And those of other private military contractors to sign an allegiance to the russian state. this seems to be an attempt by the kremlin to bring these kind of groups under tighter control. but keep in mind that all of this is happening at a time when russia, having invaded its neighbour, is fighting a war in ukraine, and it seems that dramas at home are becoming a major distraction. joining me now is steven fish, a professor of political science at the university of california, berkeley and is the author of democracy derailed in russia. welcome to you. very good to have you on the programme. what does the way putin dealt with prigozhin tell us about the way putin deals with challenges to his authority? it tells us what we already knew. what is interesting is how putin decided to end this quy s how putin decided to end this guy s life. he made a very dramatic show of the way he killed him, to have his plane blown up over russian territory was a very demonstrative way of
Publication of the polling station level results from at a lower level, at the level where people go to individual polling stations, because everybody has copies of the results at that level, the two major parties, citizen observer groups, other observers will have some from places they went, and i know that the opposition party has stated that they are attempting to put all of their own counts together. so, with a transparent publication of those results and a comparison we should be able to know in the coming days if the official results are really an accurate reflection of how zimbabweans cast their vote on august 23. zimbabwe has had some voting irregularities in the past. currently, the electoral commission in the country is appointed by the ruling party, the president himself. how much trust do you think there is in the country in terms of voting
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