Putin will remain in the Kremlin until 2030 after achieving a historic result

The Russian President, Vladimir Putinwill remain in the Kremlin until 2030 after reaching the 87.5% of the votes According to the count of 32% of votes, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) reported at the end of the three voting days.

Putin, 71, has achieved this his greatest victory electorally since he came to power in 2000, despite the war in Ukraine and Western economic sanctions.

He will therefore remain president of this country another six yearsafter which he can run for re-election again, as in 2020 he reformed the clauses of the constitution that prevented him from continuing in the Kremlin.

The second most voted candidate was the communist Nikolai Charitonov with 4% of the votes, followed by the representative of the Gente Nueva party, Vladislav Davankov, with 3.86%. The last candidate is the ultranationalist Leonid Slutski, who accounts for 3% of the votes.

The anti-Kremlin opposition has not been able to participate in the elections because the CEC has not registered its candidates for various technical reasons or formal flaws for supporting peace in Ukraine.

The CEC, which did not invite Western observers, today denied there were any serious irregularitiesalthough independent experts and the exile press have exposed several cases of electoral manipulation.

The stake With three hours to go before schools close, the rate surpassed 74%, which is expected to be an all-time high since Russia’s first direct presidential elections in 1991.

The elections were marked by drone attacks and the Ukrainian border raids, which have caused several deaths and prompted Putin to accuse Kiev of trying to torpedo his re-election.