Support for Vladimir Putin in Moscow over the past 6-year term as head of state doubled. This was announced by the chairman of the Moscow City Committee Valentin Gorbunov on Monday, March 19. According to the latest data, 70.88% of Moscow voters voted for Vladimir Putin, 12.47% for Pavel Grudinin, 4.7% for Vladimir Zhirinovsky,.

Ksenia Sobchak was supported by 4.08% of voted Muscovites, Grigory Yavlinsky - 3.17%, Boris Titov - 1.56%, Sergei Baburin - 0.96%, Maxim Suraykin - 0.72%. At the same time, Gorbunov noted, the 2018 elections in the capital were more active than 6 years ago.

Turnout in the metropolis was 59.95%. "If to speak in absolute figures, yesterday 4 million 524 thousand voters came to polling stations and received ballots.

71 people. This is approximately 300 thousand. more than it was in 2012. ", - said B. Gorbunov. Presidential elections were held in Russia on March 18, 2018. According to the CEC, after processing 99.51% of the ballots, the leader of the presidential race is Putin, for him, 76.65% of Russians voted.