WEBVTT 00:00.033 --> 00:01.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Thompson: ALL ACROSS RUSSIA 00:01.233 --> 00:02.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TODAY, VOTERS HEADED TO THE 00:02.500 --> 00:03.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POLLS TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN 00:03.966 --> 00:05.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT COUNTRY'S PRESIDENTIAL 00:05.166 --> 00:06.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ELECTION. 00:06.300 --> 00:07.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT EVEN BEFORE THE FINAL VOTES 00:07.700 --> 00:09.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE TALLIED, THE OUTCOME IS 00:09.233 --> 00:10.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALREADY CLEAR: PRESIDENT 00:10.733 --> 00:12.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS RE-ELECTED TO 00:12.433 --> 00:14.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HIS FOURTH SIX-YEAR TERM. 00:14.800 --> 00:16.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AS OF 9:00 P.M. IN MOSCOW, THE 00:16.433 --> 00:18.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TURNOUT WAS JUST OVER 60%, AND 00:18.666 --> 00:20.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EARLY RETURNS SHOW PUTIN 00:20.000 --> 00:21.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RECEIVED MORE THAN 70% OF THE 00:21.733 --> 00:23.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VOTE IN A FIELD THAT TECHNICALLY 00:23.766 --> 00:25.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAD EIGHT CANDIDATES. 00:25.500 --> 00:26.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR MORE I'M JOINED BY NEIL 00:26.766 --> 00:28.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MacFARQUHAR, MOSCOW BUREAU CHIEF 00:28.300 --> 00:29.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR "THE NEW YORK TIMES," VIA 00:29.866 --> 00:31.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SKYPE FROM MOSCOW. 00:31.500 --> 00:33.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO NEIL, SINCE THERE'S BEEN NO 00:33.533 --> 00:35.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REAL QUESTION ABOUT WHO IS 00:35.366 --> 00:36.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GOING TO WIN THIS ELECTION, I 00:36.600 --> 00:37.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BEEN A 00:37.666 --> 00:39.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THE NUMBER OF 00:39.433 --> 00:40.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEOPLE WHO WOULD ACTUALLY TURN 00:40.700 --> 00:41.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OUT TO VOTE. 00:41.533 --> 00:42.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 00:42.833 --> 00:43.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT PUTIN'S PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 00:43.966 --> 00:45.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DOING TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT 00:45.266 --> 00:47.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE WAS ADEQUATE TURNOUT? 00:47.466 --> 00:48.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WELL, THEY TRIED TO TURN THE 00:48.400 --> 00:49.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHOLE THING INTO A KIND OF 00:49.766 --> 00:51.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CARNIVAL OR FESTIVAL AND LEFT UP 00:51.466 --> 00:54.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES HOW BEST TO 00:54.566 --> 00:55.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DO IT. 00:55.233 --> 00:56.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE GENERAL THEME WAS KIND OF 00:56.500 --> 00:57.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIKE PUTTING OTHER THINGS ON THE 00:57.966 --> 00:59.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BALLOT LIKE SCHOOL ISSUES TO GET 00:59.800 --> 01:01.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PARENTS TO TURN UP OR MAKING 01:01.133 --> 01:02.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAREER DAYS AT SCHOOLS. 01:02.900 --> 01:04.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SOME OF IT WAS FUN STUFF, LIKE 01:04.833 --> 01:07.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE WAS ONE CLOWN AT A POLLING 01:07.166 --> 01:08.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STATION IN MOSCOW SHOUTING OUT 01:08.766 --> 01:10.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% QUESTIONS ABOUT RUSSIAN HISTORY 01:10.466 --> 01:11.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND IF YOU ANSWERED THEM 01:11.100 --> 01:11.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CORRECTLY YOU GOT A FREE 01:11.933 --> 01:13.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHOCOLATE BAR. 01:13.333 --> 01:14.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Thompson: SO WHAT DO WE KNOW 01:14.066 --> 01:15.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE DID TURN 01:15.500 --> 01:17.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OUT AND WHO TURNED OUT? 01:17.833 --> 01:20.