{"id":2953,"date":"2024-03-18T03:42:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T03:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/vladimir-putin-claims-russia-election-victory-as-he-warns-protesters-crimes-will-be-punished\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T03:42:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T03:42:04","slug":"vladimir-putin-claims-russia-election-victory-as-he-warns-protesters-crimes-will-be-punished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/vladimir-putin-claims-russia-election-victory-as-he-warns-protesters-crimes-will-be-punished\/","title":{"rendered":"Vladimir Putin claims Russia election victory as he warns protesters ‘crimes’ will be punished"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vladimir Putin has claimed victory in an election he said showed the people had “trust” and “hope” in him.<\/p>\n

Sunday was the last day of a presidential election that offered Russians no real alternatives to Mr Putin after he ruthlessly cracked down on dissent.<\/p>\n

Early returns after the polls closed showed he is poised to extend his near 25-year rule until 2030, with some 87% of the vote after about 80% of precincts were counted, according to Russia’s Central Election Commission.<\/p>\n

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Mr Putin went on to say that protests during the election had “no effect” and any “crimes” would be punished after the vote.<\/p>\n

He also said that he was informed of an idea to release his fiercest political foe, Alexei Navalny<\/a><\/strong>, from prison, days before the opposition leader’s death in an Arctic prison last month.<\/p>\n

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He said that he agreed to the idea, on condition that Mr Navalny did not return to Russia.<\/p>\n

Mr Putin told a meeting of volunteers: “Of course, we have lots of tasks ahead. But I want to make it clear for everyone: When we were consolidated, no one has ever managed to frighten us, to suppress our will and our self-conscience.<\/p>\n

“They failed in the past and they will fail in the future.”<\/p>\n

Explainer:
How Russians protested the election<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

He also said the presence of Western troops in Ukraine will “lead the world to the brink of World War Three” but did not think anyone was interested in such a scenario.<\/p>\n

The election took place after a relentless crackdown on dissent – and amid attacks within Russia by Ukrainian missiles and drones, which have killed several people.<\/p>\n

Mr Putin faced competition from only three token rivals and any public criticism of him or his war in Ukraine was stifled.<\/p>\n

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Critics are either in jail or in exile. Beyond the fact that voters have virtually no choice, independent monitoring of the election was extremely limited.<\/p>\n

Mr Navalny’s associates had urged those unhappy with Mr Putin or the war to protest by coming to the polls at noon on Sunday – and lines outside a number of polling stations both inside Russia and at its embassies around the world appeared to swell at that time.<\/p>\n

Analysis:
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Among those heeding call was Yulia Navalnaya, Mr Navalny’s widow, who joined a long line at the Russian Embassy in Berlin as some in the crowd applauded and chanted her name.<\/p>\n

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She spent more than five hours in the line and told reporters after casting her vote that she wrote her late husband’s name on the ballot.<\/p>\n

Asked whether she had a message for Mr Putin, Ms Navalnaya replied: “Please stop asking for messages from me or from somebody for Mr Putin. There could be no negotiations and nothing with Mr Putin, because he’s a killer, he’s a gangster.”<\/p>\n

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The OVD-Info group that monitors political arrests said 80 people were arrested in 20 cities across Russia on Sunday.<\/p>\n

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron wrote on X: “The polls have closed in Russia, following the illegal holding of elections on Ukrainian territory, a lack of choice for voters and no independent OSCE monitoring.<\/p>\n

“This is not what free and fair elections look like.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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