Official messages from the Central Election Commission, the situation in the regions, reports from polling stations
In Russia, on Sunday, March 17, 2024, presidential elections are being held. For the first time, voting is held over three days — March 15, 16 and 17. Today is the final day. MKRU is broadcasting online. After the closure of polling stations throughout the Russian Federation, we will report the results of the exit polls, and then the official data, which will be published by the Central Election Commission. Follow with us everything that happens in the regions and at voting stations.
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The Central Election Commission processed 92% of the protocols: Putin — 87.22%, Kharitonov — 4.29%, Davankov — 3.91%, Slutsky — 3.16%.
Putin wins the presidential elections of the Russian Federation in the Komi Republic with 80.49% of the votes based on the results of processing 100% of the protocols.
Putin won 84.93% of the votes in the Vladimir region after processing 100% of the protocols.
Results after processing 91.16% of the protocols:
Putin — 87.21%
< p>Kharitonov — 4.29%
Davankov — 3.92%
Slutsky — 3.16%
Results after processing 90% of the protocols:
Putin — 87.20%
Kharitonov — 4.28%
Davankov — 3.94%
Slutsky — 3.16%
«Our sincere congratulations to President Vladimir Putin on his re-election. This shows the Russian people's recognition of his leadership. We will continue to strengthen the ties between Cuba and Russia in sectors related to the well-being of our peoples,» Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla wrote on his online page X.
Putin gains 85.03% of the votes in the Kamchatka Territory after processing 100% of the protocols.
The Central Election Commission processed 89% of the protocols:
Putin — 87.21 %
Kharitonov — 4.27%
Davankov — 3.94%
Slutsky — 3.16%
Putin, at a meeting with the co-chairs of his headquarters, said that Russian students can begin to undergo medical practice in the North Military District zone or in front-line hospitals in the summer.
“As for practice in those regions where, unfortunately, it is still not easy, difficult, and dangerous: we had many young people undergoing internship during the fight against the pandemic… I understand that such a movement probably exists, the inner desire of people to be where it is difficult, and where people need help and support. This is natural for our young people. All this can be done, yes, and on other issues too. Let us think about it and see how to organize it,» Putin said .
Data after processing 87.09% of protocols
Non-recognition of the Russian presidential elections by the collective West will be an unhealthy symptom and a denial of reality, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
In Chechnya, Putin gains 99% of the votes after processing 50% of the protocols.
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“I am inspired by the victory of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin in the presidential elections in Russia. I was convinced that he would receive over 80% of the votes, but this victory exceeded my expectations. The entire freedom-loving world is rejoicing. I think that Vladimir Putin is the hope and support of all Slavic peoples, I count on «that he will also be the savior of the Serbian people. Early in the morning I will send him my congratulations with best wishes,» the leader of the Serbian Radical Party, Vojislav Seselj, told RIA Novosti.
Putin: I once decided for myself that I would not promise anything that could not be done. Everything that I said in the Address to the Federal Assembly, in fact the Address was an election plan, was worked out at the level of experts, the Government, the Central Bank, and the Administration. This is all achievable. Everything has been calculated there.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega congratulated Putin on his victory, calling the election results a contribution to global stability.
By 01.00 Moscow time, the Central Election Commission announced the results of processing 81.1% protocols of precinct election commissions on voting results. According to these data, 57,139,267 voters voted for Putin.
Thus, the number of voters who supported him is already greater than the total number of those who voted for other candidates or did not come to the elections.
Putin said that he will now communicate with the Russian Minister of Defense and the General Staff.
Putin said that he will now communicate with the Russian Minister of Defense and the General Staff.
After processing 80% of the protocols:
Putin — 87.15%
Kharitonov — 4.22 %
Davankov — 4.04%
Slutsky — 3.16%
Peskov: Putin has a busy working day tomorrow, and at night he will talk with the military.
— Navalny’s widow (included in the list of terrorists and extremists) had chances to come to Russia and see her husband, but she chose to stay abroad.
— It is already known where Putin’s first foreign visit after the elections will take place, the Kremlin will announce in a timely manner.
— The incredible level of support for Putin by citizens proves the inconsistency of statements about “illegitimate elections.”
The Central Election Commission processed 77.21% of the protocols:
Putin — 87, 14%
Kharitonov — 4.22%
Davankov — 4.06%
Slutsky — 3.16%
Putin: France could play a role in a peaceful settlement, not all is lost.
Putin promised to do everything to achieve national development goals in all areas.
Putin on the possible sending of NATO troops to Ukraine: “Everything is possible in this world.”
— There are military personnel from NATO countries in Ukraine and there is nothing good for them, they die there in large numbers.
