Designed to confirm Vladimir Putin in the presidency. Allies of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny, had called on people to turn out at midday, in moscow and other cities to spoil their ballots or vote for any other candidate. His widow, yulia navalnaya, voted at the Russian Embassy in berlin, having queued there for several hours. As she left, she told reporters she had written navalny on her ballot. Her husband died in an Arctic Penal Colony last month and was barred from standing in this election as well as the president ial vote six years ago. 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 certain to win, giving him another six years in power. The kremlin has ensured he faces no credible opponent. There have been demonstrations at russian embassies around the world, including the uk, france, tokyo and
An exit poll has suggested that, as expected, President Putin is heading for a Landslide Win, taking nearly 88 of the vote. The final day of voting saw large queues form at some Polling Stations, in an apparent show of dissent. Allies of the late opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, had called on people to come out at midday in moscow and elsewhere to vote for any other candidate or spoil their ballots. There were no Protest Chants and the authorities had warned that activists could be arrested. A Rights Monitoring Group in russia says more than 70 people were detained. Mr navalny s widow, yulia, was amongst those who queued for several hours outside the Russian Embassy in berlin to vote. She was greeted by supporters with flowers and applause. After voting she told reporters that she had written the name of her late husband on her ballot paper. She also thanked her fellow russians for queuing so long. A Russian Election official says more than Eight Million russians cast their ballots o
Latest bbc news headlines. Russia heads to the polls with Vladimir Putin certain to secure his fifth term as president and another six years in power. As voting begins, so do the protests. Some voters expressing their anger by pouring dye into ballot boxes and some setting fire to photo booths micro polling booths. Photos of food and medical aid arriving to gaza have been released. Meanwhile israel has sent a delegation back to qatar for ceasefire talks. On the ground Benjamin Netanyahu has approved plans for a Military Operation to go ahead in rafah. Ajudge has rejected donald trump as meg attempted to have the lead prosecution lawyer disqualified from the Georgia Election interference case, the judge ruled that fani willis could continue but said the Special Prosecutor she had appointed and had a romantic relationship with would have to go. He has tonight resigned. The proposed Transitional Council in haiti that is meant to bring stability to the caribbean nation in crisis is yet to
to moscow as well. there s increased security in moscow with what s being called anti terror measures. the m4 motorway which links the russian capital with cities in south such as rostov is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. the kremlin has called for prigozhin s arrest with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down. and the russian president vladimir putin has given a tv address and said russia is facing a betrayal. here s mr putin s television address to the russian nation. translation: russia is engaged in a fight for its future. the entire military information might have the worst has been sent against us. we are fighting for our independence. we are fighting for our right to remain russia. a country with 1000 years of history. today, the fate of our people is being decided. we need the consolidation of all forces. everything has to be discarded that weakens us. anything that can be used and is being used to subvert us
to victory with up to 44 percent of the vote, across ukraine, there s been intense speculation about how events in russia will affect the counteroffensive currently under way. the bbc s mayenijones is in kyiv. like millions of people around the world, ukrainians followed this weekend s events in russia closely. for a brief moment it seemed like president putin s iron grip on russian politics might be coming to an end, but as many people here in kyiv wake up on sunday morning, they still don t know what to make of it all. translation: we hoped things would advance, . that prigozhin will change his mind and join the ukrainians. but money does miracles. he was obviously paid off. he has basically surrendered. translation: for me, both prigozhin and putin are war criminals. they bomb peaceful cities while people are sleeping. for example, yesterday everyone was talking about prigozhin when ukraine was hit by missiles. i m not interested in him. he is a criminal. translation: ev