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00:00:00of of
00:00:22of Russia's first parliamentary elections
00:00:25of since the beginning
00:00:26in of the Ukraine conflict have wrapped up and the counting
00:00:29of the votes has commenced. There's still a lot to see and discuss
00:00:32as the final figures won't be officially confirmed until next
00:00:36Friday. We're bringing you our special coverage as the world's
00:00:39geographically biggest country has its democratic
00:00:42say. And with the first
00:00:46preliminary results coming in, the ruling United Russia party
00:00:50is firmly top with solid majority. The runner-up
00:00:53is the communist party with almost 14% and the
00:00:57Liberal
00:00:58of Democratic Party is in third. with a little over
00:01:009%. Moscow says Kiev
00:01:04of tried to undermine the elections with a massive attack. As almost
00:01:082,00 drones and missiles were intercepted
00:01:11in a single day. The targeted assault on the Russian capital
00:01:14left several people dead. And
00:01:18that is my vote, one of tens of
00:01:22millions being cast around the Donbas, but with every
00:01:25vote cast in the
00:01:27of Dumbas, the people
00:01:29of the Donbas. show that those threats don't
00:01:33scare them.
00:01:35of Russians cast
00:01:35me their ballots despite threats and daily shelling from Ukraine.
00:01:39That's as the Kiev regime insists elections cannot be held during
00:01:43wartime. Nevertheless, Russians ventured out to the polls, including
00:01:47near the front lines and in
00:01:49of other border regions. Generally speaking, it is very
00:01:52difficult to intimidate me. It's just not in my nature. Firstly, I
00:01:56don't
00:01:57of recognize the
00:01:57of landscate at all, and I don't watch him on TV. As for scammers, they've
00:02:01already left me alone. We have lived too long to be
00:02:04of intimidated.
00:02:12of A
00:02:13of warm welcome to you.
00:02:14of This is RT international. It's great to have you with
00:02:17of us. Well, this has been the
00:02:18of third and final day of voting in Russia's
00:02:21of parliamentary elections.
00:02:22of
00:02:22of Polls
00:02:23have closed
00:02:23of across the country's 11 time zones and the preliminary
00:02:26results are already coming in. RTE has
00:02:29a been keeping. close tab on the developments bringing you all the latest updates
00:02:33as part of our
00:02:34of special
00:02:36of coverage.
00:02:46well, even though the
00:02:47of polls have closed, there's still a lot to see, count and discuss as the final
00:02:51figures won't be officially confirmed until next Friday. currently,
00:02:55here are the preliminary results after about one
00:02:58of quarter of
00:02:58of the ballots have. been tallied, the ruling United Russia party
00:03:02is firmly in the lead with
00:03:04of solid majority. The runner-up is the communist party with about
00:03:0814%. And in third place is the Liberal Democratic
00:03:11Party with a
00:03:12of little over 9%. Our correspondent
00:03:16Anastasia is from our studio just outside the
00:03:20of Kremlin. Nanasia, good to see you, so the polls are closed, the
00:03:23of votes are being counted. What else can you tell us about the latest
00:03:26developments? Hi there.
00:03:30Nicki, well coming to you live from the very heart
00:03:32of the Russian capital, I think we actually have the most beautiful
00:03:36of spot with the Kremlin just behind
00:03:37of me, of as the polling stations across the nation have
00:03:41officially closed and the turnouts um has actually exceeded
00:03:4556%. It's been a busy three days for everyone
00:03:49taking part uh in the
00:03:51of organization process, but a more busy night
00:03:54of awaits ahead as the uh ballots are currently being counted
00:03:58and from what we know so... far and the
00:04:01of statistics are as follows: um, the United Russia party, the
00:04:05of current ruling party, is leading with just a little over
00:04:0957%. uh, the communist party is behind
00:04:13with nearly 14%. LDPR gets
00:04:169.31%, the new people is
00:04:19behind the LDPR with 7.99%, and
00:04:23a just Russia party is coming last uh in this
00:04:27list with just a little over... percent and
00:04:31just a quick reminder on how uh the elections
00:04:35actually work, well the stay doumer has uh
00:04:38450 deputies that are elected
00:04:42through uh two ballots, well um and these are divided into
00:04:47of 225 and 225. there are
00:04:49225 seats elected through party
00:04:53list and the other 225 are
00:04:57elected through single member constituent.
