council the so-called moscow city duma. went a bit differently from what the. program in the united russia party. had expected or. ones that show that there is a possibility of growing possibility of a growing sense that in 2021 in the upcoming elections to the russian duma the russian parliament there could possibly again be liberal members of parliament representatives of liberal party. included so so these. elections that have just just and that they are showing a growing frustration on the part of voters and not just in moscow i would remind you that in the far east for example in about a scary june the liberal democratic party of russia which is one the elementary part is he had significant significantly over the united russia party and the effect in the election to the moscow city council a number of united russia members had. shown themselves to be a sort of title independent so they ran as independents instead of united russia members of parliament because they thought that their party affiliation might negatively i

council the so-called moscow city duma. went a bit differently from what the. program in the united russia party. had expected or. wanted to show that there is a possibility of growing possibility here a growing sense that in 2021 in the upcoming elections to the russian duma the russian parliament there could possibly again be liberal members of parliament representatives of liberal party. included so so. these elections that have just just and that they are showing a growing frustration on the part of voters and not just in moscow i would remind you that in the far east for example in about a speech in the liberal democratic party of russia which is one the elementary part is. significant significantly over the united russia party and the effect in the election to the moscow city council a number of united russia members had. shown themselves to be a sort of title independent so they ran as independents instead of united russia members of parliament because they thought that their party affiliation might negatively impact

complicated but for sure what you said united russia has lost more than ever before here in moscow city duma and a place where they always held of course a very large majority and this is of course a sad back for a party that's not used to losing at all so despite the fact that they still have a majority it's a psychological loss and at the other hand of course we can say that now because of the loss of the independent opposition is in the city duma because of this march forward by the opposition the communist have now a large number of seats and independent the opposition has called for this march for because they were simply banned from running during this election so what it means for president putin it means that his power base is weaker or if shaky at the moment that it also means that the opposition is not so easily crushed anymore and something to be reckoned with. all right thank you very much the boston there live for us from moscow well still ahead on al-jazeera in south africa protests against immigrants and foreign owned businesses turn violent. and how an ancient martial arts fr

they lost a monopoly basically they have still the majority in this moscow city duma so date still can basically have their influence 1st but they have to deal with a lot of forces at the moment not the actual real in the planet opposition because they were simply banned from running in the 1st place but the communist party has grown here is significantly becoming it has never been elected serious opposition very much opposing the ruling party but it will mean that is more diversity in this in this moscow city duma but what it means even more is that this is a signal that despite this crackdown by the government on the opposition many people have been arrested they have been in jail for longer sentences they have been beaten up but still that they have made this voice heard through this so-called smart vote which was called for by opposition a figure election now fairly and this has basically been successful looking at the result here in moscow this means that the opposition is a force to be reckoned with and that's as some people have described it some cracks are now appearing in putt

council the so-called moscow city duma which went a bit differently from what the. program in the united russia party. had expected or. ones that show that there is a possibility a growing possibility here a growing sense that in 2021 in the upcoming elections to the russian duma the russian parliament there could possibly again be liberal members of parliament representatives of liberal party. included so so these. elections that have just just and that they are showing a growing frustration on the part of voters and not just in moscow i would remind you that in the far east for example in about a scary june the liberal democratic party russia which is one the elementary parties had gained significant significantly over the united russia party and the effect in the election to the moscow city council a number of united russia members had. shown themselves to be a sort of title independent so they ran as independents instead of united russia members of parliament because they thought that the party affiliation might negatively impact their. chances so it is possibl

here in the city duma rather here in moscow to sharon this independent candidates out of fear that association with the brand if you do that or see it could actually hurt their chances in today's polling and what outcome is the opposition campaigning for considering that many of its candidates have been barred from running. well it really depends on what you mean by the 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 pro

the election to the moscow city duma has given the country's opposition in only. likely chance to challenge the power and control of united russia. and its complete domination of russian political life. is actually face seen historically low polling numbers with around only 30 percent of russians saying they currently support the party that the brain is also considered toxic in many of the country's major cities and that's part of the reason why many candidates here in moscow chose to run as independents out of fears that association with the party could hurt their chances in today's polling now this also might be part of the reason that we've seen such heavy handed tactics from russian security forces when it came to some of the opposition back demonstrations we've seen in recent weeks and speaking to many political experts here they tell me that that was heavy handed tactics have actually gone a long way to help politicizing a new generation of russians and remains to be seen whether or not the political or the country's opposition will be able to capitalize on

