cell support, we choose to look so common ground. ah ah, with random is brought to a close with preliminary results showing over 90 percent of voters in favor of joining russia in both of the dom, but for public as well as the to break away ukrainian legions. prestone ends up or was yet a correspondence report from the ground. we find ourselves at the information center here in the people's republic, the polling stations, they have closed on the election committees. they're busy counting the ballots. video evidence, you know, just showing what's been described as an unprecedented damage to the north screen

pipeline system with german media cleaning possible sabotage with this situation has not changed. it's a complete sham from western countries. question president vladimir putin says the with broken promises for ukrainian grain to go to countries in need as only a small fraction of the supplies when for africa. with a welcome, it's just gone 7 pm here in the russian capital. i'm policy clear and new with auto international. good to have you with us. now our top story voting has finished for the referendums on whether to join russia and the ballots are now being counted in the independent don best republics as well as to break away regions of south east and ukraine. ah.

as the polling stations have now closed after several days of excepting ballots, let's take a look at preliminary results of the referendum. according to the preliminary results, 96.75 percent of the votes and the head on region were in favor of joining russia while in the next republic. that figure was as high as 98.63 percent of votes in favor. and in this upper was your region, 93.11 percent said yes,

for the homeland to become a part of russia while the figure was 97.77 percent in the la guns were public. the republics here has said the results, testified to the unity of the people there. o, the most important thing is that the referendum took place and we cast our votes as in the distant 2014 we united and showed our unity to the whole world. despite the fact that the ukranian nationalists did everything to prevent the referendum from taking place, they intimidated people. they shot at us the ballots for the referendum in which we voted for joining russia are now being counted out is eco, it's done all the little guns for public and boom. and casa with intronis, bought us the details about the way from random results being tallied. the 5 day voting process is said now over the voting areas have now been closed and the count had begun. now we already know that the turnout had

this referendum was very high. the 1st fell, 4 days of the voting took place with the referendum committee walking around from home to home, asking people to cast their bows. and now we find ourselves at the information center here in that, that sca people's republic. it's working well, i can say 247. ah, but it's working well into the late night. this is where the results of the final results. oh, will be announced. we have both were in media here, how we have international observers also doing their hourly briefing, say international observers, by the way, i hear from me. oh yeah. at least while several countries of the country was there a 130 of them here in fact. and this is where we are expected to hear. the final

results are over a friend them. we are expected to hear something ah, by about 10 o'clock, ha, moscow time in the evening. but, judging from what we have seen so far, ah, in the counting of the votes of the results for the overwhelming are in favor of fight julian, russian little girl. no one forces us to come. you consider yourself people come voluntarily. i'm so happy i'm about to cry. do you block away? people are crying with joy. there were people from the russian control territories in ukraine. who said you this day has finally come? i'm so glad i leave to seal his day. yes ma'am, i'm really happy if come a long way and have been waiting for it for ages. those were some of the voters that i spoke with her over the last til 5 days of the voting. and once again, they came out in mass to, ah, to show their support, to do their civic duty if you will. and now many of them had tears in their

eyes. they were waiting for this day for the last 8 years. and it's finally arrived . the polling stations, they have closed on the election committees, they're busy counting the ballots. basically, people here they've been dreaming of this moment for long 8 years, some even longer. right now at the polling stations where the ballots have been counting are being counted. the while the atmosphere is quite celebratory. it's a holiday, it's if it's a festival here, and some have even popped champagne and balls of bubbly inside celebration. all ready. but the, the road towards this day has been very thorny, i should say during the past 4 days, during the previous 4 days, people only could vote at mobile polling stations. meaning that buses would be buses with ballots would come to different neighborhoods, districts and towns and villages and locals would were given the opportunity to cast their vote without having to will collect

