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[00:00:00] the race for 450
[00:00:04] of of seats, who will fail and who will
[00:00:06] prevail?
[00:00:18] a the Russian capital comes under heavy Ukrainian drone
[00:00:22] attack
[00:00:26] of of overnight, ahead of of the third and final day of nationwide elections. two people are killed in the Moscow region while residential
[00:00:30] building and
[00:00:31] a an oil refinery were
[00:00:37] of of hit, and that is my vote, one of tens of millions being cast around the
[00:00:41] donbas, but with every vote cast in the
[00:00:44] donbas, the people
[00:00:46] of the Donbas show, but those threats don't
[00:00:50] scare them. Russian citizens go to the polls all
[00:00:54] across the country, even in areas
[00:00:56] of facing daily shelling and threats from Kief.
[00:01:00] Generally speaking,
[00:01:03] of it is very difficult to intimidate me, it's just not in my nature. Firstly, I don't recognize the landscate at
[00:01:06] all, and I don't watch him on TV. As for scammers, they've already
[00:01:10] left me alone. We have lived too long to be
[00:01:13] intimidated. Kim is struggling with severe lack
[00:01:17] of money. Vladimir Zelensky reveals an astronomic budget
[00:01:20] deficit, forcing him once again to take to his begging bowl to the
[00:01:24] country's western
[00:01:25] sponsors.
[00:01:30] of
[00:01:45] hour with breaking news as elections
[00:01:47] of are underway across Russia on the third and final day of voting.
[00:01:51] The nation's air defenses have repelled the heaviest drone attack
[00:01:54] of the war so far, involving 1,600
[00:01:58] of UAVs. The capital itself. huge drone swarm,
[00:02:01] according to the city's mayor. The most massive
[00:02:05] enemy drone attack has been repelled since yesterday. Over
[00:02:08] 1,600 UAVs have been
[00:02:11] of shot of down across all sectors, including 450 while
[00:02:14] approaching
[00:02:16] of Moscow. My thanks go to the air defense personnel for their selfless efforts.
[00:02:20] Nevertheless, few drones reached the Moscow Oil refinery and one
[00:02:24] struck
[00:02:24] a residential building. There were no fatalities, this
[00:02:27] unprecedented attack was... orchestrated to disrupt the
[00:02:31] elections, the enemy failed in this
[00:02:33] attempt.
[00:02:35] of well in
[00:02:36] of to get more on this story now, we're going to cross live to RT's Isabella Blumberg. Bella,
[00:02:40] Keyev's carried out a large scale attack on Moscow and the Moscow
[00:02:44] region overnight, as we heard from mayor Sabanan. what else do we know
[00:02:48] so
[00:02:49] of of
[00:02:50] of far? thank you, Donald, as you've mentioned,
[00:02:54] in overnight Moscow and the surrounding regions came under
[00:02:58] serious drone attacker Ukrain. union drone attack and this is
[00:03:01] all happening in the
[00:03:03] of middle of elections now uh Russia's regional mayor says that
[00:03:06] since yesterday more than 1,600
[00:03:10] drones were intercepted uh across various
[00:03:14] defense lines including 450 are headed
[00:03:17] to Moscow. At the same time Russia's Ministry
[00:03:21] of Defense reports that over 1, 100 drones have
[00:03:25] also been
[00:03:26] of intercepted including aerial targets there as well. Now in the... Moscow
[00:03:30] region two people have been killed with several others
[00:03:33] wounded and the attack also uh led to a temporary
[00:03:37] restriction as we know here in Moscow to those airports. Another person
[00:03:41] was killed in the uh Zoova district after a private
[00:03:45] house caught fire from drone debris. Now Russia's Mod
[00:03:49] has responded and says that it also struck um it
[00:03:52] struck back overnight to targeting logistics centers,
[00:03:56] ports, warehouses in Ukraine as well as cargos used.
[00:04:00] to transport a Ukrainian uh military
[00:04:03] infrastructure and components. In the Kief region a
[00:04:07] warehouse also belonging to the company Firepoint was
[00:04:10] targeted. It also was storing components used for
[00:04:13] long-range drones. In the Odessa region strikes hit a cargo
[00:04:17] ship that had delivered military supplies and logistics center north
[00:04:21] of the city used for storing and distributing military cargo.
