Dmitri Medvedev have obtained an absolute majority in the first round of the Russian presidential elections. According to the surveys the candidate of the Kremlin 67.4 up to 69.6 will have got percent of the votes. The end result is expected tomorrow.
Rise
The rise stood four hours for fence of the voice offices on almost 60 per cent, no bad score for elections of which the result was certain already in advance. To provide a this way powerful possible mandate by president the Vladimir Poetin forward to Medvedev slid, left the authorities no means onbeproefd. People in public authorities were more or less hunted to the poll and for others at the voice offices all kinds of discounts were offered and sold cheap foods. In Saint Petersburg, the city where Medvedev come from, some voters in the voice office stood cheap get tanked up on beer. There were also people who came, however, on the koopjes finished, but cast no vote.
Observers
Russia has but a small number of observers allowed at the elections, what strengthens the west in its conception that Russia under Poetin much democratic achievements has handed in. But the Kremlin draw themselves of it little. “this is free and democratic elections after a free and democratic campaign”, said Dmitri Peskov to spokesman.
Candidates
Western oriented liberal democrats are lacking under the president candidates. Former premier Michail Kasjanov and ex-wereldkampioen plays chess Garri Kasparov, both fervente antagonists of Poetin, on technical grounds of the list was kept out. “the result does not do because this is an illegal power transfer”, said Kasjanov. Kasparov loved a personal protest demonstration in the buurt the red square. Surrounded by twaalftal riot agents walked around he with a plastic message case on which stood: “I do not participate to this farce”. The three candidates who are free beside Medvedev on the list its Gennadi Zjoeganov of the communist party, the ultranationalist Vladimir Zjirinovski and the unknown Andrej Bogdanov. The last answered to how much percent support on the question he expects: “each percent would be well”. Zjoeganov complained concerning widespread irregularities, but called no examples.
In complete Russia such a 450,000 man police force and soldiers on the leg were ensure that the elections quietly gone. Toch violence on the election day did not remain whole in default. In the Southern republic Dagestan a police force patrol was met at the border with Chechnya by two bomb explosions, as a result of which a still unknown number of deads and gewonden fell. Although government supported in Chechnya after two devastating dissidence wars under by Moscow relatively quiet become, the Kaukasusregio are still regulated opgeschrikt fightings and attacks. The president of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, predicted in its republic a rise of 95 or 100 per cent. “I have voted on a rosy future, on Medvedev”, said he.