Democratic look

The leader of the presidential race among the American Democrats, Senator Barack Obama said that he was disappointed with the Russian presidential election. “These elections were not completely free and honest due to the lack of free press, as well as the opposition of opposition figures and political parties,” the Obama statement, which his headquarters sent Reuters after the announcement of the victory of Dmitry Medvedev.

The closest rival of Obama among the Democrats, the former first lady of the United States Hillary Clinton believes that the elections in Russia are a "dull formality" and are a milestone on the way of Russia's retreat from democracy.

According to her, some of the things said by Medvedev inspire hope, but the future president of the United States has to test these words in practice. “We need to approach this with open eyes,” she said, noting that the list of disagreements between Moscow and Washington is great and continues to grow.

The US administration has not yet commented on elections in Russia. “The results are not yet final and the election commission has not announced the results, so it would be premature to comment on this now,” REUTERS reports the words of the White House of Gordon Jondro. The press secretary of the State Department, Rob Makinterf, also chose to refrain from commenting: "We want to wait for the end of the process in order to comment on it even then."

After the counting of 98 percent of the ballots, Medvedev gains 70.21 percent.