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[00:00:00] 'It just feels so sad that
[00:00:07] in of you know for them it feels like it's the end of the world and for me I felt like it was the beginning of something
[00:00:08] great.
[00:00:13] of
[00:00:21] a The Russian capital comes under
[00:00:24] heavy Ukrainian drone attack overnight. Two people are killed
[00:00:28] in the mosco region. while
[00:00:30] a residential building and an oil refinery were
[00:00:33] hit, and this comes while
[00:00:36] Russians are going to the polls for the third
[00:00:39] of and final day
[00:00:40] of the nationwide state Duma elections. We're here to bring you
[00:00:44] our special coverage as the world's biggest country has its
[00:00:48] democratic say, and that
[00:00:52] is my vote, one of 10s of millions being
[00:00:55] cast around the don bass, but with every vote cast in the
[00:00:59] Don bas. "the
[00:01:03] a of people of the Dumbas show, that those threats don't scare them. Russian
[00:01:07] citizens go to the polls all across the country, even in
[00:01:11] areas facing daily shelling and threats from
[00:01:14] Kiev.
[00:01:15] of Generally speaking, it is very difficult to intimidate me, it's just not in
[00:01:19] my
[00:01:20] of nature. Firstly, I don't recognize the landscate at all, and I don't watch him on
[00:01:24] TV. As for
[00:01:25] of scammers, they've already left me alone. We have lived too long to be
[00:01:28] intimidated."
[00:01:37] Well, this is RT International, reaching you live from our news center in
[00:01:41] Moscow. I am my coche. Now, we
[00:01:45] start with breaking news this hour, as elections are on the way
[00:01:49] across Russia on the third and final day of voting, the
[00:01:52] nation's air defenses have repelled the heaviest drone
[00:01:55] attack
[00:01:56] of the war so far, involving 1,600.
[00:02:00] UAVs, are the capital itself faced a huge
[00:02:03] drone swam, according to the city's
[00:02:05] mayor. The most massive enemy drone attack has
[00:02:09] been repelled since yesterday. Over 1,600 UAVs
[00:02:13] have been shot down across all sectors, including 450
[00:02:17] while approaching Moscow. My thanks go to the air defense personnel for
[00:02:21] their selfless efforts. Nevertheless,
[00:02:23] of few drones reached the Moscow Oil refinery and one struck
[00:02:27] a residential building. There were
[00:02:29] of no fatalities.
[00:02:30] of This unprecedented attack was clearly orchestrated to disrupt the
[00:02:34] elections. The enemy failed in this attempt. Overnight,
[00:02:38] Moscow and the nearby region came under direct
[00:02:41] Ukrainian drone attack, and
[00:02:43] a all of
[00:02:44] a this is happening amid direct voting. We're seeing these parliamentary
[00:02:47] elections
[00:02:49] of unfold. Now, the Moscow region governor reports that air defense systems
[00:02:52] managed to intercept 240 drones in
[00:02:56] 17 different districts. Moscow's mayor says that around.
[00:03:00] 450
[00:03:02] of drones were intercepted, those airal targets and drones were
[00:03:05] apparently headed to the Russian capital. Now, at the same time, Russia's
[00:03:09] defense ministry has reported that they were able to intercept and
[00:03:12] of destroy uh over 1,100 aerial
[00:03:16] attar targets as well as drones over -
[00:03:19] over Russian
[00:03:20] of territory. Now in terms of casualties and damages, Moscow and
[00:03:24] the surrounding region,
[00:03:26] a two people have been killed and 20 others have been injured, three
[00:03:29] of them. being children, and amid this drone attack, the central
[00:03:33] electoral commission is reporting
[00:03:35] in that apparently one of its staff members, woman working a polling station was
[00:03:39] also injured, and it's not just Moscow and the nearby
[00:03:43] regions that are facing these Ukrainian attacks, because
[00:03:46] of we're also seeing drone attacks in the SMO zone, a Ukrainian
[00:03:49] attack, a Ukrainian attack hit a a school housing a
[00:03:53] in polling station, this is in the Zaparogia region, thankfully no
[00:03:56] casualties have been reported there, but it doesn't even stopped that
[00:04:00] because another attack, a Ukrainian attack
[00:04:03] a was reported, attacking a passenger bus in the Hallson
[00:04:06] region, killing two people, one
[00:04:09] of them a woman working a local polling station
[00:04:12] there. now will the head
[00:04:17] of of the central electoral commission has in fact commented on these Ukrainian
[00:04:18] attacks?
