Peskov called assessments of the elections in Brazil before they are completed premature

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that it is premature to talk about assessments of the elections in Brazil, we need to wait for their results.

Right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva advanced to the second round of elections in Brazil.

The second round of elections in Brazil will take place on October 25 if no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes in the first round.

MOSCOW, October 5 - RIA Novosti. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the elections in Brazil, said that the election process is not over, so it is premature to talk about any assessments; it is necessary to wait for the election results.

Earlier, according to the results of counting 98.81% of the ballots published by the Supreme Electoral Court, it was reported that the President of Brazil would be determined in the second round of elections.

“Listen, the elections are ongoing, the election process in Brazil is not over. Let’s wait for the results and then we will make assessments,” Peskov told reporters when asked to comment on the situation around the elections in Brazil.

The right-wing candidate, the eldest son of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro Flávio, with 47.23%, and the current head of state, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with 44.93% of the votes, advanced to the second round. In third place is the Brazilian psychiatrist Augusto Curi with 2.90% of the votes, in fourth place is the entrepreneur Renan Santos with 2.25% of the votes, in fifth place is the politician Ronaldo Caiado with 2.19%. The remaining candidates have 0.1-0.3% of the votes.