00:05:00so in practice once again we have two voting ballets and
00:05:04to enter
00:05:05in the state duma the party has to get
00:05:085%
00:05:09of the vote the actual political party needs to get. 5% the
00:05:13vote and we know that Russia is an enormous country
00:05:16stretching over 11 time zones, but for the first time in
00:05:20Russia's modern history, four new regions are taking
00:05:24part in this parliamentary elections and these are the
00:05:28Donask People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, Zaparoji and
00:05:32Herson regions and so across Russia
00:05:36alone over 90,000 polling stations have
00:05:39been uh worked hard um across the nation. and um
00:05:43to allow Russian citizens to cast their ballots, and actually
00:05:47um, the uh voting system was very interesting
00:05:51and
00:05:52easy one, because uh, besides actually going
00:05:54to the polling station and casting your ballot, you could
00:05:57also vote online, and this is what I personally did, I cast my vote online, and that
00:06:01was actually very, very convenient, so um, once
00:06:05again we are waiting for the for more results to come and we'll of
00:06:09you course updated on
00:06:10keep that, thank you, well, "you know, was very busy weekend of
00:06:14voting amid a massive Ukrainian attack as
00:06:18well. Tell us more about this, because the Russian defense ministry called it
00:06:22an attempt by Kiev sabotage the vote. What more do we
00:06:25know? Well, Nikki, you know,
00:06:29it doesn't come as a surprise that Kei have used the mass gatherings and just
00:06:33generally the election, um, the elections, as um,
00:06:37as very convenient point to carry out their attacks, we know
00:06:41that, uh, just over..." night Ukraine carried out a mass drone attack
00:06:44across uh most of Russia's region
00:06:47but um particularly the Moscow region was especially
00:06:50hard with the uh Russian um may Sergei Saibanian
00:06:54stating that over 1,600 drones have been
00:06:58shot down and intercepted and 450 them
00:07:02were heading Moscow's way. Unfortunately we know that there have
00:07:06been casualties uh in Moscow region for example three
00:07:10children have been wounded and unfortunately people have been killed
00:07:13to um, well, and to this unprecedented
00:07:17attack, the Russian defense ministry released the following
00:07:20statement. In an effort to undermine
00:07:23the democratic will the citizens the Russian Federation, as
00:07:27expressed in the elections to the state Duma the Federal Assembly
00:07:31the Russian Federation, the Kiev regime launched a massive
00:07:34attack on the territory the Russian Federation on September
00:07:3719th and 20th of this year, using UAVs and
00:07:41Flamingo. cruise missiles. In response to the Kiv regime's attacks
00:07:45on civilian targets on Russian territory, the armed forces the Russian
00:07:49Federation will intensify their strikes with high precision
00:07:53weapons against military targets in
00:07:55Kiev. So
00:07:58you know, it doesn't come as a surprise that Kiev used
00:08:01this election, the uh the process uh to carry out
00:08:05unprecedented attack when Russian citizens as a
00:08:09democratic nation headed to the polling stations. cast their
00:08:13ballots and to vote um and um
00:08:16while all this happened um we know that Ukraine its behalf
00:08:20itself fails to carry um out the presidential
00:08:24election have failed for the past two years um citing martial
00:08:28law the 9 million Ukrainians that are abroad um
00:08:32and this has all been happening since Zelensky's presidential term had
00:08:35expired back in May of
00:08:372024 thank you so much for
00:08:41updating us that's correspondent in the heart of Moscow there Anastasia
00:08:44Valodiner, thank you for now, and our correspondent
00:08:48egos danov is reporting from one the headquarters of United
00:08:51Russia as the country's ruling party is firmly leading the
00:08:55race. The atmosphere certainly has been cheerful here, there's
00:08:59other word for it, and after all, if you look at the caliber of people
00:09:03that United Russia can show its roaster, well
00:09:06it certainly can't complain in that department, here we've spoken to
00:09:10heroes of Russia to dec. offices, veterans the
00:09:14special military operation of in Ukraine, it's
00:09:18acting senators, acting MPs, you name it, they all have
00:09:21gathered here to together find out the
00:09:25outcome of this election, and well to finally
00:09:28find themselves victorious in this race, it has been
00:09:32a long, rather long race, after all, people have
00:09:36been voting for three days and and well again the turnout
00:09:40has been quite significant, it has been... larger than uh
00:09:44five years ago and they
00:09:46you know the people uh the people of this party of United Russia uh
00:09:50it's members they have spoken openly about how happy
00:09:54they are that people chose to go and vote that they
00:09:57utilized these uh you know all the electronic uh
00:10:00methods that have been there available for the general population for
00:10:04the low mobility people in hospitals and so to to
00:10:08vote without having to go to the polling station.
