one in name only alexia volunteer. the leading opposition figure who could have possibly been a presidential candidate, a serious put in challenger, or he's dead on the eve of the election. no one is bidding on. any change in the kremlin all bets are on a landslide victory. for vladimir putin yet again, i'm for golf and berlin. this is the day the . it's vital to underscore are cohesion and resolve and move forward together. every po to cost is valued and meaningful. and no one expects. restaurants, alexis, this week to bring in the change in the kremlin, put in the participation in the election is the manifestation of patriotic sentiments. yes, i am voting for vladimir putin tomorrow. free and fair elections are for to

end the democracy on the elections and restaurant will not be free. unfair. also coming up the highest ranking. jewish official in the united states senate majority leader, chuck schumer, with a strong star message for israelis who want peace. your current leader, where he's standing in the way i, the prime minister netanyahu has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take the precedence over the best interests of israel. and he has shown 0 interest in doing the courageous and visionary work required to pay the way for peace or to our viewers watching on cbs in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day on the eve of a war time national election in russia, but you're not afraid to describe it that way inside russia. in fact, it's

a crime to refer to the invasion of ukraine as a war in fortunes, russia, the thinking seems to be if you don't see it, it's not real. with a similar logic, it could be applied to pollutants, politics on election day. after all, if you're challenger's names are not on the ballot, they won't be elected. and that is certainly true this year. election of all the, the one opposition leader who may have had a chance to beat boonton where he's dead. and they are almost 240000 russian citizens who are living right here in germany. x pat. that number, it jumped following the invasion of ukraine in 2022. a many of these ex pads will have a chance to vote in rushes presidential election on friday. we spoke to some members of the russian diaspora right here in berlin. we asked them about their hopes and fears for the future of their home country notionally, this gilded fortress is where barrel ends russians would come to cost their boat.

since on these elections. these days, they mostly come to mourn. alexia violently flooded me approaching fish this critic was fine day and a penal colony last month another brutal nail in the coffin of democracy try as we might some are still hoping to keep the flame of life of the arrived in the back of the embassy routines opponents are trying to link their writing these the freedom for political prisoners shots the campaign to rename the st. alexi and evolve the stress of his deemed almost 50000 signatures. the com. i wasn't enough on the support. uh and i think that the fight is not over this basically stuff. sure why your this today is

a part of the fight against pollutants propaganda. we used to come over this a space for artists nearby. thousands of russians packed into a cosy theatre in search of inspiration, hope a therapy on stage discussion about the upcoming vote. about war on about what to do next. i don't expect any good from the selection you by you. are you going to vote? no? why not? the last? i don't know what nobody would say. i don't know. he would probably call to do something. but i don't know if i should go to the russian embassy. i will will. who will you vote for? i guess i will destroy the ballots. probably i will just vote for more than one candidates, and maybe i will writes, our president is nev on the right in the united states. and i think most of the

people who came to the germany to europe do not have much expectations from these elections because it's very clear what the outcome is going to be. e, mid feeling of helplessness, sense of guilt prevails, overflowed to me, a per teams war on ukraine. but no matter where you live in the west or in russia, you feel responsibility for this. just the demonstration. nerves are on edge. everyone here knows all too well. i put team has deployed the bosh, the top of rochester, keep control and crushed the st. just the minutes ago actually comes to lives. a person that has spoken to me is a set time. um, meaning that she's been observing all she's been present to this action. uh and so there has been registering nursing that is happening here. and it was really bad

about my food, so i'm afraid to go back to russia my homeland. who could think that because i was thinking, perhaps this month, a political exile who tells me she was imprisoned to rush off or fighting corruption, or fearful new one. the chair is forced to put in using the side of me a secret anatomy. and when the u. v in the ukraine to the daughter's c o 2, he said, awesome um that some people don't pretty fortunate with us between these let me see is would be with the bottle field. part of the question on the electoral change of diminishing prospect. all the is left for those here are small lights of coverage and expressions of defiance and hope for a better future. the joining me here in the studio now was my colleague when we go into the angle, he's a dw political editor. he's an expert on eastern europe from it. it's good to see you. we just all right there there, there's quite a large russian diaspora here in germany. but when we talk about them,

