the, the, the just behind me is the very heart of the spots country at home. music festivals, christmas mall kids. the big 3 day parades, and today it was hosting a concept to celebrate the 10th of last 3 of crime is reunification with russia, with vladimir putin congratulating the nation on this historic date. crimea is 1st and foremost the people. they carried faith in the fatherland through the decades. they have never separated themselves from russia, and this is what allowed crimea to return to a common family. meanwhile, the returning head of state tod special praise for those who cast their presidential bytes and regions coming under constant attack while you premium forces,

which didn't stop even after the voting wrapped up. and congratulations to allow them or business election when they have come in from around the world with india and china among the latest to send their best wishes. thoughts in contrast to the criticism and come to the nation for from the west. the one minute past midnight in moscow. my name's you know, male and you're welcome to our to introduce the counting is not don't and the russian presidential election and it is by the group putting who will officially leave the nation for the next 6 years after securing 87 percent of the vote. my colleagues sell ski a tailor can take us through all the development surrounding math on a day marking a special oliver a street in the countries recent history. the

very welcome to all the international um 12 beautiful panoramic studio, which is of course just outside the kremlin rules. it's from here that we have been keeping an eye on this 2024 watching presidential election. so what do we know? 3 days of virtual balance accounts counted automated suits and has secured his victory with more than 87 percent of the vote. so he will be at the home of this vault country for the next 6 years. people across the russia today also celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the reunification of the black sea peninsula of crime male with russia. and a huge celebratory concept was held on the same with couples of red squad just behind me was like my boots and himself making a surprise,

a parent that i gave there was yeah. different. but it is my heart. i agree to. oh, and congratulate you on the celebration under unification of crimea, and save us to port with russia. exactly 10 years ago here on red square. on the same stage, i remembered that crimea is often called an unthinkable aircraft carrier. this is what led me to the idea of seeing that creamier has returned to its native harbor butts. crimea is not only a strategically important territory. this is not only our history. our traditions and the pride of russia. crimea is the 1st and foremost, the people of the residents of the, of us, the full cry, me, and they are our pride. they carry faith in the fatherland through the decades. we have never separated themselves from russia. and this is what allowed could, i mean, to return to our common families, thousands of people all around me. is this a big, big home,

lots of happy faces and lots of pressure on the flags. and if you pay attention to the, to the same to the stage, right, we hardly says, cried, made a rush of service stop of 10 years to get the that's because pay a people on just celebrates the results of the election of the presidential election. of course, but also it's been 10 years, they've been 10 years since the craig made a resent responded, became part of the russian federation. again, a lot of my food was not alone on the stage when it comes to my profile gets all the candidates and his political rivals joined him and they didn't have a chance to address the crowd as well as what they had to say. we're ship it all of us. remember how actively vladimir putin has done everything to support the aspirations of crimean people and help them to return home. russia and crimea is one homeland wheeler. those times were turbulent, but there was no other option,

but to return home or the. we remember those happy faces in all these 10 years and ever since we remember the sparking eyes and smiles of those who returned home, those who return to the great russia. i will never forget the sense of pride i had for my country and for my president exactly 10 years ago is this way of congratulations? no, of course it wasn't just a matter of supporters and everybody who were just celebrating the occasion. oh, so a lot of the company done under is the trustees. many of them were here mingling with the crowd as well. we had a chance to to, to some of them the other today. i most definitely celebrate 2 things. that was the 1st is the flawless and undisputed victory of vladimir putin. and the 2nd one, which is especially dear to me, is i'm a crime in is the 10 year anniversary of crimea. and so i suppose reunion with russia. this has been a most important event for both cry me ins and russia as a whole. and the most important thing here is that our people have rejoined our one

big family and those from crimea feel like a part of it. and you brought up a computer that rushes regions demonstrate great unity. now somewhere vladimir putin. one more of those else where he one less but everywhere he's in 1st place. so society is now consolidated people from all new regions voted like that because they understand now after years of being bombed by their own country, that russia is the only force that can and will protect them. now we are here and we thing the, all the rest of the way we got they didn't make the process. we are here with process. i've been general. i have to tell you basically getting here was a challenge in itself because central most to as being completely blocked entirely

by massive crowds of people. smoking under the sun has already said, you're in most co park via all the red sprites up as bright as day. i have to tell you because well, so many people have decided to show up here one thing, but i notice in the simple many don't take the trouble to make one, but i will get more than maybe 25 years old. so i'm very, very young crowd the president, the generation and here are just looking at this crowd. it says it was really, i'm here. we're saying the same people done. same thing on the thing and very, very, very choose to. so a very 1st the most go, a 13 wrapped up, the russian for the region of belgrade was again showed by ukrainian full,