00:10:12without having, you know, without having to physically appear at the polling
00:10:16booths, and especially they have talked about how
00:10:20people in the new regions of Russia, people in the border regions of
00:10:24Russia, and I'm talking... about the border regions, the ones that border with Ukraine, of
00:10:27course, that they were unphazed by the threats, they were
00:10:31unphazed by the constant threats of drones, of missile attacks and
00:10:35they went and voted and voted unmass. after all,
00:10:39if you look at the turnout in the Lugansk people's republic and the Dunetsk people's
00:10:42republic, those turnouts, they have been quite spectacular, well
00:10:46above the average across the country, and in fact I
00:10:50asked the senator representing the Lugansk people's republic, I
00:10:54asked her, I asked her uh what she
00:10:58thinks about it, what she thinks about the people who still
00:11:02in her hometown in her home region, they went and
00:11:05they decided to participate in this first election
00:11:09that they that they could really take part in as part of Russia, and here's
00:11:13what she had to say, indeed, the turnout
00:11:17is unprecedentedly high in the Dunetsk and Lugansk Republics at
00:11:21about 80%. For the people, this is indeed very important.
00:11:24event, another step on the path of integration with Russia, because the
00:11:28residents the reunited historical regions are electing their representatives
00:11:32and parliament members for the first time. Indeed, there were many provocations
00:11:36and dangers. We have once again been convinced that our people cannot be
00:11:40intimidated. They steadfastly withstood these trials. Our
00:11:43adversary targeted energy and civil infrastructure with attacks intended to
00:11:47intimidate our people,
00:11:49to force them not to go to the polling stations, to jeopadizing the entire voting
00:11:53process. and well the threat, it was
00:11:57as real as it gets, after all, at least one member the electoral
00:12:00committee was killed in a Ukrainian strike in the Zaparogia
00:12:04region of Russia, and so really people they did risk
00:12:08literally risk their lives to go and have a have a
00:12:12go a democratic say that they have now as part of Russia,
00:12:16but they weren't the only ones uh you know taking this risk,
00:12:19Moscow uh was targeted by Ukrainian
00:12:22uh long-ranged uh attack uh over the past over
00:12:26the past three days really, there was several waves these attacks and
00:12:30- you had also international observers working at the polling
00:12:34stations and they took note of Russia's you
00:12:38know of how Russia has digitalized the voting process and they
00:12:42were quite impressed, they some uh some uh delegates, some uh
00:12:46well some the representatives the African of some African
00:12:49nations, they well they said that they might seek to
00:12:53adopt some of that technology and bring them
00:12:57to bring this technology to their home country. I
00:13:00asked an acting MP Perstoy as to what he
00:13:04thinks about this this representation when it comes to international
00:13:08observers and the general
00:13:11digitalization the vote here in Russia, what
00:13:14he he's what he had to say. We have a large
00:13:18team of international observers working in these elections and not just in
00:13:21Moscow. Everyone has noted how far Russia has advanced in terms of...