we can't talk about them as being a monolith of russian opposition can of course not. so we see a lot of russian deposition here because many came off to the full scale invasion of ukraine up to 22. but not so many, so we're talking about maybe tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands like you creating and refugees here in germany. but they will already hundreds of thousands of people living in germany who speak russian. not all of them have russian passports. but we can assume that the rod putting supports us among them where they are, they've shown brushing flags and so forth for this war that we're riley's and say, just like berlin or clown. but we don't know if those were only russian citizens. some of them were german citizens as well. so it is a complicated picture, but i think what's interesting to to watch will be on sunday the russian deposition has called and citizens to show up at midday and to show solidarity. it's called me

day against 14 and some opposition lead us saying that it's a good idea to show up and just to see how many people are against this war and against 14. so i guess it will be easier for people here in germany to show up. this is probably the only legal way where you can show that your against bushing and against the selection against the war in russia just turning up to the election . i mean, the optics are not good for glad to be approved and that's for sure. but the number of votes outside of russia, they really can't make a difference in the outcome of the election. can they even if the election were a fair and free election? well, not really, so there's absolutely no ground to believe that the election outside of russia will be farrah and then inside russia, so in germany last time they were just about 30000. i think people a whole lot. it's here in germany. this time it could be higher,

but we do not know the rest. the opposition is still divided on the issue. if you should vote on not some say, don't go there, don't do this, just show up, show solidarity and go away. i'll just say come and vote. maybe you can vote for anyone but pushing just like the video of alex and yvonne, the deposition lita who was presumably killed or because we don't know exactly at the moment, but this is what some people think that he was killed a few which the for the election day and this is what makes the selection election special. this is the 1st presidential election without like saying of only. yeah, and it is also the 1st presidential election with a war in ukraine that you're not allowed to call them or in russia. titles are probably going to rent or roman, we appreciate your reporting and your analysis. thank you. thank you. the leader of the us senate has made waves over comments about is real, its prime minister and hopes for peace, said the majority leader, chuck schumer, to day calls on israel leaves to demand early elections. and to vote for change

saying if they want peace, including a 2 state solution with the palestinians, one man is standing in the way prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the 4th major obstacle to peace is rarely prime minister. benjamin netanyahu, who was all too frequently bowed to the demands of extremists like ministers, smoke trick, and bank of year. and the settlers in the west bank. if president net to prep prime minister netanyahu, whose carmen coalition remains in power after the war begins to wind down and continues to pursue dangerous and inflammatory policies that test the existing u. s. standards for assistance, then the united states will have no choice, but to play a more active role in shaping is rarely policy by using our leverage to change the present course. i want to bring it into our washington correspondent benjamin alvarez group where he's been following this story for us today. yeah, benjamin,

the us president. he has been rather open in his criticism of the israeli prime minister, but now we've got the leader of the us senate joining in do we know why and do we know why now? so it is a sign of the growing frustration here in washington looking at how a the government of been human to teneo has been handling the war in gaza. it's not just significant because he's also close to us, president biden, but also because it's actually rumor is the highest ranking, joy jewish official in the us. and he says quite clearly. and that's also what we heard, that if there is no changing course, the us will also need to online. it'd be on supplies that it's currently sending a to israel. and should have put the conditional associate put conditions on israel to keep sending weapons as it does with a bit of ally worldwide. a. another very powerful us senator has a very different message today about this. what you take

a listen. it is grotesque and hypocritical for americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of the democratically elected leader of israel. this is unprecedented. we should not treat valid democracies this way at all. so because a right there very clearly this has grotesque, has there been comment or reaction from the bite whitehouse? so there has been reactions on one side, the state department stressing that the saw the comments of chuck schumer, he does not speak will divide, not ministration. and there was also a question that was asked to national security and the spokesperson john kirby. and he said that's actually gave information, told the wide house that he would a to this comments, but did not ask for approval or disapproval. so they were informed it'd before hand

