kenesha is spelled out of the deal as you think, gains a sweeping, big 3 in the russian presidential elections for loving his son for another 6 years . while he's opposing tons, a secured, less than 5 percent of us. indeed. and the size of both the turn out for the 3 day presidential election, come in at 73 percent with the polls close, the cabinet follows being counted full. so meanwhile, the info. numerous of tax while you trade in forces on the polar stations, the local authorities have something to protect the people and the people. i'm not

the 3rd and still came out. but considering the tense 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 pose the while a very welcome to you from a special election studio here in the very heart of most there you can see the kremlin right behind it is a extra special is for this time of the year and he's looking like blood to my parents and they didn't. so i took the landslide victory with bass, the landmark election with 87.24 percent of the voters. that's according to the preliminary results, would have been 90 percent of the pilots now counted as it's looking like

a done deal like it does, it, does it say the name is anita the voted to him out. reported to be around 73 percent. make you, i mean, by the way, puts in, clearly have them very strongly in a country where the people of russia supposed to know the communist party candidate is in 2nd little, much 4.3 percent. be funded by the new peoples policy kind of it's 7 called with slightly under both of that and then so it's fee of a liberal democratic policy with 3 percent habits as well. the to the now for the 3 day, as we know is 73 percent was what was said in the headlines. the that has been some intimidation towards some of the voters. with some you creating a tax on those posing stations. the speaking at a press conference earlier, vladimir putin said that there was a tax during the post did not intimidate the russian versus a database to just get the despite the terrorist attacks. and you and i already

know this, well, the citizens living in these territories have shown not just civic majority. they show coverage and continued to show it. no one as i thought, assumed and said recently, no one intimidated them. and it is impossible to intimidate out people. there are turnouts, both in the new territories. and in the border areas, the turn out is even higher than in the rest of the country. it's simply a response from the people to the actions, trying to intimidate them. those who do it, don't understand who they're dealing with. but in part, maybe it's a good thing that they don't understand. because in this case, of course, they will be defeated. now they are trying, again, trying to get somewhere there to enter. they were destroyed. almost 100 percent of them were destroyed. they moved forward by 100 meters. 25 tanks were destroyed. the enemy has concentrated a group of around $5000.00 in the border area. not directly on the state borderline but somewhere in their immediate rear. but the overall loss is about 40 percent of

these about 35 percent r, irrevocable, $25.00 tanks, dozens of armored vehicles and so on. if they like it that way, then in principle, it suits us because they mindlessly attack. it's such a meat grinder for them, it's even beneficial for us, let them try. no, he did focus heavily on the military operation in ukraine because a fool, even though he has schooled a landslide victory here in russia, in the so called new regions, is that have just recently become part of the country that he's figures in the 90 percent territory like and then that's gonna look guns, republics, for example, and vladimir putin, the russian leader has well made it very explicit that he realizes what it means that he realizes that people are happy that they are approving of the fact that a lot of my booty decided to take this step and defend them and send the russian army to defend them against the key of regime. and so he realizes the badge and that it puts on his shoulders at the same time,

the voting in the russian border regions. and i'm talking about the border with human brain, very happened to the tune of terrorist attacks that how well they range from terrace trying to reach and to, to and then to russian, tad for you to just real emphasis showings, terry showings of strict disability in areas in towns like the town of belgrade and flight, i'm approved and he did not say explicitly, but he did do kind of hinted at the fact that the, if these showings continue, if you crane continues in this with its terrorist ways than well, a time will come when russia will have to create a buffer zone, he, again, he abstained from saying that russia would have to grab any more land, for example, in the heart of the region which borders the russian belgrade region. but he did say that the need for this buffer his own. no, well, it is growing by his in minutes. he also talked about internal russian affairs. he

talked about his political opponents and his vision full rush at the same time, let him approved. he was confronted by western journalist by an american journalist with a question about the death of alexi, nevada, a political figure in no position figured who in the west, many viewed as of latimer pollutants, key political opponents expect to go. it was a few days before mister nobility passed away. some colleagues told me not administration officials. some people said there was an idea to exchange mister invalid me for some people who are in prison in western countries. you can believe me or not. the person who spoke to me had barely finished his sentence, but i said, i agree. but unfortunately what happened happened only on one condition that we exchange him so that he doesn't come back, let him sit there, that's all. but it happens. there's nothing one can do about it, that's how life is. if you want to know my opinion on whether our elections are democratic or not, i think they are democratic. conversely, in some countries, for example, in your country,

