Russian President Putin declared re-elected

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Russian President Putin declared re-elected

Incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin was re-elected in the March 14 poll by collecting over 70 percent of the votes, Russia's Central Election Commission(CEC) announced Tuesday.

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Incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin was re-elected in the March 14 poll by collecting over 70 percent of the votes, Russia's Central Election Commission(CEC) announced Tuesday.

CEC Chief Alexander Veshnyakov said Putin will be sworn in on May 7, after his current term expires, the Interfax news agency reported.

"Under the law and the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the inauguration of the president is held after the powers of the previous president expire, which will happen on May 7," Veshnyakovwas quoted as saying.

According to the CEC announcement, Putin won 71.31 percent of the votes, Communist candidate Nikolai Kharitonov received over 13percent, independent nationalist candidate Sergei Glazyev got about 4 percent, independent liberal candidate Irina Khakamada garnered less than 4 percent, and ultranationalist Oleg Malyshkin earned 2 percent.

Sergei Mironov, the pro-government upper house of parliament speaker, came in last place with 0.75 percent. Another 3.45 percent of the voters cast their ballots against all candidates.

The turnout was 64.76 percent, far above the 50 percent needed to validate the vote, the CEC said.

The results will be published in the newspapers Rossiiskaya Gazeta and Parlamentskaya Gazeta and in the CEC's bulletin, the report said.

Source: Xinhua

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