of course when you feel you will call them a little going to the poor. who actually agree with you who the lucky one. so shock result frankly the numbers that perhaps no politician in the world would call successful but still she tries to find the positive things in it and when and an exclusive interview with a presidential candidate the only female candidate in this race i asked her still what is the word you're going to use to describe this campaign. said success so i just want you to have a look at some of the parts of the interview that somebody to show you right now. course it's not the result i would dream about but my campaign was not a result of my complain was involved talking truth on the propaganda stick channels to federal t.v. in russia this result is higher than of any other liberal candidate and that makes

the platform for rhenish and after the debates with nobody me you just had a few hours ago are you confident in that kind of future for a so-called united opposition bloc i'm very disappointed by the discussion because i came there to discuss a future six years with putin and how we will fight with me my but in stand we were discussing carrying my instant problem which is ridiculous to take your result the result of good for you believe me and mr t. tough as well and add them together still i think that's just under five percent so is there much room for improvement here and are you hoping to improve in the near future and education is the most important value of my program education of russian people telling them truth about the situation they leave in trying to make them interest on the collection between their level of life and corruption that is there

in the contrie the only real way to make this five percent growing to fifty one per . it's to make people understand this and we should be realistic about this huge amount of support of putting this result well maybe it would be not seventy five percent but sixty eight or whatever the steel we should meet that the majority or now really want this pres. toast election next this event with just any assumption that now not all voters the brawns were able to cast their ballots in ukraine russian citizens were blocked from voting by less police and russian consulates in several ukrainians to see if there were also protests against russia's presidential election all the ukraine for example and the election protestors exit russian consulate general building and yet there were also protests in contrast. we contacted several international organizations asking for comments

the organization for security and cooperation in europe got back to us but then placed that it's in my mind that's all relations between the two. hundred forty thousand observers were ensuring that ballots were cast without any problems and that the voting procedures were properly conducted over fifteen hundred of the observers of foreigners which is a record for the presidential election in russia we had two of them in here tonight their views the vast majority of poles with cameras to stream everything online easy to do these days comparatively activists were using them to monitor any possible violations and was least one of the it says this video shows members of the electoral commission stuffing ballot boxes probably this took place in a city near moscow the central electoral commission is for the employees involved and said obviously those ballots cast in a particular box will not be counted we discussed the election where the say

observers that came into the studio here as well european ones and whether they witnessed themselves any violations. thank you say that i didn't see anybody lation maybe i was too short but i don't i don't think that and by the asians. we wanted to to see how it works we were particularly interested very much in the transmission lines which you so i see here. in foreign to introduce the system so this was it was new to us was what we were very much interested in we have some team in moscow. sent. us stuff and. the return is everything was normal everything was normal we discussed about the process in the putting station and everything is neat little bit like in france for example even maybe more because for example i saw in many places some care out to control we don't have that in france and. if you if you can accept.

some private information and i never saw so many. young families who are voting. on it's clear clear and votes in my opinion. ok live now more common. use of the line executive vice president of the center. nice to see you with ninety percent of the ballots counted putin's leading the way out. what is such an overwhelming win signify do you think as you see it tonight. i thank you for having me i think it's clear thing of clear instance of president putin's leadership i mean if you look at it from where he's come in even though even the last six years here we've got despite sanctions despite some challenges

you've got. the inflation has come down from what by thirteen fourteen percent and . in june two thousand and fifteen down to two point two percent was the most recent this last month on an annual percentage one of the lowest since post soviet times you've got dropping unemployment still high but i think you want to address that you've got improved economic you've now turned around and economic growth you've got economic growth you've got. a strong president you've got reestablishment and of where russia is in effect from that and there are challenges in the formulation area but you've got to shoot potential and he has a vision of going forward and so i think that's a very positive image prevented presented that the russian people won and and to be honest a e just heard that earlier between mr noel me and miss subject you've got opposition as fragmented and really not really united with with the common common direction.

