But is he swimming against an unstoppable tide? andrey kordochkin, andrey kordochkin, welcome to hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you. It s a great honour it s a great honour and privilege to be here. And privilege to be here. Well, it s great to have you well, it s great to have you in the studio. In the studio. Let me take you back let me take you back to february 2022. To february 2022. Putin orders putin orders an all out invasion of ukraine. That this would be the end an all out invasion of ukraine. Within days, you, a priest within days, you, a priest in the russian orthodox church, in the russian orthodox church, choose to speak out choose to speak out against the invasion. Against the invasion. When you did that, did you feel when you did that, did you feel that this would be the end of your career in the russian orthodox church? i think that when the war has begun, very few of us could actually give a prediction of what is going to come through. So i think that
And britain s schindler commemorated with his own street. Nicolas winton is the hero who Rescued Hundreds Ofjewish children from the nazis we speak to one of welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from The Bbc. The french authorities say that at least 12 people have died, after a Boat Carrying Dozens of migrants capsized in the english channel. About 50 were rescued in an operation involving boats and helicopters. Its been confirmed the last hour a pregnant woman was one who lost their lives. The french coastguard says the boat got into difficulty off Cap Gris Nez at around 6am and everyone on board ended up in the water. An emergency medical Care Centre has been set up at Boulogne Sur Mer. French Rescue Helicopters busy once again today bringing casualties from the sea to the shore. This the scene this afternoon at a harbour in the big Port City of bologna, bodies of strictures, many survivors already taken to hospital for emergency care. This is nothing that this i
Years. I Cover National Security including the fbi and ive recorded extensively on the fbi russia investigation known as crossfire hurricane. I want to thank pete for coming on and have this frank discussion. Im interested how he came to use that codename. Before we get into the details of the book, pete, why dont you tell the listeners a little bit about yourself and your counterintelligence background at the fbi. I was in boston worked on the case which on a series of russian illegals which formed the basis of past Television Show the americans but did a variety of the bread and butter counterintelligence work that occurs in a midsized office, russia, china, espionage. And then after being a street agent started moving up the management chain. I was the number two of all the fbi counterintelligence operations. Before we launch into the book, describe a little bit about the difference of counterintelligence investigation and what a criminal investigation is of the fbi. I think that ha
Interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All afterwards programs are also available as podcasts. Adam hi my name is adam. I worked with the hard times times for about four years. Ive covered National Security including the fbi in a reported extensively on the fbis russia investigation. Its known as crossfire hurricane. On a think piece for coming on and having his frank discussion with me. He actually came up with the name crossfire hurricane. So much and how he came to use that code name. But before we get into the details of the book, that you have written about. One is you tell us a little bit about yourself and your Counter Intelligence back out of the fbi. Peter first thank you to cspan for hosting. I started in the in 1996. Ive been in the army prior to that and then college. When into activeduty and then was with the fbi as an analyst with domestic terrorism back in 96. I saw the organization and the ages in a new but that was absolutely what i wanted to be d
That are there good morning it search you say the 23rd of june the watching r. T. International where its just gone 9 oclock here in moscow now the spotlight has turned back on the previous conduct of the u. S. Democratic president ial hopeful joe biden that after a member of the Ukrainian Parliament released new recordings of an alleged phone conversation between biden and the countrys ex president Petro Poroshenko with all the details his. Another wave of edited recordings of phone calls between uncle joe and then president of ukraine Petro Poroshenko have surfaced so the saga continues is there no clever name for it yet shall we just call it ukraine gate to the gift that just keeps on giving again the 2 are alleged to be discussing foreign and domestic policies but how much can be classified as every day diplomacy and wheres the line that pushes things over into meddling territory like this snippet that seems to show biden objecting to the head of a major Ukrainian Gas Company losin