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112.ua: Russian election – Putin leads with over 76 percent of votes

Published March 19, 2018. Updated March 19 at 10:08 am

Presidential candidate, President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a rally to support his candidature in the upcoming presidential election at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on March 3, 2018. Russians will go to the polls on March 18, 2018.

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Vladimir Putin may definitely celebrate victory in the presidential election in Russia. According to the Russian Central Election Committee, he beats all other candidates with 76.65 percent of votes, with 99 percent ballots processed.

Pavel Grudinin collected almost 12 percent; Vladimir Zhirinovsky gained 5.68. The rest, including Kseniya Sobchak and Grigoriy Yavlinski, have not made it through the two-percent threshold.