high and it makes us studio head with kevin what kind of international reaction do you predict once the ballots are counted. i think it'll be. i don't think it's it's surprising it's it's it's kind of expected the final numbers here seventy six percent are in in line with the poll numbers and in line with his popularity and so i think it's not a it's onix you know it's not to be unexpected it's actually expected result that he would win i think also what's positive is your international observers have gotten some very very good comments i've i've read as well as far as the process in general and some of the procedures that been put in place i think also the the fairness and openness that all the opposition candidates had as far as media coverage as far as the ability to voice their their positions across

a variety of areas from foreign policy to family issues to economic development i think i think it will it gives president putin a very strong. approval to move forward with the direction that he needs to move in and and there are going to be challenges obviously continued challenges from the west. but but i think it gives it's going to be a strong symbol that he has the support of the russian people. yet difficult to know exactly but you can have a good guess give us the top three on his domestic policy and foreign policy listen he's going to be tackling as soon as he starts his next in may. but i think overall and he has voiced this his his overall initiative here i think is security and stability and that internationally and domestic ensuring the security of russia and security around the world and

stability i think also you were going to see him we've already announced decreases in the military budget and i think he wants to emphasize more education. health care and infrastructure development and that i think those are areas that need to be addressed special out in the regions i think the regional development is an area that that. although there's a lot of economic development going a lot of it's focused on on moscow and st petersburg and i think there is a an opportunity to strengthen the economic development of our partner opportunities in the region since i firmly believe that's going to be one of his an agenda items as well. internationally i think he wants to bridge saudi tony thought he wanted to that bridge the gap between the west. ok. he wants to bridge the gap i think bridge the gap expansion with the e.u. and promote continued growth and improvement in relations and also with china as

well i i see that as well i want to get past where we are. all fighting separate alliance or by the bit of a delay the stall you said every question great. roughness and executive vice president of iraq as you said thank you so much for being so succinct as well much appreciated. it's interesting range and get to higher ground and i don't want to locals tomorrow more to come tomorrow it will be here yeah we will but we haven't got there yet we devote still counted what we know so far well it appears that he is to be a little higher than expected you can see a lot of the soul of the red stripe live from the program but even so it is campaign chief tells us but the boost appears to be dead to the u.k. and its reaction to this crippled poisoning case is more on the tangle of it and how what sound in britain was affected here although of course russia says it's got nothing to do with it london's polyploid could sum up the euro the. just the

turnout is eight to ten percent higher than we expected thanks to great britain amount of time they didn't take into account the russian mentality we want pressure and it became time to mobilize every time russia indiscriminately. from deadly blamed the one thing russians do is unite around. that's why thanks to prove it contributed to turnout we didn't even dream of there hasn't been that much talk about it to be honest because it's been overshadowed by an altogether more dramatic affair the script piled poisoning and the high tensions in the now the diplomatic standoff between the u.k. and russia and just what putin's campaign manager was saying there is that that may have galvanized the vote in russia well it looks like it may have galvanized the vote here in london as well there's a huge russian population in london and the turnout at the russian embassy where you could cast your ballot was also much higher than usual there were queues of

up to one hour for russians had to cost their ballots around two to three hundred people according to some estimates lining up on the pavement outside the russian embassy just waiting to get in and cast their vote and that enthusiasm could have something to do with the way that this script poisoning has been covered here it's been weighing heavily on the minds of members of the russian community in the run up to the vote they've been talking about it a lot there was also a protest outside the embassy the exiled businessman and putin critic you can he was out there greeting those keen to cast their ballot with banners. putin clearly he's not keen on of vladimir putin four point zero the newspaper coverage here in the u.k. has been. it's been very critical of and it's very much conveyed

the message that his reelection was inevitable in the run up to this vote it hasn't taken out many column inches in the sunday papers this is page seven of one of the broad sheets and it's talking about putin's reelection as president being inevitable there's another one here also page seven talking about the russian state mobilizing to ensure a huge win for putin so a lot of articles now talking about there being pressure exerted on the people of russia to vote because vladimir putin putin needed a high turnout in order to ensure legitimacy for this presidency to look legitimate but really most of the papers have been focusing on this you've got something like this may stand up to putin the diplomatic fallout the tensions over the square power poisoning and all the sorts of perceived threats coming from russia as a result you can see kerry catches up on your screen of the way that vladimir putin

has been presented in the press have really quite vilified almost unanimously hair on this question of new cold war rhetoric over the spy poisoning may have galvanized the people or the russians in london to go out and cost them a vote. to do so it seems like here's a look at what the candidates in this election have been up to over the love. the two thousand are officially over the two thousand and thirteen roll in with the biggest protests russia seen since the fall of the soviet you. laura. sagna subject to the noughties is among those voicing their anger at

