Putin thanked citizens for their trust and support – Kommersant

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his first public speech after the publication of voting results in the presidential elections, thanked citizens for their trust and support. In his speech at the election headquarters, the president said that the elections proved the unity of the multinational people of Russia. Thanks to this, he noted, “all the grandiose plans” set out in the federal message will be fulfilled.

“We have a lot of specific, important tasks ahead. The election results are the trust of the country’s citizens and their hope that we will do everything as planned. I want to thank all of you and all citizens of the country for your support and this trust. Thank you very much,” said Vladimir Putin.

“The single will of the peoples of the Russian Federation is compiled from the votes of every citizen of Russia. This is the most important pillar of the country’s existence, its confident development, in the field of defense capability, in the field of science, education, and in all other important areas,” the president said.

After processing 87.17% of the voting protocols, Vladimir Putin (self-nominated) gains 70.37% of the votes, Nikolai Kharitonov (Communist Party of the Russian Federation) – 4.19%, Vladislav Davankov (New People) – 4.08%, Leonid Slutsky ( LDPR) – 3.15%, follows from the data of the Central Election Commission. The overall turnout was 74.22% (data as of 18:00 Moscow time).

Turnout, vote counting and preliminary election results – in material “Ъ”.