what is the, the, the headlines on all the international russian falls is what pell, another word tends by ukranian troops to infiltrate the poor to region a found the roads with 2 civilians were killed by selling earlier. this done today . also this on russians all across the biggest country of the world have been heading out to cost of votes for the 2020 for presidential election. and as we understand so far, $66000000.00 russians at least have cost that function. but it's not over yet. the electric continues as our special coverage went out to you into the locals and they recently pre existing about the after all, among those voting for the president. indeed, sonya, as for public hands across the watches of the new regions folder stuff time it's

also hard to explain all the good can be and this tiers the past 3 weeks have already made it easier and we hope things will get even better. for those like preparing for both, but on a vastly bigger scale, india outlines as general election signs, which will take 3 months consist of 7 spaces. the a very warm welcome you're watching on the international with the latest. well, these are they just good to have you with us. as most goes as far as his hospitals had a fresh attend spa ukrainian troops to info trade russian folder regions where and associates released by the russian defense ministry shows a group of ukrainian soldiers trying to stick across the board into the bel googled region most. cuz they used to sabotage, were quickly beaten back, losing up to 30 soldiers, 3 tongues as multiple other vehicles. earlier

on saturday to civilians were killed and 3 more wounded off to a residential positive belgrade city came under ukrainian chalet. as according to the governor of the russian region, and another attack that defense has intercepted 15 check supplied. well, kids that were fight across the board to buy key ups troops wounding at least one civilian all to produce the gomez boots had filed a report from belgrade earlier today. i know that a tech has happened just this morning. i will just myself local, govern, assess h m o arrest rootkits work and deceptive. but unfortunately, it not full of number intercepted leaving. 2 people dead and 3 more wounded. i was a did all of the places myself and well, the best route area, residential building comp balking. it does not look like a middle trip target. actually a tax on the region of intensified great lakes in recent days. just yesterday they were 3 weeds of arrow attacks. as far as i can see right now,

this is their main goal to spoils rushes presidential elections. people are going to the boarding station, at some point they're afraid, but they want to express their, their concerns, their believes. and basically they just want to, when i wrote and they said that nothing will stop them from doing it. the 2nd day of the russian and presidential election has wraps up the old posting stations and now closed across the country. but well, we are put in a few hours at the far east cuz i said on the final day of posting on sunday as well that the moment the official turned out as the post 58 percent, meaning that it was $66000000.00 people have made that choice, and that's not even including all the votes that will cost online as possible special coverage. we have a studio set up in the house of the russian capital, bringing you updates on all the t developments the

. so here we are downtown moscow, the heart of the russian capital here with the company behind the base and as glory as lights from one of us here wishing you a very well welcome to our special election coverage the . so we're looking at the numbers now. the 3 day election is going to wrap up in about 24 hours or so sunday evening, but at the moment, as we understand that the numbers keep coming in by the minute, let's talk about the full candidates. say you bought the incumbent, had a state of goals, environment, food and he's been at the helm since 1999. but the other 3 candidates are also national lawmakers of let us off that phone calls from the new people's party. a veteran russian is russian. businessman elated slootsky, who joined us a bit earlier, he was from the liberal democratic party and the communist. nikolai had

a total of who's been a member of the state do most since 1994. also leading the, the parliamentary committee on a russian arctic and far eastern development. well, we now joined by a very special guest here with our studio audience, a national elizabeth, when godaddy you do not seriously, elizabeth, what are you seeing so far? is it looking legit? it has been totally transparent. no complaints on my side. i went to the civic chambers this evening or this afternoon, and the cameras on nova, with about 20 volunteers watching all pulling stations in russia. and the fact that 20 individuals are what almost 20, it could be slightly more watching all of us russia. it's effective, it's efficient. and i'm really impressed. have you seen any areas where russia could improve on the election process? any complaints from you perhaps?