00:13:25technology for organizing the electoral process. This is transparent
00:13:29and verificable for voters. It is easy to understand and most importantly
00:13:32convenient for people to use. For us, it absolutely does not matter
00:13:36whether our former western partners recognize the elections or not, every
00:13:40day they tell stories about how bad we are, what monsters we are, and this
00:13:44entire wave of russophobia, I'm sure, will also spill over into the
00:13:47finalization the election results. For us, the most important thing is that
00:13:51the elections are recognized as fair and objective by our citizens. by our
00:13:55Russian voters, our legitimacy lies in the citizens of Russia and
00:13:59their voice, the trust the people is a politician's greatest
00:14:02asset, now there's still there is going to be
00:14:06few days that the Russian electoral committee will take to
00:14:09finalize the counter of all the votes, but it is already pretty
00:14:13clear that United Russia it is quite comfortably in the
00:14:17lead, well over 50% the public support,
00:14:21they have it, and so it's leadermit has already... he
00:14:25said addressing people here uh in uh in the people's in the
00:14:29public support HQ the United Russia party, he has
00:14:32said that now that they know that they have this public
00:14:36support, well they now United Russia can be more
00:14:40ambitious and it can really pursue everything that
00:14:44it stands for and uh really try and
00:14:48put forward their vision, bring closer their
00:14:51vision of success for Russia. multiple
00:14:55polling stations were open in Russian embassies in many locations for
00:14:59citizens who are currently abroad. Here are some pictures from
00:15:03voting locations around the world, from Armenia to the
00:15:06UAE. Russian voters also actively cast their ballots in
00:15:10European countries. Some these expatriates stress that it's
00:15:14important to express their position issues even if they live
00:15:17outside their homeland. We
00:15:21must always express our civic stands regardless.
00:15:25in the world or in our country, but right now, in 2026, it
00:15:29seems to me that the world is on the brink of very significant changes, and
00:15:33Russia has a duty to face them with dignity. That's why everyone should
00:15:37vote. "We've lived here for very long time and our
00:15:40families are here, that's all, but my heart and soul and my homeland
00:15:44are there, and I travel to Russia every year, so it's very
00:15:48important. I came here to support Russia, and our
00:15:52choice matters too, even for those of us living abroad, so that relations between
00:15:55Russia and France can be restored and improved. Well, we're hoping for confirmation the
00:15:59Russian government's actions, which I believe most of us viewers positive a
00:16:03very complicated international geopolitical situation, and the Russian."
00:16:07government isn't doing a bad job at
00:16:09all. i believe in friendship. i want
00:16:13the two nations to be friends. my wife, for example, is german and i'm
00:16:17russian. why are there so many russians here? 9 million
00:16:20russian speakers? because our families are mixed. i believe we all
00:16:24can live in harmony. and these are some images from several
00:16:28countries in southeast asia where Russian citizens have been gathering to
00:16:32vote. several hundred people are expected to attend each the polling
00:16:36stations set up in time. Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and loss and
00:16:40voters there explained why they wanted to ex exercise their
00:16:43democratic rights despite being thousands of kilometers away from
00:16:47home for me this day is very important
00:16:51for our country and we uh from my
00:16:55point of view every Russian citizen should
00:16:58vote for their future. I think it's really
00:17:01important to take part in this election cuz
00:17:04like uh we need. to express
00:17:08our opinion and yeah,
00:17:11this is really important for as a first time like
00:17:15voting here.
00:17:16it is really important for Russian people abroad to take part
00:17:20in these elections, as it is
00:17:23very about to express
00:17:27fair will, a political will
00:17:30uh so that community in Russia, Russia people
00:17:33and international community would know '
00:18:08reports from polls that have been opened in south africa where Russian citizens went
00:18:12to cast their ballots. Russian citizens living
00:18:16in South Africa are turning out to cast their ballots in Russia's parliamentary
00:18:20election today. Here at the Embassy in Pretoria doors opened
00:18:24early this morning with diplomatic staff uh
00:18:27facilitating voting alongside consulates
00:18:31in other parts the country including Cape Town and Durban. For
00:18:34members the diaspora participate. in the vote offers
00:18:38a direct way to influence the composition
00:18:42the 450 seat state
00:18:45duma. throughout this day, citizens from
00:18:48across many parts the Hauteng province have been
00:18:52arriving at these diplomatic gates to exercise their civic
00:18:56duty, each one them bringing their own
00:18:59priorities for the country's domestic trajectory as well as foreign
00:19:03policy. we believe we are still, we're still staying russians
00:19:07whether? far away from Russia or we living in Moscow, one thing which unite all of
00:19:10us is is Russia, is our home, it is a symbol the
00:19:14any democratic society, which should have, that should allow it
00:19:18citizens who want to vote to vote. what
00:19:22is the most important thing is the future, future of my country, future
00:19:26of my family, so that's why i have to make this
00:19:29choice, and that's
00:19:31why.
