months preparing to do it and since when people are prepared to do that to achieve a goal this is democracy this is what it means to me so i saw a russian democracy actually being born and making its first steps. well with the full one billion dollar budget by two hundred fires and a few years to show by video from the polling stations as being part of our most extravagant election edition but the cameras caught more than just the ballots and attracting nearly two million fascinated viewers against course an unprecedented move the stubborn horse race being a good thing it's up to the folks at video that's gone viral. the design for fifteen minutes of playing. it wasn't only about the well known but you. also

feel. good. that it was also about these video cameras he had to make the action transparent adding to read he gave us our unexpected into tame and from ordinary russian. these people became the jury elegy stars of the election even though the world was watching closely. for no one was looking. presidency legs about him a head web cameras installed it almost ninety one thousand stations across the country now he wanted to make sure that the elections went transparent and with that those cameras calls almost thirteen billion rubles what he didn't bargain for was that the cameras would give us a glimpse of other people's lives around the country from chechnya. this its employees the behind anonymous flew me to rejoin big brother watching the extensive

monitoring plan exhausted many of russia's resources this police officer decided she needed time out the watchful eyes of the cameras capturing him every. now this video has over two hundred thousand hits on you tube so casing michael jackson's oh no moonwalk brought back that to life you see an observer looking at this man and he put on a show for the cameras and for us. this

election was one of many firsts and it was a unique in fact the polling stations recorded over five hundred years worth all streaming live video these videos can be found on youtube as well as on our website as for me i would never be caught dancing on screen. preponderantly. must. be. having input from there it's happy months there for us talking about those videos that we're seeing a lot of let's check out what's happening on the web we try to bring you our blogger and journalist tim kirby of from the our team newsroom who is keeping track of what's happening online a lot of stuff going on and ladybird putin of course tim has always been somewhat

of a polarizing figure especially on the internet and of late ahead of these elections how's his victory being greeted on the net. stiffly people greeted with mixed reviews that's for sure you know the twitter is actually more active today than it was yesterday during the elections and both sides are accusing the other side of using bots that's fake accounts to make things seem like there's more people involved and i have to say one thing those bots sure have potty mouth so wow a lot of foul language some other interesting developments and actually it's not just moscow there's some interesting things happening in tula there's a gathering in tool someone post that they have twenty five people people taking photos of their first impressions because these protests are actually very young so you have protests our pictures the police pictures of all the banners and signs all those sort of first impression moments so things are really just starting but the main story is who's real and who's not that's for sure. ok thanks. yeah ten days so i bring us up to date i will be joining you continue to

keep track of those us so called party mouse and who is or who is not i pod out there certainly a lot of them to action saying that more people active on twitter and facebook than the election not surprising to me and we're following it for you for years interesting coverage continues you will see special coverage of. russia's presidential election mileage kevin though in the very place rather just not with me tonight as well again thousands of people are taking to russia streets. meantime in reaction to those vote results with the biggest crowleys now unfolding in the capital tonight that's right the fair election protests taking place in one of the central square splish can square not really far from the kremlin high here in moscow taking place despite widespread recognition of the election as really the most transparent in tank case more than ninety nine percent of the ballots have been counted they need here who's in has been declared president a lack of having outdone for other contenders by

a large margin i believe received pictures now this is beyond me as a shia square now there's nobody else i see hiding place and i'm given clothing so that was pushed into a square so i don't know if this pushes courseware picture to see that will be has been dismissed but will be the all positional read out tonight because correspondents down there were give me a flavor about the bit later on the people who turned out there tonight that started seven o'clock moscow time it is now coming up to about twenty two or twenty five to a moscow time something going on for about half an hour or so so for get you there's another proof putin really going on this is over all showed a foundation a square just outside the red square in front of the kremlin. i can actually see the over my shoulder you're looking at the pictures much closer up that was the scene of the big gathering last night where who today indicated came out to greet the masses and i tell you what it was masses do or at least we think you know the