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE EXIT POLLS INDICATE THAT 01:20.166 --> 01:22.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE VOTERS SKEWED TOWARDS THE 01:22.700 --> 01:25.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OLDER VOTERS, YOUNG DIDN'T TURN 01:25.733 --> 01:27.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OUT WHICH WAS KIND OF EXPECTED. 01:27.500 --> 01:29.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM THEY KIND 01:29.833 --> 01:31.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF SAY YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT 01:31.666 --> 01:33.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE AND 01:33.100 --> 01:34.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHO WE VOTE FOR IS GOING TO HAVE 01:34.733 --> 01:36.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NO EFFECT ON OUR LIVES SO WHY 01:36.200 --> 01:37.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BOTHER. 01:37.466 --> 01:38.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Thompson: DID PUTIN HAVE ANY 01:38.500 --> 01:39.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REAL OPPOSITION? 01:39.800 --> 01:41.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> NOT THAT HE ALLOWED TO RUN. 01:41.800 --> 01:45.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE MAIN CANDIDATE WHO SORT OF 01:45.666 --> 01:46.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRIED TO SET UP A NATIONAL 01:46.566 --> 01:48.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ORGANIZATION RUN WAS ALEXEI 01:48.200 --> 01:49.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NAVALNY, WHO WAS THE 01:49.466 --> 01:50.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ANTICORRUPTION CAMPAIGNER AND 01:50.966 --> 01:53.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE MOST VOCAL CRITIC OF THE 01:53.666 --> 01:54.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KREMLIN. 01:54.500 --> 01:56.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND HE WAS BARRED DUE TO 01:56.000 --> 01:57.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VARIOUS FRAUD CONVICTIONS 01:57.300 --> 01:59.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT EVERYBODY THOUGHT WERE 01:59.100 --> 02:01.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. 02:01.633 --> 02:03.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT IS THE KIND OF FUNNY THING 02:03.000 --> 02:04.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BECAUSE PUTIN EVEN IF HE HAD RUN 02:04.766 --> 02:06.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A GENUINE ELECTION HE PROBABLY 02:06.033 --> 02:08.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WOULD HAVE WON BECAUSE HE'S VERY 02:08.166 --> 02:09.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POPULAR BUT HE HAS ALWAYS SORT 02:09.866 --> 02:11.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF MISTRUSTED ELECTIONS EVER 02:11.233 --> 02:12.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SINCE HE WAS THE CAMPAIGN 02:12.566 --> 02:16.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MANAGER FOR THE MAYOR OF 02:16.400 --> 02:18.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ST. PETERSBURG IN 1996 AND THE 02:18.133 --> 02:20.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAYOR LOST THE RACE. 02:20.366 --> 02:21.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO HE HAS HAD THIS SORT OF 02:21.133 --> 02:23.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INHERENT DISTRUST OF THE 02:23.000 --> 02:24.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SURPRISE OF ELECTIONS AND NEVER 02:24.700 --> 02:27.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REALLY LIKED THEM. 02:27.366 --> 02:28.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Thompson: HERE IN THE U.S. 02:28.066 --> 02:29.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE IS OBVIOUSLY NO SHORTAGE 02:29.600 --> 02:31.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF NEWS ABOUT RUSSIA BETWEEN THE 02:31.566 --> 02:33.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NERVE AGENT ATTACK IN BRITAIN 02:33.833 --> 02:34.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND THE MEDDLING IN OUR 02:34.700 --> 02:35.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ELECTIONS. 02:35.666 --> 02:37.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I MEAN HOW ARE ALL THOSE ISSUES 02:37.966 --> 02:39.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND STORIES PLAYING OUT IN 02:39.233 --> 02:40.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RUSSIA? 02:40.866 --> 02:41.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> YOU KNOW, THEY SORT OF PLAY 02:41.966 --> 02:44.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INTO THE NARRATIVE THAT PUTIN 02:44.266 --> 02:45.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIKES TO PRESS THAT YOU KNOW, 02:45.466 --> 02:47.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RUSSIA IS THIS BESEIGED FORTRESS 02:47.766 --> 02:49.