Putin may have garnered 22 million votes in the presidential elections as a result of falsification, claimed electoral analyst Ivan Shukshin on March 18.
Electoral analyst Ivan Shukshin evaluated data from the Central Election Commission’s website using the Kiesling-Shpilkin methodology. This approach analyzes voter turnout at specific polling stations compared to the number of votes submitted for each party at the same locations.
Shukshin contends that those responsible for the election fraud aimed for a 70% turnout and 85% of votes in favor of Vladimir Putin. The graphs analyzed by the expert indicate 'a total falsification of both the turnout statistics and the number of pro-Putin votes, achieved with the help of a calculator.' According to the analyst’s evaluation, the number of abnormal paper ballots nears 22 million.
Additionally, fraudsters understated the number of ballots submitted in favor of Vladislav Davankov, positioning him third in the elections. Shukshin observed this tendency in certain regions, such as the Perm Krai and Bryansk Oblast.