Intimidate or suppress them. As our Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg reports, in arare move mr putin also mentioned the Opposition Figure, Alexei Navalny, by name. Six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Confident than ever. Whoever might want to intimidate confident than ever. Whoever might want to intimidate us, confident than ever. Whoever might want to intimidate us, suppress confident than ever. Whoever might want to intimidate us, suppress us, | want to intimidate us, suppress us, Our Will Want to intimidate us, suppress us, our will and want to intimidate us, suppress us, ourwilland our want to intimidate us, suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have our will and our conscience, they have never our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it and never have never been able to do it and never wilt then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Translation you may be
Hello. Fresh from an election victory, that critics say was rigged, Vladimir Putin has been addressing supporters in moscows red square. He has another six year term in office, having already led russia longer than any ruler since stalin. The kremlin says he won more than 87 of the vote. But there was no real opposition, with his main critics either injail, in exile, or dead. So, with such an iron grip on power, why bother with elections at all . Its about claiming legitimacy, say his opponents, for his war in ukraine. Steve rosenberg has the latest, from moscow. Vladimir putin after the landslide came the love. Vladimir putin portrayed by the kremlin as a national hero. At a concert marking ten years since russia annexed crimea. Long live russia, he cried. Cue the National Anthem and some kremlin choreography to make it look as if putin is russia and russia is putin. Earlier we saw the crowds pouring towards red square. Thousands of russians had been given free tickets for the putin e
Have behaved in all of this, they say they are dismayed by the tone and content of the Premier Leagues submission which they say has harmed the trust and confidence in the league. They say the eight points deduction that was sought by the Premier League was utterly disproportionate, they say the Premier League gave no consideration to the unique circumstances and mitigation was put forward by forest. And they make the point about other clubs that are coming up from the championship, aspiring ambitious clubs who want to notjust survive in the Premier League but thrive in the Premier League against those big established clubs. They do say this does harm to that possibility of clubs doing well when they have these rules in place. And central to this whole case is the losses that theyve accrued but particularly since they were promoted to the Premier League, the spending spree that they went on but also the sale of brennanjohnson to tottenham hotspur, that happened in the middle of a trans
they re clearing the house from room to room, that was pretty funny. it was great to be with you. not just house republicans i can t get their act together. senate republicans are a hot mess as well. republicans in both the house and senate in what can be called disarray. after failing the actions. projecting americans strength around the world. joe manchin is here. one day away from the first real case before the supreme court. trying to keep his name on election ballots across country. his actions are coming into question ahead. this critical moment for his legal team trying to keep the court out of politics. four months to the day since the terrorist it talks on the cease-fire proposal that contains crazy demands from hamas. there was a showdown on the senate floor today as republicans failed yet again to agree on a border bill. with what republicans themselves have been demanding. this is one of the most remarkable turns in political history. last fall, senate r
happening now, breaking news. united states conducts another retaliatory strike in the wake of that deadly attack on american forces in jordan. u.s. officials confirmed the operation successfully targeted and killed an iran-backed militia commander in baghdad. also breaking tonight, more chaos on capitol hill. the united states senate rejecting the bipartisan border bill despite months of negotiations. what the sudden failure can also mean for aid to ukraine and israel. plus, final preparations for tomorrow s unprecedented u.s. supreme court arguments on donald trump s colorado ballot ban. we have exclusive new reporting on the trump team s strategy just ahead of the historic hearing. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. first up tonight, breaking news. the united states launching a targeted retaliatory strike against an iran backed militia commander blamed for a