Current president of Russia Vladimir Putin is leading at the presidential election held today with 73.11% with 30% of the protocols of district election commissions processed by the Central Election Commission.
The candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) Pavel Grudinin has 14.96% of the votes counted, candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky 6.73%.
Candidate from the Civil Initiative Ksenia Sobchak is coming fourth with 1.39%.
Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko Party), Sergey Baburin (The Russian People’s Union), Maxim Suraikin (The Communists of Russia) and Boris Titov (The Party of Growth) have less than 1% each.
Russia's external debt has exceeded $60 billion for the first time in 20 years
Zelensky is ready to abandon the eastern part of the DPR — Atlantic
The Ministry of Defense for the first time announced the downing of Ukrainian Flamingo missiles
Podolyaka: Our rocket men destroyed the headquarters and a lot of personnel of the elite brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The host of the Channel One show was removed from the air after the scandal in Courchevel
In Moscow, a car exploded in the parking lot of the Presidential Administration