[00:04:22] today, September
[00:04:23] in 20th, as
[00:04:24] a result of a targeted drone attack a civilian bus in the Kson region,
[00:04:28] two people were killed. one the victims was our colleague Olga Petrovna
[00:04:32] Damianjenko, born in 1966,
[00:04:34] of member
[00:04:36] of of the precinct electoral commission for polling station number 220 in the lower Saragor district
[00:04:39] of the Kerson region. Olga Petrovna was a
[00:04:42] a member
[00:04:42] of the precinct electoral commission for 2023 and actively participated
[00:04:46] in the current election campaign for the state Dumer elections, engaging with many of
[00:04:50] her neighbors, fellow citizens and compatriots, while honestly responsibly and
[00:04:54] bravely fulfilling her duties. She was involved in conducting early voting in
[00:04:58] the lower Saragor district. the Ksawn region. Her daughter, Elena
[00:05:02] Petrovna, is also member
[00:05:06] of of the precinct electoral commission. As I mentioned before, I will repeat it once more, despicable, cowardly bandera scum, who are afraid
[00:05:10] to fight like men and truly engage in... warfare target our peaceful
[00:05:14] people, primarily women and children. I believe that shame will fall upon them, and
[00:05:17] each one them will be found. Our strong spirited colleagues continue to
[00:05:21] work. In Moscow itself, the mayor has reported that there have
[00:05:25] been no casualties, but that some drones managed to get through and
[00:05:29] target an oil refinery in Moscow, and some jones have managed to
[00:05:33] target residential buil building here as well. The same
[00:05:36] time, Russia's Ministry of Defense reports that it targeted and destroyed
[00:05:40] Ukrainian military infrastructure. including warehouses and
[00:05:44] vessels in the Black Sea as well as the Kiev and
[00:05:47] Odessa regions. Again, I think it's important to note here that this,
[00:05:51] that Kiev is essentially ramping up these drone attacks as
[00:05:55] Russians are heading to the polls today. To vote for the third and final
[00:05:59] day of Russia's parliamentary elections and according to the central
[00:06:03] electoral commission, voter turnout has reached around
[00:06:06] 47%. And it's quite important also to
[00:06:09] highlight here that this these are the first parliamentary. actions we've seen since the
[00:06:13] start the special military operation which was launched back in February
[00:06:17] 2022 and for the first time in modern Russian
[00:06:20] history we're seeing citizens from the Donatsk Lugansk People's
[00:06:24] Republic from Herson and Zaparoja cast their ballot as
[00:06:28] Russian citizens and so let's also break down how these
[00:06:31] parliamentary elections actually work because the state dooma
[00:06:35] itself is is considered the lower chamber the federal
[00:06:38] assembly consists of 400 400 seats.
