Russian Election: Putin’s Predictable Landslide
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
President Putin has claimed a landslide victory in an election that featured no genuine competition. The last day of voting was marked by silent protests at polling stations.
But how does his expected victory matter? And what might securing a fifth term mean for the war in Ukraine? Lyse and Vitaly are joined by the BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.
Today’s episode is presented by Lyse Doucet and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producer was Arsenii Sokolov. The technical producer was Rohan Madison. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | It's 753 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:12.0 | As you record, it's just after 10 o'clock in the evening in the |
| 0:16.0 | United Kingdom on Sunday. Voting has ended three days of voting in Russia's |
| 0:21.8 | presidential election and Vladimir Putin has almost immediately |
| 0:27.2 | claimed victory. |
| 0:28.2 | Hachuva and five great-onstrand-sra-sopadirch, and this devieri. |
| 0:35.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:37.0 | It was an acceptance speech in all but name, |
| 0:40.0 | where Vladimir Putin thanked the people of Russia for their trust and support. |
| 0:46.3 | He appeared on state television speaking from his campaign headquarters, standing |
| 0:51.1 | flanked by young people. |
| 0:53.0 | Paseba. |
| 0:56.0 | Pasey you're wearing t-shirt saying Putin, Russia victory. |
| 1:01.0 | Vladimir Putin was as defined as ever sounding victory. Vadim |
| 1:06.4 | Vadimra Putin was as defined as ever, sounding belligerent and saying Russia is determined to accomplish |
| 1:10.5 | its objectives in Ukraine. |
| 1:12.4 | So Vitali, we have the numbers, a landslide, 87%. |
| 1:17.0 | According to preliminary results. |
| 1:19.0 | We're still counting. |
| 1:21.0 | And the turnout 74.2%. |
| 1:25.0 | So these figures are preliminary, but they are pretty high. |
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