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Vladimir Pu n won the Russian elec ons with 87% of

the vote.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, 71, won the recent
Presidential elections by securing 87.97 per cent of the votes,
results declared on Sunday (March 17) showed. With a six-
year term set to follow, he will become Russia’s longest-
serving leader in more than 200 years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Putin on Monday.
“Look forward to working together to further strengthen the
time-tested Special & Privileged Strategic Partnership
between India and Russia in the years to come,” he said in a
post on X.
Leaders of China and North Korea also congratulated the
Russian President. The United States, meanwhile, denounced the polls. A White House National Security
Council spokesperson said, “The elections are obviously not free nor fair given how Mr. Putin has
imprisoned political opponents and prevented others from running against him.”

Nearly 100 people s ll missing a er Moscow a ack.

As many as 95 people are still missing after last week's
attack near Moscow when gunmen sprayed concertgoers
with automatic weapons and set the venue on fire, a
Russian news outlet reported on Wednesday.
The official toll from the attack on Crocus City Hall now
stands at 140 dead and 182 wounded. But the Baza news
service, which has good contacts in Russian security and
law enforcement, said 95 more people appeared in lists
compiled by the emergency services based on appeals
from people about missing relatives.
These lists include people with whom relatives have not
been able to get in touch since the terrorist attack, but who are not on the lists of wounded and dead," Baza
said. "Some of these people died, but have not yet been identified."
Russian investigators said the attack was carried out by four shooters using Kalashnikov automatic
weapons. More than 500 rounds were found at the scene.