Sputnik Africa is live as re-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with other presidential candidates.
Along with Putin, three other candidates took part in the presidential race, namely Nikolay Kharitonov of Russia's Communist Party (KPRF) with 4.31% of the votes, Vladislav Davankov of the "New People" party with 3.85% and Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), who received 3.20% of the votes.