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By Gunay Hasanova

Russian President Putin said the results of elections to State Duma was good for the "United Russia" party, ruling and the leading political forces, RIA Novosti reported.

"First of all, I want to thank the citizens who came to the polls and expressed their attitude to the events going on in the country, showed a responsible attitude and expressed their position in these elections. It is a good result for the ruling political forces, leading political forces and for the party United Russia," he said at a meeting with government.

On the next day of elections President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory message to the Chairman of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the victory of “United Russia” in the State Duma elections.

"Please, accept my sincere congratulations on your convincing victory of the United Russia party that you lead. This victory indicates high trust of Russian people in your party and its ongoing consistent and far-sighted policy aimed at strengthening statehood, maintaining stability, promoting democratic values and well-being of the population. I am convinced that our joint efforts will continue to promote traditional friendship, deepen cooperation and interaction between Azerbaijan and Russia in the name of the prosperity of our peoples,” the message says.

“Dear Dmitry Anatolyevich, taking this opportunity, I wish you good health, happiness and success in your state activity for the benefit of friendly Russia," President Aliyev said in the congratulatory message.

Moreover, it was reported that the Executive Director of the Moscow office of the Russian Azerbaijanis Congress Shamil Tagiyev and executive director of the Russian office of Association of Azerbaijan-Slavic Youth (AASY) Khazar Garayev monitored the election to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

The head of the Russian office of AASY Togrul Allahverdili said that they observed the voting in nearly 100 polling stations, adding no irregularities were registered.

Previously, a spokesman for the Russian President Dmitry Peskov also said that the victory of the United Russia in the State Duma elections demonstrates an impressive vote of confidence to President Vladimir Putin.

Following the results of September 18 elections to the State Duma, the United Russia continues to lead, gaining 54.19 percent of the votes according to the results of counting 95.26 percent of protocols for the Federal Circuit. Out of the 450 parliamentary seats and 140 parliamentary seats, which are assigned to the party, the United Russia obtained 203 more single-seat districts.

Earlier, Putin said that has not yet decided whether to participate in a new presidential campaign or not.

“I cannot answer this question, but it is clear that vast majority of the voters de-facto supported the President. Once again, the president received such an impressive vote of confidence from the people of the country,” Peskov said answering the question about how the election results and the victory of the United Russia will affect Putin’s plans for presidential elections in 2018.

In early September, responding to questions from journalists, Putin said that it was too early to talk about the 2018 presidential campaign and his participation in it, “to look at the results”.

In the meantime, Putin underlined that he has not decided yet to participate or not in the presidential elections.

On September 18 Russia held parliamentary elections to elect 450 members of the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly. In addition, 39 regions chose legislative assemblies, seven regions elected governors, and municipal elections were held in 5,000 cities and towns.

The Crimea participated in a national election for the first time since seceding from Ukraine and reuniting with Russia in 2014.

The Central Election Commission reported that the United Russia was leading in Russian parliamentary election with 51.04 percent of votes. After 25 percent of ballots counted, the United Russia gained 51.04 percent, Liberal Democrats won 15.09 percent, Communist Party won 14.85 percent, and Just Russia won 6.42 percent.

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