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[00:00:00] of of
[00:00:22] of Russia's first parliamentary elections
[00:00:25] of since the beginning
[00:00:26] in of the Ukraine conflict have wrapped up and the counting
[00:00:29] of the votes has commenced. There's still a lot to see and discuss
[00:00:32] as the final figures won't be officially confirmed until next
[00:00:36] Friday. We're bringing you our special coverage as the world's
[00:00:39] geographically biggest country has its democratic
[00:00:42] say. And with the first
[00:00:46] preliminary results coming in, the ruling United Russia party
[00:00:50] is firmly top with solid majority. The runner-up
[00:00:53] is the communist party with almost 14% and the
[00:00:57] Liberal
[00:00:58] of Democratic Party is in third. with a little over
[00:01:00] 9%. Moscow says Kiev
[00:01:04] of tried to undermine the elections with a massive attack. As almost
[00:01:08] 2,00 drones and missiles were intercepted
[00:01:11] in a single day. The targeted assault on the Russian capital
[00:01:14] left several people dead. And
[00:01:18] that is my vote, one of tens of
[00:01:22] millions being cast around the Donbas, but with every
[00:01:25] vote cast in the
[00:01:27] of Dumbas, the people
[00:01:29] of the Donbas. show that those threats don't
[00:01:33] scare them.
[00:01:35] of Russians cast
[00:01:35] me their ballots despite threats and daily shelling from Ukraine.
[00:01:39] That's as the Kiev regime insists elections cannot be held during
[00:01:43] wartime. Nevertheless, Russians ventured out to the polls, including
[00:01:47] near the front lines and in
[00:01:49] of other border regions. Generally speaking, it is very
[00:01:52] difficult to intimidate me. It's just not in my nature. Firstly, I
[00:01:56] don't
[00:01:57] of recognize the
[00:01:57] of landscate at all, and I don't watch him on TV. As for scammers, they've
[00:02:01] already left me alone. We have lived too long to be
[00:02:04] of intimidated.
[00:02:12] of A
[00:02:13] of warm welcome to you.
[00:02:14] of This is RT international. It's great to have you with
[00:02:17] of us. Well, this has been the
[00:02:18] of third and final day of voting in Russia's
[00:02:21] of parliamentary elections.
[00:02:22] of
[00:02:22] of Polls
[00:02:23] have closed
[00:02:23] of across the country's 11 time zones and the preliminary
[00:02:26] results are already coming in. RTE has
[00:02:29] a been keeping. close tab on the developments bringing you all the latest updates
[00:02:33] as part of our
[00:02:34] of special
[00:02:36] of coverage.
[00:02:46] well, even though the
[00:02:47] of polls have closed, there's still a lot to see, count and discuss as the final
[00:02:51] figures won't be officially confirmed until next Friday. currently,
[00:02:55] here are the preliminary results after about one
[00:02:58] of quarter of
[00:02:58] of the ballots have. been tallied, the ruling United Russia party
[00:03:02] is firmly in the lead with
[00:03:04] of solid majority. The runner-up is the communist party with about
[00:03:08] 14%. And in third place is the Liberal Democratic
[00:03:11] Party with a
[00:03:12] of little over 9%. Our correspondent
[00:03:16] Anastasia is from our studio just outside the
[00:03:20] of Kremlin. Nanasia, good to see you, so the polls are closed, the
[00:03:23] of votes are being counted. What else can you tell us about the latest
[00:03:26] developments? Hi there.
