.t. international. eight and a half trillion dollars that's the figure hundred by the u.s. congress to the defense department since ninety nine to six and it's remained an accounted for ever since despite the organization having some of the most sophisticated military hardware in the world it still relies on antiquated and error prone accounting computer systems it's even lead to active duty personnel and war veterans being underpaid r.t. is there to check and investigate. the pentagon is almost certainly the biggest source of waste in the u.s. government ovoid or seemed best to geisha and says since one thousand nine hundred ninety six the pentagon has spent eight point five trillion dollars in taxpayer money that has never been accounted for and nobody can say