Had called on people to turn out at midday in moscow and other cities to spoil their ballots or vote for any other candidate. These were the scenes in moscow. Thereve been no Protest Chants the authorities warned that activists could be arrested. A Rights Monitoring Group in russia says more than 70 people have been detained. Vladimir putin is almost certain to win, giving him another six years in power. The kremlin has ensured he faces no credible opponent. Protests were also held at russian embassies abroad. Mr navalny� s widow, yulia, was among those queuing outside the Russian Embassy in berlin to vote. There have been demonstrations in the uk, france, tokyo and georgia. With me is the bbc� s Vitaly Shevchenko. Thank you for being with us. Third and final day of voting, give us a sense of the picture in russia. People are voting and queues did form at a greater number of Polling Stations, as far as we can tell. The opposition had called for its supporters to come at noon to Polling Stations, and the way it looked, i hesitate to call it a protest because it looks like use with people just standing there, not chanting any slogans or holding any posters. It looked like queues. The only available way for them to protest without being arrested is Writing Protest Messages on Ballot Papers and such pictures of these messages are being shared widely on social media. Four hours left to vote in the russian election. The authorities are posting record breaking Turnout Numbers come up record breaking Turnout Numbers come up more than 70 , but the opposition, it looks like they have been to Polling Stations and they will go home now and the kremlin will go home now and the kremlin will be hoping that the people who had called for these events, associates of Alexei Navalny, that they go home and the kremlin will be able to safely ever forget that Alexei Navalny existed. We able to safely ever forget that Alexei Navalny existed. We can see these live pictures Alexei Navalny existed. We can see these live pictures from Alexei Navalny existed. We can see these live pictures from the Alexei Navalny existed. We can see | these live pictures from the Russian Embassy in berlin, Yulia Navalnaya in amongst the crowd protesting. For others to go in voting, has Vitaly Shevchenko said. Lets go to the Russian Embassy in west london. Give us a sense of the picture there. I think it is a very different picture here, actually, because while you are not allowed slogans or placards or anything like that, of that kind in russia, it is very different here in russia, it is very different here in london, actually, and if you have a quick look over my shoulder i would say we have Something Like well over 1000 people at the moment, it is hard to get an exact figure, but that q stretches back for well over a mile, but that q stretches back for well overa mile, probably but that q stretches back for well over a mile, probably two to fall deep at a time and it is significant and a lot of the people we spoke to today confirms they are here for the Midday Protest and we have obviously only spoken to a sample so it is difficult to to say just only spoken to a sample so it is difficult to to sayjust how many are here for that protest but a lot of people said they wanted to turn out in solidarity and confirms they wanted to be there for the Midday Protest and confirmed that and some were a bit is guided in what they were a bit is guided in what they were saying but did confirm that is exactly the intention they had today and that is why they were hit today. Two to fall deeper. The idea is that these protests at noon were put forward by the wife of the Opposition Leader alex in a valley he would suggest it two weeks before his death and many people here didnt want to support that and are doing that in all time zones across russia but here at midday in london as well of course and i think that is white lots of people have turned out today. Two and four deep. Francis read outside the embassy in london. Thank you. It hasjust francis read outside the embassy in london. Thank you. It has just gone 5pm in moscow and we will keep you posted on this story as it develops. Lets speak to dan storiev, whos with 0vd info, an independent media and Human Rights Group focused on russia. Thank you for being with us. Lets talk about arrests, protests and demonstrations. How many people to be no have been arrested inside russia for demonstrating and what have they been arrested for . How many people do we know have. Right now, we many people do we know have. Right now. We know many people do we know have. Right now, we know of many people do we know have. I mt now, we know of people detained just today, so people detained preliminarily, prophylactically, as they put it in because quite a few activists detained. And they are detained for all sorts of reasons. These slogans, this protest vote is very much still a protest, these are people putting Protest Slogans on the ballads and throwing them in the ballot boxes and the authorities are so terrified of the meaning or the power of these slogans because the authorities have been finding and detaining people for exactly that. Protest slogans on the ballots. There was a woman detained and St Petersburg for