[00:03:30] Nicki, well coming to you live from the very heart
[00:03:32] of the Russian capital, I think we actually have the most beautiful
[00:03:36] of spot with the Kremlin just behind
[00:03:37] of me, of as the polling stations across the nation have
[00:03:41] officially closed and the turnouts um has actually exceeded
[00:03:45] 56%. It's been a busy three days for everyone
[00:03:49] taking part uh in the
[00:03:51] of organization process, but a more busy night
[00:03:54] of awaits ahead as the uh ballots are currently being counted
[00:03:58] and from what we know so... far and the
[00:04:01] of statistics are as follows: um, the United Russia party, the
[00:04:05] of current ruling party, is leading with just a little over
[00:04:09] 57%. uh, the communist party is behind
[00:04:13] with nearly 14%. LDPR gets
[00:04:16] 9.31%, the new people is
[00:04:19] behind the LDPR with 7.99%, and
[00:04:23] a just Russia party is coming last uh in this
[00:04:27] list with just a little over... percent and
[00:04:31] just a quick reminder on how uh the elections
[00:04:35] actually work, well the stay doumer has uh
[00:04:38] 450 deputies that are elected
[00:04:42] through uh two ballots, well um and these are divided into
[00:04:47] of 225 and 225. there are
[00:04:49] 225 seats elected through party
[00:04:53] list and the other 225 are
[00:04:57] elected through single member constituent.
[00:05:00] so in practice once again we have two voting ballets and
[00:05:04] to enter
[00:05:05] in the state duma the party has to get
[00:05:08] 5%
[00:05:09] of the vote the actual political party needs to get. 5% the
[00:05:13] vote and we know that Russia is an enormous country
[00:05:16] stretching over 11 time zones, but for the first time in
[00:05:20] Russia's modern history, four new regions are taking
[00:05:24] part in this parliamentary elections and these are the
[00:05:28] Donask People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, Zaparoji and
[00:05:32] Herson regions and so across Russia
[00:05:36] alone over 90,000 polling stations have
[00:05:39] been uh worked hard um across the nation. and um
[00:05:43] to allow Russian citizens to cast their ballots, and actually
[00:05:47] um, the uh voting system was very interesting
[00:05:51] and
[00:05:52] easy one, because uh, besides actually going
[00:05:54] to the polling station and casting your ballot, you could
[00:05:57] also vote online, and this is what I personally did, I cast my vote online, and that
[00:06:01] was actually very, very convenient, so um, once
[00:06:05] again we are waiting for the for more results to come and we'll of
[00:06:09] you course updated on
[00:06:10] keep that, thank you, well, "you know, was very busy weekend of
[00:06:14] voting amid a massive Ukrainian attack as
[00:06:18] well. Tell us more about this, because the Russian defense ministry called it
[00:06:22] an attempt by Kiev sabotage the vote. What more do we
[00:06:25] know? Well, Nikki, you know,
[00:06:29] it doesn't come as a surprise that Kei have used the mass gatherings and just
[00:06:33] generally the election, um, the elections, as um,
[00:06:37] as very convenient point to carry out their attacks, we know
[00:06:41] that, uh, just over..." night Ukraine carried out a mass drone attack
[00:06:44] across uh most of Russia's region
[00:06:47] but um particularly the Moscow region was especially
[00:06:50] hard with the uh Russian um may Sergei Saibanian
[00:06:54] stating that over 1,600 drones have been
[00:06:58] shot down and intercepted and 450 them
[00:07:02] were heading Moscow's way. Unfortunately we know that there have
[00:07:06] been casualties uh in Moscow region for example three
[00:07:10] children have been wounded and unfortunately people have been killed
[00:07:13] to um, well, and to this unprecedented
[00:07:17] attack, the Russian defense ministry released the following
[00:07:20] statement. In an effort to undermine
[00:07:23] the democratic will the citizens the Russian Federation, as
[00:07:27] expressed in the elections to the state Duma the Federal Assembly
[00:07:31] the Russian Federation, the Kiev regime launched a massive
