forward now to march twentieth for a closer look at one of those hopefuls today it's the turn of grigory yavlinsky who is the leader of social liberal party this veteran of russian politics is sixty five years old his campaign centers on strengthening protecting private property rights and also among his promises is an increase in the minimum wage is twenty eight campaign slogan is road to the future here's where he stands on the big issues in his own words. we need the kind of state to faces its people and doesn't turn its back to a state that gives them land builds roads it opens bank accounts we need the kind of state that has as its primary goal the protection of a life well each and every citizen there's a reason that's what we need our states a deal like. russia's economy remains in the same state it's in now then our country will never have a strong army aboard it will be capable of defending its extensive borders with the most unpredictable regions in the world. the love of the city the country's main foreign policy goal should be to make your people rich and safe our foreign policy should

rhetoric will come a bit later with the first big win for zhirinovsky party at the time economist grigory yavlinsky is a lot more of a media darling he's best known for his market make of a plan to introduce the soviet economy to such radical ideas as private property and the free market all in just five hundred days but no action is taken and he quits deciding to go it alone in the world of politics. yavlinsky was actually inside the white house during the failed coup attempt when communist hardliners tried to overthrow the reform minded gore be. one of our future candidates still is totally clear of politics in the ninety's the communists dark horse have all demon at this point he's quite happy to run a state farm named after lenin he'll go on to make millions. or rather my putin is already receiving congratulations from world leaders so far the heads of serbia bolivia and venezuela have sent messages and joining me live to discuss the us reaction is america. well hi there samir so what can you tell us. well we start off with the russian ambassador comment who said that he had hoped that the us w

grigori yavlinsky meanwhile steps away from big politics giving up the leadership of this democratic republic of trust these days he's more into economic research and teaching students. these cheers you should look beautiful fish fish in the. north. and where do we find the surprise two thousand eight hundred can travel through dinner at the end of the decade he quits the ruling united russia party and gravitate towards the communists which only seems logical given that he's running a farm stemming from soviet times called lenin soft cause. the vote is fast approaching on the saturday evening our special election coverage kicks off on a red square and continues all through polling day as the results and reactions come in. right after the break migrants clash with police on the streets of madrid following the death of a street vendor. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first woman top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest read. truth to stand down to lose you since you just need the right questions and demand the right answe

and the liberal parties in grigori yavlinsky. calls his ballot around twenty minutes ago here in moscow as in previous elections he went to the polling station the capital's russian academy of sciences asked what result he would consider a success which in responded and the results that would allow me to take office the journalist though didn't have a chance to fire too many questions at him as putin left soon after citing. a couple of appointments he cuts into let's show you some live video now from the capital's polling stations where voting speak taking place for a couple of hours now as we mentioned a little bit earlier on on any a busy day for the candidates six of them of course that. awaiting what happens come nine pm tonight. from the election we spoke to from all walks of life because we've been very hot about what they hope pull ahead of election day. joining us on this sunday here with the international suddenly a busy day action packed for election day across the country in the world will continue our live coverage on

rhetoric will come a bit later with the first big win for zhirinovsky party at the time economist grigory yavlinsky is a lot more of a media darling he's best known for his market make of a plan to introduce the soviet economy to such radical ideas as private property and the free market all in just five hundred days but no action is taken and he quits deciding to go it alone in the world of politics. yavlinsky was actually inside the white house during the failed coup attempt when communist hardliners tried to overthrow the reform minded gordy. one of our future candidates still is totally clear of politics in the ninety's the communists dark course have all demon at this point he's quite happy to run a state farm named after lenin he'll go on to make millions. about him it appears he is already receiving congratulations from world leaders so far the heads of serbia bolivia and venezuela have sent messages but artie's washington correspondents miracleman says the reaction in the us media has been skeptical. russia's election has finally come to an end with president putin winning over seventy thre

rhetoric will come a bit later with the first big win for zhirinovsky party at the time economist grigory yavlinsky is a lot more of a media darling he's best known for his market make of a plan to introduce the soviet economy to such radical ideas as private property and the free market all in just five hundred days but no action is taken and he quits deciding to go it alone in the world of politics. yavlinsky was actually inside the white house during the failed coup attempt when communist hardliners tried to overthrow the reform minded gabi. one of our future candidates still is totally clear of politics in the ninety's the communists darr course have a demon at this point he's quite happy to run a state farm named after lenin he'll go on to make millions. of that emir putin is already receiving congratulations from world leaders so far the heads of serbia believe here and venezuela have sent messages that artie's washington correspondents americano says the reaction in the us media has been skeptical. russia's election has finally come to an end with president putin winning over seventy three p

rhetoric will come a bit later with the first big win for zhirinovsky party at the time economist grigory yavlinsky is a lot more of a media darling he's best known for his market make of a plan to introduce the soviet economy to such radical ideas as private property and the free market all in just five hundred days but no action is taken and he quits deciding to go it alone in the world of politics. yavlinsky was actually inside the white house during the failed coup attempt when communist hardliners tried to overthrow the reform minded gordy. one of our future candidates still is totally clear of politics in the ninety's the communists dar course have a good demon at this point he's quite happy to run a state farm named after lenin he'll go on to make millions. while bloody may appear to be is already receiving congratulations for world leaders so far their heads of serbia bolivia and venezuela have sent messages though r.t. as washington correspondents america says the reaction in the us media has been skeptical. russia's election has finally come to an end with president putin winning over sev