— The conflict between the Russian Federation and NATO will lead to the fact that there is only one step left before the third world war.
Putin on the election results in new regions and in Crimea: I, in principle, thought that they would be good, but I didn’t even expect that they would be like that.
— The election results show that Donbass and Novorossiya are grateful to Russia for its protection ;
— Russia will do everything to ensure that the hopes of Donbass and Novorossiya for further protection and support come true;
— Residents of new regions expect protection in every sense of the word and socio-economic development from the Russian authorities .
Putin about the New People party: novelty is always attractive, their attention is focused on creating favorable conditions for business.
Putin noted that a significant part of the Communist Party electorate voted for him because of the current situation, but the party's electoral base has not decreased.
Putin:
— The future administrative corps of the Russian Federation must be formed from the participants in the special operation
— March 18 will meet with all other candidates for the presidency of the Russian Federation
Putin:
— We will think about who to negotiate peace with in Ukraine
— I do not rule out that at some point we will have to create a certain sanitary zone in the territories subordinate to the Kiev regime.
At the same time, Putin did not say what the depth of the “sanitary zone” in Ukraine could be to protect the regions of the Russian Federation from shelling.
Putin:
— Elections in Russia are democratic, but in the United States they use administrative resources to attack one of the candidates.
— Attacks on one of the candidates US presidents are ridiculous and have become a disgrace to America.
— Putin called electronic voting in elections transparent and absolutely objective
— The more women in governing bodies, the better, we will strive for this
— After the collapse of the Union, a large number of specialists remained abroad , who knew how to do nothing except fight the USSR, and then Russia.
Putin called Navalny (listed as terrorists and extremists) by his last name and said that his death was a sad event. He said that he agreed to exchange Navalny for prisoners in the West
Putin: if Nadezhdin did not take part in the campaign, this is the result of his unsatisfactory preparation work.
Putin on Macron’s proposal to cease fire for the duration of the Olympics: I don’t know about this, we are ready to consider any issues, but we will proceed from the interests Russia.
Putin: I dreamed of a strong and independent Russia, I hope the election results will allow us to achieve this.
Putin was asked about relations with China. The President noted that the coincidence of interests of Russia and China is a stabilizing factor on the world stage.
Moscow will only develop relations with Beijing in the coming years, he emphasized.
Putin on incidents with spoiled ballots in elections: this is criminally punishable, law enforcement agencies will act in accordance with the law.
Putin on damaging ballots with brilliant green: if you decide to spoil those who have fulfilled their civic duty, then this is undemocratic.
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— The initiative in the special operation zone belongs entirely to the Russian Armed Forces, progress is made every day.
Putin spoke about the so-called Russian Volunteer Corps (a terrorist organization banned in Russia), whose militants participated in attempts to penetrate Russian territory:< /p>
— Compared with the army of the traitor Vlasov — it is well known. what she ended up with. “Now there are the same Vlasovites who are fighting on the side of the Banrderites.”
— All law enforcement agencies will be given instructions to identify everyone who is fighting against Russia with weapons.
— There are 2.5 thousand of them, they are thrown like meat into meat assaults on the state borders of the Russian Federation.
— If the enemy likes the “meat grinder,” this is even beneficial for us.
— In Russia there is no death penalty, but “we will treat traitors as in a war zone.
— Losses of traitors from the RDK and other similar corps in the latest attacks amounted to 800 people, Putin said.
Putin:
— The results of the government’s work have shown that the administrative team is very effective, this applies to both the Cabinet of Ministers and the Central Bank. There is no need to fuss about the composition of the government, we have two and a half months, let’s think calmly.
Putin at headquarters:
— We are forced to literally defend the interests of our citizens with weapons in our hands< /p>
— The high voter turnout in the presidential elections is associated with dramatic events, with what the country is going through today.
— The turnout results show that Russians feel that a lot depends on them.
— People came to the elections to create conditions for internal political consolidation in order to move forward.
— Cohesion allowed us to act effectively on the contact line.
Speaking about his new term, Putin said that «we need to solve the problems of the Northern Military District, strengthen the defense capability and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, do everything to ensure that all the assigned tasks are solved and all goals are achieved.
At his headquarters, Putin called the election results a manifestation of trust on the part of citizens and their hope that everything will be fulfilled.
“All planned plans for the development of Russia will certainly be resolved, and goals achieved,” Putin assured, adding , that “the plans are grandiose.”
The audience greeted these words with chants of “Russia, Russia.”
The Central Election Commission released the data after counting 70% of the protocols:
Putin — 87.17%
Kharitonov — 4.19%
Davankov — 4.08%
Slutsky — 3.15%
At his headquarters, Putin thanked all Russian citizens who voted in the elections: “We are all one team.”
