there is no need for russia or for the united russia at this point in the next duma to. compromise with other factions and opposition parties to pass regular federal laws. that may be required to pass a constitutional or which needs two thirds of the votes and then the united russia will have to cooperate with the so what you're saying that even after losing a significant number of seats the united part russia still is still considers itself and still should be considered by everybody else as the ruling party in the . countries that are true well absolutely status is at least till the next presidential election since president invidious was leading the list of the united russia party in the parliamentary election and now it's get it got more than fifty percent of the seats which makes it not just the strongest political force but the force with a law making capability now let's hear what the meat the middle of who lead lead united russia through this election said last night. the party has i thought fairly well the party represents almost fifty percent of the population

or another old timer of the russian the state duma. he's a leader of the liberal democratic party of russia now it's often called a one a man party is widely considered to be a show matt has over as eccentric behavior and sometimes shocking political views for example he advocated forcibly retaking alaska from the u.s. and openly expressed his hatred of certain ethnic groups from that is it is often his words into action while on a lighter note since resting chopping i'm excited to read it was elected as a united russia deputy there's been no more poles in the state. fair russia is headed by he said again and as the name implies its platform is based on the principles of fairness freedom it's only dirty calling for the proper functioning of a well first. this is the usual working place if the deputy no bells and whistles just a mike and a device with which to vote but not all deputies are interested in the daily debates over bills last year a huge scandal emerge when it came to light that some deputies consistently missed sessions and

only four parties have secured seats in the newly elected state duma but of course both sides being counted and also it's important to mention that this time around the newly elected parliament will. i'll be in charge of the country's politics for five years unlike it was in previous years when deputies were elected for four years only anisa votes are being counted and of course we'll be bringing you the latest as we're getting it here at the headquarters of the central election committee. that's right indeed of course russia an enormous country it's expected that counting will go on throughout the night thank you very much for that update you catherine a great job of live from the central election committee well joining me now a special guest for us this evening constantine because i chose chairman of the foreign affairs foreign affairs committee of the outgoing state two months you can still be still in office so especially a pleasure to have you come analyze the results so far we just have this fifty one percent it was not clear for a while whether they would go over that fifty p

for the new duma speaker these will be decided today during the first duma session also the last few days before this first session was about distributing committees unite russia is getting sixteen fifteen story out of twenty nine committees with fourteen committees going to opposition parties. well the first session of the state duma is going to have to as we speak but what about the controversy surrounding how it was elected. did we know the scenes day one the first day when the results of the elections preliminary results were announced they've been protests following that on december town around twenty five to thirty thousand. people gathered for a mass demonstration mosco are getting very nice all the votes that they've been also a number of illegal north arise rallies set up and most consent is broken to the cities they resulted in people disrupted traffic there were cases of some activists calling for violence like in the case of local i did see nobody that followed that was followed with a number of arrests in particular has just been released up to spending fifteen days in a

in duma election eleven. in-depth coverage of has won the hearts and minds of the russian people are to. now a quarter past the hour here in moscow you are watching r.t. iranian news agency reports coming in now that the country's forces have shot down an american drone the aircraft is said to have violated the country's airspace along its eastern border last week britain along with the u.s. and. iran with fresh sanctions as punishment for what they believe to be a covert nuclear program as walk outrage among the iranian public and on tuesday angry students storm stormed the british embassy the u.k. shut down its diplomatic mission in response well twenty four iranian diplomats were also expelled from london it comes as washington is preparing its own crippling sanctions against iran central bank but political analyst chris bambery believes that provoking tehran would have disastrous consequences as the. sanctions against iran and there is talk of some military strike against iran over this you could program

in duma election eleven. in-depth coverage of who has won the hearts and minds of the russian people are to. now let's turn to some news that shaped the past seven days in our weekly update and the latest news from around the world but of course as and he says we'll be continuing our special election coverage with the first exit polls and preliminary results in the next hour here on. iranian forces have shot down an american unmanned drone in the east of the country that's according to iran's state news agency the aircraft used for spying was reportedly down with minimum damage and seized by iranian authorities well to discuss the tense situation around the islamic republic i'm now joined live from chicago by steven lemon who is a radio host and independent blogger steven it's reported the aircraft carried no weapons so it does look like that its main purpose was reconnaissance what do you think it was up to what was it looking for. well it's a spy plane bill these drones patrol you were supporters reconnaiss

