the kremlin has arrested him and, in fact, he's in jail right now. they pretty much done everything they can except kill him to keep him from his campaigns. but he is -- is really incredible. i've seen his speeches you know he has them on his website. and also, he gives speeches he's gone all over the country, and he also has produced a series of documentaries that are just incredibly damning to the putin regime. just showing their terrible corruption, and he uses drones to fly over their and mansions and he does ma research that proves that all of these -- kremlin figures are -- hugely vastly qeat. and, of course, then when he goes be out and he's on this stump he reminds people of this. so he's gaining quite a following which is why i think he was put in jail two weeks ago. and i think it is a matter of concern -- if he gets out what is going to happen to hum but because somebody was saying they wouldn't be so stupid as to kill -- that would be going too far . but then somebody else said well you know, it could be someone who does it to please mr.

election russia's election commission declared the opposition leader in eligible blocking the outspoken kremlin critic from challenging president putin he is set to be nominated formally by supporters today for a fourth term also coming up clashes erupt in peru's capital after ex-president i'll bet a full team already has been pardoned for medical reasons the move causing an uproar protesters accused cruz current president of political opportunism issuing the pardon to save his own career. thank you very much for your company. supporters of russian president vladimir putin are expected to nominate him as their presidential candidate later today well unlike in previous elections putin will be campaigning as an independent in next year's ballot instead of running for his united russia party his nomination comes a day after his main critic opposition leader alexina vali was barred from joining . the presidential race of ali says officials are trying to stifle any possible challenge to putin. the election commission's vote was a setback for know volumnia twelve of the thirteen members supported the

candidacy were not allowed which has now happened she is widely seen as a kremlin candidate a kremlin project one that the kremlin has put forward to make these elections seem legitimate by putting a real opposition candidate forward she's said things like that the crimean an exception was against international law which of course here is very controversial so that's one to watch so far her campaign hasn't said anything on social media about this newest news about not. showing reporting for us in moscow thank you. well staying in moscow at least four people have been killed and more than a dozen others injured after a bus plowed into a busy pedestrian underpass mosque also already as have ruled out terrorism and have detained the bus driver for questioning. c.c.t.v. footage shows the bus leaving the side of a busy multi-lane highway and plunging into a pedestrian underpass near a metro station several victims were crushed beneath the wheels as the vehicle careered down the steps emergency services rushed to the seeing to recover the bus there's no evidence so far of any terrorist invo

candidacy were not allowed which is now happened she is widely seen as a kremlin candidate a kremlin project one that the kremlin has put forward to make these elections seem legitimate by putting a real opposition candidate forward she's said things like that the crimean annexation was against international law which of course here is very controversial so that's one to watch so far her campaign hasn't said anything on social media about this newest news about ok and what about russians what are they saying about the volney being barred from running to they support the decision. well of course opinions here differ i've heard from putin supporters that they think that the is an american candidate who's been placed in the elections to undermine russia but then you know of course you have to look at the polling as well basically all of the candidates apart from putin looked looks set to poll in the low single digits anyway and when it comes to the actual. supporters though i'm sure they are very disappointed even though of course some of them may have been expecting this decision peopl

she is widely seen as a kremlin candidate, a kremlin project, one the kremlin has put forward to make elections seem legitimate according -- i putting every opposition power. she has said things like the crimea attic extension was against international law. that is very customer -- controversial. that is one to watch so far. her campaign has not said anything on social media about this newest news. >> that is emily reported for us in moscow. ; staying in moscow, at least four people have been killed, others injured after a bust out into a busy pedestrian underpass. moscow authorities have ruled out terrorism and have detained the driver of the bus for questioning. >> cctv footage shows the bus leaving the side of a busy multilane highway and plunging into a pedestrian underpass near the metro station. several victims were crushed beneath the wheels as the vehicle careened down the steps. emergency services rush to the scene to recover the bus, there is no evidence so far of any terrorist involvement. >> there are probably technical and human factors in play, the state of the road cann

