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00:00:24The Russian capital comes under heavy Ukrainian drone attack
00:00:27overnight, but several
00:00:29a people were build in the Moscow region while
00:00:33of a residential building and an oil refinery were also
00:00:35struck and this comes while Russians
00:00:39are going to the poles for the third and final day
00:00:42of the nationwide state Duma elections, but we're here to bring you
00:00:46our special coverage as the world's biggest country has its
00:00:50democratic say, and
00:00:54of that is my vote, one of tens of millions being
00:00:58cast around the donbass. but with every vote cast in the
00:01:01Dombas, the people
00:01:04of the Dumbas show that those threats don't
00:01:08scare them. Russian citizens go to the polls all
00:01:11across
00:01:12of the country, even areas facing daily shelling and threats
00:01:16from Kiyev. Generally speaking, it is very difficult
00:01:20to intimidate me, it's just not in my nature.
00:01:23of Firstly, I don't recognize the landscate all, and I don't watch him on TV.
00:01:27As for scammers, they've already left me alone. we have lived too long to be
00:01:31intimidated.
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00:01:40of welcome to RT international, reaching you with all the top stories from around
00:01:44the world. i am mike
00:01:46in oche. now we start this hour with the breaking
00:01:50news. as the third day of
00:01:52of parliamentary elections are on the way across Russia. moscow's mayor said
00:01:56more than 1,600 UAVs were shown. shut
00:02:00down overnight, adding that 450 drones were
00:02:05a intercepted on approaching to the capital. now Sergi Sob
00:02:08Sobianin says that he
00:02:11of has called the attack unprecedented, saying that he was intended
00:02:14to disrupt elections. the most
00:02:18massive
00:02:18of enemy drone attack has been repelled
00:02:20of since yesterday. over 1,600 UAVs have been shot down
00:02:24across all sectors, including 450
00:02:27of while approaching Moscow. my thinks... go to the air
00:02:30of defense personnel for their selfless efforts. Nevertheless, few drones
00:02:34reached the Moscow Oil refinery and one struck
00:02:38of a residential building. There were no fatalities. This unprecedented
00:02:42attack was clearly orchestrated to disrupt the elections. The
00:02:45enemy failed in this
00:02:46attempt. Now Art
00:02:50correspondent Omaima is at the scene of one
00:02:53of the attacks in Masker
00:02:54of region where two people were killed and their children wounded.
00:02:58Omar, I'm glad to have you. join me right now, but what do you
00:03:01know so far about uh this
00:03:03attacks?
00:03:08well, as you've mentioned there, and as we heard from the Moscow
00:03:12mayor himself, uh, Russian authorities have neutralized over
00:03:161,600
00:03:18of drones of since Saturday, and the Mayor added that
00:03:21450 UAVs were intercepted on their way to the
00:03:24Russian capital, was several
00:03:26of drones hit the Moscow oil refinery as well as other residential.
00:03:30buildings now these attacks were more uh or most destructive
00:03:34in the Moscow region where three people were left uh were
00:03:37killed uh and several were left injured including the number of
00:03:41teenagers and three children now uh the wounded
00:03:44are in hospitals getting the
00:03:46of necessary uh care possible but uh
00:03:50400 other people including 70
00:03:56of of children were also evacuated from other residential building uh because falling drone debries parked fire
00:04:00there, still in the Moscow region a warehouse also
00:04:04caught fire
00:04:05of because of a drone. now due to these
00:04:08of events, flight restrictions have been implemented in all four Moscow
00:04:13of airports, but uh Ukrainian uh, the Ukrainian armed forces have also
00:04:17attacked the Zaparoje region where a drone a Ukrainian
00:04:20dr drone struck a school, there
00:04:23a were polin
00:04:24of station was located. fortunately no casualties have been reported there
00:04:28because
00:04:28of there were no people uh in the building at the time
00:04:31of the attack itself. meanwhile, on the other hand, in the
00:04:35Herson region a
00:04:37of drone attacked a bus, a Ukrainian drone attacked a bus,
00:04:40leaving two people killed, one of which was
00:04:44member
00:04:45of the electoral commission
00:04:46there.
00:04:50today, september 20th, as
00:04:52a result of a targeted drone attack a civilian bus in the cason region,
00:04:56two people were killed. one
00:04:57of the victims was our colleague.
