Putin Wins In First Round
Monday, 27 March 2000, 4:04 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson
Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin has won a clear
majority in the first round of the Russian Presidential
elections.
According to the Central Electoral Commission
of Russia as of 7:00 a.m. Moscow time, after counting 91.02%
of the votes, Vladimir Putin has the lead with
52.32%.
Communist Candidate Gennady Zhuganov has second
place with 29.61% and Grigory Yavlinsky has third place with
5.8%.
Fourth place is taken by Aman Tuleev on
3.07%.
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.