[00:04:25] Now despite this attack Donald, I mean polling stations
[00:04:29] remain open. and people are still heading to the polls to cast
[00:04:33] their vote. well, this also comes uh
[00:04:36] during the third and final day
[00:04:38] of the state Duma
[00:04:39] of elections. as you mentioned, people are trying to cast their votes right now, they kicked off in
[00:04:43] Russia. can you bring us more details about these
[00:04:45] elections? absolutely,
[00:04:49] Donald, because today across Russia's
[00:04:51] a 11 different time zones, voters are heading to the polls to
[00:04:55] vote on the third and final day of Russia's parliamentary
[00:04:59] elections. Now polling stations are open
[00:05:01] nationwide with the central electoral commission
[00:05:05] reporting that voter turnout has reached almost
[00:05:08] 45%. It's also important to highlight here that these are the
[00:05:12] first... elections, parliamentary elections uh taking place since the start
[00:05:15] the special military operation which was launched back in February
[00:05:19] 2022. And for the first time in modern Russian history
[00:05:23] we're seeing citizens in the Donatz Lugansk People's Republic in
[00:05:26] Zaparoja and Herson cast their vote as a Russian
[00:05:30] citizens. Let me also break down how these parliamentary elections
[00:05:33] actually take place. The State Duma is the lower House the Federal
[00:05:37] Assembly consists of 450 seats. These elections, as
[00:05:41] we know, take place. every five years, 225 of those
[00:05:45] seats are selected through party list, which means voters can head to the polls and
[00:05:49] vote for a specific political party, then the other
[00:05:52] 225 seats are determined through
[00:05:56] um determined through uh single mandate districts. now
[00:06:00] what this means is that voters are able to vote for a specific
[00:06:04] candidate in their constituency and their district, but for a
[00:06:07] political party to actually get through to the duma, they have to meet
[00:06:11] this 5% threshold they have to collect or gana
[00:06:14] 5% the vote. now we know that Russian elections run for three
[00:06:18] days rather than one day, starting on September the 18th and
[00:06:22] finishing today on Sunday September 20th. in terms of
[00:06:25] who's actually in the race, there are currently 10 political
[00:06:29] parties on the federal ballot. the first one being United Russia,
[00:06:32] this party founded in 2001, a party that
[00:06:36] also enjoys constitutional majority and it's president Putin's
[00:06:40] political party. then we have the... communist party the Russian Federation, it's
[00:06:44] considered the oldest on the ballot and is considered
[00:06:48] major opposition force within the state Duma. Then we have a
[00:06:52] just Russia for truth, this um poll suggests that this party will be
[00:06:56] able to meet the 5% threshold for this parliamentary election,
[00:07:00] and we of course have the Liberal Democratic Party of
[00:07:03] Russia uh now they're heading to these elections with new chairman Leonid
[00:07:07] Slotski after its former leader Vladimirsky passed away back in
[00:07:10] 2022 and and we also have new party
[00:07:14] here on the scene, um, new people, this is a party that was
[00:07:18] founded in 2020, and curiously it managed to get through
[00:07:22] the parliamentary elections back in 2021, so it will be quite interesting to
[00:07:26] see whether they will be able to meet that 5% threshold this year as well, and then of
[00:07:29] course we have the five major non-parliamentary parties, this includes the pensionist
[00:07:33] party, the communists of russia, rodina, the greens and
[00:07:37] the party of direct democracy. now to wrap up, we know that
[00:07:41] polling stations are set to close at 8 p.m. uh
[00:07:45] local time across Russia's western regions,
[00:07:47] so we will be closely watching these polls and bringing you the latest
[00:07:51] as they come in, but to also discuss this vote
[00:07:55] further, I'm joined by by Vladimir Aleinik a
[00:07:59] former Ukrainian MP and also member the council of
[00:08:03] the international public movement, the other Ukraine. by the
[00:08:07] way, thank you so much for joining us and welcome back. so as
[00:08:11] I've mentioned previously, these are...
[00:08:50] I've heard some negative assessments with respect
[00:08:54] to certain candidates, but I have never heard
[00:08:58] any complaints that
[00:09:01] someone was not given an opportunity or the
[00:09:04] conditions to vote, I've never heard that,
[00:09:08] everyone can vote.
