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Like i said, the 1st numbers 87. 4 percent for vitamin page and turn out is car e, around 0. 73 which ok, big numbers such as crucial election. We are as we have been for many hours and we are planning to be for many, many more. And the very heart of the russian tough to we are in most goes have 2 of the Biggest Country on us, on septic taylor. And this is un only to many. Im just looking watson screen there. Those are the results coming in over whelming at victory. It looks like for a lot of them are put and coming in at 87. 00 plus at percent. Another notable figure was the turn not 73 percent. That wasnt supposed to happen. If youre at reading in at western the headlines. This was supposed to be that people didnt care. It didnt want to come out. It seems to be the office that they want us to have their say the 1st time in 6 years, the coming i for a president ial election on the deed. So being at drew at just to give you a little sense as well. You saw on the screen the communist Party Candidate in 2nd place f 4 percent followed by the new party. The people Party Candidates at cost 3. 9 percent of the of the l. D, p 3 percent, thatd be given off. That will be at the top then including payoff this hour. But for notes please at a very special guest to welcome oh its you can chipset, sonya funds and its always good to have you. And, and i think particularly on this occasion, actually because you yourself have spent so much time travelling, especially in the new regions of russia. Youre now based and brushes my understanding. Youve spoken to the people of the dont boss. So i want to for you to the election preliminary results, but i mean, it looks pretty substance of a lot of my boots. And when does not surprise you on the basis of what youve heard from people and not reach . Well, not really. Of course its in high amount, i mean 8 to 7 percent. Thats huge, i think. But what i heard when i was traveling through the dont boss, i went to older regions of 40 to new homes song. The people was so happy that time i was there with the referendum in 2022. I was the last election there. And yeah, the people really told me, you know, we wished that it would happen already in 2014 or maybe you know, a bit later. But they were really, really happy that they are finally. Yeah. Part of russia because they felt the russian and they wanted to be russian. And of course, so a lot of terrible things happened. I mean, people got the tech, theyre already, you know, last year you before and people were really, you know, it was not attacking a military, it was not the front lines, but it does really, the civilians are so schools were at the hospitals and i mean, so the people feel this needs this urge to be part of russia and of course they, i think they trust its put just every big trust in the president. Put him. So yeah, i think its normal use it that they, they felt its for him. And of course, maybe there are other candidates as well. We know that, but i think they put this trust in him and i think a lot of people i may be grateful thats you know, finally he did or he, the Russian Federation did something for the people in the dont boss because maybe theyre sold. We all forgot them, we having this terrible war for 10 years. And now finally something is happening and you know, we are free. We are free from ukrainian received my lots of people told me that. And of course, when you see now in ukraine, there are no elections. I mean, we have elections here, but that ukraine doesnt have any elections because they postponed the elections. But all over the people. Yeah. Happy because they suffered so much the last 10 years. It was horrible for them. We just up to the brick in for uh, not because we have got live on the line. Its all happening as you, as the longest on. We have got to the governor off, it rushes up, but it was your region. Your skinny bullet ski at speaking live too artsy not at, sir. You are very welcome to the program. Weve just been hearing from at neighboring regions, republics of yours about the huge votes are turned out of the citizens, their 1st of all, how did you find the vote on your expectations . All of it. It was a but it still has to be a bit to pull them. What do you mean . Nearby point region. We have ensured security for almost 10 full scope considering of the situation that we are facing. We have the installs bags on the polling stations that helped us to save the following stations from the enemy present. So we use the gnats. You can to go to the top and the age of drones from the not doing any damage to the point station. And mainly we need to in a very hard work to instruct to 3 of the members tells me election commission. They knew how to act in case of any emergency needs. We had the Police Officers arose. Do i do organizational yard in the fibers with jessica, the speech and troops, cuz they were also employed to ensure the safety and security of the following stations. That those patients that for a close to the point of contact, we are speaking about a 50 kilometers down to put in them. So all the necessary naturally is considering that competence is that we have to lever taken a deal with it because i got it resolved. And now we can say that all the attempts of the enemy say it would mean. Now that does that process of region seems