“The election result exceeded expectations.
This is a response to those who did everything to prevent our country from becoming strong, who sought to destroy it,” Volodin wrote on Telegram.
He added that Washington, Brussels and the Kyiv regime “failed to intimidate people.”
“Congratulations to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin on his convincing victory!
This is a victory for all citizens of our country!
A strong President means a strong Russia!”
— concluded the State Duma speaker.
Based on the results of processing 60.09% of the protocols, self-nominated Vladimir Putin received 87.26% of the votes.
Nikolai Kharitonov from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation receives 4.18% of the votes.
Vladislav Davankov from New People received 3.99% of the votes, and LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky - 3.12%.