Streets over the summer in russia after some of the kremlins fiercest critics were barred from a regional ballot but despite moscows attempt to silence them the ruling party lost a 3rd of its seats in the capital in sundays local election president Vladimir Putins united russia still holds a majority but the Opposition Communist Party has almost doubled its number of seats so what does this mean for the National Elections in 2 years time is putin beginning to lose his popularity will be speaking to our guests in a moment but 1st step fasten has more from moscow. Pretty interesting developments here in moscow and also a politically complicated scheme that has played out for sure united russia the ruling party of lattimer put in has lost more seats here in moscow than ever before but on the other hand they still have a majority so its more like a psychological loss for a party that is simply not used to losing and has been having a monopoly position here in the city duma for such a long
Its a local election but a test for Vladimir Putin the russian president s party takes a hit in moscows poll thats come after weeks of protests against the government so how will you deal with this set and is he losing influence this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im homage enjoy him its sparked some of the biggest demonstrations the country has seen in decades thousands took to the streets over the summer in russia after some of the kremlins fiercest critics were barred from a regional ballot but despite moscows attempt to silence them the ruling party lost a 3rd of its seats in the capital in sundays local election president Vladimir Putins united russia still holds a majority but the Opposition Communist Party has almost doubled its number of seats so what does this mean for the National Elections in 2 years time is putin beginning to lose his popularity well be speaking to our guests in a moment but 1st step fasten has more from moscow. Pretty interesting develop
During the morning the city center was almost completely deserted thats not to say necessarily that lots and lots of hong kong wasnt chosen like part of the strike but what the process to say early on monday was they stopped people from getting to work for example they used the their bodies to block the doors of subway trains so the subway system was completely shut down for about 6 hours on long time likewise they saw lots of the main roads coming in to the center of hong kong which meant that around here in the Central Business district it was almost like a ghost town people have started to come back in now the protests of changed tactics theyve moved on the subway system is operating and you can probably see some people in the background behind me right now though as well the big protests going on in 7 different locations around the school most of them so far weve just come from one the reason we black that is that with so many people that thousands on thousands completely covering
A very severe clampdown actually stopped the Opposition Movement then after the duma who actions the state duma elections that was a rather more massive than today so then its worked much like with arties believe it can work now too but then again that depends on other issues its not just about moscow though this right now is a moscow city issue its moscow elections its happening in moscow theres very much resonance to the entire a contrie side of russia. But right there their thirties have theyre afraid and they have a reason to be afraid because this politico basically political Opposition Movement in moscow may begin to spread out and join forces with the social economic discontent thats really massive in russia because russia is in the konami though drums for over 6 years Household Incomes have been declining theyre sick anomic frustration it its right now not public and its not connection connected to the actions and through the Moscow Council but if a jew they join forces the aff
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