Putin set for landslide win

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Russia's Central Election Commission has reported that incumbent President Vladimir Putin is expected to win this year's presidential election, with nearly 90% of the votes. teleSUR  Visit our website: https://www.telesurenglish.net/ Watch our videos here: https://videos.telesurenglish.net/en

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00:00 Russia's Central Election Commission, CEC, has reported that incumbent President Vladimir

00:14 Putin is expected to win this year's presidential election with nearly 90% of the votes.

00:20 According to the CEC, more than 80% of the votes have been counted as of 1am Moscow time

00:27 and Putin is leading the race with an estimated 87.15%.

00:32 His opponent from the Communist Party, Nikolai Karashtonov, is expected to come in second

00:38 with 4.2%, followed by Vladislav Davankov of the New People Party with 4% and Leonid

00:45 Slutsky of the Liberal Democrats with 3.2%.

00:50 This year's election has clocked a historic high voter turnout, which topped 74% according

00:57 to data from the CEC.

01:00 The processing of the ballot has already ended in several Russian regions.

01:04 Putin has gained 94.12% of the votes in Lugansk People's Republic and over 95% in Donetsk

01:12 People's Republic, two of Russia's new regions where citizens are voting for the

01:16 first time.

01:26 In this context, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin spoke to the press after the first results

01:31 of the counting of the votes cast in the presidential elections were presented, which shows a wide

01:38 victory for the President.

01:40 In his first public speech after the publication of the preliminary results of the vote, the

01:45 Russian leader thanked the citizens for their trust and support.

01:49 The leader added that he will do everything in his power to solve the tasks set for the

01:54 country and to achieve the goals he considers to be priorities.

01:58 Furthermore, the President said that the elections demonstrated the cohesion of the multinational

02:04 people of Russia and that the results obtained show the unified will of the people.

02:18 I would like first of all to thank the citizens of Russia.

02:21 We are all one team of all Russian citizens who went to the polling station and voted.

02:29 And of course, today, in the condition in which we live, a special word of thanks to

02:35 our soldiers, to the guys who on the battle line provide the country with the conditions

02:40 for its development and assistance.

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