doing the duma election fever strikes. the polling booth to choose who makes its apollo seven political parties are competing for seats in the refresh house for the next five years. the war of words between iran on the west as washington and the e.u. infuriated by tehran's on reaction to threats by choking off oil revenues. the u.n. human rights commission calls for an international intervention in syria sanctions continue to follow up on damascus over alleged civilian abuses by forces loyal to president bashar al assad. and. one in egypt post revolution the election and frustration in the street many believe voices being. a very warm welcome to you this is the line from the heart of moscow with me rule received it's a big day for voting in the world's biggest country with people deciding on a fresh board of lawmakers for the lower house of parliament. following months of heated debates and politicking it's now up to the people to have passed say the main intrigue rests in the ruling united russia party and whether it reta

russia has a freshly elected parliament has chosen its speaker the new state duma convenes for the first time two weeks softer its election mass protests and calls for a recount. and a fresh round between britain and the e.u. brussels orders london to relax stringent benefit laws saying newly arrived immigrants in the u.k. must be less eligible for handouts as britons themselves. yet another dispute between russia and ukraine over gas prices appeals fall from a quick resolution but the real war is unlikely as experts tell business more on this in twenty minutes. just after five pm here in moscow you're watching with me. russia is urging nato to look into reports of widespread civilian deaths in libya caused by the military alliance is a seven month long bombing campaign there are the claims filed by rights groups contradict nato's assertion that twenty six thousands of strikes did not cause any civilian casualties and the killing has not ended just because gadhafi is dead and gone former rebels continue to take their start on supporters of the toppled regime but you may find some of the

the new state duma convenes for the first time two weeks after its election sparked massive protests calls for a recount. in the e.u. . london to relax benefit laws saying a newly arrived immigrants in the u.k. must be as eligible for handouts themselves. also three future crew members. on the way to the space station. spacecraft launches successfully from the . russian. line around one in. twenty four hours a day. with me. urging nato to look into reports of widespread civilian deaths in libya caused by the military alliance is seven month long bombing campaign the claims filed by rights groups contradict that twenty six thousand. kill any civilian casualties and the killing hasn't ended just because gadhafi is now dead and gone former rebels continue to take their supporters off the toppled regime be warned you may find some of the images in a report. this is what it's like to look down in the face a group of man the young and old captured after the nadir propped rebels overran good office hometown of sirte there was behind the camera delivers a verdict. for gadhafi. and the captiv

in duma election eleven. in-depth coverage of this one the hearts and minds of the russian people are. still to come in today's review of the week's news all ties strains to women as one of our pulls out of course the u.s. back talks on the future of ghana stands for the whining the rift opened by a deadly nato airstrike on pakistan's border. and you were polled his breath as merkel and sarkozy gets together to brew up a new cure for the blocks financial agony while the people who protest against the spirit. it's been one of the most tense weeks yet in iran's continuing drama as western nations on leash more sanctions greater restrictions and even more rhetoric on the middle east nation it all began with britain's decision to levy fresh measures against iran as punishment for what israel and others believed to be a covert nuclear program it sparked outrage among the iranian public and angry students stormed the british embassy in tehran the u.k. as a reaction was to shut down its diplomatic mission along with

we caught up with the boxer to find out why the first duma session was so uncomfortable for him. is the same as all the other day parties except with a high of back will still it was very inconvenient to sit in today but i asked them i also nicely to re-install it so i hope the next session in comfort is deal. but nataly over to you know this numerous first session it goes ahead against the backdrop of a lot of protest so what can you tell us about well during the first plenary session of the newly elected lower house of the russian parliament members of the opposition gothard for at un sanctions protest outside the stadium when according to opposition bloggers over twenty people were arrested let's you know are you is well known for its harsh criticism of the russian government was released from custody where he spent the last fifteen days. after he was arrested during opposition rallies which took place shortly after the parliamentary elections in the country which took place on the fourth of december there also been number of peaceful demonstrations including one in mosco when

