candidates are on track to claim seats from vladimir putin's united russia party opposition leader alexina vali has called on russians to vote tactically to block candidates from united russia after some opposition candidates were banned from running the election was marked by low voter turnout. even the mascots outside the polling stations don't seem very enthusiastic by early evening turnout in moscow had reached only 17 percent of the city council elections drew candidates from the governing united russia party and other kremlin friendly parties but no opposition candidates were allowed president vladimir putin cast his vote early and the lack of choice didn't seem to bother him much. in some countries there are 3050 even 100 candidates but that doesn't mean to say they do better work it's quality not quantity that counts i think we have with the candidates to. the exclusion of opposition candidates has inspired weekly protests since mid-summer the police have cracked down hard more than 2000 demonstrators have been arrested. the best known opposition figure alexina valmy took to social medi

up to blow losing seats in moscow father with yesterday based local elections opposition leader alexina vali advised voters to cast their ballots for anyone other than students party and after a taliban attack killed a u.s. soldier in the afghan capital kabul the group warns that more u.s. lives were to his last peace talks with the west up to last but officials on both sides say there is still a chance that they will resume plus in tennis and i take you as open final rafael nadal feeding daniel medevacked in pot boiling sabs it is the spaniards 19 grand slam title and now just one off the madness of all time records to move. close. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program reporters an indian. administered kashmir are struggling to do their jobs without internet phone lines or mobile phone service more than a month after india suspended the region's autonomy reporting from kashmir still faces severe restrictions and an unprecedented communication shutdown now our correspondent. traveled to srinagar indian administered kashmir as she found out kashmiris are often left in a state of confusion wi

opposition is hard to speak from or of a unified opposition when it comes to russia when it comes alexina vali you mention who is one of the most prominent members of the russian opposition and one of the most vocal members actually trying to. see he's actually focused on trying to get his supporters to back a list of candidates he says have the best chance of defeating the d.n.a. to see a member's basically they're arguing that by preventing more of their candidates from getting into government it would be a win for the opposition in general now so far we don't know how many people are going to actually support his list of candidates but if it actually does prove to be successful it could turn into a model for future electoral success on the part of the opposition and russia has said that google and facebook have distributed political ads today can you tell us more about. well right now is from what we've been hearing and reading here in moscow it seems that the russian government is accusing these american tech giants of violating its laws which forbid political advertising in the final days

opposition it's hard to speak from are of a unified opposition when it comes to russia when it comes alexina vali you mentioned who is one of the most prominent members of the russian opposition and one of the most vocal members actually trying to defeat you know how to see he's actually focused on trying to get his supporters to back a list of candidates he says have the best chance of defeating the d.n.a. to see a member's basically they're arguing that by preventing more of their candidates from getting into government it would be a win for the opposition in general you know so far we don't know how many people are going to actually support his list of candidates but if it actually does prove to be successful it could turn into a model for future electoral success on the part of the opposition are until now speaking to us from moscow thank you. well health authorities in the u.s. are edging people to stop paying after a 5th death linked to the out of an outbreak of a mysterious respiratory disease has been reported hundreds of people have fallen sick across the country and the only common fact

it's hard to speak from are of a unified opposition when it comes to russia when it comes out alexina vali you mentioned who is one of the most prominent members of the russian opposition and one of the most vocal members actually trying to. see he's actually focused on trying to get his supporters to back a list of candidates he says have the best chance of defeating you deny to see a members basically they're arguing that by preventing more of their candidates from getting into government it would be a win for the opposition in general now so far we don't know how many people are going to actually support his list of candidates but if it actually does prove to be successful it could turn into a model for future electoral success on the part of the opposition and speaking to us from moscow thank you. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint ground patrol in northeastern syria and karisma stablished what it calls a safe zone in the area and into came kurdish fighters away from its border turkey also wan

putin suffered heavy losses over the weekend in moscow's city council elections opposition leader alexina vali had called for tactical voting after many opposition candidates were barred from standing the ban sparked widespread unrest over the summer voter turnout was low. well here in germany political leaders are demanding an answer they want to know how a talent council elected a neo nazi to be its new mayor stefan yosh from the n.p.t. party ran for the position unopposed and even won backing from mainstream parties such as chancellor angela merkel's conservatives were now the conservatives in those other parties they want the new mayor thrown out of office. stat is not big a small industrial park a bakery a hotel and a pizza place but now many people in germany are interested in knowing how the small town and has in the center of germany elected stephanie auction a few days ago the politician from the extreme right wing n.p.t. announced on facebook that he was elected in a simple administrate a start but from the people for the people he added to his post the vote was unanimous including v

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carried out to more than 40 cities and towns targeting associates of prominent kremlin critic alexina vali authorities say the crackdown is part of a money laundering investigation service and has more from moscow. the scale of the rate is unprecedented in more than fertile cities across russia officers fleeing to the country's main opposition figure alexina folly was searched and employees detained like here in st petersburg and you've got to remember documents and a u.s.b. drive for confiscated this was when it was close to my daughter called me and said the police came to search the apartment actually they cheated their way into the apartment because she opened the door for a neighbor to novell me it is clear the razor president putin's revenge for the loss of the ruling party in sunday's elections but. this time he got really upset because of the tactical voting as his offspring his sweet child i would say the united russia party has been busted in moscow and seriously beaten in the regions after opposition candidates were banned from running in the elections tens of thousands took to