writing no to war on her ballot. Let me just paint you a picture there. In a small town in the moscow region, 0dintsova, basically a suburb of moscow, imagine 0xford relative to london, the cops are standing around the ballot box and checking the ballots before the person comes in and froze their ballot into the box, and they can check whether they voted for Vladimir Putin although it is the right way, and if they dont like the ballot, they seize it. Comes in and froze their ballot. This is the level of repression right now. And still thousands. find the level of repression right now. And still thousands. And still thousands. And that is when peeple and still thousands. And that is when people even and still thousands. And that is when people even get and still thousands. And that is when people even get to and still thousands. And that is when people even get to the and still thousands. And that is i when people even get to the ballot box and you are talking about their boats being scrutinised but on top of that, there is this extra layer of that, there is this extra layer of control by the kremlin in a sort of control by the kremlin in a sort of carrot and stick approach. Talking about their votes. There is this incentive to go and vote, when a motorbike or a trip to moscow or a cash prize, but talk about the administrative pressure on people to make sure they go to the Polling Station in the first place. Yes. Station in the first place. Yes, what we talk station in the first place. Yes, what we talk about station in the first place. 1 1 what we talk about administrative resources, thank you for bringing this up. Thats how we got impractical science. This up. Thats how we got impracticalscience. 0f this up. Thats how we got impractical science. Of course, these individuals might win something and women were promised a pre examination by a gynaecologist for going to the Polling Station but more than often than not, these are people who are working for state affiliated enterprises, state co ntrolled affiliated enterprises, state controlled enterprises and they are basically told, hey, if you dont go and vote, we are going to fire you. If you dont go and vote, we will dock your pay, and you have to keep in mind as a western observer, whenever you see the supposedly large rallies in the port of Vladimir Putin or any kind of outpouring of support for the kremlin, more often than not, these people have been essentially forced to go there. Large rallies in support of leading a putin. Dan storiev from support of leading a putin. Dan storiev from 0vd info. Thank you very much. I want to bring you some breaking news now. Sources in ukraine have confirmed to the bbc that its drones hit an oil refinery in Slavyansk Na KubaniIn Southern Russia overnight. It comes as the governor of the Belgorod Region says one person was killed and 11 wounded in ukrainian shelling there. Ukrainian sources said refineries were being targeted to undermine the russian economy and its oil exports. We now go live to our Eastern Europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, who is in ukraine for us. Tell us more about the strikes on these russian oil refineries. Oil refineries. This was a Confirmation Oil refineries. This was a confirmation we oil refineries. This was a confirmation we got oil refineries. This was a i confirmation we got earlier oil refineries. This was a confirmation we got earlier today from an official here who told us that yes, this strike overnight on an oil refinery in krasnodar In Southern Russia was indeed conducted by ukrainian drones and they say that the aim is to undermine the russian economy and is to undermine oil exports and ultimately to damage the russian war machine, of course. This came at the same time as president of Volodymyr Zelensky talks about the success of long range ukrainian drones. Yesterday, Russias Defence Ministry said five drones were shot down around moscow also so we know these drones go far and they go deep and we know that ukraine says they are specifically trying to target in particular fuel de pose and oil refineries. We also know there has been shelling across the border of belgorod, that russian town in the south of russia, close to the Ukrainian Border and of course there is shelling and missiles fired in the other direction every single day at places like kharkiv and 0desa here in ukraine so ukraine is making the point that whilst russia is accusing it of disrupting the election, ukraine has pointed out very clearly that it is defending itself against two years of Vladimir Putins War Of Aggression against ukraine, his full scale invasion of this country. Fuel depots. Ukraine, his fullscale invasion of this country. Fuel depots. People castina this country. Fuel depots. People casting their this country. Fuel depots. People casting their minds this country. Fuel depots. People casting their minds back this country. Fuel depots. People casting their minds back to this country. Fuel depots. People casting their minds back to the casting their minds back to the early days of this conflict will remember how russia impacted ukraines economy with those Grain Exports and how that hit ukraines finances. How big a deal is it that we are seeing the strikes on these