with people kathy separated already mosque gloved up ready to be elected now as for that time out while the central editorial commission said that as all of the 10 am we are looking at just over 55 percent which is probably what everyone was expecting presidential and prime ministerial elections and other countries of course will always dread a really big crowd whereas historically and russia the local elections parliamentary elections popular votes like this tend to be between 40 and 60 percent it also suggests that people are really actively voting today considering what the polls shot yesterday we were down to 46 percent so last minute photos really seizing the opportunity here. a lot in this proposed sort of a momentous $140.00 plus in the russian people been a reacting to it taking to exam of the day is going to be a yes a simple yes or a simple no to loathing isn't it. well that's absolutely right it's a false what i would like to say that i think that is wide consensus in russia that reform is necessary to the current constitution dates back to 9093 and russia's on to go on enormous changes since then i think. p

and they were already mostyn * blocked up ready to be elected and in terms of turnout at last count on tuesday evening the central editorial commission indicated that we're looking at around 4 to 6 percent which is probably what we were expecting as in any country a presidential prime ministerial election which we're in a really big crowd but historically chair in russia low cool parliamentary elections plebiscite such as this they tend to be around 40 to 60 percent mark. so the russian people been reacting to this vote. were not particularly huge but it's normal to go through what we saw a russian people on the street about it. well one thing we can safely say is that that is a wide consensus in russia that reform is needed but you know the current constitution dates back to 9093 and russia has changed dramatically in those years so people do recognize that the constitution is a document it needs to be model boy needs to have the capacity to take on new and often challenging political realities but i will also say that it has been difficult to gauge popular reaction and that's because of the all or nothing so russians are being aske

important to manage the prevalence of russian you know over international the head of the central election commission of said something about voting being like a meal deal you either take everything or you do not take it at all and i already do not like one dish in this meal deal so i will not take everything else i think it is nonsense according to all legal logical and ethical norms and i love my country and its think everything that is being done is right i am going with pleasure to vote and i recommend everyone should do the same. so what could have swayed it full of those yes photos while it's the package of social i'm adamant that have really enjoyed widespread appeal of popularity things like ensuring that the a minimum wage never falls below the cost of living that the pensions are adjusted in line with inflation thought the financial support for no income families and things like enshrining traditional family values as well as preserving historical memory would be very popular among the more conservative sectors of society these are all things that really have an impact on the day to day not

most important to me is the prevalence of russian or over international the head of the central election commission of says something about voting being like a meal deal you either take everything or you do not take it at all and i already do not like one dish in this meal deal so i will not take everything else i think it is nonsense according to all legal logical and ethical norms i love my country and you think everything that has been done is right i am going with pleasure to vote ever recommend everyone to do the same so as is often the case when it comes to political issues a bit of a mixed bag it will be the results which tell us how people really feel about all this year so we're going to know related to my talk of this time tomorrow 24 hours while here in moscow the polling stations closed at around 8 pm it's unlikely that we're going to have any official announcement of results before then so we're looking probably. outside stay more negs of course we all know you just need to look at the map russia is an enormous territory it's got 11 time zones 800000 polling stations 110000000 eligible

over international head of the central election commission of says something about voting being like a meal deals you either take everything or you do not take it at all and i already do not like one dish in this meal deal so i will not take everything else i think it is nonsense according to all legal logical and ethical norms i love my country and you think everything that has been done is right i am going request your to vote and every command everyone has to do the same. to have also been reports that some people were pressured by that employers to vote not a particular way just to vote full stop now officials have been very clear about this and they said that any such irregularities will be investigated and punished accordingly. this is my fundamental position people should vote voluntarily. one should force anyone to vote those who force others to vote will be punished. so when we got to know the result would. and. while at the moment harry must stay polling stations close at 8 pm but it's unlikely that we're going to get any official announcement or results until saturday morn

most important to me is the prevalence of russian row over international the head of the central election commission of says something about voting being like a meal deals you either take everything or you do not take it at all and i already do not like one dish in this meal deal so i will not take everything else i think it is nonsense according to all legal logical and ethical norms i love my country and you think everything that has been done is right a bit of a mixed bag in terms of reaction and people decide to show that disapproval not just at the polls but also protests peaceful ones in the capital and also in the us and petersburg but true to 2024 it was safety fast. and ultimately though many who put a tick in the yes box would argue that the russia of $9293.00 when this current constitution was born was full of political and economic instability it was still finding its feet after the collapse of the soviet union and that russia is not the same as the russia of 2020 that almost entirely different countries so i think this is just to the changes was born from a desire for the country's top

