News - RFE/RL: Putin loses in Armenia’s Yerevan, wins in Gyumri in Russia presidential election

Polling stations for Russian citizens were also open in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan and in Gyumri in Sunday’s Russian presidential elections. According to the results presented by the election commissions at 11:30am Monday, the incumbent, Vladimir Putin lost in Yerevan, getting 32.87 percent of the votes. Vladislav Davankov from the New People party won here, receiving 49.85 percent of the votes, whereas Putin is the leader in Gyumri, with 58.14 percent of the votes, reports the RFE/RL Armenian Service. In Gyumri, Nikolai Kharitonov from the Communist Party got 2.20 percent of the votes or 29 votes, Vladislav Davankov from the New People party garnered 30.66 percent or 405 votes, Leonid Slutsky from the Liberal Democratic Party received 2.42 percent or 32 votes, and Vladimir Putin got 58.14 percent of the votes or 768 votes. The Russian 102nd Military Base is located in Gyumri, and three polling stations alone operated in this military base. In Yerevan, Nikolai Kharitonov got 1.82 percent or 127 votes, Vladislav Davankov—49.85 percent or 3,474 votes, Vladimir Putin—32.87 percent or 2,291 votes, and Leonid Slutsky—1.58 percent or 110 votes . Thousands of Russian citizens in Yerevan also participated in the “Noon Against Putin” campaign, coming to vote at the same time and forming long lines in front of the polling stations. After the counting of the 99 percent of the ballots, Vladimir Putin has won the presidential elections of Russia, garnering 87.3 percent of the votes. This will be his fifth term, which will end in 2030. According to the preliminary data of the Central Election Commission of Russia, the voter turnout in the elections was 74.22 percent. Before the elections, analysts believed that Putin would win with a large margin of votes. He has been leading Russia since 2000.