um no, i day one was a little bit worried when i went to the fast to pulling stations and i was just observing elderly people voting and i had to ask my guide. and she told me the reason that you're not seeing young people there is because it's a friday day of school and more. oh, so she added, but based on where they can do the electronic voting. that's right. and i was so impressed. so you can be on your busy day like she was and i asked her when is she going to what she reminded me again, elizabeth, we have an up, i can book anytime somebody see type here review, i can vote. so i mean, those are the things that i feel like i would call you back home. yeah, yeah. we in kenya, we have so used to long pauline lions are the pulling station. i mean, if you have enough, it cuts the long pulling lives, but we have back home. yeah. so yeah, for me, i'm just impressed. is there any way that you've seen that anyone could try and stuff? ballot boxes or try and de la, judy mise this election process. honestly,

i don't think so. again, all pulling station specific rooms have all the steve e commerce. i can tell you the portable model of boxes that i've taken home. most people who are disabled and unable to go to the police station, i was fortunate enough to actually see one be brought back with the votes costed. and the lady cut the seal right and took the volts out and pack them in a sealed. she filled them and put them in the safe with your position as an international election observer. when you hear about shelling or a tax on civilian areas, when people are trying to cost a vote, how does that make you feel and, and could you, could you be those of a, $1.00 of those regions to try and help with people that people are trying to utah prospect election or transparent election, then i'm going to bomb the military. they're going to cause some disturbance with the civilians who actually supposed to be the ones costing the whole. yeah, yeah,

so this is expected, but i think the russian spirit is strong and that, but you're optic. the fact that this happened on day one and you still have people going out to vote on day 2 and probably will be there a day, a day. 3. it's speak supposedly seems positive about the russian. it's very tells you something you talk about the russian spirit. is he something about the resilience? yes. over the russians on the um, i want to tell the african be does the time to open. the eyes of health might not be coming from the west. it might be coming from the east. i was talking about the resilience of, of the russian people, the russian vote has as well, particularly the and baffled new regions of western russia. had an amazing conversation to get out here with a g or strategic consultant amongst about and i think the real story of this selection is taking place in the new regions of russia in done. yeah, it's a little gone in here sown in zapper rows where the people there at least some of

them closest to the contact lines are literally going to vote, risking life and limb. now it's, it's you shouldn't exaggerate perhaps, that, but there have been attacks on voting stations. the cambridge team has been seeking to punish its former citizens for choosing role. is that, is that what you think it is? is that why keep it showing self? and russians heard you were innocent civilians are going to the polls to vote and use think savanski is trying to teach them a lesson. absolutely it's, it's spike it's, they chose wrong and they have to be punished for it. in this case, leaves away in the attacks in these attacks by these um give regimes sponsored neo nazis of the rush of volunteer core p o w 's, who have been captured of them. and their whole purpose for the

suicide will raise is to disrupt the election. they're quite clear about that. and that is particularly ironic. and perhaps even more pointed because the coverage team itself has banned the elections for her ukraine for the foreseeable future. look, you mean we've been living in russia for quite a long time already. we've been on the be seeing end of this week. so for a big rhetoric coming out of the west and political, a media landscape. but russia is not just surviving its thriving. we are currently living under more than $15000.00 sanctions. there's no country in the world in this position. tell me something, how's the economy doing? because he's nice cause outside how was russia today, to be honest, when it appeared that russia was going to intervene? and i think i predicted a few months ahead of time that it was going to happen. i sat down with my wife from, from the crate me, i actually, and we discussed the measures we would take to tighten our own

belts because we were figuring that economic hard times would come with the inevitable sanctions where they never came. they didn't do that. those plans never had to be put into effect. it's very much the relationship between the, the us electorate, the economy during the iraq war and the united. yeah. they do. yeah. you don't even know that it's happening. uh it's, it's something that's happening over there and it doesn't really fact. in fact, i think there are plenty of arguments to be makes it, actually, the sanctions have had a lot of good effects on the russian economy. the paulding stations are going from 8 am to 8 pm, and basically in the next couple of hours following stations reopen and rushes far east, i so confusing because there's so many times ons here. so anyway, 11 times ons, and that's what it is. now. admittedly, that help you know, a couple of trouble makers who have tried to solve the voting process. we can show

