Putin Reelected as Russian President, Early Results Show

Russian President Vladimir Putin won a record landslide election on Sunday, according to early results, as Western officials have criticized the elections as being unfair and illegitimate. It means that Mr. Putin, 71, will easily secure a new six-year term that will enable him to become one of Russia’s longest-serving leaders. He won 87.8 percent of the vote, according to an exit poll by pollster the Public Opinion Foundation as well as state-run media. His opponent from the Communist Party, Nikolay Kharitonov, received about 4.7 percent of the vote, New People Party candidate Vladislav Davankov got 3.6 percent, and Liberal Democrats candidate Leonid Slutsky got 2.5 percent of the vote, state media reported....