yekaterina duntsova was preparing to campaign on ending russia's war in ukraine.a peaceful, friendly, and cooperative with the world. banning duntsova is the latest anti—democratic measure in a country notorious for driving out opposition candidates before they can ever challenge president putin, who's all but guaranteed to win a fifth term. 0ur reporter, naomi choy smith, has this report from london. well, it was a short—lived presidential bid for former tv journalist turned politician yekaterina duntsova, who threw her hat in the ring just three days ago. she's one of 29 contenders who have filed to run for president in russia so far. the candidates are expected to gather thousands of signatures from supporters before they qualify to have their name on the ballot. now, duntsova will no longer have that chance after the russian electoral commission banned herfrom running, saying she had "mistakes" on her application. and telling duntsova on saturday, "you are a young woman and you have "everything ahead of you." now, duntsova had planned to run on a campaign of e

and telling duntsova on saturday, "you are a young woman and you have everything ahead of you".paign of ending the war in ukraine and freeing russian political prisoners. those include kremlin critic who is serving consecutive prison sentences, alexei navalny. well, when asked about concerns for her own security and fears for her safety in running for president, duntsova did admit she had some fears and concerns saying that any sane person taking the step would be afraid, but fear must not win. she also said that she believed russians were looking for an alternative to president putin at the ballot box. translation: many people write to me, "you gave us hope. - "if you manage to get registered, we were definitely vote for you." they do not see any alternative and also consider boycotting the elections. well, duntsova's disqualification leaves no notable opposition candidate to challenge putin in the presidential elections in march. now, president putin, for his part, is seeking a sixth term in office. he's been in power, either as president or prime minister, since 1999 and the

and telling yekaterina duntsova on saturday, you have a everything ahead of you.ime to run on a campaign of ending the war in ukraine and freeing russian political prisoners, including kremlin treating that —— kremlin critic alexei navalny. when asked for fears for her —— when asked about fears for her own safety, yekaterina duntsova admitted she had fears and concerns saying, any sane person taking this step would be afraid, but fear is not win. she also said that she believed russians were looking for an alternative to president putin at the ballot box. translation: many people write to me, you gave us hope, if you manage to get registered we will definitely vote for you. they do not see any alternative. but also consider boycotting the elections. yekaterina duntsova's this qualification leaves no notable opposition candidate to challenge hooton in their presidential election in march. it is seeking a sixth term in office, he has been in power either as presidents or prime minister since 1999. the upcoming elections will mark the first presidential ballot since

duntsova's disqualification leaves no notable opposition candidate to challenge president putin in the in office. he has been in power either as president or prime minister since 1999 force of the upcoming elections i999 force of the upcoming elections will mark the first presidential ballot since russia launched its war in ukraine nearly two years ago. today is expected to be one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year across the uk with many people making a last minute dash for christmas presents and food. the british retail consortium says stores are pinning their hopes on this flurry of christmas spending to tide them over the first few months of the new year. live now to our correspondent who is in manchester city centre. this is an important year for a this is an important yearfor a lot of retailers coming off the back of a couple of years of covid pandemic and cost of living crisis. how are things where you are, how does that fit into the bigger picture? i have noticed it has picked up here in the past few hours or so. shoppers arriving perhaps to get those last—minute gift

duntsova's disqualification leaves no notable opposition candidate to challenge president putin in the. he has been in power either as president or prime minister since 1999 force of the upcoming elections will mark the first presidential ballot since russia launched its war in ukraine nearly two years ago. let's get some of the day's other news now. an attack by rebels in burundi has killed 20 people. the red—tabara rebel group claimed responsibility and said 10 members of the security forces were among the dead. the attack occurred on friday evening in the town of vugizo, near the border with the democratic republic of congo where the rebels have a base. the chinese government says it could revise proposed changes to the online gaming industry, after financial markets reacted badly to plans to curb the sector. on friday, beijing said it was considering limiting incentives used by gaming companies to encourage people to continue playing. that led to tens of billions of dollars being wiped off the stock value of several chinese online companies. the removal of a south london street sig

competitors in these elections and to take 150% of the votes, they had such a candidate kateryna duntsovao submitted documents to their tsik in russian , was not registered, well, they found a lot of mistakes, for example, in one of her documents, instead of valerievna, she wrote valerievna, and they say that there are mistakes, that is, i am leading to that , which... well there is probably no one-hundred-percent confidence in the kremlin either, if they blow cold water at this stage on the example of mrs. duntsova, it will be a sweaty election, the election will be in quotation marks again, because we understand that it will be rigged, as you said, 150, or maybe even more , will be in favor of this candidate's cabinet and... there are very radical voices there, for example, the deputy of the state duma gurulyov very often appears on the television screens of solovyov, a well-known propagandist, so he said, 80% are those who support putin, these are wonderful people, and 20% of them need to be dealt with, or deported, or in general they can be destroyed there in some way, because... no o

the russian electoral commission banned duntsova from running saying she had mistakes in her applicationr own security, and fears for her safety and running for president, duntsova did admit she did have some fears and concerns, those include kremlin, critics, who is serving consecutive prison sentence, alexei navalny. when asked about her fears for her safety, in running for president, she did admit she did have some those include kremlin, critics, who is serving consecutive prison sentence, alexei navalny. when asked about her fears for her safety, in running for president, she did admit she did have some fears and concerns, saying "any sane person taking this step would be afraid but fear must not win. " she also said she believed russians were looking for an alternative to president putin at the ballot box. take a listen. a , putin at the ballot box. take a listen. , , .,, ., i. listen. many people write to me, you ave us listen. many people write to me, you gave us hepe. _ listen. many people write to me, you gave us hepe. if— listen. many people write to me, you gave us hepe. if yo

yekaterina duntsova, who's a former television journalist, submitted her documents to the election commissionever, she was told today that she's been barred from running in the election, which takes place next march. with most of vladimir putin's opponents in jail or exile, russia's president is expected to win with a landslide victory. ukraine's military says it has shot down three russian fighter—bombers in the south of the country. the ukrainian air force said the su—34jets, like these, were brought down around noon on friday, in the region around kherson, after action taken by an anti—aircraft missile unit. the kremlin has not commented on the claims. meanwhile, the uk's ministry of defence has outlined a new issue facing both sides in the conflict, it says there are exceptional levels of rat and mice infestation around the front lines. it says the warm autumn has led to large numbers of rodents, and as the weather becomes colder, they're likely to seek shelter in vehicles and defensive positions. the update notes that a similar thing happened in the same area during the second world war,

yekaterina duntsova, who is a former television journalist, submitted her documents to the election commissioner, she was told today that she's been barred from running in the election, which takes place next march. with most of vladimir putin's opponents in jail or exile, russia's president is expected to win with a landslide victory. for the first time in centuries, ukraine is going to celebrate christmas on 25th of december. injuly president zelensky signed into law a parliamentary bill that aimed to "abandon the russian heritage of imposing christmas celebrations". it followed the decision of the orthodox church of ukraine to move to the gregorian calendar, which changed the christmas day from 7th january to 25th december. from kyiv, our ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse reports. bauble painting on the outskirts of kyiv. in a war which takes so much, there's no stopping christmas. some, though, are more experienced at making decorations than others. this woman has done this since 1978. "i like it. it's interesting for me. i enjoy it," she says. this factory in the kiev region was one o