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[00:00:00] bormas,
[00:00:09] of
[00:00:18] of
[00:00:24] of Russia's of first parliamentary elections since the beginning
[00:00:29] of of the Ukraine conflict have rap up and the counting
[00:00:31] of the votes has begun, we're bringing you our special coverage as the
[00:00:35] of world's geographically biggest
[00:00:37] of country has its democratic
[00:00:38] say and with the first
[00:00:42] preliminary results coming in, the ruling united russia
[00:00:46] party
[00:00:46] of is
[00:00:47] of firmly of top with solid majority, the runner up is the
[00:00:50] of communist party with almost 14% and the
[00:00:53] in liberal democratic party is inferred with a little over
[00:00:57] 9%. Moscow says: Kyev
[00:01:00] of tried to undermine the elections with a massive attack as almost
[00:01:04] 200 drones and
[00:01:06] of missiles were intercepted
[00:01:08] in a single day. The targeted assault on the Russian capital left
[00:01:12] several people
[00:01:13] of death. And that is my vote, one of
[00:01:17] of tens of millions being cast around the Don Bas, but
[00:01:21] with every vote cast in the Don Bas, the people
[00:01:25] of the Dumbas show that those threats don't
[00:01:29] scare them. Russians cast their ballots despite
[00:01:33] threats and daily shelling from Ukraine. That's as the
[00:01:36] Kiev
[00:01:37] regime, insists elections cannot be held during wartime.
[00:01:40] Nevertheless, Russians ventured out to the polls, including near the front
[00:01:44] lines and in other border regions. Generally
[00:01:48] speaking, it is very difficult to intimidate me. It's just not in my
[00:01:52] nature. Firstly, I don't recognize the landscate all, and I don't watch
[00:01:55] him on TV. As for scammers, they've already left me
[00:01:59] of alone. We have. too long to be
[00:02:00] intimidated.
[00:02:08] of of of hello and welcome. you're watching RT international
[00:02:12] with the latest headlines. it's good to
[00:02:14] a have you with us. well, this has been the third and final day of voting in
[00:02:18] Russia's
[00:02:19] of parliamentary elections. polls
[00:02:21] of have closed in the country's westernmost region and the first
[00:02:24] prelim preliminary results are already coming in. RC has been
[00:02:28] keeping
[00:02:28] a close tap on the developments. bringing you all the latest updates as
[00:02:32] part of our special
[00:02:33] coverage,
[00:02:45] well even
[00:02:45] of of though the
[00:02:45] of
[00:02:46] of polls have closed, there's still a lot to see, count and discuss as
[00:02:50] the
[00:02:50] of final figures won't be
[00:02:51] of officially confirmed until next Friday, well currently here are
[00:02:55] the
[00:02:56] of
[00:02:56] of preliminary results after about 19%
[00:02:58] of the ballots have been tallied, have the ruling United Russia
[00:03:02] party firmly in the lead with solid majority, we've
[00:03:06] got the runner-up party, which is the communist party with about
[00:03:09] of 14%, and then in third place the liberal democratic party
[00:03:13] with a little over 9%. So that's how it's looking
[00:03:17] so far. For more on the elections, let's bring in our
[00:03:21] a correspondentsava and Isabella Bloomberg, thank you both of you
[00:03:25] for keeping an eye on things over the past few days. Ala,
[00:03:28] of let's come to you first, buse I know. you're currently at the central
[00:03:32] of electoral commission here in
[00:03:33] of Moscow where the votes are being counted of course, so what more can you tell
[00:03:37] us about the election process
[00:03:38] itself? well, Nikki, indeed, the
