Outcome was never in doubt. Vladimir putin is expected to win the vote that will keep his grip on power through 2030 he has already russias longestserving ruler since soviet dictator joseph stalin. Weve got full coverage for you. Cnns may chances in moscow. Fred pleitgen is in berlin and also with this cnn contributor and former Moscow Bureau chief, jill dougherty, matthew, lets begin with you. Despite the lack of opposition, there were acts of defiance, werent there today there have been quite a few actually, but louk, the preliminary results are just coming in and that theyre very high, which is expected. Were looking at something in the region of 88 votes for Vladimir Putin. Thats with about 25 of the votes counted. And a turnout of well over 70 . So these are extraordinary high results, even by the standards of an election of Vladimir Putin. But youre right, its not been a totally unified and stable election period that has been a lot of defiance, acts of defiance at Polling Stations. For instance its across the country with petrol bombs being thrown and paint and inke, an Antiseptic Die being pudding to voting boxes. Thats extraordinary, of course, in a country where public displays of dissent can attract very serious consequences another flash of defiance in russias president ial vote the opposition called this midday against putin supporters gathering at Polling Stations across the country in a show of solidarity its what Alexey Navalnys, russias late opposition leader, had urged before he suddenly well the russian Authorities Say that anyone who attends an unauthorized protests will be dealt with severely, but you can see its just after 12 00 here in moscow. And a lot of people have turned out at this one Polling Station to cast their ballots its not a protest, but it is an indication of just how many people here. But leading Alexey Navalnys call y become now to cast your vote . Because they come to an end. He wanted to see all these people come together and see each other. In person. Why . Besides come now at 12 00 you know why . I think everyone please stay in this queue no way three days russians have been voted seeing in an election which President Putin was always certain to win scattered acts of disruption of exposed division in several Polling Stations. Die was poured into ballot boxes to ruin paper votes already cast across russia. Number of voting centers. Were hitting with Arson Attacks officials insist these deeply flawed president ial elections in which the opposition wasnt even allowed to stand, were free and fair. Then youd logo compared to the last president ial vote in 2018, received one half as many complaints. Chief human rights commissioner, tells state television genre, we his leg. I dont remember such active, deeply monitored elections here but the defiance of some russians has also been simmering discontent in the kremlins tightly controlled brush roughly boiling up to the surface afraid, the kremlin have confirmed tonight that were likely to hear from Vladimir Putin within the next few hours. And with the results like the ones that were seeing now coming in, what with 88 all or terabytes of the vote, its likely Vladimir Putin will take this opportunity to claim a mandate for more of his policies. For instance, in ukraine and to manipulate the russian economy in order to cater for that and then matthew, as the election has been taking place, there have also been constant Ukrainian Drone attacks. What more can you tell us about that yeah. I mean, from from from a kremlin point of view, this has really been casting a shadow over the whole election process because for the past several days, in particular, there have been multiple drones the from ukraine into russian territory, largely targeting oil installations, oil refineries, and things like that. And there were some very dramatic images that are making the rounds on social media showing the extent of the destruction that has been caused by those drones exploding and hitting their targets. There have also been crossborder raids by various ukraine based russian militias into russian territory. And so all that forming the violent backdrop for these election results. All right. Matthew chance in moscow. Thanks so much. Ill turn now to Fred Pleitgen, whos in berlin. So a fred, the widow of the late opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, was among large crowds who voted remotely there in germany. Tell us more about that either fredricka, this was of course part of that to midday against putin protests that the opposition had called for, which of course took place that many russian embassies were expats were voting around the world. But berlin certainly seemed to have one of the largest showing things and certainly also in the most prominent opposition activist here as well, the most prominent by far, of course, yulia navalnaya, the widow of Alexey Navalny. She actually came out and she said she had to stand in line for six hours to be able to vote because there were so many people who are showing up and we were there for large parts of that hi, and we certainly did see a lot of people with antiputin signs. Some of them with proukrainian gear as well. There were, however, also a lot of proputin, of odors. One has to say in the crowd that was waiting to also get in. Now yulia navalnaya, after standing in line for a very long time did manage to get in and cast her ballot. And she said that she wrote the Surname Navalny on that ballot. And heres why he knew you stop with me is just above the represents the companion so it was Yulia Navalnayas speaking immediately get if after getting out of that Polling Station in the Russian Embassy here in a berlin, she was then also asked if she had a message for Vladimir Putin. Now she was walking off, she got a little bit annoyed when she was asked that question. She said, look, stop asking me about messages for Vladimir Putin. She called them a gangster and a killer and said there could be no negotiations with Vladimir Putin all right, bold messaging from her. Thank you so much for glycan in berlin. All right. Jill dougherty. Now with this, so i want to get some analysis from, you. I mean, you formally the bureau chief in moscow, who know it well and even throughout this threeday election cycle, weve been seeing sporadic acts of defiance here and there but does it have any impact at all into the direction of Vladimir Putins leadership i do think it will have an effect, obviously on the vote thats already over. But i found it very interesting that comment by one person in line that matthew mentioned. He said, i came because i wanted to see other people and i think this is one thing that the opposition wants people to know that they are not alone, that there are other people in the country who feel the same way they do. And is very difficult in russia sometimes because essentially you cant go onto the streets anymore. You cannot protest. You cant like things on social media. You can be arrested very easily for any sign of opposition. And so knowing that there are other people who do not support putin, actually is significant its very hard to measure, obviously that i think cumulatively its an important thing do you find it remarkable that there are people we saw many people in terms of these examples of acts of defiance, many people who are willing to be seen putting dye into a ballot box, Lighting Fires speaking of defiance and and outright opposition to putin, theyre willing to take these kinds of risks does that strike you given that there have been so many people arrested . People have lost so much, especially after navalnys death. In their forms of protest. But people still dont seem to be at all, or at least large number of people dont seem to be at all afraid of the repercussions well, the incidents like pouring ink and things like that. I still think have to be defined. Im not quite sure who those people were or exactly why they were doing that. But i think the lines it came out. But especially in russia, not only in europe because its easier in europe. Obviously, if youre rushing in europe to show up in those long lines, but the long lines within russia, i think a really significant, remember that woman in lines said, you know, why were here. They were here. Yeah, at least supporting the call by navalny to do that. So i think well have to see again how this plays out, because the kremlin did not want this to happen. They did not want people to show up in big lines at the end. And that type of protest to me is one it was more significant than anything that we saw with destruction of balance or anything like that interesting. Then sanctions against russia. I mean, it seems like the impact has been fairly limited. Im correct me if im wrong on that, but a lot of experts have said, you know, it doesnt seem to influence putin very much. But russia economy remains rather small compared to some of the larger nations. So is this the weak spot of putin continued sanctions . Well, there are a lot of sanctions right now there is a debate as to whether theyre effective long term. They actually are but they have done what they wanted to do, are the west wanted to do in the beginning, which was to stop vladimir for putin from invading another country. But whats happening right now is putin has put his economy on a war footing. So there are a lot of the that the economy seems to be doing quite well, are booming. Some of that is actually coming because it is a wartime economy because people are back in factories making equipment and weapons et cetera. And that increases the economy. But what does it mean in the long run, some of you obviously have a lot of people who left the country educated people, people who are in it cetera. You also have a lack of some of the most instigated technological supplies that you can imagine that russia really needs the hightech supplies that they could get from the west, which they cant anymore so thats i think more significant in the end. All right. Well leave it there. I jill dougherty, a great to see you. Thank you so much. Matthew chance, as well as Fred Pleitgen for joining us all right. It was quite the week for Vice PresidentKamala Harris. Could the next few months be even more pivotal . 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