Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a concert on Red Square in Moscow on Monday marking his victory in a presidential election and the ten-year anniversary of Crimea's annexation by Russia
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Vladimir Putin has lost the Russian presidential election by a landslide, at least in Switzerland. This is shown by exit polls in Bern and Geneva. The result was the opposite of the 87% approval rating claimed by the official side in Russia.
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Владимир Путин с треском проиграл выборы — в Швейцарии
In Bern, Putin received 16% of the vote, in Geneva 20%. In both cities, hundreds of Russians were interviewed in front of the embassy and the consulate general by members of the Russia of the Future/Switzerland association and volunteers. This was coordinated by the organisation Vote Abroad, Polina Petushkova from Russia of the Future/Switzerland told the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA.
Vladislav Davankov from the New People party, deputy head of the Duma parliamentary chamber, received the most votes. Alongside Leonid Slutsky and Nikolai Kharitonov, he was one of the three candidates authorised to stand for election in addition to Putin.
Davankov, 40, received 45% of the vote in Bern and 29% in Geneva, meaning he clearly outperformed Putin nationwide, according to the post-election poll. Around a fifth of voters spoilt their ballot papers.
On Monday the Swiss government said it had taken note of the results of the presidential elections in Russia. The foreign ministry regretted that no OSCE election observer mission had been invited.
Relations with the Russian authorities would continue within the framework of international law, the foreign ministry added in response to an enquiry by Keystone-SDA.
The department once again condemned the so-called elections in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. Switzerland does not recognise the annexation of Ukrainian territories by Russia. This constitutes a serious violation of the sovereignty and inviolability of the territory of Ukraine, it said.
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