says 4 people were killed and 4 others wounded in monday on monday, a loan in the gulf. and it says that as always, it was civilian infrastructure that was targeted with at least 10 residential houses down that you can see for yourself on the screens the of the securing his convincing victory vitamin did meet with the 3 of the candidates who are in the running alongside him, out the 3 congratulate said, the president elect. i may express that they will absolutely willing and ready to contribute in any way that they can and to help address any issues that they talked about and raise during that road. campaigning, unlocked the legs and breast of this vast country. just to recap the latest on the results about it's counted, it's not, i'm a teaching has secured over 87 percent of the vote. communist policy content and apply her a ton of he spoke 1st off the food and he took 2nd place around 4.3 percent. but you can see on your screen. so i've got to soften dublin. cough you came and it's

sad, perhaps disappointing, but a new face. not a bad showing for an incredibly young and kiddie a very vicious pass and someone to watch out for in the future. and then of course, rounding ourselves to full place. that was the oh, details landed slootsky audio. i was joined in the studio by don kovachick, who himself was an international of all of these elections. and he gave his take on the west and accusations about the lack of democracy in the vote. it seems like it was a great exercise in, in democracy. i mean, 1st of all, you had a turn out of something like what a 77 percent. that's extraordinary, to put it in one way at 3 capitalist candidates at a communist canada that came in 2nd. so in the united states, i don't have a socialist candidate to choose from. i have 2 capital as candidates who are

basically the same. i can choose from one who's completely senile and the other who's basically a carnival barker. that's the soft oven calls, expressed it such movements uh, concerns about the on the well and ukraine. but the people who criticize the make it sound as if in the room nations on to will crack true and people can't do that. so just to, to a penny that just, you know, put the club not pop pays months. right. but i mean, you're an american, see, you know, american politics. it is literally about the big box. it's about the lobby as the super packs. the donors, if you've got the money you've got a child's to run. can you ever imagine in america a true, someone who speaks against idea fox and somebody says, i think we should bomb syria occupied those oil fields. who palm yemen? what a true anti will can do that has the opportunity to run for office in america? no, i mean the one candidate we have a couple of candidates that are running on those types of platforms. one is coronel west, who will not make a dent in the elections, and he's getting no coverage. bobby kennedy is running somewhat on

a piece platform. he also is getting no publicity, he also will have a hard time even getting on the ballots in all 50 states, but even he is very unconditionally supportive of the i d f. but amongst the 2 major parties, the 2 parties that have any chance of winning. and the last candidate that really tried to counter that are the last president who really tried to book that was named john f. kennedy and he was murdered. and i really think, and i said this last night, i think that the republic died with him and we really have been run by what president and president eisenhower termed the military industrial complex. and it was some criticism of putin's election in the west reelection landslide victory. congratulations. so also coming in from of the pockets of the world web. that's china, venezuela. nicaragua was about john batteries just among the many nations the latest

to throw in his long message about them and boots and was the indian prime minister . read for moody one. congratulations to mr. vladimir putting on his re election as the president of the russian federation. i look forward to working together to throw those trends in the time tested, special and privileged strategic partnership between india and russia in the years to come a whole lot of country. they've congratulated dogs ultimate both then you can just go on and on. really, we just heard from the indian communist in the region would be who congratulated automatically within. so they were a lot of congratulation messages on twitter, but also several phone calls off. we've also seen off walker start, in fact uh a reach out and, and basically congratulating bother me and put in there also saying that the whole, the does a highly cooperation between the 2 countries, the force in fact, us to wish a lot to me. it was the president of when it's been a few people to see if we've more than 87 percent of the vote pollutant has

completely won the war against the collective west. it demonstrates the values of the russian people who are leading the way for president vladimir putin. this victory. it also mocks along road of vindication and recognition for a new russia, a great russia for a multi polar weld and for a world of balance. so elder brother vladimir putin, his triumphed. these are good arguments for the world. and for the year 2024. congratulations from windham clinton and russia. i'll try and sing on old battlefront. no one who is your own of these warm messages from across the gold floor. well develop within this cause this vest and there's no surprise that which is sort of size king right now. and you can really make that out from the kind of reactions that you're getting a some calling get e will the election some calling it's repression. a some also calling get he knew, sung calling it illegal. so i'm calling it far for the pointer means that what is

the congratulatory more messages data according in, from across the world for about the americans and sort of over t t, all of these messages from the west social states. now the indian to us as prime minister that is a new movie, he congratulated the may put the, the relationship between india and russia has been very, very strong in the last few years as well. with india was under pressure, had had several strengths coming from a, from the west, in con, fees to distance itself from law school. because it just continued if bilateral relationship it's partnership, it's friendship with most school. now. very interesting, but the real thoughts are an election year for india and the movie is seeking a code on the election starts some waiting. april 19th of april, and the result would be announced on june of possibly in the few months. so we could see that the support in my to congratulate on this movie while the