to have chosen, its huge, it is with russia, and now they have elected the 1st time at the head of states and the Russian Federation. I just want to get, youll sense of what place, what role do you see is upper worship playing in the future of this enormous nation. Just look to where they have to be addressed to see what youre saying. Yeah. So where you are aware of the tank, the Current Special military operation that is taking place in the territory, a foreigner, ukraine to liberate says people of the fastest regime that is supported by itself tongues to. But by the way, us do the rules now from keith. So people would need to be in the for. And those people who believe and the dads saying, the key for that involved are, they must see what russia means. What russia these, that just because now we are aware of the fact that the zip arrowhead region is, uh, there was some kind of, uh, youll notice uh, so you wouldnt have the front line of trashes. So well get those to you. And the fact that the bronze roads are being constructed dash them. So it has 5 lines or a bekins told that the number of social programs were in truth years and but the end now people who have not received any allowances, people with disability war veterans, the elderly, you get them in the program. Now the are receiving allowances and the mother is and what is he ordering . Nobody sending allowances infrastructure is being funded and in many other projects, credit and start being carried out to date, like did all chose to our people who are leaving that dancing hearted, waiting after that. The cross in key been involved in the lucy and it gives you a little skill new to everywhere were russian peoples leave. But the like getting that you put them in these new russian people as a feel much less pressure in one way or another to be. So we are a front lines and we are displayed on the Russian Federation was given when people can see that there is a russian world that the russian world in sort of month. So lets look at that. The total issue, a new is not good us because of the one they are trying to show with the pallet positive information blockade that soldiers wearing some in the winter jackets are me and seizing something, rubbing something but no russia is coming and developing and bringing liberation so theres an approximate region is one of the advance those cells. So russia, its a front line of russia currently in the near future, we will continue to move on to march on and we will continue to liberate our land. And i want to emphasize these, jo, it is our land, it was developed by the czars little school. So the today does up our washington region. Is the front line. Is it in uniform . And so from the point of view, but for mason struggle in the world and wont cover things. And i asked the same question to the governor of how so im glad i met sol. Do i . I do want to ask the same question to you as well. I mean, some political figures in the west, im talking about the un general secretary, also want to be west of nation japan. The probably the probably minnesota. I suggested that they would not consider the vote in the dont boss in the approach that in house on to be legitimate because its contrary to International Little so it doesnt seem that they will accept the results and the will of the people that im the same question i want to ask you as i always felt themselves or does it matter to you does not. But any significance on you and the future that you envision for separate or was that different terms of those procedures . You know, i would like to have it is with patients is why do 4th is a barrage here reach an important that the people of this approach have regions before. So watch what they are contribution to what is happening they, what do you do . They have a new rival to you, jenny . A salesman. Yeah. Do they have any ride to meet jesus . Beer was pretty, is right. So the present themselves is any experts they should come here and see things for once the yard with their own eyes on the east of the room to a mind. The sandwich are in the leaves a couple hours being the that the privacy is up with. And these are the amount is getting kind of more and we are only saying things that normally only favorable for the ruling elite of so we do not participate in our life. So what that would hip and no. So we chose that barrell way there is to go to special garden of hes a is go ups and all the ras. Since the only things that they are doing is escalating things thats relating more or less providing supply, find me styles supplying towers to hand as soon as it keeps bundled. And oldest me, silas, oldest bombs, nation are being at other sites and lessons that us through. The challenge that on the material that ive seen is healing our people killing children, destroying our infrastructure. Do i care about their in cleaning . I do not use them. I dont care think about what they have to say. So we are going to lice builders to, to validate our lead to, to make the peoples initial, the malware in malware, land and russian. How, where do you so all these people who are tallies as long tails do picking from the west and then they turn it to your team to, well, the guy will not you dallas thing to see is it now . So there are to be in, in, as well as the opinion over there that says, be shows. Im not interested in what they have to