Canada Global(Web News)Vladimir Putin won the presidential election and was elected the president of Russia for the fifth time.
According to foreign news agencies, the turnout of voters in the recent presidential elections in Russia was 67 percent, Vladimir Putin won with 87.97 percent of the votes.
Four candidates were competing against President Putin in the three-day election. An opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was mysteriously killed in prison.
According to Russian media, 74 percent of the 11.23 million voters had cast their votes by the time the polling stations closed. For the first time in the presidential elections of Russia, voting was also held in Kherson and Donetsk regions.
96 percent of the voting in the Russian presidential election took place in Chechnya, while 100,000 voters exercised their right to vote at 230 polling stations around the world outside of Russia.
Vladimir Putin will assume the presidency of Russia for the fifth time, Putin will remain in this position for six years.