00:05:01born in 1966, member
00:05:02of the precinct electoral commission for polling station number 220 in the
00:05:06lower Saragor district
00:05:07of the Kson region. was member
00:05:10of the present electoral commission 2023 and actively
00:05:14participated in the current election campaign for the state dumer elections,
00:05:17engaging with many of her neighbors, fellow citizens and compatriots while
00:05:21honestly, responsibly and bravely fulfilling her duties. she was
00:05:25involved in conducting early voting in the lower Saragor district the Kson
00:05:28region. her daughter, Elena Petrovna, is also member the precinct electoral
00:05:32commission. As I mentioned before, I will repeat it once more, despicable,
00:05:36cowardly bandera scum, who are afraid to fight like men and truly
00:05:40engage in warfare, target our peaceful people, primarily women and
00:05:43children. I believe that shame will fall upon them and each one them will be
00:05:46found. Our strong spirited colleagues continue to
00:05:49work. The Russian investigative committee has
00:05:53stated that they've opened criminal cases related to uh
00:05:57these terror acts from Ukraine, including in Briansk,
00:06:01kursk, Vorunyej
00:06:02and the Belgorod regions where two other people were killed because
00:06:06these Ukrainian attacks. Now the massive raid that struck
00:06:10Moscow and the Moscow region. for instance, it struck
00:06:14just hours before polling stations were set to open in
00:06:18the capital, but despite these attacks, as we've as we
00:06:22understand, the 1,443 polling stations in
00:06:25Moscow did open on time, overnight the
00:06:29Russian armed forces also have launched UAVs against
00:06:33logistical centers, warehouses and ports in Ukraine as
00:06:37well as vessels that are in operations with the
00:06:40Ukrainian armed. now of course the timing of this
00:06:44is very interesting because as we know the uh uh
00:06:47parliamentary elections here in Russia are still taken place, we are on the third
00:06:51day, the final day the elections and one could only think that
00:06:55these attacks not only are blint acts of
00:06:59terrorism against civilians themselves, but also a way to
00:07:03try to disrupt the electoral process here in
00:07:05Russia. All right, our correspond and
00:07:09bringing us up to speed here. Thank you.
00:07:14now let's cross live to former advisor to the prosecutor
00:07:17general of Ukraine and ex-diplomat Andrejenko joining me
00:07:21right now Andre, i'm glad to have you join me, so Kiev launched
00:07:25a massive drone attack on Moscow overnight, just before
00:07:29the final day of elections was said to kick off, what do you make
00:07:33the timing? let me start from here, the timing
00:07:37is to terrorize, terrorize the people so
00:07:41they won't... taking part the election process, because
00:07:45Ukraine doesn't have elections. I've been watching the clip right
00:07:48before uh, we came live and how people are
00:07:52voting, and it make me sad that in my
00:07:55country we forgot what election is, Russia has
00:07:59elections, countries around have elections and the key regime today is
00:08:02terrorizing what is left of
00:08:04democracy in Ukraine, there's none terrorizing the
00:08:08country that are democratic and are are moving in this process.
00:08:12and that is the main takeaway from this, terrorizing, terrorizing
00:08:16and terrorizing because they cannot win on the frontlines, so they're trying to
00:08:20hit what's uh uh, what's easy for them, the
00:08:23civilians, and that's that is just heartbreaking for me to see
00:08:27that my country that I was part of before,
00:08:31Ukraine is just going into this direction, and it's been going there for the last
00:08:3512 years, unfortunately, and people are just waking
00:08:39up recently from all this what's happened,
00:08:42"Now Moscow's oil refinery was hit again and that's
00:08:46despite the US president Donald Trump warning
00:08:49Zelensky earlier not to target energy sites. Now
00:08:53the question is, is this case of Zelensky blatantly
00:08:57rebuffing Washington, or is Kiev taking orders from somewhere
00:09:01else? look, it's a case you have to understand that the
00:09:04politics, the president the United State Donald Trump unfortunately doesn't
00:09:08have the full control the deep state. The CIA is continuing to..."
00:09:12to assist in preparing these drone attacks and terrorist attacks
00:09:16into the heart the Russian territories, the
00:09:19MI6 is on the outsource of this, basically when
00:09:23the CIA officially does want to touch its hands on this and say, oh we were not
00:09:27involved in this, and tell President Trump that Ukraine is doing it its
00:09:31own, the MI6 intelligence, that's
00:09:35where is being told that they're being used in the situation, even though CIA,
00:09:38Mi6 are both involved in this in these processes, the problem is...