they lost a monopoly basically they have still the majority in this moscow city duma so day still can basically have their influence heard but they have to deal with a lot of forces at the moment not the actual real in the pan or the opposition because they were simply banned from running in the 1st place but the communist party has a grown here is significantly becoming it has never been elected serious opposition very much opposing the ruling party but it will mean that is more diversity in this in this most city duma but what it means even more is that this is a signal that despite this crackdown by the government on the opposition many people have been arrested they have been jailed for longer sentences they have been beaten up but still that they have made this voice heard through this so-called smart vote which was called for by opposition a figure alexy naftali and this has basically been successful looking adult here in moscow this means that the opposition is a force to be reckoned with and that's as some people have described it some cracks are now appearing in putting throu

illegal rallies in moscow that were not authorized by the russian government ahead of the moscow city duma elections hobbles dean of was put on trial for allegedly attacking a law enforcement official and the reason why this case got so much attention and it had so many people including celebrities talking about this because it was almost evident and papa was saying that from the very beginning that he didn't even take part in the protests and just happened to be in that area which is by the way absolutely public where the protesters though were trying to gather now went to day the 23 year old came out of the hearing room once again he said that he is completely innocent and the fact that his 3 and a half year sentence was changed to a one year long suspended sentence is not enough for the man. we disagree with the court decision will appeal it in any case i didn't commit any crime i didn't commit any wrongdoing that's all it was after seeing this video that so many people as i've said including celebrities fellow actors decided to stand behind pavol they launched flash mobs posted in repo

polling for themselves but here in moscow it seems like 20 of the possible $45.00 seats in the city's city duma have actually gone to opposition aligned candidates now it's a big win for many of the opposition parties and one that wasn't initially expected going into yesterday's poll. but it looks like the opposition is the big winner in the selections of can you tell us what exactly happened here. well i mean basically there's a couple of different factors coming together i mean the 1st one is as we heard in the report there are many opposition aligned candidates weren't even allowed to put their names on the ballots and that resulted in weeks of very strong anti-government protests now it seems like the opposition has been able to capitalize on that and galvanize support within their base which is part of the reason that we saw such a a large result for them yesterday now on top of that we also heard about that the smart voting system that elects in of all the calls for and seems like that's also bear fruit basically he called in his supporters to vote for a list of candidates that had the be

illegal they were on authorized by the russian authorities in the center of moscow ahead of the city dumaelections pawel was steen of was on trial for attacking a law enforcement official but the reason why this case had everyone including the celebrities talking about it is because the 20 year old maintains that he didn't take part in the protests at all he just happened to be in that area which was absolutely public. when the protesters gathered here and right now when he came out of the building where the hearings happened once again he said that he's completely innocent and for him the fact that they changed the 3 and a half year sentence to the suspended sentence one year long is not enough. we disagreed with the court decision will appeal it in any case i didn't commit any crime i didn't commit any wrongdoing that's all. now once again the reason for this public outcry was actually the video of the detention where at least in these pictures it was seen that pablo wasn't trying to attack anyone he was standing there doing something with his phone and perhaps he just happened to be in

rehearsals his adaptation of la demo coming out yeah the 19th century novel by alexandre dumas is being staged in the city in which it was set. we're. waiting to know one of the other side i don't know where you figure out if things are conflicts. with its many stairwells corridors and rooms the historic building is something of a labyrinth you know if an ice area. i mean if the reversal is are taking place in one of 5 studios what's interesting with our job and john makes that very very clear is that is the journey the process of always learning and always searching because everything doesn't have to be successful but everything has to go for it it's not about success it's about it's not about the just a ship it's about the journey and that john has always made very clear. and that's why he could will continue to create. john no i my are originally created lockdown . set to music by fred actual power for the stood guard ballet in 1978 it was internationally acclaimed the production in paris is now the 6th version he has staged in the city for a month at 1st and show up and when you consider some aspect o

city election on sunday the ballot papers won't show a single candidate openly running for president vladimir putin's united russia party instead they'll be standing as independent candidates for the regional parliament known as the duma if alos the declining popularity of united russia protests against a ban on some opposition politicians running so fast in reports from the russian capital. only the presence of a beer it's a way that this is an election rally for united russia the animal has often been used to symbolize the ruling party and has been hired here to entertain supporters of state. but the united to russia veteran who has been a member of the moscow duma or regional parliament since it was founded in 1903 is not running for her party on the ballot she's an independent candidate running for the money i'm running i'm a member of this body i'm a member of this body everybody wants to have a lot of people if there are a problem with your party you know we haven't any problem i brought out that i am a member of the right and that's all thank you very much. great things for the party which was founded soon after put in became president in 1909 dropped 11 percent to 28 percent last year after the retirement age