[000:00:00;00] the, the russian forces with hell another word tends by ukranian troops to infiltrate the forwarded region of belgrade switzer. civilians were killed in rockets like the size of the day. also this out, the russians. and of course, the biggest country of the world have been heading out the cost of votes for the 2020 for presidential election. and as we understand so far, $66000000.00 russians at least have cost that, but it is not over yet. the election continued as a specialist coverage on all the locals and the recently for you to see about the outcome or along those voting for the president. and they told us were public and

the cost of rushes. all the new reasons for the 1st time of the soul. so hard to explain all the good can be at least 2 or 3 weeks. i've already made it easier and we hope things with you in the a very welcome miss. don't see international with the latest. well, these out date as a way that's great to have you with in moscow it says it's full. says have to say that another word tends by ukranian troops to infiltrate russian border regions. word for it to is released by the russian ministry of defense shows a group of ukrainian soldiers trying to across the board the into the belgrade region. most kosa is key. i have lost up to 30 soldiers 3 times since multiple other vehicles. the russian defense ministry onset these attempts to info traits of increased since the election began us. earlier on saturday, 2 civilians were killed and 3 more wounded off to

a residential positive bells of of city came under ukrainian attack according to the governor of the region. and another so i can the area of defense systems and this up to 15 checks applied will catch the will 5, across the board up by keeps troops. one thing at least will in the civilian say produce um a gomez picture of it. solve this report. another attack has happened this morning . i witnessed myself local govern assessed h m o arrest of rockets work and deceptive. but unfortunately it not full of member and to separate living to people dead and 3 more wounded. i was a did all of the places myself and well, pedestrian area, residential building comp, parking. 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 weeks of arrow attacks. as far as i can see right now, this is their main goal to spoiled rushes of presidential elections. people go into the building station, at some point they're afraid,

but they want to express their. busy concerns they are believes and basically they just want to win a world and they said that nothing will stop them from doing it. the 2nd day of the russian and presidential election has wrapped up old polling stations and now close across the country. but we'll, we'll put in a few hours in the far east for the 3rd, and final day of those seeing on sunday, at the moment the official turnouts has the pulse, 58 percent. meaning that over 66000000 people have made that choice. and that's not even including all the votes that will cost online as possible and special coverage . we have a studio sets up in the heart of the russian campus. so bringing you updates on the key developments. the hey, we are downtown moscow, the heart of the russian capital here with the company behind the bait and his

glory is lights from all of us here wishing you are 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 here. you bought the incumbent, had a state of course 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 alienate slootsky, he was from the liberal democratic party. and the communist nikolai had a ton of who's been a member of a state do much since 1994, also leading the the parliamentary committee on russia's arctic and far eastern development. well, we now joined by

a very special guest here with our studio audience and national elizabeth. when gotti you buena, your one of the many of the see one of the many international observers. what are you seeing so far? is it looking legit? good evening, rory, 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 the 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 at day one was a little bit worried when i went to the fast to pulling stations and i was just

absolving 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 base called an mall. so she added, but based on up 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 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 polling lines or the pulling station. i mean, if you have enough, it cuts the long pulling lines that we have back home. yeah. so yeah, for me, i'm just impressed. is there any way that you've seen anyone could try and stuff valid boxes or try on the, legitimize this election process? honestly, i don't think so again,

all pulling stations specific rooms have all the steve to cameras. 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 fucked them you know, 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 are actually supposed to be the ones costing the volt. 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 the, the date of the 3. it's speaks positives, 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 the does. it's high time to open. the eyes of health might not be coming from the west and might be coming from the east. the folding stations are going from 8 am to 8 pm. and basically in the next couple of hours following sessions reopen and rushes far east. i so confusing because there's so many times on 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, some employees that upholding 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 time they will face up to 5 years in prison because you can't do that to 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 in 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 neighborhood of southern region on friday. i know 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 1015 years, even in 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 15 or more 1000 sanctions. certain western professional partners 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 difficult, that was a, a big frontline hotspot? it was a lot of islands happening that, but it's been liberated and people are focusing his on his own roman culture. that's now reports the only thing began, and the reason the liberated city of dave, the people here,