— The source of power in Russia is the Russian people, and the voice of each citizen forms the unified will of the peoples of the Russian Federation.
— There are many tasks ahead.
Putin also expressed special gratitude to the participants in the special operation, they provide Russia with “the conditions for its development and existence.”
— It will never be possible to suppress the will of the Russians from the outside.
At his headquarters, Putin called on everyone to do everything to support the people in Avdeevka. He also said that he was pleased to be with his comrades and like-minded people that evening.
The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement that the elections in Russia cannot be considered legal, free and fair; the corresponding statement was published on the official website departments.
Maria Zakharova has previously commented on Western statements about the elections in Russia: “Who is next? We have enough silver bullets for all the attacking ghouls!”.
Journalist Pavel Zarubin showed footage of Putin’s arrival at headquarters.
Putin at his campaign headquarters:
— The small number of complaints during the elections speaks about the quality of the work of election commissions.
— Russia must be even stronger, stronger, more effective.
— There are conditions for further movement forward.
Putin gains 95.73% of the votes after processing 100% of the protocols for the presidential elections in the Russian Federation in the Kemerovo region.
President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro congratulated Vladimir Putin on his victory in the elections.
Putin arrived at his election headquarters in Gostiny Dvor. He thanked the headquarters volunteers for their work.
An inscription appeared on the facade of the Victory Museum: “Russia Putin Victory.”
CSTO parliamentarians did not reveal serious violations in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, follows from the statement.
Maria Zakharova commented on the White House statement about “dishonest” elections in Russia:
“Remember how the Bible says:
“Noon passed, and they were still raging until the time of the evening sacrifice; but there was no voice, no answer, no hearing,” 1 Kings chapter 18, verse 29.
So here, the “noon” action passed, and they are still raging — it went through the Western capitals training manual:
The same phrase about “not free and fair” elections, following the German Foreign Ministry, was just repeated by the White House.
Who's next? We have enough silver bullets for all the attacking ghouls!»
In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, after processing 100% of the protocols, Putin received 84.12% of the votes, and Davankov came in second place with a result of 5.46%.
Former adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich (recognized in Russia as a terrorist and extremist and put on the wanted list) said on YouTube: “And to be completely honest, if I were in Russia, I would also vote for Putin.»
Vladimir Putin is guaranteed to win the elections. He received 87.26% of the votes after processing 60.01% of the protocols. This means that the possibility of holding a second round is excluded.
Kharitonov — 4.18%
Davankov — 3.99%
Slutsky — 3.12%.
The CIS observer mission did not record any violations that could affect the election results.
A representative of the White House National Security Council said that the US Administration does not consider the elections held in Russia to be “neither free nor fair.” This was expected. Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov has previously noted that Moscow will not attach importance to Washington’s opinion on the results of the presidential elections in Russia, because this does not and cannot influence the legality of the electoral process in the Russian Federation.
Putin is in the lead in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation in the Belgorod region with 90.69% of the votes after processing 50.55% of the protocols.
The German Foreign Ministry and the British Foreign Ministry criticized the elections in Russia. Maria Zakharova said to this: “It’s not surprising that our whole country united and fought back.”
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will not send congratulations to Vladimir Putin in connection with his victory in the presidential elections, press secretary of the German leader Kerstin Gammelin told Tagesspiegel.
Journalist Alexey Stefanov reported on the Telegram channel that according to his According to data, at the Russian Embassy in Riga where the voting was taking place in the evening, border guards detained a man and took him away. There is a possibility that he is being taken to the border to be deported.
«It is known that at least 14 more people who came to the polls today were not detained, but were deprived of their residence permit document and ordered to leave voluntarily,» — Stefanov also wrote.
Davankov believes that what is important for him is not the place in the election results, but the number of voters who supported him: “these are young people, these are activists.”
Slutsky: Putin won the elections with a historic result.
Slutsky: Putin won the elections with a historic result.
Slutsky: Putin won the elections with a historic result.
Slutsky: Putin won the elections with a historic result.
Preliminary results of the presidential election after processing 50% of the protocols:
Vladimir Putin — 87.34%
Nikolai Kharitonov — 4.11%
Vladislav Davankov — 4.01%
Leonid Slutsky — 3.11%
The turnout throughout the country was 74.22%.
The head of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, published a statement and congratulated Vladimir Putin on his victory:
«Putin's victory in the elections is a victory for all citizens of our country. The elections showed the consolidation of society, as well as the highest level of trust in Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Based on this support, our President can do even more to develop Russia and improve the well-being of citizens.
