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According to the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian
Federation after counting 94.27% of the votes in the presidential
elections, at 10 a.m. on March 27, the votes could be broken
down as follows:
Vladimir Putin v 52.52%
Gennadi Zyuganov v 29.44%
Grigory Yavlinsky v 5.85%
Aman Tuleyev v 3.04%
Vladimir Zhirinovsky v 2.72%
Ella Pamfilova v 1.02%
Konstantin Titov v 1.5%
Yuri Skuratov v 0.43%
Stanislav Govorukhin v 0.45%
Alexei Podberyozkin v 0.14%
Umar Jabrailov v 0.08%
Against all v 1.9%
Number of voters- 68.86% of the total electorate; voting
against all v 1.9%.
Based on Interfax reports.
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Presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky thinks that the
preliminary results of the elections allow for the "holding
of more accurate and deeper negotiations" on the creation
of a "broader than Yabloko only right-wing liberal coalition".
In the evening of March 27, 2000 Grigory Yavlinsky told
journalists that "it has now become clear which democratic
forces support Putin and which ones don't." According to
Yavlinsky, "this will facilitate the holding of more detailed
negotiations on the creation of a coalition". "We have achieved
what we wanted: we have indicated that millions of people
backed us and supported what we talked about," stressed
Grigory Yavlinsky.
He also noted that "even in those places where only state
television channels function and it is consequently impossible
to bring information to the electorate, in those places
where life is very difficult, in spite of all this, millions
of people support us." "This support is a fact," said Yabloko's
leader.
Asked whether he will accept a proposal to join the new
government that will probably be formed by Vladimir Putin
after the elections, Grigory Yavlinsky answered, "The policy
that has been conducted over the past nine months does not
allow one even to imagine what democratic market parties
or politicians can do within the framework of this policy."
Grigory Yavlinsky also noted that the millions of people
who voted for him "indicate the direction in which we should
move".
Based on Interfax reports See also Press Release of March
24, 2000
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