let's cross live to konstantin roscoe, who's there on hand to give us the latest competency bank for coming on the line that started off. not so good for united russia. the telegram channels giving its initial thought out to initial vote count, i should say, around 38 percent drawn up to 40 percent. those things are going better. what's the feeling that this victory will things are shaping up for united russia and everyone here seems to be in high spirits. you may not see right now in the party is over, but just minutes ago people were passing a drink and champagne, celebrating with everyone here, cold, a clear, big treat. united. russia indeed is coming out on top. however, it doesn't look like an overwhelming a landslide victory as it was during the last 2. and we're looking at the preliminary results here that show united russia with a little bit over 44 percent of the votes. and this is a 10 percent decrease from the last part of the ministry election in 2016. now, of course, not all the ballots have been counted yet, and the numbers may change. also, united russia is leading in