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Update from March 18, 8:35 a.m
.: According to his spokeswoman, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier does not want to send congratulations to Vladimir Putin.
There will be no letter to Putin, Cerstin Gammelin told the
Tagesspiegel
.
Today he thinks of the people in Russia who fought for freedom and democracy and lived in constant danger from Putin's regime.
Don't forget these brave people, says a statement from the Federal President that was distributed on the X platform.
Vladimir Putin secured his fifth term in office in the Russian election.
© NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP
The Foreign Office in Berlin wrote on Platform X that these were pseudo-elections.
They are neither free nor fair, and the result surprises no one.
“Putin's rule is authoritarian, he relies on censorship, repression and violence.” The “elections” in the occupied territories of Ukraine are “null and void” and a “further breach of international law.”
Election in Russia: Protests cause anger for Putin – “Deal with those who destroyed ballot papers”
Update from March 18, 7:35 a.m
.: After his victory in the election in Russia, Vladimir Putin thanked his compatriots for “their support and trust.”
In fact, he was able to enjoy a record result: Putin received more than 88 percent of the vote and is therefore facing another six-year term.
However, there have been repeated protests.
Putin made it clear that authorities would “deal with” those “who destroyed their ballots.”
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Result of the elections in Russia: Putin receives more than 88 percent of the vote
Update from March 18, 6:40 a.m
.: After a presidential election that was accompanied by allegations of manipulation, Russia's election commission awarded Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin a record result of around 88 percent of the vote.
This means that the 71-year-old Putin gained more than ten percentage points compared to the 2018 election (76.7 percent).
It is considered the best result he has ever achieved as he begins his fifth term in office.
Participation was reported at over 74 percent – also a record.
candidate |
Voices |
Result (in percent) |
|---|---|---|
Wladimir Putin |
75,932,111 |
88.50 |
Nikolai Kharitonov |
3,737,123 |
4.36 |
Vladislav Davankov |
3,340,921 |
3.89 |
Leonid Slutsky |
2,791,507\t |
3.25 |
(Source: Election authority in Russia. 99.75 percent of votes counted)
Putin's victory speech after the Russia election
Update, 10:55 p.m.:
In his victory speech after the Russia election, Vladimir Putin also indirectly responded to the quiet protests in the country.
He called the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a “sad incident.”
As several news agencies consistently reported, the Russian President also commented on the rumors about a possible prisoner exchange.
According to reports, Putin found out about the idea a few days before Navalny's death - and agreed to it.
In his opinion, the Kremlin critic should never have returned to Russia.
The opposition figure died in a Russian prison camp a few weeks before the election with a cause of death that was still unknown.
On Sunday there were protests by his supporters in many places across the country.
Update, 10:03 p.m
.: After the election in Russia, Vladimir Putin gave a “victory speech”.
After the polls closed, the president said, according to
Sky News
, that his triumph in the presidential election would now be confirmed.
His victory will allow Russia to consolidate society and become “stronger and more effective.”
“No one will ever oppress Russia if we are consolidated,” Putin said after the Russia election, thanking citizens for their “support and trust.”
Update, 8:59 p.m
.: 36.3 percent of polling stations in Russia have been counted and, according to these first partial results from the State Election Commission, Vladimir Putin is the clear winner of the presidential election in Russia.
Ella Pamfilova, head of the electoral commission, said 87.47 percent of voters voted for Putin.
“Russia has made its choice,” Pamfilova said.
The voter turnout was 74.22 percent.
Update, 8:41 p.m
.: According to election officials, Vladimir Putin received 99.28 percent of the votes cast in the Chechen Republic.
Navalny's team criticizes the results of the election in Russia
Update, 8:04 p.m
.: The team of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who died in Russian custody, has questioned the partial results of the presidential election in Russia, according to which Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin received almost 88 percent of the votes.
“The percentages invented for Putin clearly have nothing to do with reality,” Leonid Volkov said on Sunday on the Telegram online service.
Volkov was one of Navalny's closest confidants and, among other things, former chief of staff.
Update, 7:50 p.m
.: After the first partial results of the presidential election in Russia were announced, Poland criticized the vote as “not legal”.
“Russia’s presidential election is not legal, free and fair,” said the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw on Sunday evening.