The election result exceeded expectations. This is a response to those who did everything to prevent our country from becoming strong and sought to destroy it.
Our opponents understand: Putin is Russia’s advantage. Therefore, the main attacks and blows were inflicted on it.
Only independent states have a future. Russia with President Putin will become even stronger.
Washington, Brussels and the criminal Kyiv regime failed to intimidate people: despite the threat to life, residents of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk regions, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donbass and Novorossia came to the polling stations, rallied around the President, voting for the future of our country.
Congratulations on the convincing victory of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin!
This is a victory for all citizens of our country!
A strong President means a strong Russia!”
The Central Election Commission has released the data after processing 47% of the protocols:
Putin — 87.38%
Kharitonov — 4.09%
Davankov — 4.01%
< p>Slutsky — 3.10%
In 13 regions, 100% of the protocols were processed. Putin won everywhere:
Zaporozhye region (92.83%), Kherson region (88.12%), LPR (94.12%), DPR (95.23%), Khakassia (75.28%), Yakutia (87.79%), Magadan region (84.89%), Jewish Autonomous Region (92.35%), Khabarovsk Territory (80.06%), Amur Region (86.97%), Sakhalin Region (86.37%), Transbaikal Territory (87.71 %), and Chukotka — 90.49% of the votes.
Putin’s result in the Moscow region is 85.28% (22.35% of the protocols were processed).
In Berlin, those who did not have time to vote The Russians demanded that the closed section at the embassy be opened.
Putin gains more than 85% in Khakassia after processing all the protocols.
Member of the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation Aleksey Melnikov announced the results in Moscow pre-trial detention centers: “Voting results in pre-trial detention centers in Moscow: Putin — 5243 votes (82.6%), Davankov — 400 votes (6.3%), Slutsky — 263 votes (4.1%), Kharitonov -163 votes (2.6%).
Data after processing 44.26% of protocols in Russia:
Putin — 87.44%
Kharitonov — 4.06%
Davankov — 4.00%
Slutsky — 3, 08%
Central Election Commission: Putin gains 84.89% of the votes after processing 100% of the protocols for the Russian presidential elections in Kolyma.
The head of the World Union of Old Believers, communicating with the Pope, told RIA Novosti that the pontiff congratulates Putin on his election.< /p>
Central Election Commission: After processing 40% of the protocols, Putin gains 87.34%, Kharitonov — 4.11%, Davankov — 3.92%, Slutsky — 3.06%.
Davankov said that he will now focus on his parliamentary work.
Davankov takes second place according to the results of the federal DEG excluding Kaliningrad with 6.28% of the votes. Slutsky and Kharitonov take 3rd and 4th places with 3.76% and 2.56% of the votes.
CEC: Putin ranks first according to the results of the federal DEG excluding Kaliningrad with 87.4% of the votes .
Zyuganov said that consultations with Putin and Mishustin will take place in the near future, and the implementation of the Communist Party program will be discussed.
Peskov: Putin was informed about the first election results.
Davankov came in second place in Moscow — 4.61%. But in Russia it is still in third place.
Ministry of Internal Affairs: No violations of election legislation that could affect the presidential election were identified.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs recorded 52 cases of bringing dyes to polling stations, 33 criminal cases were opened.
Vladimir’s exit is being prepared Putin to the journalists of the Kremlin pool.
Kharitonov: During the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, the Russians showed how the whole country can unite.
A member of the election commission died in Berdyansk due to shelling from the Ukrainian side. This was announced by the first deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alexander Gorovoy.
Putin is gaining 88.8% in Moscow (70.09% of the protocols have been processed).
Ministry of Defense: turnout in the Armed Forces was 99, 8%.
HRC: The presidential elections in the Russian Federation took place, the electoral rights of citizens and candidates were respected in accordance with the law.
Putin is in the lead based on the results of processing 99.69% of protocols in Kamchatka with the result 84.16% of votes. In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Putin has more than 84% after processing 97% of the protocols.
Ministry of Internal Affairs: Many cases of damage to ballot boxes during elections were carried out live on the territory of Ukraine.
Davankov called Putin’s victory in the elections undoubted.
At the moment, Vladimir Putin has won in six regions Russia, where 100% of the protocols have already been processed. Among them: DPR (95%), LPR (94.12%), Kherson region (88.12%), Yakutia (94.12%), Chukotka (90.49%) and Khabarovsk Territory (80.06% ).
