Head of the CIS observer mission: Russian presidential elections were held openly and transparently

“The CIS mission comes to the conclusion that the Russian presidential elections were held in full accordance with the Constitution of Russia and the electoral legislation in force in the country.

Open and transparent.

They were fair, competitive and consistent with the principle of holding democratic elections,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Earlier, the leaders of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States warmly congratulated Vladimir Putin on his convincing victory in the Russian presidential elections.

According to the Central Election Commission, Vladimir Putin wins the election of the head of state, receiving 87.29% of the votes based on the results of processing 99.7% of the protocols.

In second place is Nikolai Kharitonov with 4.3% of the votes, in third and fourth are Vladislav Davankov and Leonid Slutsky with 3.84% and 3.21%, respectively.