congratulations to pitch and coming in from the global south are and somewhat stark contrast to what we're hearing from the west. the outcome was never in doubt. so criminal controls. absolutely. everything including the elections. so what's the point of them? this may have been an election, but it certainly wasn't a contest. it was stage manage. it says the election to place and what it called a highly restricted environment. such a reaction from, uh, what's an officials and even in western media didn't really becomes a surprise, especially after pumping so many 1000000000. so for their taxpayers money into ukraine and into during rush us efforts and ukraine. i mean, it would have been strange if they started celebrating, putting this real action. just if you look at some of the headlines and what they say, calling this election a sham, a fraud, you know, fake,

illegitimate and so on. you kind of get the ide should really quickly of the vibe around the selection. if we look at some of the official comments, i'd say they wouldn't really different much from this general tangle of media coverage. this was an incredibly on democratic process. and certainly him being president of russia, it does not excuse him, of is of his autocracy. there's also been a reaction from france, for instance, the french foreign ministry. you said that russia failed to create the necessary conditions for a fair and free election. uh, the head of the european union's diplomacy is rosa barrel. he said that the election lacked fairness and openness, and he said that it quote unquote, it was backed by repression. and intimidation, which is kind of interesting because it just the 2 days prior to the start of the boat, the european parliament officially said that they were not gonna look after the selection not get there. we're not gonna pay much attention to it. but i think

mister bottles is just uh, remarks they just prove that they simply impossible. i mean, if we were to talk about some random tiny, exotic states, somewhere in the i don't know, pacific ocean, then. sure. you could probably ignore the presidential election there. but we're talking about the biggest country in the world with a nuclear arsenal. it's simply impossible to ignore the election of the next president to the french of the president mcroy on his extra he made some comments. now he says that he can congratulate putting on his victory because of the recent debt to offer us as a position activist, so that i'll exceed the bombing. but i think the more the most um i'd say what you should comments and i would range these the comments actually from plain uh um, from disapproval to condemnation and then uh, just plain it's just

a really strange comment that came out of last year. the president of the country says that russian just simply should not exist. i mean, how do you actually evaluate that? and imagine if, say vladimir important made a similar con, comments regarding lots. yeah. i don't think the reaction would be as bold, but of course there was also a comment from vladimir zalinski, the president of ukraine, who's called this election illegitimate. but he actually has raised criticism from one of the french politicians, the head of the patriots party. who said that zalinski, when he doesn't have a saying this, because he actually cancelled the presidential election in his own country just which was supposed to take place with march. the height of impudence zalinski this morning, he allowed himself to criticize the russian presidential election. while he himself had cancelled the ukrainian presidential election, which was scheduled for march 2024 after having already cancelled the parliamentary election in his country last october. just to wrap up sort of the international

reaction. i think that the, the, the fact that there's, there's, there's a different reaction over there. also support rush and congratulate inputs put in right now. and those who are basically condemning this election. it just shows that there's a, it shows the by polarity of the world, which is actually something that put in and he's allies are trying to build and it sort of shows that it already exists, which definitely intimidates people empowering the west. the okay to more world news in just over 4 months from the swell hosts that 2024 olympic games. but sport itself has been pushed to the side line, some watts with the country president preferring to focus on politics. he said, par us will demand russia employees is far in the ukraine conflict for the duration

of the of it. i think the tell them to cease fire june billions against the must to it. it has always been like this. it will be asked yes. as a reminder of the international olympic committee has forbidden russian and beller russian estimates from competing in the part us games under their country's flag. their power olympians also won't be able to take part in the opening and closing ceremonies of their competition to the president of the russian olympic committee said the country lots. busy caught the summer event, the spikes all the restrictions. while the i was the vice president stated that only some 40 russian athletes will be allowed entry to the olympics this year. that's due to restrictions on the of the sports club. but i speak to geo political specialist and head all of the euro confidence, think type, peer and new ultima. joining us from brussels, you're most welcome at russia,

is if you has constant sleepy, it's open to peaceful associations on ending the conflict. cutting this be the start of something like that, or is something else a plea here from the french leader who we recall has been quite belligerent against most schools in the last few weeks. but i've seen you have to understand the statement um on the door, the judge got a shift consistencies off for. busy ukraine or losing ground in the crisis against russia and or the up to so you a better about this fish or to you put something back home. uh is trying to find a way to stop any your thoughts or rush out and uh uh, a fun civil for more uh, getting drawled in ukraine and um,