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation: 61 criminal cases have been opened for violations related to the elections, of which 23 are for knowingly false reports of terrorist attacks
Dmitry Medvedev wrote on the Telegram channel: “Congratulations to V.V. Putin on his brilliant victory in the elections of the President of Russia! 87.68%
Kharitonov — 3.95%
Davankov — 3.81%
Slutsky — 3.01%
Ministry of Defense: at 20:30 another UAV was destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region.
Vladimir Putin gains about 84% in the Irkutsk region after processing 94.6% of the protocols.
Putin gains 95.74% after processing 93.58% of the protocols for the Russian presidential elections in Tuva and 86.99% of the votes in Amur Region after processing 99.01% of the protocols.
Putin gains 90.49% of the votes after processing 100% of the protocols in Chukotka. Slutsky took second place — 3.03%, followed by Davankov — 2.92% and Kharitonov — 2.30%.
Putin gains 83.27% of the votes in the Novosibirsk region after counting 94.32% of the protocols.
At the moment, Vladimir Putin has record levels of support — 87%. Before this, the maximum was 76.69%.
In the DPR, Putin gains more than 95%, wins in the Kherson region with 88.12% of the votes after processing 100% of the protocols, in the Zaporozhye region Putin gains 92.95%, in the LPR — 94.12.
Vladimir Putin is leading in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation with 87.97% of the votes, Nikolai Kharitonov is gaining 3.8% of the votes , Leonid Slutsky — 2.96% of the votes, Vladislav Davankov — 3.73% of the votes, according to the first data of the Central Election Commission after processing.
The Moscow City Electoral Commission has released data on electronic voting in Moscow: Putin — 89.1%,
Elections in Russia are completed, vote counting begins.
Ministry of Defense: at 19:30, air defense systems shot down 2 Ukrainian UAVs over the Belgorod region.
The singer Lolita responded to Ksenia Sobchak, who invited her to come to the polls. The artist wrote on social networks that she voted electronically on March 15, but “didn’t think to take a screenshot.” Earlier, Ksenia Sobchak published a screenshot of her electronic voting and wrote: “Lolita is next.”
Pamfilova gave the “highest score” to all members of the election commissions for organizing the presidential elections in the Russian Federation.
Turnout on remote electronic voting (DEG) in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation was 94%, this is an absolute record in the world, said the head of the Territorial Election Commission DEG (TEC DEG) Oleg Artamonov. 4,767,974 voters registered and 4,499,003 voters received electronic ballots.
In Moscow, about 440 thousand nonresident citizens voted in the Russian presidential elections.
In Moscow, the custodians of the electronic voting keys handed over their parts of the key, and at 20.15, after the last electronic ballot entered the system, the key was connected. After this, the Chairman of the Moscow City Election Commission Olga Kirillova signed the final list of voters and gave the command to decipher the results of the online voting.
Previously, the decryption key was divided into five parts and given to the custodians: Chairman of the Council of Municipal Entities of Moscow Vladimir Dudochkin, Head of the Public Headquarters for Monitoring Elections in Moscow Vadim Kovalev, Member of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation Lyudmila Markina, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow City Electoral Commission Dmitry Reut, Chairman of the Moscow City Duma Alexey Shaposhnikov.
Yulia Navalya stood in line at the embassy in Berlin for 6 hours to vote and has now gone out into the street. This was reported by the German publication Bild.
IPCC: preliminary turnout for the presidential elections in Moscow exceeded 66%. For online voting in the capitals, 3,666,413 ballots were issued, 3,642,800 ballots were received.
In-person turnout (excluding electronic voting) nationwide as of 20:00 Moscow time was 73.33%. These data appeared on the CEC information board.
In Vienna, due to unprecedented voter activity, the Russian Embassy had to increase the number of members of the precinct election commission issuing ballots.
Sites in Moscow have closed. Voting continues in the Kaliningrad region.
Ministry of Defense: Military personnel and civilian personnel of the Central Military District completed voting in the Russian presidential elections, the turnout was more than 99%.
In Chechnya, as of 18:00, the turnout was 96.46%. For comparison, in the presidential elections in 2018 the turnout was 91.5%.
In Almaty at 21:25 (19:25 Moscow time) they decided to close polling stations, while hundreds of Russians still remained in line .
The head of the department for control and supervision in the field of electronic communications of Roskomnadzor, Evgeny Zaitsev, said that foreign DDos attacks did not have an impact on the Russian presidential election process. He added that more than 1 thousand resources with calls to disrupt the elections were blocked.
Russian Foreign Ministry: Russian relocants and representatives of the non-systemic opposition openly persuaded people in the United States to boycott the presidential elections in Russia.
Voter turnout in St. Petersburg as of 18.00 was 69.87%.
Ministry of Defense: at 18:30, another Ukrainian drone was shot down over the Belgorod region.
