In Russia, Vladimir Putin received 87.97 p.c of the vote within the nation's election course of, based on the primary official outcomes.
The counting of votes is predicted to be accomplished tomorrow morning.
Voter turnout on this yr's presidential election surpassed 2018 ranges.
In the meantime, police arrested at the least 74 folks for varied protest actions through the presidential election. The arrests occurred primarily in Moscow and Kazan in central Russia.
The Russian election was “clearly neither free nor honest,” the White Home stated minutes after Moscow first introduced the election consequence.
President Vladimir Putin, the US presidency notes, had jailed his opponents and prevented different candidates from operating.
On the identical time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Putin, aiming to rule without end, turned the electoral course of into an unlawful imitation. He added that there is no such thing as a legitimacy to this mock election, noting that the Russian President needs to be tried in The Hague.
In response to the primary exit polls, Putin collected nearly 88 p.c of the vote.
The counting of votes is predicted to be accomplished tomorrow morning.
In response to the TASS information company, Russian voter turnout this yr within the presidential election exceeded 2018 ranges.
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