most of them are still living in basements because the town was devastated vice battle in the recent years. right now we don't want to be form shelters where and election commission set up voting both so people can exercise their rights. now. all of these local residents, they used to have you create in passports, spots i sense for the duration of data. global storage is made 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 is still open. i am happy to go vote, but i will have to wait a bit. so they told us to stay home and the people would come help us the cost of votes there 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,

but 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 t or dropping things in the town of have days ago, which was devastated by battles were now heading to the net square high will be taking part in the russian presidential election. but right now we receive the news that there are drones ukrainians on slide right above us. 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 for the fest off and go and cast my both

the. i'll leave this here. got my passport, the microphone look good. look presentable. that's gone both the obviously they 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. not a sense about this for this can secret . i'm sorry, the vote for for thursday and vote for the future and have both of us leave for security and peace for all of us

. through the historic moments of the voting for the president's health russia here. and then this people have voted for the 1st time in the presidential and turn out of my absolutely great and voting will continue for the next 2 days. and of course, we'll be here to cover room on call for of hard to use that extra public stuff. 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 causing the votes yesterday as well. the 2nd time inside the russian citizens in that strategic southern city of voting for the country's president and the foreign minister of russia. so again, levitt office hailed the election that was also say the crimea the pulpit in so it's not just a part of russia, it will always be

a part of russia. we'll see if we will remember that disturbing a terrible spring when neo nazi sees how inc. have as a result of a bloody included tom. we also remember the notorious friendship trains, which way equipped with the ideological follow is, have been there 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 convinced crime in state made the right choice. the issue of ownership of crime, the answer best of all is closed the peninsula is an integral part of the russian federation. them 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 being lambaste thing, the russian federation, also the new territory is also the crime. then 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 cry me, it 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 code. it does some good investigative like walk. it's been 10 years since crime me a took its fade 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 for which to threaten the risk of 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 the alternative is republicans creighton year and the city of citrus the pole 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 poll into the backwoods. and now that the city is blaming, we'll do take a look at what yards 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 it comes 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 cry me a speech. many of the seeds of chaos were phone decades before. like when former soviet general secretary, nikita khrushchev arbitrarily transferred crimea from russia to ukraine. it became clear the russian presidents. but inaction would be a betrayal of his own people. a simple, somebody told us that those who resisted the push were immediately threatened with reprisals and punitive measures. and the 1st in line was of course, crimea, russian speaking crimea. that's when the residents of crimea and say were still

blue afield 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 would 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 crimea returns to its motherland, struggles continued to persist like keeps block aid of nearly 90 percent of that potential. as clean water supply presidents, a lensky who thinks crime, he actually wants to come back to ukraine, was making jokes about the water situations. back in 2015. what was the, the, just the 1st thing you what i paid you took out. what was this, each of the notes of good, oh my god. so

what 2nd what then there were the blackouts that would run for months on end caused by t of backed extreme as to sabotage to power lines running to crimea. it was only after 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, an energy bridge, a new power plants were built, as well as an upgrade to the existing power generation facilities today. for the 1st time in history, crime, me and not totally has ceased to be a region x bearings and power shortages, but can also supply surfaces of electricity outside its territory if necessary. there were new sanctions as well, but 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 of young people heading to the pulse. so the since 2014 police collect tibbetts in crimea has appeared because before 2014, there was no use political agenda on the peninsula. only up to the cabinet. part of the russian federation did young people in crimea actively begin to be interested in politics. mentors began to appear assistant and guarding young people. i think it is the duty of every citizen to vote, and every vote is important for the crime in youth. hold the same opinion. i see only a positive direction for the development of brian me and i'll use as i am representative of use. i think the torres mode develop very actively and try me as well as the republic is. there was a miniature, you can find everything here. but despite pressure from the west war violence

