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00:00:01in of the race for 450 seats, who
00:00:05will fail and who will
00:00:10of prevail?
00:00:15a
00:00:21the Russian capital comes under heavy Ukrainian drone attack
00:00:25overnight. two people are killed in the Moscow region while
00:00:28a residential building and an oil refinery were also
00:00:31hit. This comes while Russians
00:00:35are going to the polls for the third and final day
00:00:39of of the nationwide state Duma elections. We're here to bring you our special coverage as the
00:00:43world's biggest country has its democratic
00:00:47of say, and that
00:00:48of is my vote, one of tens of millions
00:00:51being cast around the Donbas, but with every vote cast
00:00:55in
00:00:56of the Dumbas, the people
00:00:58of the Dumbas show... but those
00:01:01of threats a
00:01:02a don't scare them. Russian
00:01:04of citizens go to the polls all across the country, even
00:01:06of in areas facing daily shelling and threats from
00:01:10Kiev. Generally speaking, it is very difficult to
00:01:13intimidate me, it's just not in my nature. Firstly, I don't recognize the
00:01:17landscate at all, and I don't watch
00:01:19of him on TV. As for scammers, they've already left me alone. We have
00:01:23lived too long to be
00:01:24intimidated.
00:01:33of Just after 1 p.m. here in the Russian Capital and you're watching RT
00:01:36International. My name is Donald Corder, welcome to the
00:01:39program. Now we start this hour with breaking
00:01:43news as elections are underway across Russia on the third and
00:01:46final day of voting. That's as the nation's air defenses have repelled
00:01:50the heaviest drone attack
00:01:52of the war so far, involving 1,600
00:01:55UAVs. The capital itself faced a huge drone swarm according
00:01:59to the cities. mayor: the most massive enemy drone
00:02:03attack has been repelled since yesterday. over 1,600
00:02:07UAVs have been shot down across all sectors, including
00:02:10450 while approaching Moscow. My thanks go to the
00:02:14air defense personnel for their selfless efforts. Nevertheless, few
00:02:18drones reached the Moscow
00:02:19of Oil refinery and one struck
00:02:21a residential building. There were no fitalities,
00:02:24of this unprecedented attack was clearly orchestrated to disrupt the
00:02:28elections. The... enemy failed in this attempt, overnight
00:02:32Moscow and the nearby region came
00:02:35in under in direct Ukrainian drone attack, and all of this is
00:02:38happening amid direct voting, we're seeing these parliamentary elections
00:02:42unfold, now the Moscow region governor reports that air defense
00:02:46systems managed to intercept 240
00:02:50drones in 17 different districts. Moscow's mayor says that
00:02:54of around 450 drones were intercepted, those
00:02:57areal targets and drones were... apparently headed to the
00:03:01Russian capital,
00:03:02now at
00:03:02the same time Russia's defense ministry has reported that they were able to intercept
00:03:06and
00:03:07of destroy uh over 1,100 airal attack
00:03:11aerial targets as well as drones over um over Russian
00:03:15territory. Now in terms of casualties and damages,
00:03:18Moscow and the surrounding region two people have been killed and
00:03:2220 others have been injured, three
00:03:23of them being children, and amid this drone attack, the central
00:03:27electoral commission is reporting... that apparently one of its staff members,
00:03:31woman working a polling station was also injured, and it's
00:03:35not just Moscow and the
00:03:37in nearby regions that are facing these Ukrainian attacks, because we're also seeing drone
00:03:41attacks in the SMO zone, a Ukrainian attack, Ukrainian
00:03:45of attack hit a school housing a polling station, this is in the
00:03:49Zaparogia region, thankfully no casualties have been reported
00:03:53there, but it doesn't even stop that because another attack, a
00:03:56Ukrainian attack was reported attacking passenger. bus in
00:04:00the hairson region, killing two people, one
00:04:03of them a woman working a local polling station
00:04:07there. now well, the head
00:04:08of the central
00:04:09of electoral commission has in fact commented on these Ukrainian
00:04:13in attacks? today,
00:04:17September 20th, as
00:04:18a result of a targeted drone attack a civilian bus in the Kson region,
00:04:22two people were killed. one
00:04:24of the victims was our colleagueko, born in
00:04:271966, member
00:04:29of of a the of precin electoral commission for polling station number 220 in the lower
00:04:33Saragor district
00:04:34of the ker
00:04:35in of region. of was member
00:04:37of the present electoral commission for 2023 and actively
00:04:40participated in the current
00:04:41of election campaign for the state dumer elections, engaging with many of her
00:04:45neighbors, fellow citizens and compatriots while honestly, responsibly and
00:04:49bravely
00:04:50a fulfilling her duties. she was involved in conducting early voting in the lower ceragore
00:04:54district
00:04:54of the ker region. her daughter, elena Petrovna is also member
00:04:57of the precinct electoral commission.
