With 99.8% of the votes counted, Putin’s closest rival, Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudinin, comes in at just 11.79% of votes.
Alexei Navalny, Putin’s fiercest rival, was barred from running.
Putin, who became president in 2000, will have another 6 years to rule, and will be expected by law to step down at the end of his term in 2024.
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