As we reported, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won another landslide victory in the vote, which took place at an unprecedentedly high turnout rate – and the meme factories quickly began. Many consider the vote held from March 15 to 17 to have been merely a “stacked”, as Putin had no real opponent, and the results were as expected.
RIA Novoszti according to After the elections, the president already addressed the people in Red Square, but on Thursday the Central Election Commission announced the official results of the elections, after which Putin addressed his people again – more concisely and to the point.
The last campaign was very tense and responsible, because we had almost chosen the path that Russia would follow, and we had chosen the future for ourselves and for our children. The importance of this event was understood by the absolute majority of those who went to the polls
The Russian head of state said. He stressed that the support of his compatriots is more important to him than victory and promised to do his best to justify their trust.
Ella Pamfilova, head of the Russian Central Election Commission, announced the official results of the vote at Thursday's meeting, with Vladimir Putin receiving 87.28 percent of the votes, Nikolai Kharitonov 4.31 percent, Vladislav Davankov 3.85 percent, and Leonid Slutsky 3.20 percent. The participation rate reached 77.44 percent, which is a record high in modern Russian history.
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