The Russian Central Election Commission will officially announce the results of last weekend's presidential election on Thursday.

The announcement is expected at 11:00am local time, 08:00 GMT and 2:00pm in Bangladesh Standard Time (BST)

According to preliminary results after the tabulation of 100% of the ballots, incumbent President Vladimir Putin is in the lead with 87.28% of the vote. He is followed by the Communist Party's Nikolay Kharitonov with 4.31%, the New People party's Vladislav Davankov with 3.85%, and the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia's Leonid Slutsky with 3.2%.