it's no surprise that the kremlin seems sensitive to what looks like an attempt by alexei navalny to drive down voter turnout in march the talk has been this year that the kremlin is concerned about voter apathy and want to turn out to be around seventy percent if it dips much below sixty percent well they've got a problem with legitimacy quite how they will prosecute in the valley for calling for a boycott that remains to be seen i think this can be viewed basically as a shot across his bows and a warning now no one really believes that the valley would be able to beat putin if they went head to head in a votes the recent poll suggests that if a vote were taken now we don't get between two and three percent but perhaps factoring into the kremlin's thinking was the potential damage the valley could have done if he'd been allowed say on state t.v. with his anti corruption message so in a rally will now have to do his appeals and also go back to doing what has been very successful actually for him over this year which is his online videos his anticorruption message reaching out to part

fujimori pleads for forgiveness as thousands of protesters rally against his release from prison the kremlin says it wants a russian opposition leader let's send a volley investigated for calling for a boycott of next year's presidential election and the driving to a new future we examine the rise in autonomous vehicles and ask what it means for the humans who drive for a living. we begin the program a liberia where polls have closed in. presidential runoff vote it's the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years but turnout has been low no voters are choosing between two candidates fifty one year old george ware who spent his childhood in the slums of monrovia before rising to become fifo as world football player of the year in one thousand nine hundred ninety five he later switched over to politics running for the presidency in two thousand and five and acting as the running mate for the main opposition candidate in two thousand and eleven now he is facing experienced political operator joseph who was worked in the private sector and the governme

these young russians came to see the kremlin new year's tree but were treated to a surprise appearance by vladimir putin. one of the children had the courage to ask the president how he feels about the opposition. i got that as you never did before as positively. that i will have to hide. the opposition has little chance of victory after the country's election commission barred alexina volley from taking part in the vote. the opposition leader is considered the biggest potential threat to putin and he has called for a boycott of the election. but there's still plenty of support for putin and more than six hundred prominent russians including lawmakers actors and athletes gathered in moscow to officially endorse him as their candidate. but he would see this. our country has changed from a devastated one without future prospects just because into a powerful country soon that this will be. glad to hear putin is the only leader who said our health care isn't good and under him maternally clinics and cardiological and other medical centers were built they go do it because you live it is goo

i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the kremlin wants a new investigation into alexina bawling over his call to boycott next year's presidential election after he was barred from running against vladimir putin. mosul slowly comes back to life five months after the end of a brutal operation to retake the city from. a show to go on to play both of those terms. but. listen to. the look back on the political violence that took the life of this couple's six month old child in kenya. they began in liberia where polls have officially closed in the presidential runoff vote it's the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years but turnout was pretty low choosing between former footballing superstar george way and experienced political operator and current vice president joseph. reports in the capital monrovia. with slauson slammed up to pull to more than five thousand polling stations across liberia arriving before the stations opened the tunnel know when the false tome told him that i had been delayed twice up to being cont

we shall carry this is al jazeera live from also coming up the kremlin wants a new investigation into alexina all the over his call to boycott next year's presidential election after he was barred from running against vladimir putin. i shot it on top of my posts several times up kids and their kids but. recently. i look back on the political violence that took the life of this couple six month old child in kenya. mosul slowly comes back to life five months after the end of a brutal operation to retake the city from my soul. we're going to liberia our polls have officially closed in the presidential runoff it is the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation and seventy three years the turnout was pretty low voters are choosing between former footballing superstar george way and experience political operative and current vice presidential. nominee joe reports in the capital monrovia. thousands lined up to vote in more than five thousand polling stations across liberia arriving long before the stations opened the tunnels however nowhere near a lot of the foster home

i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera life and also coming up the kremlin wants a new investigation into alexina volumnia over his call to boycott next presidential election after he was barred from running against vladimir putin. very happy we waited for this day for a long drive and acquittal in a free for bribery trial of a former president a priest soccer federation. a show to go on top of my posts several tens of thousands of kids by the police and. a look back on the political violence that took the life of this couple's six month old child and kenya. it began in liberia where polls have officially closed in the presidential runoff vote it's the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years but the turnout was pretty low. voters are choosing between former football superstar george way and experience political operator and current vice president joseph otto reports in the capital monrovia. thousands lined up to vote in more than five thousand polling stations across liberia arriving long before the stations opened the tunnels however nowhere