[00:03:42] elections have officially wrapped up here in Russia,
[00:03:46] and polling stations have now closed nationwide, including in
[00:03:50] Caliningrad, now the voter turnout across the country
[00:03:54] reached 56.66%,
[00:03:57] and so far 18.8% 7%
[00:04:01] of the votes have been counted and so the preliminary
[00:04:04] results are in. let me just give you a quick breakdown
[00:04:07] of the five leading parties here. so we begin with the all Russian
[00:04:11] me political party, United Russia, which got the most votes, that is
[00:04:15] over 57%. uh, then of course the
[00:04:19] communist
[00:04:20] of party of
[00:04:20] of the Russian Federation, or CPRF for short, uh, got
[00:04:24] the second highest number of votes, that is over 13%. then we have
[00:04:28] the Liberal
[00:04:28] of Democratic Party of... Russia or LDPR with over
[00:04:32] 9% of
[00:04:33] of votes, then the new people political party in fourth place with
[00:04:37] almost 8% of votes
[00:04:39] a and the Socialist political party adjust Russia with
[00:04:43] over 5% of votes. Now the leading three candidates
[00:04:47] for each individual constituency have also
[00:04:50] in now of of been announced and uh in Russia there are
[00:04:52] 225 individual constituencies and in
[00:04:56] Moscow
[00:04:57] of alone in the Russian capital there are 16. uh and of
[00:05:00] course one candidate will eventually be elected per each
[00:05:03] constituency uh now in selecting the the well
[00:05:07] specific candidate in casting the vote for a specific candidate uh to the
[00:05:11] state
[00:05:11] of dumar to rep present their area in the lower house of parliament,
[00:05:15] Russian citizens chose from between around seven
[00:05:19] eight candidates per area, and the total number of
[00:05:22] candidates making the federal lists in this election is over
[00:05:26] 1,700 people. now some of those
[00:05:30] candidates uh in the federal lists are independent, and
[00:05:33] importantly these federal lists in this election also include veterans
[00:05:37] the special military operation. now uh
[00:05:40] across those three days we had over
[00:05:43] 90,000 polling stations open across
[00:05:47] the country, and the total number of registered voters in the Russian
[00:05:51] capital was over 7,800,000
[00:05:55] uh, while nationwide that number was uh
[00:05:58] 111 million voters. now in
[00:06:02] the course the election, people have been able to cast the vote a
[00:06:06] variety of ways, that is in person, online uh, those who
[00:06:10] weren't able to vote in person were able to vote from home so there were many
[00:06:14] ways for people to participate indeed. now it is also worth
[00:06:17] noting that uh almost 4000
[00:06:21] observers were present at these elections nationwide across those
[00:06:25] three days and well with the polls now officially closed and the
[00:06:29] preliminary results now in. we are awaiting the final
[00:06:32] results from the central election commission and those will be
[00:06:36] available uh well by the 5th of
[00:06:39] October. many thanks 100.
[00:06:42] 11 million eligible voters, that's a lot of votes to
[00:06:46] count, but I'm sure it's going to happen sooner than we think. Let's cross
[00:06:50] over to central Moscow, now Isabella Bloomberg is there for us just outside
[00:06:54] the Kremlin. Abella, we know
[00:06:55] there was a massive Ukrainian attack overnight, the Russian defense ministry
[00:06:59] called it an attempt by Kiev sabotage the
[00:07:03] elections. Tell us more about
[00:07:04] that. Thank you, Nicky,
[00:07:08] well, as you've mentioned overnight in Moscow and the surrounding.
