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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 f ....
the russians say the aircraft was carrying 65 ukrainian prisoners of war and that everyone on board was killed. the un humanitarian agency in gaza says nine people have been killed after two israeli tank rounds hit a building in a training centre, in gaza s main southern city of khan yunis. 800 people had taken refuge there. the us military says iranian backed houthi rebels have fired three missiles toward an american container ship transiting the gulf of aden. one missile fell into the sea. the other two were shot down by a us warship. there were no reported injuries of damage to the container ship and italy s parliament has approved a controversial deal, which would see some asylum seekers transferred to albania. the plan is to have processing centres on albanian territory, which will deal with the claims under italian law. good evening. donald trump has made a giant step towards the republican nomination, adding new hampshire to the victory he sealed in iowa just a w ....
it has accused ukraine of deliberately targetting the plane. ukraine says kyiv had not been advised on this occasion to ensure the safety of airspace where it happened. according to moscow, the military plane crashed about 44 miles northeast of the russian city of belgorod. there are said to have been 7a people on board, including 65 ukrainian prisoners of wars. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has the latest from moscow. caught on mobile phone, the moment a russian military transport plane fell from the sky. woman speaks russian good god, she cries, as the consequence of what has happened becomes clear. the wreckage was strewn across the fields of belgorod region. not only did russia accuse ukraine of shooting the plane down, it claimed that on board were dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war who were about to be exchanged. translation: on board the plane there were six crew members, - 65 ukrainian servicemen for a prisoner swap, and three russian military personnel esco ....
to take on vladimir putin in russia s presidential election. he stands no chance of winning, of course, but given what has happened to many of vladimir putin s opponents, it is a position that holds substantial risk. boris nadezhdin has now got many thousands of signatures from the public allowing him to stand as a candidate. he stands no chance of winning, but given what has happened to many opposition politicians, it is a move that carries significant personal risk. but boris nadezhdin is an anti war campaigner who s now got over 150,000 signatures from members of the public which means he s passed the threshold, which allows him to stand as a candidate. we ll talk to him live injust a moment. first, though, let s cross to 0lga malchevska in the newsroom to tell us more about how he s managed to get enough support in a country where criticising russia s special military operation can result in a jail sentence. people are queueing here to speak to boris nadezhdin. ....
now we start with our exclusive bbc interview with the man who s planning to take on vladimir putin in russia s presidential election. he stands no chance of winning but given what has happened to many other opposition politicians, it s a move that carries significant personal risk. we ll hearfrom boris nadezhdin a prominent ant war campaigner in just a moment, but first olga malchevska in the newsroom can tell us more about how he s managed to get enough support to mount his bid, in a country where criticising russia s special military operation in ukraine can result in a jail sentence. this is yakutsk city in northern russia. it is 43 celsius and people are queueing to pledge their support to the opposition candidate boris nadezhdin. now, such queues have been seen across russia and he has to gather 100,000 signatures to be eligible to stand against vladimir putin in the next presidential race. what do we know about boris nadezhdin? currently, he is one ....