The head of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov, showed photographs of a 100-year-old resident of the region, Arsentiy Kirillovich Ivashkin from Yagan-Dokya, who himself came to vote at the polling station driving a car .
The Central Election Commission reported that since the first day of voting, 19 thousand potentially dangerous impacts on the CEC website were recorded. And since the beginning of the year there have been almost 8 million such impacts.
About a thousand people voted at the Russian Embassy in the UK in the Russian presidential elections by 14:00 local time (17:00 Moscow time). Here the queue stretched for 1 km.
Member of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Shevchenko said that in the Kherson region several voters who do not have a Russian passport were allowed to vote using a Ukrainian passport, RIA Novosti reports.
The total voter turnout in the elections in the Moscow region at 18:00 was 72.17%.
Two jet UAVs were destroyed over the Bryansk region, reported the region's governor, Alexander Bogomaz.
According to the Baza Telegram channel, in Perm, a 64-year-old woman brought a firecracker to the site of the Soldatov House of Culture on Komsomolsky Prospekt. After this, an explosion occurred in the toilet. According to preliminary data, the woman received a serious injury to her arm, and 50 people were evacuated from the building.
Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov said that opposition-minded relocants wanted to interfere with the elections, but they did not succeed, since the voting process was organized in such a way that no provocations were possible at the polling station.
In Buenos Aires the queue at the voting station stretched for several hundred meters.
The final turnout in the Russian presidential elections in the LPR was 87.12%, the regional election commission reported.
The final turnout in the Kherson region on in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation was 83.87%.
“First of all, I want to say thank you to the West for uniting us. To a greater extent, we understood how important it is for us to be together now,” said the head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, commenting on the record voter turnout.
Member of the HRC Alexey Melnikov spoke about voting in the capital’s pre-trial detention centers: “At the moment, voting in pre-trial detention centers is completed. All citizens who expressed a desire to vote voted — that’s 6,736 people. The turnout is almost 100 percent.” He added that 800 people under house arrest also voted.
Alexey Ledkhov and Lyubov Gruzdeva from the Beloyarsky district of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug walked for two days through the taiga to get to the polling station.
Ella Pamfilova said that there was a “Bolshevik replacement” of the traditional method there will be no voting at the DEG.
In Almaty, they decided to extend the work of polling stations until 21:00 (19:00 Moscow time) due to the queue, which stretched for more than a kilometer. There are two sections in the building of the Russian Consulate General.
At 17:10, air defense systems shot down another Ukrainian drone over the Belgorod region, reports the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In the Voronezh region, PEC member Olga Strukova rode a pony to a voter’s house in the countryside. She explained that the roads had washed out and they were afraid that the car would get stuck.
The Russian Embassy in Belgium had to triple the number of voting places due to the influx of voters.
In the DPR, no violations were recorded during voting at polling stations, said the chairman of the region’s Public Chamber, Alexander Kofman. According to him, everyone was collected and coordinated, due to the “heavy pressure of the “non-brothers” who are behind the contact line.”
MK found out the details of the death of an 80-year-old pensioner during voting in Moscow , who became ill at a site in the Chertanovo Yuzhnoye district.
A saxophonist plays at a site in the Mozhaisk CDC.
An air defense system shot down an aircraft-type drone in the Spas-Demensky district of the Kaluga region, there were no casualties, the regional governor Vladislav Shapsha wrote in his Telegram channel.
In Houston, the United States, the first voters voted at the Russian Consulate General. And in Paris at 14:00 (16:00 Moscow time) more than 1.2 thousand people voted.
Russian Foreign Ministry official representative Maria Zakharova published photographs from the Russian Embassy in Washington. A polling station opened there and voting began.
Voting at polling stations in Melitopol in the Zaporozhye region ended at 16.00 (coincides with Moscow time). Before this, the Russian anthem was played at the polling stations.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reports: “In the area of the village of Lukashovka, Sumy region, crews of the Verba MANPADS of a unit of the group of troops covering the state border of the Russian Federation shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force , flying in the direction of the village of Kozinki, Belgorod region.»
70.81% — this turnout across the country, together with electronic voting, was recorded at 15:45. This was announced by Ella Pamfilova at the CEC information center. This is a record figure
In Kabardino-Balkaria by 15:00 the turnout was 88.09%, and in North Ossetia — 90.5%.
Russian air defense assets on duty were destroyed at 14: 30 more seven Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod region, reports the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Overall turnout in the Russian presidential elections in the Belgorod region as of 15.00 Moscow time was 81.93%, reports the regional election commission.
Moscow City Election Commission did not record any violations affecting the voting process in Moscow.