00:09:42the president of united states is being misinformed on
00:09:46how the process is being done and who's giving the information for the key
00:09:50regime to hit those targets because he clearly doesn't understand
00:09:53that the key regime zelensky himself and his army doesn't have the
00:09:56capability to have the
00:09:59intelligence process to hit targets
00:10:02within Russian territory Ukraine does not snow
00:10:06nothing in
00:10:07this in this sphere and that's why the help
00:10:10of MI6. united states
00:10:14and other probably european countries are involving this, but most i said it's the british in
00:10:18the american states. now Zelensky has claimed
00:10:21that he needs 40 days or 40 more days. to
00:10:25take over Russia with Kyev launching drone
00:10:29attacks on Moscow and the surrounding region, what do you
00:10:32think the chances of such or success of such a
00:10:35threat? we have to understand the timing for this is also
00:10:39interesting, we have elections into the United States Congress and
00:10:43senate within the next six weeks and Zelensky
00:10:46announcing that he can overthrow and destruct destroy
00:10:50Russia
00:10:51with within these 40 days, he already announced this before during the summertime, nothing.
00:10:55out
00:10:55of it, thank god, and everybody understands that it's just
00:10:59false information propaganda, but at the same time the crime
00:11:02capabilities, they're going to try to move forward and terrorize and hit uh oil
00:11:06refineries within Russia, civilian targets within
00:11:09Russia, just to try to
00:11:12show within the elections in the United
00:11:15States who is boss here, that's one, second of all, they want to
00:11:19disrupt and have the oil prices move up higher
00:11:23for Trump and the mag and... to lose as much seats as
00:11:27possible, because that's what what the end game is for Zelensky and his
00:11:30globalist, deep state owners within Europe and the United
00:11:34States for have the macgan movement to lose so they won't get more
00:11:37funding for Ukraine, more financial support for the war,
00:11:41so this war would continue, that is the end game for this, they don't care about
00:11:45peace, they don't care about trump or allies, they just care about theirselfs
00:11:49and the money pockets that are going to be filled when this thing is going to
00:11:53continue - Meanwhile earlier Zelensky
00:11:56announced astronomic deficit in the state budget and
00:12:00pleaded the EU for more money to meet his war needs. Are
00:12:04the attacks, the prediction of 40 days, the massive
00:12:07deficit, what does this sound like to
00:12:10you? They need to cover
00:12:13up what has been stolen. The key regime is
00:12:17stealing in high rates and not just hundreds of millions
00:12:21and billions and billions of dollars every trying.
00:12:25that is being moved to through Ukraine and we have to understand that money is not settled just
00:12:29in the Zelensky's pockets, it's being moved back uh to the
00:12:33west, which the globalist financiers the
00:12:36German, French, British political campaigns, then reinvest
00:12:40that money back into those uh globalis who are financing this war,
00:12:44so it's a round around out situation, that's number one, Zsky has no
00:12:48money, he he's pushing for uh for this gap
00:12:52to be closed, he's announcing that he's gna defeat Russia
00:12:56once again as he did for the last uh four and a half years
00:12:59and nothing's changing, this is just to for continuation the war and
00:13:03he understands another thing part of from the US
00:13:06elections, he needs to stay in power because as soon as is
00:13:10now his chair is crumbling and crumbling pretty fast and he as
00:13:14soon as he loses power and loses this continuation of this
00:13:17war or the momentum the continuation of this war he's gna be
00:13:21replaced and that's the end for him not just political but physical
00:13:25maybe
00:13:26in in
00:13:26the end process because his allies will not stand for him, so he needs to stay in
00:13:29power, that's what he's doing for all means, cover any budget deficit,
00:13:33because if he stops paying the people and the military, which I know from they're not getting
00:13:37paid for the last three and a half, four months, the military, some military units
00:13:41are not being paid, some pensioners are getting receiving their funds, so this is
00:13:45process already going on Ukraine, and when it's going to start and
00:13:48end is going to be physical, now when
00:13:52do you think European leaders will have? enough of his
00:13:55constant request for more cash,
00:13:59the European leaders are receiving this cash back from
00:14:03Ukraine back and forth, that's why they're closing their eyes on all the corruption
00:14:07cases in Ukraine basically, they don't care what's happened, before
00:14:10we remember corruption was going on and you would see
00:14:14somebody moving in forward from the Yanikovic time taking a couple
00:14:18of hundred dollars and Europe would just making frictional announcements etc.
