Putin leads Russian presidential vote with 87.32%

Communist Party candidate Nikolay Kharitonov is the runner-up with 4.32%, followed by the New People party candidate Vladislav Davankov with 3.79%. LDPR candidate Leonid Slutsky is fourth, garnering 3.19%.

Incumbent President Vladimir Putin got 85.13% in Moscow after all ballots were counted in the Russian capital, TASS reported.

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