protect the first like will happen and are free in done more violence is to be expected right general is to get him event until somebody monitoring the situation in a free for us and syria from the kurdish city of and bill in northern iraq thank you for your insights. welcome. to russia now when voting is underway in the country's presidential election eight candidates are in the running but press of letting their putin is expected to secure a victory and his fourth term in office now himself has already cost his ballot in moscow none of his seven challenges is considered a serious threat and opinion polls are currently suggesting that putin could win with a rout seventy percent of the vote a russian election monitoring group says that a growing number of workers have complained that their employees are pressuring them to vote. so let's bring in our correspondent in moscow now emily showing good to see you every day you are there in the heart of the capital polls are open