>> that's the kremlin? >> yeah. >> the thing in front of it is lennon's mausoleum. >> as a kid, i would see videos from here and i would have nightmares. my parents had to send me to a shrink, now i'm here. not far from here, a reminder of where we are. an anti-putin within site of the kremlin. he rose from a mid level spy to russia's unquestioned ruler for 17 years and now has a nearly 90% approval rating fueled by flamboyant photo opens and the brutal crushing of his opponents. >> already we have a problem, one of the people we were planning to spend the most time with, he got arrested. this is what democracy in russia looks like. >> putin's mange political opponent in a courtroom facing jail again. >> police are yelling at the journalists, the defendant is taking instagram videos. >> my story about you being here, have nice footage of me being arrested. >> you think they'll let you out or are they going to send you away? >> he has reason to be paranoid. he's been called the man vladimir putin fears most.

fujimori pleads for forgiveness as thousands of protesters rally against his release from prison the kremlin says it wants russian opposition leader alexina browny investigated for calling for a boycott of next year's presidential election and the straw less in seattle the u.s. city passing plastic waste and encouraging. thank you for joining us we begin in liberia where polls have officially closed in the presidential runoff it's the first that democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years but turnout has been low voters were choosing between former football superstar george where and experienced political operator and the current vice president joseph di mohammed the reports now from the capital monrovia. thousands lined up to vote in more than five thousand polling stations across liberia arriving long before the stations opened the tunnels however nowhere near that of the foster home held in october that had been delayed twice of the being contested in court amid claims of a declared it is in the foster round officials say the reduction of candidates fr

is running for a fourth term he's very likely to win according to polls and it's important for the kremlin to have turnout be high in fact there were media reports on the weekend that they wanted to turn out to be as high as seventy percent that's their goal apparently and that's of course important to show that these elections after for putin to or after three put in terms are legitimate still and they're trying to keep public interest perhaps by presenting putin as this independent new candidate or let's talk about putin's most outspoken critic alexina volley he won't be allowed to run against him let's watch of all these reaction to being barred. the election commission's vote was a setback for no vaal me twelve of the thirteen members supported the motion to bar him from running in next year's election with one member abstaining earlier the commission argued the opposition leader was in eligible due to a past conviction for embezzlement. or used. in a crime which alexei on the totally of it was charged with is a serious one which deprives a person who committed that crime of the right

well this is actually the popular strategy of the creative stuff with the kremlin brand it means simply turns the tables we are facing this strategy with all topics whether the alledged russian interference in the us election all persecution of minorities whether muslim freedom of expression or other issues will even the build a fake news and disinformation and all the accusations that the west makes to the russians of russians simply return following with the slogan you do the same if not worse as for the alledged meddling no matter if that's right not to moscow's goal may have been to make americans think how powerful and influential the kremlin is no matter if that's right on the lot and briefly before we run into armor putin also spoke about russia being penalized ahead of the winter olympics because of der big or did he have to say well he has said surprisingly that some russian athletes would have a job but athletes abroad do that as well and to may nevertheless compete in the olympics so they have. the best balance of russia's athletes from the olympics just a damaged russia even