sanctions, democracy today is alive and well in crimea, just as it was in 2014 to mr. slootsky has been in politics for 3 decades. more recently, he was also a member of the russian delegation of the assembled peace talks with ukraine that was back in the spring of 2022. and earlier today, he headed down to a mazda upholding stations. the cost is on dallas, making him only the 2nd of a full candidates who have voted so far. he then put into a special election studio to speak to me about the current selection process and the future of the russian federation. sugs to this literally because of the sanctions and restrictions of which more than 18000 have been imposed by the west against russia today have failed. and our national economy and social policy are strengthening the world. politics of the new century can only be multi polar, were every arbitrarily small country, its people, history, culture, traditions, religion. national language will become

a separate decision making center in this multi polar, safe and stable world architecture of the 21st century, which is already being formed. it is today, it is in these years. and russia has become the center of gravity in the formation of this new world architecture. this new global majority, we all miss vladimir wolfe of its juvenile escape. the man who founded perhaps the most creative political party in modern russia. a man who really knew how to look into the future with the power of his intellect due to a completely uni, a person during his lifetime, inscribed his name in golden letters in the history of russia. and this is recognized by his supporters and his opponent assaults williams. i am his successor, and i don't want to create some kind of p, r for myself on purpose for those who believe in the l. dpr in our party. they know me and my popularity has grown, but i feel uncomfortable saying this about myself. as far as you re,

northeast is holy name will always remain and not only with our party, it will remain as the name of the person and for strategic ideas for the development of, for i showed this mostly part of the found on the long time leader of the liberal democratic party, letting me do it and i'll keep passed away. 2 years ago you had a very long and bright career. he stood as parties candidate for the presidency in every single election since the soviet times i did enough. he was also pretty famous for being a rather outspoken, but also rather explosive, if you had a lot of rhetoric to say, you also had a habit of making predictions, some of which eventually turned out to be no less than prophetic. the letter was going on and it says the certificate to the

to the civic. keep those are the books coming done. somebody got it. but as a general us no need to rattle your weapons. you have to say, let's do it. you refuse to, then we can adopt another problem. and you will know what that entails at for you. on the 22nd of february, i would like 2022 to be peaceful, but i love the truth. i've been telling the truth for 75 years. it will not be feasible, it will be a year and the one rush, it will finally become a great contract. let's see if the,

let's see. the claim was they go to those, those nations. i don't see crime. he has already returned their song. nikolai of zipper are you little guns. petrov parker and i guess i must return population. there is russian. it's never had anything to do with the number the we would usually start so with numbers, you must or we need to take into account the situation in the middle east by 2024

events will unfold that will make everyone forget about the print. that's where the most terrible it onto the us deal for. this will not spend me, it has been the and so from russia is 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 a free for you to join us for us specialist coverage here with our lovely studio in the heart of most go with a beautiful fragment in the backdrop of special action coverage. we'll continue here and i'll see in the, to some other world news now the, it's holly and defense minister has taken aim at phones to many and poland full cracking the broad a. you coalition that is aging ukraine. this is an attempt of getting ahead of ourselves which divides the existing coalitions at such a difficult moment. it seems impractical to me to continue this division of coalitions into many parts as we're helping ukraine. we should do the right things together. we have many meetings at the you and natal levels planned,

so i really cannot understand these leaps forward. he delivered his comment as well as the from germany and post and held a try last will amazing getting the link to discuss the ways they intends to. um you frame parts of the solution is using firms in a rush and assets for kids, new weapon systems on the pledge to scale the globe for moles supplies. the trio also took the time to declare that it's not sitting well with russia. for the same time sizing, unanimous support for ukraine, hudson mccully and your list on hold correspondent andre tedi, who stays west and co relations and does have a united front. i think that's the word, the minister of defense at our us seems to them all the problem of the west of the west start college from now because of the word of the we don't cross the thoughts from us. that's the european court release from the west. the quality

assurance is not unique about the uh, the question of u. k. so we see that's our existing, the fractions lights, the a lot of multiple, some companies where the original fault be a and the this feeling this spinning of the one to approve or we can say is certain. and some companies like keep the lead and. busy cause it to say that as for example, immediately they telling people about form the war, the open war against that actual nobody know what's can happen in the future. if he's one of the account, 3 can be in the situation where i 5 smiles with same shown. so with problem for some the ccp on in the for him politics thousands of protesters hit the streets of israel on saturday and the close as was