He thanked the citizens who went to the Polling Stations, expressing gratitude in particular to those whom he called warriors on the line of contact, referring to the front line of the war in ukraine. Translation in this connection i would like to translation in this connection i would like to thank translation in this connection i would like to thank first translation in this connection i would like to thank first of translation in this connection i would like to thank first of all, would like to thank first of all, citizens of the russia, we are all one team. All citizens of russia, who have come to the Polling Stations today, and voted. Applause. I want to give special thanks to our soldiers, the people who are fighting along the contact line, and providing for the countrys existence. Of course there are many tasks ahead, but when we are consolidated, and i think this is clear to everyone, who ever might wish to intimidate us, whoever might wish to suppress our will, our conscience
An exit poll has suggested that, as expected, President Putin is heading for a Landslide Win, taking nearly 88 of the vote. The final day of voting saw large queues form at some Polling Stations, in an apparent show of dissent. Allies of the late opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, had called on people to come out at midday in moscow and elsewhere to vote for any other candidate or spoil their ballots. There were no Protest Chants and the authorities had warned that activists could be arrested. A Rights Monitoring Group in russia says more than 70 people were detained. Mr navalny s widow, yulia, was amongst those who queued for several hours outside the Russian Embassy in berlin to vote. She was greeted by supporters with flowers and applause. After voting she told reporters that she had written the name of her late husband on her ballot paper. She also thanked her fellow russians for queuing so long. A Russian Election official says more than Eight Million russians cast their ballots o
He is of course trying to present this as a overwhelming display of national unity, and a sign of, show of defiance to russias enemies round the world. He said that russias power is derived from its people, which is part of this message of presenting this election as a genuine democratic exercise where the russian people have shown him their support, rather than something carefully choreographed by the kremlin. He spoke of russians being one team and one family, and of course, appealing to this traditional values agenda, which we have seen him push over the year, by saying he had spoken to the head of the Russian Orthodox church. Another key point he mentioned what russia calls the new region, the occupied pars of ukraine. We calls the new region, the occupied pars of ukraine. Calls the new region, the occupied pars of ukraine. We are going to gok back to the press pars of ukraine. We are going to gok back to the Press Conference, pars of ukraine. We are going to gok back to the Press