and two hundred eighty five voices for and eighty eight against the year new speaker of the state duma is known that's united russia's candidate sit in that he always should mention the government shuffle advanced last week after kremlin chief of staff said again that if you can step down for state duma seat immediately united russia put him forward as a candidate for the duma speaker opposition meanwhile had a deeper and taken that they had their own preferences and they put forward their candidates to be speakers of the state duma but as united russia has a majority they managed to. to put forward their candidates have been that which can all apart from that opposition will of course have a louder voice in the new duma united russia is no longer control of all the committees as it was in previous to myself and of course acts for it say that will change their approach towards lawmaking meanwhile as you've said there been protests taking place ever since the votes have been counted both authorize protests would remind on december the. from twenty five to thirty thousand people went out

and these two parties i've just mentioned did pass seven percent barrier needed to get into the new duma three others did not and that means that their votes will eventually be divided between those who did and that means that those four parties i mentioned. these four leading parties will eventually get some extras some bonus photos. and just a little bit about the yabloko party just didn't pass three percent barrier which means that they earn direct financial support from the federal budget back to you and yes so the prose has a vote counting continues but can you tell us of water observer saying about how the election went what has to be mentioned that we are hearing about violations during this is parliamentary election but it never been confirmed by observers official observers working. here let's not just what they say about how the election went. with the organizational election could hardly be better this corresponds to my experience as an observer in russia and in other post soviet republics in organizational terms they're absolutely excellent the ladies it's very often ladies w

the three other parties failed to get the required percent of the votes needed to get seats in the duma now those not yet final but the results indicate that the party which has crushingly dominated the country's politics for years now is on track to lose its two thirds majority in the duma for comparison in the two thousand and seven elections united russia got sixty four percent of the vote and now it failed to get the constitutional majority and also it didn't get that all important fifty percent mark which is of the so-called psychological barrier to say the top of the country is on the side with you that means that the ruling party will come to learn to find compromises with the political forces in the country and maybe pull my polish and with that and not the policy or even qualities that united russia still bra's have already said that they're willing to form polish and in this do it all on monday evening in mosco several thousand protesters took to the streets and beyond to their frustration with the duma vote police say that between seven hundred to two thousand people took par

this first session in the duma has been tarnished by recent mass protests in the streets so once this happens work and other cities those protests the protest is a plea to the vote was not there and the way the votes were counted it wasn't either and estimated from twenty five to thirty thousand people went into the streets and most do two weeks ago in december tenth and nutriment very following that order to thorough investigation as a result of that beef to criminal cases have been already filed for alleged the voting fraud and the results of twenty one polling stations across the country were canceled but of course we have to understand the third to ninety thousand polling stations in different regions are probably. not enough to cancel the results of the vote and this is why state duma session takes place today and is due it's worth mentioning as well that there has been a number of an authorized illegal rallies taking place same particularly in moscow those protesters disrupted traffic that resulted in arrest those so called on for cold for violence an example of that is blogger

see only four parties so far have secured seats in the newly elected palm and newly elected state duma the lower house of the russian parliament the three other parties taking part in the vote haven't broken the seven percent threshold need it now russia uses a quarter least proportional representation system in the duma elections all in all four hundred fifty seats are at stake and to be eligible for any suits at all a party needs to take at least seven percent of the vote and then if it breaks the better it to get the number of seats proportionate to the number of votes one now this is also the first time that the state duma is being elected for a five year term previously devotees were elected for four years only now four years four parties again have made it to the newly elected state duma as of now meade night moscow time but of course both are still being counted and will take a. parties have shared throughout the night we'll be bringing you the latest from the central election committee in downtown most of this stuff. we will indeed because i didn't bring us up to date on the la

the elected parliament has chosen its speak over the new state duma convenes for the first time two weeks after its election sparked mass protests and calls for recounts. between britain and the. london to relax stringent benefit will saying newly arrived immigrants and u.k. mosby is that legible for handouts as britons themselves. and three future i.s.a.'s can when they saw him near beers on the way to the space station after their soyuz spacecraft launches successfully from the i can all possible to write. a very warm welcome to this is our line from moscow russia nato to look into reports of widespread civilian deaths in libya caused by the military alliance is seven months long bombing campaign while the claims of filed by rights groups contradict his assertion that twenty six thousand strikes did not cause any civilian casualties and the killing hasn't ended just because gadhafi is dead and gone for rebels continue to take that supporters all of the toppled regime now you may find some of the images in the exam a boy his report just. this is what it's like to look death in the face a

