Hello. Fresh from an election victory, that critics say was rigged, Vladimir Putin has been addressing supporters in moscows red square. He has another six year term in office, having already led russia longer than any ruler since stalin. The kremlin says he won more than 87 of the vote. But there was no real opposition, with his main critics either injail, in exile, or dead. So, with such an iron grip on power, why bother with elections at all . Its about claiming legitimacy, say his opponents, for his war in ukraine. Steve rosenberg has the latest, from moscow. Vladimir putin after the landslide came the love. Vladimir putin portrayed by the kremlin as a national hero. At a concert marking ten years since russia annexed crimea. Long live russia, he cried. Cue the National Anthem and some kremlin choreography to make it look as if putin is russia and russia is putin. Earlier we saw the crowds pouring towards red square. Thousands of russians had been given free tickets for the putin e
from paris, here s our europe editor katya adler. let s cross straight to paris and my colleague rajini vaidyanathan. well, that i d is young here, but so far, we re not hearing of any major disturbance it appears to be a calmer night, but for example in paris, the tensions really flared up. it s difficult to say what this evening will hold for us. but of course, this all comes after the grandmother of 17 year old nahel issued an appeal and other family members have also spoken to the bbc saying the same, calling for home. some family member and a friend of nahel to katya adler, who has this report. in theirfirst on in their first on camera interview since nahel s death, his family told me they want to be very clear stuffy although there are no words to describe how we feel. we although there are no words to describe how we feel.- although there are no words to describe how we feel. we ust buried a 17-year-old. describe how we feel. we ust buried a 17-year-old. but h d
to take over the city of rostov on don, where the russian troops and the inhabitants welcomed them, and then, secondly, to head on for moscow. and then, president lukashenko of belarus rang prigozhin and offered him a deal, and that was it prigozhin ordered his men to turn back and he and they have gone to quarters in belarus, not far from the ukrainian border. so, what on earth does it all mean for the man who captured rostov? i asked famil ismailov, news editor of bbc russian. nobody expected that it s going to come to the point when he s going to take over one of the biggest cities in the south of russia with more than one million population and seize the headquarters of a southern army command which is in charge of operations in ukraine. so to that point, yes, unexpected. but other than that, prigozhin is such a character and his private army has come to such a level of influence on the front line and also in public opinion because he s able to deliver his views on th
that follows the police killing of a teenager on tuesday. 16,000 police have again been deployed, but there have been fewer incidents nationwide than on previous nights. president macron said he supported the security forces but was also looking in detail at the events that led to the death of nahel. he was scheduled to meet with german chancellor olaf scholz today but cancelled his trip on saturday. joining me now is tomasz michalski, associate professor of economics at the hec business school in paris. tomasz, fewer arrests overnight. what is the situation likely you in paris? where i am, i am in the leafy suburbs of western paris, there is nothing happening that you can observe, anything. but having said that, the night has been, in different places, especially in areas where you have a lot of council housing, high rise towers and projects, that s where most of the writing takes place night has been calmer. and in the inner city, where you have shops that can be looted