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[00:00:08] of
[00:00:12] of
[00:00:21] of The Kive regime launched a massive attack against
[00:00:25] Russia to undermine the country's
[00:00:28] of elections. That's according to Russia. foreign ministry after Moscow comes
[00:00:32] under heavy Ukrainian drone attack that left several people
[00:00:35] dead. Russian citizens go to the polls
[00:00:39] around the world for the final
[00:00:41] of day
[00:00:41] of the country's parliamentary elections. We're bringing you our special
[00:00:45] coverage as the world's geographically biggest country has its
[00:00:48] democratic say and
[00:00:51] that is my vote one of tens of
[00:00:55] millions being
[00:00:56] a cast around the donbas but with every vote cast and
[00:01:00] Dombas,
[00:01:01] of the people
[00:01:02] of the Dumbas show that those threats don't
[00:01:06] scare them. Well, Zelensky insists that elections cannot
[00:01:10] be held in Ukraine while the country is at war, putting them off
[00:01:14] of indefinitely. Russian citizens head to the polls and regions either bordering
[00:01:18] or directly on the front line, despite daily shelling
[00:01:22] and threats from Kiev. Generally speaking,
[00:01:25] it is very difficult to intimidate me, it's just not in my nature.
[00:01:29] Firstly, "I don't recognize the landscate
[00:01:31] at all and I don't watch him on TV.
[00:01:33] of As for scammers, they've already left me alone. We have lived too long to be
[00:01:37] intimidated.
[00:01:44] a Hello and welcome. You're watching Garti
[00:01:48] International with the latest headlines. It's good to have you with us. Well,
[00:01:52] amid parliamentary elections in Russia, the Kiev regime launched a
[00:01:56] massive attack in an effort to undermine the democratic will of..."
[00:02:00] people, that's according to the Russian foreign ministry, after Mosco commander
[00:02:04] heavy Ukrainian
[00:02:05] a drone attack
[00:02:06] of overnight, killing several people. Moscow mayor, Sergey Sabianin
[00:02:10] called the attack unprecedented, saying it was intended to
[00:02:14] disrupt the vote. The most massive enemy
[00:02:18] drone attack has been repelled since yesterday. Over 1,600
[00:02:21] UAVs have been shot down across all sectors, including
[00:02:25] 450 while approaching Moscow. My thanks go to the air
[00:02:29] defense. personnel for their selfless efforts. Nevertheless, few
[00:02:33] drones reached the Moscow Oil refinery
[00:02:35] of and one struck
[00:02:36] a residential building. There were no fatalities. This
[00:02:40] unprecedented attack was clearly orchestrated to disrupt
[00:02:43] of the
[00:02:43] of elections.
[00:02:44] of The enemy failed in this attempt. As we heard from the Moscow
[00:02:48] mayor himself,
[00:02:50] of Russian authorities have neutralized over 1,600
[00:02:53] drones since Saturday, and the Mayor
[00:02:56] of added that 450 UAVs were intercepted on their... way to the
[00:03:00] Russian capital was several drones hit the Moscow oil refinery
[00:03:04] as well as other residential buildings. now these attacks were
[00:03:07] more uh or most destructive in the
[00:03:10] of
[00:03:10] of Moscow region where three people were left uh were killed uh
[00:03:14] and uh several were left injured including number of teenagers and
[00:03:17] three children. now uh the wounded are
[00:03:21] of uh in hospitals getting the necessary uh care
[00:03:24] possible
[00:03:25] in but 400 other people including 70 children
[00:03:29] were all also evacuated from other
[00:03:32] in residential building uh because falling drone debries parked
[00:03:35] fire there, still in the mosco region a
[00:03:40] of in warehouse also caught fire because of a drone. now due to these events,
[00:03:44] flight restrictions have been implemented in all four moscow
[00:03:48] airports, but uh Ukrainian uh the Ukrainian armed
[00:03:52] forces have also
[00:03:53] in attacked the Zaparoji region where a drone a Ukrainian
[00:03:56] drone drone struck a school there were polling state. was
[00:04:00] located, fortunately no casualties have been reported there because there
[00:04:04] of were no people in the
[00:04:06] of building at the time
[00:04:11] of of the attack itself. meanwhile, on the other hand, in the Herson region a drone attacked,
[00:04:14] a busranian drone attacked
[00:04:18] of of a bus, leaving two people killed, one of which was member
[00:04:20] of of the electoral commission
[00:04:22] there. today, september
[00:04:25] 20th, as
[00:04:26] a result of a targeted drone attack a civilian bus in the K region,
[00:04:30] two people were killed. One
[00:04:32] of the victims was our colleague Olga
[00:04:34] of Petrovko, born in 1966, member
[00:04:37] of the Precinct Electoral Commission for polling station number 220 in the
[00:04:41] lower Saragor district
[00:04:42] of of of the Kson region. was member
[00:04:45] of the present electoral commission for 2023 and actively
[00:04:48] participated in the current election campaign for the state dumer
[00:04:52] of elections, engaging with many of her neighbors, fellow citizens and compatriots while
[00:04:56] honestly, responsibly and bravely fulfilling her duties. she was involved.
