Some pictures live from a Polling Station in moscow. Now, there is the potential for a run off vote if no candidate wins more than 50 in the first round. But with many of mr putins opponents unable to run, it seems inevitable that Vladimir Putin will be re elected without the need for that second ballot. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is following developments in moscow. Vladimir putin has been in power a long time, right, 25 years almost as president or Prime Minister. And hes expected to win a fifth president ial term. Now, this whole event, this three day event, which starts today, is being presented by the russian authorities almost as a celebration of democracy. The kremlin just a few days ago described russian democracy as the best democracy in the world. Critics of the kremlin would disagree and would say that this poll is neither free nor fair nor transparent. Vladimir putin does not face a major challenge. There are three other candidates on the ballot paper, but his most
If no candidate wins more than 50 in the first round. But with many of mr putins opponents unable to run, it seems inevitable that Vladimir Putin will be re elected without the need for that second ballot. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is following developments in moscow. Vladimir putin has been in power a long time, right, 25 years almost as president or Prime Minister. And hes expected to win a fifth president ial term. Now, this whole event, this three day event, which starts today, is being presented by the russian authorities almost as a celebration of democracy. The kremlin just a few days ago described russian democracy as the best democracy in the world. Critics of the kremlin would disagree and would say that this poll is neither free nor fair nor transparent. Vladimir putin does not face a major challenge. There are three other candidates on the ballot paper, but his most vocal critics, his fiercest opponents, are either in exile or in prison, which kind of helps you to
Pictures are from vladivostock. And lets bring you some pictures live from a Polling Station in moscow. Now, there is the potential for a run off vote if no candidate wins more than 50 in the first round. But, with many of mr putins opponents unable to run, it seems inevitable that Vladimir Putin will be re elected, without the need for that second ballot. Our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg has more on the issues surrounding this election. These days, when Vladimir Ovchinnikov paints russia, the result is very dark. From a mountain of skulls and a dictators ambition. To this russias war in ukraine likened to stalins terror. The 86 year old artist had taken his anti war message onto the streets of borovsk, graffiti ing, stop the war. All these paintings were scrubbed out and vladimir fined twice for discrediting the russian army. But he continues to speak out against the invasion of ukraine. Translation i believe that this is a crime against the territorial i integrity of a neighbouring
to milwaukee to duke it out in the first presidential debate of the campaign, but several are sharpening their knives to separate themselves from the pack. tim scott is taking a different approach, touting his optimistic message of the future and focusing his attacks on president biden rather than his fellow republicans. ask if his strategy is making enough in-roads coming up. john: the president arriving in lithuania ahead of the high stakes nato summit, he will likely need to shore up disagreements among america s closest allies. sandra, vacation is over, we are all back. sandra: big welcome back to you, john. let s get right to it. sandra smith in new york, this is america reports. president is kicking off the trip with a visit to england where he met with the u.k. prime minister before appearing with king charles at windsor castle. their first meeting since charles coronation. john: his stop in london may be the easy part of the trip as the president s comments
i m martha maccallum. back in new york at fox news headquarters today. this is the story. john kirby, mike pompeo, clay travis all here on the big stories of today. but first, former president trump s big win in new hampshire has team biden claiming that the race is on. from politco today, biden s re-election team took trump s win as the starting gun for what will now be the longest and most grueling general election campaign in modern american political history. with that, we bring in marc thiessen, former speechwriter for george w. bush and lisa boothe, host of the truth with lisa boothe, which i m having trouble saying. that s okay. a long few days. exactly. martha: great to have you here. both fox news contributors. thanks for joining us. mark, let s start with you. the longest and most grueling presidential race, if it s a head-to-head between biden and trump. do you agree? yes. though, you know, the primary is not over yet. nikki haley hasn t conceded. he has to