During the morning the city center was almost completely deserted thats not to say necessarily that lots and lots of hong kong wasnt chosen like part of the strike but what the process to say early on monday was they stopped people from getting to work for example they used the their bodies to block the doors of subway trains so the subway system was completely shut down for about 6 hours on long time likewise they saw lots of the main roads coming in to the center of hong kong which meant that around here in the Central Business district it was almost like a ghost town people have started to come back in now the protests of changed tactics theyve moved on the subway system is operating and you can probably see some people in the background behind me right now though as well the big protests going on in 7 different locations around the school most of them so far weve just come from one the reason we black that is that with so many people that thousands on thousands completely covering
A very severe clampdown actually stopped the Opposition Movement then after the duma who actions the state duma elections that was a rather more massive than today so then its worked much like with arties believe it can work now too but then again that depends on other issues its not just about moscow though this right now is a moscow city issue its moscow elections its happening in moscow theres very much resonance to the entire a contrie side of russia. But right there their thirties have theyre afraid and they have a reason to be afraid because this politico basically political Opposition Movement in moscow may begin to spread out and join forces with the social economic discontent thats really massive in russia because russia is in the konami though drums for over 6 years Household Incomes have been declining theyre sick anomic frustration it its right now not public and its not connection connected to the actions and through the Moscow Council but if a jew they join forces the aff
Russia party who had suggested that the in the next duma the next Russian Parliament elections that are coming up in 2021 it is quite possible that a liberal one of the liberal parties will be able to get get it so and not get seats which has not happened for for a number of years to russia so what if the eve of these protests keep up if they are if they become more long term more wide widespread than they can of course affect the russian Political Landscape as you have seen similar effects in other countries. Joining the discussion now from london dimeter loss an expert on Russian Affairs and lecturer in security and development in the department of war studies at Kings College london. There are 2 key opposition figures who seem to be no instrumental in the protest movement volley. Ball do you see them able to build up the momentum for the of for the opposition and shaping the narrative for the future i think what is very interesting about this movement is i did is it follow some lead
Hundreds of people arrested in russia and the leading opposition politician jailed protestors say president putins opponents are being excluded from taking part in moscow city elections why is the government taking such a hard stance and could violence against the demonstrators backfire this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Its one of the biggest security crackdown seen in russia for many years i guess what the Authorities Say are illegal demonstrations an independent Monitoring Group says more than 800 protesters were detained on saturday the week before the figure was almost 1400 and the leading opponent of president Vladimir Putin unexplained avani was jailed russians are angry at the ban on some opposition minded candidates for the next months city elections in moscow the council controlled by the pro kremlin uniteds russia party is responsible for a last minute simple budget the vote comes at a time when putins Approval Rating although still high at more than 60
Good morning, im Francine Lacqua in london. It is a very packed show in terms of data flow, this is what i am looking at. Lets put everything into context with Asset Classes. Overall we are seeing quite a lot of equities higher after we saw the s p 500 rise to a record, treasuries tumbling after we had less damage than originally feared from Hurricane Irma which supports a case for gradually improving economy. This is a picture for the stoxx of thatthe back hurricane we are also looking at crude oil and this is one to look at, europound and pounddollar. Heres sebastian salek. Sebastian the Un Security Council has approved a new sanctions aimed at punishing north korea. The u. S. Dropped key demands to win support from russia and. Hina wil it seeks to give countries the freeze to freeze cargo ships who dont agree to inspection. Today we are intending to take the future of the north Korean Nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime. We are done trying to prod the regime to do