struck apparently by actor alexander lukashenko or at least he was the front man who would put up to announce it, as part of that daylight seemed like the kremlin had offered an amnesty to yevgeny prigozhin which was incredible because this was the man who vladimir putin came out and accused of stabbing russia in the back, he accused him of betrayal and hours later the kremlin said there would be no criminal prosecution, he would not face the charge of insurrection. it sounded like weakness and here we are a day and a half later with sources simultaneously telling several state news agencies in russia that actually those criminal charges are still formally in place. again i think this is part of restoring putin s reputation to rebuild him again as the strong man, he did not climb down, maybe that was a mistake, certainly the criminal cases still open and that mostly what we are not hearing at all from yevgeny prigozhin. we don t
haven t heard from him. and what is this going to do with regard to the situation in ukraine and the fighting there? situation in ukraine and the fighting there? situation in ukraine and the fiaahtin there? ~ ~ fighting there? well, i think the auestion fighting there? well, i think the question of fighting there? well, i think the question of prigozhin fighting there? well, i think the question of prigozhin and - fighting there? well, i think the question of prigozhin and his i fighting there? well, i think the - question of prigozhin and his future is interesting because as part of the deal that was struck, apparently by the president of belarus, or the front man put up to kind of announce it, as part of the deal it seemed the kremlin had offered an understudy to yevgeny prigozhin, which was extraordinary because this was the man who had putin had accused of stabbing russia in the back. hours later at the kremlin was saying there would be no prosecution, he wouldn t face any char
at this because here you can see some of the damage from the explosion, according to state news agencies. russia s defense ministry said it was caused by an emergency drop of aviation munition. it s not clear what kind of weapon was involved, and no deaths so far have been reported at toronto s pearson airport. police say daring thieves madoff with about $15 million worth of gold and other valuables stored in a cargo container taken a legally from an airport holding facility. cnn s paula newton live in ottawa, canada. paula good morning to you tell us more. what happened. it is quite a head scratcher. don and think about it. this is an airport. it s supposed to be one of the most secure places. and yet on monday evening, it seems a cargo container. about five or six ft square was loaded off an airplane. so far, so normal was put into a holding warehouse and then in terms of what the police said it was taken illegally. you got it, john. this is high value
countries as making false accusations. against moscow this morning. russian state news agencies say that detained wall street journal reporter evan herskovitz is appealing his arrest in moscow. he was arrested last week on spying charges in order to be jailed until may 29th russian authorities have provided no evidence for the charge and the wall street journal and u. s officials have denied the allegation, which is facing up to 20 years in a russian penal colony. cnn s knotty bashir, not a bashir is live in london with more. not a hello to you. how likely is it that deskovic wins this appeal? well look, don we haven t even had a date set yet for the hearing of this appeal, and as we ve seen in past cases of us nationals detained in russia, there is significant concern. in the meantime, we have learned more details, according to russian state media regarding the conditions, which is currently facing wall in detention, citing a russian official who is said to have met
by telling us about what is known from what happened in the cafe. minutes ago we received an update from russian state news agencies, according to their sources, a person who allegedly has given a statue, small statue to vladlen tatarsky and it is believed after that, the blast went off, so that person is a woman, she is like in her 20s and she has been detained already in st petersburg, the investigators are checking whether she is responsible for the attack or not, it is not clear yet, whether she has been responsible and that the bomb was exactly in that statue. but, nevertheless, the blast occurred just minutes after it was presented, that gift. tell us more about vladlen tatarsky, who was he, what hid he do? vladlen tatarsky, whose real name is maksym fomin, is a military blogger, and actually competent