00:05:01of as i mentioned before, I will repeat it once more, despicable, cowardly bandera scum, who are afraid to fight
00:05:05like men and truly engage in warfare, target our peaceful people, primarily
00:05:09women and children. I believe that shame will fall upon them and one them will be
00:05:13found. our strong spirited colleagues continue to work. in
00:05:17Moscow itself, the mayor has reported that there have been no casualties,
00:05:21but that some drones managed to get through and target an oil
00:05:24refinery in Moscow, and some drones have managed to target
00:05:28residential buil building here as well. at the same time, Russia's
00:05:32Ministry of Defense reports that it targeted and destroyed Ukrainian
00:05:35military infrastructure, including warehouses and vessels in the
00:05:39black sea as well as the Kiev and Odessa. regions again, I
00:05:43think it's important to note here that this, that Kiev is essentially
00:05:47ramping up these drone attacks as Russians are heading to the
00:05:51polls today to vote for the third and final day of Russia's
00:05:54parliamentary elections and according to the central electoral commission,
00:05:58voter turnout has reached around 47%, and it's
00:06:02quite important also to highlight here that this these are the first
00:06:06parliamentary elections we've seen since the start the special military
00:06:09operation which was launched back in February 20. 22
00:06:13and for the first time in modern Russian history we're seeing citizens
00:06:17from the Donatsk Lugansk People's Republic from Herson and Zaparoger cast
00:06:21their ballot as Russian citizens and so let's also break
00:06:25down how these parliamentary elections actually work because the
00:06:29state doomer itself is is considered the lower chamber the federal
00:06:32assembly it consists of 400 400
00:06:36seats and these elections are held every 5 years
00:06:40225 of those seats distributed through party
00:06:44lists. now what that means is that citizens are able to elect a
00:06:47specific political party and 225 seats are
00:06:51distributed through single mandate districts. now voters are able to
00:06:55cast the vote or the ballot and select a specific political
00:06:58candidate in their constituency or uh their district there as
00:07:02well, but for a political party to be able to actually
00:07:06reach the state duma, it has to meet that 5% thresh
00:07:10hold. now Russian parliamentary elections. start on
00:07:13September the 18th and finish today on September the 20th, so it gives
00:07:17voters three days to cast their ballot. In terms of
00:07:21who's actually in the race, there are currently 10 political
00:07:24parties on the federal ballot, the first one being United Russia founded
00:07:28in 2001 and a party that has enjoyed constitutional majority
00:07:32for a while now, it's also President Putin's party, then we have
00:07:36the communist party the Russian Federation, this is considered the oldest
00:07:40party on the federal ballot. and also it's the second
00:07:43largest faction in the duma, then we have a just Russia for
00:07:47truth, and Paul suggests that they will be able to meet that 5% threshhold during these
00:07:51elections as well, and we have the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
00:07:55currently chaired by Leonid Slotski after the death of its former
00:07:58charismatic leader Vladimir Zaronovski back in 2021, and of
00:08:02course we also have a relatively new party on the scene here, this
00:08:06is uh new people founded in 2020, and curiously this
00:08:10political party managed to get through to the dooma. back in
00:08:132021, so it'l be interesting to monitor that, whether they'll be able to
00:08:17actually, you know, garner more than 5% the vote during these elections
00:08:21as well, but at the same time there are also non-parliamentary parties on the
00:08:24ballot uh, for example the pensionist party, the communists of Russia, the
00:08:28Greens, Rodina, and also the party of direct
00:08:31democracy, so to wrap up here, poll polling stations
00:08:35across Russia close at 8 p.m. local time,
00:08:39according to Russia's western regions, so we will be... of course
00:08:42monitoring all these developments and bringing you the details. the
00:08:46crucial vote is also taking place in territories that are coming under
00:08:50daily attack. despite the threat posed by Ukraine, people are saying that
00:08:54they are determined to make their voices heard. even the head the dynatsk people's
00:08:58republic has cast his vote a local polling station, also saying that
00:09:02he met a quite a few people who actually wanted to vote in the
00:09:06first state Duma election. Artis Murad Gazdiev reports on
00:09:10how the vote is being held under war. time
00:09:12conditions across two continents
00:09:16and 11 time zones under ceaseless threat of
00:09:19attack, Russians vote for their new
00:09:22parliament.