[00:07:34] attack on the territory the Russian Federation on September
[00:07:37] 19th and 20th of this year, using UAVs and
[00:07:41] Flamingo. cruise missiles. In response to the Kiv regime's attacks
[00:07:45] on civilian targets on Russian territory, the armed forces the Russian
[00:07:49] Federation will intensify their strikes with high precision
[00:07:53] weapons against military targets in
[00:07:55] Kiev. So
[00:07:58] you know, it doesn't come as a surprise that Kiev used
[00:08:01] this election, the uh the process uh to carry out
[00:08:05] unprecedented attack when Russian citizens as a
[00:08:09] democratic nation headed to the polling stations. cast their
[00:08:13] ballots and to vote um and um
[00:08:16] while all this happened um we know that Ukraine its behalf
[00:08:20] itself fails to carry um out the presidential
[00:08:24] election have failed for the past two years um citing martial
[00:08:28] law the 9 million Ukrainians that are abroad um
[00:08:32] and this has all been happening since Zelensky's presidential term had
[00:08:35] expired back in May of
[00:08:37] 2024 thank you so much for
[00:08:41] updating us that's correspondent in the heart of Moscow there Anastasia
[00:08:44] Valodiner, thank you for now, and our correspondent
[00:08:48] egos danov is reporting from one the headquarters of United
[00:08:51] Russia as the country's ruling party is firmly leading the
[00:08:55] race. The atmosphere certainly has been cheerful here, there's
[00:08:59] other word for it, and after all, if you look at the caliber of people
[00:09:03] that United Russia can show its roaster, well
[00:09:06] it certainly can't complain in that department, here we've spoken to
[00:09:10] heroes of Russia to dec. offices, veterans the
[00:09:14] special military operation of in Ukraine, it's
[00:09:18] acting senators, acting MPs, you name it, they all have
[00:09:21] gathered here to together find out the
[00:09:25] outcome of this election, and well to finally
[00:09:28] find themselves victorious in this race, it has been
[00:09:32] a long, rather long race, after all, people have
[00:09:36] been voting for three days and and well again the turnout
[00:09:40] has been quite significant, it has been... larger than uh
[00:09:44] five years ago and they
[00:09:46] you know the people uh the people of this party of United Russia uh
[00:09:50] it's members they have spoken openly about how happy
[00:09:54] they are that people chose to go and vote that they
[00:09:57] utilized these uh you know all the electronic uh
[00:10:00] methods that have been there available for the general population for
[00:10:04] the low mobility people in hospitals and so to to
[00:10:08] vote without having to go to the polling station.
[00:10:12] without having, you know, without having to physically appear at the polling
[00:10:16] booths, and especially they have talked about how
[00:10:20] people in the new regions of Russia, people in the border regions of
[00:10:24] Russia, and I'm talking... about the border regions, the ones that border with Ukraine, of
[00:10:27] course, that they were unphazed by the threats, they were
[00:10:31] unphazed by the constant threats of drones, of missile attacks and
[00:10:35] they went and voted and voted unmass. after all,
[00:10:39] if you look at the turnout in the Lugansk people's republic and the Dunetsk people's
[00:10:42] republic, those turnouts, they have been quite spectacular, well
[00:10:46] above the average across the country, and in fact I
[00:10:50] asked the senator representing the Lugansk people's republic, I
[00:10:54] asked her, I asked her uh what she
[00:10:58] thinks about it, what she thinks about the people who still
[00:11:02] in her hometown in her home region, they went and
[00:11:05] they decided to participate in this first election
[00:11:09] that they that they could really take part in as part of Russia, and here's
[00:11:13] what she had to say, indeed, the turnout
[00:11:17] is unprecedentedly high in the Dunetsk and Lugansk Republics at
[00:11:21] about 80%. For the people, this is indeed very important.
