Putin’s victory was confirmed with 87% of the votes
The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation announced that Vladimir Putin secured more than 87% of the votes in the country’s presidential election
According to Sputnik news agency, the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation stated that with 95% of the votes counted, the current president, Vladimir Putin, has succeeded in obtaining 87.32% of the votes to be re-elected as Russia’s president for another six-year term
According to the announcement by the Central Election Commission of Russia, the voter turnout in this election was over 70%. In this election, 112.31 million people within Russia and 1.89 million citizens of this country in 144 countries around the world were eligible to vote
Vladislav Davankov, 40 years old, a current member of the Duma from the New People Party, Leonid Slutsky, 56 years old, a member of the Duma and head of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Nikolai Kharitonov, 75 years old, deputy of the Communist Party of Russia, were Putin’s main rivals in this election