refineries . Are they symbolic or are they actually going to have a noticeable impact on russias finances . I noticeable impact on russias finances . , noticeable impact on russias finances . Noticeable impact on russias finances . , , ~. , finances . I honestly dont know, but i know they finances . I honestly dont know, but i know they are finances . I honestly dont know, but i know they are happening finances . I honestly dont know, but i know they are happening and finances . I honestly dont know, but i know they are happening and we i i know they are happening and we have seen 12 of them in the last week or so, i believe six in the last week and 12 in recent times. I think it is part of ukraines broad strategy and in a Sense Making Up for a short pause on the front line as well, and we know there is a shortage of ammunition at the moment for ukrainian troops fighting and engaging with Russian Forces on the front lines are using drones is a way to try to attack russia and take the fight to russia inside the country. Making up for shortfalls. It is also part of the psychological warfare because the more you can show russia at that this war can be damaging to that country, then the more favourable thatis country, then the more favourable that is to ukraine itself because at the moment, you know, all the talk has been of ukraine on the back foot is just holding the line and i think thats totally presentable Edina Zelensky once to have that much more positive attitude and so that ukraine in defending itself is taking the fight back to russia and attack its economy if not more within russia itself. Volodymyr zelensky. I5 within russia itself. Volodymyr zelens. ,. , within russia itself. Volodymyr zelens. ,. , within russia itself. Volodymyr zelens. , zelensky. Is always good to get your anal sis, zelensky. Is always good to get your analysis. Sarah zelensky. Is always good to get your analysis, sarah rainsford. Zelensky. Is always good to get your analysis, sarah rainsford. Thank zelensky. Is always good to get your| analysis, sarah rainsford. Thank you very much. The israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has reaffirmed his determination to mount a Military Operation in the city of rafah in southern gaza, where more than a million palestinians are taking refuge. Mr netanyahu said that no International Pressure would stop israel from achieving all the aims of its war against hamas. Translation no International Pressure will stop us from achieving all the goals of the war, eliminating hamas, freeing all of our hostages and ensuring that gaza will no longer pose a threat to israel. In order to do that, we will operate in rafah too. Meanwhile, Health Officials in gaza say more than sixty palestinians have been killed in israeli bombardments overnight. The health ministry, controlled by hamas, said 12 members of one family were killed when their house in Deir Al Balah in the centre of the territory was hit. Ceasefire talks are expected to resume in qatar today, with an israeli delegation likely to join the negotiations, but its not yet clear when it might leave. Lets go live to our correspondent injerusalem. Lets lets go live to our correspondent in jerusalem. Lets first of all injerusalem. Lets first of all talk in jerusalem. Lets first of all talk about injerusalem. Lets first of all talk about Prime Minister netanyahus pushed back against the international community, including many of his own allies. Yes. International community, including many of his own allies. Many of his own allies. Yes, it is a trademark many of his own allies. Yes, it is a trademark defiance many of his own allies. Yes, it is a trademark defiance really many of his own allies. Yes, it is a trademark defiance really of trademark defiance really of Benjamin Netanyahu which the more he is criticised in this war the more he seems to be digging in, and really hitting back at his critics who are calling him particularly not to launch an Israeli Offensive into wrapper in the south of gaza where more than half of guys ares by collision is now sheltering, and you had a snippet of his remarks at the Cabinet Meeting today when he vowed to push onto total victory with the return of israeli hostages. Rafah. As many western governments are saying this is too much of a risk to send the israeli army into rafah and 0laf scholz, the german chancellor, said today that achieving these would be very difficult if israel sent his army into rafah and President Biden said a week or so ago that an Israeli Offensive there would be a red line for the Us Administration and yet Benjamin Netanyahu says those who are urging israel to pull back after getting the second of seventh 0ctober hamas attacks and in his words, they have lost their moral conscience and are trying to deny israel from defending itself. Aha, israel from defending itself. A delegation from israel to you on their way to Cation Forecourt talks there to resume. On their way to Cation Forecourt courts to resume. Want to resume. What we know about that . We want to resume. What we know about that . ~ ~. ,. , want to resume. What we know about that . ~. ,. ,. ,. , that . We know the israeli delegation will be led by that . 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