the the while the town town is on, we on mirroring the finish line on process 2024 presidential election. we sure it is day 3. and as you may have noticed, a light tub come on, just a few hours, less for people to go to the polls, to vote in the next president of the world's biggest. and as we look forward to that, the turn always of eligible voters just to tell you, had surpassed the 73 percent been pulling stationed open as i say, for at 2 more hours in the west of the country. preliminary results are expected soon after the last of the ballots boots, clothes. why? in the meantime, in the russian city of belgrade,

that has been an attack for the 2nd time today alone. as a teenage, our goal is killed in the strike local say, though that the dangers will not to tell them from voting and fish landmarks alexis considering the 10th situation, the feeling of fear was still present. today i gathered all my civic responsibility, courage, perseverance, and pride in russia into a fist and came to the post the as well, no mistakes, and yet we are in moscow and case you didn't recognize the red squares right behind us. those are the rules of a mistake of bull crap. then basically there is no batch of spot to count down the hours until we find out who leads this enormous country for the next 6 years. that

row 11 time zones, the world's biggest nation, all through 4 of the waves of territory. so we will be here and all special special studio as well. the updates come in and we're bringing all correspondence analysis . we bought everything lined up to you. yeah. for the last 3 days, people have been going to the polls from early in the morning until the evening, night sky on a soft sky essays. we will be here giving you the very updates from at pundits from politicians. and i'm sure we'll be hearing from the public a like as well. and okay, well let's get stuck into just what is happening at because when we're talking about at the turn, not that that is one of the crucial questions here. i'm at 73 percent of the people eligible to vote. those aged and have done so. that is $18000000.00 russians have cost at their vote. and you know, it's a difficult pilot this year because it's happening at

a time all of the military operation occurring. people in those regions, seeing their vote, having their say for the very 1st time as well. so that i'm sure is a big plus and those rates will be hearing will be giving up who's who, who's voted in those regions. what they are looking for more than others as well. but in the meantime, let us cross 5 to an r t correspondence. charlotte do been sky, who's up the central electoral commission, head quarters, and charlotte, a prelim results will be a nice in a few hours. i imagine it is live the because the build up is well and truly beginning, isn't it? that's why it is a huge one. live of activity here at the headquarters of the electoral commission. they have go unable to use a panel up says letting everybody know what the latest details off coming from the votes. one stood in front of right now, even is this incredible screen that is showing voting. that's taking place,

still taking place across the russian federation as you were mentioning the 11 time zone. so some of the voting has already ended because the voting and loosely at 8 pm in each of those times, those people are still turning up at the polls. most really interesting is we're seeing when the pole thing stations are closing down and that's that being substituted by new videos that are coming in. so it's really interesting to see the people going in and making them mocks and voting. and just the fun fact about this live stream, there are more than 50000 of these across the russian federation, the pool being organized by the central election commission, who basically run the elections here in russia. now this is an election that is full of 1st, not only is it the 1st election that's being held over 3 days in the russian federation. but it's also the 1st election where the fuel you'd incorporated regions would be able to,

has been voting over the last few days. it's also the 1st presidential election since the russian constitution was amended back in 2020, which is allowed to see him come to the present of letting me pretend to stand against him. what would be an unprecedented space to him as president of the russian federation? we've coast don't know what the result is. we're waiting. so for the voting to end of the voting was finally ended until around 9 o'clock, losing time. he and most could not because waiting for the polls, not just a most coax, i'd seen a close. well, over 5000000 people are due to cash the pilots, but also in coming in cried as well. you mentioned that the 2 ninety's around 7273 percent of the moment to give you a sense of just a magic the selection. is there a $150000000.00 people who are eligible to vote in this russian election? it is a shuttle most task to organize this, not just across the territory itself,

but also in embassies around the world, allowing russian citizens to participate in this selection to vote. so that can do that well. there are full candidates that they can choose from. and we will be finding out, we think fairly close of to 9 pm local time here in most folks who is predicted to win that race high to an up already that's likely to rise in the next few hours. and of course, we will be bringing you all the information about the selection about the end up for both to, to not as well as who is predicted to win this way. so we know that whoever wins it has to get you more than 50 percent of the boat. otherwise it will go to a 2nd ballot, but we will be keeping you updated here. awesome. when the information comes as a chest, the chest? jessica shawna. thank you very much and very interesting. in the charlotte dubin ski there from the central electoral commission, the headquarters giving us

