Putin thanks Russians for voting and backing in election, says Navalny death was a 'sad event'
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Moscow:Russian President VladimirPutinon Monday thanked Russians for voting and backing him an election he was set to win in a landslide. I want t...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday thanked Russians for voting and backing him an election he was set to win in a landslide.
"I want to thank the citizens of Russia... who came to the polling stations and voted," Putin said after exit polls and early results showed him on track to secure 87 percent.
As the offensive in Ukraine entered its third year, he expressed "special words of gratitude to our soldiers... who fulfil the most important task of protecting our people".
Putin also said Monday that the death of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny was a "sad event", and that he had been ready to release him in a prisoner exchange.
Using his name in public for the first time in years during a televised news conference, Putin said: "As for Mr. Navalny. Yes, he passed away. This is a sad event."
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