[00:09:12] the arguments presented by the west,
[00:09:16] arguments by Zelensky saying how can we
[00:09:20] vote when people are on the frontlines? well, it's
[00:09:24] refuted by the fact that Russian soldiers, Russian servicemen are
[00:09:27] voting, while they are on the
[00:09:30] frontline, yes, there is certain uh rotations
[00:09:34] taking place, and the servicemen are allowed to
[00:09:37] vote, while in Ukraine this is not allowed, people are
[00:09:41] basically
[00:10:12] that on the territory of Russia
[00:10:15] e to 10 million
[00:10:19] Ukrainians reside, and they have the right to vote
[00:10:23] as well.
[00:10:55] justifications for
[00:10:55] that.
[00:10:59] Russian authorities say that the west is actively seeking to
[00:11:03] undermine these parliamentary elections through you misinformation
[00:11:06] campaigns as well as provocations at
[00:11:10] polling stations. What do you think the goal is from these, I
[00:11:14] guess attempts at
[00:11:15] interference?
[00:11:55] the party of communists, why are they no
[00:11:58] longer part of Ukraine's political life?
[00:12:02] many the people who supported this parties uh would say they
[00:12:06] stand for peace, so so this is
[00:12:09] this information campaign, now
[00:12:12] also when we hear
[00:12:16] statements by for example president trump when he said
[00:12:20] that he will pay $5 to every citizen if
[00:12:24] his party wins. parliamentary, the congress
[00:12:26] elections, if President
[00:12:30] Putin said something like that, he would be called
[00:12:33] absolutely illegitimate, going against all democratic values,
[00:12:37] trying to buy votes, and so the next part
[00:12:41] is of course the actual physical diversions, the drones
[00:12:45] and missiles coming at russia to try to disrupt the elections
[00:12:49] and the west supports that also for
[00:12:53] the first time history. an entire language is banned
[00:12:56] a country, i'm talking about ukraine, imagine trying to
[00:13:00] ban german language somewhere in
[00:13:02] Europe. in fact in the
[00:13:06] Ukrainian constitution, article 10, it says
[00:13:10] that the Russian language is an official
[00:13:14] language the country, it cannot be prohibited, it cannot be banned, or an entire
[00:13:18] church for example is banned, the Russian orthodox church is banned in
[00:13:21] Ukraine, things like that didn't even...
[00:13:35] can can be actually brought to
[00:13:39] participate in the war, they can be uh
[00:13:42] put to the frontlines, while Ukrainian
[00:13:46] priests cannot be done, so basically
[00:13:50] they're destroying orthodoxy, Russian orthodoxy in
[00:13:53] Ukraine.
[00:14:25] Of course we must go to vote, because the authorities must hear
[00:14:29] what we have to say and change
[00:14:31] the things to the
[00:14:32] better.
[00:14:36] Amid these elections, European leaders continue to toe this
[00:14:40] narrative that Russia is waging a war on Europe
[00:14:44] non-stop, we this every single day
[00:14:46] in in western media, why what lies behind such statements
[00:14:50] specifically during this voting
[00:14:51] period?
[00:16:07] were killed while liberating Poland, if we just stopped
[00:16:11] at the borders the Soviet Union, if we just
[00:16:15] signed a peace back, in just a couple of years
[00:16:18] Hitlers would have had nuclear weapons and he would have restarted that
[00:16:22] war, it would would have been horrible, so we don't
[00:16:26] want to invade Europe, but if you start a war
[00:16:29] against us, then you will receive some
[00:16:32] payback, we're
[00:16:36] also seeing the voting process. kind of in
[00:16:39] Russia's regions in the special military operation zone, abroad, even
[00:16:43] in space, but what does this say about Moscow's approach to these elections
[00:16:47] and how do Russian themselves see all of
[00:16:50] this?
