julie edwards spoke for many when she wrote. now, on the 31st of august, sarah rainsford returned to the uk, seemingly for the last time from moscow where she had been reporting for the bbc for more than 20 years. on that evening s bulletins, she looked back on what had led up to her departure. this is the moment i discovered i was being expelled from russia. according to a specific law, i have been designated a threat to national security, and as such, i am not allowed into the country. pulled aside at passport control, i was told the fsb security service had banned me for life. i recorded the conversation. i was returning from belarus where i had confronted alexander lukashenko on the mass repression and torture of peaceful protesters. his loyal supporters rounded on me. it was a coordinated attack. rosalind was watching that at the time and posted this reaction. ben added. sarah rainsford has been back in the uk now for a couple of weeks and she joins me here in the studio
something, he s actually a spy, intelligence personnel, spies for the russian government, working here with the cover story that they re somehow employed by the embassy. this of course is the worst cover story in the world, anyone who s ever read a john le carre story ever or seen a spy movie can spot this a mile away, it is an unsubtle cover, but they still do it at their embassies and consulates, presumably we do it too, at moscow in our embassy and around the world, this is what countries do, they give their spies diplomatic cover. but tonight the u.s. government has called that bluff that everybody usually goes along with in this part of the spy world and the u.s. government has named ten russians basically as intelligence personnel who now must leave this country. they are expelled. and this comes as all of a sudden this week we are having lots of big and very definitive moves from the new u.s. president, this new administration, about us in the world, and things that jo
this the general perception is that the russians are being kicked out of the country tonight, even though they may work at the embassy of a consulate, the perception is that these folks are being asked to leave because they are not legitimate diplomats. again, generally speaking the idea is that whoever the guy is not really he is actually a spy. intelligence personnel, spy for the russian government working here with a cover story that they are employed at the embassy. this of course is the worst cover story in the world, anybody who has read a single book ever or seen even one bad spy movie can spot this a mile away. it is an unsubtle cover. but they still do it. because we do a two in moscow and in our embassy, around the world, this is what countries do, they take their spies to be diplomatic employees. but tonight we have called that bluff and the u.s. government has named to ten russians, basically as intelligence personnel and they must leave this country. they are e
free, free credit building for renters with self good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning at a saturday march 23rd. i m amro walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. we are following several developing stories. this warning russia says nearly a dozen people have been detained in connection with the tariff for attack at a popular concert hall. more than 100 people were killed. new this morning, what the us is saying about that attack and the warning it gave two american traveling we re going to russia in the days leading up to plus messages of support are coming in from around the world after catherine, princess of wales, revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer, our richard west is live this morning at buckingham palace with the latest we will get to him in just a moment and breaking overnight, the senate passed a deal to avert a government shutdown more on the hours-long late nights sprint to get that deal done. that s just the him bre
playing l right now in russia. a legal crackdown. russian intelligence and facial is accusing him of staging a cone. there are military helicopters. the mercenary is our entering the region from ukraine. it is unclear who is in command of the vehicles. there is a criminal case against sometime. it is an armed rebellion. he accused russian military striking a camp. he said a huge number of mercenaries with their. take a look at the social media video. it is the alleged attack we cannot verify it s alleged authenticity. he claimed his troops were striped by a helicopter in russia. he wants justice. the defense minister came on purpose to have an operation. he used the artillery and helicopter to destroy us. it is a must for justice. our justice does not interfere with the troops. messages are coming in. thank you, at last there will be the justice. our last you will make them give us the ammo. this shows an increased security presence near the kremlin. they won the troops t