00:20:07perspectives highlight the shared sense of civic
00:20:11duty among voters thousands of kilometers away from
00:20:14home. once polling concludes here in South Africa, the ballots
00:20:18collected across the country will be officially sealed and
00:20:22processed to be tallied alongside votes gathered from hundreds
00:20:26of Russian diplomatic missions worldwide,
00:20:30feeding directly into the final global count.
00:20:33for RT, amnoluvuyokunge in Pretoria.
00:20:38The crucial vote is also taking place in territories that are coming
00:20:42under daily attack, but despite the threat posed by
00:20:45Ukraine, people say they're determined that their voices will be
00:20:49heard. "the head the Donies Republic has cast his vote a local
00:20:53polling station, noting that he met quite a few people who wanted to
00:20:57vote in their first state doomer election. our correspondent
00:21:00Murad Gazdier reports on how the vote is being held under wartime
00:21:04conditions. across two
00:21:08continents and 11 time zones under ceaseless
00:21:12threat of attack, Russians vote for their new
00:21:15parliament.
00:21:26in their millions, despite constant threats from
00:21:30Ukraine, threats of prosecution and
00:21:34persecution, just for booting, attacks on
00:21:37polling stations, fakes and Ukrainian
00:21:40propaganda. Yesterday and the day before,
00:21:44leaflets were dropped by drones across most of our region,
00:21:48containing calls to block the... process and urging
00:21:51people not to participate in the elections. every day we are
00:21:55seeing a steady stream of two or three disinformation campaigns coming from
00:21:59the Ukrainian side, along with deep fakes and forged
00:22:03administrative documents. yet few are
00:22:06afraid, people are used to drones and
00:22:09missiles. verbal threats no longer
00:22:12carry the same weight. tell me, have you been
00:22:16intimidated? did Zelensky threaten you saying you shouldn't go to these?
00:22:25Of course not, generally speaking it is very difficult to intimidate me,
00:22:28it's just not in my nature. God forbid, firstly, I
00:22:32don't recognize the landscate all, and I don't watch him on TV. As for
00:22:36scammers, they've already left me alone. We have lived too long to
00:22:40be intimidated,
00:22:43and that is my vote, one of tens of
00:22:46millions being cast around the Donbas. an
00:22:50environment where people are actively being
00:22:53threatened, where electoral officials are
00:22:56receiving death threats, their families, their
00:22:59children, but with every vote cast in the don
00:23:02bass, the people the donbas show that
00:23:06those threats don't scare them, not
00:23:10even strongly worded statements and
00:23:13condemnation could stop these elections. At
00:23:16today's meeting, the central electoral commission adopted resolution. declaring
00:23:20that the organization and conduct of elections for deputies to the state duma
00:23:24the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine
00:23:28are illegitimate. It is, of course, ironic that
00:23:32Ukraine forbids Ukrainians from voting in these
00:23:36Russian elections, because neither does it allow
00:23:39Ukrainians themselves any elections. They're too
00:23:43dangerous, says the former president of
00:23:46Ukraine. Elections as such are huge risk.
00:23:50Elections right now are a tsunami which could split Ukraine.
00:23:53Again, the irony: Ukraine professes to be fighting for
00:23:57freedom and democracy, but says elections are too
00:24:01dangerous. Russia, which Kiev accuses of aggression and
00:24:05tyrany, holds elections even in
00:24:07war. He's holding elections in September. He needs a
00:24:11united society that will support his united Russia.
00:24:15Zelensky, on the other hand, doesn't need his society's
00:24:19support. his term expired two years ago
00:24:22and no one can do anything about it. he already
00:24:26controls all Ukrainian media, all newspapers
00:24:30and online publications, full spectrum
00:24:34propaganda. anyone who criticizes him can be
00:24:37sanctioned, Ukrainian or otherwise, else
00:24:41sent a one-way trip to the front lines.
