With Vladimir Putins opponents in exile, in prison or dead, like outspoken Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny, putins victory is practically certain. If mr putin serves out the full six year term hes likely to win, hell become the longest serving russian leader since catherine the great. Over the next half hour we will look at the impact of the election for those in russia, ukraine and around the world. But first, we start our coverage with this report from our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg in moscow. 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 a
the committee voted unanimously to subpoeana the former president. tonight with the context, former adviser to hillary clinton amanda renteria, bryan lanza who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team, and formerfederal prosecutorjoe moreno. welcome to the programme. this was the ninth public hearing into the assault on the us capitol. probably the last. the committee s focus was donald trump himself his actions, his inaction that day and his central culpability in the riot. notjust the part he played on the day, but the groundwork that was laid before and after the vote. the committee produced taped evidence from two of donald trump s closest supporters, steve bannon and roger stone, who were openly talking about stealing the election before the vote had even been counted. and what trump s going to do is just declare victory, right? he s going to declare victory. that doesn t mean he s the winner. he s just going to say he s the winner. also,
threat to the alliance s security and values. ten people have been killed and more than 250 injured after an explosion of toxic gas injordan, at the port of aqaba. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejournalist and broadcasterjenny kleeman, and christopher hope the associate editor of politics at the telegraph. let s ta ke let s take a look at the first editions that are coming in and the last minute or so. the metro leads with the russian missile strike on a shopping centre in ukraine. it quotes president zelensky, saying the final death toll will be hard to imagine . the i calls it murder at the shops and describes how a thousand people inside scrambled for safety. the ft reports that nato will increase the number of troops defending its eastern flank sevenfold. the telegraph covers comments by the head of the british armed forces who warns the uk must be prepared to act rapidly to contain russia. the ti