her family her father was very close to putin and this may be an attempt people say by the kremlin to legitimize these votes by putting forward a real authorization candidate as she seems to be so far opposition candidates are polling in the low single digits however so there isn't really. a candidate that could really threatened putin all right no competition in sight that's emily sure win in moscow thank you. the upper chamber of russia's parliament has ratified a deal to extend the lease of a syrian naval port by forty nine years the moscow can now access syrian waterson the port of tartus the development is part of a deal between russia and syria that allows russia to boost its military presence in the war torn country as part of the deal russia will also be allowed to maintain a permanent indefinite president's presence excuse me at the who may min air base. here's a look now us with the other stories that are making news around the world right now syrian rebel groups have rejected russian sponsored peace talks planned for january saying that moscow is trying to bypass the u.n. s

from running against president putin is due to be nominated later today an outspoken critic of the kremlin of ali has vowed to appeal the decision. also on the program fresh clashes break out in peru over the pall being granted to former leader i'll bet you a fool he modi protesters accusing the current president pedro public option scheme of issuing the policy to save his career. and cut off from the outside world in austria a massive rockslide has blocked access to over one hundred people in a remote valley. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us supporters of the russian president vladimir putin are expected to nominate him later today as presidential candidates unlike previous elections putin will be campaigning as an independent in next year's ballot instead of running for his united russia party is nomination comes just a day off to his main critic opposition leader alexei navalny was barred from joining that presidential race not only says officials are trying to stifle any possible challenge to putin. the election commission's vote was a setback

right not to moscow's goal may have been to make americans think how powerful and influential the kremlin is no matter if that's right on the lot and briefly before we run into armor putin also spoke about russia being penalized ahead of the winter olympics because of der big or did they have to say well he has said that surprisingly that some russian athletes would have a job but athletes abroad do that as well and may nevertheless compete in the olympics so they have. the best balance russia's athletes from the olympics just to damage russia even more from putin's point of view accuse ations on the russians doping system were and meddling in russia's domestic policy particularly now ahead of the presidential election next year in march our moscow bureau chief yuri rashad there on the story for us tonight yuri thank you very much. well the internet as we know it is dead that is what critics in the u.s. and around the world are saying after a vote today to end net neutrality rules established under president obama those rules have guaranteed equal access to the internet and prevented comp

forgiveness for his crimes a russian opposition leader calls for a boycott of next year's election the kremlin investigates whether he is breaking the law. and stroll us in seattle the u.s. city comforting plastic waste and encouraging recycling. we start in liberia where just two hours remain for people to cast their votes in the country's presidential runoff election which will see is first democratic transition of power in seventy three years then house has been lower than the last round both candidates have pledged to revive the struggling economy and to kick start infrastructure projects fifty one year old george weah spent his childhood in the slums of monrovia rising to become the first african to be named feet as world football player of the year in one thousand nine hundred five his bid for the presidency was unsuccessful in two thousand and five he was also the running mate for the main opposition candidate twenty eleven his rival chose it parker has held posts in the private sector and government secluding agriculture minister the seventy three year old has served as vice president

wasn't the only one promoting pro-kremlin talking points last year." in it, casey michael writes -- "stein's willingness to praise russian propaganda outlets and push kremlin talking points didn't end in moscow. indeed, she challenged - and arguably surpassed - trump in crafting the most moscow-friendly campaign of 2016." it also claims "you seemed more than willing to spout kremlin talking points at every turn - and all, it appears, for free." your response to this think progress statements? >> well, you know, this ishe podesta organization speaking through think progress. basically they are the maps these for the podesta organizaon, which is very closely tied to the democratic already john podesta, hillary clinton's campaign manager, funded by saudi arabia and large, nefarious corporate interests. this is the kind of shameful journalistic standard that we , whatome to expect from shall we say, those who have a political ax to grindnd who i really been conducting a smear campaign against our campaign for the long haul here. this russia smear, essentia