grigori yavlinsky meanwhile steps away from big politics giving up the leadership of this democratic yabloko party these days he's more into economic research and teaching students. because he's cheerfully solution you told me he sees what he. knows. and where do we find the surprise two thousand eight hundred candidates travel broodiness at the end of the decade he quits the ruling united russia party and gravitate towards the communists which only seems logical given that he's running a farm stemming from soviet times and called lenin soft cause. for minorities but to twenty eighteen and looking ahead. for vladimir putin starting in may and you mandate strong mandate to govern as president here for another six years coverage a special coverage of what's happened in reaction to the election over the last twenty four hours coming up over the coming hours but as you can see with a special studio nicky kevin with you see what's over a shoulder excess not often we get in my spotlight this is making her start again last night looking at rates where it will be minus six think thinking gos

forwarding now to present day for a closer look at one of those hopefuls today it's the turn of grigori yavlinsky who is the leader of a social liberal yabloko party a veteran of russian politics he's sixty five years old his campaign centers on strengthening and protecting private property rights also among his promises is an increase in the minimum wage his twenty eighteen campaign slogan is road to the future here's where he stands on the big issues in his own words. we need the kind of stay the faces its people and doesn't turn its back the estate we give them land builds roads that opens bank accounts we need the kind of state that has as its primary goal for the protection of life through each and every citizen there's reason that's what we need our states are deal like. russia's economy remains in the same state it's in now then our country will never have a strong army aboard or be capable of defending its extensive borders with the most numb predictable regions in the world. the love of the. country's main foreign policy goal should be to make use of people rich and safe our foreign poli

be his sixth bid for the presidency but in twenty twelve he took just six percent of the vote grigori yavlinsky is arguably the most liberal candidate the economist ran against putin back in two thousand and has his frequently criticized the president and called for more political freedom but really challenges our correspondent in the south of the country in service to poll the largest city in crimea which russia annexed from the ukraine four years ago what would ask perhaps first how voters feel they're considering they've been really at the center of a major domestic and perhaps even international storm for some years. you know what exactly i crimea is a special case i think in this russian election and several stop or is a special case within crimea this is been the how you move russia's black sea fleet . decades it's always been a russian majority city so people here feel very strongly that this is a celebration as some of the votes of told us this morning we're seeing whole families coming out one man even said that he had traveled all the way from haifa in israel. and vote for his particu

supported putin and the united russia party this will be his sixth bid for the presidency economist grigory yavlinsky is arguably the most liberal candidate since running against putin in two thousand he's frequently criticized the president called for wall political freedom. well russia's opposition leader alexei navalny was barred from running in the vote in his anticorruption group say that have been dozens of violations in polling stations across the country. thousands of people went to vote and out of curiosity i went on twitter to check on the count just a few theorizing about violations they are behaving as if nothing is happening people who are observing these elections keep writing about things other violations and they are complaining about it and the people who are remaining silent who don't care about this they are counted it is just that kind of election i guess. well we have correspondents covering events in both moscow and crimea let's go across to moscow first where lawrence joins us now along with some feels more of a coronation and then a presidential election really but the importa

grigori yavlinsky meanwhile steps away from big politics giving up the leadership of this democratic republican party these days he's more into economic research and teaching students. if you see the ship that you told her she finished the movie. and where do we find the surprise two thousand and eighteen can travel through dinner at the end of the decade he quits the ruling united russia party and gravitated towards the communists which only seems logical given that he's running a farm stemming from soviet times called lenin soft cause. so hello and welcome to our continuing special election coverage program live from red square of it ship was largely because of one morning but for the most part i was sure that's not go there ok so you're there to make my election days actually go on here in moscow where red are going to another day but of course the big count still continues great studio here in red square a great vantage point of our correspondents right above me got a lot of reaction from various experts and and. some of the people oversaw the vote as well over the coming hours r

well one of the candidates openly against the policies of president putin is grigory yavlinsky the economist and former deputy prime minister is one of the best known opposition figures in the race our moscow bureau chief yuri or chateau talked to him about his campaign. mr yavlinsky you work in government in the soviet union after that a supporter of president yeltsin later you opposed him and he successive. now you are a presidential candidate why them is that you moment. because russian politics is very dangerous. because the economy is broken. and because russia is becoming increasingly isolated. it's my view that russia is a brutal for terror in state where political opponents a murdered. by the one i knew there would be more poignant but what if you weren't always allowed to take part in past elections this time around it worked these elections more fair and transparent. these elections are not true elections. but politically they are an opportunity to reach many people and tell them that russian politics is leading us to degradation to isolation and to poverty. and there's also the da

well not happy about it perhaps understandably of course grigori yavlinsky a veteran opposition leader saying that putin should have cancelled this beach well that was probably never going to happen the central election commission said it was fine it was his constitutional right as president to give this. dresses and you will address him to do so pretty much whenever he felt like it in the meantime of course the other seven candidates taking part in the election have begun televised debates this week excluding president putin he isn't going to get involved and you know they know that they don't really have a chance of winning their debates descended into something close to far sort of russian political theater and the only key person there is putin himself jonah thank you now gun legislation in the united states could be set for an overhaul after a school shooting in florida left seventeen people dead earlier this month while a grassroots student movement to tighten gun laws has swept across the country and politicians seem to be taking notice where president trump has broken away from