00:09:34In their millions despite constant threats from
00:09:37Ukraine, threats of prosecution and
00:09:41persecution. just for vooting, attacks on
00:09:45polling stations, fakes and Ukrainian
00:09:48propaganda. Yesterday and the day before,
00:09:51leaflets were dropped by drones across most of our region,
00:09:55containing calls to block the electoral process and urging
00:09:59people not to participate in the elections. Every day we are
00:10:03seeing a steady stream of two or three disinformation campaigns coming
00:10:06from the Ukrainian side, along with deep fakes and forged
00:10:10administrative documents, yet. Few are
00:10:13afraid, people are used to drones and
00:10:16missiles, verbal threats no longer carry
00:10:20the same weight. Tell me, have you been intimidated?
00:10:24Dis
00:10:33Generally speaking, it is very difficult to intimidate me, it's just not in
00:10:37my nature. God forbid, firstly, I don't recognize the
00:10:40lensk at all, and I don't watch him on TV. As for scammers,
00:10:44they've already left me alone. We have lived too long to be
00:10:48intimidated,
00:10:50and that is my vote, one of tens of
00:10:54millions. being cast around the donbas an
00:10:57environment where people are actively being
00:11:00threatened, where electoral officials are
00:11:04receiving death threats, their families, their
00:11:06children, but with every vote cast in the don
00:11:10bass, the people the donbas show
00:11:14that those threats don't scare them, not
00:11:17even strongly worded statements and
00:11:20condemnation could stop these elections, at
00:11:24today's meeting, the central electoral commission adopted resolution declaring that
00:11:28the organization and conduct of elections for deputies to the state duma the
00:11:32Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are
00:11:36illegitimate. It is, of course, ironic that
00:11:39Ukraine forbids Ukrainians from voting in these
00:11:43Russian elections, because neither does it allow
00:11:46Ukrainians themselves any elections. They're too
00:11:50dangerous, says the former president of
00:11:53Ukraine. Elections as such are huge
00:11:56risk. Elections right now are a tsunami which could split
00:12:00Ukraine. Again, the irony: Ukraine professes
00:12:04to be fighting for freedom and democracy, but says
00:12:07elections are too dangerous. Russia, which keeve
00:12:11accuses of aggression and tyrany, holds elections even
00:12:15in war. He's holding elections in September. He needs
00:12:19a united society that will support his united Russia.
00:12:22Zelensky, on the other hand, doesn't... need his society's
00:12:26support, his term expired two years ago
00:12:30and no one can do anything about it. he already
00:12:34controls all Ukrainian media, all newspapers
00:12:37and online publications, full spectrum
00:12:41propaganda. anyone who criticizes him can be
00:12:45sanctioned, Ukrainian or otherwise, else
00:12:48sent a one way trip to the front lines.
00:12:52so elections, you want elections as soon as?
00:12:57are
00:13:02people abroad
00:13:049 who million and what to do with the people who are
00:13:06temporary or live in temporary occupied
00:13:10territories. Europe of course will bend over backwards
00:13:14to accommodate Zelensky. Kya calas, the
00:13:18EU's diplomatic figure head is never one to
00:13:22overthink it. Simple and cliche. is her
00:13:25style. Putin hasn't had elections or Russia hasn't had
00:13:29elections in 25 years. Zelensky is
00:13:33elected leader, elected in the free and fair elections and of
00:13:36course during the wartime you can't have elections. Zelensky's
00:13:40corrupt ministers. His army heads simply
00:13:44don't mind. So long as the EU supports
00:13:48Zelensky, the aid money pours in
00:13:52and it can be divided up and shared around.
00:13:55between friends, the only concern is the people of
00:13:59Ukraine, forced brutally to fight a war,
00:14:03they don't want to fight in, by a president they don't
00:14:07want, blasted by propaganda, they don't agree
00:14:10with, and there's nothing they can do about it,
00:14:14but daydream, we must find a legal, safe and realistic
00:14:18mechanism that will allow Ukraine to restore a full-fledged democratic process
00:14:22even under the conditions of a prolonged war. "This is
00:14:25difficult. We must guarantee the right to vote for our military, for millions of
00:14:29Ukrainians abroad, and for those in the frontline regions. We
00:14:33must ensure the security the electoral process, the independence of
00:14:37institutions, and trust in the results. If Russia could do
00:14:40it, then so could Ukraine. And the only thing
00:14:44stopping elections in Ukraine is the former president,
00:14:48one Zelensky who just doesn't want
00:14:52to leave. Murad Gazdiv.