[00:07:15] came under what officials are calling one the largest Ukrainian drone
[00:07:19] attacks since the start the war between Russia and
[00:07:22] Ukraine and Moscow's mayor Sabanan says that overnight air
[00:07:26] defenses managed to intercept more than 450
[00:07:30] drones apparently headed to Moscow. At the same time the
[00:07:33] Ministry of Defense has reported that air defense systems have managed to
[00:07:37] intercept more than 1,950
[00:07:41] drones and aerial. targets over the course of 24 hours over
[00:07:45] Russian territory, and the MOD says that this was deliberate
[00:07:48] attempt by Kiev to undermine Russia's peaceful democratic
[00:07:52] elections. In
[00:07:56] an effort to undermine the democratic will the citizens the Russian
[00:07:59] Federation, as expressed in the elections to the state Duma the
[00:08:03] Federal Assembly the Russian Federation. The Kiev regime launched
[00:08:07] a massive attack on the territory the Russian Federation on
[00:08:10] September 19th and 20th. of this year, using
[00:08:14] UAVs and Flamingo cruise missiles. In response to the
[00:08:17] Kiev regime's attacks on civilian targets on Russian territory, the
[00:08:21] armed forces the Russian Federation will intensify their strikes with
[00:08:25] high precision weapons against military targets in
[00:08:28] Kieve. Yeah, and despite Ukrainian attacks,
[00:08:32] Moscow has reported record turnout,
[00:08:36] despite these drone attacks and in the state doom, that's
[00:08:40] according to Russia's, sorry, to Moscow. Sabanyan
[00:08:43] now in terms the casualties and the damages, in Moscow and the
[00:08:47] surrounding region, two people have been killed with 30 other
[00:08:51] people wounded and in critical condition in hospital, three of those being
[00:08:55] children, and amid this drone attack, the central electoral
[00:08:58] commission uh reported that one staff member was injured
[00:09:02] in the Moscow region, and it's not just Moscow and the
[00:09:06] nearby regions, because we also saw this barrige of drones in the
[00:09:10] SMO zone in those four regions there is... as well, for example, a Ukrainian drone
[00:09:14] attack struck a school in the Zaparagi region, apparently a
[00:09:18] polling station was inside that school, unfortunately no
[00:09:22] casualties were reported there, but then we also saw another attack
[00:09:26] in the Herson region where Ukrainian drone attack struck a bus
[00:09:29] killing two people, one them also being a member the central
[00:09:33] electoral commission, so I think it's rather important to highlight
[00:09:37] that, Kieve is ramping up these drone attacks against civilians,
[00:09:41] civilian infrastructure, as Russia to took to the polls to
[00:09:44] vote for the final day the Russian parliamentary elections.
[00:09:48] Isabella, thank you for that. Thank you to both of our correspondents, keeping close eye
[00:09:52] on things for us, that's Isabella Bloomberg and Alah Kidriatev.
[00:09:56] Thank you. Well, the crucial vote has also taken place in
[00:09:59] territories that are coming under daily attack, but despite the threat
[00:10:03] posed by Ukraine, people say they're determined to make their
[00:10:07] voices heard. The head the Donies Republic has cast his
[00:10:11] vote a low. polling station, noting that he met quite a few people
[00:10:15] who wanted to vote in their first state dooma
[00:10:18] election. Arty
[00:10:19] Morat Gaziev reports on how the vote is being
[00:10:22] held
[00:10:24] under wartime conditions. "across two
[00:10:28] continents and 11 time zones under ceaseless
[00:10:31] threat of attack, russians vote for their new
[00:10:35] parliament.
[00:10:46] in their millions, despite constant threats
[00:10:50] from Ukraine, threats of prosecution and
[00:10:53] persecution. just for booting, attacks on
[00:10:57] polling stations, fakes and Ukrainian
[00:11:00] propaganda. Yesterday and the day before,
[00:11:04] leaflets were dropped by drones across most of our region,
[00:11:07] containing calls to block the electoral process and urging
[00:11:11] people not to participate in the elections. Every day we are
[00:11:15] seeing a steady stream of two or three disinformation campaigns coming
[00:11:19] from the Ukrainian side, along with deep fakes and forged
[00:11:22] administrative documents, yet. few are
[00:11:25] afraid, people are used to drones and
[00:11:29] missiles, verbal threats no longer
[00:11:32] carry the same weight. tell me, have you been