[00:17:01] I hope and I believe that that Russian people
[00:17:05] know what the... wants to do, it wants to
[00:17:08] shatter our faith in our common
[00:17:10] victory, and it wants to
[00:17:13] install pupet regime in Russia, the same as they
[00:17:17] have done in Ukraine, remember what
[00:17:21] Trump said, we will come any time to
[00:17:24] Ukraine and take whatever we need, any minerals or
[00:17:28] whatever, so it's sovereignty and defending
[00:17:32] one sovereignty is very
[00:17:33] important,
[00:17:37] very
[00:17:45] she difficult said it's now, but this is the cost of sovereignty, it's the
[00:17:49] cost of being independent, that's why they realize
[00:17:53] it is important to vote right now, your vote, your
[00:17:56] voice is a weapon as well, and you must be very thoughtful when
[00:18:00] using this weapon to defeat your enemy, the
[00:18:03] nazis. All right, we
[00:18:07] have to leave it that, that was Vladimir Alenic, a former Ukrainian
[00:18:11] MP and member the Council the International Public
[00:18:15] Movement, the other Ukraine. Thank you so much for joining
[00:18:18] us. All right, throwing it back to you, Donald. Right,
[00:18:22] Isabella Blomberg, thanks lot for bringing us that interesting discussion with our expert guest
[00:18:25] in central Moscow. Now, the crucial
[00:18:29] vote is also taking place in territories that are coming under
[00:18:33] daily attack, but despite the threat posed by Ukraine, people say that they
[00:18:37] are... are determined for their voices to be heard. The head the Danetsk
[00:18:41] People's Republic has casted his vote a local polling station, noting
[00:18:44] that he met quite a few people who wanted to vote in their
[00:18:48] first state Duma election ever. RTS Murad Gazdiav reports on how
[00:18:52] the vote is being held under wartime
[00:18:54] conditions. Across two continents
[00:18:58] and 11 time zones, under ceaseless threat of
[00:19:01] attack, Russians vote for their new
[00:19:04] parliament.
[00:19:16] In their millions, despite constant threats from
[00:19:19] Ukraine, threats of prosecution and
[00:19:23] persecution, just for voting, attacks on
[00:19:27] polling stations, fakes and Ukrainian
[00:19:30] propaganda. Yesterday and the day before,
[00:19:33] leaflets were dropped by drones across most of our region.
[00:19:37] containing calls to block the electoral process and urging
[00:19:41] people not to participate in the elections. every day we are
[00:19:45] seeing a steady stream of two or three disinformation campaigns coming
[00:19:48] from the Ukrainian side, along with deep fakes and forged
[00:19:52] administrative documents. yet few are
[00:19:55] afraid. people are used to drones and
[00:19:58] missiles, verbal threats no longer
[00:20:02] carry the same weight. tell me, have you been in
[00:20:05] intimidated? did Zelensky. threaten you saying you shouldn't go to these
[00:20:09] elections, in no way, he can't do
[00:20:12] anything, of course not, generally speaking,
[00:20:16] it is very difficult to intimidate me, it's just not in my nature,
[00:20:20] god forbid, firstly, i don't recognize the landscate all and i
[00:20:24] don't watch him on tv, as for scammers, they've already left me
[00:20:27] alone, we have lived too long to be
[00:20:30] intimidated, and that
[00:20:33] is my vote, one of tens of millions being car
[00:20:37] around the donbas an environment where people are
[00:20:41] actively being threatened, where electoral
[00:20:44] officials receiving death threats, their families, their
[00:20:48] children. but with every vote cast in the
[00:20:51] donbas, the people the donbas
[00:20:54] show that those threats don't scare
[00:20:58] them, not even strongly worded statements
[00:21:01] and condemnation could stop these
[00:21:04] elections. At today's meeting, the central electoral commission
[00:21:08] adopted resolution declaring that the organization and conduct of elections
[00:21:12] for deputies to the state Duma the Russian Federation in the temporarily
[00:21:16] occupied territories of Ukraine are illegitimate. It is, of course.
[00:21:20] It's ironic that Ukraine forbids Ukrainians from
[00:21:23] voting in these Russian elections, because
[00:21:27] neither does it allow Ukrainians themselves any elections.
[00:21:31] They're too dangerous, says the former president of
[00:21:35] Ukraine. Elections as such are huge
[00:21:38] risk. Elections right now are a tsunami which could split
[00:21:42] Ukraine. Again, the irony: Ukraine
[00:21:45] professes to be fighting for freedom and democracy, but says
[00:21:49] elections. are too dangerous. Russia, which kier
[00:21:53] accuses of aggression and tyrany, holds elections even
[00:21:57] in war. He's holding elections in September. He needs
[00:22:01] a united society that will support his United Russia.