can it be considered democratic to use an administrative resource? in order to attack one of the candidates for president of the united states, including using judicial authorities, we have no preference for any of the candidates for president of the united states of america. we will work with whoever the voters trust, but the use of administrative resources, the judicial system. it's just become ridiculous and a disgrace to the whole world for the united states and for your democratic so called in quotes system. i have every reason to believe that we do not see any democracy, at least during the electoral processes and some western countries, including the united states today, therefore accept the return of please. 12 foreign relations came into focus as well . and especially russia's ties with china. vladimir put the stress, the cordial nature of relations, and he made it very, very apparent that he is intending to stay on this course and to, to continue to strengthen the ties between the most cool and big ging. at the same

time, a lot of my food and also acknowledge the fact that the western partners they have been doing their best to. right. so the internal political situation in russia, in fact, this was something that russian politicians of various colors had been cooling at the western partners out about and likely the russian for administer. sir gil laboratories, accusing, openly, accusing west the diplomats of taking steps towards meddling in rushes at internal affairs. this was something that i asked vladimir putting about because of the rules. after all these efforts, he gets this mass of land slide when even bigger than during the previous elections . so i asked him if he believes weston powers would draw any conclusions out of the situation that the old, the f, it's terribly, terribly backfired for them to reception. after all, these are not completely stupid people sitting in all the institutions that have been working against our country for decades. do you know what their problem is?

in my opinion, it lies in the fact that after the collapse of the soviet union, there were a very large number of specialists on the soviet union who could not do anything else, but fight the soviet union. and then with the rush of that arose in part of the territory. so they begin to convince their political leadership and the public of their countries that they need to continue finishing, rush off, and in such a way that they themselves will not be left without a job. but still new generations of specialists are coming. they realistically assess the events taking place. i think they will be more sophisticated, but they will not change their goals with regard to russia. paula, the media conference was rather expensive and lengthy, but after you wrapped up with john, let's how to john. so to pick the brain of nature, bas corvil, who was the spokesman for the russian president. and he revealed that vladimir putin does not intend to celebrate simply because he has no time to do so. his schedule is passed and he already has several meetings planned, including the meeting with the russians, military leadership at the same time,

he reveals that they are working on a for, and the visit on a, for in trip for a russian president. he hasn't had too many of those that are in the past. in the past few years, he even went as far as saying that the know what country vladimir putin is set to travel to. but he's still just short of revealing the name of the country. we will, of course, we'll have a to see but let him approved and of course he has 6 years as ahead of him as president. so he has a new tab and with the new figures of support, with the growing support he's bound to keep the country on the course, he has received confirmation that the nation is very approving of what he's doing. so he will carry on doing so. but maybe with renewed vigor as well, with 90 percent of the bows. now, townsend, the results are looking for the clear, but the counting continues at the electoral commission. i'll correspond to install

or do ben sky was that they had quoted the kicking on things of what we've been seeing here at the headquarters of the central electrician commission. just behind me is these are who are we have seen as the voting was close to me to the regions of the screens going great and then they've been replaced by influencing elsewhere . not because these all surveillance cameras inside the places where people are boosting some 50000 to move these being an operation over the last 3 days to allow people to have a butare view of what's going on all across russia's regions where people are voting not just posting, of course, in the 11 time zones that russia has as expansive country, but also people have been voting in embassies around the world. russian citizens making their voices heard in this election is also uh, being uh, people voting electronically. they've been able to register for that since january

of this year. and that apparently is the system that has been the hate. we've actually heard from the chairperson olds. the central election commission deals with, with russia has made its choice. the votes are being counted all over the country with respect to all necessary standards under cameras. in the presence of observers, from parties and candidates, international observers and expert, this was, this is the most crucial moment to the result of all our work. so $150000000.00 russians almost were registered to vote, and we know that the turn out is around 73 percent. that means, or an 80000000 people have been casting that votes over the last 3 days. and that is just incredible. and it gives you a sense, it's really how big this operation is. this is an election. there's not many 1st as well, and these opposed to will go down in history. not only is it the 1st election is taking place in 3 days in a presidential election. it's the 1st presidential election since the russian