a sense of that as a clock at goes done. and we get to the end of these 3 day, the 1st ever 3 day booting period in a presidential election here in russia. a well nationwide to pose happy open from 8 am to 8 pm. we know that so we thought about an hour until the most europeans to see and rush reports come in and grab the back closes. so we pretty off up the final stretch. the eastern regions off of course, besides 11 times and they have wrapped up that vote in those with the pacific coast view. they finished off about 8 hours ago. they are living in the future assistance in the west of bucks that still like i said, have a bit more time to cost that. so of course, like you had mentioned, this is the 1st time that a presidential but will be taking place in the nations for new regions which joined by referendum in september 2022. that is,

despite living onto the threat of ukrainian attacks in the public things wrapped up a bit earlier than the rest at 3 pm local time. and i was ready for safety reasons just as they also introduced on the 1st thing for safety reasons to some of these are the still frontline areas. don't forget the turnout, the ended up supposing 88 percent. and i do want to get into that with guess as to why that might be, because i think we'll see a very similar picture and quite math. there was no help there save in the absolutely really did at the russian city of belgrade. by the way, it's been a trouble spots, and for the last number of weeks it's seeing attacks from ukraine forces today at no different. it was twice hit over the last day of voting to people killed at another 12 people were wounded. now, just to give you a sense of what's being happened, you can see in our screens at a residential neighborhood, it took a direct hits, a fire, rusted in

a building emergency personnel rushed to the scene and had been removing on the ex loaded shells. teenage girl was among those killed lord ti producer margaret made. but shy if he sent us this report with the latest. this is the 2nd slide from the city for the day. the thing is ago, 16 year old girl and her father was hit by you. queen anne miller spoke of gold was going to live in her house while her father was concussion was delivered to the hospital. i'm actually in the very middle of billed for the city. me around me are just residential buildings houses right behind me. you can see flaming building. just 2 walks away. the keys in the garden is located. this is a component list of your civilian era mil military targets can be located here. the russian ministry of defense published an amount of loss as you create inside has suffered. it's $6565.00 dead soldiers and few altura systems. it is the 3rd day of

fresh provincial election. some people see it and tells us even now on the show. and we think that the only the, the main thing they can do is to fulfill the civic, the civic duty to bill. and to vote. nothing is on that one, cause that which is perfect through loss of emotions. considering the 10 situation, the feeling of fear was still present. to day i gathered all my civic responsibility, courage, perseverance, and pride in russia into a fist and came to the pose. i have fulfilled my civic duty. it was scary to go because of the situation. i listened. there were no sirens and went to luna. i always go to the polls. i haven't missed a single vote. i decided to go because the future depends on me. i had to vote for the presidential candidate. i'm glad i didn't. this is the so they are for us with the presidential elections like final. they are for us print presidential elections

the last day when people can vote. but despite the freight they are willing to, so if they are willing to decide future a while, we are joined by a nova guest in the studio at this hour, your an overachiever middle, the not as well. i'm going to have to look at best. the types, so not only all your costs are for an upside, but in the selection, but you are the head of the, your pin integration, department of administrative industry, energy and mining of the government of republic of steps, government of a pilots. thank you so much for joining us on the 1st thing i have to ask you, of course, i mean this is an enormous selection. a large, an extra 112000000 people, tens of thousands opponent stations. you come head to south one of over 1000 people from a 129 nations. and international organizations are really just want to get, you'll sense of the impression that you got from the posing stations that you've been and how it will somebody to how it can pass to an extra fee perception of last a good evening. my name is william bell, which as you del, uh before,

i'm here at the present. the 2 of my never meant managed with energy and mining. and i work in my ministers and handled the pot and for the parents innovation, i had the opportunity to be a international observer in presidential elections in 2018. also, i had the opportunity to be set on time and observe it in my country. and competing with a sufficient before 6 years since now, everything gives one was the same. but generally speaking, i'm really impressed. also my colleagues uh retort drive. it's then the very best buy uh, all system off the left seat in the russian federation. also specially with your equipment that's for us very, very, very exciting to see the, the, the, the huge, the kite site, big, big knology who is