you some footage to apparently a some employee is that a polling station prevented a woman from pouring green dye into a ballot box on friday. several similar cases store a total of more than $200.00 pallets ruined across some 20 regions of the country. all the perpetrators, the thing they will face up to 5 years in prison because you can't do that. the state property. now election, officials say the suspects were a piracy blackmailed by people that allegedly, as they say, the election officials are blaming ukraine and some weston countries. now of course, the vote is also being in full swing and the newest and baffled russian regions. despite the constant ukrainian threat of shelling and one pointing station is that all she recently came under a drone attack with no casualties reported the key of did shell upholding station in the neighboring heart of southern region on friday. i know you this saturday, are you crazy and striking that same area killed one severely and wounded for others according to local russian officials. and yet, despite all of that, the russians are still going out side. they are still going to the polls. i mean,

it really tells you something about the resilience of the russian people, the determination, because at the end of the day, no matter where you are watching us from. if you been living in russia for any number of 10 or 15 years, even the past 5 years, you have been on the basing and of anti russian rhetoric or across the western media and political landscape. we felt it here. we're living on to 50, you know, more 1000 sanctions, certain west and professional apartments have been trying to destroy this country for years. and what's happened. russia is now surviving and striving, and frankly, economically speaking as well, is doing better than it's ever done. now, when it comes to the newly liberated russian territory, is what about the big town of, of day, of code that was a big front line hot spot. it was a lot of islands happening there, but it's been liberated and people are focusing his on his own roman colored f. now reports only thing began, and the reason they liberated city of, of dave,

the people here, most of them are still living in basements because the town was devastated by battle in the recent years. right now we don't want to be bomb shelters where an election commission setup voting booth, so people can exercise their rights. now. all of these local residents, they used to have you create in passport spots i. since for the duration of the data, global storage is made and everything possible for them to get their russian documents as soon as possible. and now they will vote in their 1st ever russian presidential election. though as soon as i am happy to go vote, but i will have to wait a bit. they told us to stay home and the people would come help us cast our votes there. this is so then i'll come home and vote again. ok, i'm just getting the shortages. i'm glad to be here. we didn't even expect to vote

. the main thing is that we all vote together. it's also hard to explain all the good can be in this tiers. the past 3 weeks have already made it easier and we hope things will get even better. after were missing some really fear dropping ceilings in the town of have dave co, which was devastated by battles. we're now heading to done that square high will be taking part in the russian presidential election. but right now we receive the news that there are drones ukrainians on the fly right above a. so literally from here as soon as possible, the funds that we have made, it's back to them as safely from of they've got how this leads and that's gets not as dangerous as it is over there. and,

but we're just about 17 kilometers away. so but right now i can take this, but this is just off and go and cast my boat. i'll leave this here. got my passport, microphone. good, good, presentable, gun bolts, the obviously the turn out here in damascus, they're quite high. you can see all these people came out hurts of old. so i guess i'll take my place in line right now. the most the best part is can secret. i'm sorry, the vote for for thursday to

vote for the future and have all of us leave for security and peace for all of us. for the historic moment, the voting for the president's health rush i here and then this people have voted for the 1st time in the presidential and but sir, now that was my man. absolutely great. and voting will continue for the next 2 days . and of course, we'll be here to cover room on the call for of hard to use this for public but meanwhile, in the crime, in city of a step of stuff old, which of course were united with russia after our referendum about a decade or so ago. locals, they've been out all day today, costing the votes yesterday as well. the 2nd time inside the russian citizens and that strategic southern city of voting for the country is president and the foreign minister of russia. so get a lot for office hail the election day. i would also say the crimea the pulpit in

so there's not just a part of russia. it will always be a part of russia, which you will remember that disturbing a terrible spring when they are not c. c. how in key of as a result of a bloody included the top. we also remember the notorious friendship trains, which way equipped with the ideological follow is of band dare to suppress the inhabitants of the peninsula who did not want to give up the values that culture, that history and the centuries old traditions of the ancestors. the subsequent mc crime in sanctions, the undermining of power lines, transport, energy and water blockades, only convince crime in state made the right choice. the issue of ownership of crime, the answer basketball is closed, the peninsula is an integral part of the russian federation issue as well. however, the french presidents are manual macro and whatever you will say about that very little now. and he's being really just going off to rush, i mean, not just ever since you cry and kicked off a couple of years ago,