00:14:58citizens the most remote corners the country have also had the
00:15:02opportunity to have their say in this election, as the Russian
00:15:05aerospace company, Bureau 1440, has provided
00:15:09residence of a small settlement in the country's far north with
00:15:13access to remote electronic voting. It's become possible with the
00:15:17use of a low earth orbit satellite network, next
00:15:20generation of satellite communications. The company noted that such
00:15:24case is allow for the testing the service in real conditions
00:15:28and in the Arctic for future
00:15:30needs. Earlier, my colleague Isabella
00:15:34Blumberg discussed the latest with member - with member.
00:15:45We must understand who we are dealing with, today we are dealing with the Ukrainian
00:15:49terrorist regime, and even Zelensky has stated about the 40-day
00:15:53plan more than once,
00:15:55this is in essence terror against Russia. Well, and on such a day
00:15:59when elections are being held, he tried all the more to carry out such terror in order
00:16:03to disrupt the elections, at least partially. Moscow
00:16:06may said that since the previous day around 1,600
00:16:10drones have been shot down, yes there is certain damage, yes there
00:16:14are even casualties, and the chairwoman the central election
00:16:17commission, pamfilova stated that there were also fatalities among members of
00:16:21election commissions, but this will not stop the process, and most
00:16:25likely, you know, this is such a petty spitefulness on Zelensky's part over
00:16:29the fact that elections are taking place in Russia, already the second elections during
00:16:33the special military operation, while Ukraine cannot organize such elections at
00:16:37all. so how do you think Moscow might react to these
00:16:40Ukrainian attacks given that they're taking place during these
00:16:43elections? yeah, I think that it will be very
00:16:47harsh, all the more so since at one time Russian president Vladimir Putin
00:16:51said it was not we who opened this Pandoras
00:16:53bulks. In a country that stretches
00:16:5711 time zones and has more than 110 million
00:17:01voters. organizing nationwide vote is no mean feat. here's a
00:17:05breakdown of how the world's biggest country. is handling the election
00:17:08process.
00:19:05Well, it may be the last day of voting, but there's... still a waits to go
00:19:09before we actually understand who's going to represent this vast
00:19:12country in parliament for the next five years. The first preliminary results are
00:19:16going to be available tonight after 9 p.m. Moscow time, but the
00:19:20final figures will not be officially confirmed until October
00:19:235th. Until then, stay tuned to RT for all your latest
00:19:27updates.
00:24:24another news, Donald Trump has announced to the US is going to take full control
00:24:28of Greenland security after entering into an agreement with
00:24:31Denmark. The American president claimed that the deal is permanent and
00:24:35will also give Washington approval over foreign investment in the vast
00:24:39territory. I am pleased to announce that the
00:24:43United States of America has entered into an agreement with the Kingdom of
00:24:46Denmark and Greenland that gives the United States permanent. control
00:24:50over security and all other needs in Greenland, completely
00:24:54addressing all of our many US concerns, there will be no cost to
00:24:58the United States. The island is also
00:25:02apparently going to welcome a large US military presence
00:25:05immediately. The Danish Prime Minister's office has confirmed that
00:25:09deal to quote strengthen security in the Arctic, and quote, will be
00:25:13signed next week. Earlier this year, Trump emphasized that the US
00:25:16has to take control the island in order to... counter
00:25:20Russian and Chinese influence in the region. This is something that all
00:25:24comes ahead of next week's much anticipated U.S. China
00:25:27summit, with experts suggesting that the timing of Trump's
00:25:30announcement may be intended as a power play. Despite Washington's
00:25:34concerns about China's presence in the Arctic, Beijing has virtually no
00:25:38foothold in Greenland, focusing instead on collaborating with
00:25:42Moscow in the Arctic areas. Art contributor Carl Z
00:25:46believes that for Washington it's about posturing, but for Denmark, it's a...