before he sent that, but the wife is also stressing what the state department is saying that these are his remarks and he's not speaking for the volume administration in letting you know, let's look at the, the optics of this, the today, schumer saying that prime minister netanyahu is government no longer fits the needs of israel. i mean, this is unprecedented criticism being made by a us law maker of a foreign government in a 2 countries that are allegedly allies. how do you explain what we're seeing and hearing and not just any lawmaker, he is a staunch supporter of israel and over the past weeks and months he has also been pushing to get more security assistance for israel. there is, is we're getting closer to the presidential election. of course, this is also a big topic, especially with democrats, even stronger. and republicans, there are disagreeing that are not in favor of the way the venue mean it on yahoo

is also it dealing was it was, it was a recent, a paul also in january saying that 86 percent of democrats are against the way that natania was handling it so we can be sure that there is a common both that goes into direction of israel, but also looking at the political disclose you're looking also how many people have even voted uncommitted. it'd be full voting for president biden. and the previous and primaries that we saw here in the us showing the criticism and asking a the us president to have a red line. that's what it takes. rumor is set to that. it needs to be a lie to the conditions because that's the big question. and that's what many are criticizing joe biden for saying that he talks a lot and he criticized but no actions following this was to have real read lines a when, when he looks and when he talks to his reading officials. yeah, i mean imagine yahoo word across this red lines that by, by do, do we know what biting we do in concrete terms?

what some officials are saying is that the u. s. might indeed israel all proceeds with this ground invasion. and bropa is something that a prime minister, nathaniel, has repeatedly said that they might indeed be these conditions to the arms exports and disagree assigned to show how difficult the situation is. all right now is just if we look at the year drops from many, it's ameliorating that the us can not get one of its closest allies. and it's a us always talks about israel to get this trucks with a to go into gal that needs to air, drop them together with other countries to get food, to get it food 2000, also now with the, with the us for us. so going that to help with this peer with this a bridge to actually get a food in there. so the big question is, will that definitely be some consequences for the us and will some actions also follow if it was a feel by our washington correspondent benjamin alvarez group or on the story force tonight? benjamin think what

to southeast asia. now we're thousands of young people are trying to lead me in bar after that country's military junta announced mandatory conscription. many of tried to lead to neighboring thailand and recent weeks to escape military service. meaning where is government is struggling to contain armed rebel forces that are fighting for greater autonomy in some parts of the country. of hundreds of people. q outside the tight embassy and young gone. mia malls launch is city. many here hoping to secure a visas, so they can leave the country and escape military service. you're going to somebody else come on as far as an order from the one to the old men, aged 18 to 5 to 5 and women from 18 to 27. most of in the army for up to 2 years over the full, my members of the security forces also being called back to walk. finally. yeah,

no, i'm already against the crew and i have no desire to do service for this military regime while i. but i also don't have any idea about where to go, what to do next, and i'm uncertain about my future one, which i knew we why, the way i think this military service lives targeting youth. the young people in me in mar, have lost their dreams. and this law makes them hurt even more when they don't say god, it makes us sad and feel even more fearful. our future is already fading away. so the last lot could be the greatest mistake the military has made and its breaking young people the me and mom minute tree stage decruz 3 years ago, over throwing the democratically elected government. pro chess followed the one to responding with force against its own people. move in 6000

civilians were killed in the 1st 20 months after the february 2021 crew. according to the peace research institute also bridge rebel armed groups opposed to the one to have been growing across the country. and the government who struggled to keep control with reports, some of their own soldiers have even deserted. a forcing young people into military service appears to be an attempt by the one to get you tell me back on the front foot. but judging by scenes like this of shoes, visas, it's driving people to see me and my more proof that rushes more time reach extends well beyond the front lines in eastern you. great. for the 1st time ever denmark plans to draft both men and women