a large crowds of people which could become targets of terrorist attacks. and these fears they aren't in vain because key of authorities, they have been shelling are the adjacent now the adjacent villages, the adjacent towns and basically doing everything in their power to intimidate the local population. and so that they don't vote, but we cannot, we can already see that the process that the referendum has been a complete success from the standpoint of the authorities here. and this is the reality. you won't really see in western media. you won't hear that from western politicians who, for example, the foreign minister of germany. she outright said that the voting is happening at gunpoint. but for all the wrong reasons suggesting that armed men are walking around here with the members of the election committees and are forcing people to vote, which couldn't be further from the truth. i have to tell you, based on what we've seen based on what our colleagues have seen and probably most importantly on what the international observers have seen as well. and indeed it is

fair to say that the, the voting here is happening at gunpoint, but the guns are pointing from the side of the ukrainians. who again, i have to reiterate. they have been shelling polling stations over the course of these past days. members of the election committees and local civilians, they had to repeatedly and regularly hide in bomb shelters. as their process was interrupted in several little towns around la ganske like the towns of chelsea and roberto now and i did prepare our crew did prepare a report on the atmosphere on how this vote has fed so far. have a look. cave has repeatedly claimed ownership over the citizens of don bass, and at the same time has been doing everything in its power to antagonize them. it's military has been shelling the population here with how it is and have you rocket launchers, plains dropped bombs on people's homes and children. and now the authorities and

cave making it abundantly clear. but anyone who is dropping ballots into the ballot boxes at the referendum will be persecuted with no mercy. you proposed up to 5 years in prison for any one who dares vote. and that's just the tip of the iceberg of repression. there's a plethora of ways to lose all humanity in keeps eyes here and be condemned with the stigma of being a so called russian collaborator, 8 years of war, have somewhat numbed the people here to the outright abhorrence coming from caves. government, which considers them its subjects. but while they're used to it, it doesn't mean they aren't hard broken live. it's such a bitter feeling when your mother land turns its back on you. well, the land you would always thought to be your mother land. it's very sad need that the one you i am so angered by there, but this is wool. that's all i can say when you know crazy. we owns living in ukraine. we are living in the la guns republic. and we do hope they won't be able

to get the hands on us. and sure all these threads could have been bluff grandstanding at an international level. a tray can ukraine's domestic policy game, but keep itself shattered. all hopes of that. all can operators who somehow reveal their names. there is a whole list of the surnames. they are all people who have signed that death sentences. we are not bloodthirsty. we are officially saying that will only accept a legal decision. life sentences for traitors as citizens of the don boss flocked to the polling stations and the millions. it's not just ukraine that remains oblivious to their plea. germany's tub. diplomat, anna, lena, burbock. ow did caves own propagandists when she suggested the real situation with the vote here resembles a poorly written r rated movie? and it does, yes. people have voting with a gun pointing at their heads. and this is exactly what such referendums are about

. people are shot at raped and then obliged to very well a soldier onto the kalashnikov is standing right next to them. if we now accepted and let it be, then it will be repeated in other places. it will serve as an invitation to fed to violate international laws. as western politicians and media post the narrative of a people voting at gunpoint. reality on the ground points to a very different threat facing those wanting to cost their vote at polling stations . public areas and don bass are being shelled by the ukrainian military every day. keeps under cover hitman bomb pro russian officials and liberated regions on a regular basis. diversion groups are also active behind the defensive lines, but the german foreign minister chose to emit all of that. it doesn't fit ukraine's heroic facade promoted so hard in the west. they're locked into this narrative and it's so been ongoing since 2014, that the people of the dumbass have no agency of their own that they are

essentially ultimate owns are doing big. so that was obvious. that's how the west will interpret any election or referendum outcome. the problem is that they haven't come up with any evidence of this. show us the evidence that people have the force of gum point, go and vote. there isn't about a quarter of the population. here are holders of russian passports, just under a 1000000 people whom you crane is eager to evict to the 21st century gulags. and that's to start with, under the proposed bill drawn up in co authorship with members of the as of neo nazi group. freedom of speech goes out of the window support every whim of ukraine's government will be jailed. collaborators will be considered though citizens who have denied the armed aggression against ukraine and the occupation of its territories, or have publicly called for support for the aggressor,

