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
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
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 p
to wriggle out of it. i think it demonstrates exactly what i ve been saying, that he u turns on major things. he can t see what he will do differently because he doesn t have a plan, and if you don t have a plan, then you can t deliver change for our country. live now to tim bale, professor of politics at the queen mary university of london. thanks so much forjoining us. this seems to be a significant u turn. what does that mean for labour s it means that they are hopefully going to remove what has become a bit of an albatross around their necks, the conservatives. an albatross around their necks, the conservatives. have been drumming this 28 billion conservatives. have been drumming this 28 billion figure conservatives. have been drumming this 28 billion figure into conservatives. have been drumming this 28 billion figure into people s i this 28 billion figure into people s heads for weeks if not months now and i m afraid for a labour party thatis and i m afraid for a