The cost of rushes. All the new reasons for the 1st time of the soul. So hard to explain all the good can be at least 2 or 3 weeks. Ive already made it easier and we hope things with you in the a very welcome miss. Dont see international with the latest. Well, these out date as a way thats great to have you with in moscow it says its full. Says have to say that another word tends by ukranian troops to infiltrate russian border regions. Word for it to is released by the Russian Ministry of defense shows a group of ukrainian soldiers trying to across the board the into the belgrade region. Most kosa is key. I have lost up to 30 soldiers 3 times since multiple other vehicles. The Russian Defense ministry onset these attempts to info traits of increased since the election began us. Earlier on saturday, 2 civilians were killed and 3 more wounded off to a residential positive bells of of city came under ukrainian attack according to the governor of the region. And another so i can the area of Defense Systems and this up to 15 checks applied will catch the will 5, across the board up by keeps troops. One thing at least will in the civilian say produce um a gomez picture of it. Solve this report. Another attack has happened this morning. I witnessed myself local govern assessed h m o arrest of rockets work and deceptive. But unfortunately it not full of member and to separate living to people dead and 3 more wounded. I was a did all of the places myself and well, pedestrian area, residential building comp, parking. It does not look like a middle trip target. Actually a tax on the region of intensified great lakes in recent days. Just yesterday they were 3 weeks of arrow attacks. As far as i can see right now, this is their main goal to spoiled rushes of president ial elections. People go into the building station, at some point theyre afraid, but they want to express their. Busy concerns they are believes and basically they just want to win a world and they said that nothing will stop them from doing it. The 2nd day of the russian and president ial election has wrapped up old polling stations and now close across the country. But well, well put in a few hours in the far east for the 3rd, and final day of those seeing on sunday, at the moment the official turnouts has the pulse, 58 percent. Meaning that over 66000000 people have made that choice. And thats not even including all the votes that will cost online as possible and special coverage. We have a studio sets up in the heart of the russian campus. So bringing you updates on the key developments. The hey, we are downtown moscow, the heart of the russian capital here with the Company Behind the bait and his glory is lights from all of us here wishing you are very well. Welcome to our special election coverage the so were looking at the numbers now. The 3 day election is going to wrap up in about 24 hours or so sunday evening, but at the moment, as we understand that the numbers keep coming in by the minute, lets talk about the full candidates here. You bought the incumbent, had a state of course Environment Food and hes been at the helm since 1999. But the other 3 candidates are also National Lawmakers of let us off that phone calls from the new peoples party. A veteran russian is russian. Businessman alienate slootsky, he was from the liberal democratic party. And the communist nikolai had a ton of whos been a member of a state do much since 1994, also leading the the Parliamentary Committee on Russias Arctic and far eastern development. Well, we now joined by a very special guest here with our studio audience and national elizabeth. When gotti you buena, your one of the many of the see one of the Many International observers. What are you seeing so far . Is it looking legit . Good evening, rory, it has been totally transparent. No complaints on my side. I went to the civic chambers this evening or this afternoon, and the cameras on nova, with about 20 volunteers watching all pulling stations in russia. And the fact the 20 individuals are what almost 20. It could be slightly more watching all of us russia. Its effective, its efficient and im really impressed. Have you seen any areas where russia could improve on the election process . Any complaints from you . Perhaps . Um no at day one was a little bit worried when i went to the fast to pulling stations and i was just absolving elderly people voting and i had to ask my guide. And she told me the reason that youre not seeing young people there is because its a friday base called an mall. So she added, but based on up where they can do the electronic voting, thats right. And i was so impressed so you can be on your busy day like she was. And i asked her, when is she going to what she reminded me again, elizabeth, we have an up, i can book anytime somebody see here review, i can vote. So i mean, those are the things that i feel like i would call you back home. Yeah, yeah. We in kenya, we have so used to long polling lines or the pulling station. I mean, if you have enough, it cuts the long pulling lines that we have back home. Yeah. So yeah, for me, im just impressed. Is there any way that youve seen anyone could try and stuff valid boxes or try on the, legitimize this election process . Honestly, i dont think so again, all pulling stations specific rooms have all the steve to cameras. I can tell you the portable model of boxes that ive taken home, most people who are disabled and unable to go to the police station. I was fortunate enough to actually see one be brought back with the votes costed. And the lady cut the seal right and took the volts out and fucked them you know, sealed. She filled them and put them in the safe with your position as an International Election observer. When you hear about shelling or a tax on civilian areas, when people are trying to cost a vote, how does that make you feel and, and could you, could you be those of a, 1. 