for cooperation with the occupiers. the final, in the most decisive day of the referendum is here. and it's about to show just how many people have decided to personally sign the divorce papers with ukraine once and for rule, i'm again done of reporting from the law ganske people's republic, or t around one and a half 1000000 people had costing votes in internet republic by the end of the 4th day of voting in the lucas for public, the latest artist shows the turnout exceeded 90 percent while in the heavens up of osha regions. the turn off was roughly the same. at 63 and 66 percent, respectively. we spoke to the president of the big international fallen pony mat ananda who came to the dumbass as an international observer. she says, the mood of people that contradicts the western establishment narrative. i found there to people about hollywood hearing that they are under gunpoint or

they're having go controlled by that issue. now to be found that they're ready, they're participating and i find them like gay celebration and festival and lydia leaving message to the world. there then is no fear, nor any pressure, and they are taking their own right. you went, ocean garment did not by display do. they only provided logistic and infrastructure . dubois long runs and don't sick people, the conduct of warden, when you come to the ill grounds, then you will understand what is that he energy from my united nation office. you can not say every thing. so this is not what they were in. international media is going on and it is most of the time there is a fake news during last 9 months. we observed that so many fake news said related to the by the western media to we stand word pulled words author,

we've got reactions on the referendum from tune creek politicians who visited saint petersburg to promote strengthening ties between russia and the u. member states that europe we're living here, i believe the current referendums are fair. we speak about a territory in which the population has faced genocide. the risk of being completely erased, the rougher comes on whether to join russia were a matter of survival for them. they didn't have much choice. ukraine for it's part did have a choice to avoid the referendums. they only had to respect the rights of the russian population of ukraine, their language and autonomy, their right to exist. however they persecuted the russian population, making them flee abroad. they acted against themselves. it's so i figured so sort of of the all the worse the wounds say that they don't recognize the results and they are not the waterfall room

speaking above them maybe will not find even the results in the western press. but fighting now wrapped up, we'll keep you updated on the results and what the future holds for these regions. ah, sabotaged can not be ruled out. that's the comment from denmark's prime minister on damage to the north stream pipeline sep, is altered in a shop drop in pressure. it's hard to imagine that it was an accident. we can not rule at sabotage, but it's also too early to make such a conclusion. this is a video from the location of the leak. according to swedish media seismologists have registered powerful blossom. the area and the country authorities have become an investigation into possible sabotage. the kremlin has caught the situation quote, unprecedented saying the reason why the pipeline system has developed problems

remains to be determined that no possible scenario could be excluded at which kills nano rich. this is very concerning news. it's true that we're talking about some kind of damage to the pipeline and denmark's economic zone. although the exact nature of the damage is yet to be determined, the pressure in the pipeline has significantly dropped. this is an unprecedented situation and it must be immediately investigated. soften what street one accounted for. 35 percent of russian guests exports to europe. the pipeline suppliers within flashed and native suspended with gas from fighting maintenance reasons. now with the latest incidents, it's unclear when the pipeline will once again be operational. earlier, my colleague nicki aaron discussed the matter with ortiz rena customer. we have sweden saying that it has 2 leagues, has discovered 2 leaks, and it's in the north to one pipeline. penmark discovered that leaks on the

northeastern to pipeline. and this, of course, comes after germany was also reporting a drop in pressure in both pipelines. now this situation is extremely rare. it doesn't just have them like that. that's why everyone is saying, how could this have happened? and was there anyone involved? was this perhaps an act of sabotage, but we'll talk about that a little bit later. first, let's hear what the operator of north stream have to say. damage to 3 sections of the nord stream pipeline system in only one day is unprecedented. it is currently impossible to know how long it will take to restore this infrastructure to operational condition. so a situation where this would be just coincidental is not really on the card. exactly. but right now, what's also tricky is that there are conflicting reports as to how long it will take to fix the situation. some say months, others are same even years. and right now this is critical with winter approaching this energy prices that were seen unfolding could become even worse if the pipelines are completely not operational. what are the possible scenarios?

