on december the twenty fifth the central electoral commission came to a decision on the registration of candidates of only was present in person. in front of you as a draft resolution on the rejection of the independent candidate alexei and not tell you that nominated by an initiative agree my need your vote socialist i was in favor. against who are you abstaining or are you not present saying to speak look at basically not present find the hound twelve are in favor and you know that i would like to give alexia natale avenge the floor the winner. as expected the non approval of nirvana's registration was justified by the kirov listen. yet in a similar situation in twenty thirteen the electoral commission had come to a different conclusion. new blue i do not like the electoral commission or the robots to me at least they seem to be alive you can touch them they have a healthy complection send their well nourished they are an independent body when you know i understand what is going on in their heads i see the difficult situation there in you once in a lifetime people can do something

while the central electoral commission a central electoral commission reported some protests even heard over one case where the head of the polling station was fired at the cases which has been documented by c.c.t.v. camera c.c.t.v. cameras are now supposed to be investigated but at the end of the day to sue me they had over the electoral commission elop on feel of our announced that from her point of view there was no significant for all it at all yuri we saw that here put in campaigning on a very strong nationalist taken very anti western message now that he is one what we see him continue that rhetoric or change it. mr putin showed himself to the russians as a strong politician who leads a strong foreign policy and shows that the best that russia is strong and invincible it helps in consolidate his power this image even if it's sometimes counterproductive and even sometimes dangerous for his country and leads to poverty and isolation but he will continue this cause i suppose and you know what do you think those who revolted for vladimir putin now expect him to do well first there are

the latest coming in from the central electoral commission, those officials we saw a moment ago, theys they have counted, 72% almost, of all vladimir putin. the state exit poll is giving him even slightly higher than that. it is giving him nearly 74% of the vote. of course, he had said he wanted, or his campaign had said they wanted a 70% turnout and they wa nted they wanted a 70% turnout and they wanted 70% of the vote. the last officially announced turnout data was 3pm in the afternoon our time and that was just short of 60%. so we will see what happens later when those final votes are counted. but it looks like vladimir putin has got the comfortable victory he expected and everyone expected for him. now, let‘s turn to the weather. a met office amber warning of a possible risk to life will remain in place across south west england until 3am tomorrow morning. forecasters say there is a risk to some rural upland communities in the region. snow and ice have been causing disruption to road, rail and air travel across many parts of the uk. dozens of schools will be closed tomorrow in dev

social media as well but on the whole there has been some attempt at transparency and the central electoral commission set up c.c.t.v. cameras in almost all the polling stations and you could watch the live as people kind of came to the polls still there has been accusations of not only ballot stuffing but also of the government putting pressure on people to vote rather ploy or is putting pressure on their employees to come to vote particularly government employees so we'll have to wait and see what the official report about those violations will be but there have been some reports of them now bush and gets another sixty as president and unless there are constitutional changes he can try again so i mean what can we expect in his potentially last term in office. well i think the fact that this concert that you see here behind me was originally originally dedicated to the attic station of crimea celebrating what here is seen as the return of crimea to russia certainly sends a signal to the west that they'll be more defiance influence next term toward the west more defiance and after all that's one of th

into the polling stations to show that this vote is legitimate and we've already seen the central electoral commission say that the turnout so far is higher than in the last presidential elections course of putin remaining popular as you point out there and they many internationally maybe also what the reason is for this continued popularity and russian media certainly play a huge role in that way to instantly been on t.v. since the kremlin controls all of the relevant broadcasters the daily news is little more than campaign ads he is everywhere seemingly immune from criticism though he's refused to debate his political opponents. the good ol t.v. plays a huge role in showing how powerful he is how smart and wonderfully is and how much he cares about his citizens. because the wisest way you know when he was up would even people in the far east republic six time zones away are seeing the same things here horsemeat is a delicacy available at every tiny corner store it's minus thirty celsius out so it's no problem storing it properly we ask people here if they know who putin's opponents are in the electi

taking place will any action be taken against that well look at the first step of the central electoral commission report that the some from old however not further measures have been taken to our knowledge so far even though some cases documented by c.c.t.v. cameras my to be investigated at the end of the day they had all the electoral commission l upon feel of i announced that from her point of view not significant for all to place your leading up to the vote we solve lattimer put in a ramp up as nationalist rhetoric now that he has won another term what more can we expect from him going forward. well i mean mr putin presented himself to the russians as a strong leader determined to a strong foreign policy or indeed to millions of russians who like him the question is rather why they do it yet again it's all about the popular myth of stability that she is carefully maintained all maintained by state television given the opposition little chance to criticize the system and to expose of the many problems in this country the question is of course what's coming now and will liberal or conservative f

one of the it says this video shows members of the electoral commission stuffing ballot boxes party this took place in a city near moscow the central electoral commission is the employees involved and said obviously those ballots cast no particular books will not be counted we discussed the election was a say observers that came into the studio here as well european ones. themselves any violations. well after the break we'll look at how the main candidates made their way to the top of russian politics. you mean you don't. get a court to do. what the. space. left alone. said. no servant to see that. you speak french. so it's. welcome back pavel going to being in the communist party can do this who's also the boss of a former soviet father is set to finish in second place in the election. been followed the voting for the party's h q. we did hear from the communist candidate in the aftermath of preliminary results and he seemed somewhat disappointed when he spoke to the media yes it's obvious that the vote counts and the whole election procedure was not. when all the votes will be counted we'll make a decision one thing is clear despi

