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Russia elections: Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again regained power by registering a record victory in the elections on Sunday. Long-time incumbent Vladimir Putin won once again with 88 percent of the vote. He has been the President of Russia since 2012.
This will be his fifth term as President. Putin has also been the Prime Minister of Russia. Vladimir Putin will be the President of Russia till 2030.
Russia's Central Election Commission said preliminary trends of vote counting in 24 percent of constituencies had come in after the polls closed. Counting of votes showed that about 88 percent of the votes were cast in favor of President Putin. Putin is 71 years old. Three-day presidential elections in Russia began on Friday. Three rivals ran against Putin.
According to an exit poll by pollster Public Opinion Foundation (FOM), Putin received 87.8% of the vote, the largest result in Russia's post-Soviet history, Reuters reports. The Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) put Putin at 87%. Preliminary official results suggest that the polls were accurate.
According to preliminary results, Communist candidate Nikolai Kharitonov came in second place with less than 4% of the vote. Vladislav Davankov came third and ultra-nationalist Leonid Slutsky came fourth. Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel who first came to power in 1999, took aim at the US and the West after the election results, saying the overwhelming majority had proved that his decision to launch military action in Ukraine was acceptable to the country. Had the support of the people.
“It doesn't matter who and how much they want to scare us, it doesn't matter who and how much they want to suppress our will, our consciousness,” Putin said in a speech after winning the election. No one has ever done this and lost (in elections) like this. no success.” Taking aim at the western countries, he said, “Their methods are not working today and will not work in the future also.”
According to Russia's Central Election Commission, Putin won about 87 percent of the vote and about 60 percent of the precincts where votes were counted. According to preliminary results, Communist candidate Nikolay Kharitonov received less than 4 percent of the vote. Election officials said voter turnout across the country was 74.22 percent when polls closed, surpassing 2018's level of 67.5 percent.
Vladimir Putin's victory was never in doubt, as most of his critics are either in prison or dead, and the Kremlin has ruthlessly suppressed opposition to Putin. Russia's most prominent leader and Putin rival Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison last month.
“The elections were clearly not free or fair, as Putin jailed political opponents and prevented other candidates from running against him,” a White House National Security Council spokesman said. A White House National Security Council spokesman said. United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Cameron said in a post on Twitter that the vote was “not as free and fair as was reported.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, “This electoral fraud has no and cannot have any legitimacy.” Elections are scheduled for February 2022, a little more than two years after Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with opposition candidates also praising Putin in the campaign.
However, amid the counting of votes, Alexei Navalny's supporters held massive demonstrations at many places and Putin also addressed Alexei Navalny for the first time after winning the election, saying, “He in turn supports the proposal to release Alexei Navalny.” stands by.” Release of prisoners held hostage in Western countries.” “The person who was talking to me about this didn't finish his sentence and I said 'I agree',” Putin said.
