: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Pro-Putin party wins Russian parliamentary election


Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin comfortably won a parliamentary election, early results showed on Monday. The ruling United Russia party won 51 percent in Sunday’s election, according to a preliminary central election commission tally after a quarter of the votes had been counted.
Putin, speaking a few minutes after polling stations closed on Sunday night, said that the win showed voters still trusted the leadership despite an economic slowdown made worse by Western sanctions over Ukraine.
“We can say with certainty that the party has achieved a very good result; it’s won,” Putin said at the United Russia headquarters, where he …read more

Source: Protothema

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