[00:05:00] in conducting early voting in the lower Saragor district
[00:05:02] of the Kerson region. Her daughter, Elena Petrovna, is also member
[00:05:06] of the presenct electoral commission. As I mentioned before, I will repeat it once
[00:05:09] more. Despicable, cowardly Bandera scum. 'who are afraid to fight like
[00:05:13] men and truly engage in warfare, target our peaceful people, primarily
[00:05:17] women and children. I believe that shame will fall upon them, and each one them will be
[00:05:21] found. Our strong spirited colleagues continue to
[00:05:23] work. The Russian investigative committee has stated that
[00:05:27] they've opened criminal cases related to uh these
[00:05:31] terror acts from Ukraine, including in Briansk,
[00:05:35] kursk, and the Belgradod regions where two other
[00:05:38] people were killed because these Ukrainian attacks'. Now
[00:05:42] the massive rate that struck Moscow and the Moscow
[00:05:46] region uh for instance, it struck just hours before polling
[00:05:50] stations were said to open in the capital, but despite
[00:05:54] these attacks, as we've uh as we understand, the
[00:05:57] 1,443 polling stations in Moscow did
[00:06:01] open on time, overnight the Russian armed
[00:06:04] forces also have launched Uavs against logistical
[00:06:07] centers, warehouses and ports in Ukraine as well as
[00:06:11] vessels that... that are in operations with the Ukrainian
[00:06:15] armed forces. Now
[00:06:17] of course the timing of this is very interesting because as we know
[00:06:20] the uh uh parliamentary elections here in Russia are still taking
[00:06:24] place. We are on the third day, the final day the elections and one could only
[00:06:28] think that these attacks not only are
[00:06:31] blaintant acts of terrorism against civilians themselves,
[00:06:35] but also a way to try to disrupt the electoral process here in
[00:06:39] Russia. Well, the... This has been the
[00:06:43] third and final day of voting in Russia's parliamentary
[00:06:47] elections. Polls have just closed in the Moscow Time zone.
[00:06:51] The first preliminary results are expected a bit later tonight. Stay with
[00:06:55] us for that. RTI has of course been keeping close tap on the
[00:06:58] developments bringing you all the latest updates and our special
[00:07:01] coverage.
[00:07:13] As the third and final day of voting nationwide parliamentary
[00:07:16] elections draws to close, the scale the process which spans
[00:07:20] across 11 time zones is immense with voter
[00:07:24] turnout surpassing 56%. Russian citizens are
[00:07:28] exercising their constitutional right to define their future for the
[00:07:32] next five years. In the country's new regions, more than four
[00:07:35] million residents have cast their ballots early elections with the
[00:07:39] process still ongoing. In the frontline. publics of
[00:07:43] Donietsk and Lugansk, people are also heading to the polls to
[00:07:46] vote, locals from one the most iconic regions of Russia,
[00:07:50] Crimea are actively showing up to choose their
[00:07:53] representatives, and citizens the most remote
[00:07:56] corners the country have also had the opportunity to have their say in this
[00:08:00] election, as the Russian Aerospace Company Bureau
[00:08:04] 1440 has provided residents of a small settlement in the
[00:08:07] country's far north with access to remote electronic voting,
[00:08:11] it's become possible with the use of a low-earth orbit
[00:08:15] satellite network, next generation of satellite
[00:08:18] communications. the company noted that such cases allow the
[00:08:22] testing the service in real conditions and in the arctic for
[00:08:26] future
[00:08:27] needs.