00 of those regions to try and help with people that people are trying to utah prospect election or transparent election, then im going to bomb the military. Theyre going to cause some disturbance with the civilians who are actually supposed to be the ones costing the volt. Yeah, yeah, so this is expected, but i think the russian spirit is strong and that, but youre optic. The fact that this happened on day one and you still have people going out to vote on day 2 and probably will the, the date of the 3. Its speaks positives, positive about the russian. Its very tells you something you talk about the russian spirit. Is he something about the resilience . Yes. Over the russians on the um, i want to tell the african the does. Its high time to open. The eyes of health might not be coming from the west and might be coming from the east. The folding stations are going from 8 am to 8 pm. And basically in the next couple of hours following sessions reopen and rushes far east. I so confusing because theres so many times on here. So anyway, 11 times ons and thats what it is now. Admittedly, that help you know, a couple of trouble makers who have tried to solve the voting process. We can show you some footage to apparently, some employees that upholding station prevented a woman from pouring green dye into a ballot box on friday. Several similar cases store a total of more than 200. 00 pallets ruined across some 20 regions of the country. All the perpetrators, the time they will face up to 5 years in prison because you cant do that to state property. Now election, Officials Say the suspects were a piracy blackmailed by people that allegedly, as they say, the Election Officials are blaming ukraine and some weston countries. Now of course, the vote is also being in full swing in the newest and baffled russian regions. Despite the constant ukrainian threat of shelling and one pointing station is that all she recently came under a drone attack with no casualties reported the key of did shell upholding station in the neighborhood of Southern Region on friday. I know this saturday, are you crazy and striking that same area killed one severely and wounded for others according to local russian officials. And yet, despite all of that, the russians are still going out side. They are still going to the polls. I mean, it really tells you something about the resilience of the russian people, the determination, because at the end of the day, no matter where you are watching us from. If you been living in russia for any number of 1015 years, even in the past 5 years, you have been on the basing and of anti russian rhetoric or across the western media and political landscape. We felt it here. Were living on to 15 or more 1000 sanctions. Certain western professional partners have been trying to destroy this country for years. And whats happened. Russia is now surviving and striving, and frankly, economically speaking as well, is doing better than its ever done. Now, when it comes to the newly liberated russian territory, is what about the big town of, of difficult, that was a, a big frontline hotspot . It was a lot of islands happening that, but its been liberated and people are focusing his on his own roman culture. Thats now reports the only thing began, and the reason the liberated city of dave, the people here, most of them are still living in basements because the town was devastated vice battle in the recent years. Right now we dont want to be form shelters where and Election Commission set up voting both so people can exercise their rights. Now. All of these local residents, they used to have you create in passports, spots i sense for the duration of data. Global storage is made Everything Possible for them to get their russian documents as soon as possible, and now they will vote in their 1st ever russian president ial election though is still open. I am happy to go vote, but i will have to wait a bit. So they told us to stay home and the people would come help us the cost of votes there is. So then ill come home and vote again. Ok, im just getting the shortages. Im glad to be here. We didnt even expect to vote. The main thing is that we all vote together, but its also hard to explain all the good can be in this tiers. The past 3 weeks have already made it easier and we hope things will get even better. After were missing some really t or dropping things in the town of have days ago, which was devastated by battles were now heading to the net square high will be taking part in the russian president ial election. But right now we receive the news that there are drones ukrainians on slide right above us. So literally from here as soon as possible, the funds that we have made, its back to them as safely from of theyve got how this leads and thats gets not as dangerous as it is over there. And, but were just about 17 kilometers away. So but right now i can take this for the fest off and go and cast my both the. Ill leave this here. Got my passport, the microphone look good. Look presentable. Thats gone both the obviously they turn out here in damascus. Theyre quite high. You can see all these people came out hurts of old. So i guess ill take my place in line right now. Not a sense about this for this can secret. Im sorry, the vote for for thursday and vote for the future and have both of us leave for security and peace for all of us. Through the historic moments of the voting for the president s Health Russia here. And then this people have voted for the 1st time in the president ial and turn out of my absolutely great and voting will continue for the next 2 days. And of course, well be here to cover room on call for of hard to use that extra public stuff. But meanwhile, in the crime, in city of a step of stuff old, which of course were united with russia after our referendum about a decade or so ago. Locals, theyve been out all day today causing the votes yesterday as well. The 2nd time inside the russian citizens in that strategic Southern City of voting for the countrys president and the foreign minister of russia. So again, levitt office hailed the election that was also say the crimea the pulpit in so its not just a part of russia, it will always