according to steel's unnamed sources, trump's innerccepted a intelligence from the kremlin. and steel also went on the say that russia had enough embarrassing material on the now republican presidential candidate to blackmail him if they so wished. steel's memo asserted that some of russia's alleged embarrassing material on trump had been gathered in 2013 when trump brought the miss universe pageant to moscow. >> the first runner-up is spain! >> than you shgk you, moscow. >>> that is the first of the slay shouse christopher steel claims. when that memo became public, that claim was public but it is steel's broader aims and relations and methods and relationship with trump that would end up slow burning through the first year of the trump presidency. ♪ one is the only number ♪ that you'll ever need ♪ staying ahead isn't about waiting for a chance. ♪ because one is... it's about the one bold choice you make that moves you forward. ♪ ...that you ever need the one and only cadillac escalade. come in for our season's best offers and drive out with the perfect 2017 cadillac escala

what was not, kremlin efforts to discredit u.s. law enforcement would be echoed by an american political party, let alone by the party for decades has wrapped itself in the notion of respect and reverence for law enforcement. and yet, those kremlin attacks are being echoed in an escalating drum beat of attacks on the fbi and robert mueller investigation by conservative news outlets, republicans in congress and the president himself. as clint watts said, russian active measures are effective when the same line of attack are employed by the current oval office occupant. >> this is not new for the russians. they have done this for a long time but much more engaging this time. why now? mr. watts? >> i think this answer is very simple and is what no one is really saying in this room, which is part of the reason active measures have worked in in u.s. election is because the commander and chief used russia active measures at times against his opponents much >> the president's opponents include robert mueller and career officials at the fb

can sense the charge was trumped up to thwart his political ambitions speaking before the vote the kremlin critic said a candidate was needed to confront the country's problems. it's not about nirvana but a candidate is needed who will finally speak openly about everything taking place in our country now one who will describe our reality honestly the lack of any future prospects and the poverty i did that and that's why you want to allow me to take part in the election when you get you to respect me and i will but it just moments after the commission's decision to reject his bid in a volunteer released a prerecorded message calling on supporters to boycott next year's vote. we have now it's a boycott of the election but the way they want to carry out the vote is not a real election it will feature only putin and the candidates he has personally selected the ones who don't pose any threat to him they haven't campaigned and they will not campaign but it's an example and. president vladimir putin is campaigning as an independent polls show him on course to win a fourth term. allowing him to s

he said, "this is a loathsome kremlin game...", you are not right, you're telling a non—truth. he said it before i went to the election... yes, when your name was put forward as somebody who might run... no, no, no, that's not true... well, forgive me but... that was two weeks before i put my name. he said, "this game is called let's put a liberal laughing stock up for election..." it was two weeks before i put my candidacy... that's what i'm saying, when your name was mooted, he said, "it's called putting a liberal laughing stock up for election in order to distract attention." navalny sees you as someone fundamentally unserious, who's been used... not now. i wouldn't use the present form because, after i put my name and said i will take part in the elections, i have not heard anything critical off navalny‘s lips. so you can check this information. this saying was before i went to sign my name... are you suggesting to me that mr navalny is supporting your campaign? i hope that he will be wise enough, if i will be registered, to s

you off the top of his head the leading members of the russian mafia, people who have influcethe kremlinon. >> repter: nigel west knows christopher steele. he's a writer and historian whose specialties british intelligence. west says that steele was mi6's man in moscow in the early 1990s. >> and thereafter, he ended his career as the head of the branch that trains new entry intelligence officers. and that's actually considered to be a pretty important role. >> reporter: after retiring, steele started a new company called orbis business intelligence. located in this building in london. orbis specialized in getting corporate executives, deep targeted intel on foreign countries they were dealing with. steele's specialty was russia. >> i have listened to his presentations on what he calls the kleptocracy, this is the putin regime and the way that it has effectively looted the former soviet union. and he's the go-to guy if there was anybody who wanted to conduct due-diligence investigations. he knows every personality. >> reporter: johnathan weiner, former deputy assistant secretary of state