[00:11:35] intimidated? did Zelensky threaten you saying you shouldn't go to
[00:11:39] these elections? in no way, he can't do
[00:11:42] anything. of course not, generally speaking it
[00:11:46] is very difficult to intimidate me, it's just not in my
[00:11:49] nature. god forbid, firstly, i don't recognize the
[00:11:53] landscate all, and i don't want... him on tv, as for scammers,
[00:11:57] they've already left me alone, we have lived too long to be
[00:12:00] intimidated, and that
[00:12:04] is my vote, one of tens of millions being
[00:12:07] cast around the donbas in an environment where
[00:12:11] people are actively being threatened, where electoral
[00:12:15] officials are receiving death threats, their families, their
[00:12:19] children, but with every vote cast in the don
[00:12:22] bass, the people the... show
[00:12:26] that those threats don't scare them, not
[00:12:29] even strongly worded statements and
[00:12:33] condemnation could stop these elections. At today's
[00:12:37] meeting, the central electoral commission adopted resolution declaring that the
[00:12:40] organization and conduct of elections for deputies to the state duma the
[00:12:44] Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are
[00:12:48] illegitimate. It is, of course, ironic that
[00:12:52] Ukraine forbids Ukrainians from voting. in these
[00:12:55] Russian elections, because neither does it allow
[00:12:59] Ukrainians themselves any elections, they're too
[00:13:03] dangerous, says the former president of
[00:13:05] Ukraine. Elections as such are huge
[00:13:09] risk. Elections right now are a tsunami which could split
[00:13:12] Ukraine. Again, the irony: Ukraine
[00:13:15] professes to be fighting for freedom and democracy, but says
[00:13:19] elections are too dangerous. Russia, which Kiev
[00:13:23] accuses of aggression and Tyrany holds elections even
[00:13:27] in war. He's holding elections in September.
[00:13:31] He needs a united society that will support his United Russia.
[00:13:35] Zelensky, on the other hand, doesn't need his society
[00:13:38] support, his term expired two years ago,
[00:13:42] and no one can do anything about it. He already
[00:13:46] controls all Ukrainian media, all newspapers
[00:13:50] and online publications, full spectrum
[00:13:53] propaganda. "anyone who criticizes him can be
[00:13:57] sanctioned, Ukrainian or otherwise, else
[00:14:01] sent a one-way trip to the front lines,
[00:14:05] so elections, you want elections as
[00:14:07] soon as ready to do it tomorrow, but if we have the war,
[00:14:10] it's you can't do it, what elections, how to make elections with the
[00:14:14] 9 million people who are abroad, and what to do with the
[00:14:18] people who are temporary or live in
[00:14:22] temporary occupied territories, Europe of course." will bend over
[00:14:26] backwards to accommodate Zelensky. Kaya
[00:14:29] Calas, the EU's diplomatic figure head,
[00:14:33] he's
[00:14:33] never one to overthink it. Simple and cliche
[00:14:37] is her style. Putin hasn't had elections or Russia hasn't
[00:14:41] had elections in 25 years. Zelensky is
[00:14:45] elected leader, elected in the free and fair elections
[00:14:49] and of course during a wartime you can't have elections.
[00:14:52] Zelensky's corrupt ministers. He's... army heads
[00:14:56] simply don't mind, so long as the EU
[00:15:00] supports Zelensky, the aid money pauses
[00:15:03] in and it can be divided up and shared
[00:15:06] around between friends, the only concern
[00:15:10] is the people of Ukraine forced brutally
[00:15:14] to fight a war they don't want to fight in, by a
[00:15:18] president they don't want, blastered by
[00:15:21] propaganda, they don't agree with, and there's nothing.
[00:15:25] They can do about it, but daydream. We must find
[00:15:29] legal, safe and realistic mechanism that will allow Ukraine to restore a
[00:15:33] full-fledged democratic process even under the conditions of a prolonged
[00:15:37] war. "This is difficult. We must guarantee the right to vote for our
[00:15:40] military, for millions of Ukrainians abroad, and for those in the
[00:15:44] frontline regions. We must ensure the security the electoral
[00:15:48] process, the independence of institutions, and trust in the
[00:15:51] results. If Russia could do it, then so could
[00:15:54] Ukraine. And the only thing stopping elections in
[00:15:58] Ukraine is the former president, one
[00:16:01] Zelensky who just doesn't want to
[00:16:05] leave. Morat Gazdier."
