this is spelled out of the the just behind me is the very halts of this fall country at home music festivals, christmas mall kids victory day parades. and today, it was hosting a concept to celebrate the 10th of last 3 of crime is reunification with russia. with vladimir putin congratulating the nation on this historic date. crimea is the 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 their presidential bottles and regions coming under constant attacks by ukrainian forces,

which didn't stop even after the voting rap. and congratulations supplied the new purchase election. we now for a name from around the world with india and china among the latest to send their best wishes. that's in contrast to the criticism and condemnation heard from the way the lot to you from last go. this is our to international. i am a nationwide josh with the top stories, the salad. the counseling is now done in the russian presidential election, and it is vladimir fortune who will lead officially the nation for the next 6 years after securing 87 percent of the votes cost. my colleagues ask at taylor, and the r t team in central must go, takes us through all the developments around in that, on a day mark in a special anniversary in the countries listen to 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 2020 for washing presidential election. so what do we know? 3 days of virtual pallets, accounts counted automatic boots and has secured his victory with more than 87 percent of the vote. so he will be up 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 sea peninsula of crimea with russia and a huge celebratory concept was held on the state. you must couples of red squad

just behind me was not my boots and himself making a surprise appearance that i gave there was yeah. dear friend my heart, i agree to. oh, and congratulate you on the celebration under unification of crimea instead of us to port with russia. exactly 10 years ago here on red square on the same stage is i remembered that crimea is often called an unthinkable aircraft carrier. this is what led me to do. the idea of seeing that creamier 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 the crimea is the 1st and foremost the people of the residents of the, of 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 our common beautiful families. thousands of people slopes to the red

square to celebrate. and the celebrating is a hint for you. what exactly is the form of reason? it's not just re election is that took place just yesterday. i bought them a put in the want them to buy i land slide. but also if you pay attention on the stage behind me and the right thing on top of it says craig made a russia civil scofield because basically it's the 10 year anniversary since craig made a returned respond that became part of the russian federation. again, lot of my food was not alone on the stage when it comes to my profile gets out of account. it's under his 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 everything 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 remembered 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 congratulations? no, of course it was me just a lot of supports and everybody who were just celebrating the 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 talk 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 i 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 president we got, we got a good process. we are here with russia. 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 colt bucks via all the red slides up as bright as they 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 several, many don't take the trouble to make one but maybe 25 years old. so i'm very, very young crowd. the president, the generation here, i just got this crowded stuff it. oh really i'm here. we're saying the same far so same people done think you can find a live thing carrying on the thing and very, very, very used to so a very 1st the house of most go it. but on your own, we sat down with all to contribute to talk or read, to talk through the west,

escalating or rhetoric on cry. man, you know, because of the location of where cream crimea is, of course, and some of the other locations of the new regions. and they don't recognize the history. i, me is russian. the people are russian, they speak russian, the culture is russian. they voted 94 to 97 percent to be with russia. and to be, you know, under the russian federation, there's just no question. but that's a mandate. you know, it's part of russia. so it's really something and it's really a reach when the western, you know, it again, tries to impose their views on, you know, other solver nations like the russian federation and telling them what they're, you know, and one of my concerns is they're going to target crimea you know, and i had said this last spring and i was worried about the things that i had heard from, you know, the biting administration that insiders there is there was even discussion about trying something with the spring of 2024. so i'm hoping that that information is

wrong and i'm hoping it will be forwarded and i'm hoping that a cooler heads will prevail. and they, because that is a red line and vladimir putin. president truman made it very clear. if that line is cross that could lead to possible global conflict, asserting wrapped up the russian border region of belgrade, was again showed by ukrainian full says 4 people were killed and 4 others wounded in monday, on monday, a learned 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 fuel cells on the screens that of to secure. and his convincing victories adamant 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 that 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 length and breadth of is vast countries

. just to recap, the latest on the results all bought. it's counted. it's not important. has secured over 87 percent of the vote. communist policy content and apply hard ton of he spoke 1st off to pitch and he took 2nd place around 4.3 percent, but you can see on your screen. so i've got this off at 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 the otp also learned slootsky audio. i was joined in the studio by don kovachick, who himself was an international observer 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 and 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's the soft oven calls, expressed it such movements uh, concerns about the on the well in 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 not pop pavement. 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 child's 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 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 will message was out of my boots and was the indian prime minister read from 81. congratulations to mr. vladimir 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 privilege to 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 on twitter, but also several phone calls off. we've also seen, i'll talk a start in fact,