[00:22:04] Zelensky, on the other hand, doesn't need his society
[00:22:08] support. His term expired two years ago,
[00:22:12] and no one can do anything about it. He already
[00:22:16] controls all Ukrainian media, all newspapers and
[00:22:20] online publications, full spectrum
[00:22:23] propaganda, anyone who criticizes him can be
[00:22:27] sanctioned, Ukrainian or otherwise, else
[00:22:30] sent a one way trip to the front lines,
[00:22:34] so elections, you want ready to do it tomorrow, but
[00:22:38] if we have the war, it's you can't do it, what
[00:22:41] elections, how to make elections with the 9 million people who are
[00:22:45] abroad, and what to do with the people who are
[00:22:48] temporary? or live in temporal occupied
[00:22:52] territories. Europe, of course, will bend over backwards
[00:22:56] to accommodate Zelensky. Kaya Calas, the
[00:23:00] EU's diplomatic figure head, is never one to
[00:23:04] overthink it. Simple and cliche is her
[00:23:07] style. Putin hasn't had elections or Russia hasn't had
[00:23:11] elections in 25 years. Zelensky is
[00:23:14] elected leader, elected in the free and fair elections
[00:23:18] and of course during award time, you can't have elections,
[00:23:21] Zelensky's corrupt ministers, his army heads
[00:23:25] simply don't mind, so long as the EU
[00:23:29] supports Zelensky, the aid money pours
[00:23:33] in
[00:23:33] and it can be divided up and shared around between
[00:23:37] friends. The only concern is the people of
[00:23:41] Ukraine, forced brutally to fight a war they
[00:23:45] don't want to fight in, by a president, they don't
[00:23:49] want blood. usted by propaganda, they don't agree
[00:23:52] with, and there's nothing they can do about it,
[00:23:56] but daydream. We must find legal, safe and realistic
[00:24:00] mechanism that will allow Ukraine to restore a full-fledged democratic process
[00:24:04] even under the conditions of a prolonged war. This is
[00:24:07] difficult. We must guarantee the right to vote for our military, for millions of
[00:24:11] Ukrainians abroad, and for those in the front-line regions. We
[00:24:15] must ensure the security the electoral process, the independence of
[00:24:19] institutions. and trust in the results, if Russia could do
[00:24:22] it, then so could Ukraine, and the only thing
[00:24:26] stopping elections in Ukraine is the former president,
[00:24:30] one Zelensky who just doesn't want
[00:24:34] to leave. Murad Gazdev, Arti from
[00:24:38] Donietsk. Well, it might be the last day of voting, but
[00:24:41] there's still quite a ways to go before we know who will represent
[00:24:45] this vast country in parliament for the next five years. The first
[00:24:49] parliamentary result. will be available tonight after 9 pm moscow time,
[00:24:53] but the final figures will not officially confirmed
[00:25:12] And as Russia is choosing its future, Ukraine continues to struggle
[00:25:16] with severe money problems. This time, Vladimir Zelensky has complained. to
[00:25:20] his western allies that Kiev's deficit has reached its
[00:25:23] peak and he's now begging for more financial
[00:25:26] aid. Yesterday I spoke with the president the
[00:25:29] European Commission Ursila Vonder Lion. She and I will meet
[00:25:33] soon. We are preparing some proposals to address the deficit, the
[00:25:37] one I was talking about, the astronomic one. We will
[00:25:40] nonetheless find resolution. I already know that. Some things
[00:25:44] have already agreed upon. Vladimir Zelensky is complaining to
[00:25:48] his western patrons and he searches for money yet again,
[00:25:52] astronomic deficit, but he says it can all be
[00:25:55] resolved. Ukraine is now falling shured by some 27
[00:25:59] billion US dollars, and it has other... choice, but to tighten
[00:26:03] its grip on the state budget, strict austerity measures are in
[00:26:07] place, the economy is in survival mode, and of course, the
[00:26:11] desperate need for foreign aid is obvious, even if it's
[00:26:14] conditional. The situation with state finances is approaching a
[00:26:17] critical point. I urge all members of parliament to pass the necessary
[00:26:21] bills as soon as possible, as they are crucial for receiving international
[00:26:25] financial assistance. Ukraine risks losing a significant portion the
[00:26:29] $29.5 billion dollars in planned international.