important to manage the prevalence of russian you know over international the head of the central election commission of said something about voting being like a meal deal you either take everything or you do not take it at all and i already do not like one dish in this meal deal so i will not take everything else i think it is nonsense according to all legal logical and ethical norms i love my country and its think everything that is being done is right i am going with the pleasure to vote and i am recommend everyone to do the same. in terms of what could swing it in the direction of yes while i think it's the package of social i'm adamant that have filed widespread appeal so i'm talking about adjusting pensions in line with inflation ensuring that minimum wage is at least at the same level as the cost of living providing fog that financial support for low income families because these are issues that impact on people's day to day lives so i think we'll have pulled 10 people to the polling stations so as we wait out this final our polling stations let's look at some of the mole on multi-drug so indi

important measure the prevalence of russian you know over international the head of the central election commission of said something about voting being like a meal deal you either take everything or you do not take it at all and i already do not like one dish in this meal deal so i will not take everything else i think it is nonsense according to all legal logical and ethical norms i love my country and in sync everything that has been done is right i am going with pleasure to vote and i am recommend everyone to do the same. so what could have swayed it full of those 6 yes votes says in the end it's the package of social a bad mix that really have got wide appeal things like making sure that the minimum wage never floors below the cost of living adjusting pensions in line with inflation of thought during financial support for low income families and then of course you've got things like preserving historical memory and reiterating traditional family. those things would be particularly popular among the more conservative sectors of society and i think these were popular because they really have an

important no matter the problem with russia you know over international the head of the central election commission of said something about voting being like a meal deal you either take everything or you do not take it at all and i already do not like one dish in this meal deal so i will not take everything else i think it is nonsense according to all legal logical and ethical norms and i love my country and in sync everything that has been done is right i am going with pleasure to vote and i recommend everyone to do the same so as to be expected with the political issues a bit of a mixed bag it will be the results which will give us a definitive answer on how people really did. we'll about these proposed changes years so when we go to know we just saw a lady there from kaliningrad the russian exclave so many times i was 11 time zones voted here in this area rome moscow is going to go on for another 8 hours or so will we know tonight then or tomorrow the final result well that's right so here in moscow the polling stations close at 8 pm it's unlikely that we're going to hit any official announcemen

story on the results of the russian constitution vote the central election commission says all votes are now counted so the final declared result is this it's 78 percent in favor with iran 21 percent polling against turnout figures as we mentioned earlier around 65 percent so big majority they're in favor of those big changes coming up. joining me everything on the alex salmond sure i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or. i'm sure. i'll see you there. 20 per cent of the time there's been an upsurge to report next in yemen has drawn out conflict the saudi led coalition has launched a fresh operation against the rebel who see movement there saudi state television saying it's off to missiles were fired at the capital riyadh the coalition classifies the who these as terrorists and has been at war with them since 2015 a year after year civil conflict 1st broke out it's considered by the u.n. in fact to be the world's worst humanitarian crisis at the moment and this is one of the worst affected cities. i haven't had a productivity due to the war i abandon my house i was afra

early results from russia's central elections commission show more than 3/4 of voters have approved constitutional changes. they could allow mr. putin to seek two more six-year terms as president. his critics are slamming the vote. one of them calling it a huge lie. independent organizations say the numbers aren't accurate and vote monitoring groups say there wasn't adequate regulation. despite this, it doesn't look like president putin is leaving any time soon. and he might owe some of that staying power to president trump. cnn's matthew chance. >> reporter: elected for another ten years. voting for constitutional changes that could keep putin in power until 2036. when trump won in 2016 they celebrated in russia. finally the u.s. leader, critical of nato and the e.u., who they believe saw the world their way, putin's way. still, few expected him to back the russian president over his own intelligence agencies, over allegations of u.s. election meddling. even putin felt uncomfortable in the 2018 summit. president trump had disagreed with him on something. >> translator: president trump's stance on

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