Vladimir Putin wins Russian presidential elections, says ‘would strengthen military’ in victory speech | Top 10 updates
Russian Presidential Elections 2024: President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide with 87.8% of the vote in Russia's election on Sunday. He made it clear that the result should send a message to the West that its leaders will have to reckon with an emboldened Russia, whether in war or peace, for many more years to come.
Putin is set to embark on a new six-year term that will see him overtake Josef Stalin and become Russia's longest-serving leader for more than 200 years if he completes it. Here are top 10 updates on Russia's presidential elections, 1) After the results were declared, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and other nations claimed that the vote was neither free nor fair due to the imprisonment of political opponents and censorship.
2) With just under 4% of the vote, communist candidate Nikolai Kharitonov finished second, followed by rookie Vladislav Davankov in third and ultra-nationalist Leonid Slutsky in fourth, the partial results suggested as quoted by Reuters. 3) In his victory speech, Putin told his supporters that he would prioritize resolving tasks associated with what he called Russia's “special military operation" in Ukraine and would strengthen the Russian military.
4) “We have many tasks ahead. But when we are consolidated - no matter who wants to intimidate us, suppress us - nobody has ever succeeded in history, they have not succeeded now, and they will not succeed ever in the future," the Russian President said.
5) When he appeared on stage, his supporters chanted “Putin, Putin, Putin" and “Russia, Russia, Russia". 6) Thousands of opponents of Putin demonstrated against him at polling places both domestically and internationally at noon, spurred on by opposition
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