a symbol of war, yarussky, it was often performed at the precincts, but at one of the precincts they also heard the song of the band machine of time, whose soloist andriy makarevich spoke out against the kremlin's policy towards ukraine back in 2014, and now has the status of a foreign agent in russia. but abroad in russia there was a different atmosphere. thanks, and other songs, for example, in georgia,

where there are many relokans, russians could not vote due to the fact that there are no diplomatic relations between georgia and russia, those who wanted to vote went to yerevan, and some went to a rally against putin's government in tbilisi, where they sang the appropriate songs. speech from took place as part of the action noon against putin, all those who disagree with the long-term stability of power in russia were asked to come to the polling station at 12 noon and vote against putin or spoil the ballot, but many experts, including russian ones, were quite skeptical of such an idea from the opposition , they say, the kremlin will use such queues to the polling stations in order to show the world the solidarity of russians around putin's policies, their fears turned out to be not unfounded in various countries.

long queues lined up at the polling stations, and this was not only connected with the noon action against putin, because it was very easy to find those who came to vote for putin in this crowd, for example, in london. and moldovan users shared the video on social networks, as if they were in line at the polling station in moldova. a man in a cap with the russian coat of arms said that after these elections he expects moldova to join the russia joining russia? find putin's supporters in estonia, which supports ukraine, also succeeded, as did those who eventually changed their minds about supporting putin because of the war against ukraine. if a person can cope with work, let him work for at least 100 years. any war is bad work for diplomats. if vladimir putin decides that he needs estonia, will you support him? no, i do not

support it, estonia should be free. i have always voted for putin, but now a lot of information has appeared that i finally heard. olga armyanyshina, radio liberty. to ilya novikov, now a ukrainian lawyer, has already joined our broadcast, before, good evening, you worked in russia, i remind our audience, and repeatedly acted as a defender of many ukrainian political prisoners in russia. with such a high result that the kremlin prepared for itself, 87%, a record, if i say that i am surprised, you will believe me, well, they could have been more modest somehow, you know, no, it really does not matter, it is obvious that this is a drawn figure, but if they were real it wouldn't make any difference to you and me anyway, uh and tell me, please, can it affect, well , excuse me, it can affect in a certain way the mood of those... who consider themselves a position

within russia, but it does not affect the overall picture at all, you understand what we all knew before these elections , if it is necessary at all, it can be called elections without quotes, that nothing will change, that putin will remain, that no one, not even a conditionally independent candidate, will be admitted to them, and those who demonstrated that they are some conditionally anti-war candidate or neutral candidates, well, this is such a trick... putin, which worked only for him, well, these are so obvious things that i don't even know where you could expect surishes during this procedure, this is a ritual, and it works like a ritual, once every six years , such a ceremony must be held to confirm that the guest is still relatively young, strong, vigorous, and so on, just like some people in some american tribe who... must

visit a palm tree every year to demonstrate that he is still able to be, to be this king, well, there are such rituals in v russia, just like that. that's how you can look at it, in my opinion. and what do you think about this campaign "polnden" against putin, as i remember, navalny also called for it, and it was one of his last political statements before his death, the idea is to come to the polling stations at the same time during the day, as a sign of protest, but many political commentators say that on the contrary it worked in putin's favor, or at least thanks to these people in the kremlin. was able to show a fairly high turnout? no, this is clearly not the case. actually, it, it didn't matter, neither plus nor minus for putin. i would still ask you to make it sound in our hearts, do not speak before navalny's death, because navalny was killed,

let's speak before and killed obviously by the personal order of vladimir putin, this should also be remembered when we we are talking about these two people. as exactly as a memory action, as such a certain action to express respect for oleksiy navalny, this action about people voting at the same time in kyde, well, in principle, it's fine, i don't see any negatives here, if you don't convince each other and above all, don't convince yourself that it has any other meaning. that this affects something, that this will cause putin some discomfort or will it demonstrate a lack of support and etc., well, this is already the introduction of sadomaniacs themselves, huh, and as a commemorative action,