Voter turnout in the presidential elections in the Russian Federation as a whole in the country as of 15.25 Moscow time was 68.99%, as follows from the data presented on the website of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
There are three polling stations in Egypt — at the Russian Embassy in Cairo and at the Consulates General in Hurghada and Alexandria. Voting is active.
In St. Petersburg, 100-year-old Great Patriotic War veteran Boris Odintsov voted at polling station No. 1001 on Osipenko Street in the Krasnogvardeisky district. The chairman of the commission presented the veteran with a gift.
The Russian Embassy in Latvia reports that local authorities are conducting a complete document check of everyone who came vote, while Latvian identity documents are confiscated from Russian voters. The diplomatic mission called this a sophisticated form of bullying.
The counting of votes in the presidential elections has begun in the DPR, said the chairman of the election commission, Vladimir Vysotsky.
Former owner of YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky (recognized as a foreign agent in Russia) and Yulia Navalnaya were seen in Berlin in line to vote near the Russian Embassy.
More than 3.5 million people voted online in the presidential election in Moscow. This is data from the Public Headquarters for Monitoring Elections.
A queue of people wishing to vote has formed at the Russian Embassy in the UK.
In the LPR, effigies of Biden and Zelensky were burned in response to an attempt to disrupt the elections.
The commissioner’s office receives almost half as many complaints about violations during elections as in 2018, Tatyana Moskalkova reported.
The Moldavian Foreign Ministry expressed protest in connection with the opening of polling stations in Transnistria..
Russian special services in Berdyansk prevented an assassination attempt on a confidant of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, said the head of the Zaporozhye public movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov. A search is now underway for all those involved in the preparation of the terrorist attack.
The night before, an explosive device went off in Berdyansk. The operational services reported that there were no casualties.
Voter turnout in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation as a whole, as of 14:00 Moscow time, was 66.08%. Such data was released by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
Russian air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Belgorod region at 14:00, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
Member of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation Elmira Khaimurzina spoke about cases when members of the precinct election commission saved the lives of voters during door-to-door surveys, TASS reports.
Thus, Olga Komarova and Elena Denisova cut off the gas in one of the apartments of a pensioner in the village of Kuntsevo in the Kaluga region. Grandma had no sense of smell and did not notice the leak. In the village of Belaya Gora, Tula Region, PEC member Tatyana Ivleva called the son of one of the residents who had an ischemic stroke behind a closed door. In Udmurtia, PEC member Nikolai Nefedov, while making a round of the Izhstal partnership, discovered an 81-year-old resident who had spent about three weeks alone in a closed house.
In the Kaluga region, only on the third day of voting by 13:00 the turnout exceeded 50%.
Lines in Baku and Athens .
The total turnout in the Russian presidential elections in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug at 13.00 exceeded 90%, according to data released on Sunday by the Russian Central Election Commission.
A thirteen-year-old schoolgirl set fire to a tablecloth at a polling station in an educational institution in Krasnodar; the ballots were not damaged, a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti. PEC members extinguished the fire on their own. The schoolgirl explained that she decided to set the fire after reading about it on the Internet.
In Yerevan, Armenian police blocked a group of activists with a speaker and Ukrainian flags heading to the Russian Embassy.
Ksenia Sobchak reported that she voted online: “Kirkorov: he’s walking into the wrong door. Ivleeva: he’s walking into the wrong door. Sobchak: he’s walking into the electronic door. Lolita, you’re next)),” she wrote in her Telegram channel.
In the Primorsky and Khabarovsk territories, as well as in the Jewish Autonomous Region, voting has been completed
The headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Saratov region reported that an observer from the Communist Party candidate Nikolai Kharitonov at the station in Balakovo gave an interview to a journalist and criticized the special operation. After this, the correspondent initiated an appeal to law enforcement agencies and an administrative protocol was drawn up against the observer for discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Central Election Commission: The total in-person turnout in the Russian presidential elections in the country as of 12:52 was 65.05%.< /p>
A man who threw a Molotov cocktail in Chisinau was detained by the police and local residents.
The provocateur threw a burning object into the courtyard of the Russian Embassy in Chisinau, where voting is taking place, TASS reports.
In Israel, queues appeared at polling stations in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa.
Ballerina Anastasia Volochkova told how she voted. At the same time, subscribers felt that she was doing something tipsy.
“As of 12 o’clock on March 17, a total of 4 million 657 thousand 776 ballots were issued. Of these, in remote electronic voting — 3 million 391 thousand 285. In paper voting — 1 million 266 thousand 491,» said Olga Kirillova, Chairman of the Moscow City Election Commission.