00:24:45so elections, you want elections as soon as ready to do it tomorrow, but
00:24:49if we have... war, it's you can't
00:24:52do it, what elections? how to make elections with the 9 million people
00:24:55who are abroad, and what to do with the people who are
00:24:59temporary or live in temporary occupied
00:25:03territories. Europe, of course, will bend over backwards
00:25:07to accommodate Zelensky. Kya calas, the
00:25:10EU's diplomatic figure head, is never one to
00:25:14overthink it, simple and cliche is her
00:25:18style. Putin hasn't had. uh elections or Russia hasn't had
00:25:21elections in 25 years. Zelensky is
00:25:25elected leader, elected in the free and fair elections,
00:25:29and of course during the wartime you can't have elections. Zelensky's
00:25:33corrupt ministers, his army heads simply
00:25:37don't mind, so long as the EU supports
00:25:40Zelensky, the aid money pours in
00:25:44and it can be divided up and shared around
00:25:48between friends. the only concern is the people
00:25:52of Ukraine forced brutally to fight a war
00:25:56they don't want to fight in by a president they
00:25:59don't want blasted by propaganda. they don't
00:26:03agree with, and there's nothing they can do about
00:26:06it, but daydream. We must find a legal, safe and
00:26:10realistic mechanism that will allow Ukraine to restore a full-fledged
00:26:14democratic process even under the conditions of a prolonged
00:26:17war. This is difficult. We must guarantee the right to vote for our
00:26:20military, for millions of Ukrainians abroad, and for those in the
00:26:24frontline regions. We must ensure the security the electoral
00:26:28process, the independence of institutions, and trust in the
00:26:31results. If Russia could do it, then so could
00:26:35Ukraine, and the only thing stopping elections in
00:26:38Ukraine is the former president, one
00:26:41Zelensky who just doesn't want to
00:26:45leave. Morat Gazdiev, arti from
00:26:48Donietzk. So the latest update on the
00:26:52preliminary results, remember the final figures won't be officially
00:26:56confirmed until next Friday, but let's look at the current
00:27:00numbers after about 29%. the ballots have been
00:27:03tallied is the following: the ruling, United Russia party
00:27:07is firmly in the lead with solid majority. The runner-up
00:27:11is the Communist Party with about 14%, and
00:27:15in third place is the Liberal Democratic Party with a little over
00:27:199%. Even though the voting has wrapped up, there's still a lot to
00:27:22see, count, and of course discuss. Stay with us here on RTI
00:27:26International for the latest updates. We'll be back at the top the hour. See you
00:27:30then.
00:27:55There's no end in side over how you're going to continue to destroy the earth is the case
00:27:59the madness the people
00:28:01I tried to go to the gym but I'm... certainly not ready to fight Russia, this is all so
00:28:04absurd, this is third world lunacy, brainwashing,
00:28:08as poslion likes to say, we have the tools, why don't we
00:28:12just start with stability and business deals, plan
00:28:16living on man, we have very good propaganda in our press here in
00:28:19Europe. I think we don't know the aftermath, anytime that you're not allowed to
00:28:23ask questions, you should ask all the questions, the more questions asked, the
00:28:27better the answers will
00:28:28be.
00:28:38"there was a time indeed, when we were quite accustomed
00:28:42to having half the globe dance to our
00:28:45tune,
00:28:49who could possibly have imagined that in the 21st
00:28:52century I would find myself being obliged to
00:28:56dance?".
00:29:04वी टॉट इंडिया टू स्पीक इंग्लिश और अब
00:29:08आरटी की वजह से मुझे हिंदी में बात करनी
00:29:37Hello and welcome to worlds apart. For years,
00:29:41multitasking or having it all has been praised as both
00:29:44necessity and a privilege of modern life, originating
00:29:48in the west, it quickly spread around the globe, especially to the
00:29:52fast growing economies the east. It creates prosperity,
00:29:56but also takes away from the things that can never be fully
00:30:00enumerated, like family bonds or... traditional culture, and
00:30:03the question is, can they to be bridged? well, to discuss that I'm now
00:30:07joined by Cheska Gonzales, a Philippine entrepreneur,
00:30:11pilot, advocate of female empowerment, and mother of
00:30:15two. Cheska, it's great to talk to you. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you
00:30:18for having me. I heard you say in another interview that your
00:30:22professional pursuit of success started with your becoming
00:30:26teenage mom, facing certain stigma and wanting to prove to your
00:30:29parents that you can be something other than the mom and
00:30:33you've been quite successful at that, but i do want to start with the motherhood
00:30:37part, why do you think raising another human
00:30:41being or two in your case not seem to count
00:30:45as life enough of life achievement? it is
00:30:49life achievement for me, honestly if they weren't here, i
00:30:52wouldn't probably be here as well, and they were really my
00:30:55inspiration,
00:30:57you know, but mean in the Philippines or...
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