[00:11:24] event, another step on the path of integration with Russia, because the
[00:11:28] residents the reunited historical regions are electing their representatives
[00:11:32] and parliament members for the first time. Indeed, there were many provocations
[00:11:36] and dangers. We have once again been convinced that our people cannot be
[00:11:40] intimidated. They steadfastly withstood these trials. Our
[00:11:43] adversary targeted energy and civil infrastructure with attacks intended to
[00:11:47] intimidate our people,
[00:11:49] to force them not to go to the polling stations, to jeopadizing the entire voting
[00:11:53] process. and well the threat, it was
[00:11:57] as real as it gets, after all, at least one member the electoral
[00:12:00] committee was killed in a Ukrainian strike in the Zaparogia
[00:12:04] region of Russia, and so really people they did risk
[00:12:08] literally risk their lives to go and have a have a
[00:12:12] go a democratic say that they have now as part of Russia,
[00:12:16] but they weren't the only ones uh you know taking this risk,
[00:12:19] Moscow uh was targeted by Ukrainian
[00:12:22] uh long-ranged uh attack uh over the past over
[00:12:26] the past three days really, there was several waves these attacks and
[00:12:30] - you had also international observers working at the polling
[00:12:34] stations and they took note of Russia's you
[00:12:38] know of how Russia has digitalized the voting process and they
[00:12:42] were quite impressed, they some uh some uh delegates, some uh
[00:12:46] well some the representatives the African of some African
[00:12:49] nations, they well they said that they might seek to
[00:12:53] adopt some of that technology and bring them
[00:12:57] to bring this technology to their home country. I
[00:13:00] asked an acting MP Perstoy as to what he
[00:13:04] thinks about this this representation when it comes to international
[00:13:08] observers and the general
[00:13:11] digitalization the vote here in Russia, what
[00:13:14] he he's what he had to say. We have a large
[00:13:18] team of international observers working in these elections and not just in
[00:13:21] Moscow. Everyone has noted how far Russia has advanced in terms of...
[00:13:25] technology for organizing the electoral process. This is transparent
[00:13:29] and verificable for voters. It is easy to understand and most importantly
[00:13:32] convenient for people to use. For us, it absolutely does not matter
[00:13:36] whether our former western partners recognize the elections or not, every
[00:13:40] day they tell stories about how bad we are, what monsters we are, and this
[00:13:44] entire wave of russophobia, I'm sure, will also spill over into the
[00:13:47] finalization the election results. For us, the most important thing is that
[00:13:51] the elections are recognized as fair and objective by our citizens. by our
[00:13:55] Russian voters, our legitimacy lies in the citizens of Russia and
[00:13:59] their voice, the trust the people is a politician's greatest
[00:14:02] asset, now there's still there is going to be
[00:14:06] few days that the Russian electoral committee will take to
[00:14:09] finalize the counter of all the votes, but it is already pretty
[00:14:13] clear that United Russia it is quite comfortably in the
[00:14:17] lead, well over 50% the public support,
[00:14:21] they have it, and so it's leadermit has already... he
[00:14:25] said addressing people here uh in uh in the people's in the
[00:14:29] public support HQ the United Russia party, he has
[00:14:32] said that now that they know that they have this public
[00:14:36] support, well they now United Russia can be more
[00:14:40] ambitious and it can really pursue everything that
[00:14:44] it stands for and uh really try and
[00:14:48] put forward their vision, bring closer their
[00:14:51] vision of success for Russia. multiple
[00:14:55] polling stations were open in Russian embassies in many locations for
[00:14:59] citizens who are currently abroad. Here are some pictures from
[00:15:03] voting locations around the world, from Armenia to the
[00:15:06] UAE. Russian voters also actively cast their ballots in
[00:15:10] European countries. Some these expatriates stress that it's
[00:15:14] important to express their position issues even if they live
[00:15:17] outside their homeland. We
[00:15:21] must always express our civic stands regardless.
[00:15:25] in the world or in our country, but right now, in 2026, it
[00:15:29] seems to me that the world is on the brink of very significant changes, and
[00:15:33] Russia has a duty to face them with dignity. That's why everyone should
[00:15:37] vote. "We've lived here for very long time and our
[00:15:40] families are here, that's all, but my heart and soul and my homeland
[00:15:44] are there, and I travel to Russia every year, so it's very
[00:15:48] important. I came here to support Russia, and our
[00:15:52] choice matters too, even for those of us living abroad, so that relations between
[00:15:55] Russia and France can be restored and improved. Well, we're hoping for confirmation the
[00:15:59] Russian government's actions, which I believe most of us viewers positive a
[00:16:03] very complicated international geopolitical situation, and the Russian."
