The Central Electoral Commission of Russia will announce the final results of presidential elections today, RIA Novosti reports.
According to preliminary results of 100% of protocols, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a member of United Russia, has won the presidential elections with 63.60% of the vote. Gennady Zyuganov, the Communist Party leader, got 17.18%, independent candidate Mikhail Prokhorov got 7.98%. Vladimir Zhirinovskiy the LDPR leader got 6.22%, Sergey Mironov, leader of A Just Russia, got 3.85%.
According to the law, the CEC is to announce polling results no later than on March 15.