was least one says this video shows members of the electoral commission stuffing ballot boxes probably this took place in a city near moscow the central electoral commission is the employees involved and said obviously those ballots cast no particular bow. it will not be counted we discussed the election with us a observers that came in the studio here as well european ones and whether they witnessed themselves any violations i can say that they didn't see any violation maybe i was too short a time there but i don't i don't think that any by the asians were visible so we wanted to see how it works we were particularly interested very much in the transmission lines which you so i see here all the very high level we. can follow and to introduce the system so this was it was it was worth what we were very much interested in we have some team in moscow in cologne. sent. rust off and. the return is everything was normal everything was normal we discuss about the process in the putting station and everything is neat little bit like in france for example even maybe more because for example i saw in many places some care out to control we don

one either it says this video shows members of the electoral commission stuffing ballot boxes party this took place in a city near moscow the central electoral commission is the employees involved and said obviously those ballots cast no particular books will not be counted we discussed the election was a say observe. that came in the studio here as well european ones where they witness themselves any violation i can say that they didn't see any violation maybe i was too short a time there but i don't i don't think that in any by the asians were visible so we wanted to to see how it works we were particularly interested very much in the transmission lines which you so i see here all the very high level we. can follow and to introduce the system so this was it was it was worth what we were very much interested in we have some team in moscow in cologne. raw stuff and. the return is everything was normal everything was normal we discussed about the process in the putting station and everything is neat little bit like in france for example even maybe more because for example i saw in many places some care out to control we don't have t

one of the it says this video shows members of the electoral commission stuffing ballot boxes probably this took place in a city near moscow the central electoral commission is for the employees involved and said obviously those ballots cast in a particular box will not be counted we discussed the election where the say observers that came into the studio here as well european ones and whether they witnessed themselves any violations. thank you say that i didn't see anybody lation maybe i was too short but i don't i don't think that and by the asians. we wanted to to see how it works we were particularly interested very much in the transmission lines which you so i see here. in foreign to introduce the system so this was it was new to us was what we were very much interested in we have some team in moscow. sent. us stuff and. the return is everything was normal everything was normal we discussed about the process in the putting station and everything is neat little bit like in france for example even maybe more because for example i saw in many places some care out to control we don't have that in france and. if you if you can accept.

observance in a very short time we were able to do that we caught to read it closely with the central electoral commission because training observers train your interests. this was done by our partners. but you are the american legal association and we have signed a large number of contracts. with our partners and eventually we had one hundred forty six thousand people taking the training and this is unprecedented we never expected to have that many people we never expected the. public chambers to work so effectively i'm very grateful to my. fellow powerful over in the team there from the russian central asian commission they could be popping up for the coming hours or more those votes come in but let's take it as we know it so i say early days those polls in play got any close seven minutes ago but he's the kind of this ally that was looking right now according to plan results we are getting first three places in the race way out ahead. seventy one point nine percent. dean in for the communist party as expected it was pretty much expected to come in second but also as expected way behind fifteen point ni

electoral commission and stuffing the boxes the cameras work having. to do stuff initial clips yes indeed yes so they were called in some took place. sitting there national the central election committee commission has fired those employees involved and said the ballots cast him up tick a box will not be counted to be. absolutely possible so a lot of people watching this to make sure that it is now carol i'm happy to play we're joined. by jonathan atkinson engine management member of the european parliament and observer at the rational election thanks for coming in to meet you in person now what was your impression of the electoral process in russia has been a. very different to the u.k. electronic voting you had the congress in the congress because the soul the work and what struck me is that the all the polling stations didn't open to eight o'clock and this is sunday people queuing twenty thirty day to get in some thirty in the morning those. those will be young people facing yeah it was the it seemed a very very streamlined and very orderly orderly voting to turn i was pretty high between sixty to seventy percent and still to be. you know we got the final handle

government it shows members of the electoral commission stuffing ballot boxes get away with it for too long instant took place in a city near moscow and result the central election commission because they really want to clamp down on this for obvious reasons they want to be good. fire the employees involved and said the ballots cast in that particular box will obviously not be counted we discussed with election observers various independent observers from europe here in the studio tonight about what they saw first let's listen to them. right to say that they didn't see integration maybe i was too short a time but i don't i don't think that and by the asians. we wanted to see how it works we were particularly interested very much in the transmission lines which you so i salute you know the very high level we've. been for and to introduce the system so this was it was it was worth what we were very much interested in we have some team in moscow in. a sense stop or rust off and. the return is everything was normal everything was normal we discussed about the process in the putting station and everything is little bit like in france for example even maybe m

electoral fraud cases. this year's presidential election was being monitored by a record number of foreign observers fifteen hundred had registered before the vote and as we were hearing earlier from the central election commission as well they came from all over from france from poland and the u.k. and their overall assessment of how it was conducted a mainly positive response. we have some team in moscow in cologne. sent stop or stuff and the return is everything was normal everything is neat little bit like in france for example even maybe more because for example i saw in many places some care out to control we don't have that in france but the reports. stopped in the somewhere because you push to get it but i guess emotions were if you would look at i could say that they didn't see integration maybe i was too short a time there but i don't i don't think that in any by the asians. who wanted to to see how it works we were we are particularly interested very much in the transmission lines which you so i see here on the very high level we. introduced the of a system this very different to the u.k. for start the electronic voting and you had the cameras in the cameras because that's all the work a big argument