[00:06:42] and these elections are held every 5 years,
[00:06:45] 225 of those seats are distributed through party
[00:06:49] lists. now what that means is that citizens are able to elect a
[00:06:53] specific political party and 225 seats are
[00:06:56] distributed through single mandate districts. now voters are able to
[00:07:00] cast the vote or the ballot and select a specific political
[00:07:04] candidate in their constituency or uh their district there as
[00:07:08] well, but for a political party to be able to actually
[00:07:11] reach the... doomer, it has to meet that 5% thresh
[00:07:15] hold and now Russian parliamentary elections uh start on
[00:07:19] September the 18th and finished today on September the 20th, so it gives
[00:07:23] voters three days to cost their ballot. In terms of
[00:07:26] who's actually in the race, there are currently 10 political
[00:07:30] parties on the federal ballot, the first one being United Russia founded
[00:07:34] in 2001, and a party that has enjoyed constitutional majority
[00:07:37] for a while now, it's also president Putin's party, then we have
[00:07:41] the communist. party the Russian Federation, this is considered the oldest
[00:07:45] party on the federal ballot, and also it's the second
[00:07:49] largest faction in the dooma. Then we have a just Russia for
[00:07:52] truth, and Paul suggests that they will be able to meet that 5% threshold during these
[00:07:56] elections as well, and we have the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
[00:08:00] currently chaired by Leonid Slutski after the death of its former
[00:08:04] charismatic leader Vladimirsky back in 2021. And
[00:08:08] of course we also have a relatively new party on the scene here, this
[00:08:11] is uh new people founded in 2020 and curiously this
[00:08:15] political party managed to get through to the duma back in
[00:08:18] 2021, so it'l be interesting to monitor that, whether they'll be able
[00:08:22] to actually,
[00:08:23] you know, garna more than 5% the vote during these elections as well, but at the
[00:08:27] same time there are also non-parliamentary parties on the ballot uh, for example the
[00:08:31] pensionist party, the communists of russia, the greens, rodina, and
[00:08:35] also the party of dem uh direct democracy, so to wrap up
[00:08:39] here, poll polling stations across Russia, at 8
[00:08:43] p.m. local time according to Russia's western regions, so we
[00:08:47] will be of course monitoring all these developments and bringing you the
[00:08:50] details. well, as voting is in full swing on
[00:08:54] the day three of nationwide parliamentary elections, the scale
[00:08:58] the process spanning across 11 time zones is
[00:09:01] immense with voter turnout coming close to
[00:09:04] 50%. now Russian citizens are exercising their
[00:09:08] constitutional right to define their future for the next five years.
[00:09:12] "now in the country's new regions, more than four million residents
[00:09:16] have cast their ballots early elections with the process still
[00:09:20] ongoing. now in the frontline republics of Dunetsk and
[00:09:24] Lugansk, people are also heading to the polls to
[00:09:27] vote. the locals from one the most iconic regions of
[00:09:31] Russia, crimea are actively showing up to choose their
[00:09:35] representatives. addition, multiple polling stations are
[00:09:39] open in Russian embassies in many locations for. Russian
[00:09:42] citizens who are currently abroad, now
[00:09:46] citizens the most remote corners the country have also
[00:09:50] had the opportunity to have their say in this election
[00:09:54] as the Russian aerospace company Bureau
[00:09:57] 1440 has provided residence of a small
[00:10:01] settlement in the country's far north with access to remote
[00:10:04] electronic voting. It has become possible with the use of
[00:10:08] a low earth orbit satellite network a next general.
[00:10:12] ation of satellite communications, other company noted that such
[00:10:16] cases allow for the testing the service in real
[00:10:20] conditions and in the arctic for future needs. are the
[00:10:24] crucial vote? is also taking place in territories
[00:10:28] that are coming under daily attack, but despite the
[00:10:31] threat posed by Ukraine, people say that they are
[00:10:35] determined that their voices will be heard. now the head the
[00:10:38] Duniest Republic has cast his vote at the local polling
[00:10:42] station, noting that he met quite a few people who
[00:10:46] wanted to vote in the first state Duma election. now artist
[00:10:50] Morat Gazdier reports on how the vote has been held
[00:10:53] under wartime. conditions across
[00:10:57] two continents and 11 time zones under
[00:11:00] ceaseless threat of attack, russians vote for their
[00:11:04] new
[00:11:05] parliament.