00:14:22now there's billions and millions of dollars have been stolen. they're being reported
00:14:26by the anti-corruption agencies and Europe is quiet
00:14:29because Europe understands they have no other way out, they're going
00:14:33to continue to support this regime, change it if
00:14:37if needed when the time is going to be right for them, they're just
00:14:41waiting for a person who to change it to, they don't have the right character,
00:14:45the right persona or the right puppet who they replace Zelensky
00:14:49with at this time and then they will continue on, but Europe at the
00:14:53same time is destroying so...
00:15:25you just took the words out of my mouth there, because I was going to ask, Europe is facing
00:15:29its own economic walls and recession, the US
00:15:32budget deficit has reached almost two trillion dollars,
00:15:36how much long can countries with terrible finances their
00:15:40own continue to support Zelensky and his
00:15:43wars? that is the biggest problem in the
00:15:47situation that these leaders the the western
00:15:51so-called countries are not thinking about
00:15:54their own people, they're going and basically taking
00:15:58loans a loan to give loan to
00:16:00ukraine,
00:16:02and this is not just just crazy, you would not do it personally
00:16:06if you were regular. and you will not take a loan just to give
00:16:10loan to your friend because you say i don't have money sorry i cannot help
00:16:13you go ask somebody else and that's normal here they don't
00:16:17care because they they're ready to destroy their own countries because
00:16:21they're not willing to to support their own people they're controlled by the
00:16:25globalists and that is not already conspiracy this is real fact we're
00:16:29seeing from the results of what is happening in Europe total destruction
00:16:32volkswagen bmw porsches closing down factories
00:16:36industrialization of "germany
00:16:39just be destroyed, finished, france is
00:16:41and lack of economical default, and maybe next year that
00:16:45might happen - things are not going to change with the elections, so the same time I say,
00:16:48until the people of Europe will not vote in, the change of
00:16:52politics on their own territories, change of political course
00:16:56that was going to lead to peace, not war, this
00:17:00destruction, not just of Ukraine, which is already destroyed unfortunately,
00:17:04but next is going to come Europe, because those leaders are same as..." the
00:17:08puppets of somebody else. All right, now we have to leave
00:17:11you here now, former advisor to the prosecutor general of Ukraine and
00:17:15ex-diplomat Andrejenko. Thank you so much for your time as
00:17:24as well, as mentioned, it's the final day of
00:17:27voting in Russia for the states Duma elections a pols are
00:17:31open all across the country and abroad. The first preliminary
00:17:35results are expected after 9. pm moscow time tonight,
00:17:39the artist keen is been keeping close eye
00:17:43on the polls with a special coverage bringing you all the latest
00:17:47updates,
00:17:59well as voting is in full swing on day three of
00:18:02nationwide parliamentary elections and the scale the process
00:18:06spanning across se 11 time zones is immense
00:18:09with voter turnout coming close to 50%. now
00:18:13Russian citizens are exercising their constitutional right to
00:18:17define their future for the next five years. now with the country's new
00:18:21regions, more than four million residents have cast their
00:18:25ballots early elections with the process still ongoing.
00:18:29now in the frontline republics of dunetsk and lugansk,
00:18:33people are also heading to the polls to vote. locals
00:18:36from the most iconic regions of Russia, Crimea,
00:18:40are actively showing up to choose their representatives. In
00:18:44addition, multiple polling stations are open in Russian
00:18:48embassies, in many locations for Russian citizens who are
00:18:51currently abroad. Now citizens the most remote
00:18:55corners the country have also had the opportunity to have
00:18:59their say in this election. The Russian aerospace
00:19:03company Bureau 1440 has provided residence of a
00:19:06small. settlement in the country's far north with access to
00:19:10remote electronic voting, it has become possible with the
00:19:14use of a low earth orbit satellite network a next
00:19:17generation of satellite communication. other company
00:19:21noted that such cases allow for the testing the service in real
00:19:25conditions and in the arctic for future needs. now RT
00:19:29correspondent Isabella Bloomberg brings the latest on the voting
00:19:33process in Russia. across
00:19:3611. time zones here in Russia, voters are heading to the polls to
00:19:40vote for the third and final day of Russia's parliamentary elections
00:19:44and it's quite important also to highlight here that this these are the first
00:19:48parliamentary elections we've seen since the start the special military
00:19:52operation which was launched back in February 2022
00:19:55and for the first time in modern Russian history we're seeing citizens
00:19:59from the Donatsklugansk people's Republic from Herson and Zaparoje cast
00:20:03their ballot as Russian citizens and so let's also break.