[00:16:11] artigosnov is joining us from the United Russia
[00:16:14] party's public support headquarters in Moscow, eagle, good to
[00:16:18] see you, so it's about 10:15 um p.m. here
[00:16:22] in Moscow, about 90% the votes have been counted and looks like
[00:16:26] United Russia party is firmly in the lead, what's the atmosphere like
[00:16:30] over there? well Niki, the atmosphere
[00:16:34] certainly has been cheerful here, there's other word for it, and after all "if
[00:16:38] you look at the caliber of people that United Russia can show
[00:16:42] its roaster, well
[00:16:43] it certainly can't complain in that department, here we've spoken to heroes
[00:16:47] of Russia, to decorated officers, veterans the
[00:16:51] special military operation of in Ukraine, it's
[00:16:55] acting senators, acting MPs, you name it, they all have
[00:16:58] gathered here to together find out the
[00:17:02] outcome of this election, and well to finally
[00:17:05] find themselves victor." in this race, it has been
[00:17:09] a long, rather long race, after all, people have been
[00:17:13] voting for three days and and well again, the turnout has
[00:17:17] been quite significant, it has been larger than uh five
[00:17:21] years ago, and they
[00:17:23] you know the people, the people of this party of United Russia,
[00:17:27] its members, they have spoken openly about how happy
[00:17:31] they are that people chose to go and vote, that they
[00:17:34] utilized these uh, all the electronic uh
[00:17:37] methods that have been there available for the general population, for
[00:17:41] the low mobility people in hospitals and so to
[00:17:45] to vote without having to go to the polling
[00:17:49] station, without having you know without having to physically appear at
[00:17:53] the polling booths, and especially they have talked about
[00:17:57] how people in the new regions of Russia, people in the border regions of
[00:18:00] Russia, and I'm talking about the border regions, the ones that border with Ukraine of
[00:18:04] course, that they were unfaceed by... the threats, they were
[00:18:08] unfaced by the constant threats of drones, of missile attacks and
[00:18:12] they went and voted and voted unmasked. after all,
[00:18:16] if you look at the turnout in the Lugansk people's republic in the Donetsk People's
[00:18:19] Republic, those turnouts, they have been quite spectacular, well
[00:18:23] above the average across the country, and in fact I
[00:18:27] asked the senator representing the Lugansk people's republic, I
[00:18:31] asked her uh Daryl Antratava, I asked her uh what she
[00:18:35] thinks about it, what she thinks about the...
[00:18:37] people who still in her hometown, in her home
[00:18:41] region, they went and they decided to participate in
[00:18:45] this first election that they that they could really take part in
[00:18:49] as part of Russia, and here's what she had to
[00:18:51] say, indeed, the turnout is
[00:18:55] unprecedentedly high in the Dunetsk and Lugansk Republics at about
[00:18:58] 80%. For the people, this is indeed very important event,
[00:19:02] another step on the path of integration with Russia, because the residence the
[00:19:06] reunited history.
[00:19:37] committee was killed in a Ukrainian strike in the Zaparogia
[00:19:41] region of Russia and so really people they did risk
[00:19:45] literally risk their lives to go and have a have a
[00:19:49] go a democratic say that they have now as part of Russia but
[00:19:53] they weren't the only ones uh you know taking this risk
[00:19:56] Moscow uh was targeted by Ukrainian uh you know
[00:19:59] long-ranged uh attack uh over the past over the
[00:20:03] past three days really there was several waves these attacks and
[00:20:07] "you had also international observers working at the polling
[00:20:11] stations and they took note of Russia's
[00:20:15] you now of how Russia has digitalized the voting process and
[00:20:19] they were quite impressed, they some some uh delegates, some uh
[00:20:23] well some the representatives the African of some African
[00:20:26] nations, they well they said that they might seek to
[00:20:30] adopt some of that technology and you know bring them
[00:20:34] to bring this technology to their home country." I
[00:20:37] asked an acting MP, Peter stoy as to what he thinks
[00:20:41] about th this representation when it comes to international
[00:20:45] observers and the general
[00:20:47] digitalization the vote. here in Russia, what he, here's what he had
[00:20:51] to say, you know, we have a large team of international
[00:20:55] observers working in these elections and not just in Moscow. Everyone has
[00:20:59] noted how far Russia has advanced in terms of technology for organizing the
[00:21:03] electoral process. This is transparent and verificable for
[00:21:06] voters. It is easy to understand and most importantly convenient for people to
[00:21:10] use. For us, it absolutely does not matter whether our former western
[00:21:14] partners recognize the elections or not, every day they tell stories
[00:21:18] about how bad we are, what? as we are, and this entire wave of
[00:21:21] russophobia, I'm sure, will also spill over into the finalization the
[00:21:25] election results. For us, the most important thing is that the elections are recognized as
[00:21:29] fair and objective by our citizens, by our Russian voters.