[00:11:16] in their millions, despite constant threats from
[00:11:20] Ukraine, threats of prosecution and
[00:11:23] persecution, just... for booting, attacks on
[00:11:27] pouling stations, fakes and Ukrainian
[00:11:30] propaganda. Yesterday and the day before,
[00:11:34] leaflets were dropped by drones across most of our region,
[00:11:37] containing calls to block the electoral process and urging
[00:11:41] people not to participate in the elections. Every day we are
[00:11:45] seeing a steady stream of two or three disinformation campaigns coming
[00:11:49] from the Ukrainian side, along with deep fakes and forged
[00:11:52] administrative documents, yet. you are
[00:11:55] afraid, people are used to drones and
[00:11:58] missiles, verbal threats no longer
[00:12:02] carry the same way. tell me, have you been
[00:12:05] intimidated? did Zelensky threaten you saying you shouldn't go to
[00:12:09] these elections? in no way, he can't do
[00:12:12] anything. of course not, generally speaking it
[00:12:16] is very difficult to intimidate me, it's just not in my
[00:12:19] nature. god forbid, firstly, i don't recognize the
[00:12:23] landscate all, and i don't watch him. on tv. As for scammers,
[00:12:26] they've already left me alone. We have lived too long to be
[00:12:30] intimidated. And that
[00:12:33] is my vote, one of tens of millions being
[00:12:37] cast around the Don Bas in an environment where
[00:12:41] people are actively being threatened, where electoral
[00:12:45] officials are receiving death threats, their families, their
[00:12:48] children, but with every vote cast in the don
[00:12:52] bass, the people the Donbas. show
[00:12:56] that those threats don't scare them, not even
[00:13:00] strongly worded statements and condemnation could
[00:13:04] stop these elections. At today's meeting, the central electoral
[00:13:08] commission adopted resolution declaring that the organization and conduct of
[00:13:12] elections for deputies to the state duma the Russian Federation in the
[00:13:15] temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are illegitimate. It
[00:13:19] is, of course, ironic that Ukraine forbids
[00:13:23] Ukrainians from voting in. these russian
[00:13:26] elections, because neither does it allow Ukrainians
[00:13:29] themselves any elections? they're too dangerous,
[00:13:33] says the former president of Ukraine.
[00:13:37] elections as such are huge risk. elections right now are a tsunami
[00:13:41] which could split Ukraine. again, the irony:
[00:13:45] Ukraine professes to be fighting for freedom and democracy,
[00:13:48] but says elections are too dangerous. Russia,
[00:13:52] which Kiev accuses of aggression and...
[00:13:58] He's holding elections in September, he needs a united society that will
[00:14:02] support his United Russia. Zelensky, on the other
[00:14:06] hand, doesn't need his society support, his
[00:14:09] term expired two years ago, and no one can do
[00:14:13] anything about it. He already controls all
[00:14:17] Ukrainian media, all newspapers and online
[00:14:20] publications, full spectrum
[00:14:23] propaganda.
[00:14:27] Ukrainian
[00:14:28] can or be sanctioned, otherwise, else sent a one-way
[00:14:32] trip to the front lines, so elections, you want
[00:14:36] elections, ready to do it tomorrow, but if we have the
[00:14:39] war, it's you can't do it, what elections, how to make
[00:14:43] elections with the 9 million people who are abroad, and what to do
[00:14:47] with the people who are temporary or live
[00:14:51] in temporary occupied territories, europe of course,
[00:14:55] bend over backwards to accommodate Zelensky.
[00:14:59] Kya Calas, the EU's diplomatic figure head,
[00:15:02] is never won to overthink it. Simple and
[00:15:06] cliche is her style. Putin hasn't had
[00:15:10] elections or Russia hasn't had elections in 25 years.
[00:15:13] Zelensky is elected leader, elected in the
[00:15:17] free and fair elections and of course during the war time you
[00:15:21] can't have elections. Zelensky's corrupt ministers, he's.
[00:15:25] army heads simply don't mind, so long as
[00:15:28] the EU supports Zelensky, the aid money
[00:15:32] pores in and it can be divided up and
[00:15:36] shared around, between friends, the only concern
[00:15:40] is the people of Ukraine, forced brutally
[00:15:44] to fight a war, they don't want to fighting, by a
[00:15:47] president they don't want, blastered by
[00:15:50] propaganda, they don't agree with, and there's
[00:15:54] nothing they can do about it, but
[00:15:57] daydream. We must find a legal, safe and realistic mechanism
[00:16:01] that will allow Ukraine to restore a full-fledged democratic process
[00:16:04] even under the conditions of a prolonged war. This is
[00:16:08] difficult. We must guarantee the right to vote for our military, for millions of
[00:16:11] Ukrainians abroad, and for those in the frontline regions. We must
[00:16:15] ensure the security the electoral process, the independence of
[00:16:19] institutions, and trust in the results. If Russia could do
[00:16:23] it, then so could Ukraine. And the only thing
[00:16:26] stopping elections in Ukraine is the former president,
[00:16:30] one Zelenski who just doesn't want
[00:16:34] to leave. Morad Gazdie of Art.