out of reach out and, and basically congratulating bother me and put in there also saying that the whole, the does a hailey cooperation between the 2 countries. the force in fact, us to wish a lot to me. i didn't was the president of when it's been on the few people to see if we've moved an 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 pollutants victory. it will say marks a long road, a vindication and recognition for a new russia, a great russia for a multi polar weld and for a world of balance. so i'll elder brother vladimir putin, his triumphed piece of good arguments for the world. and for the year 2024 on the way 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. fuller, well developed within this cause, this vast and there's no surprise that which is sort of starting right now. and you

can really make that out from the kind of reactions that you're getting awesome calling, get evil the election, some calling it's repression. a some also calling get. he knew some calling you illegal. so i'm calling it far with the pointer means that what is the congratulatory one messages at that all according in, from across the world for about the message in the sort of a t t. all of these messages from the west social states. now the indian to us as prime minister that is a new movie, 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 was just cause a discontinued if by laughter relationship. it's partnership with friendship with

most school. now. very interesting, but the little folks are in election here for india and the movie is seeking a 3rd to on the election starts some waiting, april 19th of interest, and the result would be announced on june of possibly in the few months. so we could see that mister food in my, to congratulate on mr. moody, while 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. 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 managed east as 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 edge here 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 the 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 said that russia failed to create the necessary conditions for a fair and free election uh the head of the european union's diplomacy is rosa barrel. 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 the 2 days prior to the start of the boat, the european, the parliament officially said that they were not gonna look after the selection, i guess they were not gonna pay much attention to it. but i think mister barrels adjust the 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 the 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 you should come into 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 important 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 with march. the height of impudence,

zalinski this morning, he allowed himself to criticize the russian presidential election. while he himself had cancelled 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 russia 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 porton and he's allies are trying to build. and it sort of shows that it already exists, which definitely intimidates 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 x spots to assess, of course, the process itself, but also to discuss the results 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 vicky them by congress, relating the people that i should for a successfully diction, coordinating and losing 2000000. they just did voters in the last year and $1900000.00 abroad is quite a phenomenal feet. there is a sense of, of integrity and fairness and then next year and the use of technology, i think as time goes a whole lot of countries are going to start, you know, deploying more technology and to make a evictions easier to account to include a whole lot of people because people wouldn't be able to stand in line to forward 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 $56.00 countries as opposite of us into the election. because with the sanctions that these are the kind of functions as i've going on against russia, russia nice, we have this type of service, not 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 way fed elections, these with democratic elections invest, let me bring it in the system. so me some reaction from the west also includes them calling these russian presidential elections legitimate. when you see reaction 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. that's the way i see it . the reason why they also don't want of services in russia is because think about this situation where of a service go any say no, the russian licks is

a free and fit. now this damage is the whole image that has been created in the 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 nor do i have to, i agree with the 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 that i don't for anybody to stop. so, and i know that those people and i hit and then they did participate in the opposite visions and good for them. and, and then i've seen this mode to point out where that, where you're new for the motel that's on a list of just so that list to be billed, cannot be blue doors by one peasant, one powerful individual. unfortunately, in many countries, democracy has been influenced by external, the democratic outcomes that been influenced by external forces and that is

dissolved in people losing confidence in the credibility of, of these actions. and none of this is a to participation, the participation of peoples of the voice of the people is very important, but we must be conscious of them even if we look at. so that's because the to the side know the way the ways decide to manipulate all relations with the wishes side to manipulate it could not make policy the way they typed in manipulate outside and policy unfortunately was in africa. we have to be cognizant of that kind of influence. and of course, as one do this pointed out they even tried to undermine the elections in, in that i should deal with the u. s. was trying to do me to make those elections ever since being that's it's the steps the another 2 steps, the auditorium. so i would say that's in our 1st test when we're going to have post heads of disturbances. but i thought i would like to emphasize on is that as we're

building swats for democracy, we must gets into attendance as well, of building our order systems that fits localize deals and local conditions. it must be lucian allies of stuff that we've been. so also kind of sort of, she is going to come from africa itself. now that present a lot of my pretend is going for another term. what do you make all the few to a confirmation between russia and pets, africa, and lots of south africa agenda that the continuing on breaks the agenda. that is going to be a continuing price. yeah. 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 proff,

let's see the odds to also be all type. and then so that right able then to bring that one to 5 or so begin to do colonize alice's from the way things that i need. and then not begin to move in a 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 multiple, multiple levels. and then also the continued efforts to transform multi latch organizations is very important for us, the and that's all we have all this our head to our website to all, to come for more news coverage and analysis edition. josh, and i'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest to stay with us. the,

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