[00:21:33] Our legitimacy lies in the citizens of Russia and their voice, the trust the people
[00:21:37] is a politician's greatest asset. Now,
[00:21:41] there's still, there is going to be few days that the Russian Electoral
[00:21:45] Committee will take to finalize the counter of all the
[00:21:49] votes, but
[00:21:49] it is all. pretty pretty clear that United Russia it is
[00:21:53] quite comfortably in the lead, well over 50% the
[00:21:56] public support, they have it, and so it's leader
[00:22:00] Dimitri Midved has already said addressing people here uh uh
[00:22:04] in the people's in the public support HQ the United Russia
[00:22:08] party, he has said that now that they know that they have
[00:22:12] this public support, well they now United Russia can
[00:22:16] be more ambitious and it can really pursue.
[00:22:20] everything that it stands for and uh really
[00:22:23] try and put forward their vision,
[00:22:27] bring closer their vision of success for
[00:22:30] Russia. you guys, great to have you there gauging the mood
[00:22:34] for us. for now, that's Dan of our correspondent there at the
[00:22:38] United Headquarters, United Russia headquarters. thank you very
[00:22:41] much. uh, multiple polling stations were open in Russian embassies
[00:22:45] in many locations for citizens who are currently abroad. here are some
[00:22:49] pictures from voting locations around the world from Armenia to the
[00:22:53] UAE, Russian voters also actively cast their ballots in European
[00:22:57] countries, some these expatriates stress that it's important to
[00:23:01] express their position issues, even if they live outside their
[00:23:04] homeland. We must always
[00:23:08] express our civic stance, regardless the situation in the world or in
[00:23:12] our country, but right now in 2026, it seems to me that
[00:23:16] the world is on the brink of very significant changes and Russia.
[00:23:36] I came here to support Russia and our choice matters too, even for those of us
[00:23:40] living abroad, so that relations between Russia and France can be restored and
[00:23:44] improve. Well, we're hoping for confirmation the Russian government's actions, which
[00:23:48] I believe most of us view as positive. very complicated international
[00:23:51] geopolitical situation and the Russian government isn't doing a bad job at
[00:23:55] all. I believe in friendship. I want
[00:23:59] the two nations to be friends. My wife, for example, is German and I'm
[00:24:03] Russian. Why are there so many Russians here? 9 million
[00:24:07] Russian speakers, because our families are mixed. I believe we
[00:24:11] all can live in harmony. And these are images
[00:24:15] from several countries in Southeast Asia where Russian citizens have been
[00:24:18] gathering to vote. Several hundred people are expected to
[00:24:22] attend each the polling stations set up in Thailand,
[00:24:26] Indonesia, the Philippines and Laws. Voters explained
[00:24:30] why they wanted to exercise their democratic rights despite being
[00:24:33] thousands of kilometers away from home. For
[00:24:37] me, uh, this day is very important for our
[00:24:40] country, and
[00:24:42] we uh, from my point of view, every Russian citizen should
[00:24:46] vote uh, for their future. I think it's...
