Medvedev seen in the results of the voting support of Putin’s course – RBC

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a videoconference with representatives of the party “United Russia»

Photo: Ekaterina Shtukin / press-service of the Government RF / TASS

Commenting on the first results of the elections in various regions of the country, Medvedev said that “people support the course that carries the President of Russia and the political force called “United Russia” in spite of the adjustments budget builds and the economy, “which is not in the best situation”, reports RIA Novosti.

According to the government, it is also chairman of “United Russia” the election results for the party “look very, very bad».

Also, Medvedev praised the idea of ​​a single day of voting. “We’re really saving money, there is one important throughout the year the political day in which the people of our country have the opportunity to speak, to support this or that political force, the Party” – he said.

The Prime Minister commented the results of elections in some regions of the country. Medvedev found pluses in “fierce competitive struggle that unfolded in the Kostroma region.” “The political struggle – this is a struggle, not a walk in the expensive car at a good highway,” – said Medvedev, saying the victory in the first round (preliminary data) representative of the “United Russia” Sergei Sitnikov. As for the elections in the Kostroma Regional Duma, Medvedev called “non-traditional” union of the Communist Party and the party Parnassus, fought for seats in the regional parliament.

«You should generally be those elections are grateful, because the center of political life for a while moved to Kostroma. As far as I know, was acquitted of all hotels, motels and budget of the region received additional income, I hope, in this case, we do not have a federal budget to use to support you “, – jokingly to his party asked Medvedev.

Medvedev praised and party members in the Novosibirsk region, where the “United Russia” leads in the elections to the Legislative Assembly.

In the Communist Party, commenting on the preliminary results of the elections, said that the Communists are the core competitiveness of the party. As the head of the central headquarters of the party for the election of Ivan Melnikov, “the sharpness of competition between the” United Russia “and the Communist Party is not reduced. He noted the success of communists in Novosibirsk, where “ahead of the Communist Party” United Russia »».

According to the preliminary results of the gubernatorial elections in almost all regions of the leading representatives of the “United Russia”. The main intrigue is stored in the Irkutsk region, where the leading Acting Governor Sergey Eroschenko did not get 50% of votes. However, there vote count is not yet complete.

The intrigue of the election of the governor of the Irkutsk region in addition also was in Omsk and Amur regions, RBC said earlier, a source close to the leadership of the presidential administration. As a result, in the Amur Region Acting Governor Alexander Kozlov barely won the first round. As a result of processing 98% of ballots, he gained 50.6%, and a representative of the Liberal Democratic Party, Ivan Abramov – 28%.

In the Omsk region, the results of treatment of 1.4% of the ballots, the governor Viktor Nazarov scored 64% and the candidate of the Communist Party, Oleg Denisenko 25,6%.

In other regions of the Far East and Siberia governors almost everywhere won a landslide victory. Vladimir Ilyukhin scored on the Kamchatka Peninsula, about 75% after treatment of all ballots, Oleg Kozhemyako Sakhalin – 68% (100% processed), and Alexander Levital in the Jewish Autonomous Region – 75%. Most of all gaining head of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev – 97%.