[00:16:07] government isn't doing a bad job at
[00:16:09] all. i believe in friendship. i want
[00:16:13] the two nations to be friends. my wife, for example, is german and i'm
[00:16:17] russian. why are there so many russians here? 9 million
[00:16:20] russian speakers? because our families are mixed. i believe we all
[00:16:24] can live in harmony. and these are some images from several
[00:16:28] countries in southeast asia where Russian citizens have been gathering to
[00:16:32] vote. several hundred people are expected to attend each the polling
[00:16:36] stations set up in time. Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and loss and
[00:16:40] voters there explained why they wanted to ex exercise their
[00:16:43] democratic rights despite being thousands of kilometers away from
[00:16:47] home for me this day is very important
[00:16:51] for our country and we uh from my
[00:16:55] point of view every Russian citizen should
[00:16:58] vote for their future. I think it's really
[00:17:01] important to take part in this election cuz
[00:17:04] like uh we need. to express
[00:17:08] our opinion and yeah,
[00:17:11] this is really important for as a first time like
[00:17:15] voting here.
[00:17:16] it is really important for Russian people abroad to take part
[00:17:20] in these elections, as it is
[00:17:23] very about to express
[00:17:27] fair will, a political will
[00:17:30] uh so that community in Russia, Russia people
[00:17:33] and international community would know '
[00:18:08] reports from polls that have been opened in south africa where Russian citizens went
[00:18:12] to cast their ballots. Russian citizens living
[00:18:16] in South Africa are turning out to cast their ballots in Russia's parliamentary
[00:18:20] election today. Here at the Embassy in Pretoria doors opened
[00:18:24] early this morning with diplomatic staff uh
[00:18:27] facilitating voting alongside consulates
[00:18:31] in other parts the country including Cape Town and Durban. For
[00:18:34] members the diaspora participate. in the vote offers
[00:18:38] a direct way to influence the composition
[00:18:42] the 450 seat state
[00:18:45] duma. throughout this day, citizens from
[00:18:48] across many parts the Hauteng province have been
[00:18:52] arriving at these diplomatic gates to exercise their civic
[00:18:56] duty, each one them bringing their own
[00:18:59] priorities for the country's domestic trajectory as well as foreign
[00:19:03] policy. we believe we are still, we're still staying russians
[00:19:07] whether? far away from Russia or we living in Moscow, one thing which unite all of
[00:19:10] us is is Russia, is our home, it is a symbol the
[00:19:14] any democratic society, which should have, that should allow it
[00:19:18] citizens who want to vote to vote. what
[00:19:22] is the most important thing is the future, future of my country, future
[00:19:26] of my family, so that's why i have to make this
[00:19:29] choice, and that's
[00:19:31] why.
[00:20:07] perspectives highlight the shared sense of civic
[00:20:11] duty among voters thousands of kilometers away from
[00:20:14] home. once polling concludes here in South Africa, the ballots
[00:20:18] collected across the country will be officially sealed and
[00:20:22] processed to be tallied alongside votes gathered from hundreds
[00:20:26] of Russian diplomatic missions worldwide,
[00:20:30] feeding directly into the final global count.
[00:20:33] for RT, amnoluvuyokunge in Pretoria.
[00:20:38] The crucial vote is also taking place in territories that are coming
[00:20:42] under daily attack, but despite the threat posed by
[00:20:45] Ukraine, people say they're determined that their voices will be
[00:20:49] heard. "the head the Donies Republic has cast his vote a local
[00:20:53] polling station, noting that he met quite a few people who wanted to
[00:20:57] vote in their first state doomer election. our correspondent
[00:21:00] Murad Gazdier reports on how the vote is being held under wartime
[00:21:04] conditions. across two
[00:21:08] continents and 11 time zones under ceaseless
[00:21:12] threat of attack, Russians vote for their new
[00:21:15] parliament.
