ArmInfo. According to preliminary data, the incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin secured the support of 90-92% of voters residing or temporarily arriving in Armenia. The press secretary of the Russian Embassy in Armenia Veronika Artenyan told ArmInfo correspondent.
According to her, about 5000 citizens took part in voting in Yerevan. As it became known, more than 1200 people voted in the presidential elections in Russia at the polling station in Gyumri, but there is no data on the results of the counting. It should be noted that Russian citizens permanently residing or temporarily residing in Armenia and having reached the age of 18 were able to vote at two main polling stations: the Russian embassy in Yerevan and the Russian consulate in Gyumri.
For residents of Goris, Kapan and Sisian (Syunik region in the south of Armenia) in the first ten days of March an early exit poll was organized by the precinct election commission. To organize the voting of servicemen and their families, four additional polling stations were also set up in the locations of the units of the Russian Defense Ministry in the territory of Armenia.
On March 18, Russia held presidential elections in Russia. The president is elected for a six-year term. In the elections in 2018, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Grigory Yavlinsky, Pavel Grudinin, Ksenia Sobchak, Maxim Suraykin, Sergei Baburin, Boris Titov took part.
It should be noted that according to the preliminary data of the CEC of Russia, after processing 99.75% of the ballots, the current head of state Vladimir Putin is gaining 76.67% of the vote. Putin secured a record political support for voters in his career - 54.4 million citizens voted for him, which is 5.1 million more than in 2004. The second place belongs to the candidate from the Communist Party Pavel Grudinin from 11.79%, the third - the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Vladimir Zhirinovsky from 5.66%. Next comes TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak with 1.67% of votes, leader of the Yabloko party Grigory Yavlinsky 1,04%, Boris Titov received 0.75% of votes, Maxim Suraykin has 0.68%, and for Sergey Baburin voted 0 , 65% of voters.