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO ATTACK IT 02:49.666 --> 02:51.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FROM ALL SIDES AND FOR ALL 02:51.400 --> 02:52.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REASONS. 02:52.100 --> 02:54.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I MEAN YOU NAME THE POISONING 02:54.433 --> 02:55.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ATTACK, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE HAS 02:55.933 --> 02:57.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BEEN ZERO ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND 02:57.666 --> 02:58.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE WILL BE NONE THAT RUSSIA 02:58.900 --> 03:00.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MIGHT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE AS 03:00.400 --> 03:02.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALWAYS, LIKE YOU KNOW, THE WEST 03:02.000 --> 03:04.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SET THIS UP TRYING TO MAKE PUTIN 03:04.100 --> 03:05.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOOK BAD RIGHT BEFORE THE 03:05.366 --> 03:06.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ELECTION. 03:06.300 --> 03:08.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S ALWAYS THIS SORT OF IDEA 03:08.533 --> 03:11.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT RUSSIA IS A SCAPEGOAT AND 03:11.433 --> 03:13.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHENEVER RUSSIA TRIES TO GET UP 03:13.366 --> 03:15.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OFF ITS KNEES THE WORLD IS THERE 03:15.000 --> 03:16.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAITING TO KNOCK IT DOWN. 03:16.433 --> 03:17.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Thompson: I KNOW THAT PUTIN 03:17.133 --> 03:18.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DIDN'T REALLY CAMPAIGN MUCH BUT 03:18.933 --> 03:20.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DID HE PROMISE ANYTHING FOR THIS 03:20.733 --> 03:21.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEXT TERM? 03:21.766 --> 03:22.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I THINK HE ACTUALLY ATTENDED 03:22.933 --> 03:25.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ONE CAMPAIGN RALLY. 03:25.433 --> 03:27.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND HE JUST DOESN'T REALLY LIKE 03:27.000 --> 03:27.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE PROCESS. 03:27.766 --> 03:30.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND HE DID, YOU KNOW, HE SORT OF 03:30.200 --> 03:31.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LAID OUT WHAT COULD BE CALLED 03:31.866 --> 03:34.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HIS VISION FOR HIS NEXT SIX 03:34.633 --> 03:36.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YEARS AND HE SPENT A LOT OF 03:36.433 --> 03:37.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TIME TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL 03:37.666 --> 03:38.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROGRAMS WHICH, OF COURSE, 03:38.700 --> 03:40.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IMPROVED IN 03:40.433 --> 03:41.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TERMS OF PENSIONS, MEDICAL CARE, 03:41.700 --> 03:42.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ET CETERA. 03:42.500 --> 03:45.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT HE DIDN'T SPECIFY HOW HE 03:45.633 --> 03:46.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WOULD PAY FOR IT AN THEN HE 03:46.733 --> 03:48.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FAMOUSLY SPENT YOU KNOW THE 03:48.433 --> 03:50.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SECOND HALF OF THE SPEECH JUST 03:50.100 --> 03:50.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE 03:50.833 --> 03:52.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INCREDIBLE WEAPONS THAT RUSSIA 03:52.700 --> 03:54.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAD DEVELOPED THAT SORT OF 03:54.400 --> 03:55.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NUCLEAR CRUISE MISSILES AND THE 03:55.733 --> 03:57.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIKE THAT COULD OVERRIDE 03:57.100 --> 03:58.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ANYTHING THE AMERICANS HAVE. 03:58.500 --> 04:01.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO IT'S ALL ABOUT SORT OF 04:01.100 --> 04:02.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NATIONAL SECURITY AND RALLYING 04:02.900 --> 04:04.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AROUND THE FLAG. 04:04.333 --> 04:05.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Thompson: ALL RIGHT, NEIL 04:05.166 --> 04:06.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% McFARQUHAR FROM "THE NEW YORK 04:06.133 --> 04:09.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TIMES," THANK YOU SO MUCH. 04:08.333 --> 04:09.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> ANY TIME.