that's it, in my opinion, it's basically enough positive story, i understood you one more question, how should the statement of the european union be understood? look, on the one hand, in europe they state that the elections are under occupation, they are worthless, their results are worthless, but on the other hand, in general, about the elections in russia, they say, yes, they are opaque, undemocratic, but nobody is questioning putin's legitimacy publicly, officially, so far , maybe it's just not the time yet, do you expect some sharp statements from the west, including possibly not recognizing putin as president, well first of all... there have already been statements , they have already been heard, to me, it seems to me , first of all, that such a small window is now opening for some countries to understand that not only the united states, but most likely not france, no, not germany, but

probably some countries, well, for example, this movement one of the countries, from the baltic countries, uh, could try to use exactly... this very situation, when putin loses the conditional legitimacy that he had from the previous elections, which were just as drawn, but at that time, well, let's say, they closed their eyes to this for certain reasons. now, if a country announces that it's closing its embassy in russia, well , that's basically a real, real act of not recognizing putin, because if you're announcing as a declaration that's so empty, what you... for example, you're not going to name putin president putin, and you will call him only putin, as it was recommended by officials from germany, yes, yes, well, it is not very serious if you close the embassy and cancel diplomatic relations, which in principle is such a difficult situation, uncomfortable,

unpleasant, they don't really like to take such drastic steps, but this is already a certain signal, if someone is found first, they will do so, then... maybe someone will reach out for them. if this doesn't happen in the next couple of months, well, it means that putin its conditional fake, and everyone understands that it is a fake legitimacy, but it retains something for a certain time. continued thank you very much, ilya, ilya novikov, lawyer. we talked about the results of the so-called, so-called elections in russia. so, vladimir putin is ready to continue his more than 20-year rule of russia. in a conversation with journalists. on the present time channel, leading psychiatrists explain how excessive power can affect the brain and what effect the desire to achieve has on the personality of political figures total control, look. vladimir putin has ruled russia for almost 2.5 decades.

some become addicted to tobacco, some to drugs, some become addicted to money. they say that the most difficult addiction... in the presidential elections in russia, which have just ended, putin is ready to get another six-year term in office, the russian opposition is practically forced. putin, who is 71 years old , tightly controls his country after 24 years in power. one of the dangers of such a long stay in power is that his inner circle narrowed we certainly saw this in the case of president putin. kenneth de cleva, a psychiatrist who helped the us government profile world leaders. we look at the brains of those who have been in power for decades. we look at how they... make decisions. there is some literature on the psychology of leadership that suggests

that older leaders, their thinking, their cognitive style, can become more rigid as they age, and this can happen more quickly in authoritarian societies. on the eve of a full-scale invasion of russia in ukraine in 2022, putin gathered his top security forces to approve his force plan. capture of a neighboring country. we met with you to discuss the situation in donbas. there are far more trends now that point to groupthink, with putin's entourage telling him what he wants to hear rather than what he needs to hear. this really manifested itself in the famous meeting that was broadcast on television when the war against ukraine was started. he with all his...

led to public humiliation, we saw as serhii naryshkin, the head of svr, was publicly humiliated when making a comment or asking a question. president putin. without any other perspective, it is easier for a leader to make miscalculations. some critics have called putin's invasion of ukraine a strategic miscalculation based on poor intelligence. when someone is given more power than they can handle, it has very... safe consequences, as their expectations will develop into a kind of megalomania, and

since these are pathological urges, they don't come from a healthy place. rule vladimir putin's rule in russia was characterized by increasingly brutal repression against the russian opposition. in the insane. to fulfill these unrealistic expectations, man goes to extremes, in other words, pursues others who can bring reality to his distorted picture of the world, wages wars to distract and destroy the population. after putin launched a full-scale invasion of ukraine, the kremlin leader's suppression and scheming reached an unprecedented level. if the leader wishes to have this level of power instead. of sharing it or delegating it, or even getting tired of it, then it can be said

that there is a greater possibility of some kind of violation, it is either an overcompensation of an inner feeling of inferiority, or a kind of aggression due to the need to control everything. given that putin is poised for a fifth term in power, he could stay until at least 2030, or a full three decades. as he approaches 80 years of age, putin may tighten his grip on russia even more, with estimates psychologists, an aging leader will only become more violent and isolated. that's all for today, subscribe to the radio liberty website, like this broadcast and see you tomorrow. there are discounts on helpex