via or salt of id is like your he said to be will be. busy and i need to put troops on the ground, but the sole but so actually nobody your photo, these are the id because you to be, to judge ruth's under all of our european countries. i'm not ready to do. we do, we both in the us or bolt and the what do you want us to join it from conflict with russia? and uh, no, this is, this is this new id of a, of a big game. so are under a cease fire your bunch. why not? because it will be in the spirit or in the games of a program of these various that he does not gender behind it. because probably, or to us cause shop to, to a 3 to assist fire or a tour just it will be thought of office prolong to, to stopped to rush, gaining a molar all the ukraine on de la,

you're in the pharmacy to be reached on the take place so the, so this of all how do i to leave and without explanation. thank you for it. is it in your view that president clinton will grant and money will mccullin's request what a way to see or if for a present pushing might agree that it's just fine because whatever they did, you didn't say no so far but to do enroll shelby don't want to abuse lead to, to associates any saw you on, we've negotiations because, or they your, they were that we may meet, which was a pause in the fighting. that's not a good day treatment. available object to swear or the nato countries. you take the

cell phone to reach you to, to, to de la eva wrote the russian to. busy maybe talk to your positions and to keep the ball of nations and the key for some of the more time for you create and you created all me to re position it says so or or is really see you what kind of vehicle is changing but i i don't think it will lead you to mould on this if it's agreed for a short pause. and then. busy it restarts again because or for a v o project, you saw a student to see me if it to comes under ukraine doesn't want to talk toward to up on the, to each side the to retake, don't boss. some probably already know it's impossible or the sort of conflict you wouldn't be going on. probably right at both the olympic committee and mr. mccomb talk a lot about risk scripting russian athletes,

but they have nothing to say really about those athletes from israel, which at or whose country is waging a deadly offensive in gaza. there seems to be a double standards that play there. yes, just search the bridge stones off. so we for west is not surprising. it does always being going on about to wait. and of course, or the, the coverage is supposed to be neutral, are not tweaked feeling part expense by you trying to punish russian updates. they do politics any way, and uh, they only do $46.00 with countries which defy the west on older kind of close receives the more strong dos on everybody kind of see about. so lose it, loss of credit, abt or for over or empty to committee though. so, but west of countries, we should bolt about the id. there's also the issue that the olympics in question

in par us. the do not allow the russian documents to our will not participate under their flag. they also require them to speak out against rushes. operation analyses fire is demanded by the nations president. it doesn't look as if there's much being being offered to moscow in, in red, turned on a very basic level for instance, with, with more off points. it's pretty much all talk a little give yes, they your were, oh, you were 3 or they, you would disagree, mo, mo, under, under or what's happening in ukraine because you, us a moment. so it's a who rejection from the west. because a russia is getting grown, the regiment pushing does be there next, teach with a very big school at the big and try to find many ways to criticize russia and full reordering. the games is a way to, to,

to do it. busy busy but to the treatment talked to the receipt to reorder the game . so of course under would see the, i think a of the dispute. uh good. i can create a small move because or rush size winning the whole. but that's why it just finally to do think other western countries might chime in and get behind. and mr. mccullin's request was yes, so it's likely but so overall uh e u countries might support to me still my caller id. busy for the or in the games. so 2222, vcs failure but also to punish me. you were russian that lease which, which is we don't, we did decide you'd be. ready the, the committee um, but uh yes, maybe as a compensation, by the way,

you for not following the still my cool. i used to put 2 troops on wrong and you quite for example. mm. good point as well. i thank you so much for talking to us today appear. i'm on you all to mind geopolitical on list. i'm president of the euro. confident analysis organization. ok to poland, where a farmers have blocked to border crossings with germany bumping up their protest against your opinion on warsaw as agricultural policy when it comes as part of efforts to keep off pressure on officials all across the country. the all of the protests farmer say is to make polish, and you authorities reimpose tarps on the printing projects and eas, tough environmental regulations. the european commission offered some concessions

last week, but the demonstrators told us they're far from enough to shield them from the escalating crisis, which puts simply just putting their livelihoods in jeopardy funding. i need to find mr. task, our prime minister. we are not interested in who started it nicely or who wants to finish it if it goes, can we live today? and in this moment, we want this to end immediately so that no grain comes from ukraine or outside the european union to poland. the main reason we are here is to oppose the uncontrolled import of agricultural products from ukraine and against the green deal. these 2 factors together will lead to the bankruptcy of our farm, that meeting in berlin. it seems to me was not about agriculture at all. it was rather focused on the current situation in ukraine. he mentioned a ball park to go when you 1st get your opinion policy. leftist, mrs. vander, laying together with our prime minister donald task. and we are trying to create an oligarchy in poland. this type of form i have,

i won't be able to pass it onto my children. i can't continue it because i can't beat the competition. when. okay, we are cross talking again and moments couched, peter lavelle on guess. talking french president, my call is increasingly belligerent rhetoric against most going, whether his threats have substance software the the .