the fifth anniversary of the reunification of crimea with russia, live broadcast from red square, today on the first, this is the news on the first, hello, in valery korablev’s studio, a record turnout in the modern history of russia at the central election commission sums up the presidential results.

votes, the gap from the rivals is huge. the final results will be announced on thursday, but it is obvious that the numbers, if they change, will not be significant. from the center of the electoral commission, report by dmitry kochitkov. in recent days, the central election commission has been working around the clock, receiving data from polling stations. so, preliminary results after processing more than 99% of the protocol. votes, he is followed by a huge margin by the candidate from the communist party of the russian federation nikolai kharitonov, he has more than 4%, the third is the representative of the new people party, vladislav davankov, with 3.8%, the candidate from the ldpr leonid slutsky closes the top four, he scored 3.2 % of votes , the election winner vladimir putin has a record result. 75,932,111

voters voted for the current head of state. this is a record figure. another feature of these elections is the unusual high turnout. this is the first time we have had a turnout, it is record-breaking, unprecedented, it has never happened before. this is 77.44%. we are convinced that we have a free country, with free will, people. we are highly educated, we have a high level of education, he does not tolerate any internal pressure on him or external pressure, this was also the answer. among the leaders in appearance are the chechen republic, more than 96%, kemerovo region - 94.25, and tuva - 94.5%. new regions, where presidential elections were held for the first time, and for the whole country, actively voted. dec. this

convenient method was chosen, for example, by almost 80% muscovites. public election observation headquarters operated in all regions. there were observers and experts from abroad at the polling stations. more than a thousand people representing 129 countries. almost 300 polling stations were opened abroad. in 144 countries, according to the head of pamfilova, the elections were held very well, despite all attempts by unfriendly countries to disrupt them. the degree of influence, external influence on the elections this time, the desire to, if not disrupt, then discredit them, was unprecedented. 12 million, that is, 150 times more than usual. in the elections 150 times, the system

worked properly, thank god, the central election commission summed up the preliminary election results, and the final results will be presented on thursday, march 21, moscow should receive the originals of all voting protocols from the regions, inauguration, that is, the ceremony of inauguration of the elected president russia will take place in 2 months on may 7th. dmitry kochitkov, renat goreev, kiril kushnev and zulfiya khakimova. first channel. voting is an indicator of people's trust, their confidence that all tasks will be completed, there is a lot of work ahead, vladimir putin said. at night, the president arrived at his campaign headquarters. reporting by paulk cholkin. those whom he called like-minded people were waiting at the president’s headquarters. the head of state noted: we are one team and thanked all compatriots. all russian citizens who came to the polling stations and voted. the source of power in the country.

russian people, from the voices of every citizen of russia the unified will of the peoples of the russian federation is compiled. protecting our people in the so-called new, actually historical , russian territories, and indeed the country as a whole. putin addressed the election headquarters staff, volunteers and everyone who helped him during the election campaign. according to the president , there is still a lot of work to be done; according to him, everyone understands that when we are united,

there are no impossible tasks. no matter who and how would want to intimidate us, who would not want to suppress our will and consciousness. no one has ever, as i already said, anything like this it didn’t work out in history , it didn’t work out now and it won’t work out in the future, never, the election results are the trust of the country’s citizens, their hope that we will do everything as planned, during his speech at the headquarters there were volors standing behind him , with whom the president of this... it was such a large-scale, big, very important work for the country, which allows us to consolidate society, show the correctness of the path we are following, create conditions for further movement forward, for - for,

so that russia is even stronger, stronger, more efficient and has the opportunity to solve all the problems that i recently spoke about in my message, thank you very much. the president met with the co -chairs of his election headquarters, who, as his representatives, traveled all over the country , we have done a lot of work over the past few months, but without any doubt, the main task now is not to fix the election results, on the contrary, on the basis of this result to move forward. doing everything we're talking about they said during the election campaign, i once decided for myself that i will not promise anything that cannot be done, but you must always be extremely honest with people, not not engage in verbiage, everything

that i said on on in message to the federal assembly, this is all feasible, everything was calculated there, during a trip to barnaul. with people, when we met with him, i stopped by the front line, to see my guys, i would like to convey to you a word of gratitude from my battalion, my guys, they told me if i i won’t say this, they won’t forgive me, huge words of gratitude and support, thank you, hello to the guys too, words of gratitude addressed to them first of all.

the president noted that while traveling around the country, his trusted representatives, people far from politics, had established many human connections with like-minded people, and putin really wants these contacts not to be lost.

but partly it may be good that they don’t understand, because in this case defeat will certainly await them; in general , the enemy has concentrated on the border zone grouping somewhere before 5.00. progress every day, gradually, carefully, but every day. and today

, ukrainian militants once again fired at the belgorod region, in the village of nikolskoye, a direct hit on a private house, two people were killed, four were wounded, including a child. the girl has fractures and head injuries. debris clearance continues. there is information that two more women could have been in the house at the time of the impact. and more news. from the belgorod region near the village of kazinka , an attempt by ukrainian saboteurs to break through was stopped across the border. our military acted promptly, as the ministry of defense reported, the enemy had serious losses: up to 150 militants, two tanks and an rszzo combat vehicle, a czech-made vampire. in addition, in ukraine , in the belgorod direction, attacks were carried out on two terrorist defense brigades and militants of the terrorist formation of the russian volunteer corps, which is banned in russia. our military also figured out where the teams were. the army and the sbu will hold meetings, after which aviation and artillery worked. and more new data that

concern our positions in the donetsk, south donetsk and avdeevsky directions, where russian fighters occupied more advantageous positions. in crimea, fsb officers prevented a terrorist attack. a russian woman was detained in simferopol, who, on instructions from the ukrainian special services, was planning sabotage on the railway. the goal is to disrupt the transportation of our military equipment. during the search, a homemade bomb was found. correspondence with curators on the phone, the detainee may face life imprisonment. 10 years in my native havana, today is the anniversary of the reunification of crimea with russia. march 18, 2014 a historical document was signed. it was the will of the inhabitants of the peninsula themselves. almost 97% of voters voted in favor of the referendum. the big date is celebrated by all of russia, of course, with special events in sevastopol.

sevastopol bay and little balaklava are the best places. crimea as a whole has changed a lot, is changing. i see what prospects

lie ahead. i am pleased that after a long twenty-year stagnation there, finances are being invested in my home white-stone city, the streets are becoming wider, more beautiful, more modern. in honor of the important date, a special program on channel one. this week, on weekdays , watch a multi-part documentary film under the skies of crimea. after the 9 a.m. newscast. well and. tonight there is a large rally-concert in the very center of moscow, broadcast at 18:00 after the evening news. in moscow today they say goodbye to alexander shirvint, a continuous stream of people go to the satire theater, to which the artist devoted more than half a century, brought dozens of vivid images to the stage, in 2000 became the artistic director of the theater and, of course, continued play, a man of broad soul and rare charm, a very special sense of humor, amazing in life. it’s very difficult to come to terms with this, very difficult, because

he was a man whom everyone loved, this is how you have to manage to live life, that everyone loved you, everyone respected you, and he was a wonderful artist , an amazing person, this is a person you couldn’t be offended by , envy, quarrel with him, it was impossible, it was impossible to quarrel. and we could only admire; the object of our admiration had disappeared. there were no main ones roles, but even the smallest episode is a big film masterpiece, organic in any role, in any genre, easily making you laugh and be sad. alexander shirvint passed away on march 15, he was 89 years old. the orthodox lent began today, the longest in the church calendar, it will last 7 weeks, and...