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greetings, voice of america in ukraine, our program chas time. my name is ostap yarysh. european countries have questioned the legitimacy of the russian elections in which vladimir putin declared his victory. with for its part, the us added that there was nothing free or fair about the so-called elections in russia. this was stated by us national security adviser jake sullivan at a briefing. first, there was nothing unpredictable about the results of these elections because... putin closed the political space, suppressed political opponents, some of them died tragically, so there was nothing free or fair about these elections, and the result was

predetermined . second, the reality is that president putin is the president of russia, and we have to take that reality in context the war in ukraine and other aggression by russia, as well as in the context of any other steps that are against us national interests that we have already seen from this president. and from the russian federation under his leadership, and we continue to work with this reality, but this reality does not negate the fact that the past elections did not meet any criteria of freeness or fairness. the us embassy in kyiv also reacted to russia's holding of votes in the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine. crimea is ukraine, zaporozhye, kherson region, luhansk and donetsk are ukraine. the united states does not recognize and will never recognize. the results of fictitious elections held in the occupied ukrainian territories will be published, the embassy said. british defense minister granshaps said that putin stole another election, but he will not

steal ukraine. great britain will work with its allies to stop this thief, increasing collective support for ukraine, he wrote. the ministry of foreign affairs of germany said that the pseudo-elections in russia are neither free nor fair and their result does not surprise anyone. putin's rule is authoritarian. it relies on censorship. repression and violence. the so-called elections in the occupied territories of ukraine are invalid and are another violation of international law, berlin said. and more about how the world reacted to the so-called elections in russia, let's talk with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupan, who is now joining our broadcast. bohdan, i congratulate you. bohdan, so in what tone did they react to these votes in russia, european countries and, and did anyone from putin's democratic leaders with this election? ostap, i would first like to comment, from here in london, about how quickly the news about... the russian

elections, or rather an event that was difficult to determine what to call in many european countries, how quickly this, this news is fading away , is making headlines now in the british, national news, and i see in some european countries as well that these reports from russia are taking a back seat or a back seat to other international news. what regarding the reaction , well, first of all we have the statement of mr. joseph borel on behalf of the 27 countries of the european union, and she, this statement from the very beginning emphasizes that the elections took place in very limited conditions, which were exacerbated by russia's aggressive war against ukraine, also in this statement from

the european union, it is stated that the elections held by russia in the occupied ukrainian territories are considered invalid. however, in general, i would say that it is interesting to observe a certain, nevertheless, difference between different countries when it comes to here, you already mentioned germany's statement that these are pseudo-elections, there are british statements that are quite sharp, but maybe on... to russia, and maybe they feel the threat of what is happening there the most. here, for example, is the statement of the lithuanian minister of foreign affairs today. it certainly cannot be called. this is

a procedure that should be similar to an election. some might call it reassignment, without any legitimacy. i'm glad that people outside the political prison called russia can speak their mind opinion, like, for example, russians who voted in lithuania. only 3% of those who came to the russian embassy in vilnius voted for vladimir putin, the others decided to either spoil the ballot or... vote for any other candidate, so obviously in this atmosphere of lack of freedom, there can be no elections. that's what i want to ask you, bohdan, too, you know, the russian opposition, we know, tried to stage a protest by appearing at noon at the polling stations and thus, as it were, to demonstrate their disagreement with these elections, however, the kremlin eventually thanked those who showed up at the polling stations and said that this only increased the turnout. what

was the essence of this protest then? well, actually the russian opposition called on russians to come out and protest in this way, but really the queues that formed on the last day of voting at noon, in particular, for example, here in london or in berlin, in other european countries, looked mostly like places, there were cries, there were slogans , but mostly it looked like just a queue to vote in russian elections, and that's exactly how it was served. in particular, in the kremlin as a manifestation of activity, and here in london, a representative of one of the analytical centers, the director of this very center told me in a conversation that this actually indicates the weakness of the russian position, in particular, the russian position in the diaspora? in general, if we talk about the russian opposition, of course, it seems

to me that most of us... know that the russian opposition is divided, it is weak, putin's tactics, which he applies to the west and even to ukraine, from the beginning of independence, to ukrainian elites, as well as before opposition forces in russia, divide and conquer, it works very effectively, everyone somehow holds on to their island of influence for their voters, and their so-so... cohort and community, so they do not manage to organize anything so powerful and rally around one leader, one force, and even the late oleksiy navalny was never this force, so this is all they could do, only to call at 12 o'clock to come and show at least some disagreement, and in general, of course, the elections from the point of view of the opposition's activities. .