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hello, i m rich preston. welcome to the programme. we begin in russia, where large queues suddenly formed at some polling stations earlier in an apparent show of dissent during elections designed to confirm vladimir putin in the presidency. allies of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny, had called on people to turn out at midday in moscow and other cities to spoil their ballots or vote for any other candidate. these were the scenes in moscow. there ve been no protest chants: the authorities warned that activists could be arrested. a rights monitoring group in russia says more than seventy a rights monitoring group in russia says more than 70 people have been detained. vladimir putin is certain to win, giving him another six years in power. the kremlin has ensured he faces no credible opponent. protests were also held at russian embassies abroad. mr navalny s widow, yulia, was among those queuing outside the russian embassy in berlin. there have been demonstrations in t ....
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. ....
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 ....
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. a ....
next, how are they preparing? this is just this isjust a this is just a little this isjust a little bit this is just a little bit north of manchester and it is near one of the busiest motorways and you can see the lorries going past and they are on their way to the highest point of the motorway network and that is where if the weather is going to hit any of the motorway network, it is going to hit it worse there. so this gritting station is where they try and stop the disruption. the disruption that happens economically is absolutely massive if the motorway network is affected. if you look at the amount of salt that is there, and grits, twice that amount is being put on the roads at this moment by a0 lorries that are looking after gritting the whole of the motorway and arterial route network. the man in charge of this is simon bain. it is your responsibility, so pressure on you to make sure that the motorway stays ready. why is it so important these roads remain open? the rea ....