Presidential "elections" in Russia "were not real", said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the beginning of the summit of European foreign ministers, Reuters reported on March 18.
"The elections in Russia were elections without a choice," the German Foreign Minister said.
On March 17, voting in the presidential "elections" ended in Russia. Putin allegedly gained a sky-high and record-breaking 87.32%, even for himself - this is the fictitious 99.67% count that the Russian Central Election Commission "drew" for the Russian dictator.
The second place in this staged performance was given to the candidate from the Russian Communists, Nikolai Kharitonov (Communist Party), who allegedly gained 4.3%.
Vladislav Davankov from the New People party was third (3.82%), and Leonid Slutsky from the Liberal Democratic Party was fourth (3.20%).