[00:26:33] This is critically needed resource for balancing the state budget, funding social
[00:26:37] programs, and most importantly the needs the defense forces.
[00:26:41] Funding the conflict for another year doesn't come without tough decisions.
[00:26:45] With outside funding delayed, the country's economy is in
[00:26:48] jepathy. This week the screws have been tightened even
[00:26:51] more. Starting today in Ukraine only social spending,
[00:26:55] salaries for public sector employees and the maintenance the military are being
[00:26:59] funded. There is very little money left in the budget. In reality,
[00:27:03] this means cutting off funding for infrastructure projects. Let's take
[00:27:07] a look within a Ukrainian group of companies after Strada, which
[00:27:11] normally focuses on the construction and restoration of roads,
[00:27:15] bridges and metro lines. The conglomerate says all its
[00:27:18] infrastructure projects across Ukraine have come to halt. The
[00:27:22] reason, the government has abruptly cut funding on all capital
[00:27:25] expenditures. All these programs intended to benefit the general
[00:27:29] population are now on pores and their...
[00:27:34] Today the state, without any warnings, any discussion or
[00:27:38] dialogue, stopped funding all capital expenditures on the same
[00:27:41] day, salaries of entire sectors the economy, interest rates on
[00:27:45] loans, payments to suppliers, this is definitely the main headache, not
[00:27:49] the deputies or the ministry of finance, they have their own business plan
[00:27:53] and we are simply being presented with the facts. In this regard, Autostrada is
[00:27:57] forced to stop work on all objects. The suspension these massive
[00:28:01] state budget allocation. is heavy blow and is very likely to
[00:28:05] cripple critical sectors. the result of this decision will be the
[00:28:09] cessation of energy protection, the implementation of
[00:28:12] sustainability plans, the completion of started facilities, and
[00:28:16] accordingly, the cessation of entire sectors the
[00:28:19] economy. and what about the Ukrainian lawmakers? as the country
[00:28:23] plunges deeper and deeper into financial crisis, the
[00:28:26] Ukrainian parliament is yet again a break, this one to
[00:28:30] last some 26 days. while Brussel says no more
[00:28:34] funding until reforms are carried out. We have
[00:28:37] already mobilized nearly 15 billion euros for Ukraine this year. More is
[00:28:41] coming. We discussed the reforms needed in the Rada to unlock further funding
[00:28:45] and to keep Ukraine moving forward its path to our union. The EU's
[00:28:49] lack of eagerness to send more money to Kiev doesn't come as a
[00:28:52] surprise. Ukraine says the $27 billion dollars
[00:28:56] it's lacking is due to rising military costs and stored
[00:29:00] legislation as well as delays in financing from its western
[00:29:03] bankers, but those explanations have raised questions in the
[00:29:07] EU. There was a loan that was essentially paid out of pocket by the European countries,
[00:29:11] they agreed this is going to be two years, we heard the president of Ukraine saying the
[00:29:15] payments will have to be accelerated, there's now an open question about
[00:29:19] upfront uh payments, is that something that you think is
[00:29:22] justified, and do you worry what was budgeted for two
[00:29:25] years? may not last more than year? uh, well
[00:29:29] uh, first of all we need to uh find about exactly
[00:29:33] these additional financing needs and then discuss
[00:29:37] with authorities how we are financing them. there are still
[00:29:41] open questions. in 2027, according to its finance
[00:29:45] ministry, the total volume of outlays in the draft state budget of
[00:29:48] Ukraine will amount to over $163
[00:29:52] billion dollars. that surpasses the amended
[00:29:55] 2026 plan by 19 billion US dollars or
[00:29:59] 13.5%. all while state. revenues aren't growing at
[00:30:03] the same pace, and this means the necessity for international
[00:30:07] support is only expected to increase. The need for
[00:30:11] international support in 2027 will be $52.6
[00:30:15] billion dollars. We plan to attract funds from the European Union,
[00:30:18] G7 countries through ERA financing, the International
[00:30:22] Monetary Fund, the World Bank, Great Britain and other international
[00:30:26] partners. Ukraine has been consistent in running ever
[00:30:29] growing state budget deficit. The country. economy is being
[00:30:33] pushed ever closer to the brink of collapse, which is now as
[00:30:37] evident as ever with crucial civilian infrastructure projects
[00:30:41] simply