seat apart from that opposition will have a louder voice in the new duma with united russia failing to secure a constitutional majority is believe that the lower house of the russian parliament will again become a field of heated debates and now that united russia does not have a majority of the committees fourteen out of twenty nine committees so far that will be controlled by the three opposition parties it's also believe that the whole approach to lawmaking in russia will change now today's choky in the corridors of power is that one of united russia's deputies who has been told left without a seat in the new duma we caught up with the boxer to find out why the first i'm a session was so uncomfortable for him but. it is the same as all the other deputies except with a high of back will still it was very inconvenient to sit in today but i asked them i also nicely to re-install it so i hope i'll sit in the next session in comfort and nobles deal. but in the tabio over to you know this dumas first session it goes ahead against the backdrop of a lot of protest so what can you tell us

heated debates and raised voices for a sit in the boat the boat ing for a new duma speaker with two hundred thirty eight always says four and eighty eight against a new speaker has been chosen and that's ruling united russia's candidate to give not a skin government shop full advance last week or so we're not wishing until recently kremlin chief of staff to step down for a duma seat apart from that opposition will have a louder voice in the new duma with united russia failing to secure a constitutional majority is believe that the lower house of the russian parliament will again become a field of heated debates and now that united russia does not have a majority of the committees fourteen out of twenty nine committees so far that will be controlled by the three opposition parties it's also believe that the whole approach to lawmaking in russia will change now today's choky in the corridors of power is that one of united russia's deputies nikolai valuev has been told left without a seat in the new duma we caught up with the boxer to find out why the first duma session was so uncomfor

russia's freshly elected parliament has chosen its speed the new state duma convenience for the first time in two weeks to its election small mass protests and cools for a week out. or a new sectarian violence threatens around shackled leaders throughout all the stops and vive power following america's withdrawal from the country. and three future i assess a crew members and the adept the way to the space station prospects soyuz spacecraft launches success for me from the baikonur cosmodrome. a very warm welcome to this is live from moscow russia is here to look into reports of widespread civilian deaths in the cause by the military alliance is seven month long well the claims filed by rights groups contradict his assertion that twenty six thousand of its ass drugs did not cause any civilian casualties on the killing hasn't ended just because gadhafi is dead and gone former rebels continue to. support his of the toppled regime and you may find some of the images of this report. this is what it's like to look death in the face a group of men the young and old captured after the nadir p

for just about all the votes counted we can now get a pretty clear picture of what the duma will look like for the next few years though united russia took the majority of the seats they picked up two hundred thirty eight places in the duma the communists came in next with ninety two and there russia coming in third with sixty four seats in fourth place the liberal democrats with fifty six now all the parties didn't make the required three point five percent of the votes threshold in order to take a seat in the in the duma know what this means is that the seats that would have been won by them get shared out between the four parties that did get over dusts threshold what this means is that united russia although they didn't get fifty percent of the vote over fifty percent of the seats in the duma meaning that they can now pass just about any law without having to go into a coalition with other groups they have that majority they can pass through the policies which they want to get see into into law though also they don't have to make those coalitions but we have heard from party leade

as russians pick for parliament who are the main tenders in the race for duma seats. you know these uganda times the achievements of communism from before his time. but he's criticized for his rebels with the russian orthodox church current campaign slogan the politics of the majority is made to when we return the motherland stolen from us priorities free education and housing punishing illegal immigration and introducing ethnicity stumps and passports the success story second to hold presidential elections since the end of the u.s.s.r. criticized for exploiting soviet nostalgia with pensioners the discontented industrial working class. for its red flags with the hammer and sickle of the communist party of the russian federation do i lecture two thousand eleven on r t. so the communists are in a firm second place in their cool calm and collected and they are feeling very defensive about it right it's a fight. right porting from the communist party headquarters and it's quite a tradition of theirs we were talking about this earlier that they actually come out and prote

not enough to council the results of the vote and this is why state duma session takes place today and is to it's worth mentioning as well that there has been a number of an authorized illegal rallies taking place same particularly in moscow those protesters disrupted traffic that resulted in arrests hold on for hold for violence an example of that is blogger i like seeing the violently who has spent fifteen day soon a detention center in moscow and was freed just recently. because when i thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update on russia's six state duma first session and during your report we showed our viewers some of the live pictures from the session thanks very much indeed for bringing us up to speed on this. now new year is just tan days away al we are starting our own countdown with ten special reports on events that shaped twenty eleven where looking back at major stories through the eyes of our to correspondents who witnessed them and we started with an area that saw a fair share of both breakthroughs and failures space projects consistently made it into the had li

in duma election eleven. in-depth coverage of who has won the hearts and minds of the russian people on auntie's.