authorities saying it looked like it a hundred thousand people was difficult to judge a crowd of people but it was a full room with people over there in front of the do believe that a very good view of it over my shoulder there were people as far as the eye could see would like to push kids go now that gives you an idea of the. jumping around it's difficult to know where we are at the moment. maybe our production gallery can tell us exactly what we're looking at and that's managed times square. but again this is the for. rally the circle of a cult concert going all the young people there as well tonight old only to make it feel exerts to give this supposed to printed much less than we saw last night though you can yes just have to be maybe it's because of charges of war i don't know minus five not a six month or seven it's kind of sleeting slow a great night but i have to say i didn't put people off last night we were both frozen stiff it last night nobody about it just letting you know what the conditions were like despite that we saw as we've been reporting about

a hundred thousand people at one point and some people of all kinds are on the streets tonight of moscow pro and anti-government protesters some of the protesters at pushkin sky square about eleven thousand or so signed up on hump facebook much less than the previous protests we saw where we saw up to you know fifty thousand to maybe one hundred thousand come out onto the streets of moscow they're claiming this mode is even gentlemen and if i heard earlier today we haven't heard any official announcements that they were going to call for early presidential elections that is protesters you're seeing live pictures now down from pushkin sky a square just really you know a fifteen minute walk from the protest down here on main house and i square behind us just outside the presence of all of this taking place as we speak in the heart of moscow a very active city oh sure let's list the most pictures for just a second we're also hearing to noise that could be another opposition protest

called the white circle really sleepy basically because they're the symbol of the protest movement was wearing white to join hands pretty much like they did around the garden rake all of this the century roads around central moscow we could to go running on three my little a stroll got a correspondent there as well if i'm sort of course bringing the pictures will be a shame because that should be said that that is approaches that doesn't actually i have a permit unlike the other opposition you have to stop at pushkin skiable let's move on while i do another to validate really becky. still she was the political life force russia for oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky is to have his conviction or a few deathlok and that's been a key demand across the street protests alco in leader jimmy trimix made it has ordered the prosecutor general to check its legitimacy because he was once the country's richest man but was arrested in two thousand and three in jail don't tax evasion and fraud charges but this story today when a cluster of poultry. is surely come as

a surprise just like it december bottom it wasn't did say that he was considering a pardon because of the boesky if it he admitted his guilt and would do that if you won the presidential elections we also know that this comes after a meeting president putin did have had with the leaders of on i just heard and largely oppositional political parties here in russia and this is just a memory and supposedly they gave him a list of people their regard as political prisoners and for released to the post his lawyer has already said that they would have to judge the significance of this move once the investigation was completed for the posting was of course russia's richest man at some point and was also the c.e.o. of you chris which was the largest oil company in the country then and then he was arrested in two thousand and three and prosecutors claimed that he still will form his own company worth around twenty seven billion dollars and that one wants to sell that approach at higher prices because political see ended up being convicted

in sioux fraud trials and is expected to be released in two thousand and sixteen his supporters have always said that the original charges were politically motivated because because of the post used to fund the russian opposition parties now this review applies to his second conviction which is based on embezzlement and financial crimes and if this is this that got me some because of the post it will be a free man once again. reporting there on those latest developments with self intercourse keep more international reaction now from amarna xabi an expert on global affairs and editor of the our weekly in beirut. thank you for joining us most western media admitted to meet imitative would have been a more convenient partner i prefer say for their countries and were even somewhat afraid really of putting to return give us reaction from around the arab world. yes

i think in the arab world recently there was an interesting and interesting vote in the security council regarding the situation in syria and the russian position and the chinese position where securing a kind of balance on the international scale by by actually refusing to. go with the resolution that would change the regime in syria by calling for more dialogue and by actually sticking to the principles of the u.n. charter and vetoing the decision that were true to the move in syria and rather. you know pushing towards dialogue and that was really important step by russia and by china and i think today's vote and i congratulate the russian people for these elections the i think that one of the most important elements in

