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		</div><p>Almost 78% of voters in Russia have approved amendments to the constitution that will allow Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036, election officials said after all the votes were counted.</p>
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<p>In the week-long balloting that concluded on Wednesday, 77.9% voted for the changes and 21.3% voted against, with all precincts counted by Thursday morning, Russia’s Central Election Commission said.</p>
<p>The turnout exceeded 64%, according to officials.</p>
<blockquote><p>A record in falsifying votes has been set in Russia</p></blockquote>
<p>The reported numbers reflect the highest level of voter support for Mr Putin in 10 years.</p>
<p>In the 2018 presidential election, 76.7% of voters supported his candidacy, while in the 2012 election only 63.6% did.</p>
<p>But Kremlin critics say the numbers are false, with an unrealistic approval rating for the Russian leader amid widespread frustration over declining living standards.</p>
<p>“A record in falsifying votes has been set in Russia,” opposition politician Alexei Navalny said in a Facebook post. “The announced result has nothing whatsoever to do with the people’s opinion.”</p>
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<p>The president’s approval rating was at 59% in May, according to the Levada Centre, Russia’s top independent pollster. That was the lowest in two decades.</p>
<p>The week-long plebiscite was tarnished by widespread reports of pressure on voters and other irregularities, with independent election observers criticising the voting procedure as having a complete lack of transparency and independent control.</p>
<p>For the first time in Russia, polls were kept open for a week to bolster turnout and avoid election-day crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic — a provision Kremlin critics denounced as an extra tool to manipulate the outcome, as ballot boxes remained unattended at night.</p>
<p>Observers also pointed to the relentless pressure state and private employers put on their staff to vote, monitoring that was hindered by bureaucratic hurdles and virus-related restrictions, and the dubious legal standing of the early voting.</p>
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