be a part of russia. Well see if we will remember that disturbing a terrible spring when neo nazi sees how inc. Have as a result of a bloody included tom. We also remember the notorious friendship trains, which way equipped with the ideological follow is, have been there to suppress the inhabitants of the peninsula who did not want to give up the values that culture, that history and the centuries old traditions of the ancestors. The subsequent mc crime in sanctions, the undermining of power lines, transport, energy, and water blockades, only convinced crime in state made the right choice. The issue of ownership of crime, the answer best of all is closed the peninsula is an integral part of the Russian Federation. Them well, however, the french president s are manual macro and whatever you will say about that very little now. And hes being really just going off to rush. I mean, not just ever since you cry and kicked off a couple of years ago. But hes really just being lambaste thing, the Russian Federation, also the New Territory is also the crime. Then of course, i mean emanuel macro and hes got to be in his bonnet these days. What can you do about it . Hes been saying that cry me, it should be seized. He said, seems crimea, take it away from the Russian Federation, and then that will be peace and stability that well, lets see what the people have cry me a thing as our correspondent audience, donal code. It does some good investigative like walk. Its been 10 years since crime me a took its fade into its own hands, voting to become part of russia and the peninsula has undergone a dramatic transformation all despite the western. Nay sayers who did everything in their power to see where unification fail. Once he grabbed crimea, pretended deployed new move Russian Forces in the peninsula, turning the territory into an armed camp for which to threaten the risk of ukraine. We will continue to hold russia accountable until it returns full control of premier to ukraine and completely withdraws its forces. It is also important to acknowledge that the situation and the alternative is republicans creighton year and the city of citrus the pole has further the terrier agents. A new crime is most grandiose project was likely the crime in bridge. Russias vital artery of transports through the curt, straight, a similar accomplishment was the construction of the to read the federal highway which sides grand opening in 2020. These are just 2 of many new pieces of infrastructure across the peninsula. And thats done wonders for people. Standard of living is the possibility of good news. A lot has changed over the years. First of all, we feel supported like ukraine has tons of us to poll into the backwoods. And now that the city is blaming, well do take a look at what yards we have. Now. We have an excellent tool to supply. During this time, here is i have received the russian citizenship. I have my own business. I bought an apartment and my daughter grew up here as a russian thought to us. We can see for ourselves what has happened in these 10 years. Grimy are officially left ukraine and joined to the Russian Federation in march of 2014. After over a whopping 96 percent of the population voted to do so in a historic referendum. Its it comes little surprise since both ukrainian and russian statistics show that russians have long made up the main Demographic Group on the peninsula as lot of air pollutant mentioned in his 2014 cry me a speech. Many of the seeds of chaos were phone decades before. Like when former soviet general secretary, Nikita Khrushchev arbitrarily transferred crimea from russia to ukraine. It became clear the russian president s. But inaction would be a betrayal of his own people. A simple, somebody told us that those who resisted the push were immediately threatened with reprisals and punitive measures. And the 1st in line was of course, crimea, russian speaking crimea. Thats when the residents of crimea and say were still blue afield to russia to protect their rights and their lives. Of course we could not fail to respond to this request. We could not leave premier and its people in trouble. Otherwise, it would simply be a betrayal. It was necessary to help create conditions for a peaceful, Free Expression of will, so that the crime means could determine their own faith for the 1st time in history. But even after crimea returns to its motherland, struggles continued to persist like keeps block aid of nearly 90 percent of that potential. As clean water supply president s, a lensky who thinks crime, he actually wants to come back to ukraine, was making jokes about the water situations. Back in 2015. What was the, the, just the 1st thing you what i paid you took out. What was this, each of the notes of good, oh my god. So what 2nd what then there were the blackouts that would run for months on end caused by t of backed extreme as to sabotage to power lines running to crimea. It was only after rush, it was able to commission to new power plants, but the Energy Problem was solved in 2019. The whole country helped us in the shortest possible time, an energy bridge, a new power plants were built, as well as an upgrade to the existing Power Generation facilities today. For the 1st time in history, crime, me and not totally has ceased to be a region x bearings and power shortages, but can also supply surfaces of electricity outside its territory if necessary. There were new sanctions as well, but the west targeted specifically a crimea, but that didnt stop countries like italy, greece and france from continuing to cooperate with the peninsula. On top of that, the republic is heading towards its 2nd president ial election in russia with a new generation of young people heading to the pulse. So the since 2014 police collect tibbetts in crimea has appeared because before 2014, there was no use political agenda on the peninsula. Only up to the cabinet. Part of the Russian Federation did young people in crimea actively begin to be interested in politics. Mentors began to appear assistant and guarding