With the victory, Putin will lead Russia for another six years. According to BBC, the main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was barred from the race. The scale of victory – which had been widely predicted – was a marked increase in his share of the vote from 2012, when he won 64% of the votes. A state exit poll put the turnout at 63.7%, down on 2012. Mr Putin’s campaign had hoped for a large turnout, to give him the strongest possible mandate. Video recordings from polling stations showed irregularities in a number of towns and cities across Russia. Several videos showed election officials stuffing boxes with ballot papers. Early results showed that with just 21.3% of boxes counted, Mr Putin had almost 72% of the votes. Exit polls, published as soon as voting ended, showed that Mr Putin’s closest opponent, Pavel Grudinin, was only projected to win 11.2%. Mr Navalny was excluded from the election because of an embezzlement conviction that he said was manufactured by the Kremlin.]]>
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