but he's really just been lambaste thing the russian federation. also the new territory is also the crime. and of course, i mean emanuel macro and he's got to be in his bonnet these days. what can you do about it? he's been saying that crimea should be seized. he said, seems crimea, take it away from the russian federation, and then that will be peace and stability that well, let's see what the people have cry. me a thing as our correspondent audience, donal quarter. does some good investigative, like walk? it's been 10 years since crime, it took its fate into its own hands, voting to become part of russia and the peninsula has undergone a dramatic transformation all despite the western. nay sayers who did everything in their power to see where unification fail. once he grabbed crimea, pretended deployed new move russian forces in the peninsula, turning the territory into an armed camp from which to threaten the rest from ukraine. we will continue to hold russia accountable until it returns full control

of premier to ukraine and completely withdraws its forces. it is also important to acknowledge that the situation and economists republic of crayton year and the city of citrus, the pope, has further the terrier agents. a new crime is most grandiose project was likely the crime in bridge. russia's vital artery of transports through the curt, straight, a similar accomplishment was the construction of the to read the federal highway which sides grand opening in 2020. these are just 2 of many new pieces of infrastructure across the peninsula. and that's done wonders for people. standard of living is the possibility of good news. a lot has changed over the years. first of all, we feel supported like ukraine has tons of us to pole into the backwoods. and now that the city is blaming you, go to take a look at what the odds we have. now. we have an excellent tool to supply during

this time. here is i have received the russian citizenship. i have my own business . i bought an apartment and my daughter grew up here as a russian thought to us. we can see for ourselves what has happened in these 10 years. grimy are officially left ukraine and joined to the russian federation in march of 2014. after over a whopping 96 percent of the population voted to do so in a historic referendum. it's a come as little surprise since both ukrainian and russian statistics show that russians have long made up the main demographic group on the peninsula as lot of air pollutant mentioned in his 2014 crime in a speech, many of the seeds of chaos were song decades before, like when former soviet general secretary, nikita khrushchev arbitrarily transferred crimea from russia to ukraine, it became clear the russian presidents, that inaction would be a betrayal of his own people. those who resisted the push would immediately threatened with reprisals and punitive measures. and the 1st in line was of course,

crimea, prussian speaking crimea, that's when the residence of creamier and say was still flu, appealed to russia to protect their rights and their lives. of course, we could not fail to respond to this request. we could not leave premier and its people in trouble. otherwise it was simply be a betrayal. it was necessary to help create conditions for a peaceful, free expression of will, so that the crime means could determine their own faith for the 1st time in history . but even after cried me a return to its motherland, struggles continued to persist, like he has block aid of nearly 90 percent of the provincial is clean water supply presidents, a lensky who thinks crime, he actually wants to come back to ukraine, was making jokes about the water situation back in 2015. was it the just the 1st thing you what time you're going to pick out? what was the teachers the notes of good. oh my god.

what what then there were the blackouts that would run for months on end, caused by kia backed extreme is to sabotage power lines running to crimea. it was only have to rush it was able to commission to new power plants, but the energy problem was solved in 2019. the whole country helped us in the shortest possible time and energy bridge and new power plants were built, as well as an upgrade to the existing power generation facilities today. for the 1st time in history, cry me a not totally has ceased to be a region experiencing power shortages, but can also supply subclasses of electricity outside its territory if necessary.