alleged electoral fraud there's some in the crowd don't think she longs. that these days you won't see subjects at the ip parties mingling with showbiz celebs she's attending rallies alongside prominent opposition figures like alexina valmy. like getting at what you have asked of like it like nothing to live your life one man band yeah that was the emergence of the protest movement drew is another opposition figure back into politics for gori yavlinsky he returns to the helm of his party and joins the ranks of the protesters who now form a motley crew of liberals communists nationalists and war they are all united in wanting to change the system if not in how linsky presents his vision for me yeah like that other you know you pal you sat at a student some. are studying yet earlier last year old gent out of

the last year that a measure not skip the firebrand populist leader of the l.d.p. is also out rallying in his own inimitable style an anti government will keep i sit in two thousand and twelve he gives that i screams to the crowd and they've got to ask me to do it for the dog if i get it in march two thousand and twelve landed me a putin wins russia's presidential election with a reduced share of the vote what will be his third term. and see putin demonstrations peak turning ugly on the eve of his inauguration and firing the starting gun on what will arguably be his most eventful time in office yet. the reunification with crimea in two thousand and fourteen is met with both cheers and condemnation the ensuing game of sanctions to. a tap with the west puts russia's economy but there's

a silver lining to boom domestic production in two thousand and fifteen russia launches an account against islamic states and syria and plays a key role in rooting out the terrorists. relations with the us hit an all time low when russia is accused of meddling in america's two thousand and sixteen elections to the pretty girl just put you with a student who is losing interest as russia adopts an increasingly assertive role on the international stage but also becomes the target of more accusations so much so that russians did it becomes a me and putin becomes the mainstream media's arch villain. talking like he enjoys high approval rating. one of the candidates putin is up against in two thousand and eighteen used to work for him as a campaign nearly two decades of good but since two thousand and eleven pavel

routine it has become a member of the communist comes a successful businessman running a straw before he's earned himself the label of red capitalist he's got a lot to lose in the two thousand and eighteen election he's betters my stuff you know when you say one thing but i do wish that that's him but he's not a cynic but i did mention that napster was a better way to. think about it's. about italian hawkins was that the h k y one real veteran a liberal democratic candidate plan to measure an altered state take a look at what is left behind after the political show is over. all quiet in the sure and off the campaign hates q tonight as the media drift out and equipment is packed away the man himself didn't make it here tonight he made his post-election speech at a different location making his views on this election abundantly clear. yeah that's a new word is that i estimate the result of the elections negatively the conditions

are not equal there were no debates the scandals were fake aim to attract attention the elections are under way they see third place firmly sealed for sure enough ski a position he's of course one before he's been on russia's political stage for nearly thirty years this is a campaign poster although back from nine hundred ninety one he's fought six presidential campaigns in total mixing of fiery nationalist rhetoric with populism socially conservative more radical on the economy and other questions he's never been shy of controversy he's had verbal spats even physical conflicts with his opponents this election that has been no exception and he's been roundly criticized before for his more outlandish views. the stage was all set perhaps hoping for a slightly better result very bold slogans here this banner reading written off skee a powerful leap forward ironic for a man who turned seventy two this year and will be nearly eighty at the next

election cycle at his post-election press conference of course he brushed off any speculation about his future in true blood in michigan off ski style you know this but don't ask me about it it's inappropriate let's ask a fifteen year old boy if he is ready for marriage or not let him grow so are you ready to marry it doesn't work like that in six years do you know that there will be no elections in six years prosperity for all this no more homelessness hunger and unemployment it seems these slogans words enough to give the liberal democratic party leader a bigger share of the vote this whole stands empty this may be the last election cycle we see zhirinovsky as a candidate although with his volatile unpredictability we just never know. indeed now polling stations some see their motions run wild cards as flocking to cast their vote yesterday centenarian to tearful children open to meet the

candidates check this out. least be a pity thousand. of us. to put such. a search. should. be a. little more. won't you join a program some night for a new cue me and the rest of the team or program from continued coverage from being the coming out over the fear and often from.

the far right. isn't just on the march it's taking violent my daughter's action light name and. i see those organizations which will usually split in two which would be four different names how do you view that. a. complex web of rich or fashionable.