what could have happened here somewhere saying that if this was a target to the tack like the german daily, for example, we're saying that everything speaks against the coincidence numb quotes in here, we cannot imagine a scenario that this is not at targets at the time. but a targeted attack would involve, i read it and some of the reports would involve a submarine, someone literally go and stay under the water and cause and damage this kind damage . because like i said, this is extremely rare for such to happen. and here we're talking about really already, so who stands to benefit from the class? we know that there is an energy crisis unfolds, and this is, of course, a sensitive time in russia. we have the conflict unfolding with the crane. russia has already hold to its supplies to 20 percent from the north stream. one pipeline north through 2 is idle right now at the moment and we have the sanctions. and we also had a technical difficulty which affected the north stream on pipelines. so supplies

have been halted completely, so the european union has had to look for alternative solutions. they're looking for other suppliers. among them we have the united states. energy prices are skyrocketing, of course, some reports are saying that they haven't seen energy prices like that in one to 5 years. and here's an interesting point. let's hear what the us present had to say at some points about the notes from to pipeline to russia. invasion that meas, tanks of troops crossing the the border of ukraine. again, then there will be we, there will be no longer a north stream to we will bring it into. how will you do that? exactly. since the project and control of the product is within germany's control, i promise you will be able to do it's a complete sam, that's our russian need of letting me pusan describe the waste promise to explore

quain from ukraine in poor to developing countries. sustaining and about that it is according to the latest data on september 23rd out of $203.00 ships with grain that left from ukrainian ports. only 4 went to impoverish countries as a part of the u. n. program. this situation has not changed. it's a complete sham from western countries. the situation is very dramatic and why my poor today has accused the west of provoking and now deepening global food crisis, mostly by sanctioning supplies of russian grain and fertilizers that the harvest is so dependent on abroad. he tries that the dramatic situation folding now has nothing to do with moscow. special mil to operation in ukraine. but their responsibility lies completely on the collective west and a sanctions fever. one report has also described their wishes countries. behavior is predatory here reminded as you heard earlier,

that totally true percentile. the grain had so far left the unblocked ukrainian pores following the breakthrough un and turkey broker deal went to the countries in need. while most of it i radically was sent to be you, while the whole idea was to help starving africa. well, it seems that african keeps us still waiting. here's the president of caney sharing his anger and his concerns. these unprecedented confluence of intensely adverse events has excessive bated what does custody and starvation wasn't by rising food prices that's complicating kenyatta roadmap to was delivering good quality of life to our citizens. we cannot afford to waste another moment debating the merits of doing something because of the doing nothing. it will soon be too late to revise the course of events, and then even the best possible interventions would not suffice. wagner,

14 has also pointed out that in this unstable situation in the world where i should think about its own food security and here, sure, there will be no problem with that as base here, the harvest promises to be a record high experts say that it may easily reach 150000000 tons of grain of which 2 thirds will be so desperately needed. wheat. neat recordings, allegedly from the pakistani prime ministers office have been put for sale on the dock when as they appear to show corruption among high ranking officials, some of the recordings have already reached the public as the there are 2 things, sir. one is a good station. i know that half the machinery, the plant is already here from india, right? yes sir. and half of the machinery has been imported. yes sir. now the issue is it will go to the economic coordination committee than to the cabinet. and then the person who was a relative of the current prime minister,

who was importing machinery from india, while the former p. m. is looking into the family. yes, i understand that, but obviously it will be big trouble for you, sir. i know that. and what is at the hot park, it is their private housing society and they need their own grid station can do it on behalf of the government. definitely, we will do that. no issue with that, but importing from india. oh yes, i know it will be a big problem for us. if they had done it secretly, it would have been a better way. the recording that you just heard was literally between pakistan's point minister say about sharif and his principal secretary apparently about inigo machinery import from india for a power plant. pakistan's government has officially said they will be an inquiry into the claims the by minister has denied any wrong doing his funds main opposition party. however, claims that the recordings prove high level corruption in the current government.