constitution was amended back in 2020 and not as a lot of the company president block made present to run for a face time. in addition to that, this is the 1st presidential election that is including the for nearly incorporated regions, interruption. golf course. voting has been taking place over the last 3 days. that really is quite important because it shows the gauge when the russian citizens in this presidential election and who potentially they want to see run the country for the next 6 years during the election process was the many regions in the border regions all russia for ukrainian attempts of to disrupt the processing facts, but we spoke to the governor of this after rogia region. he said old moses would take him to protect the people and that did not. it said them from coming out. so that considering the situation that we are facing,

we have the installs bags on the polling stations that helped us to save the following stations from the enemy prison. so we use the gnats and you can to go to the top and of each of drones from the not doing any damage to the point station. and mainly we did g n, a very hard work to instruct to 3 of the members. so the election commission, they knew how to act in case of any emergency needs. we had the police officers arose. do i do wait in the city national guard in the fibers with jessica to all the necessary naturalist considering that competence is that we have that labor taken. this wasn't a due diligence because i get it resolved. and now we can say that all the attempts of the enemy sailed stops and political figures in uh the wes, i'm talking about the un general secretary, also want to be west of nation japan. the probably the, probably minnesota. i suggested that they would not consider the vote in

the don't boss in the approach that in house on to be legitimate because it's contrary to international little so it doesn't seem that they will accept the results and the will of the people that i'm the same question i want to ask you as i always felt themselves or does it matter to you does not. but any significance on you in the future that you envision full software or just watch the play do. 4th is a barrage here. reach an important that the people of this upper once you have regions to for. so watch what is they are a contribution to what is happening. okay, what do you do? they have a new ride to you journey? a salesman. yeah. do they have any ride to meet you to spear? which pretty is right, so the present themselves as aiming experts. they should come here and see things for once a yard, with their own eyes facilities to get them to a mind, a sandwich,

or in the least a couple hours being the, it, the privacy is up on these are you now just getting shot more and we are always saying things that normally only favorable for the ruling elite, so we do not work, you'd sit late in our life. so what, no trip and no, cuz we chose that burrell way. there is sort of special garden that he's or is co ups and all the ras, as the only things that they are doing here is a move escalating things relating more or less providing, supplying needs styles, supplying towers his hand. and as soon as it keeps the oldest, meet silas old lives bombs. nation are being part of the facts and lessons for us to challenge that on these materials that are feeling are at people killing children, destroying our infrastructure. do i care about their in pain in? i do not use them. i don't care a secret knowledge why they have to say so we are going to less builders to develop our lead to. to many people is understood the malware in malware,

land and russian. how were we made our charlie's? and they can put their opinion named back into their wallets and into their pockets . now several leaders of the global south have already come out. i'm congratulated, present, put in little book, the counts, the slipping, or the votes. and i say that a still being counted and also we, so it's a to read the she was, she just told us really why the, these, the global south countries i'm moving away from the west. las vegas. a global south has made it clear that they've had enough of the western hedge a many you know, and they've made it clear in very many ways, but also between, you know, what's going on and gaza between ukraine. they're, they're done and they're done with being bullied, frankly, by the us and the multi, you know, cool crews that have happened in south america in different countries. um, so they definitely sending a message so that they're interested in some of the alliance. is that

a for me like the brakes and many of the countries have joins. and so yeah, it's that you definitely see a movement towards the east. how do you see things playing out in the coming days? now the blue bit that you know about the uprooting, it looks likely to be in office for another 6 years. how do you think things like going to, how the world's going to change? i think it's going to change in the direction of what you just said with multi polar powers. you know, the us, if they want to remain a super power. uh they have to get on that board with multi power instead of the unit power you. because right now the us and the great britain really want to hold on to that. and they've been doing everything desperately. they can, including starting, you know, what they're trying to do in the middle east and provoking around and, and you know, other things and what they're doing because of. so these, unless worst people are weary of them, they're done with some people want economic stability. they want, you know, something for the future for their children and their grandchildren. so yeah,