[00:16:38] from while the elections in
[00:16:41] Russia have been monitored by more than 100 international
[00:16:45] observers from 133 countries, including bricks
[00:16:49] partners, Turkia, Uganda, Kirgisstan and others.
[00:16:53] Now footage here shows the moment when a friendly conversation
[00:16:56] between one the foreigners and an elderly Russian woman
[00:17:00] occurred a polling station in the city of
[00:17:03] Yakataramburg. Now the man in the video is
[00:17:06] muktazaza. Zaidi, the prominent Iraqi
[00:17:09] journalist who achieved worldwide fame when he threw
[00:17:13] his shoe at George W. Bush 18 years
[00:17:17] ago in protest against the war the US waged against
[00:17:21] his country. Now voting is even happening in
[00:17:24] places you wouldn't expect. Ross Atom, head
[00:17:28] Alexi Likachev was able to cast his
[00:17:32] ballot a nuclear power plant his country is building for Turkey
[00:17:36] as where Russian. workers who are involved in the
[00:17:39] project at the state corporation's director general also
[00:17:43] shared his thoughts about the timing of Kief's increased attacks on Russia
[00:17:47] and what they are supposed to
[00:17:49] achieve.
[00:17:53] I want emphasize once again that starting from the spring of this year, particularly from
[00:17:57] late April and May, the frequency, intensity and targeted nature the
[00:18:01] attacks have increased maliciously. Clearly, this was also
[00:18:05] aimed at disrupting the elections, therefore the... past week was characterized by
[00:18:09] even higher number of shellings. this includes traditional drones,
[00:18:12] artillery strikes and mortar fire, which joined the attacks on Enigodar this
[00:18:16] week. unfortunately, there has been one casualty. this week's victim is the tenth
[00:18:20] person to die in enigodar in recent months. psychological
[00:18:23] pressure has continued as well. at night, drones operated over the city,
[00:18:27] intimidating and harassing people while committing crimes. they tried everything to
[00:18:31] prevent people from coming to the elections, however the opposite effect has
[00:18:34] occurred. people have shown remarkable courage of... professionalism in
[00:18:38] maintaining the safety the station, the residents of enigoda did
[00:18:42] everything on their part to organize the elections and facilitate the voting
[00:18:45] process. And these are images from several
[00:18:49] countries in southeast Asia where Russian citizens have
[00:18:53] been gathering to vote. Several hundred people are expected to
[00:18:57] attend each the polling stations set up in Thailand,
[00:19:00] Indonesia, the Philippines and Laos. Now voters
[00:19:04] explained why they wanted to exercise. democratic
[00:19:08] right, despite being thousands of kilometers away from
[00:19:11] home, for me this day is very important for our
[00:19:15] country and we from my point of view
[00:19:19] every russian citizen should vote for
[00:19:23] their future. i think it's really important to take part in this
[00:19:27] election cuz like uh we need
[00:19:31] to express our opinion and
[00:19:35] yeah this is really important for me. as a first time
[00:19:39] like voting here, it is really important for Russian people
[00:19:42] abroad to take part in these
[00:19:45] elections, as it is
[00:19:47] very about to express
[00:19:51] fair will, a political will so that
[00:19:55] community in Russia, Russia people and international
[00:19:59] community would know our political will,
[00:20:03] our willing to participate into
[00:20:06] political.
[00:20:37] vast country in parliament for the next five years. other first
[00:20:41] preliminary results will be available tonight after 9 pm moscow
[00:20:45] time, although the final results will be officially confirmed
[00:20:49] until October the 5th, so stay tuned to RT for the
[00:20:53] latest updates each
[00:20:54] time,
[00:21:05] and now over to Germany where people are also heading to the
[00:21:09] polls this weekend as the country holds its regional
[00:21:12] elections, oters follows a key vote earlier in September
[00:21:16] in another eastern state, Saxon Hals when... the opposition
[00:21:20] party alternative for Germany came out victorious
[00:21:24] are the former East Germany German state of
[00:21:27] Macklenburg Western Pomerania as well as
[00:21:31] Berlin are now holding their own elections.