these elections were that russia needs to consolidate itself as a world power and that's very important because it guarantees a kind of global balance in international politics that would actually do try for the united states and the europeans to act unilaterally and make decisions without any balance on the other side so i think it's very significant that one of the first calls for mr putin. to congratulate mr putin came from the chinese president hu jintao and that i think is significant because that shows that there is a formation of the old block although more democratic way yet there is a formation of the old block that will secure a kind of a balance in the security council and they need to fashion politics and that's very important for the well being or for of many nations around the world where the

united states and from western powers one to actually assert their full voltage on money plus if i could just interrupt you it's obviously not been actively involved in foreign policy while pm what do you think his first steps will actually be on the international stage. i think well one of the first steps of mr putin would be to actually bring back russia as a main power in in europe and around the world that is capable of both securing its its border security and its economic interests in the middle east and in europe and elsewhere whereas these interests were. threatened by european expansionism and american control and we have seen recently in several parts of the world with seen that in. the recent changes that took place in libya

and in tunisia and. egypt and i think that russia needs to play a bigger part in that in order to secure russian interests in this part of the world that is very important because it's a part of the world that is very rich in natural resources. give us a shabby either it's kind of you know in here called percentage an island in this search it's good to drive in the program i want to check it out a bit more that really only talking about the middle east and the tumult we've been seeing it sort of the epicenter of today's global policy. she rushes policy rushes take a little change once this limited returns as president. yes i think definitely because the return of putting it in the most important emphasis went back to me and putting becomes the president of russia is that russia is the is a strong country this is the symbolism of mr putin not that mr medvedev did not have that that that power however mr putin is i

think the element of power and with the presence of the first saw now for myself what then is is really very clear and i think that as as the one said in the program earlier that yes maybe the europeans would have preferred mr medvedev because he's more lenient on some of the major issues here is mr putin from officer in the in the end the army. take straightforward man he's there ready to put things on the table straight forward and make sure that there is a balance global balance in international politics make sure that there's not one part of the world that he is the western world controlled by the united states and some european powers that is setting the rules of the game that this is a guarantee for the stability for international stability because when you create

that balance then you have to stability when there is a one hit you want to power that controls the whole world then there's a threat for that it could national stability and i think there is a need for more help for small i would think with the with china and that proper small with china i was very clear recently with a double veto on two good confidence. this the show me could be sold several foreign policy would internally now russia seeing shoulders under relish it must really piss. all these aside in the wake of the election some western media quick to label them as the russian arab spring different approaches in russia could escalate to what we sort out of countries. in russia today we are seeing a demonstration of democracy on two levels on one dive and these demonstrations that you're witnessing around you there are two groups demonstrating one pro mr putin and celebrating the victory and another group are contesting the results and

putting forward some objection to the way you think the government is doing things that's a demonstration of democratic that's a sign off democracy the other side of the mall to see is joining the votes you had ninety thousand webcams in everything good in action post station and that's that's an indication of a kind of a transparency but more than that you had also two hundred and fifty open servers from the organization for security and cooperation in europe and the from the council if you don't so therefore the european council was there with monitors in their different polling station and they could see that the election was was a great extent a valid election and democratic and action at that through the election of a man that the russians want to see as president of their country because he represents dignity off russia and

a kind of more power for russia that is able to preserve its interests because after the collapse of the soviet union i think that every russian realizes that i think european and western powers were taking away from the power of the soviet union and from the economic interests also the former soviet union and therefore they need someone to actually be preserved some of these interests that are left around the world and also in the mideast. ok six year old said oh money shall be a trophy a large pile weekly lie from beirut much appreciated you saw some live pictures there let's just see if we can bring about you just a second or something over our shoulder monash nice way that protrusion rally that kicked off about fifteen minutes ago we go tonight ten to eight pm most folks i don't get it must be remembered it's a monday floored me working day some of these protests were a little bit slow to kickoff because i guess people take over would get changed

