MOSCOW, March 5 (Itar-Tass) — Russia’s Central Election Commission announced the candidate standing as of 02:00 a.m. Moscow time, when as many as 71.20 percent of votes were counted:
Vladimir Putin – 64.86 percent;
Gennady Zyuganov – 17.04 percent;
Mikhail Prokhorov – 6.86 percent;
Vladimir Zhirinovsky – 6.44 percent;
Sergei Mironov – 3.72 percent.