because it might just change and the way the junk behind me is the very halt of this false country. it hurts music festivals, christmas mall kids victory day parades. and today it was hosting a concept to celebrate the 10th anniversary of crime is reunification with russia. with bloody met fruits and congratulating the nation on this historic date. crimea is 1st and foremost, the people. they carried faith in the fatherland through the decades. they have never separated themselves from russia, and this is what allowed crimea to return to common families. meanwhile, the returning head of state had special praise for those who cast the presidential bylaws in regions coming under constant attack by ukrainian forces, which didn't stop even after the boat in trap. and congratulations,

the platinum importance election when our party named from around the world with india and china among the late test to send their best wishes. that's in contrast to the purchases and condemnation heard from the west. the red light to you from moscow. this is our to international. i'm a nationwide josh with the top stories, the salad. the accounting is now done in the presidential election here in russia and its glad to important who will officially lead the nation for the next 6 years after securing 87 percent of the vote. my colleagues saskia taylor and they are t team and central must go takes us through all the developments surrounding that on the day marking a special anniversary in the countries recent history. the

very welcome to all the international um 12 beautiful panoramic studio, which is of course just outside the kremlin rules. it's from here that we have been keeping an eye on this 2024 watching presidential election. so what do we know? 3 days of virtual balance accounts counted, lot of met boots and has secured his victory with more than 87 percent of the vote . so he will be at the home of this vault country for the next 6 years. people across the russia today also celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the reunification of the black sheep and instead of of crime male with russia. and a huge celebratory concept was held on the day. you must couples of red squad just behind me was like my boots and himself making a surprise,

a parent that i gave there was yeah, different. but it is my heart. i agree to. oh, and congratulate you on the celebration on the unification of crimea, and save us to port with russia. exactly 10 years ago here on red square. on the same stage, i remember that's crimea is often called an unthinkable aircraft carrier. this is what led me to the idea of seeing that creamy it has returned to its native harbor even though but crimea is not only a strategically important territory. this is not only our history, our traditions, and the pride of russia, because crimea is the 1st and foremost the people of the residents, which serve us couple of cry me, and they are our pride through the cavities facing in the fatherland. through the decades. we have never separated themselves from russia, and this is what allowed could, i mean, to return to common beautiful families, thousands of people slopes to the red square to celebrate and they're celebrating.

here's a hint for you. what exactly is the form of reason? it's not just the electrons that took place just yesterday. i bought them a boat and want them to buy land slide. but also if you pay attention on the stage behind me and the right thing on top of it says craig, mia, russia service stop hold. because basically, it's the 10 year anniversary since craig made a resent respond that became part of the russian federation. again, a lot of my food was not alone on the stage when it comes to my profile, gets all the candidates and he's the political rivals joined him and they didn't have a chance to address the crowd as well as what they had to say. we're ship it all of us. remember how actively vladimir putin has done every thing to support the aspirations of climbing and people and help them to return home. and yeah, russia and crimea is one homeland really. those times we're turbulent,

but there was no other option. but to return home or the, we remember those happy faces in all these 10 years. and ever since we remember the sparking eyes and smiles of those who returned home, those who return to the great russia and you guys will never forget the sense of pride. i had for my country and for my president exactly 10 years ago is this way of congratulations? no, of course it was the just lot of support to send everybody who were just celebrating the say occasion. oh so vitamin poses the confidant under is the trustees. many of them were here mingling with the crowd as well. we had a chance to, to, to some of them the other today. i most definitely celebrate 2 things. it was the 1st is the flawless and undisputed victory of lot of you're putting in the 2nd one, which is especially dear to me, is i'm a crime in is a 10 year anniversary of crimea. and so suppose reunion with russia. this has been a most important event for both crime eons and russia as a whole. and the most important thing here is that our people have rejoined our one