a lot of as to who the no, not, that's the, that's the only one. yeah. because this is the 1st time voting on line and a presidential election has taken place here as well. and one thing that is happening here during an election that doesn't really happen in other elections around the world, sometimes is people going to the polling station and being attacked that that is happening in belgrade. at 2 people were killed at today by multiple at ukrainian shells. why do we think it's that it looks to be key of directly trying to impact the election? why do you think he is trying to perhaps stop people having their, their democratic se, in this case, it's very sensitive, but generally speaking, i do not support anybody who is able to use the power to stop

some the right to democratic good or right to vote. and to, to choose the representative in the, in the country. but the, i didn't the code for, for these because we, i hear you most go, i didn't during my visit to you and i didn't hear before, but i'm, i'm not, i don't support these kinds of there. can i ask you, i mean, obviously you have got one up on us. you've been to the pony stations. i have not. i'm, when you look at the demographic of the people who are coming in, one likes to think that people are more engaged than other young people as well. they really want to have a say in the future, and i'm not talking just in russia, but also we think people going out onto the streets and protesting all of that as a sign of someone being politically excited. did you get that from when you were observing? i had the opportunity to visit more than 15 election points. i didn't see these kind of have to do with this. everything all was very,

very well organized and people postponed and everything is under control. i didn't see any, any other uh, either go with this. i was just your, you talked about the, the technical parts of this election. now that, that impressed you. is it the online voting what, what else up by the selection has been as being remarkable for you? yes. also the online, the, the opportunity to, to vote it's very, very important because on the, to be, you can call to say, to give everybody the chance to was how to roll it. because even even haven't countries, the same young people are not too interested in to go on elect the points, but it's easier to use internet and send their thoughts. are that especially in the country such as russia, which some parts of so remote to you're talking about the artic levels to the far east. 11 times though is, is, it may be surprising. that's

a presidential vote such as this is taking place over 3 days for the 1st time that it hasn't happened before because it's such a big boss there. yeah. for the last time it was only one day and we since 3 days since i can understand it, you are the most, the, the biggest come to you in the world and 11 time zones. it's, it's, it's not possible to say uh, and conduct each, every moment. everything gets better to use that to have 2 or 3 days for these kind of extra period. why do you and also just one final thing, if i could, we bought a very high turnouts, a 3rd to turn out this year. why do you think to this? what do you think is the reason behind that people just more interested in politics than they used to be? yeah. but probably because your face to be, to be to she would you, uh, i'm fucking from my, from my point of view there too,

and face speak to very global also other other cons. so face to be to the global changes. and people probably of feel that it's their duty to use these kinds of opportunity to vote and to protect themselves and also the other people in the country. just finally, finally, one of the small point, the reaction to this election. it was cold by a lot of western governments before the election even happened, it was dismissed, it was called, it's rig, whatever, whatever has that disappointed you, that the reaction it's just going to be one way. despite what happens. i would like to send one message, maybe it's better to see on the, on the, on the spots to see everything you by do i so not just to you was some kind of information and all the different sources because non,

i'm here and i so by my eyes, every, every part of the election starts and i'm really satisfied and i will tell you not only on this david, but to on although the fight which has opened unity to, to, to be integers. thank you so much for coming and sharing your view with this one of the multiple foreign observers monitoring the election and the on few links. thank you so much. take care. we all very great feel what we also want to talk about all the different times. that's there, and also there for people who are in the race for that top job in russia semester. so a little bit about them before with joint done by correspondence or the different policy hubs. starting off, of course, the incumbent head of state brought him into to a sub within the countries leadership really since the ton of the 21st century in 1999, he is founding as an independent the all the 3 candidates you can see on your screen so currently national lawmakers, they all represent different policy. so 1st up,

you can see brought us up doubling costs of the new people's party. he's a veteran, russian businessman, the next to him to the right on your screen to be on it slootsky, who now leads the liberal democratic policy. he was actually previously the country done void to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe. sir, no stranger to politics and bringing up the rear that we have new chloe. how are a ton of, from russia's in during the popular communist policy? well, uh, well i, like i said, i promise you that we will be bringing you correspondence from all the various parts of the city. we have bought them lined up for you. and what we're going to do now is possible. we're going to be joined by shay bows. say, can you hear me? the yes us give loud and clear the excellent. it's good. the technology is not fading. awesome. just personal moment.

