Russia election: Putin wins with 88% support, exit poll says

Russian President Vladimir Putin was slated to win the country’s presidential election, state-run exit polls showed Sunday.

The government-run VTsIOM pollster showed the 71-year-old had won a landslide, having secured an estimated 88% of the vote in the three-day election that included no real opposition candidates.

The exit polls were released following the closure of polling stations in Russia’s westernmost region of Kaliningrad on Sunday evening.

If confirmed, the result would be a…