we start with russia, where president putin has hailed his predicted victory in russia s presidential election, saying it would allow the country to become stronger. he had been the only serious candidate and now has a 5th term in office, after a landslide 87% of the vote. but there was defiance in the form of large queues at some polling stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. at least 80 protesters were arrested. his widow yulia navalnya cast her vote at russia s embassy in berlin. there were protests held and queues to vote in a number of other countries. in london there was a line a mile long outside the russian embassy. from moscow here s our russia editor steve rosenberg. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confide
he said when russians were united, no one could intimidate or suppress them. as our russia editor steve rosenberg reports, in a rare move, mr putin also mentioned the opposition figure, alexei navalny, by name. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might want to intimidate us, - whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny. translation: you may be surprised, but a few days before mr navalny - died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. you can believe it or not. i said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. but what happened happened. election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. the winner, by a mile and a half, vladimir putin.
as the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg reports, mr putin also mentioned his late critic, alexei navalny, by name. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might want to intimidate us, - whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny. translation: you may be surprised, but a few days i before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. you can believe it or not. i said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. but what happened, happened. election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. the winner, by a mile and a half, vladimir putin. what an incredible level of support and unity around the figure of putin, he says. and a
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for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might want to intimidate us, - whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny. translation: you may be surprised, but a few days i before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. you can believe it or not. i said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. but what happened, happened. election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. the winner, by a mile and a half, vladimir putin. what an incredible level of support and unity around the figure of putin, he says. and a powerful signal to the west. but in this race, vladimir putin was, from the start, unbeatable. there were other candi