[00:08:32] we can get more the latest updates and now from our
[00:08:35] correspondents, sadrietsova who's joining us from the central
[00:08:39] electoral commission and Isabella Bloomberg joining us from studio just
[00:08:43] outside the Kremlin, thank you both for joining us on the program, Bella, let's
[00:08:47] go to you first, just give us more information about who is in the
[00:08:50] race. Good
[00:08:54] evening, Nikki, it's 8 p.m. in Moscow right now, and polling
[00:08:58] stations have closed in most of Russia's western regions,
[00:09:02] with the exception of Kiningrad, of course, voters still have one more hour
[00:09:05] to cast their ballot, but polls were open nationwide today, and the
[00:09:09] central electoral commission reports that... overall voter
[00:09:13] turnout has surpassed the 2021
[00:09:16] elections that turn out there uh and
[00:09:19] the figure now stands at over 56%
[00:09:22] that it's also quite important I think to highlight that these are the first
[00:09:26] parliamentary elections we're seeing since the start the special military
[00:09:29] operation launched back in February 2022. For the first time
[00:09:33] in modern Russian history we're seeing citizens from the four regions
[00:09:37] in the SMO zone cast their ballot as Russian
[00:09:41] citizens but let me take you through how Russia's state doomer actually
[00:09:44] works. It's the lower chamber the federal assembly consisting
[00:09:48] of 450 seats. Now parliamentary elections
[00:09:52] take place every five years and they're divided equally into two
[00:09:56] halves. 225 seats are chosen by party lists,
[00:10:00] which means that voters are able to cast the vote the ballots and pick
[00:10:04] a specific political party, and the other 225
[00:10:08] seats are distributed through um single mandate districts, which means...
[00:10:12] means that voters are able to elect a candidate in their
[00:10:15] constituency. now for a party to actually get through to the state
[00:10:19] duma, they have to meet this 5% threshhold,
[00:10:23] parliamentary elections in Russia. started on the 18th of
[00:10:27] September and end today on the 20th September on Sunday right
[00:10:30] now. There are currently 10 parties vying for seats and on the federal
[00:10:34] ballots. The first one being United Russia, the largest faction
[00:10:38] in the Duma enjoying a constitutional majority, a party that was
[00:10:42] founded in 2001. Then we have the communist
[00:10:46] party the Russian Federation, it's considered the oldest on the
[00:10:50] federal ballot here. We have a Just Russia pull suggest that they will
[00:10:54] be able to meet that. 5% threshhold during these elections, we
[00:10:57] have the liberal democrat democratic party of Russia now being chaired
[00:11:01] by Leonard Zlotsky from following the death of its former
[00:11:05] leader uh Vladimir Zirinovski back in
[00:11:07] 2022. Now we also have a relatively
[00:11:11] new party here on the scene, this being a new people, a party
[00:11:15] founded in 2020, and curiously it managed to
[00:11:19] win and sort of pass that 5% threshold during those previous
[00:11:23] elections that we saw back in 2020. 21, then of course we have the
[00:11:26] non-parliamentary parties vying for seat
[00:11:30] seats such as the pensionist party, the communists of
[00:11:34] Russia, rodina, the greens and the party of direct
[00:11:38] democracy, so with most polling stations now closed,
[00:11:41] this historic vote is almost in the books, now now we're keeping
[00:11:45] our eyes peeled as the central electoral commission publishes
[00:11:49] its preliminary results and let's cross over to the central
[00:11:53] electoral commission right? now and to our correspondent ala, so ala,
[00:11:57] take us through the election procedure itself,
[00:12:00] please. well, I am indeed
[00:12:04] in the central election commission building at the heart of it all, as
[00:12:08] State Duma elections wrap up in Russia, they are in their
[00:12:12] final day. now the voter turnout at this point in time is
[00:12:15] 56.66%. uh, it is past 8
[00:12:19] p.m. moscow time right now, which means that in the Russian capital, the polling
[00:12:23] stations have officially closed, Uh, we're currently waiting on the
[00:12:26] preliminary results, which we will receive in about an hour, that
[00:12:30] is at 9 p.m. Moscow time, uh, after polling stations close in the
[00:12:34] city of Caliningrad, which is one hour behind of
[00:12:37] Moscow, and that is also when we will know - the leading
[00:12:41] three candidates for each individual constituency, uh, notably of course
[00:12:45] there are 225 of those individual
[00:12:49] constituencies here in Russia and 16 constituencies
[00:12:52] in in Moscow alone. uh now in casting their vote for a
[00:12:56] specific candidate to represent the area in the state Duma, Russian
