now has until 2030 as president and maybe, if he chooses and is still able to do thejob, until2036. and is still able to do thejob, until 2036.he is certainly a survivor. thejob, until 2036.he is his invasion of ukraine in 2022 could have turned into a strategic disaster, but he managed to turn things around and may even be able to claim victory of a sort by the time it s finally over. vladimir vladimirovich putin. so now he s re elected, but will he change the way he does things, or will it be more much, much more of the same? applause i asked steve rosenberg, the bbc s redoubtable russia editor, who s had a ringside seat throughout all these extraordinary events. what we re going to see is further confrontation with the west, a continuation of the war with ukraine and continued repression at home. but having won this claim to have won this, this huge victory, 87%, vladimir putin will now be able to say, look, everybody, i have a mandate and a huge mandate from my people f
good morning. it s sunday march 24. our main story: russia has begun a national day of mourning after at least 133 people were killed in an attack on a rock concert in moscow. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility but russia s security services have claimed the assailants had links to ukraine something which kyiv has fiercely denied. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has the details. in what was left of crocus city, the full horror of what happened became clear. the attackers had torched the building. a rock concert became an inferno. gunfire but first, the gunman had opened fire. gunfire to kill as many of the audience as possible in one constant stream of bullets. russia says the four gunman who did this have been arrested. and claims they planned to cross into ukraine. kyiv denies any connection to the attack. it s islamic state that s claimed responsibility. president putin promised vengeance. translation: all the - perpetrators and organisers of this c
further confrontation with the west, a continuation of the war with ukraine and continued repression at home. how worried should we be about the forecasts of serious trouble in america, as biden and trump go head to head? i speak to people all the time who clearly believe that donald trump is the one thing that stands between them and some kind of tyranny in america. and they re the size of a potato, they re 30 million years old and they come from the depths of the ocean. should we be mining seabed nodules to sort out our shortages of rare metals? the environmentalists, the greens come in and they say, look, we shouldn t be pushing the frontier of the exploitation of metals to this last pristine wilderness on earth. vladimir vladimirovich putin! cheers so, russia s presidential election, such as it was, is over and done, and vladimir putin now has until 2030 as president and maybe, if he chooses and is still able to do thejob, until 2036. he is certainly a survivor. his invas
verified live. we start in russia. vladimir putin has addressed thousands of people in moscow s red square, after claiming a landslide election win. the rally is to mark the tenth anniversary of russia s illegal annexation of crimea. standing alongside three loyalist candidates who were allowed to run against him, president putin said that hand in hand russians will move forward. western countries have condemned the election is neither free nor fair. condemned the election is neither free norfair. the us hasjust called it incredibly undemocratic. president putin described the donbas and other parts of ukraine occupied by russian forces, as part of a new russia . take a listen. translation: as for don bass, the eole translation: as for don bass, the peeple living translation: as for don bass, the people living there, translation: as for don bass, the people living there, in translation: as for don bass, the people living there, in those - translation: as for don bass,
further confrontation with the west, a continuation of the war with ukraine and continued repression at home. how worried should we be about the forecasts of serious trouble in america, as biden and trump go head to head? i speak to people all the time who clearly believe that donald trump is the one thing that stands between them and some kind of tyranny in america. and they re the size of a potato, they re 30 million years old and they come from the depths of the ocean. should we be mining seabed nodules to sort out our shortages of rare metals? the environmentalists, the greens come in and they say, look, we shouldn t be pushing the frontier of the exploitation of metals to this last pristine wilderness on earth. vladimir vladimirovich putin! cheers so, russia s presidential election, such as it was, is over and done, and vladimir putin now has until 2030 as president and maybe, if he chooses and is still able to do thejob, until2036. he is certainly a survivor. his inva