[00:21:26] in their millions, despite constant threats from
[00:21:30] Ukraine, threats of prosecution and
[00:21:34] persecution, just for booting, attacks on
[00:21:37] polling stations, fakes and Ukrainian
[00:21:40] propaganda. Yesterday and the day before,
[00:21:44] leaflets were dropped by drones across most of our region,
[00:21:48] containing calls to block the... process and urging
[00:21:51] people not to participate in the elections. every day we are
[00:21:55] seeing a steady stream of two or three disinformation campaigns coming from
[00:21:59] the Ukrainian side, along with deep fakes and forged
[00:22:03] administrative documents. yet few are
[00:22:06] afraid, people are used to drones and
[00:22:09] missiles. verbal threats no longer
[00:22:12] carry the same weight. tell me, have you been
[00:22:16] intimidated? did Zelensky threaten you saying you shouldn't go to these?
[00:22:25] Of course not, generally speaking it is very difficult to intimidate me,
[00:22:28] it's just not in my nature. God forbid, firstly, I
[00:22:32] don't recognize the landscate all, and I don't watch him on TV. As for
[00:22:36] scammers, they've already left me alone. We have lived too long to
[00:22:40] be intimidated,
[00:22:43] and that is my vote, one of tens of
[00:22:46] millions being cast around the Donbas. an
[00:22:50] environment where people are actively being
[00:22:53] threatened, where electoral officials are
[00:22:56] receiving death threats, their families, their
[00:22:59] children, but with every vote cast in the don
[00:23:02] bass, the people the donbas show that
[00:23:06] those threats don't scare them, not
[00:23:10] even strongly worded statements and
[00:23:13] condemnation could stop these elections. At
[00:23:16] today's meeting, the central electoral commission adopted resolution. declaring
[00:23:20] that the organization and conduct of elections for deputies to the state duma
[00:23:24] the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine
[00:23:28] are illegitimate. It is, of course, ironic that
[00:23:32] Ukraine forbids Ukrainians from voting in these
[00:23:36] Russian elections, because neither does it allow
[00:23:39] Ukrainians themselves any elections. They're too
[00:23:43] dangerous, says the former president of
[00:23:46] Ukraine. Elections as such are huge risk.
[00:23:50] Elections right now are a tsunami which could split Ukraine.
[00:23:53] Again, the irony: Ukraine professes to be fighting for
[00:23:57] freedom and democracy, but says elections are too
[00:24:01] dangerous. Russia, which Kiev accuses of aggression and
[00:24:05] tyrany, holds elections even in
[00:24:07] war. He's holding elections in September. He needs a
[00:24:11] united society that will support his united Russia.
[00:24:15] Zelensky, on the other hand, doesn't need his society's
[00:24:19] support. his term expired two years ago
[00:24:22] and no one can do anything about it. he already
[00:24:26] controls all Ukrainian media, all newspapers
[00:24:30] and online publications, full spectrum
[00:24:34] propaganda. anyone who criticizes him can be
[00:24:37] sanctioned, Ukrainian or otherwise, else
[00:24:41] sent a one-way trip to the front lines.
[00:24:45] so elections, you want elections as soon as ready to do it tomorrow, but
[00:24:49] if we have... war, it's you can't
[00:24:52] do it, what elections? how to make elections with the 9 million people
[00:24:55] who are abroad, and what to do with the people who are
[00:24:59] temporary or live in temporary occupied
[00:25:03] territories. Europe, of course, will bend over backwards
[00:25:07] to accommodate Zelensky. Kya calas, the
[00:25:10] EU's diplomatic figure head, is never one to
[00:25:14] overthink it, simple and cliche is her
[00:25:18] style. Putin hasn't had. uh elections or Russia hasn't had
[00:25:21] elections in 25 years. Zelensky is
[00:25:25] elected leader, elected in the free and fair elections,
[00:25:29] and of course during the wartime you can't have elections. Zelensky's
[00:25:33] corrupt ministers, his army heads simply
[00:25:37] don't mind, so long as the EU supports
[00:25:40] Zelensky, the aid money pours in
[00:25:44] and it can be divided up and shared around
[00:25:48] between friends. the only concern is the people
[00:25:52] of Ukraine forced brutally to fight a war