say. We made our trolley is were going to stay with the russia for, and you can turn a d equal in long as a equals one, and they can put their a pain in the back into their wallets and into their pockets. Mr ballad, see thank you. So much for your time, we appreciate it on a very busy day, i am sure in your region the governor opposite, but were always here at region speaking live to our to entry to a notice close to the guest. Second part of the lady in the corner has sonya, thank you so much for being for being patient. And i want to ask you, i mean, obviously the numbers that are coming through, like you said, they all fixed because the, the Approval Ratings conducted by independent post as indicated that we would see something of a line slide victory. Though i would, i would suspect that the fruits and the team is very happy with this outcome. What do you think of the west reaction to it . I mean the Approval Ratings among weston v does adjust. Time. King i mean by 1037 percent versus through not communicate. 24, macro. 24 is all shots. 21. I mean, is it n v a that drives a lot of the rhetoric or is it just impaired . Lack of understanding of what i would imagine you already understand, which is the russian soul, something so elusive, something that features and brushing off and brushes which i think for people who are even on to some of the country. Little bit know very well. Its very unique and all success. Yes, it us, and im here now to use and i traveled a little bit around. I spoke to people during the rushing of course, and i found out that its a very unique soul. Its. Its a unique culture. And the people in western countries, especially like you mentioned to you k or im from originally the netherlands. They dont understand this, they have this. Yeah, i think twisted idea about russia. They see they project everything about them and tell it to you about the western mentality. How they feel is how they see it and what, you know, but it did ok. Anything in the west as well because in the netherlands, for instance, where the lexia is last year in november, she had to build us. Hes a right wing, know a little bit extremist, we can say, he won the election, but them extra mr. Are up to said last week or 2 weeks ago. You know, if you dont support ukraine, you cannot be Prime Minister m. What happened last week . Well, hes not going to beat the Prime Minister. This is how it works. So its not only that they dont understand the mentality of like russia. It somehow seems they also indoctrinated with a or an obsession with ukraine that ukraine should win this war. This is what we hear everywhere. So they spoke about the war ready when the special military operation started actually. And i think a lot of people in the west, although they traveled a lot in the early days before, you know, they shut themselves stuff somehow with the new like berlin. Well, we can say they know, uh, yeah, the isolated, thats how i see it. But thats for instance, or maybe the people from u. K. They traveled a lot so they should understand actually a little bit, especially about the russian soul. Like peter, the grades. He was very famous in the netherlands. So, but they dont, they dont, they dont, they dont get its and they dont get this election. How can we touch them upon another issue . I havent talked about yet and thats election meddling. Usually its talked about as if russia is doing it to the west, but we heard from the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman talking about meddling efforts coming against at russia. Whats to be achieved by, by doing that, against the people of russia having their having their say what, what do you think the thinking is there . The thinking is, i mean, they have this idea that they want to break off russia. They want to divide it, and of course, russia is a huge, got 3 with a lot of resources and that a, my think always was to break it up and to, you know, get somehow the resources to try this in the ninetys already. But its, its succeeded, but now it doesnt anymore. So that is the tough, old tutoring, isnt it . Yeah, i think the own people. Yeah. Do that. But as youve just been explaining so eloquently, thats not, thats not what happens in russia. Exactly. And they dont. What was the question before they dont see, they dont know the people of russia, they dont know, you know, they, they really fault thing with their heart, like they do many things and they think this is the right candidate. So, okay. And the meddling, i mean, actually when we see, and now its little bit last of all about the holding of only thing thats usually and thats all the was in the berlin this afternoon. And, you know, at 12 oclock everybody should now go to the embassy and, yeah, well, make a statement thats, you know, we dont want to put in any more. And this is how they think. And this is how they think in many ways. And this is now what can i say, but its only, i think, a small top as multiplayer, its the petitions the leads, but i think the normal people to civilians and i think that this, they are not really involved. So, but this is also best, of course they should be involved as well because they should stop this whole mathis cause of speaking about war as well, you know, continually. So its one thing ive tried, i noticed a bit of this assign just in front of the red squad that says crime