there were new sanctions as well that the west targeted specifically a crimea, but that didn't stop countries like italy, greece and france from continuing to cooperate with the peninsula. on top of that, the republic is heading towards its 2nd presidential election in russia with a new generation and have young people heading to the pulse. so the since 20 volt, same political activities in crimea has appeared because before 2014, there was no use political agenda on the peninsula, only up to becoming a part of the russian federation. did young people in crimea actively begin to be interested in politics. mentors began to appear, assist, and in garden young people. i think it is the duty of every citizen to vote and every vote. as in paul tensor, the crime in us hold the same opinion. i see only a positive direction for the development of pry me and i use as i am representative of use. i think the tour is mode develop very actively and try me as well as the

republic is. there was a miniature and you can find every thing here. and despite pressure from the west war violence, sanctions, democracy today is alive and well in crimea, just as it was in 2014 and so from russia as far east, all the way to the western region of colored ink rad. so many russians have been going to the polls to vote for the 2024 russian presidential election, in fact, over the past 2 days of boasting. now, $66000000.00 russians have cost that votes at least. does that even include all the votes made online as well? so from one of i say it was great for you to join us for us, specialist coverage here with our lovely studio and a hot up must go with a beautiful fragment in the backdrop of special action coverage will continue here . and i'll see in the

image, all the election fever in russia, india is preparing to go to the polls as well. it's now outlines the schedules will be 2024 in general election. and what will be the world's largest democratic exercise. the more than 7 phase, 6 week votes will kick off in april, although the result will only be the cloud in june. with all the details he's off, he's mentioned shawna. the dice of democracy will just begin. it's a huge task for india to conduct the polls. in fact, this is going to be the largest election in the world in the largest democracy in the world. they don't around you any, in fact, 970000000 eligible for souls and they are in fact going to be watching from the 19th of april. that's the, that's a 1st day of supporting the boys are divided into 7 phases. the last few forwarding is going to be, 1st of june,

the result will be going to be announced or full of june. now it's a mamma task that are going to be over $1000000.00, warding stations. that would be a put in place across the country, which would be monitored by zones, especially in the border eat as they've going to be around $15000000.00 official. all in fact, also secure are the stuff that are going to be deployed to make sure that the elections are conducted in a small nono. we know free and say no. now, in sustain because this election is going to be 4 or 543 constituency seats, and the magic number for a party to win the election is going to be 272. the 2 big national policies, the competition really is between 5 minutes. so now reading the movie, his violin markers on the policy and giving competition to him would be the opposition leader ra, who's gone from the indian national congress. but there are also probably regional

policies as that could be a concern in case alliances off the phone, then that is something that is already happening, both b to b and the indian national congress. the are seeking golf alliances with the regional father. he's in, he is one body's not able to reach that to 72 number. then they can form into the lions and form of government who is going to lead india for the next 5 years. the only new back to the very last full discount it on the 4th of june. but this is going to be crucial, especially for the bar fusion the party, because that means a movie is seeking a thought and this is going to be with the faithful assign that a government is going to stay in 5 or 415 long. yes, that's of course, if the parties are on the policy when the selection be enjoy a lot of confidence at this point. but of course, the very last for discount, it's one with never know what's going to really happen. meanwhile,

the indian government has simplified the process for religious minorities to get the citizenship. washington has stepped in with the ledge worries about the ax implementation, but the indian foreign ministry has what was the usaa against meddling in the country? as regards the us state department statement on the implementation of c, and that have been comments made by several others via the view that it is misplaced, misinformed and unwarranted lectures by those who have a limited understanding of india's pluralistic traditions and the regions post partition history of best not attempted. we are concerned about the notification of decision shipping them and act on march 11th. we're closely monitoring this act. how this act will be implemented. respect for religious freedom in equal treatment under the law for all communities are fundamental democratic principles. the citizenship amendment acts was passed by parliament in 2019,

but it's only now set to be implemented. the bill, expedites to indian citizenship, the members of the hindus take buddhist policy and christie and religious groups who have fled persecution and surrounding muslim majority states. they will now be eligible for a possible soft of 5 years of residence. rhonda that 11. i'll position policies on human rights groups say the bill discriminates against muslims on the minds. the secular constitution. a pro says people called the new measure is i'm a phobic and several arrests were made. the ruling indian policy claims the old position is trying to search their head from an international affairs i expect from new delhi, have explained how washington precious other nations. i think visuals are left to india without understanding the beauty of this legislation and i think this was not elected india uh on the shoes of religious freedom because india has a history of naval that that.