[00:25:56] they don't want to fight in by a president they
[00:25:59] don't want blasted by propaganda. they don't
[00:26:03] agree with, and there's nothing they can do about
[00:26:06] it, but daydream. We must find a legal, safe and
[00:26:10] realistic mechanism that will allow Ukraine to restore a full-fledged
[00:26:14] democratic process even under the conditions of a prolonged
[00:26:17] war. This is difficult. We must guarantee the right to vote for our
[00:26:20] military, for millions of Ukrainians abroad, and for those in the
[00:26:24] frontline regions. We must ensure the security the electoral
[00:26:28] process, the independence of institutions, and trust in the
[00:26:31] results. If Russia could do it, then so could
[00:26:35] Ukraine, and the only thing stopping elections in
[00:26:38] Ukraine is the former president, one
[00:26:41] Zelensky who just doesn't want to
[00:26:45] leave. Morat Gazdiev, arti from
[00:26:48] Donietzk. So the latest update on the
[00:26:52] preliminary results, remember the final figures won't be officially
[00:26:56] confirmed until next Friday, but let's look at the current
[00:27:00] numbers after about 29%. the ballots have been
[00:27:03] tallied is the following: the ruling, United Russia party
[00:27:07] is firmly in the lead with solid majority. The runner-up
[00:27:11] is the Communist Party with about 14%, and
[00:27:15] in third place is the Liberal Democratic Party with a little over
[00:27:19] 9%. Even though the voting has wrapped up, there's still a lot to
[00:27:22] see, count, and of course discuss. Stay with us here on RTI
[00:27:26] International for the latest updates. We'll be back at the top the hour. See you
[00:27:30] then.
[00:27:55] There's no end in side over how you're going to continue to destroy the earth is the case
[00:27:59] the madness the people
[00:28:01] I tried to go to the gym but I'm... certainly not ready to fight Russia, this is all so
[00:28:04] absurd, this is third world lunacy, brainwashing,
[00:28:08] as poslion likes to say, we have the tools, why don't we
[00:28:12] just start with stability and business deals, plan
[00:28:16] living on man, we have very good propaganda in our press here in
[00:28:19] Europe. I think we don't know the aftermath, anytime that you're not allowed to
[00:28:23] ask questions, you should ask all the questions, the more questions asked, the
[00:28:27] better the answers will
[00:28:28] be.
[00:28:38] "there was a time indeed, when we were quite accustomed
[00:28:42] to having half the globe dance to our
[00:28:45] tune,
[00:28:49] who could possibly have imagined that in the 21st
[00:28:52] century I would find myself being obliged to
[00:28:56] dance?".
[00:29:04] वी टॉट इंडिया टू स्पीक इंग्लिश और अब
[00:29:08] आरटी की वजह से मुझे हिंदी में बात करनी
[00:29:37] Hello and welcome to worlds apart. For years,
[00:29:41] multitasking or having it all has been praised as both
[00:29:44] necessity and a privilege of modern life, originating
[00:29:48] in the west, it quickly spread around the globe, especially to the
[00:29:52] fast growing economies the east. It creates prosperity,
[00:29:56] but also takes away from the things that can never be fully
[00:30:00] enumerated, like family bonds or... traditional culture, and
[00:30:03] the question is, can they to be bridged? well, to discuss that I'm now
[00:30:07] joined by Cheska Gonzales, a Philippine entrepreneur,
[00:30:11] pilot, advocate of female empowerment, and mother of
[00:30:15] two. Cheska, it's great to talk to you. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you
[00:30:18] for having me. I heard you say in another interview that your
[00:30:22] professional pursuit of success started with your becoming
[00:30:26] teenage mom, facing certain stigma and wanting to prove to your
[00:30:29] parents that you can be something other than the mom and
[00:30:33] you've been quite successful at that, but i do want to start with the motherhood
[00:30:37] part, why do you think raising another human
[00:30:41] being or two in your case not seem to count
[00:30:45] as life enough of life achievement? it is
[00:30:49] life achievement for me, honestly if they weren't here, i
[00:30:52] wouldn't probably be here as well, and they were really my
[00:30:55] inspiration,
[00:30:57] you know, but mean in the Philippines or...