Outcome was never in doubt. Vladimir putin is expected to win the vote that will keep his grip on power through 2030 he has already russias longestserving ruler since soviet dictator joseph stalin. Weve got full coverage for you. Cnns may chances in moscow. Fred pleitgen is in berlin and also with this cnn contributor and former Moscow Bureau chief, jill dougherty, matthew, lets begin with you. Despite the lack of opposition, there were acts of defiance, werent there today there have been quite a few actually, but louk, the preliminary results are just coming in and that theyre very high, which is expected. Were looking at something in the region of 88 votes for Vladimir Putin. Thats with about 25 of the votes counted. And a turnout of well over 70 . So these are extraordinary high results, even by the standards of an election of Vladimir Putin. But youre right, its not been a totally unified and stable election period that has been a lot of defiance, acts of defiance at Polling Statio
Had called on people to turn out at midday in moscow and other cities to spoil their ballots or vote for any other candidate. 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 almost certain to win, giving him another six years in power. The kremlin has ensured he faces no credible opponent. Protests were also held at russian embassies abroad. Mr navalny s widow, yulia, was among those queuing outside the Russian Embassy in berlin to vote. There have been demonstrations in the uk, france, tokyo and georgia. With me is the bbc s Vitaly Shevchenko. Thank you for being with us. Third and final day of voting, give us a sense of the picture in russia. People are voting and queues did form at a greater number of Polling Stations, as far as we can tell. The opposition had called for its supporters to come at noon to Polling S
Plenty of questions, and here to offer some answers for the next half an hour or so are mike prendergast, leader of the conservative opposition on Sefton Council ballots have been cast over three days. There has been some vandalism and a number of arrests at Polling Stations, but the final result is not in doubt as mr putin has no credible opponent. It comes as supporters of the late opposition leader, Alexei Navalny,have urged people to turn out en masse at midday in each time zone and vote for any Candidate Other than mr putin or spoil their ballot papers. The Rolling Protest has been dubbed noon against putin. Icame to i came to vote for a man to make sure that our country prosperous and there is no fascism in any country, not in ukraine or any other part of the world. , not in ukraine or any other part of the world the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and gave the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and gave his assessment this was pr
When we spoke to you before, australia were playing and eats now the turn of england. What is the atmosphere like now . Let the turn of england. What is the atmosphere like now . The turn of england. What is the atmosphere like now . Let me show ou, this atmosphere like now . Let me show you. This is atmosphere like now . Let me show you. This is the atmosphere like now . Let me show you, this is the find atmosphere like now . Let me show you, this is the find Zone Atmosphere like now . Let me show you, this is the find zone right you, this is the find zone right now. It sits fairly lights, where are 30 minutes into the game and its packed with england fans, colombia fans at a set of fans who were here watching the france game who have stayed on to watch england face colombia. I think the first 30 minutes of flow by. There are neck and neck at the moment, colombia not making it easy for the lionesses. But also the lionesses have had many chances, two already from rachel daly that shes
The news continues the source with Kaitlan Collins starts now. Straight from the source. The fbi shoots and kills a man in an Early Morning raid after he allegedly made online threats to kill President Biden. His disturbing social media posts on more and why and how this happened. Plus New York City mayor eric adams pleading for help from President Biden as the migrant crisis in New York City gets worse. Federal officials are in the city tonight and mayor adams is here live. Paradise is burning. Hawaii is in flames as Deadly Wildfires are creating apocalyptic scenes in one of the biggest Tourist Destinations in the world. Im Kaitlan Collins and this is the source. A president ial scare tonight as President Biden is spending the night in Salt Lake City during his first trip to utah since taking office. Just hours before he arrived the fbi shot and killed a suspect while they were carrying out a Search Warrant against a man allegedly making Death Threats against the president and other h