come out eccentrics cetera life went on as normal we're hearing now from the authorities little boy is as big as last night yet around about ten thousand people look out of there at the moment i'm looking over my shoulder there's quite a lot going on over there like popcorn so that's the noise you can hear at the moment the shoulder where most you know you got a correspondent there and amazing to bring your flavor of what's happening in to get some more thoughts from down there and you said a lot bad guys swear word opposition rally is taking place some ten thousand or so people signed up on facebook to that rally of course our correspondent there as well be joining both and all of our correspondents from moscow throughout tonight lots of different opinions parties so many different feelings really begin to think you did occupied this is in fact a mockery see playing out in front of us you've got people protesting in making your feelings thought as well issued on both sides of the front she needed to get everyone to agree you can't please everybody all of the time that's an old saying

but it's true that's right and one opinion from journalists can are is that he says that process has great potential and besides the mere person now said to return there are even more possibilities for further growth. and the actions of people who are going to go back to focusing on the fundamentals. in so much as the elections it's to some uncertainty and so people have to wait decisions until this point that we know that this is president again i think that that's been raised and at the end of the day russia's fundamentals. i mean extremely good you know the country is continuing to grow in this money to be made here and at the same time in western europe growth is very soggy whole of the us still suffering from a crisis and so people are looking for growth are going to be ending up in russia as time goes on and russia continues to perform that the opposition the doesn't turn violent that these protests don't and i don't think i think people's confidence will be lifted but if hussein is really serious about returning from

capital to russia then the key reforms are going to be to do something about corruption and judicial reform to make property rights contracts and forcible accords leave a bow and given that basis of you know a legal basis a strong make a basis then i think the russian money will come back very quickly again because most of the opportunities are high growth still here at home for them. you're watching special coverage reaction and really minute to minute kind of results coming in not changing too much at this point it's very clear lazy mark which has been. is now president elect officially of russia really pretty much the results coming in huge margin i looking at it by here tomorrow you can clearly call this i landslide victory some say was unexpected last night we talked to his spokesperson who said they didn't expect to get that much of a vote really so it's interesting when you talk to so many different views i that's

why we're here basically here to bring you kind of use from around the world and especially in russia live from the russian capital with our special coverage bringing you the latest on the outcome of this how top story got out of your company as well thanks for a change to be with us tonight again that was nearly all the votes counted that he's all but confirmed that they did approach and is heading back to the kremlin for the country's top job he's been declared president elect after securing that first round picture just of just talking about it though the four other candidates that didn't come anywhere near the broadcast. countries including france germany and finland have in fact congratulated putin od his quote on tower for when and russia itself the reaction is split we've been talking about thousands of people gathered outside in central moscow big rally in support of like the air pollution taking place just over our shoulders we're speaking about this because it's so close but oprah's issues are traditions world pledging to stage protests long before the vote and now they're fulfilling that promise as well in pushkin square

but forty five minutes walk from here is getting to the senses sort of a switch for the best of the two character she is love it made me to call it most was monday's show near the kremlin let's catch up with. places. where as you can see behind me really gets to people it's everybody's scared excited to be out and some more light. bulb it looks like forty fifty people are supposed to shut this where. there are some people leaving and nothing. coming at it now so there's constant movement happening here though it is a very as i said a very positive mood now to some parents a smaller crowd in comparison such that you were a group strand here on the nationalist square where there were approximately reports of one hundred ten thousand pro supporters again this crowd this rally

happening at the moment on the nationalist where he is pro rata day we've seen our rallies happening have both pro and hand against bantay could be one of those happening at washington square police sanctioned and that's actually not that far from where we are at the moment now another rally that's just happened i'm hearing the forwards up the protesters who were arrested at. lugansk square for a protest against bin laden on the same ship crowley so the dalai lama in a nod to end this evening is smiling but as you can see behind me for a moment it seems like everybody's just excited going up the way i'm pulling and everybody needs cheering and chanting obama the whole thing makes his mom the seem to be to blame to those places maybe meeting all color you can see a sea of black spiny salt

a very positive god the spirit here on somewhere. just thank you very much they're all so. oh ok well of course more news to bring you your plenty more coming through all the news was godship time tonight a quick break oh oh oh you can stay with us we'll be back at the top we are just a couple of minutes time as kevin though in the new somalia with cheese continuing struggle coverage of the outcome of russia's presidential election. of. world. science technology innovation all the rest of elements from around russia we've got the future covered.

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