Russia finished voting in the presidential election.
According to exit polls of the all-Russia centre of studying of public opinion (VTSIOM), the current President of the Russian Federation voted 73, 9% of voters. At the 2nd place candidate from the Communist party Pavel Grudinin (11.2% of votes) 3rd — the leader of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky (6,7%). Ksenia Sobchak, according to the polls, got only 2.5% of the votes.
At 22.40 Moscow time was officially processed 40% of the ballots. According to the CEC, leader Vladimir Putin with result 74,22%, Grudinina – 14,03%. Ksenia Sobchak scored by this time of 1.41%.
Interesting information came from the Crimea and Chechnya. According to exit polls, the Crimea, Putin voted for 91.7 per cent of voters, including in Sevastopol — 92%, however the record was set Chechnya, giving the candidate 93% of the votes.
According to observers present at the polling stations, there were numerous violations, among which are such as the throw-in of ballots, handwritten marks in the documents and ballot boxes, which do not fall into the camera lens. According to the CEC — serious violations were recorded.
If the results of the elections, everything is clear and on Manezh square have already managed to declare victory of the incumbent President of Russia, the opposition does not cease the storm. When the polls closed, we had very little time to the headquarters of Alexei Navalny came Ksenia Sobchak. At this time, the unregistered candidate led the video on Youtube «Bulk live«.
Sobchak invited the opposition to unite, to which he refused and accusations of receiving money for participation in elections. Navalny called Sobchak a «champion of hypocrisy, «saying that she personally told him about the «huge money«, suggested her for nomination. Ksenia Sobchak denies these words.
During a heated debate, politicians have exchanged a number of accusations. Navalny claimed that Sobchak has partnered with Putin and PR in memory of Boris Nemtsov. In response, she accused the opposition leader in the absence of the design and use of black PR.
In Ukraine, the government banned Russian citizens to vote in polling stations in Kiev, Kharkov, Odessa and Lviv. According to the authorities, these elections are illegitimate because Russia has not refused to hold a vote in Crimea.
In the U.S. voting takes place in four cities, including Washington and new York. Activists and concerned citizens in new York, at 13:00 local time, began a protest called «a boycott of the March 18«. It passes right in front of the Russian Consulate. According to the organizers of the event, their task is to demonstrate the absurdity of the elections, because the authorities of the Russian Federation determined the winner before the start of the campaign.
For the current head of state Vladimir Putin, it will be a total of the fourth presidential term. Two of them he spent in the period from 2000 to 2008, the third term began in 2012 and lasts until today. Given his victory in the presidential election in 2018, he will be the head of the state for at least another 6 years.
