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Election logo. Presidential elections were held in Russia from 15 to 17 March 2024. [1] [2] [a] It was the eighth presidential election in the country.The incumbent president Vladimir Putin won with 88% of the vote, the highest percentage in a presidential election in post-Soviet Russia, [4] gaining a fifth term in what was widely viewed as a foregone conclusion.
As its name implies, it is a question and answer event with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The event is broadcast on television by Russia-1, Russia 24, RT and Channel One Russia, and on radio by Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio of Russia. It is supported and directed by the Kremlin Press Secretary.
Russian presidential elections determine who will serve as the president of Russia for the next six (formerly four from 1996 to 2012 and five from 1991 to 1996) years. [ 1 ] Since the establishment of the position of the President of Russia in 1991, the presidential elections have taken place eight times: in 1991 , 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008 ...
Watch live as Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov holds a news conference on Tuesday, 14 January, as Moscow officials and media report that multiple regions in the country came under a major ...
Watch live as Vladimir Putin delivers a keynote speech at the Valdai forum in Sochi on Thursday (7 November), as the UK announced 56 new Russian sanctions. The UK today announced a wave of new ...
On 28 November 1991, the President of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin signed presidential decree No.242 "On the reorganization of the government bodies of the RSFSR". Yeltsin officially declared the end of the Soviet Union and became the President of the Russian Federation. Yeltsin was a reformer and promised Western-styled democracy.
Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who interrupted a live broadcast on Russia’s state TV Channel One with an anti-war protest sign at the onset of the Ukraine war, has told CNN that she was ...
Russia Today drew particular attention worldwide for its coverage of the 2008 South Ossetia war. [99] [100] [101] RT named Georgia as the aggressor [101] against the separatist governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which were protected by Russian troops. [102] RT saw this as the incident that showcased its newsgathering abilities to the ...