[00:24:50] really important to take part in this election cuz
[00:24:52] like uh we need to express
[00:24:56] our uh opinion and yeah
[00:25:00] this is really important for as a first time like
[00:25:03] voting here, it is really important for Russian people
[00:25:07] abroad to take part in these elections
[00:25:11] uh as it is very important to
[00:25:14] express fair will, a political will uh
[00:25:18] so that uh... community in Russia, Russia people
[00:25:22] and international community would know
[00:25:26] our political will, our willing to
[00:25:29] participate into political
[00:25:32] life in our
[00:25:35] country, I believe that this assembly of state
[00:25:38] Duma deputies is very important for our country, that is why I feel
[00:25:42] everyone has a duty to come
[00:25:44] out.
[00:26:02] cast their ballots. Russian citizens living in South
[00:26:06] Africa are turning out to cast their ballots in Russia's parliamentary election
[00:26:10] today. Here at the Embassy in Pretoria, doors opened early
[00:26:14] this morning with diplomatic staff uh facilitating
[00:26:17] voting alongside consulates in other parts the
[00:26:21] country, including Cape Town and Durban, for members the
[00:26:25] diaspora. Participating in the vote offers a direct way
[00:26:29] to influence the composition the four.
[00:26:32] 450 seat state duma throughout this
[00:26:36] day, citizens from across many parts the hauting
[00:26:40] province have been arriving at these diplomatic gates to
[00:26:44] exercise their civic duty, each one them bringing their
[00:26:48] own priorities for the country's domestic trajectory as well as
[00:26:52] foreign policy. we believe, we
[00:26:54] are still, we're still staying russians, whether far away from Russia or we're living in
[00:26:58] Moscow, one thing which unite all of us is is Russia, is our home,
[00:27:02] is a symbol the any democratic society which
[00:27:06] should have, it should allow it citizens who want to
[00:27:09] vote to vote.
[00:27:11] what is the most important thing is the future, future of my country, future
[00:27:15] of my family, so that's why i have to make this
[00:27:19] choice and that's why i'm here. i
[00:27:23] consider myself a patriot of my country, so i really found
[00:27:27] the time to come and vote for the party that i consider worthy in russia. i
[00:27:31] am very worried about our future.
[00:28:02] of kilometers away from home, once polling concludes here
[00:28:06] in South Africa, the ballots collected across the country will be
[00:28:10] officially sealed and processed to be tallied alongside votes
[00:28:14] gathered from hundreds of Russian diplomatic missions
[00:28:18] worldwide, feeding directly into the final global
[00:28:22] count, for RT, amnoluvuyokunge in
[00:28:26] Pretoria, and while the voting has wrapped up, there's
[00:28:30] still a lot to see, count and... discuss: the final figures
[00:28:34] won't be officially confirmed until next Friday, but
[00:28:37] preliminary results on who will represent the vast country and parliament for the
[00:28:41] next five years will be gradually revealed this evening and
[00:28:45] overnight. Stay with us here on RT for the latest updates the top the hour. See you
[00:28:49] then!
[00:29:09] Ecuador, a South American land of sun and
[00:29:12] cocoa, shaped by the
[00:29:16] Andes, the Amazon, the Calapagos islands and beautiful
[00:29:20] beaches. The
[00:29:24] country's access to the Pacific Ocean and proximity to the Panama Canal,
[00:29:27] ensure it a highly advantageous strategic
[00:29:30] position. it attractive to the
[00:29:33] US, which had military bases here since World War
[00:29:37] II. In
[00:29:40] 2009, the Americans were forced
[00:29:43] out. For 16 years,
[00:29:46] Ecuador remained peaceful and free of foreign military
[00:29:50] bases.
[00:29:55] Until the American troops came
[00:29:56] back.
[00:30:29] qué es ese perela per amortillo perela.
[00:30:43] the predera district of Manta a Pacific port
[00:30:47] city, every morning
[00:30:51] at dawn to feed their families, local fishermen head out to sea
[00:30:55] hoping for a modest catch to take
[00:30:57] to the local market.