The election was held “under severe repression” and in occupied parts of Ukraine in violation of international law.
Zelensky reacts to elections in Russia
Update, 7:35 p.m
.: Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, has questioned the legitimacy of Russia's presidential elections and the repeated victory of Vladimir Putin, the head of the Kremlin.
In his daily video address on Sunday, he declared that “any legitimacy” should be denied to these elections.
“This election fraud has no legitimacy and cannot have any,” Zelensky emphasized.
He added that it was the duty of every person in the world who values life and decency to ensure that “this figure (Putin) ends up in the dock in The Hague.”
Zelensky accused Putin of having staged another election.
He stressed that it is obvious to everyone in the world that "this character, like so many times in history, is simply obsessed with power and will do anything to rule for life."
He concluded his speech by saying that Putin was ready to commit any crime to maintain his personal power.
“There is no evil that he will not commit to prolong his personal power.”
Update, 7:22 p.m
.: The preliminary election results for Putin's competitors have now also been published.
According to the polling institute FOM, Vladislav Davankov received 3.76 percent of the vote, while Nikolai Kharitonov received 3.86 percent and Leonid Slutsky 2.97 percent.
These results are well below previous forecasts.
Election in Russia ended: Putin is ahead – probably a historic result
Update, 7 p.m
.: The polling stations are closed and the first results have just been announced.
Unsurprisingly, President Vladimir Putin scores a landslide victory.
According to the state polling institute VTsiom, President Vladimir Putin is in the lead with 87 percent of the vote.
According to the FOM pollster, his margin is 87.8 percent.
It was already certain in advance that Putin would secure another six-year term in office in the presidential election that began on Friday.
Three insignificant candidates ran against him.
All of the Kremlin leader's best-known critics are either dead, imprisoned or in exile.
Navalnaya votes in the Russian election: Vote for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
Update, 6:44 p.m
.: The widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, says she wrote her late husband's name on the ballot paper in the Russian presidential election.
She said this on Sunday in Berlin after taking part in the election at the Russian embassy there.
Navalnaya unexpectedly joined the queue in front of the embassy and then entered the area in the early evening.
Shortly afterwards she left again.
Navalnaya may cast a vote in the Russia election
Update, 6:43 p.m
.: In Berlin, Russian Ambassador Sergei Nechaev and his wife cast their votes shortly before the results were announced.
The choice of color of the wife's scarf caused astonishment as it was made in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, blue and yellow.
The Russian Foreign Ministry later clarified that the scarf was colorful and featured the colors black, yellow, white and blue.
Update, 6:19 p.m
.: An hour before the election results were published, Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, was spotted entering the Russian embassy in Berlin.
Surprisingly, she joined the voters on Sunday afternoon who wanted to cast their votes for the Russian presidential election.
As a journalist from the
German Press Agency
noted, she entered the embassy premises early in the evening.
Before casting her vote, Navalnaya did not provide any information about her motives.
There is a possibility that she herself wanted to take part in the election in Russia.
Update, 5:57 p.m
.: There was another incident in the Russian elections: an attempted attack failed just a few hours before the election results were announced.
According to the
dpa
news agency , a woman tried to light a firecracker at a polling station in Perm.
However, she injured herself because the explosive device she detonated in a toilet tore off her hand.
There have been repeated protests since the start of the three-day elections in Russia.
Many opposition figures accuse the Kremlin of massive election manipulation.
Protests on the last day of the election in Russia: Hundreds of people in front of the Consulate General in Bonn
Update, 4:55 p.m.:
On Sunday, hundreds of people gathered in front of the Russian Consulate General in Bonn to demonstrate against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A police spokesman from Bonn reported that a queue of over 1,000 people had formed in front of the building who wanted to cast their votes in the Russian presidential election.
About 250 people protested against Putin in front of the consulate, while about 25 people demonstrated for him.
The police spokesman confirmed that the demonstrations were peaceful overall.
Only a few reports of insults were filed.
Due to the large number of voters, the square had to be temporarily closed.
An emergency lane had to be kept clear for a hospital located behind the consulate.
Election in Russia: On the last day there are arrests in a protest against Vladimir Putin
Update, 3:48 p.m.:
The elections in Russia, which were overshadowed by allegations of manipulation, have led to a harsh reaction to protests - with the first arrests.