00:20:07on how these parliamentary elections actually work, because the state
00:20:11dooma itself is is considered the lower chamber the federal
00:20:15assembly, it consists of 400 400 seats
00:20:19and these elections are held every five years.
00:20:22225 of those seats are distributed through party
00:20:26lists. now what that means is that citizens are able to elect a
00:20:30specific political party and 225 seats are
00:20:33distributed through single mandate districts. now voters are able to...
00:20:37has the vote or the ballot and select a specific political
00:20:41candidate in their constituency or uh their district there as
00:20:45well, but for a political party to be able to actually
00:20:48reach the state duma It has to meet that 5% thresh
00:20:52hold and now Russian parliamentary elections uh start on
00:20:56September the 18th and finish today on September the 20th, so it gives
00:21:00voters three days to cost their ballot. In terms of
00:21:03who's actually in the race, there are currently 10 political
00:21:07parties on the federal ballot, the first one being United Russia founded
00:21:10in 2001, and a party that has enjoyed constitutional majority
00:21:14for a while now, it's also President Putin's party, then we have
00:21:18the Communist Party of... Russian federation, this is considered the oldest
00:21:22party on the federal ballot, and also it's the second
00:21:26largest faction in the duma. Then we have a just Russia for
00:21:29truth, and Paul suggests that they will be able to meet that 5% threshold during these
00:21:33elections as well, and we have the liberal democratic party of Russia,
00:21:37currently chaired by Leonid Slotski after the death of its former
00:21:41charismatic leader Vladimirsky back in 2021. And
00:21:45of course we also have a relatively new party on the scene here, this
00:21:48is uh... people founded in 2020 and curiously this
00:21:52political party managed to get through to the duma back in
00:21:552021, so it'l be interesting to monitor that, whether they'll be able to
00:21:59actually,
00:22:00you know, garner more than 5% the vote during these elections as well, but at the
00:22:04same time there are also non-parliamentary parties on the ballot uh, for example the
00:22:08pensionist party, the communists of russia, the greens, rodina,
00:22:12and also the party the direct democracy, so to wrap
00:22:16up h poll polling stations across russia close at
00:22:208 p.m. local time according to Russia's western regions,
00:22:24so we will be of course monitoring all these developments and bringing you the
00:22:27details. other crucial vote is also
00:22:31taking place in territories that are coming under daily attack,
00:22:35but despite the threat posed by Ukraine, people say
00:22:38that they are determined and their voices will be heard. the head
00:22:42the Dunetsk republic has cast his vote at the local polling
00:22:46station, noting that he met quite a few people who...
00:22:50who wanted to vote in their first duma election. now
00:22:54RTS Murad Gazdia reports on how the vote has been held
00:22:58under wartime conditions. across two
00:23:02continents and 11 time zones under ceaseless
00:23:06threat of attack, Russians vote for their new
00:23:09parliament.
00:23:20"in their millions, despite constant threats
00:23:24from Ukraine, threats of prosecution and
00:23:28persecution, just
00:23:29for vooting, attacks on pouling stations, fakes
00:23:33and Ukrainian propaganda. Yesterday
00:23:37and the day before, leaflets were dropped by drones across most of
00:23:40our region, containing calls to block the electoral process
00:23:44and urging people not to participate in the elections
00:23:47every day we are seeing..." steady stream of two or three
00:23:51disinformation campaigns coming from the Ukrainian side, along
00:23:55with deep fakes and forged administrative documents, yet
00:23:59few are afraid, people are used to drones
00:24:02and missiles, verbal threats no longer
00:24:06carry the same weight. tell me, have you been in
00:24:10intimidated? did Zelensky threaten you saying you shouldn't go to these
00:24:14elections, in no way, he can't do
00:24:17anything. Of course not, general. speaking,
00:24:20it is very difficult to intimidate me, it's just not in my
00:24:23nature. God forbid, firstly, I don't recognize the
00:24:27landscate all, and I don't watch him on TV. As for scammers,
00:24:31they've already left me alone. We have lived too long to be
00:24:34intimidated. And that
00:24:38is my vote, one of tens of millions being
00:24:41cast around the Donas in an environment where
00:24:45people are actively being threatened, where electoral
00:24:49officials... are receiving death threats, their families, their
00:24:53children, but with every vote cast in the don
00:24:56bass, the people the Dumbas show
00:25:00that those threats don't scare them, not
00:25:03even strongly worded statements and
00:25:07condemnation could stop these elections. At
00:25:10today's meeting, the central electoral commission adopted resolution declaring
00:25:14that the organization and conduct of elections for deputies to the state duma
00:25:18the Russian Federation in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine
00:25:22are illegitimate. It is, of course, ironic that
00:25:26Ukraine forbids Ukrainians from voting in these
00:25:29Russian elections, because neither does it allow
00:25:33Ukrainians themselves any elections. They're too
00:25:37dangerous, says the former president of
00:25:40Ukraine. Elections as such are huge
00:25:43risk. Elections right now are a tsunami which could split
00:25:46Ukraine. Again, the irony: Ukraine.