this right here is the state duma the lower chamber of the russian parliament where laws are adopted and all bills are first reviewed and the term comes from the russian dumont meaning to think it was founded in one thousand nine hundred six but does survive the one nine hundred seventeen revolution however it did bounce back in one thousand nine hundred three when a new constitution was introduced and the upcoming election and the makeup of the six duma since one thousand nine hundred three. or four hundred fifty seats up for grabs in the duma and the elected deputies will serve for five years well as it stands to stay do must be divided between four political parties. currently has three hundred fifteen seats is the biggest party in the duma it's followed by the communists with fifty seven seats the liberal democrats forty seats and a fair russia has thirty eight. let's look at those parties in detail now the ruling united russia party has a constitutional majority in the current parliament and is led by prime minister vladimir putin and with the upcoming election of president dmit

in duma election eleven. in-depth coverage of has won the hearts and minds of the russian people or to. you watching the weekly here at r.t. and over the past seven days we've seen a dramatic rise in tensions around iran with western nations on leashing more pressure on the islamic state britain along with the u.s. and a kind of us tehran with fresh sanctions as punishment for what they believe to be a covert nuclear program is sparking outrage among the iranian public i don't choose to be angry students stormed the british embassy the u.k. shut down its diplomatic mission in response while twenty four iranian diplomats were also expelled from london it comes as washington is preparing its own crippling sanctions against iran central bank but political analyst chris bambery believes provoking tehran will just have disastrous consequences as the. sanctions against iran and there is talk of some strike against iran over this you could program we should remember that really in nationalism runs very deep in peopl

russia is a freshly elected parliament has chosen its speaker the new state duma convenes for the first time two weeks after its election mass protests and calls for a recount. and a fresh raul between britain and the e.u. brussels all is in london to relax benefit laws saying the newly arrived immigrants in the u.k. must be as eligible for handouts as britons themselves. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. and live from moscow worse now or just after six pm i'm. russia's urging nato to look into reports of widespread civilian deaths in libya caused by the military alliance is a seven month long bombing campaign the claims filed by rights groups contradict nato's assertion that twenty six thousands of its airstrikes did not cause any civilian casualties and the killing as an end just because gadhafi is now dead and gone former rebels continue to take their own supporters of the toppled regime you may find some of the images and boy has report disturbing. this is what it's like to look death in the face a group of men the young and old captured after the nadir proft rebels overran ge

as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for duma seats. you know these uganda times the achievements of communism from before his time but he's criticized for his role for small with the russian orthodox church coming to campaign slogan the politics of the majority is made to we will return the motherland stolen from us priorities. free education and housing polishing illegal immigration and introducing ethnicity stamps in passports party success story second in all presidential elections since the end of the u.s.s.r. criticized for exploiting soviet nostalgia with pensioners and a discontented industrial working class no no broad for its red flag with the hammer and sickle of the communist party of the russian federation do i lecture two thousand eleven on r t. a little idea there of the communist party here in russia in modern day what it all means like arena was saying they're planning on going out and protesting on monday well already over a hundred over one hundred people have been arrested in moscow as political organizations both pr

sunday's parliamentary election four parties have made it into the country's lower house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group but it's been dealt a significant setback with a sharp fall in support of his paper all of his in central moscow. united russia taking the majority of the vote the communists coming in second in third place i fear russia with the liberal democrats for now the rest of the parties that i haven't named there they failed to get the required percent of the votes in order to take a place in the duma united russia currently around forty nine percent of the vote they don't have and passed the all important fifty percent mark that's a psychological barrier to say that hof of the country is on side with them now even though they haven't passed the us mark due to the seats from the parties that fail to meet the threshold they were distributed between those four parties united russia actually have over fifty percent of the seats what this means is they can pass just about any law which they want to skits to me without having to form