big family and those from crimea feel like a part of it. george rushes regions demonstrate great unity. now somewhere vladimir putin, one more of those else where he one less but every where he's in 1st place. so society is now consolidated. people from all new regions voted like that because they understand now after years of being bombed by their own country, that russia is the only force that can and will protect them. now we are here and we thing the off we we got they didn't, they did process. we are here with process. i've been general. i have to tell you basically getting here was a challenge in itself because central most go as being completely blocked entirely

by massive crowds of people working on the sun has already said you're in most co bucks via all the red slides as bright as the day i have to tell you because well, so many people have decided to show up here one thing, but i notice been, since you left the civil many young take the trouble to make one but maybe 25 years old. so i'm very, very young. the crowd is the president, the generation here. i just got this crowded says, oh, really i'm here. we're saying the same people done think you've been kind of thinking on the right thing and very, very, very choose to. so a very 1st the house of most go searching, wrapped up the russian board to reach and all was belgrade was again showed by

ukrainian full, says 4 people were killed and 4 others wounded in monday on monday, a lawyer and the governor says that as always, it was civilian infrastructure that was targeted with at least 10 residential houses, a damage you can see for yourself on the screens that of to secure. and his convincing victories ottoman did meet with the 3 of the candidates who are in the running alongside him. saw the 3 congratulate said, the president elect, i may express it, they will absolutely willing and ready to contribute in any way that they can and to help address any issues that they talked about and raised during that road. campaigning unlocked the legs and breast of his foster country. just to recap the latest on the results all bought. it's counted vitamin suits and has secured over 87 percent of the vote. communist policy constant nuclei, hard tunnel, he spoke 1st off, the food he took 2nd place around 4.3 percent. but you can see on your screen. so i've got to soften dublin. cough you came in. it's sad, perhaps disappointing, but

a new face not a bad showing for an incredibly young and kiddie a very vicious pass and someone to watch out for in the future. and then of course, rounding ourselves through the full place that was to otp also landed slootsky audio. i was joined in the studio by john cathartic. who himself was an international of all of these elections. and he gave his take on the west, in the accusations about the lack of democracy in the vote. it seems like it was a great exercise in, in democracy. i mean, 1st of all you had a turn out of something like what a 77 percent. that's extraordinary, to put it in one way, a 3 capitalist candidate say add a communist candidate that came in 2nd. so in the united states, i don't have a socialist candidate to choose from. i have to capitalist candidates who are basically the same. i can choose from one who's completely senile and the other

who's basically a carnival barker that a soft oven calls expressed such movements uh, concerns about a young guy who and ukraine. but the people who criticize the make it sound as if in the room nations on to will crack true and people can't do that. so just to, to a penny that just, you know, put the club now pavements. right. but i mean, you're an american, see, you know, american politics. it is literally about the big box. it's about the lobby as a super packs the donors. if you've got the money, you've got a chance to run. can you ever imagine in america a true, someone who speaks against idea fox and somebody says, i think we should bomb syria occupied those oil fields. a bomb young man with a true on to will can to have the opportunity to run for office in america. no, i mean the one candidate, we have a couple of candidates that are running on those types of platforms. one is cornell, west who will not make a dent in the elections and he's getting no coverage. bobby kennedy is running

somewhat on a piece platform. he also is getting no publicity, he also will have a hard time even getting on the ballots in all 50 states, but even he is very unconditionally supportive of the i d f. but amongst the 2 major parties, the 2 parties that have any chance of winning. and the last candidate that really tried to counter that are the last president who really tried to book that was named john f. kennedy and he was murdered. and i really think, and i said this last night, i think that the republic died with him and we really have been run by what president and president eisenhower termed the military industrial complex. and it was some criticism of putin's election in the west re election, landslide victory, congratulations. so also coming in from of the pockets of the world web. that's china, venezuela. nicaragua was about john batteries just among the many nations the latest to throw in his long message about him and boots and was the indian prime minister

