announcer: vladimir putin has reportedly one the election. 70% of polls show he was polls show he was 70% of the popular vote. >> good evening. how do you feel? tell us about your emotions. >> i am very grateful to voters for their trust and appreciation of my work in recent years, and

for their hope. they clearly hope and expect us , our entirether team and yours truly, we will work as hard as we did and achieving better results. we have every reason to believe we should be able to achieve a lot. >> what you think about russian eu relations? >> i learned about the tragedy and this was a military grade substance. they would have died straight away.

russia does not have chemical weapons. we disposed of all of our unlike some ofs, our international partners who promised to do the same but have failed to deliver. we are ready to cooperate and participate in the investigation . in order for us to do that, the other side has to show some impetus as well. we are still open to work together on this matter. that is that i think everyone understands it is absurd to claim that russia can do something with that immediately before the presidential election. we are ready to work together.

we are ready to discuss any matters or overcome any difficulties. >> the turnout was quite high but unfortunately the ukrainians did not allow the russians to vote in ukraine. what do you think about that? >> it is a violation of international norms. people areukrainian our brothers. so we will not respond. we will do everything we can to make sure ukrainians feel at home in russia. yesterday you congratulated the chairman. are you confident that bilateral

relations between russia and china will prosper? to develop his country. we wish the best of luck to the chinese leadership and the people of china. there are some ideas like silk road and the economic component of the silk road. i do not want to talk about the specifics but we think this initiative is compatible with our project. we want to build in economic inon and develop cooperation an expanded sense of the term and our interest converge. we have a lot of things on which we could work together. the level of relations between

russia and china is very high and we treasure these relations and we congratulate the chairman on being reelected and we are by himnt that china, led and russia, will do everything they can to further develop the russia china cooperation. when will you nominate new members of your cabinet? practice is the president appoints the new cabinet after he enters office, so i will have to consider a few things first. i think all of the appointments will take place after the inauguration date.

do you have somebody in mind for prime minister? and are you going to launch a constitution of reform during your new term? >> no. at this point, no constitutional reform is on the table. the premise to and cabinet in general, i am thinking about candidates, but i will start naming specifically from today, because i have to wait from -- wait for some results. all announcements will be made after. about the united states and latin america? hashe united states

reinstated the doctrine in latin america. from what we know about history, we know it is a history of political pressure in latin american countries but i really hope that the u.s. will be able to renew their relations with latin american countries, based on the quality. continentsntries and to develop their relations in a positive way. >> do you think it would be possible for you to return as president in 2030 if you change years?stitution in six >> this is ridiculous, what you

are saying. let's do the math. you expect me to stay here until i am 100 years old? of course not, no. >> do you have any plans to meet with other candidates? >> yes. i do not know when. my staff will contact them. all of them. what will happen in the next six years? will it be a new vladimir putin? or an old vladimir putin? >> we all change. this week on the communicators, journalist jimmy .ony >> in 1948, this is decades before the world we know had come to pass, he sits down and

write a paper where he shows that all type of information are the same and that that information can be turned into bits and then encoded and compressed so that you could take a message from point a and have it received in point be. b.point someone had to lay the intellectual architecture for all of that. that is the feel of information. announcer: watch the communicators, monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. withess returns this week less than one week to go before current government funding runs out. they will pick up the on the this spending measure that would have to -- omnibus spending measure.