[00:13:00] citizens choose from between seven eight candidates
[00:13:04] per their area uh and the total number of candidates making those
[00:13:08] federal listts here uh is around
[00:13:11] 1,700 people. now uh some
[00:13:15] the candidates making those lists are independent candidates and some of those
[00:13:18] candidates are of course veterans the special
[00:13:22] military operation. now we've got more than um
[00:13:26] 90,000 polling stations across the country
[00:13:30] and 11 different time zones indeed - the total number of
[00:13:34] registered voters here in the Russian capital is over
[00:13:37] 7,800,000 and across the country nationwide that
[00:13:41] is over 100 million and 11 um
[00:13:45] million voters uh over the past three days people have been
[00:13:49] able to cast their vote a variety of different ways that
[00:13:53] is in person of course casting ballot uh also
[00:13:57] uh of course online as well and those unable to vote in person have been
[00:14:00] able to vote from home, so uh Russian citizens have been able to vote a
[00:14:04] variety of different ways over those past three days and it
[00:14:08] is also worth noting that almost 400,00
[00:14:11] observers have been present and are present uh as
[00:14:15] the elections of course still on going a region of
[00:14:19] Russia um yes so of course um
[00:14:23] nationwide uh many observers present uh, the process is
[00:14:27] now moving towards its next and final stage, which is the
[00:14:31] counting the votes, so we're looking forward to seeing that. indeed we are. Ala, thank
[00:14:35] you. We're going to come back to Bella now, because Bella, the elections are wrapping up
[00:14:39] as A just said, but we've had this massive
[00:14:42] Ukrainian and bombardment on the Russian territory, as well as the EU's
[00:14:46] unwillingness to recognize the results even before we've had them. What else do
[00:14:50] we know about
[00:14:51] this? I'm...
[00:14:55] Nikki: I think the timing here is just so difficult to ignore because
[00:14:58] overnight Moscow and the nearby regions came under what officials are
[00:15:02] calling one the largest Ukrainian drone attacks
[00:15:06] since the start the war and it's really not this just the skies because the
[00:15:10] central electoral commission says uh that it's the election
[00:15:14] has been attacked at this unprecedented level um
[00:15:18] ranging from cyber attacks on electoral infrastructure to
[00:15:21] provocations. There's also more because Russia's foreign intelligence.
[00:15:25] service as warned weeks ago that apparently European leaders were
[00:15:29] preparing and drafting these statements to refuse the
[00:15:32] election outcomes, the parliamentary outcomes here in
[00:15:36] Russia, the same time, the report also pointed to the fact that Brussels was
[00:15:40] apparently trying to stage provocations, trying to call on
[00:15:43] Russians to boycott the elections and also try to
[00:15:47] propagate these claims of illegitimacy the vote, and despite the
[00:15:51] pressure, or perhaps maybe even because of it, Russia, Russian voters
[00:15:55] abroad have in fact cast their ballots, you now, according to Russia's foreign
[00:15:58] ministry, over 121,00
[00:16:02] Russians voted abroad in over 333 polling
[00:16:06] stations in more than 150 countries
[00:16:09] worldwide, so as the polls close in the west here, one
[00:16:13] thing is clear that this election is being held under these rather
[00:16:16] extraordinary conditions, both at home and
[00:16:19] abroad. are determined to have their say, aren't they? i'm going
[00:16:23] to come back to ala now. ala, aside from this unprecedented drone
[00:16:27] attack that we saw overnight, have there been any other
[00:16:31] provocations or disruptions,
[00:16:33] noted? well, nicky, the
[00:16:36] elections them. selles they are of course going smoothly, they're being held in
[00:16:40] full compliance with the law, we are of course seeing high voter
[00:16:44] turnout, which is well, it serves as proof of that fact, and there
[00:16:47] hasn't been a single successful attack on these elections, however
[00:16:51] there have of course been attempts and uh we're seeing continued
[00:16:55] intimidation of election commission members, as we
[00:16:58] know uh earlier today uh we've seen two people
[00:17:02] uh two people have been killed in a drone attack a civilian bus in
[00:17:06] the Hirson. region of Russia and one of those victims was
[00:17:10] member the presinct electoral commission in the
[00:17:14] Herson region who was involved in the conducting of early
[00:17:18] voting in one of its districts and this was
[00:17:21] reported by the central election commission head Ella
[00:17:24] Pomfilova who also spoke of course on cyber attacks
[00:17:28] saying that over 100 million potential dangers have
[00:17:32] been
[00:17:32] thwrted.