. read for moody. one, congratulations to midst of la dement putting on his re election as the president of the russian federation. i look forward to working together to throw those trends in the time tested, special and privileged strategic partnership between india and russia in the years to come a whole lot of country, the congratulated dog johnson airport. then you can just go on and on. really, we just heard from the indian communist in the region would be who congratulated automatically within. so they were a lot of congratulation messages or twitter, but also several phone calls. we've also seen, i'll talk to scott in fact uh a reach out and, and basically congratulating bother me and put in there also seem to be hold the desk or have the cooperation between the 2 countries, the force in fact, to wish a lot to me it was the president tools with us below the few people to see if we've

more than 87 percent of the vote pollutant has completely won the war against the collective west. it demonstrates the values of the russian people who were leading the way for president vladimir clinton's victory. it also mocks along road of vindication and recognition for new russia, a great russia for a multi polar weld and for a world of balance. so elder brother vladimir putin has triumphed. these are good arguments for the world. and for the year 2024. a. congratulations from one of my food and then rush out financing on old battlefront. no one who is your own of these warm messages from across the world for well developed within a score of this vast. and there's no surprise that which is sort of size king right now. and you can really make that out from the kind of reaction that you're getting awesome. calling it e will the election, some calling it's repression. a some also calling get tedious on calling it illegal . so i'm calling it far with the pointer means that one of the congratulatory more

messages at that, all hoarding in from across the world for about the message of the sort of teaching all of these messages from the west social states. now the indian to us as a prime minister that is entering through more the he congratulated the may put the, the relationship between india and russia has been very, very strong in the last few years as well. with india was under pressure, had had several strips coming from a, from the western countries to distance itself from what's good because it just continued if bilateral relationship is partnership with friendship, with most school. now very interesting. but the roofers to an election year for india and the movie is seeking a 3rd to on the elections, thoughts some waiting, april 19th of interest. and the results would be announced on june of possibly in the few months. so we could see that the support in my,

to congratulate on this movie for the congratulations to pitch and coming in from the global south are and somewhat stark contrast to what we're hearing from the west. the outcome was never in doubt. so cremeans controls absolutely. everything including the elections. so what's the point of them? this may have been an election, but it certainly wasn't a contest. it was stage manage. it says the election took place and what it called a highly restricted environment, such a reaction from, uh, western officials and even in western media didn't really becomes a surprise, especially after pumping so many 1000000000. so some of their tax peers, money into ukraine and into during rush us efforts and ukraine. i mean, it would have been strange if they started celebrating, putting this real action. just if you look at some of the headlines and what they say, calling this election a sham, a fraud, you know, fake, illegitimate,

and so on. you kind of get the ide should really quickly of the vibe around the selection. if we look at some of the official comments, i'd say they wouldn't really different much from this general tangle of media coverage. this was an incredibly on democratic process. and certainly him being president of russia. it does not excuse him, of is of his autocracy. there's also been a reaction from france, for instance, the french foreign ministry. you said that russia failed to create the necessary conditions for a fair and free election at the head of the european union's diplomacy shows that beryl, he said that the election lacked fairness and openness, and he said that it quote unquote, it was backed by repression. and intimidation, which is kind of interesting because it just a few days prior to the start of the vote, the european parliament officially said that they were not gonna look after the selection. not that we're not gonna pay much attention to it, but i think mr. bottles is just

a remarks they just prove that they simply impossible. i mean a for, to talk about some random tiny, exotic state somewhere in the i don't know, pacific oceans and sure you could probably ignore a presidential election there. but we're talking about the biggest country in the world with a nuclear arsenal. it's simply impossible to ignore the election of the next president to the french of the president mcroy on his extra he made some comments. now he says that he can congratulate putting on his victory because of the recent debt to offer us as a position activist. so that i'll exceed the bombing, but i think the more the most um, i'd say what the comments and i would range these the comments actually from a plane, from disapproval to condemnation and then just plain it's, it's a really strange comment that came out of last year the president of the country