in 10 years now with rupture posted as a decade since the referendum by an crime, it has become a bit of a hot land of pro bruton supporters because they associate reunification with him specifically. Um, i mean ive been to quite man many years back and im and i actually made a point of all skiing, almost everyone i came across. I think they thought i was of my late, easy to come to try and catch the mountain something i said, how did you vote every Single Person barring one said i to, to rejoin russia. Im not person said oh, i was just worried that we would become like a back cool to the russia already had so much land that they just wouldnt have the time or the money in order to invest enough to the crime in spoke. I suspect that theyre going to speak again in the elections. I think well see quite Solid Figures from that. But the west just caught except to weve got my crowned talks about seizing crime is from russia, understanding of course, the consequences military consequences of this would most likely cause. But its the in the un charge. Its in trying, did self determination. What is it that they con, let go . Well, do you think they even cache or its all just about saying the right thing to be elect read what to washington. Oh, well i think its became a symbol for the ukrainian regime for the west that you know, they focus on crimea and you close to referendum was there in 2014 already. So this was their 1st. Thats a to see to for the west because they faults, you know, maybe the other people with enough folks to become part of a rush at that time. So they focused on death and theyre still focusing on crimea and to try and all these grown attacks all the time. I went to crimea to um 34 times. And, you know, sometimes the rates was closed off because, yeah, well, this mat things are going on. So this is, uh, yeah its, its, this is an obsession. Its an obsession. And they know that especially for president clinton and the peoples crime, yet its very important to be part of russia. So its like an obsession. Its like, you know, they want to point out one thing and they know they will never get crimea. Ukraine will never get crimea back because the majority of the population is russian on cry me and they try all way or u. K. They were cry me and stuff ours. And they will expelled somehow. But the people, you know, that definitely voted for russia. So its an obsession, and they know they were going to fail, but they have to to something and this is crime. Yeah. In their minds. Thats what i think me. Well, as always we appreciate you having in the studio and obviously given you rich. And so i know im not just having trouble, but also having experience russia feel self and seeing rather than believing what you were told as always, that was all to contribute to sonya of on definitely shes very much sonya, thank you. With the start of the ukraine conflict, the west as weve been hearing sonia actually just break done there at re s reacted immediately. Tougher and tougher. Sanctions went in, trying to break the will at all of the people at the question was would it work . What would the ramifications of that be . Know, it appears to being the opposite brussels in washington. I dont appear very happy with thought read a customer. It breaks down at why these endless slew of punishments sanctions were put in, but dont seem to report in the last 2 years have been nothing but negative press about russia in the why so many particular Vladimir Putin as mainstream journalism sings to new lows. While its fear mongering reaches orbital levels, if youre a dissident in russia, if you to fact from russia to turn against putting in russia, doesnt matter if you are no longer in russia, he will send the fascination teams anywhere in the world. And culture truly has made his darkest and most specific threats yet about using Nuclear Weapons account against the west, the west, west of citizens, to believe the blood them are uprooted, as a lunatic. Who has brainwashed russians or is holding them hosted. How else can they explain . His skyrocketing Approval Ratings, 82 percent compared to 64 percent in 2022 on the eve of his decision. So for the tech, the people of Eastern Ukraine who had been attacked for a to years by key of what happens . Well, when the was impose, the strictest sanctions in the history, it expected must go to crumble. The hope was that russians would suffer so much that they would take their anger out on the leader of the nation. We will limit russias ability to do business in dollars, year owes pounds, and yet to be part of the global economy. Rushes industry is in texas and it is a training that has put the russians economy on the pass of oblivion. In concert with our allies, we would agree a massive package of economic sanctions designed in time to hold the russian economy operation, bring down rush. It was an epic fail which only made raso stronger and more independence. Well, western partners fail to understand time and time again is that russia is very good at remaining unified during times of difficulty. They dont hit the streets and protests, they get to work. It was tough and the begin in terms of figuring out alternatives for imports and exports. But it proved far from impossible versus economy when from a 1. 2 percent decline in 2022 to growing by 3. 