Filling out the contract to. Start september 18th on d w. This is due to renewed life from berlin russians vote in local and Regional Elections that is far from the biggest antigovernment protest the country has seen in these years Opposition Leader alexander vonnie says antigovernment candidates appear on track to cling seats from the Ruling United Russia Party but it warrants the results could be read also coming up. A cry for help from hong kong
demonstrators marched outside the u. S. Embassy seeking support for their months long prodemocracy movement another weekend of protest ends in flames and tear gas. On the welcome to the program russians have cast their ballots in local elections marred by weeks of protests Opposition Leader Alexei No Vonnie says early results show antigovernment candidates could be on track to claim scenes from Vladimir Putins United Russia Party but hes warned officials could try to rewrite the results before theyre finalized no vonnie had called on russian
the police have cracked down hard more than 2000 demonstrators have been arrested. the best known opposition figure alexina valmy took to social media to call for voters to choose candidates who would do the most harm to the governing party. i guess then you look at every single vote for a party doesn t get is good even if it s not for us but we hope that we can do more to counter them the perceived local and regional votes were held across the country but the real test comes in 2 years with new parliamentary elections. correspondent erin telltale is standing by in moscow with the view from there so how were the results looking so far aaron. well so far the numbers we re seeing coming in here in moscow indicate that at least within the russian capital that the opposition has managed to tack up a major victory when it comes the likes into the city council now outside in the more regional areas of moscow it seems like they do now to see and i did russia as
a party doesn t get is good even if it s not for us we hope that we can do more to counter them the position in. local and regional votes were held across the country but the real test comes in 2 years with new parliamentary elections. erin tilson is in moscow and tells us just how crucial this vote is for the party behind president putin s power base. the election to the moscow city duma has given the country s opposition an unlikely chance to challenge the power and control of united russia. and its complete domination of russian political life now you know you re a c.e.o. is actually face seen historically low poll numbers with only 30 percent of russians saying they currently support the party or the brain is also considered toxic in many of the country s major cities and that s part of the reason why many candidates here in moscow chose to run as independents out of fear. years that association with the party could hurt their chances in today s polling know this