says that russian just simply should not exist. i mean, how do you actually evaluate that? and imagine if, say vladimir potent made a similar con, the comment regarding lots. yeah. i don't think the reaction would be as bold, but of course there was also a comment from vladimir zalinski, the president of ukraine, who's called this election illegitimate. but he actually has raised criticism from one of the french politicians, the head of the patriots party. who said that zalinski when he doesn't have a saying this, because he actually canceled the presidential election in his own country, just which was supposed to take place much. the height of impudence, zalinski this morning, he allowed himself to criticize the russian presidential election while he himself had canceled the ukrainian presidential election, which was scheduled for march 2024 after having already cancelled the parliamentary election in his country last october. just to wrap up sort of the international reaction. i think that the, the, the fact that there's, there's, there's

a different reaction over there. also support rush and congratulate inputs put in right now. and those who are basically condemning this election. it just shows that there's a, it shows the bi polarity of the world, which is actually something that put in and he's allies are trying to build and it sort of shows that it already exists, which definitely intimidates a people empowering the west throughout the day. at all to you, we have been speaking exclusively to those who've been keeping a close eye on the russian presidential election. we've talked to ex spots to assess, of course, the process itself, but also to discuss the result as well. of course, as the world's response to it all this to get perspective on how this non mock event could influence both global and regional politics. this is became by congress relating the people that i should fully successfully the, to coordinating. i have moved into money and they just did voters in the last year

. and 1900000 abroad is quite a phenomenal feet. there is a sense of, of integrity and fairness, an eviction and the use of technology. i think as time goes, a whole lot of countries are going to start the, you know, deploying more technology in jamaica elections. easier to account to include a whole lot of people because people wouldn't be able to stand in line to vote. that able the other mckenna isms to participate in the democratic process. what do you make of international observers and the importance and been part of nixon's russia. they will come to more than 56 countries as opposite of us into the election because with the sanctions, that's what this optics 100 assumptions as i've owing on against russia. russia nice, we have this time of service notes to say that it was controlled by the states or it was at the time sheet for whatever they'd like to call it. this is to prove that

these were fair elections. these with democratic elections invest, let me bring it in this them. so me some reaction from the west also includes them calling these russian presidential elections. he legitimate when you see reactions likes that from the west, legitimizing the presidential elections in russia. what do you make of that? well, of course it is again with the argument with the observers. the way i see it, the reason why they also don't want of services in russia is because think about this situation where observers go any, say no, the russian at elections were free and fit. now this damage is the whole image that has been created to the new western world about what russia is, that russia's this dictatorship and then in this situation, that's not reality. so it will be counted to the narrative that they've been trying to paint all these years is not, do i have to, i agree with

a u. s. and some wisdom countries in that and uh, and then definitely sanctioning those completely off by display that, you know, observing is not or that i don't for anybody to stop. so, and i know that those people and i hit and then they did 5 displayed in the of the visions and good for them and then nothing this month to port. well, that's why you're new for the motel that's on a list of just so that list will be billed, cannot be due to is by one peasant, one powerful individual. unfortunately, in many countries, democracy has been influenced by external and the democratic outcomes of being influenced by external forces and that is dissolved in people losing confidence in the crew, debility of, of his actions. and none of the lease is linked to participation. the participation of peoples of the voice of the people is very important. but we must be conscious

of, even if we look at, saw that because the shows that know the way the ways to side to manipulate the elections way the, the ways the side to manipulate out economic policy, the way they talk to manipulate outside in policy. unfortunately was in africa, we asked to be cognizant of that kind of influence. and of course, as one do this pointed out the even to undermine the elections in, in the dash you deal with b, u. s. was trying to you me to make those elections. the reason being that's it. that's the, another 2 steps, the auditorium. so i would say this is a 1st test when we're going to have pets of disturbances. but it's all about left to emphasize on is that as we are building towards to democracy or we must gets into attendance as well, of building our oral systems that fits look. i like deals and local conditions. it must be rationalized. i've stopped it. we'd been so also at principal machines,