possible trump campaign collusion with the kremlin. story was potentially huge and intriguing, but it was vague. who was this veteran spy and what was the russian operation? how serious were these allegations? ultimately, david corn's article was swamp by the news cycle. days earlier the fbi had reopened and investigation of hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state. >> the fbi dropped a bomb in the race for president this afternoon. >> that story and reaction to it would dominate the headlines right up to election day. >> very proud that the fib was willing to do this actually. really. very proud. >> when the calendar finally flipped to november 8th and election day arrived, donald trump won enough electoral votes to become president of the united states. the election may have been over, but the hard work of finding out what role the russians played in the 2016 election, that work was just beginning. why did you take credit card debt on? second kid. private school. medical bills. moving costs. solid gro

during the campaign th, they a e accused the kremlin of dominating state-run tv and said putin relied on loyal governors to turn out to vote for him. >> during the last few weeks, it's impossible for me to appear on tv. >> the control of state airwaves kept key issues like corruption, the war in coaand terror attack the ballot. >> it barred putin from seeking a third term in 2008 so putin's deputy prime minister served as a caretaker president for four years with putin running things behind the scenes as prime minister. one of the first laws he signed upon entering office, it was one extending the term of the next president from four years to six beginning in 2012 when putin would be eligible to run for the top job once again. despite wide scale nation-wide an an anti protest was reelected overwhelmingly to a third term in 2012 beating token election despite wide spread anti-government feeling throughout the country. today putin was nominated for a third material one day after pult putin barred the most ser juiou challenger. yesterday opposition activist alexi, one of the leading orga

headlined, russia, secret kremlin meetings attended by trump adviser carter paige in moscow. sources those meetings involved a move to lift ukraine-related western sanctions against russia. on the day that report was filed, the republican national convention was getting under way in cleveland, ohio. at the time, a few american journalists were starting to see the vague outlines of a trump/russia story. trump's appointment of paul manafort as his campaign chair raised eyebrows because manafort spent years working for pro-putin politicians. >> what really started to give the russia story some traction was paul manafort's role. >> reporter: michael isikoff is a veteran investigative reporter who writes for yahoo news. trump put manafort in charge of managing the convention. >> it seemed odd that the trump campaign had this senior official who was so closely associated with a government that had become a foreign adversary. >> reporter: to isikoff, that was the first red flag. >> then the republican convention's platform is changed to remove language that had been proposed, that w

the kremlin has blasted washington's plans to supply arms to ukraine and u.s. officials say anti-tank missiles will provide with quote and a handsome defensive capabilities russia says the move is fueling a war we'll get the latest from our moscow bureau. and christian palestinians prepare to celebrate christmas but the mood is far from festive after president trump's decision to declare jerusalem the capital of israel. thanks for joining us we start in the philippines where more than one hundred people are dead after a tropical storm brought devastation to the south of the country rescue operations are underway to find dozens more who are still missing tembin is the second deadly storm to hit the country this week it's over the southern island of mindanao leaving destruction in its wake. this man and child and lucky to be alive. the effects of mudslides and flooding have been devastating. entire villages under meters of water. others swept away. volunteers have been digging through mud to try to recover bodies. houses will being flooded but people could no lon

on the sports teams we're going to need the kremlin is considering its response but some russian officials are already looking to draw a line under the whole doping scandal. on the closing day of the olympic games the olympic committees looking dorothy will be reinstated on. that it's very important that that will close the chapter on all the investigations in the prosecution of russian sports mentioned rossley of the new. sportsman of president putin has said in the olympic ban would amount to humiliation for this reason alone the kremlin's response could be crucial to hell and if russia's athletes compete at the games in south korea. and the german journalist his documentary about russia's secret doping program eventually led to this week's a limp ban against the i.o.c. sanctions do not go far enough. it says that russia could still end up playing a major role at the twenty eighteen winter olympics even under a neutral flag if again like in rio hundreds maybe of russian efforts will compete by just cold instead of russia they will be called olympic athletes from russia that i don't see a