6 percent in 2023. Thats how quickly russia led by Vladimir Putin turn things around for meetings and negotiations of sprang solutions. Frushell no longer cares about being cut off from western Financial Markets or the west export band on the high tech, or even a price cap on its oil. Shines as buying and in these fine, well the world a one i would say that every single sanction has failed most ago took the sanction slap and turned east end to the global south, diverge, and its like sports to countries like china, india, using traders and shipping companies that dont abide by western rules, look at this large line, most of that. And i think when youll see the mapping of it, i think it makes sense why india and our shop would work closely together. Freshman chinese trade has hit historic highs with china becoming a key supplier or russias car surveillance gear, drones computer chips. You name it. So despite being the worlds most sanctioned country, pressures doing just fine. And the citizens, as you can see here, are not only not concerns by the sanctions, but they havent felt any effects. And then you have anybody else close. I feel no aspect from the sanctions. I dress like before. All the brands i live in, the car still here and you know, side of things i wanted you to the stall up with it has become even better. Russian manufacturers was tossed into the ever thing. Different spin, you cock, i personally feel no effects of the sanctions. Theres everything i need in the shop. Western brands are still sold here, so no problem to look scary or mtv then in real life. So as i am not concerned at all, were not suffering and you can tell them what i said. Russian companies have stepped up and filled the in, points void, creating the components and products up the sanctions. Solvece key bouts of russian hands. The input substitution industry literally pops out of nowhere, creating a manufacturing boom in the country. Thanks to the west end parallel imports. Mean many western brands have become pricier, but they are still here. Conversations with focus group, mostly spence and most school, reveal that some russians expect to the great taken on extreme from the sanctions that they experienced over the last year. Wanting to redo the reports of being pleasantly surprised that despite all the sanctions russia pulls through, you know, the participants noted that this spot, the sanctions and the sort of close boulders. Everyone still flies easily around the world through to get people means that the United States you in japan, australia, the major developed countries are unable to sanction a country. Effectively, brussel managed to turn the west sanctions into a win win situation for itself and its partners. As for their being enough money for the conflict in ukraine. Russia is planning to spend at least 6 percent, so its g d p on the military for the 1st time ever. The fact that its becoming increasingly evident is that the wes tried to weaponized its influence over at freight and finance. So we, tim, russia, put it ran into a brick wall when its power was tract, and then increasingly multi polar world is not in our boots inside you. And one of his speeches. All of this was unavoidable, even without that conflict in ukraine. Feeling a freaks countries accounted for only 16 percent in 1992, but now their share is greater than that of the g 7. It has nothing to do with the events in ukraine. This is due to the trends of Global Development and World Economy that i mentioned just now. And this is inevitable, this will keep happening. It is like the rise of the sun. You cannot prevent the sun from rising, you have to adapt to it. How does the United States adapt with the help of force sanctions, pressure bombings and use of armed forces . Thats because global Power Dynamics have changed. Those countries outside of the was become stronger and want a level playing field. But thats a foreign concept that flies in the face of western rules based order. But as embrace, fireball shy, its leader, and its growing circle of friends around the globe. Rena customer of it taking us through that with the brick done well, weve gathered another a guest in to the student. Very welcome to say that the owner of real tv madagascar, brian Joseph Israel arena, join just sir. Thank you very much at you were looking at the election process here in russia, one of the observers. How did you find it . Yeah, thank you very much for a welcoming me to night in this the end of this, it looks on. So i am here to observe the election because uh, i think thats the as our of the t z, my desktop. I think thats how our free and from most school or our foot in from them by see and find that they have a one piece that youll need. Another guy, scott, who type to the valium in for my show and for the population. So that is the reason why im here. Yeah. And how did you find it that you were in moscow . Primarily . Yeah, i mean most cool and most cool. Uh i am surprised. The 1st time i seen in the world that the election is for 3 days. It 3 days and that eh, for the 3 days i go to visit the, at around the 7 points, they shown every day. And i see, and in the 1st the, the 1st day i see all of that on for people who are coming fast. Yeah. And the so one day you become up and the today, our own people coming to vote that fast. And so only, im surprised about the, the more bite is points edition in this