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March 17, 2024
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Bobylev
The president
has won re-election
by a historic
landslide...
Vladimir Putin has given a
victory speech at his campaign headquarters in Moscow, after
preliminary results from the Russian presidential election showed
him securing a fifth term with over 87% of the vote.
Speaking in front of his supporters on Sunday night, Putin stressed
that ,
"only source of power in the country is
the Russian people," adding that the vote of every citizen
counts when its comes to charting the nation's course.
The Russian leader noted that while the country
faces numerous challenges, its people will be up to the task if they
remain united.
"No matter who and how they would try to
intimidate and suppress us, our will, our consciousness...
Nobody in our history has ever succeeded, won't succeed now or
in the future. Never."
Putin went on to thank Russian citizens for the
trust they have placed in him.
"I will do my best to solve the tasks set
before the country and achieve the goals we all consider to be
of the highest priority."
This year's election was marked by record-high
turnout.
According to Central Election Commission
(CEC) data, it topped 74%, exceeding the figure for the 2018
election (67.47%).
The voting took place for the first time in
Russia's new regions,
the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics,
as well as in Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, which voted
overwhelmingly to join Russia in the fall of 2022.
Putin specifically praised the Russian military
for risking their lives on the frontlines to protect the country's,
"so-called new, but in fact historic
territories."
According to the CEC,
almost 95% of the votes had been counted as
of 1am Moscow time, and Putin was leading the race with an
estimated 87.3%.
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