Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze sent official congratulations to Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. In his address, the Prime Minister emphasized that Georgia highly values its partnership with Iran, built on mutual respect between our peoples.
The regions of the North Caucasus showed a very high percentage of votes for Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, held on March 15-17. Thus, according to regional election commissions, in Chechnya they reported 98.9%. Next in descending order are Kabardino-Balkaria (92.6%), Karachay-Cherkessia (90.1%), North Ossetia (90%), Ingushetia (89.6%) and Stavropol Territory (88.6%).
In general, the Central Election Commission processed almost all ballots in the Russian Federation. Here is the data the commission provides: Vladimir Putin - 87.2%, Nikolai Kharitonov - 4.3%, Vladislav Davankov - 3.8%, Leonid Slutsky - 3.2%. The turnout for the elections was 77.4%, which is a record in the Russian Federation.
The CEC will officially announce the election results on March 21.