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Post by Διαμονδ on Mar 19, 2018 17:03:24 GMT
Vladimir Putin decisively re-elected as Russian president after 99% of votes counted: Incumbent Russian leader Vladimir Putin has secured a landslide victory in the presidential election with over 99% of the ballots counted. Vladimir Putin is now leading with 76,6 percent of the vote, Ella Pamfilova, head of the Russian Central Election Commission. Pamfilova announced the preliminary results during a news conference on Monday morning. With 99.83 percent of the vote counted, first-time Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudinin is running second with 11.9 percent. Heavyweight nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who first ran against Boris Yeltsin in 1991, rounds out the top three with 5.66 percent. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) has now 10 days to tally the final vote, Pamfilova announced. None of the other five candidates managed to receive more than two percent of the vote. Pamfilova has said that there were no major violations during the vote, and that only “minor and local complaints” were received. Shortly after the first results were announced, Vladimir Putin addressed his supporters at a massive anniversary rally in Moscow’s Red Square, marking Crimea's reunification with Russia, and talked to reporters in his election campaign HQ. He thanked his backers and answered questions on the hottest political issues. Putin was first elected to the Kremlin in 2000, and again four years later. Constitutionally barred from serving more than two consecutive terms, he did not run in 2008, the same year presidential terms were extended from four years to six years. Putin won 63.6 percent of the vote in 2012, and, if the early results are confirmed, he will now stay in his post until 2024, the year he turns 72. www.rt.com/news/421639-russian-presidential-election-results/
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Post by ajay0 on Mar 19, 2018 17:22:14 GMT
I am a well-wisher of Russia, but I think Putin must leave now as he is clearly not in the best interests of Russian democracy, freedom of press and free speech.
Russia and the russian people with such a great history and culture definetely deserve much better.
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Post by Διαμονδ on Mar 19, 2018 17:26:43 GMT
Everyone deserves better but in this case there is no other choice! A simple fact!
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Post by ajay0 on Mar 19, 2018 17:31:56 GMT
Everyone deserves better but in this case there is no other choice! A simple fact! That is why I said that he has to leave. He does not seem to allow room for other choices or alternatives in terms of leadership in the russian democracy. 'Heads I win, tails you lose', seems to be his political motto or maxim.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2018 19:55:15 GMT
I am a well-wisher of Russia, but I think Putin must leave now as he is clearly not in the best interests of Russian democracy, freedom of press and free speech. Russia and the russian people with such a great history and culture definetely deserve much better. Russia is not democratic society. I hope it won't ever plague itself with freedom of press and free speech. The moment it does I'll stop being pro-Russian
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2018 20:46:56 GMT
By the way, when I saw this picture I instantly got mental image him addressing to other candidates and Western leaders something like: "Привет ребята, как дела? В чем проблема?"
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Post by Διαμονδ on Mar 19, 2018 22:05:51 GMT
I am a well-wisher of Russia, but I think Putin must leave now as he is clearly not in the best interests of Russian democracy, freedom of press and free speech. Russia and the russian people with such a great history and culture definetely deserve much better. Russia is not democratic society. I hope it won't ever plague itself with freedom of press and free speech. The moment it does I'll stop being pro-Russian What is the problem with the press? In Russia, the situation is much better than in neighboring countries. It's true ... as for democracy, I do not believe in it! Absolutely! Democracy today is a free choice between yesterday's and stale milk or yogurt!
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