welcome to the party than donald trump has until may twelfth decide whether to make good on his threat to the rand deal potentially a pandemic here is a french national diplomacy and setting the ground for yet another conflict how seriously is that threat taken intact and should the american bullying be accommodated if peace is at stake while to discuss that i'm now at. joined by how much of a letter johnny had of iran's high council for human rights and deputy off international affairs in that it mr larijani

a great pleasure great honor talking to you thank you very much for your time thank you but let me start with the news of the day this is a concern in many corners of the world that the united states is going to read meat on its obligations on that iran nuclear deal concerned grew even more acute following the appointment of the new secretary of state in the united states does it make any difference as far as iran is concerned in who had the state department whether it is john kerry rex tillerson or mike compare for that better. view. of you know the very says it doesn't matter too much the tactics or the articulation movie or different. impacts on the nuclear deal was done and we are accepted because we wanted to prove the american claim is false rule of not following nuclear weapons at all but

we have used capability on the nuclear technology for peaceful purposes but no it is a perv and the americans want to use capability nuclear technologies as a pretext to pressure them most it doesn't matter that we are barred by the private market i think it will definitely be nothing of united america gets out of this part then the fact is this because it is five plus one parked now the current american president expressed he's dissatisfaction of oil a long before he took office and yet in more than a year since his inauguration there's been a lot of bellicose rhetoric. but the very little in the way off action in your own calculus why do you think donald trump hasn't walked out of this deal already if he indeed intends to do that well there are two fires number one. donald trump is

a man of bluffing not a man of realize actions so we know we are accustomed with american bluffing for over forty years and this is an extreme one secondly united decision wants to extract more concession from me wrong on the regional issues he is absolutely wrong it doesn't help and it was successful and now the american president doesn't exhibit their very reach for a cabbie larry in describing this deal he simply calls a very bad i wonder what words would iran use in characterizing the two thousand and fourteen agreement you spend a lot of man hours negotiating it did it come out as good or good enough for you while definitely we do not consider this pericope. a magazine more optimal position or deal but definitely is now than i did the whole logic that

we accepted these limitations on own capability and development is to prove to the world the american or their rest claims an allegation against iran is wrong no that it doesn't prove the they are wrong and the atomic agency in more than ten reports endures to rein in compliance you see that what they're american are saying so this is a blast for me this is corruption and the hypocrisy of the of the american foreign policy but i am i want to say that. you know under this theory should not enter the will if they enter the will they would be the loser they would see that very soon as well as speaking about the potential loss perhaps for all of us president trump specifically mentioned that he and his soon to be secretary of state mike compare

tend to see eye to eye on many issues particularly the iranian policy and back in two thousand and fourteen mr peo advocated military action to fully destroy the iranian nuclear capacity do you see it as a credible threat well our don't think american are in the position to or saw another military engagement in their area already those who have a started before they are unable to manage to get out but to start them attack when iran may not be very difficult task but they won't be the one who will dictate the end of that they will receive a very harsh lesson which may be good for them for the historical. so indulging in a military duty against iran is not an easy thing for united states while they are facing grand failures in the region enough on the song in the persian gulf area another chance now president trump employed

a similar strategy all threats of blackmail with north korea only to announce last week that he is willing to sit down and at the north korean leader do you think the uranium leadership would be open to a similar turn of events a personal meeting with donald trump to renegotiate oh perhaps simply reinterpret the terms of the standing agreement i think is standing argument should be complied fooled by you know this that you know i did this news and also some of the european allies like the britain government are following the hypocritical approach to this this pact. both of them are most complying with. their obligation under the specs the first establishes secondly we are in no way interested to talk with. the government like you know the suit which does not have any credibility in

his promises and his signatures so. this is another third important point americans are afraid of the influence of iran in the region. our influence is not military influence for this is a moral and political influence it cannot be destroyed by bombs it can not be destroyed by military action i think americans should redefine their interest in the region their interest in the region is defined in a very strong and not feasible way mr larijani you just mentioned that you believe teheran has no interest in organizing this presidential meeting between. the leaders of the two countries but i don't know trump is a very particular character and he i think he is very easily influenced by his emotions and your neighbors for example israel is making a good the use of that.