Oh good afternoon youre watching r. T. International now a scandal has erupted in brazil after leaked messages suggest a Corruption Case against the countrys former president flew to silver was politically motivated the message published by the investigative news site the interceptors appear to show the judge discussing the probe with prosecutors supporters of looters a silver say the leak does confirm their theory is that the case was a stitch up designed to prevent him from winning his 28 reelection bid when the probe was part of brazils biggest anticorruption crusade known as operation car wash which saw dozens of high level politicians imprisoned in its a silver was sentenced to almost a decade behind bars for corruption and Money Laundering including for excepting a luxury apartment in exchange for state contracts he denies ever owning though and the leaked messages suggest that prosecutors themselves questioned the strength of the evidence against him one of the journalists behin
Youre watching or an international bringing your live news updates from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. A scandal has erupted in brazil after a leaked messages suggest a Corruption Case against the countrys former president will of the silva was politically motivated the messages published by investigative news site the intercept appear to show the judge discussing the probe was prosecutors supporters of Lula Da Silva say the leaks confirm their fears that the case was a stitch up designed to prevent him from winning his 2018 reelection bid now the probe was part of brazils biggest anticorruption crusade known as operation car wash which saw dozens of high level politicians in prison but was sentenced to almost a decade behind bars for corruption and Money Laundering including for accepting a luxury apartment and exchange for state contracts he denies ever owning it and the lease messages suggest that prosecutors themselves question the strength of the evidence agains
A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our to h. Q. In moscow thanks for joining us this hour. A scandal has erupted in brazil after leaked messages suggest a Corruption Case against the countrys former president Lula Da Silva was politically motivated the messages published by the investigative news site the intercept appear to show a judge discussing the probe with prosecutors supporters of wood to silva say the leaks confirmed their fears the case was a stitch up designed to prevent him from winning reelection last year the probe was part of brazils biggest Anti Corruption crusade now this operation carwash which saw dozens of high level politicians and prison will dissolve what was sentenced to almost a decade behind bars for corruption and Money Laundering including for accepting a luxury apartment in exchange for state contracts he denies ever owning it and the league messages suggest prosecutors themselves question the strength of the evidence against him one
It watching our 2 international bring you in your life news update from our studio here and most welcome to the program we start with breaking news this hour as russian officials have announced they are dropping a criminal case against russian investigative journalist north who had been arrested for the illegal possession of drugs the evidence gathered against him was said to have been salmon and found invalid the officers who were in charge of the case have been suspended the journalist attention provoked anger and protests were not joined live by more ive got to for more on this now the case had provoked outrage among the Media Community did anyone expect this latest twist. You know the wood that this was coming the outpouring of support for him was it was unanimous it was everywhere we had protests and in moscow we had russias 3 biggest newspapers. Published the same title. With him basically. It was solidarity like never before this is a journalist working from a doozer i would say
You watching or change National Bring in your line of news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program we start with breaking news this hour as russian officials have announced they have dropped the criminal case against russian investigative journalist. Who had been arrested for illegal possession of drugs the evidence gathered against him was said to have been rigged salmon and found invalid or join live in the studio by now bring us up to speed on the case well were in the heads a ruling in. The head of russias Narcotics Police has been. The Police Officers who carried out the arrest. Suspended their investigation by internal affairs how they carried out the arrest whether the used too much force whether. Theyre also investigating the investigation which led to the arrest to see whether police went beyond the scope of their powers where they were whether they had legitimate evidence proof to carry out this arrest and im sure therell be many more people fired because