[00:17:37] Over the past period, more than waves of dedos attacks were recorded against
[00:17:41] infrastructure in the Russian Federation that is specifically involved in the
[00:17:45] electoral process. Thankfully, there were no successful
[00:17:48] attacks despite their intensity and power. At the same time, the
[00:17:52] level of impact is assessed as very high. The attacks were carried
[00:17:56] out by highly professional, well coordinated groups using artificial
[00:17:59] intelligence tools. The attacks were launched primarily from
[00:18:03] abroad. Where did they come from? The United Kingdom, Ukraine,
[00:18:07] Brazil.
[00:18:15] now what we're seeing of course as well is so-called fake
[00:18:19] news about the fairness these elections such as reports
[00:18:23] on observers being refused entry into polling
[00:18:26] stations and we do know that only 23 complaints have been received
[00:18:30] in regards to difficulties in exercising the rights of observers three of
[00:18:34] which were received today and of course as we know this central election
[00:18:38] commission takes these complaints very seriously and deals with
[00:18:42] them promptly, so indeed there have been attempts to undermine the
[00:18:45] electoral process, however they have produced the opposite
[00:18:49] effect, and what we've seen today as well, not today, over the past
[00:18:53] three days is that people have been even more active in casting
[00:18:57] their votes nationwide. indeed, many thanks to both of you for keeping an eye on
[00:19:00] things for us for now, isabella Bloomberg, Ala Kidria,
[00:19:04] thank you very much. Well
[00:19:07] the crucial vote is also taking place in territories that are coming under daily
[00:19:11] attack, but despite the threat posed by Ukraine, people say
[00:19:15] the determined that their voices will be heard. The head the Donies
[00:19:19] Republican has cast his vote a local polling station, noting that he met quite
[00:19:22] a few people who wanted to vote in their first state doomer
[00:19:26] election. Art is Murat Gazdev reports on how the vote is
[00:19:30] being held under wartime
[00:19:32] conditions. Across two continents
[00:19:36] and 11 times of... under ceaseless threat of
[00:19:39] attack, Russians vote for their new
[00:19:42] parliament,
[00:19:53] in their millions, despite constant threats from
[00:19:57] Ukraine, threats of prosecution and
[00:20:00] persecution, just for booting, attacks on
[00:20:04] polling stations, fakes and and
[00:20:07] propaganda. Yesterday and the day before,
[00:20:11] leaflets were dropped by drones across most of our region,
[00:20:15] containing calls to block the electoral process and urging
[00:20:18] people not to participate in the elections. Every day we are
[00:20:22] seeing a steady stream of two or three disinformation campaigns coming
[00:20:26] from the Ukrainian side, along with deep fakes and forged
[00:20:30] administrative documents, yet few are
[00:20:33] afraid. People are used to drones and
[00:20:36] missiles. Verbal threats no longer
[00:20:39] carry the same weight. Tell me, have you been
[00:20:43] intimidated? Did Zelensky threaten you saying you shouldn't go to
[00:20:46] these elections?
[00:20:50] anything, of course not, generally speaking it is
[00:20:54] very difficult to intimidate me, it's just not in my nature.
[00:20:58] God forbid, firstly, I don't recognize the landscate all, and I don't
[00:21:02] watch him on TV. As for scammers, they've already left me
[00:21:05] alone. We have lived too long to be
[00:21:07] intimidated. And that
[00:21:11] is my vote, one of tens of millions being
[00:21:14] cast around the donbus an environment where
[00:21:18] people are actively being. threatened, where electoral
[00:21:22] officials are receiving death threats, their families, their
[00:21:26] children, but with every vote cast in the don
[00:21:29] bass, the people the donbas show
[00:21:33] that those threats don't scare them, not
[00:21:37] even strongly worded statements and
[00:21:40] condemnation could stop these elections and today's
[00:21:44] meeting the central electoral commission adopted resolution declaring that the
[00:21:47] organization and conduct of elections for deputies to the state duma the
[00:21:51] Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are
[00:21:55] illegitimate. It is, of course, ironic that
[00:21:59] Ukraine forbids Ukrainians from voting in these
[00:22:03] Russian elections, because neither does it allow
[00:22:06] Ukrainians themselves any elections. They're too
[00:22:10] dangerous, says the former president of
[00:22:13] Ukraine. Elections as such are huge
[00:22:16] risk. Elections right now are a tsunami which could split.
[00:22:20] Again the irony, Ukraine professes to be fighting for
[00:22:24] freedom and democracy, but says elections are too
[00:22:28] dangerous. Russia, which keer accuses of aggression and
[00:22:32] tyrany, holds elections even in
[00:22:34] war. He's holding elections in September, he needs a
[00:22:38] united society that will support his united
[00:22:41] Russia. On the other hand, doesn't
[00:22:44] need his society support, his turn expired
[00:22:48] two years ago.