they're looking east and president putin is been presenting a more innovative future oriented view. um that's more interested in diplomacy and economic ties. um, so, you know, we'll see. but i think that's the future. yeah. is the message or of working together rather than having more leading power. let's doing adult compare and comparison. you were talking earlier about at the us election and, and how approval ratings a riley this high for west and leaders. so do you think that is, what do you think president pigeon has a high approval rates in compared to precedence like vitamin or the re she's through that go if i'm a chrome, well, you know from what i can observe, you know, a president clinton has done a good job about raising the russian people to from poverty in the ninety's and you know, the disarray that was happening during that time with a false union to bringing forward a working class and

a middle class that is doing well. so you have young people that a able to afford education, medical care apartments, you know, flats, houses, and when you have that vibrant working force like you're seeing, and russia and innovation and all the building that they're doing with their own infrastructure. you know, if you really is a positive for so he, he has been very focused on the russian people, you know, unfortunately in america and i can't speak for great britain. but in america, our politicians are interested in lining their pockets, unfortunately, and money and power. but in russia, what i've noticed is that president prudent is interested in what the people want, and they know that, and that's why you have such, i approval rating during our special coverage. all the election of caused by the correspondence of all over the shop covering every angle, including at every content as headquarters, early as ask you taylor. and even though neil spoke to each of them, well, i'm here at the election headquarters of the central committee for the russian

communist party. and at this point uh most people have already actually filed out of here. but there was a press conference that was held after about 50 percent of the votes were counted and there wasn't much said actually about whether they were disappointed or happy about the results or about the results at all. it was mostly about the program that the parties been putting forward in these elections that goes over essentially the main points being progressive income tax, something that russia doesn't have right now. nationalization of the countries, mineral resources, piper, investment into heavy industry and agriculture. raising the re, uh the minimum wage and lowering the retirement age. these are just some of the things that were discussed at this press conference and based on what i've seen here, actually people haven't really seen that disappointed. it seems kind of like the communist party as long had its position is number 2, whether that's a 20 percent, whether that's at 5 percent. the communist party seems to be content with having

its position as 2nd. of course we are as we're looking at the statistics as they are now with over half of the votes counted, the communist party is still in 2nd place, although the new people's party is in a very close 3rd. yeah, definitely. sounds like the new people hot on the heels of the communist, who probably it'd be hoping for a kind of traditional 2nd place runner up. i mean, she, you'll the, your, it doesn't cope's election headquarters? i would imagine. i mean, look, it's not about showing for the, it's not itself doesn't cost incredibly young. no real political experience. a fresh face came on to the scene headed up this new policy or give it a spin on look, keys are ready at the moment and start place. it's important that we remember vitamin is amount of his time. he was born in the soviet union. he came through the, the, the russian secret service, if you like, is an exceptionally soviets background if you like,

and come with the outcome with the amount of time the russian people have spoken. they know who they want in charge of rush and this time of real adversity put in the background. you've got older people at different leaders. and this gentleman here tonight is certainly looking like one of those people a knew people's part. do you remember the demographic of the people who were only providing more people to the communist party and many of them would be older people, maybe certainly in their forties, so would have a one toe in the soviet union and would have this affection as was mentioned earlier for the soviet you but the new people's party to me talking to them tonight talking to the leader of the party himself, who gave me a thumbs up at moments ago as he walked by the you get a sense that there's a new feeling and will show that this new burgeoning russian middle class people are, aren't afraid anymore to say, look, we want good education, good transport. thinking in some ways i do, you know, reflecting these sanctions which the west has in

a boomerang sense deployed against russia. and they have come back to damage the german economy, the old engine of european union that they've damaged to the potential of europe's amount of fracturing base, as we see with the conflict and ukraine ship. thanks so much. let's cross to steve sweeney. steve's at the headquarters of the l. d. p r, at party. steve limit, slootsky. it seems to me today at the end of voting, he's having a party very much in limbo as ask you was saying earlier. you know, it's, it was maker, brick time really cut. they make serious n roads into a maybe surpass the, the communist into 2nd place and get those ideas. what he was fighting for, you know, just to point out greater cooperation to asian countries at considering the west of threat tiger legislation in foreign agents. right wing stuff. but in the, in the past it, it really did. it had home with

