❗️ Putin leads in Russian presidential election with 87.17% of votes, with more than 70% of the ballots processed

🗳🇷🇺 Latest results of vote counting

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🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin is talking to journalists

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🇷🇺 "I would like to thank citizens of Russia, all of them because we are one team," Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting in his campaign headquarters.

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🇷🇺 The source of power in Russia is the Russian people, Vladimir Putin said in his speech at his campaign headquarters

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❗️ Putin conveys special words of gratitude to Russia’s fighters who selflessly defend the country without hesitation

📹 The plans are ambitious and everything will be done to fulfill them, Putin said

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❗️ All law enforcement agencies will be given instructions to identify anyone taking part in armed combat against Russia, Putin vowed.

He mentioned the banned "Russian Volunteer Corps" (RVC)*, pointing out that there are only 2,500 members who are being thrown into the meat grinder as cannon fodder in attacks on the state border.

There is no death penalty in Russia, but “we will treat traitors as if they were in a war zone,” Putin asserted.

*Terrorist group banned in Russia

🇷🇺🇨🇳 The coincidence of interests between Russia and China is a stabilizing factor on the world stage, Putin said when asked about relations with China.

Moscow will only develop relations with Beijing in the coming years, he emphasized.

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🗣 "People came to create conditions for the development and strengthening of the Motherland"

Putin spoke about the reasons for the high turnout at the elections.

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❗️Vladimir Putin’s latest statements at his campaign headquarters:

Russians feel a great sense of responsibility, as evidenced by the high voter turnout. He stated that Russians and the nation as a whole are compelled to protect the interests of the nation’s citizenry, even resorting to using weapons if needed.

Looking ahead to his new term, Putin emphasized the need to address specific operational challenges, enhance the country's defense capabilities, and strengthen the armed forces.

Furthermore, Putin drew a parallel between the banned Russian Volunteer Corps* and the army of turncoat Soviet general Andrey Vlasov, who was executed a traitor at the end of WW2. He warned of the dire consequences that awaited those who followed a similar path.

*The Russian Volunteer Corps has been labeled a terrorist group and outlawed in the country.

🗣 Putin declared, “throughout history, no one, in no way, has been able to intimidate or suppress us, our will, or our consciousness. This remains true today and will continue to be true in the future”.

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❗️ Putin on Macron's ceasefire proposal for the duration of the Olympics: “I don't know about it, we are ready to consider any issues, but we will proceed from Russia's interests".

📹 If our enemy likes a "meat grinder", it is even beneficial for us, Putin said

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❗️ Putin on Navalny: He passed away, it's invariably a sad development, but there have been other cases where people in prison have passed away, "and hasn't that happened in the US?"

He added that he would have agreed to an exchange deal involving Navalny.

🇨🇳 Taiwan is a part of China, Putin said.

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❗️ Putin suggested that Russia might have to establish a sanitary zone in areas controlled by the Kiev regime.

The depth of this zone would be so strategically significant that it would present a challenge to overcome, particularly with foreign-manufactured equipment.

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🗣 "I have every reason to believe that we do not see any democracy in the electoral processes in the US today," Putin said.

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💸 Ten dollars: Putin reveals how much it costs to buy a mail-in ballot in the US

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🗳🇷🇺 Latest results of vote counting

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