[00:22:50] and no one can do anything about it, he already
[00:22:53] controls all Ukrainian media, all newspapers
[00:22:57] and online publications, full spectrum
[00:23:01] propaganda, anyone who criticizes him can be
[00:23:04] sanctioned, ukrainian or otherwise, else
[00:23:08] sent a one way trip to the front lines,
[00:23:12] so elections, you want elections, I'm ready to do it tomorrow, but
[00:23:16] if we have the war, it's you can't do it, what election?
[00:23:20] how to make elections with the 9 million people who are abroad and what
[00:23:24] to do with the people who are temporary or
[00:23:28] live in temporary occupied territories. Europe of
[00:23:31] course will bend over backwards to accommodate
[00:23:35] Zelensky. Kyya Calas, the EU's diplomatic
[00:23:39] figure head, is never one to overthink it.
[00:23:43] Simple and cleish is her style. Putin hasn't
[00:23:46] had elections or Russia hasn't had elections in 20. five
[00:23:50] years, Zelensky is elected leader, elected
[00:23:54] in
[00:23:54] the free and fair elections, and of course during the wartime, you
[00:23:58] can't have elections, Zelensky's corrupt ministers, his
[00:24:02] army heads simply don't mind, so long
[00:24:06] as the EU supports Zelensky, the aid money
[00:24:10] pours in and it can be divided up and
[00:24:14] shared around between friends, the only concern
[00:24:17] is the people of Ukraine. forced brutally to
[00:24:21] fight a war, they don't want to fight in by a
[00:24:25] president, they don't want, blasted by propaganda,
[00:24:29] they don't agree with, and there's nothing they can do
[00:24:33] about it, but daydream. we must find a legal,
[00:24:37] safe and realistic mechanism that will allow Ukraine to restore a
[00:24:40] full-fledged democratic process even under the conditions of a prolonged
[00:24:44] war. this is difficult, we must guarantee the right to vote for our
[00:24:47] military, for millions of Ukrainians. abroad and for those
[00:24:51] in the frontline regions, we must ensure the security the electoral
[00:24:55] process, the independence of institutions and trust in the
[00:24:58] results. if Russia could do it, then so could
[00:25:02] Ukraine, and the only thing stopping elections in
[00:25:05] Ukraine is the former president, one
[00:25:08] Zelensky who just doesn't want to
[00:25:12] leave. Morat Gazdev, r
[00:25:15] fromk, we're crossing over to our
[00:25:19] studio in. Moscow now and our correspondent is a Bella
[00:25:22] Bloomberg. Bella, over to
[00:25:24] you. Thank you,
[00:25:27] Nick, as we continue our elections coverage, I'd like to welcome
[00:25:31] Pavil Feldman, a professor at the Academy of Labor and social
[00:25:35] relations. Pavil, thank you so much for joining us here today.
[00:25:38] Before the election, the United Russia party held over two-thirds the
[00:25:42] seats in the Russian parliament. What are your expectations once these votes
[00:25:46] are actually calculated?
[00:25:55] Я думаю, что главным политическим итогом этих
[00:25:57] выборов
[00:26:00] конституционного.
[00:29:02] what's important, all other things are
[00:29:05] secondary.
[00:29:09] as we know, these elections are taking place for the first time since the start
[00:29:12] the special military operation. how do you expect these external
[00:29:16] pressures, war and sanctions to affect the
[00:29:18] vote?
[00:29:27] безусловно, Россия всегда находилась под внешним
[00:29:31] давление.
[00:30:02] will be elected and will take seats, so the
[00:30:06] procedure of voting and the leaders who are being voted for are
[00:30:10] adapting to the new environment and the new composition the state dum will
[00:30:14] reflect the new reality. as a political scientist, i'm interested
[00:30:18] in watching the activities the newly
[00:30:21] elected veterans the special military operation, they
[00:30:25] are, they have lot of support from the people,
[00:30:29] they have the social capital, the trust capital.
[00:30:32] um and I believe they will be the most important playing the most important
[00:30:36] role in the new uh
[00:30:37] duma. You
[00:30:41] mentioned the people in the special military operation zone, but
[00:30:44] you know, for the first time we're seeing people vote in those four new
[00:30:47] regions, but why do
[00:30:49] you think Moscow has made the decision to go ahead with the voting process
[00:30:53] despite the threats and the shelling that we've seen for example happen overnight and
[00:30:56] today?