00:25:50Professes to be fighting for freedom and democracy, but says
00:25:53elections are too dangerous. Russia, which kier
00:25:57accuses of aggression and tyranny holds elections even in
00:26:01war. He's holding elections in September, he needs a
00:26:05united society that will support his United
00:26:08Russia. Zelenski on the other hand, doesn't need
00:26:12his society support, his term expired two years
00:26:16ago, and no one can do anything about it.
00:26:20He already controls all Ukrainian media, all
00:26:23newspapers and online publications, full
00:26:27spectrum propaganda. Anyone who criticizes
00:26:30him can be sanctioned.
00:26:41ready to do it tomorrow, but if we have the war, it's
00:26:45you can't do it, what elections, how to make elections with the 9
00:26:49million people who are abroad, and what to do with the people
00:26:52who are temporary or live in tempor
00:26:56occupied territories, europe of course will bend over
00:27:00backwards to accommodate.
00:27:04the EU's diplomatic figure head, is never one to
00:27:08overthink it, simple and cliche is her
00:27:12style. Putin hasn't had elections or Russia hasn't had
00:27:15elections in 25 years, Zelensky is
00:27:19elected leader, elected in
00:27:21the free and fair elections, and of course during the wartime you
00:27:25can't have elections, Zelensky's corrupt ministers, his
00:27:29army heads simply don't mind. long as
00:27:33the EU supports Zelensky, the aid money
00:27:37pours in and it can be divided up and
00:27:40shared around between friends. The only concern
00:27:44is the people of Ukraine, forced brutally
00:27:48to fight a war, they don't want to fight in by a
00:27:52president, they don't want, blasted by
00:27:55propaganda, they don't agree with, and there's
00:27:58nothing they can do about it, but daydream.
00:28:02"We must find legal, safe and realistic mechanism that will allow Ukraine to
00:28:06restore a full-fledged democratic process even under the conditions of a
00:28:10prolonged war. This is difficult. We must guarantee the right to vote
00:28:14for our military, for millions of Ukrainians abroad, and for those in the
00:28:18frontline regions. We must ensure the security the electoral
00:28:22process, the independence of institutions, and trust in the
00:28:25results. If Russia could do it, then so could
00:28:28Ukraine, and the only thing stopping elections in
00:29:10Well, and on such a day when elections are being held, he tried all the more to carry out such
00:29:14terror in order to disrupt the elections, at least partially.
00:29:18Moscow mayor Sobianin said that since the previous day around
00:29:211,600 drones have been shot down. Yes, there is
00:29:25certain damage, yes, there are even casualties. And the chairwoman
00:29:28the Central Election Commission, Pamfilova stated that there were also...
00:29:32fatalities among members of election commissions, but this will not stop the process
00:29:36and most likely, this is such a petty spitefulness on
00:29:39Zelensky's part over the fact that elections are taking place in Russia,
00:29:43already the second elections during the special military operation, while Ukraine
00:29:47cannot organize such elections at all, so how do
00:29:50you think Moscow might react to these Ukrainian attacks given that they're
00:29:54taking place during these elections? I
00:29:58think that it will be very harsh, all the more so since at one time Russian.
00:30:11have been monitored by more than 1ous international observers from
00:30:15133 countries, including bricks, nation and partners,
00:30:19turkey, Uganda, Kirgisstan and others. Footage
00:30:23here shows the moment of a friendly conversation between one
00:30:26the foreigners and earderly Russian woman at the polling station
00:30:30in the city of Yacaterinburg. Now a man in the video is
00:30:34Muntaza Al Zaidi, the prominent Iraqi journalist
00:30:38who achieved worldwide fame when he threw his shoe at
00:30:42George W. Bush 18 years ago in protest against
00:30:46the US war on his country.
00:30:49Now voting is even happening in places you wouldn't
00:30:53expect. Rosa Tom head Alexis Lishakev was
00:30:57able to cast his ballot at the nuclear power plant.