MOSCOW, March 5 (Itar-Tass) — Russia’s Central Election Commission announced the candidate standing as of 00:00 Moscow time, when as many as 45.97 percent of votes were counted:
Vladimir Putin – 63.95 percent;
Gennady Zyuganov – 17.28 percent;
Mikhail Prokhorov – 7.07 percent;
Vladimir Zhirinovsky – 6.84 percent;
Sergei Mironov – 3.75 percent.