into military service. it's only the 3rd european country to do so. the following, norway and sweden, beginning in 2026. the government wants to call up 5000 co ed conscripts a year, and the government says the decision is in reaction to the war in ukraine and the russian threat in western europe's back yard. here's the danish prime minister. meta frederickson speaking earlier today at valley. protecting your country is one of the most honorable things you can do. that's why the government is proposing that we expend, conscription making the responsibility greater and the tasks more numerous. and we're proposing full gender equality is we have no doubt that increased gender equality will create a more modern and diverse defense that reflects the times we live in. i'm joined now by on us of the alarm. she's a danish lawyer or there and journalist and she joins us tonight from the capital of denmark. copenhagen, it's good to have you with this. it maybe if you could put us in the money in the

mind of, of the day to explain to us why. i'm making the military service more co ed. why is that so important right now. uh well, uh we uh, in the, in the middle of an effort to really uh, reinvigorating, so even maybe reinvent the danish defense forces at the carfax for years. so if there's been a lot of different scandals and trouble within the dataset defense forces and they also have the problem that it's very difficult to keep that post. now we have a lot of people leaving again. so this is in fact uh you have to see this is the government's effort to really try and create something entirely new. so it's not

just those of the female conscription, but it's a much longer constricts constriction and for the, for 4 months now it's going to be 11 months. um, and also a quite a big waste of money. going into the defense forces at a top 6000000000 euros over the next 5 years. and i am wondering why denmark has had a problem with retention. i mean, why have people been leaving the military? i think it says many different things. some, some organizational, some has to do salary. um, opportunities uh, need to ship, but it's quite significant. say, i'll just verify these may be of 5 to says 7 to 9000 and stuff and not can come scripts, the stuff at 2000 in 2022 left. so it's is quite a return of people that you have to get in and retrain,

etc. and of course, new conscripts does not fix a, that's a problem and, but it's a new stop. you know, as we said earlier in the program, that this decision isn't reaction to the russian invasion of ukraine to russian threat to western europe. and, but your foreign minister has said that, right, i'm quoting here. russia does not pose a threat to denmark, is the right as well. i think there is also a political. we want to say that we don't think that russia at this point poses add to tauriel threats and denmark. but we've received russia to be a threat on europe in general. and we also do have, along with sweden and finland and neighborhoods within the boys, a care c. and, and, and that means that we are neighbors with that with russia. and we feel to be off

to the invasion of ukraine, that threat to be quite present and, and coaches in this attempted to, to bulk up the military to make the military more attractive to civilians. how much of that is in reaction to the pressure that we saw under former us president donald trump, for all of nathan members, to pay that 2 percent of g d, p to nato. how much of it is a reaction to that and how much of it is may be a preparation for a possible 2nd, donald trump presidency? i think the not effect says place to get the right now we have the bone ukraine also. we see and, and the danes have very strong allies up and to ukraine. big don't us also saw of that and craft and, and so, so that's one thing we see the will not going that well from the ukraine

perspective. we also see that it, that week maybe not be when maybe not in a position where we can bet on an american support for the long run in europe. and so we need to create a much stronger, not only better funded to that stop, but a stronger european defense um and uh, and that is what we are trying to contribute to here. we also, for the next few years going to the to exceed the 2 percent to talk it's up to you to be and as i've ever heard about 15, so i just want to ask you, what's been the public reaction to, to news of you know, including women in this, conscription is a broad support for it. well, it's divided this divided support, and i also want to say the job there is a series of possible we have a lot of policies with the data to possibly put some this process behind the general framework within the defense regulation. 2 of them do not agree with this,

so it's not set in stone. that is in fact going to be uh no assets with the women, most of because right. and so i think i love joining us tonight from copenhagen. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you as well, the day continues online. you'll find this on x, also known as twitter and youtube, but need to be news or you can fall on the front dot tv and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day. we'll see you then at the

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