“The elections showed that Russia is a big friendly family’: Putin addressed Russians after the announcement of the voting results. According to the official results of the presidential election, Putin won with a result of 87.28%.
The final turnout for the elections of the head of state was 77.49%; in absolute terms, this figure amounted to 87,576,075 voters. More than 7 thousand citizens of the Russian Federation voted at special polling stations created in the Kaliningrad, Pskov and Leningrad regions.