Vladimir Putin’s ruling party is set for victory in Russia’s parliamentary elections even though he seems to have lost some support.
His United Russia received 44.5% of votes, according to an exit poll, compared to 49% in the previous election five years ago.
Liberal opposition parties, the only group openly critical of President Putin, reportedly failed to get over the 5% threshold needed for party representation.
The nationalist LDPR was said to be in second place with 15.3% of the votes, followed by the Communist party on 14.9% and the Just Russia party on 8.1%.
Photo. Vladimir Putin casting his vote