i'm going to come from africa itself. now that prisons, a lot of my pretend is going for another 10. what do you make all the few to a corporation between russia and pets, africa, and lots of south africa agenda that the continuing on breaks the agenda that is going to be continuing to flash africa. so i means that they've been added to the century and, and all of those programs and businesses that they've been taken would be implemented. it was as much small cooperation between africa and i should have done before. and, and what we actually already put them is as proffer, i see the arch to also be all typed. and then so that right able then to bring that one through 5 or so begin to do colonize lessons from the way things that i need. and then not begin to move in that way that would make our interest as i forgot for faded. we are looking forward to the continuation with regards to developing

a multi letter of, of, of yeah, a multi polls multiple levels. and then also the continued efforts to transform multi lateral organizations is very important for us, the inter pool and where farmers have blocked, to border crossings with germany ramping up their protest against european and wolf of agricultural policy. the gums as fond of efforts to keep up the pressure on officials across the country. the aim all the protest from a say is to make pollution. he will for to is reading pose tyrants on your premium, produced and is tough. environmental regulations figure being commission offered

some concessions last week, but the demonstrate has told us that fall from enough to show them from the escalating crisis, which is put in their livelihoods in jeopardy funding funding tools, california. mr. task, our prime minister, we are not interested in who started it nicely or who wants to finish it if it goes can we live today? and in this moment, we want this to end immediately, so that no grain comes from ukraine or outside the european union to poland. opening, the main reason we are here is to oppose the uncontrolled import of agricultural products from ukraine and against the green deal. these 2 factors together will lead to the bankruptcy of our farm, that meeting in berlin. it seems to me, was not about agriculture at all. so it was rather focused on the current situation and ukraine. you mentioned your budget to go when you go to europe and union policy leftists mrs vander laying together with our prime minister donald task. i'm too hard trying to create an oligarchy in poland. this type of form i have,

i won't be able to pass it onto my children. i can't continue it because i can't beat the competition. because the french president has made a shop, you turn in his approach to the conflict in ukraine. after presenting, suggesting the nature trips you've been deployed to find alongside caps forces in monro more chrome. now ones must go to initiate a ceasefire for the duration of the 2024 link. the games i think tell them to cease fire during the olympic games. the must do it, it has always been like this. it will be asked. yes. as a reminder here that the international olympic emitter slapped russian and bella, russian athletes with a number of restrictions ahead of the powers games set to kick off. and just as a full month, only around 40 russian athletes may be allowed to compete. that will be under a neutral flag that's as russia as part of your lip. perhaps libyans as being

banned from taking part in the opening and closing ceremonies of the games. jude must cause, i mean pick, committee says it will not boy caught the summer event, the spot for the restriction and one number of french political analysts. she had the take on president macross choose to months with us earlier. i would have to say that finally in my little rock macro has come to reason and he sees that the only way out of this conflict is negotiation and peace . unfortunately, he is very known in france as the president of on and all that means at the same time, she says black in the morning, white in the evening. and i think he's again playing the game. this is not coherent with what he's been saying these past days, rush or bashing, saying that russian was not a great power saying that france, mr. whatever it can to stop progression from winning. and then all of a sudden he says, well, we will ask russia to go to practice

a choose during design fix, because we are, that's in the spirit of the, of the big games. this makes no sense. this is not at all aligned with what he's been saying these past weeks inferior, infuriating his own military partners. i think you have to understand the statements and on the door of the job where he's got to see if consistencies or for ukraine or losing ground, being the crisis against russia and or the to so you leave or about this fish or you presume back home is trying to find a way to chopped in the saw or rush on uh a fun civil for more gaming wrong on the new crazy. and those are the top stores. this our head to our website. archie dot com for more

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