a lot of people today or over the past 3 days. doesn't seem so let's remember that this is the 1st presidential election since the uh, the covers my take and, uh, the, the juvenile sky died and slootsky took over the leadership soon offering a 2022. that's being of course, is huge. vote for glad to be approved to the and then there's an extra dynamic. these new dynamic is the votes for the new people's policy. so of course that we some a reflection on that some reflection on the come pay. this looks good. audio said that he was happy with how we went. he said that the campaign was very positive and he said that the voting as well was very transparent, very 5 and very open. now he's a seasons politician, he's been around a very long time. he was elected to the state duma in 1999 in 2022. he was part of the russian team, the russian negotiating team in the initial week's officer,

the special military operation. so he's of course, he's very realistic. he himself said that he didn't dream of beating vladimir putin . he described him as the world's most influential politician. the main thing for him is a sense of russian unity. he's spoken about when russia is facing difficult times, including the conflict in ukraine, the people where they come together. and he said that that's something certainly that he said he also spoke about the um, the attempts to disrupt the election, the attacks in belgrade and attempts to disrupt probably taking in some parts of the country and some of these posting stations. and he said is have no impact with and it worked to, to the russian people from voting. so of course, again, there is a sense of just bear with waiting for slootsky to return from the central electoral commission where he's being a and he had it all set just before the initial results. the exit polls was there

now. so we're waiting for him to attend. many people have filed away, but our core of activism here. so like we said again, a sense of despair, but it was so a sense of realism rodeo. he spoke to ok. sonya vanda and see says that the selections are in fact transparent, and not all west of the countries can say the same. russia is facing is very hard time because we know what's happens. and i mean, now of course we have to do it for regions who are now part of russia, so pretty to us and so on and so on. so i mean, the people, the feel russian so quick, of course, the edits to the russians already. so that's a huge during outsourcing, especially in the new regions, but also here because a lot of men on women, mostly men are in the army and go fighting against a ukrainian. so of course,

the other point is that europe is taking the u. s. for that matter is taking a very terrible stance against russia. i mean what they are saying in the media, especially about the election and how they, uh, 3 directions, the rest of phobia, which is going on all. so i think this has a huge impact on the russian people that they are determined to vote more this year . and yeah, the twos deleted that lead them through. well, 2 years of pressing me 0 peroration that you had for 2 years now. is it, if you think that the russian people are feeling optimistic about the future an optimistic about another 6 years on the bottom of reason? i think so. i think uh, you know, the west was trying to say all the time, you know, the economy is going bad. a special military operation. ukraine is winning. that's what they heard all the time. but now they see that maybe since one year that's the ty is turning,

and russia is winning on the battlefield for sure. and also i think the information war, they also are winning this war. so it makes them more confident and they see that fled to be put in is a very good leader that lead them through war and all the bad things they experience. so i think that was the big reason. that's the phone thing. turns out, so big and that they to choose them again for 6 years. yeah. so, you know, you took a little bit about the elections and, and the business. i know you yourself previously was an observer. they say you would, but they say we saw some $700.00 people observe from over a 100 countries we saw, you know, every, every step of the election was a little broke cost. uh we must live step by step. this transparency that president clinton emphasized, i mean, how do you see it? i mean, do you think other countries could learn from it? yes, for sure. because like in europe they have to o. s. c. well, that's actually,

yeah. what can i say laughing stokes because they speak about, well, we are going to countries which are not democratic. so we have to observe the elections there, which they don't do any more. so like in europe, in many countries like, well, i'm from the netherlands. there are no of surface at all when the election. so, i mean, that's not very democratic lee because everything can happen. so i think it's very transparent as time and, but so many countries participate and that's really good because you can see the multiple world is really, you know, emerging now. so it's really good. and the transparency is very important. even though the west will say, okay, you know, it's all because it's all known and he will become a new president and he's still there and so on. but i think it's very good what he did, and it's very good for the russian people to see that many countries still supports russia. and that's, that's good. it's also predictable, isn't it? the response that we will see from.