really have what i think a lot of people would regard as being a strong candidate if someone like alexina volley would have stood who is more uncompromising towards the authorities than anyone who's studying in the election then i think that we could have actually seen a much more sort of close run thing. but i think that you also have to say you know look at some of the methods of have been used by the pope newton county i mean it's clear that everybody who was pushed into luzhniki and i went around the stadium that day and saw the hundreds and hundreds of buses which were there from the city government there were even moscow city government school buses and lots of accounts of people who had been told look you have to go you can have two days off are coming along one day or something like that here all of the people we're told come along for muslim it's or something like this and this doesn't the problem for putin is that this might fly in russia but to the rest of the world it doesn't look quite right it doesn't look quite like a free and fair election when you. have an impression that

the person who probably gained the most out of this election campaign wasn't even standing it was alexina valley and of course it's very controversial but we'll see what he comes up with tomorrow when he launches his protest and we'll see where that might just stay within the law and magistrate peaceful but i think that he's gained an awful lot of support and i think he has his eye possibly on the next election campaign politics are well i'm in that position and i actually i prefer to hear your opinion do you do you will i i'll ask will you do you believe that an internet creation like alex a no one is who's against he's the first he's against he's always he doesn't trust these against then well well well isn't that like one hundred percent hundred percent computer computer virtual like person. but on like he is popular or like do you think that he made make a can there for the next political political action like four years in the various and five year i believe you think he has a good chances to become a politician the real police use and declaring not just that he is against but his po

really have what i think a lot of people would regard as being a strong candidate if someone like alexina volley would have stood who is more uncompromising towards the authorities than anyone who's standing in the election. then i think that we could have actually seen a much more sort of close friends thing. that's just one of the canyons that voiced in spotlight you can watch the program in full in just a few minutes time but first a reminder of the headlines today that's coming up shortly. loses. it's just simply it's. just so. i'm sure all of our got a story are out about this crazy lady with a convertible that i'll cut for if there were times to bash of it i was on death row for nineteen years right there. he says you know life punishment because we might have to save the lives. society has condemned these people as less than human it is necessary to punish crime everything we do to punish crime is unpleasant. but it needs to be done nobody wants to be. link to the nazis but the historical and to see of the american death penalty today in large part from the nazis and the saddest pa

really have what i think a lot of people would regard as being a strong candidate so if someone like alexina volley would have stood who is more uncompromising towards the authorities than anyone who's standing in the election there i think that we could have actually seen a much more sort of close run thing. but that said it's one of the opinions voice in spotlight you can watch the program unfold in just a few minutes time here at r.t. well stay with us for more of our special presidential election coverage our election at studio will start with casting at three pm g.m.t. bringing you pictures results in a variety of opinions across the political spectrum. let's cross over now to our business desk to get the latest from the world of finance and hello to k.t. here what's the reaction been of investors to the news of that e-mail pretty picture well they think rather happy as you carry to say the least ratcheting up of rally on the russian markets right now the reason is that the investors are all pulling back because of all the uncertainty i.v. elections and are rushing back into the markets

good experience full russia we also heard of vladimir putin address the prominent opposition leader alexina violently the the lawyer turned. and see corruption activist saying this well as though but to be putin's support at all activities that would lead to fighting corruption in russia that people shouldn't use corruption as a political football team corruption in places where there wasn't any for the fact to pull their own personal political achievement so my eyebrows were raised when it was announced. yet if we said she hoped to swap positions we look to mr putin becoming president are you going to get him stepping into the role of prime minister you know but if you think this was a decision that was taken based on the fact that at the time but if he had a high approval rating it would have made more sense in their eyes for him to run as president now. if he is elected as president that he wouldn't move away from the the reforms the political reforms that need to be made yet it has been putting in place throughout his his time in office now he said there would be a toughening of the pol

an activist and key nationalist alexina vialli started his political ascent as the anti-corruption blogger a post-election al burst of civic timothy so now i need quickly rise to an official opposition leader one of several actively trying to write a protest wave they condemned sunday's ballot before the first vote was even cost. these presidential elections are illegitimate and the person who comes of our whoever it is even if it's not will be illegitimate in any case. for weeks they've been rocking the boat to push the situation out of hand. the state that is pretty close just libya we don't care if. you want to call it my dollar charlie or whatever you like to do support such a strategy. i advocate escalation. at twenty five alexandra used to hate politics until december when she joined now isn't of others to campaign for their elections but the battle cry slogans calling for a coup found little support even with those who wanted it in to go if you go to a protest and you say i want my government and my country that you know the state to be ruled by the rules that it's says in our const