According to the organization Ovd-Info, at least 75 people are said to have been detained by the police in the course of actions against Putin.
Most of these arrests took place in Kazan, but clashes with security forces were reported in a total of 17 Russian cities.
The support team of the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called for protests on Sunday afternoon.
Update, 1:19 p.m.:
The opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin, who was excluded from the presidential election, took part in the peaceful protest “Lunch against Putin” in the Russian capital.
At the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, where there is a polling station, he was greeted with great applause by students, as a video he published on Telegram on Sunday shows.
“I think you will still have a chance to vote for me,” he told those gathered.
He announced that he would publish his own post-election surveys after the polls closed.
In addition to Nadezhdin, Yulia Navalnaya also took part in the protests against Putin.
On the last day of the Russian election, the widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny appeared in Berlin and took part in the “Lunch against Putin”.
Putin election in Russia: Hundreds of people take part in the “Lunch against Putin” protest
Update, 10:35 a.m.:
The team around the recently deceased Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny reports new protests against Putin's election in Russia.
In the cities of Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Irkutsk and Yekaterinburg, among others, hundreds of people are said to have taken part in the “Lunch Against Putin” campaign.
During the protest, Vladimir Putin's opponents were asked to all appear together at the country's polling stations at 12 p.m. and thus disrupt the presidential elections.
Navalny's team distributed images of the protests via a YouTube channel.
The authenticity of the images cannot be independently verified.
Decision in the Russia election: result crucial for Putin
First report from March 17, 2024:
Moscow - The last day of the elections in Russia is also overshadowed by the war in Ukraine and the conflicts within the country.
According to information from Kiev, a coordinated drone attack set fire to a polling station in the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia region.
This is reported by the Reuters
news agency, among others
.
The attack was carried out with two drones.
Shortly afterwards, the Russian-appointed governor Vladimir Rogov confirmed the events on the short message service Telegram.
There were therefore no injuries.
The presidential elections in Russia have been running since Friday.
Incumbent Vladimir Putin is seen as a sure winner in an election in which real opposition candidates are not allowed.
If the results of the Russian election are officially announced, Putin will enter his fifth term as Russian president and will rule the country longer than any other president before.
Last day of the Russian election overshadowed by attacks from Ukraine
But the elections in Russia, which span eleven time zones and in which 112 million eligible voters are called to cast their votes, have not yet gone as planned by Vladimir Putin.
Since the election began on Friday, there have been isolated reports of paint and arson attacks on polling stations.
The border regions in the south of the country continue to be under fire from Ukrainian troops.
Russia's anti-aircraft defense said it intercepted several Ukrainian missiles and drones.
A converted S-200 anti-aircraft missile is also said to have been intercepted over the Bryansk border area.
Attacks from Ukraine were also reported in the Kaluga region on Russia's election day.
The region is only about 200 kilometers from the capital of Russia.
Putin's results in the previous Russian elections with him as a candidate
Year |
Result |
|---|---|
2000 |
52.9% |
2004 |
71.3% |
2012 |
64.4% |
2018 |
76.7% |
But that's not all.
Attacks by Russian paramilitaries in the border areas of Belgorod and Kursk also continued on the last day of the Russian election.
This has now been confirmed for the first time by President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitri Peskov.
Putin is constantly informed about the attacks, said the Kremlin spokesman.
Two people were killed by rocket fire in the regional capital Belgorod on Saturday.
Despite everything, Vladimir Putin's victory in the Russian election should have been certain for a long time.
On Saturday, state news agencies published images of the president allegedly casting his vote using a specially set up online voting system.
The possibility of submitting one's vote electronically was one of the many measures that Putin introduced before the Russian election and was intended to guarantee him a record turnout at the polls.
Overview of voter turnout in Russian elections
Year |
Result |
|---|---|
2000 |
68.6% |
2004 |
64.3% |
2008 |
69.7% |
2012 |
65.3% |
2018 |
67.5% |
Even though Putin's victory in the Russian election has long been certain, voting in the huge country will continue until 7 p.m. German time.
Forecasts will be published when the last polling stations close.
According to the election commission, the final result of the Russian election will be announced no later than March 28th.
(dil with agencies)