it was a very intense first session of the state duma heated debates and raised voices receipt of the voting the voting for a new duma speaker with two hundred thirty eight voices for and eighty eight against a new speaker has been true since and this ruling united russia's candidate to gay marriage can the government shot full advance last week when mr b. and i was going until recently crowned in chief of style stepped down for a duma seat apart from that opposition will have a louder voice in the new duma with united russia failing to secure a constitutional majority is believe that the lower house of the russian parliament will again become a field of heated debates and now that united russia does not have a majority of the committees fourteen out of twenty nine committees so far will be controlled by the three opposition parties it's also believed that the whole approach to lawmaking in russia will change in the tabio over to you know this dumas first session it goes ahead against the backdrop of a lot of protests so what can you tell us about well during the first plenary session

and so again you live for these our only four parties have provided and secured seats in the state duma but of course figures might change seriously we're watching the latest here at the headquarters of the central election committee mosco but as of now that's all we have right. with our country many thanks indeed for that on day one. and so far preliminary results show that the ruling united russia party leading the ballot with fifty percent and what appears to be a significant drop in popularity and short of a parliamentary majority and our correspondent daniel bushell is at the party's key h. for us. but you know to roger has got over fifty percent of the vote but it's still not the two thirds majority required to get laws through russia's parliament on its own so people here party officials are disappointed that down not just because the vote is much lower than they saw in the elections four years ago but also because it's lower than many of the predictions for this election and nevertheless this surprise is seen as another confirmation that the elections have been transparent and f

had they got between six and seven percent they would have got two seats in the duma but the question can stay with you blue clay with three percent around three percent of the it's a full length but now you have actually said that they're going to contest the election results we've seen from the observers from the opposition parties that were monitoring yesterday some complaints about violations by the election commission again saying that they didn't actually have that many complaints registered with the international monitors of the voted by giving their address and that feedback from their old savation in the course will keep you updated throughout the day as we get more information. indeed terrify thank you for that update. and that's the count and this is conclusion that's get more perspective on just how fair yesterday's vote really was but joined live from the essential electoral committee headquarters by a missile in a former italian and pay for venice over the six russian elections thank you for joining us herr on r.t. that you've been keeping a close eye on the election pro

about ten minutes past the hour here in moscow the first session of russia's six state duma the lower house of parliament is under way it comes of more than two weeks after elections that spog mass protests over alleged fraud that you could only get a job and i joins us live from the parliament building for details on this to read others do it is different from the previous one tell us how the seats are spread and what can we expect from it they still have ms and did different and opposition will obviously get a much louder voice in the new do much with united russia failing to secure a constitutional majority it's widely believed that the lower house of the russian parliament will again become a field of heated debates well united russia won the december fourth vote it got the majority of the seats in the new duma but it perform worse than four years ago losing almost two hundred seats now that united russia doesn't dominate all the committees that is as it was in previous in previous dumas would change their approach towards lawmaking i would like to address this question to a polit

nearly ten minutes past the hour here in moscow russia's state duma the lower house of parliament has just held its first session after a heated debate. from the ruling united russia party was chosen as the speaker it comes as protests continue against the elections two weeks ago sparked by allegations of vote rigging that you. have been following. it was a very intense first session of the state to my heated debates and raised voices receipt of the voting the voting for a new duma speaker with two hundred thirty eight voices for and eighty eight against a new speaker has been chosen and that's ruling united russia's candidate so given that each can a government shot full advance last week when mr b. and i wish can until recently kremlin chief of staff stepped down for a duma seat united russia put forward his candidacy of the new speaker but opposition parties disagreed and they have their own preferences for their mandates however were not enough told way to united russia in the vote apart from that opposition will have a louder voice in the new duma with united russia failing to se

well russia's lawmakers arranged seats in the reshuffle duma an opposition march in reaction to sunday's parliamentary vote gets a police response after it left its authorized betting on paralyzed downtown moscow . to follow a leg on the road to ruin the entire euro zone's credit ratings are on the block as leaders make a beeline to brussels for a last ditch attempt to salvage the currency. cutting back ties with qatar russia responds after its envoys beaten by security forces in doha apparently after kremlin criticism of its us that stance on the arab spring revolutions. well news and comment twenty four hours a day this is r.t. with the final results of russia's parliamentary elections still due overall picture of a brand new board of all makers is already clear he wanted russia party has secured in the lead by the ruling group are seeing a significant drop in popularity. reports now. with almost one hundred percent of the votes counted the party has garnered just under fifty percent of the vote the communists came in second but third place by russia with liberal democrats on the board