2024-03-17T20:04:56+00:00
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/ On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin gained 99.28% of the votes within the Russian Republic of Chechnya, based mostly on the outcomes of processing 100% of poll papers within the nation’s presidential elections.
After processing 40.12% of the votes within the Russian presidential elections throughout the nation, unbiased candidate Vladimir leads the outcomes with 87.34%, adopted by Nikolai Kharitonov with 4.11%, Vladislav Davankov with 3.92% and Leonid Slutsky with 3.06%, based on the Central Election Fee.
Worldwide reactions accelerated instantly after the announcement of the outcomes of the Russian elections, through which President Vladimir Putin obtained 87 p.c of the Russian vote.
The White Home said that the Russian presidential elections “are neither free nor truthful as a result of President Vladimir Putin put his opponents in jail and prevented others from operating in opposition to him.”
For his half, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned that Russian President Vladimir Putin desires to rule ceaselessly, describing the Russian presidential elections as a “simulation” that lacks legitimacy.
Zelensky mentioned in a video speech within the night that “the Russian dictator is simulating one other election,” noting that Putin is “sick of energy and is doing every thing to rule ceaselessly.”
He added, “There isn’t a legitimacy on this election simulation… This individual have to be tried in The Hague. That is what we should guarantee.”
In flip, the Polish Ministry of Overseas Affairs said in an announcement that “the presidential elections in Russia are unlawful, unfree and unfair,” noting that they occurred “in a local weather of extreme repression” and within the occupied areas of Ukraine, which constitutes a violation of worldwide regulation.
As well as, the Russian opposition group, Alexei Navalny, who died in jail, denounced the outcome achieved by Vladimir Putin within the presidential elections, which exceeded 87 p.c of the votes after a partial depend, stressing that it “has nothing to do with the reality.”
Putin (71 years outdated), who has dominated the nation for greater than twenty years, will start a brand new six-year presidential time period.
Present President Vladimir Putin (71 years outdated) is operating for a fifth time period, competing with three candidates on the poll who’re non-prominent politicians belonging to symbolic opposition events that adhere to the Kremlin’s method.
Unusually, the elections witnessed a continuation of voting for 3 days, earlier than concluding at the moment, Sunday, at 20:00 (18:00 GMT).