in the ranks of the world's media ready to go in the kremlin i'm going to get. on the red carpet in the mix. of the draw which we're going to to bring. all the way through the evening on r.t. . yeah it's really exciting some great stuff there great interview stan if you want to swap places at any point you know willing to make that sacrifice just give me a moment's notice almost with great insight into the celebrity lifestyle of the world of champagne into live there from stan collymore thank you now throughout the preparations the greats of the beautiful game celebs everywhere you can't turn without bumping into one they're all here in moscow they've been going to look for themselves to see what russia has in store for the world cup and we caught up exclusively with former spain and barcelona defender colace peele. content on this that i am very glad to be here very glad to participate to experience the championship from the inside is a great thing so i'm very glad that look we'll see how we do this is the most important competition on the national team level w

if these young russians came to see the kremlin traits that were treated to a surprise appearance by vladimir putin. one of the children had encouraged to ask the president have you thought about the opposition. >> positively. the opposition has little chance of victory after the country's election commission barred alexei navalny from taking part in the vote. the opposition leader is considered the biggest potential threat to put in and he has called for a boycott of the election. but there is still plenty of support for clinton. more than 600 prominent russians including lawmakers, actors and athletes gathered in moscow to officially endorse him as their candidate. >> our country has changed from a devastated one without future prospects into a powerful country. vladimir putin is the only leader who says our health care isn't good and under him, clinics and cardiovascular and other things have turned up. you see how the army has grown and become stronger, it now has powerful new weapons at his disposal. the personnel are doing well. that was intense submit his documents to the elec

russia's biggest party makes it official backing putin for another term in the kremlin. also this half hour the legacy of pakistan's first woman prime minister benazir bhutto ten years after her assassination. top story beginning in the philippines where the government is setting up more than six hundred temporary shelters for people displaced by the conflict in the city of murali the army the area from separatist fighters in october after a five month siege the fighting cause more than a billion dollars worth of damage and thousands of people are still homeless or are we was hit by tropical storm tembin last week making the situation there much worse rob mcbride has more now from morocco. on the edge of more our way this is a hopeful sign in an area that has been plagued by conflict and now the effects of these damaging storms this is a new housing development for people who've been displaced by months of fighting between government forces and also fighters who are linked to i still be given its importance president rod really go to turkey and it will be coming here to

what is a threat to the kremlin, however, is what namoni symbolizes. he's young, he's not afraid to stand up for what he believes in. young russians don't remember the trauma of the collapse of the soviet union. they don't know any leader except for putin, and through popular culture, through travel, they've been exposed to the rest of the world. they know what it's like. they're not happy with the status quo and navoni could be someone they mitrally around in the future, and that's what the kremlin is worried about. >> and the conviction being used for a reason not to run is what people think is trump discred discrediting him. john is with us. let's talk aboutnovani, if we may. the ban shows putin is scared and afraid to run against him. do you think there is any truth in this, that the putin administration and the kremlin are afraid of someone like aleksi novani? >> i think they are afraid of what he represents. if you look back at those demonstrations that occurred in 2012 when, as our correspondent just said, there were literally thousands of peopl

it's no surprise that the kremlin seems sensitive to what looks like an attempt by alexei navalny to drive down voter turnout in march the talk has been this year that the kremlin is concerned about voter apathy and want to turn out to be around seventy percent if it dips much below sixty percent well they've got a problem with legitimacy quite how they will prosecute in the valley for calling for a boycott that remains to be seen i think this can be viewed basically as a shot across his bows and a warning now no one really believes that the valley would be able to beat putin if they went head to head in a votes the recent polls suggest that if a vote were taken now we don't get between two and three percent but perhaps factoring into the kremlin's thinking was the potential damage to the valley could have done if he'd been allowed say on state t.v. with his anti corruption message so in around he will now have to do his appeals and also go back to doing what has been very successful actually for him over this year which is his online videos his anticorruption message reaching out to

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