[00:21:34] Projections show the Social Democrats and the alternative for
[00:21:38] Germany party running head to head in Mclemburg
[00:21:42] Western Pomerania. Now in the capital city have the
[00:21:46] racist neck and neck between the German left party.
[00:21:50] and chancellors versus christian democrats. now as
[00:21:53] reminder, the vote in the former east German state
[00:21:57] of saxony unhult saw the opposition alternative for
[00:22:01] Germany party victorias with 43.8%
[00:22:05] the electorate, the making AFD the leading party in the
[00:22:09] nation's regional parliament, other ruling CDU
[00:22:13] finished with just a little over 17%,
[00:22:16] forcing the current regional prime minister from the party, and
[00:22:20] Chancellor Mars to publicly conceed defeat.
[00:22:24] now this comes as the German head of state's approval
[00:22:28] rating has plomited to about 14% due to the worsening
[00:22:31] economic situation in
[00:22:33] the country. now some locals in the streets could not hold back their
[00:22:37] anger when speaking of uh the leadership. all right
[00:22:41] now so let's
[00:22:44] i do not dare turn on my heating,
[00:22:48] i would rather be cold at the... age of 76, i am still
[00:22:51] working so that i can survive at all on my small pension. my
[00:22:55] husband receives 700, if we did not have that, we
[00:22:59] would have to move out of here, we would have to leave, and that is what
[00:23:03] i want to change, and hope it
[00:23:05] works. and as for mr. a
[00:23:08] 17 cent fuel rebate, which has just been put on the table, honestly you can wipe
[00:23:12] your with it,
[00:23:13] it is.
[00:23:25] Let's cross now live to Italian journalist David Cabonaro.
[00:23:28] David, I'm glad to have you join me right now. So early in
[00:23:32] September we saw remarkable victory for the AFD
[00:23:36] party in Saxony Anhalt. Could we potentially
[00:23:39] see another such victory in this coming regional elections? What are
[00:23:43] you see? Thanks for having me.
[00:23:47] The polls say that in these
[00:23:51] two elections that are going today,
[00:23:55] AFD could potentially win in
[00:23:57] Mecklenburg Forman, but
[00:24:01] in Berlin the situation is
[00:24:04] unclear, on the other side, I
[00:24:07] believe that the Pols could
[00:24:10] be really wrong this time, because it's very
[00:24:14] difficult to app region like Macklenburg
[00:24:17] Forman where uh... "the election rate
[00:24:21] and the people going to vote is not as high
[00:24:25] a quote as it was in Zaxon Anhal, so it is
[00:24:29] difficult to see, but the reality is that
[00:24:33] IFD is in the eastern part of
[00:24:36] Germany uh, having the most of it,
[00:24:40] having around 40 to 42% average
[00:24:44] in all uh regions, which could
[00:24:47] bring them to win, even..." if they will not have a
[00:24:51] chance to build regional government, because all the
[00:24:55] others uh will probably join in
[00:24:59] what they call the brandmower, which means a coalition
[00:25:02] against AFD. we will have to see the results,
[00:25:06] but change is coming in Germany, as you
[00:25:10] said in the as you heard in the interviews we
[00:25:13] heard just before uh we started to talk, people
[00:25:17] are really angry and fed up, mm. As you have
[00:25:21] mentioned, opposition parties in Germany are said to have
[00:25:24] established a firewall against the AFD, meaning
[00:25:28] that no coalition will be will be formed with a
[00:25:31] party.