00:25:50weakness in preparation for
00:25:53shizhins coming visit to United States,
00:25:57United Washington has been doing lot of posturing
00:26:01right, the they're threatening. to levy additional sanctions
00:26:05over China's purchase of urining oil
00:26:08and and they also explicitly said
00:26:12the whole Greenland deal is aimed toward China to
00:26:15exclude China from owning the rare
00:26:18earth uh mines in gre in in in
00:26:22Greenland again this this should really be
00:26:26left to the people of Greenland or even government of
00:26:30Denmark to decide it's we shouldn't be let up to United
00:26:33States, but again,
00:26:37unfortunately the leaders of Denmark have no spine and they
00:26:41could just could not say no to
00:26:43US. A
00:26:46massive defense deal is on the table between Washington and Ried.
00:26:50The state department has officially approved deal regarding the sale of
00:26:54F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, and it's an agreement that's
00:26:58valued at over 24 billion dollars. It also represents...
00:27:02a significant expansion the kingdom's advanced military
00:27:06capabilities. The US Department of State has
00:27:10made determination approving a possible foreign military sale to the
00:27:13kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their purchase of F-35 Lightning 2
00:27:17joint strike fighter and related equipment. The estimated total cost
00:27:21is $24.3 billion.
00:27:25Earlier we spoke with a former US Air Force Lieutenant colonel who told us
00:27:29that the US is essentially selling solution to a problem that
00:27:33it itself created. first off, you can't conquer a
00:27:37country with airpower alone, that is well-known. the United
00:27:40States likes to ignore that, because we have uh, what we call
00:27:44air superiority everywhere, we say, can you achieve objectives
00:27:48with the F-35? not really. can you fight um
00:27:52people that are defending their own territory and have
00:27:56uh developed a uh robust
00:27:59defensive capability? no. no, you
00:28:03can't, we we've seen this, I mean we the number of airplanes we've
00:28:07lost uh going up against uh Iran alone in the
00:28:10past six months has been uh just absolutely shocking now
00:28:14is this something where we create um uh a
00:28:18problem and then sell the solution of course
00:28:20of course it is
00:28:21that that's the very nature the United States military industrial complex yeah I
00:28:25think we're we're
00:28:26selling them precisely because
00:28:29it benefits America financially um it benefits the military. industrial
00:28:32complex here to sell these aircraft, it benefits the United States
00:28:36uh a a few different ways by having interoperable
00:28:40aircraft in Saudi Arabia and um being able to actually
00:28:44see what the Saudis are doing with those aircraft, because you know the F-35 is is really
00:28:49a software driven platform, so uh the things that it
00:28:53does, the functions that it has uh we will have insight into how the
00:28:57Saudies are conducting themselves, which is something that we want because we don't trust
00:29:00them, okay, and neither does Israel, so um,
00:29:04you know, this serves America's interest, it really doesn't serve Saudi's interest
00:29:08at all. Well, for now, that's all for me here on RT
00:29:12International. My colleague Mike Okoche is going to be taking over with more news
00:29:16in just another 30 minutes, so make sure to stay
00:29:18tuned.
00:29:28No ordinary UN general assembly going on right now in New York after the increasing.
00:29:32absurd looking organization failed to prevent genocide in Gaza, the
00:29:36UN continues its impotance when it comes to wars in Europe and on
00:29:40Iran. How is it possible that India is not on the UN security council
00:29:44when a US vassal like Britain can veto resolutions amist
00:29:47billions, feeling the price pain from
00:29:49the straight
00:29:50of Homus and Babel Mandeb. I'm afshan ranzi, welcome to New
00:29:53Order.
00:30:04"there'll be no Putin at the UN general assembly, but his friends Shijin Ping and
00:30:08Modi will be in the USA. Shijin Ping said to beat Trump on
00:30:11Thursday and he does so when for the first time in around 150 years China
00:30:15has a bigger economy than the USA by PPP. Did
00:30:19Trump see Modi hold hands with Iran's president Pejeshkin at the Bricks
00:30:23meeting in Delhi, will Trump tell him off
00:30:25or is India like China, just too powerful now to
00:30:29order around, and what role does diminish Western Europe?" " have to play
00:30:33now, it is been all but bankrupted by its financial backing for corrupt
00:30:37Kiev. We're still a world where a USA's elite are mired
00:30:41in Epsteen Carnage, can openly assassinate
00:30:43or kidnap world leaders at will, but who has the courage to do anything about it?
00:30:47From New Delhi to New York, the question is no longer now, who
00:30:51has the most power, but who gets to shape, what?