Vladimir Putin took part in a rally-concert, which took place on Manezhnaya Square in the center of Moscow. A concert called “Russia. Sevastopol. Crimea ”was dedicated to the fourth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea to Russia. It began after the end of the president’s election.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at his campaign headquarters after the election, denied allegations that Russia was involved in the poisoning of former GRU officer Sergei Skripal. Putin claims he learned about Skripal's poisoning from the media. “This is nonsense, nonsense, nonsense, that someone in Russia would allow himself such antics on the eve of the presidential elections and the World Cup. This is simply unthinkable,” Putin said.

Sergey Bobylev / TASS / Scanpix / Leta On the evening of March 18, a concert was held on Manezhnaya Square, formally dedicated to the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. In fact, like six years ago - in March 2012, it was a rally in honor of Vladimir Putin’s victory in the elections. The president went on stage, thanked the audience and promised that Russia was doomed to success.

Data CEC. You can follow the votes here . Photo: kremlin.ru (3); A. Savin / Wikimedia; Kodru / wikimedia; Yuri Kadenov / AFP / Scanpix / Leta; In the announcement: Maxim Shipenkov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta

There is no intrigue. There are no surprises. The turnout is high Good evening. Today is not the most ordinary “evening jellyfish”, well, the day is not quite ordinary. First briefly results. Here is a picture based on the results of processing only 25% of the ballots, but it is unlikely that the situation will radically change by morning: How this day went - Calmly .

Cirque du Soleil acrobat Yann Arnaud has died during a performance in Tampa, Florida. The 38-year-old artist was seriously injured in a fall onto the stage and died in the hospital. Cirque du Soleil said that Yann Arnault was one of the most experienced circus performers. He performed there for 15 years. According to the head of Cirque du Soleil, Daniel Lamar, Yann Arnault became the third dead artist in the 34-year history of the circus.

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kremlin.ru; A. Savin / Wikimedia elections of the President of Russia ended at 21.00 in Moscow, when plots in the Kaliningrad region were closed. The ec-polles are published by Fom and Vtzome. Photo in the announcement: Sergey Karpukhin / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta

Vladimir Putin is gaining more than 70% of the vote in the presidential elections in Russia. These are the first results of the vote count. According to the CEC, according to the results of counting 21.33% of the votes, Putin is gaining 71.97%.

The main political debate in Russia took place on election day Evgeny Feldman for the Navalny campaign Shortly before the closing of polling stations in Russia, a registered presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak came to the direct broadcast of an unregistered presidential candidate Alexei Navalny. On the air of Utuub-show “Navalny Live”, Sobchak invited Navalny to unite, to which the founder of the Corruption Fund refused and accused Sobchak of receiving money for the nomination.

Former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent, possibly through the ventilation system of his BMW car. It is reported by ABC News, citing unnamed sources. According to sources, the poisonous substance was in the form of a powder. The sources also said that at least 38 people were affected by the poisonous substance, according to preliminary data.

Sergey Dolzoko / EPA / Scanpix / Leta On March 18, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine closed access to all diplomatic institutions of Russia, so as not to allow the Russians living in the President of the Russian Federation in the election of the President of the Russian Federation. Representatives of nationalist parties joined the police, who believe that there can be no diplomatic relations with Russia until the Donbass and Crimea have “gone” to Ukraine.

Alexei Navalny claims that Ksenia Sobchak told him that she was "promised huge money for the nomination" for the presidency of Russia. “You lie in your every word <…> You competently played the role of a caricature liberal candidate,” Navalny said in a conversation with Sobchak on the air of the Navalny channel. Live". He also called Sobchak "Putin's tool".

Ksenia Sobchak invited Alexei Navalny to start negotiations on cooperation with her new party, which she is creating together with Dmitry Gudkov. Navalny refused to cooperate, saying that Sobchak "was part of the machinations" of the Russian authorities in the Russian presidential elections. “I will judge by deeds. All your deeds are disgusting and hypocritical. Sorry for being so frank," Navalny replied to Sobchak's proposal. Sobchak and Navalny performed together on the air of the Navalny.

In Nikolaev, Vladislav Voloshin, a former pilot of the Su-25 attack aircraft, who was accused in Russia of attacking a Malaysia Airlines passenger Boeing in the Donetsk region, committed suicide. This is reported by the local edition of NikVesti. Officially, the police of the Nikolaev region reported that the 29-year-old acting director of one of the public utilities had committed suicide. The police did not release his name.