With Vladimir Putins opponents in exile, in prison or dead, like outspoken Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny, putins victory is practically certain. If mr putin serves out the full six year term hes likely to win, hell become the longest serving russian leader since catherine the great. Over the next half hour we will look at the impact of the election for those in russia, ukraine and around the world. But first, we start our coverage with this report from our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg in moscow. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change a
Breaking news, its now up to the judge in the Georgia Election fani willis the foreign will highstakes hearing ending just a short while ago, with willis in the courtroom and the fate of the criminal case against donald trump on the line. Also tonight, trumps trial date in the classified documents case is still Up In The Air after a crucial hearing in florida attended by the former President Trumps lawyers arguing against the Special Counsels proposed july start date while warning about conflicts with Trumps White House campaign. And theres more Breaking News. Were following President Biden announces us airdrops of humanitarian aid for gaza, urging an immediate temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas as the president faces dissent among fellow democrats over the war. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im wolf blitzer a year in the Situation Room excuse cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News on the fani willis disqualification hear
people since tuesday. it comes as sudan s former prime minister, abdalla hamdok, warned that the conflict would be a mayor conflict for the world if it continues and could become worse than those in syria and libya. this is khartoum earlier. the ceasefire between warring generals in sudan has been repeatedly violated and the army now says it is launching a large scale attack on the capital. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. hello, everyone, we have just landed at stansted london airport. for dr abdulrahman babiker, a welcome return to british soil a return that almost didn t happen. thank you to the government for helping this and facilitating for us getting the guidance for the nhs doctors. by sea and air, others are following. thousands of foreign nationals fleeing anyway they can. port sudan on the red sea fast becoming a major hub. in the capital khartoum, the ceasefire seems precarious with the army warning people to stay indoors while it deploys tanks.
To point the finger at Vladimir Putin. The cold war with russia ill show you the spy ship moscow might be using to spy around havana harbor. Im ali velshi and this is real money. Why you guys stopping him what did he do . These two officers took a very hard hit. That officer has just as much of a right to go home to his family as anyone else. Ferguson is coming undone the st. Louis suburb with just 21,000 residents has seen its city manager local judge and police chief resign in just the last week. The court clerk has been fired. So far the mayor says he intends to stay in office, while elections for a new city council will take place on april 7th. But the question is being asked should the city of ferguson simply dissolve . Thats because racial bias outlined in the department of justice report focused in part on the financial motives on fergusons black population, hit them with petty fines and fees threaten them with incarceration if they dont comply, and a budget that pays for a loca