so joining us now shapers all correspondent who is in dublin cops, a at a total headquarters in moscow called physical. it's an interesting one, he's the youngest candidate. he says, i'm going to be fresh space. the russia needs. what kind of vibe be you getting the do you think that his supportive feel that this might be the chance to okay, maybe not take the top job but maybe overtakes the communists who usually come in around seconds. yeah that's, that's the key point is the task. yeah. i mean the gulf is a young man, he's a 40 year old man. he, you know, he's an outlaw or in that sense that he's not a, necessarily a political veteran. but he has a really interesting ideas around development about developing rushes, fast natural resources about connecting the outlying regions of russia with the center, developing that mass of nash, not a natural resource that russia has own rival, the biggest quantity in the world. but also the biggest low cost of $3.00 of

natural wealth energy. but also he's connecting and shooting into the news. he's been involved in very innovative schemes to kick start at entrepreneurialism to give kids in schools and university opportunity to start micro businesses, etc. and he's focused on developing rushes education system, which is quite strong as it stands, but also infrastructural issues. but matter to ordinary russians like a good health care system, transport systems. and i mean, i think these are things that have really hit a note they've resonated with ordinary russians and around us here. tonight, the sense is definitely one of excitement that again, of course this is a huge country and the ability to exercise the democratic monday by peoples accepts the important to you as you remember saying. so i think he's june into something new. he's a fresh face, he's a younger man. he's or you know that much of a rapid sort of campaign. he was up, but for him this morning, headed to small ends to vote in his own old school. he's come back to me last week

. arrived here, and we're hoping to speak to him now and later on and bring you some of that when we do put some questions to him. but again, he definitely seems to have a fresher uh, more lively sort of attitude. and he seemed, he wants to sort of connect with the youth he wants to connect with people he wants to build a life in russia. and as russia grow was it's, you know, vast network of business and relationships in the global sales with bricks. there's something very special about his message about developing rushes, vast capabilities in education, health care, and a wider, so the energy space as well. so very interesting candidates, us get well, it'll be very interesting to look at what became manages to drawer in the young crowd. and also there's maybe have some reservations about the war in ukraine because he has previously called on them. he's kind of puts it at himself as a pro piece of time to that that will shape those. joining us from lots of

government calls headquarters in downtown. okay. yeah. so that's a, that's the new comer really into national politics. somebody who's being around the block is that, well, it's the sweeney house. he's our correspondent for sure, but also as a liberal democratic party kind of leaving it at slootsky. again, in a similar at the point, essentially he's going to want to finish a strong at 2nd here. what's the expectation done at hate q? there is the yes. so here in the headquarters of landlord slootsky in the russian capital must go in the 3rd and final day of poland. now the mood here is quite honestly the man himself just minutes. the guy won't cost us and gave us a wave on a small so he's feeding rolled up we've just minutes ago. he addressed the media and some of his activities that is headquarters. and he said that he's very happy with how his campaign went. and the said to me that there was

a lot of positive feedback and he was happy with the turn not on the people that promised to vote for the support will broil the way the of our, the election process. he condemned the publications. but you said in the wake of both the attacks in belgrade and the attempts of various very small number of holding stations to disrupt that process. he said that the people of russia will still exercise the democratic vote and they won't be deterred from doing so. that he also spoke about the difficult times facing a rush, of course, in the context of these special ministry operation on the sanctions imposed by a number of western countries. and he said that he is at times like this, the russia really comes together when you see how he knighted this vast country where he is. he spoke about the international election observers and he said that, you know, he's spoken to many of them under, they've observed posing stations that came across the country, including those new the new territories of the recently incorporated into the

