Shes urged the west not to recognise what will be putins fifth term as president. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a ballot box. The authorities called the attackers scum. Some voters were
At noon on sunday to protest the election. Shes urged the west not to recognise what will be putins fifth term as president. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a ballot box. The authorities c
Edmunds 22nd birthday Britains Laura Robson has been selected for tenniss Fed Cup Match in estonia next month. Robson has been chosen for her experience, even though tara moore is higher in the world rankings. Its anne keothavongs first Team Announcement since she took over as captain shes selected johanna konta, Heather Watson and jocelyn rae to make up the team. That is all, coming up in a moment, the papers, see you later. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the former conservative pensions minister ros altmann and the Sports Journalist mihir bose. Tomorrows front pages, starting with the i, it leads on the political crisis in Northern Ireland. It says new elections are likely. The telegraph says a review has found that britains most senior militaryjudge mishandled the trial of a royal marine, who was found guilty of murdering a wounded taliban fighter. The mail leads on the pressures on a e. It says the Health Secreta
Deputy first minister, Martin Mcguinness has announced hes to retire from frontline politics, and wont seek re election to the Stormont Assembly in march. He says hes planning to stand down in may, on the tenth anniversary of devolved government and power sharing. Hes been speaking to our Northern Ireland Political Editor mark devenport. In the aftermath of the Assembly Election last year i agreed to stay on. I was very honoured to be asked to stay on by the party as deputy first minister, but i said i would do it for a further year, which would bring me to 8th of may. This year would have been the tenth anniversary, and say ian paisley said it was an historic moment. I thought it was an appropriate time for me to stand aside as debbie first minister, and make for a new Sinn Fein Deputy first minister. But of course, the best laid plans Of Mice And Men came into play deputy first mr. I have had two situations to deal with, one is the crisis at stormont, and my own health problems, whic
Now on bbc news, westminster in review. Hello and welcome to westminster in review, a look at parliaments role in the corona crisis. Boris johnson finally got the job he had always wanted, but the Job Description had changed. I must level with you, level with the british public. More families many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time. The Prime Minister was almost one of them as the Global Pandemic landed too close to home. It left him with questions to answer. 65,000 people have lost their lives because of covid 19. The Prime Minister should welcome challenge that can save lives, rather than complaining about it. It was a crisis that overturned centuries of tradition to change the way westminster works, with unexpected results. And the bbc are also now embracing this. 65,000 people have lost their lives because of covid 19. The Prime Minister should welcome challenge that can save lives, rather than complaining about it. It was a crisis that overturned centurie