How the presidential candidates voted

All candidates for president of Russia have already visited their polling stations.

Sergey Glazyev

Sergei Glazyev arrived at the site alone. Glazyev voted on the same site as the candidate from the Communist Party Nikolai Kharitonov. Candidates met in the lobby of the polling station, warmly greeted each other. Kharitonov shook his hand to Glazyev and told him: "Good luck, dear comrade."

Answering the question of RIA Novosti, Glazyev said that he arrived at the site in a good mood. The presidential candidate did not rule out that the second round of elections may take place. Speaking about the forecast, Glazyev said that the turnout "will not exceed 50%."

Answering the question of what candidate Glazyev noted in the voting ballot, the presidential candidate said: "The one that gives the country to pursue a policy of social justice and economic growth in the interests of all our citizens."

Oleg Malyshkin

Oleg Malyshkin, candidate for president of the Russian Federation from the LDPR Party, voted in one of the polling stations of Moscow along with the leader of the liberal democrats Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

Answering instead of Malyshkin to the question about what mood the candidate goes to the polls, Zhirinovsky said: "With the good."

In the polling station Zhirinovsky attracted the place where various souvenirs are sold. At first, he promised reporters to buy everyone on a “cheap shirt” (the shirt cost about $ 10), but then he abandoned this idea, saying that the entire sale should be closed.

Leaving the polling station, Zhirinovsky told reporters that "the party nickname was at Malyshkin - Terminator." “We do not need fake Schwarzenegers. We have our own terminator,” the LDPR leader boasted.

Malyshkin voted in Moscow on a absenteeism, as it was registered in the Rostov region.

After the vote, the party’s ally went to the election headquarters, where again together they intend to spend the rest of the day and night on March 15, waiting for preliminary election results.

Sergey Mironov

The leader of the Russian Party of Life, presidential candidate Sergei Mironov expects the election of the head of state, and the appearance of voters will be more than in the elections to the parliament.

“I would like this to be that way, since it is about choosing a course and future,” Mironov said on Sunday to reporters in Moscow at the end of the voting procedure.

He evaded the answer to the question in whose support he cast his vote, while saying that "he made the right choice." Mironov also informed reporters that he would observe the results of the election at his headquarters, where he would appear after 21:00.

Speaking of his chances, Mironov noticed that he was a realist, and in this regard, he expects "not a significant place and a low percentage."

"At the same time, being the leader of the party and participating in the election campaign, I was able to state the party’s program and thereby expand the circle of its supporters," the candidate said.

At the same time, he does not exclude that a significant number of votes will receive a candidate from the Communist Party: "The Communist Party of the Communist Party is the most significant, disciplined and organized." Mironov, prescribed in St. Petersburg, voted in the capital by absenteeism.

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin was the first of the candidates in the election of the President of Russia. Putin said that after voting in his polling station, he plans to go to the base of the Russian boxing team. “I recently met with our Olympians, and some of them invited me to see how they train and live,” Putin said.

Therefore, according to him, he decided to visit Russian boxers who recently held a competition with an outstanding result, winning nine out of 11 medals.

When asked by journalists, whether he intends to spend the night after the election at the headquarters, Putin said: "I will spend the night at home, but of course I will go to the headquarters." “Voters must understand the degree of responsibility when they make their choice,” Putin said, answering the question of RIA Novosti. He expressed the opinion that the sense of responsibility among voters will increase over time.

Answering the questions of journalists, Putin said that he liked the new electronic urn for voting. “In my opinion, it works efficiently,” he said.

Putin respects his rivals in the presidential election. “My mentors were taught this during the period of playing sports,” he emphasized. “People gave me the honor to fight me, they are all worthy people,” Putin added.

Nikolai Kharitonov

The presidential candidate from the Communist Party voted at the polling station number 2504 on Nezhinskaya Street in Moscow. Kharitonov arrived at the site accompanied by a wife and daughter.

Answering the question of RIA Novosti before voting, Kharitonov said: "The mood is normal. Spring is the time of hopes."

“Whoever won the election, he must take into account the program of other candidates for the president of Russia,” Kharitonov said. His wife Nina Kharitonova told reporters that "a little worried about her husband." As the candidate himself said, leaving the polling station, he is sure that "the turnout will be good and the elections will take place."

Irina Khakamada

The presidential candidate Irina Khakamada believes that the result of the election of the President of Russia is a foregone conclusion. Answering the question of journalists about the results of the elections, she said: "The result is a foregone conclusion, from the point of view of the victory of the main person. The intrigue is the second." According to the Khakamad, "the interest that will be received for the second candidate is the future course of the country." The presidential candidate voted at 13:00 Moscow time in the polling station 431 on 6 Panfilova Street, 6.