The Russian elections were “an incredibly undemocratic process”said this Monday a spokesperson for the Department of Stateaccording to which Washington will not congratulate President Vladimir Putin, declared the winner by a wide margin.
“I think it’s safe to say there probably won’t be a congratulatory call from the United States,” he said. Vedant Patel.
Putin achieved his biggest electoral victory since coming to power in 2000despite the war in Ukraine, and will remain president of this country for another six years.
The president will continue to lead the Russian Executive until 2030, with the possibility of re-election once again until 2036. After exceed 87% of the votes according to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), after reaching 75% of the vote.
Vladimir Putin’s electoral victory
Putin got more than 87% of the votes with a large majority of the ballots counted, according to data from the Central Electoral Commission. The Participation rose to 74.22% of the electorate, 7 points more than in the last 2018 elections.
“No matter how much they have tried to scare us, repress our will, our conscience, no one has succeeded in history. “They failed now and they will fail in the future.”stated the Russian leader in a speech after confirming his victory.
He also expressed “a special thanks to our warriors on the line of contact,” referring to the front lines of the war in Ukraine.
The least voted in these elections in Russia
He The second most voted candidate was the communist Nikolai Kharitonov with 4% of the votes.followed by the party representative New People, Vladislav Davankov, with 3.86%. The last candidate is the ultranationalist Leonid Slutski, who accounts for 3% of the ballots. All of them are politicians close to Putin.
The forms of voting that were used
On this occasion, Russian voters were able to cast their vote in three ways: with the traditional ballot and electronically, either from a terminal or remotely over the Internet.
A total of 112 million voters They were summoned to the polls for these presidential elections, the eighth in the history of Russia. At least 80 people were arrested for participating in protests in several cities during election day on Sunday.
Source: Ambito
