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(Priyomcom) Vladimir Putin has been elected as the President of Russia again. Although there have been allegations of several irregularities in this election.

On March 18, Putin won an unprecedented victory in Sunday's presidential election. Putin will be in Russia for the next six years due to this win.

Citing the central election commission, the BBC said that Putin received more than 76 percent of the vote. He got 64 percent of the votes in the 2012 election. Nearly a vote (12 percent) was received by communist leader Pavel Grudinen.

This year, Putin's most powerful challenger Alexei Navalny was banned from the elections on charges of money laundering. He was arrested on February 22.

After introducing the initial results of elections, Putin appeared in a Moscow rally. During this time, Putin said that his voters paid the price for the past few years.

Journalists asked him whether he would stand again in the election after six years? He laughed the question. Putin told them, 'your words are ridiculous. Do you think, I will be in power till I am 100 years old? No! '

Election environment

In some parts of Russia, free meals are distributed around the polling station and the prices are paid in shops. However, irregularities are noticed in several places in the polling stations. In some places, officials are inserting ballot papers in the box as desired. On the day of polling, an independent election called Golos finds hundreds of irregularities. It's in-

There was a paper inside the ballot box before the vote started
Observers were not allowed to enter the polling station
Some people are suspected to vote for forced force
Webcams are covered with balloon and such things in various polling centers
Election Commission's live video stream also saw officials throwing paper in the ballot box.

A select officer said in Dagestan area that some people were standing around the ballot box, I could not fulfill my duties.

However, Central Election Commission's director Ela Pamphilova said, "There is no such allegation of serious irregularities."

Source: BBC