russian federation. voting for the 1st time and he said that they have not supported any violations of the, at the election process itself has been a tons problem and a smooth. now of course, most key himself is a veteran politician and experience. politician. he was elected to the state duma in 1999 back in 20. 14 is believed he was the 1st russian politician that was sanctioned by the apalmer administration. and the often most of the crime, the independence of folks. now he was part of the go shaking team, the russian negotiate thing, a team in the often moss and the very 1st few weeks of the special minutes we operate. now of course, he's not expecting to win. in fact, in an interview with reading the most, the he said he doesn't dream of eating. lot of a person who we described as the world's most intellectual politician. his main priority is victory and the special minute to opperation. but of course, that smooths running all of the democratic process in the country. now,

if the pole was a correct, he's going to come in, but something around the full percent off. that's what they're expecting have. and of course, we'll know those results, or at least the preliminary results, the exit polls within the next 3 or 4 hours was a very interesting time for flip sees the straight skis policy because this is the fast election that they will be having at this level without, of course the leader who's being at the helm. sure enough. the, the how many? yes. so, i mean a very called for individual, but also of thought prophetic mind, which i really hope that we get a chance to discuss these fascinating figures. but that was that steve, so we know joining us from slips to the head of the liberal democratic party running for president, joining us from the head with this. thank you steve. all right, earlier in the day we heard from the best friend political level as dimitry, bob attorney very much is veteran. he was telling us his 1st election. he remembers is 1980 at 9 at just as the soviet union was becoming and rushed here shortly.

afterward. this is his view on the foreign narrative surrounding the 2024 russian presidential election. uh, i think uh, put in the deals to the russian. people directly and he corresponds to a southern ideal to a southern peak chair, or an ideal statement that russians have. he is not a lawful as a boris yeltsin or what a bunch of sometimes where and she changed. i think fortune that we have now is very different from fortune that we've had between the year to solve. sometimes the to 1000 age is for us to with drums in for. and she is very different from the one who returned to power off to mid vegas presidency in 2012. it's a very symbolic that we have to they, they university. ok, me is the unification with rush, a new one who was in great me at the time. anyone who watch television can testify

. the people who are genuinely happy. i mean, read the western press of the nineties and the 2 thousands they will write, you know, people in the crimea, a russians, they want to be with russia. what is that? what is the, the situation as regards this phone? because i've heard you say before, it's more of a possible a plebiscite. exact on an actual at presidential vote. of course we'll have a president at the end of it. what is it a photo as well and how successful people think, flooding or putting has, has done with our lives where we are executive, right? uh, basically when the foreign media says, oh, there is no choice. that's not true. the people who oppose, ah, the really transactional russia who called themselves and to war, they can vote for donald nicole if you know that on both quote, for immediate negotiations, he endorsed the can. so it kind of this, your motors and ideas and whom the west left so much people may just vote for

someone else. uh, i voted for what you know, explain what i was persuaded by the for dish for administer. roddic sikorsky speaking say atlantic call. so i think 2 weeks ago she said o m is to remove function and when she was asked, but maybe put in success is going to be one horse for you. maybe he's going to be someone hash that is no communist. sikorsky responded. that's not important. she woke up last fall despite was important and that means you'll be less of a problem for us for their lives to resistance then from project. and then i ask myself, do i want to be a problem for? i think 6, most people have one trash which would be appropriate for us. the products of course. and the answer is yes. why should you care of i want to be appropriate for are they sick? was giving everybody available for both of them because she has the power to resist . and that's why so many people voted football. well, we are spoiled for choice here because to meet you bob beach has left us. but in

our case, very, very lucky because we have been joined now by political commentator on a course host of cheese, welts, politics, and boy, i'm good to be with you guys. for you to tell me, i'm going to go in for the kill with the question. so we saw last year, europe's top rights party, and approved a resolution that said it's not him to pretend when some of the selections, they will consider it an illegitimate victory. they will not recognize him and they will civil contact with him except for on issues of humanitarian. i mean, do we think we can expect something as dramatic as that you'll smiling so i feel that your reaction is, well, i'm smiling because at this point there's almost no contact, defend the rest of the storage is into europe, and the 3rd is on the political implementing level, so this is pretty much irrelevant, but the issue are, you are raising is a very key one. the issue of legitimacy because this year is a key, critical not only for russian electrical system, but pretty much for people around the world. because more than 4000000000 people.