next step, nikolai harton of the communist party. he's a parliamentary veteran who has been a familiar face and a lot of politics for more than 3 decades. on the key issue of your crime, he says there can be no more than little gestures. while he was, in fact the runner up when he lasted for president in 2004 this year he cast his vote at the moscow police station. encouraged those who still haven't done so to take part in deciding the country future. i encourage everyone who has not yet voted to do so today. the elections are taking place in difficult conditions, but as an old, difficult times. today, the multinational people of russia have coast validated in all parts of the country . people a willingly going to the polls. i have met with international observers from the c s, and the c s t o from dunbar to the far east. they have no complaints about the conduct of the elections. this is yet another confirmation that our elections are going well. and finally, there is leon edit slips fate who leads the liberal democratic party and w