[00:25:32] now as result, the AFD could not form an
[00:25:36] absolute majority after their victory, so the question is, why do
[00:25:40] you think there is such a unified stance by political parties
[00:25:44] against the AFD despite their remarkable success in the poll so
[00:25:47] far? well, parties are doing
[00:25:51] is extremely anti-democratic because people
[00:25:55] show who they want to be their leaders
[00:25:59] in elections and if a party like in
[00:26:04] for example gets 44%, it's not not only
[00:26:07] anti-democratic, but it's in fact offensive
[00:26:11] against all voters of IFD, to say
[00:26:15] no, you voters of IFD are dumb, we know
[00:26:19] better, we liberals, we establishment, we
[00:26:22] brussell parties, no better, you should shut up
[00:26:26] and we will take the power, even if the election
[00:26:30] winner is someone else, this is very... and this has brought
[00:26:33] exactly what happened to weeks ago, and this will
[00:26:37] happen more or less in all Germany, because people
[00:26:41] will vote against this firewall, people will
[00:26:45] vote because they want change, they want new energy
[00:26:49] policy, they want peace, they don't want
[00:26:52] Berlin giving away hundreds of millions of
[00:26:56] euro to Ukraine, they would
[00:26:58] like to have a German cancellor and not a Ukrainian chancellor
[00:27:02] in. they would like to have safe cities and
[00:27:05] not closing down companies and industries
[00:27:09] every month like it's happening now people are really really angry
[00:27:13] i
[00:27:13] have never seen germans such
[00:27:15] decisive decisive in
[00:27:19] their protest this but this is not only vote for
[00:27:22] protest for change
[00:27:23] this is
[00:27:25] for vote change for peace and especially for
[00:27:28] reestablishing cooperation withus.
[00:27:33] in order to take down cost of living, all costs of
[00:27:36] living for energy, fuels and
[00:27:39] others for everyday germans that are really
[00:27:43] struggling. now talking about the cost of living, let's
[00:27:47] come there, because one common complaint we have heard
[00:27:50] from voters is the cost of living, something that is
[00:27:54] directly influenced by the cost of energy. now
[00:27:58] AFD's answer to this is a revamping of gas delivery
[00:28:02] from Russia and the building of nuclear power plants, now what
[00:28:06] sort of impact could the reintroduction of gas supplies to
[00:28:09] Germany have on Germany's economy? What do you
[00:28:13] think? Well, if it would be possible to
[00:28:16] reestablish the connections, the economic connections
[00:28:20] with Russia and also with with Belarus and
[00:28:24] bringing the raw materials and supplies
[00:28:28] of gas and all sources of
[00:28:31] energy. to Germany, this of course could bring down the
[00:28:35] cost of production in uh
[00:28:39] industries, this could bring down the fuel prices,
[00:28:43] which will uh bring down the cost of logistics to bring things
[00:28:47] from the factories to the shops where people are
[00:28:50] buying uh things, and this of course will have
[00:28:54] final effect on the final
[00:28:57] uh retail price for the customer, this is one
[00:29:01] thing, the second one, of course now the heating season
[00:29:04] is uh arriving uh warehouses for gas in
[00:29:08] Germany are a low which
[00:29:12] is unimaginable, so
[00:29:15] if this economic restart with Russia will
[00:29:19] not come as soon as possible, the Germans will have the most expensive
[00:29:23] winter which they ever had until if we think about
[00:29:27] the 50s or the 60s, so the
[00:29:31] effect of restart. in cooperation with Russia would bring
[00:29:34] only benefits to uh to Germany, but
[00:29:38] we have to remember that without
[00:29:41] stopping the blood bath of money being
[00:29:45] thrown away from Germany given to Kiev,
[00:29:49] which is goes in the tens in the hundreds of
[00:29:52] billions, well this reconnection with Russia will
[00:29:56] not work, so it has to be both, it has to be
[00:30:00] reconnection with Russia and... German politics for the German
[00:30:04] people and not for Kiev banderists. All
[00:30:08] right, we have to leave you here now, Italian journalist David
[00:30:11] Cabanaro. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you. All
[00:30:15] right, now RT.com is where you can get for the details of all the
[00:30:19] stories we're following by now see you
[00:30:21] again.
[00:30:44] 10 parties competing for the support of more than 100
[00:30:48] million voters in the race for
[00:30:51] 450 seats, who will
[00:30:55] fail and who will
[00:30:57] prevail?