constantine rushkoff constantine so russian elections for russian nationals sounds like a good idea what else though did the president say that. sure of lattimer putin touched on a number of topics both in foreign and domestic politics but of course since it was a meeting with members of the russian parliament one issue was front and center at the integrity of the upcoming election in russia's lower chambre that is scheduled for september this year the russian president specifically mentioned that it's important to make sure there is new foreign interference in the electoral process. here in the. op people will decide the outcome of the vote and this choice must be protected from any attempts of foreign interference russia will not allow any blues to its sovereignty or its people's right to be the musters of their own law. also refer to the latest developments involving us social media giants i mean we all remember the removing of donald trump from twitter silencing the voices of conservative commentators online and so latimer putin made a point that those i.t. giants sometimes can disregard the law of a certain nation and impose their own policies in such a sensitive issue as a freedom of speach. pushed it was political talking about so-called platforms i t companies this is a serious challenge not only for us as we've seen what's happened in the us this division is happening around the world it's an ideological division this is clear if that's the way they behave in their own country how will they treat those as seen as they consider themselves to be exceptional. the russian president and members of the parliament also discuss the several foreign policy topics including the ricin shutdown of 3 russian speaking t.v. channels in ukraine which made it harder for millions of ukrainians who speak russian to access information in their own native language and that was done simply under the direct order of the ukrainian president so putin is sad that this was another example of a double standard approach because the west that otherwise like stupid drama over freedom of speech issues in russia was for some reason pretty much silent this time lattimer putin also touched on the north stream to gas pipeline that is still facing enormous opposition from the u.s. and washington relentlessly pushing germany the country that is supposed to receive natural resources over that pipeline to back away from the project. which would which so little why is everything revolving around nord stream too they want to force russians of pay for this so-called ukraine geo political project that sits in fact it's all quite simple. after the meeting larry putin also plans to see each of the parliamentary party leaders in person well suddenly when it comes to elections it's become a very. hotly discussed political issue not just but of course abroad as we know that was constantineeporting for us many thanks. let's head over to the u.s. where a new poll shows that support for a suggs american political party has reached an all time high according to the study significantly more than half of americans now support the idea it's actually the highest rate since the question far started being asked not only by the gallup polling group it was 18 years ago now while 46 percent of democrats say a 3rd party is needed which by the way is down from 52 percent in september interestingly a record high of republicans favor thought party but still trump supporters are willing to help him unite the republican ranks and i said mr president this mega movement needs to continue we need to unite the party trunk closes the way back in 2022 we discuss the current state of u.s. politics with a panel of experts. i think that in the republican party you have 2 factions you have a conservative pro-life faction and then you have the establishment side yes doubtless from inside has really