the country to form a prime minister on con, who maintains that he's often with us or custard, orchestrated coo at court on his supporters to stand up against the newly installed leadership. other members of his party have also raised their concerns. not only about corruption, but also matters of national security. it is better to die than be a slave to these thieves. they have come to power only to make money. the result of spending billions of rupees on agencies is that 140 hours of audio recordings from the prime minister's office or on sale. since august 20th. we have heard the statements of mary moorings and ron a center on this in which both of them have directly admitted this conversation. but we condemn the security lab. one the story and it's now cause life to do a political analyst has some slim shed. joining us from islam about thanks so much for joining us. do you think that these recordings are credible and was this pakistani prime minister sharif look when you,

when you listen to the recordings for the 1st time, the, the clear conclusion you can draw is that this is indeed the current prime minister of august on. and he's having a conversation with one of his aids in which they are talking about importing certain machinery from india. now india and pakistan have had screen relations for the past many years. and the fact that the sitting prime minister of the country is having this conversation with one of his aides is alarming. and perhaps even more alarming is that the conversation has been leaked out. so if we look at the past 6 months, focused on political scenario has gotten worse by the day. and this to me is like, and this is just one of the many recordings that have apparently come out. and there is a reportedly putting these up for sale. now this is

a very dangerous development for focused on because if these audios get leaked and then they put up for sale, then that is literally like putting a focused on national security. so to answer your question, yes, it seems to be current prime minister focused on having a conversation with benefits eights and just follow on what to say. the political opposition does say that the leaks are not any proof of corruption, as you mentioned, but also shortcoming in national security. what's your opinion? absolutely it is. i mean, we are a sovereign nation of 220000000 people. we are the only muslim nuclear fall in the world. the conversations of government officials, if one of our high ranking officials get leaked like this and that is extremely alarming. it shows that it is somebody who is having access to the prime minister's office. and these conversations, the information that is shared in these conversations, if it gets leaked out and there's itself a sensitive nature, which i'm sure you know many of these conversations would be and this does

constitute a dia, national security threat to park a spawn. and unfortunately, there's not much hope at the moment in terms of seeing some credible investigation into this because focused on is going through a bad political patch at the moment. and the box on the p g. i the party of the former prime minister in bronze han does not trust the current government. and right you saw because of the way they came into power and the way they've been handling the economy and the country has hold. the former prime minister, him on con, he mentioned they has caught the current government a bunch of sees now, is that just a popular sentiment or, i mean, what's your opinion on that book? it's very, it's very, you know, it's very clear to me that the current government is comprised of individuals who either are convicts or who have cases against them. so if he's calling them thieves,

then that is clearly the case because what do you call somebody or a bunch of people sitting in the government who actually have cases against them who have been accused of millions and billions of corruption. so clearly it's not just a political slogan, there is a lot of truth to it as well. and unfortunately, focused on is caught up in this, in fighting that is going on between the p t. i and the current government. and the country continues to suffer. the pakistani government has said that they will be an investigation. so of course we'll keep it based of that and cost later, potentially to a political analyst, her son asylum said in islamabad, thank you. i pleasure. before we go, let's go back now to our breaking news as the posting stations for the referendum have now closed after several days of accepting ballasts and need to nick and look at the public's as well as in the break way ukrainian regions of his son and let's take a look at the preliminary results,

the officers that 98.75 percent of votes in the headphone region were in favor of joining russia while it was 97.77 percent, and the guns were public in favor internet people's republic. 98.63 percent of votes when fave of joining russia while in the upper boise region. 93.11 percent, stay 2 years for the homeland to become a part of russia. well that brings us to the end of the bullet and will be back at the top of the hour with more update, particularly on our breaking news story regarding the referendum to join russia. as always we can hit our website for more news and views that are t dot com. thanks so much for joining us. ah ah. this possibly still over any of us on.