“I have just talked with the chairman of the party, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev.
He is ill and has a severe cough.
He could not be with us today, ”TASS quotes him as saying.
Turchak noted that Medvedev conveyed "huge words of gratitude" to the party members.
Earlier, the CEC reported that the United Russia party is gaining 45.09% of the vote after processing 30.03% of the protocols in the elections to the State Duma.