Russian Central Election Commission to announce final results of presidential polls

The Russian Central Election Commission will officially announce the results of last weekend's presidential election on Thursday.

The announcement is expected at 11:00am local time, 08:00 GMT and 2:00pm in Bangladesh Standard Time (BST)

According to preliminary results after the tabulation of 100% of the ballots, incumbent President Vladimir Putin is in the lead with 87.28% of the vote. He is followed by the Communist Party's Nikolay Kharitonov with 4.31%, the New People party's Vladislav Davankov with 3.85%, and the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia's Leonid Slutsky with 3.2%.