a few seconds agoStarting voting in Russia, Putin will win fourth term
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Citizens of Russia are eligible to vote in the presidential elections, where the current president, Vladimir Putin, is expected to win the fourth term. The real question is whether voter turnout will be high, so Putin can win convincingly. The elections in Russia coincide with the 4th anniversary of the illegal annexation [...]
Citizens of Russia are eligible to vote in the presidential elections, where the current president, Vladimir Putin, is expected to win the fourth term. The real question is whether voter turnout will be high, so Putin can win convincingly.
The elections in Russia coincide with the 4th anniversary of the illegal annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea Peninsula from Moscow.
The incumbent's president, 65-year-old Putin, while voting in Moscow has said that any voteable turnout that will allow the president to fulfill his duties is a “successful”.
The voter turnout in Russia's Far East is reportedly higher than it was in the 2012 elections.
Independent Election Monitoring Group Golos has reported irregularities during the polls, including putting ballot boxes away from surveillance cameras and changes in the last minute in the voter register, believed to be to increase voter turnout.
Eight candidates participate in presidential elections, but seven other candidates, according to polls, stay far away from Putin. According to polls, Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudin has 7 percent of the vote, meanwhile, journalist Ksenia Sochak 2 per cent.
The other candidates include Vladimir Jyrinnovsky, Sergei Baburi, Maxim Surakikin, Boris Titov and Gigojy Yavlinsky.
Eight candidates in Russian presidential elections
According to the Centre for Public Opinion Studies, the organisation close to the Kremlin, Putin, according to polls, will gain 69 percent of Russian support.
According to a Gallup survey in 2017, 80 percent of Russians approve of Putin's leadership, while 40 percent trust elections in Russia.
Putin's only major rival is opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, who has not been allowed to participate in the elections since he was previously convicted of abuse, which is widely seen as politically motivated.
Navalny called the Russians. To boycott Presidential election.
For presidential elections, police in Moscow have announced they have committed 17 thousand officers, National Guard troops and other security personnel.
