Putin:
My dear friends, I would like, first and foremost, to thank each Russian citizen who took part in today‘s presidential elections of the Russian Federation. Special thanks, of course, is due to those who gathered here today, in Moscow, and to those who support us in every corner of our great and unencompassable motherland. Thank you to all who said yes to our great country. I once asked you guys if we would win. [Crowd yells „Yes!“] We HAVE won.

We won in an open and fair fight. [Chants of „Putin!“ followed by muffled boos.] Thank you, my friends. Thank you. We won in an open and fair fight, but this was not just a presidential election. This was also a very important test for all of us, for our whole country. It was a test of our political ripeness, self-sufficiency and independence. We showed well and truly that nobody can impose their will on us. Nobody and nothing. We have showed that our people are truly capable of distinguishing the thrust for newness and renovation from political provocation that has as its goal only one aim: to demolish Russia‘s governability and usurp its power. The Russian people declared today that such choices and scenarios on our soil will not succeed. They won‘t succeed.

We won today, and thanks to the support of the overwhelming majority of our electors, we conducted a clean victory. We will work fairly and diligently. We will succeed. And we are calling everyone to come together around the interests of our people and our motherland. I promised you that we would conquer. We have conquered. Long live Russia.