Russian Parliamentary Election Impressive Vote of Confidence in Putin – Kremlin

The success of the ruling United Russia party in the 2016 parliamentary elections in Russia means President Vladimir Putin won an "impressive vote of confidence," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — His statement comes a day after the parliamentary elections were held across Russia. With nearly 96 percent of the votes counted, the governing United Russia is leading all parties with 54.19 percent of the votes, or 140 mandates, added to 203 single-constituency candidates from the party.

“It is clear that the vast majority of the voters cast their votes de facto to support the president. Once again, the president received such an impressive vote of confidence from the people of the country," Peskov told reporters.