RIA Novosti publishes a video of the queue for a polling station in Istanbul and a photo of the queue in Antalya.
The Consulate General of Russia in Antalya reported that the queue at the polling station stretched for 150 meters.
In Krylatskoye, in Maryina Roshcha and at the polling station represented by MEPhI in Moscow, queues of people wishing to vote formed.
At polling stations abroad, 125,428 people had voted by 10:00 Moscow time, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
In Sofia, long lines lined up in front of the only polling station in Bulgaria for the presidential elections in the Russian Federation. A large queue also formed in Astana.
Cyber attacks on the election infrastructure in Moscow are coming from different countries, including unfriendly ones, said Ilya Massukh, deputy head of the public headquarters for monitoring the Russian presidential elections in Moscow.
More than 2.2 million people became winners of two drawings «A million prizes», which took place on March 16 and 17, are reported on the website of the mayor and government of the capital.
Airports where restrictions were introduced have returned to normal operation.
In Chukotka, polling stations were closed. It's 20:37 there now. Governor Vladislav Kuznetsov said: “Everything was carried out regularly, actively, 55 polling stations were working. The turnout was decent, which was facilitated by a broad information campaign… At 12 polling stations the turnout was 100% — these are national remote villages.”
Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova reported that in pre-trial detention center-2 (Butyrka) voting was organized at the highest level, observers from the RF OP and from candidates were present.
She also called cases of spoiled ballots an “attack on people’s rights.”
She also commented on the voting that was organized on the border with Estonia: “People stand in line for 2 hours, despite threats from Estonia.”
Restrictions have been introduced at Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky for safety reasons.
More than 12 thousand dangerous impacts on the website of the Central Election Commission were recorded over the past 24 hours, including 4 DDoS attacks; they were blocked, said Ella Pamfilova, Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
In turn, Olga Kirillova, Chairman of the Moscow City Election Commission, told reporters , that in the capital “voting is proceeding normally, no glitches have been noticed.”
“4.2 million voters registered on the remote electronic voting platform (DEG) have already taken part in the presidential elections online. As of 10 am on March 17 according to Moscow time, the turnout was 91%,” the Ministry of Digital Development reported.
“Our automated GAS system “Elections” is inaccessible to various types of attacks by our enemies, so here we are absolutely calm, there is super protection,” Pamfilova said at a briefing at the CEC information center.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported another drone flying towards the capital. “The air defense forces of the Ministry of Defense in the city district of Domodedovo repelled an attack by a drone flying towards Moscow. At the site of the fall of the debris, according to preliminary data, there was no destruction or casualties. Emergency services specialists are working at the scene of the incident,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.
A video has appeared with the singer Shaman at a polling station. Before putting the ballot in the ballot box, the artist crossed himself three times in front of it.
The Electoral Commission of the Zaporozhye region reported that Ukrainian drones attacked the building of the cultural center in the city of Kamenka-Dneprovskaya, where the polling station, occurred before its opening. The polling station was then moved to a safe place, so voting is taking place as usual. No one was injured in the attack.
Pamfilova reported that at 9:45 the turnout in the country as a whole was 61.37%.
The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, said at a morning briefing that the presidential elections in Russia should be held as cleanly and correctly as possible, so that no one there was not the slightest doubt that they would take place.
A polling station opened in Islamabad.
RT showed a video of a huge line of Russians in front of a polling station in Phuket.
The head of the working group on public control over voting, Maxim Grigoriev, at a briefing at the situation center, said that in the 10 years during which the RF OP has been monitoring elections, such a large turnout has not been seen. He also confirmed that they are trying to influence the elections, but emphasized that “all these attempts, and, strictly speaking, shelling, terrorist attacks, information attacks… will lead to nothing.”
Turnout in Russia reached 60%.
In Tajikistan, more than 1.7 thousand voters voted by 10:00.
A site was also opened in Chisinau. Voting is taking place as usual. There is no provision for early or online voting for Russians in Moldova.
Voting is actively underway at the consular section of the Russian Embassy in Baku. Before the opening, a queue had already lined up at the polling station.
Turnout in the Jewish Autonomous Region at 15.00 (8.00 Moscow time) was 85.50%, reports the election commission of the autonomy.
In Armenia, citizens of the Russian Federation are actively voting with very morning at five sites, said Ambassador Sergei Kopyrkin.
The turnout in Crimea has currently exceeded 72%.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of 9 shells of the RM-70 “Vampire” multiple launch rocket system and three shells of the “Uragan” multiple launch rocket system over the Belgorod region.
Voting is taking place in six cities in China. The Russian embassy says there is good activity.
In Tokyo, 461 people voted at 14:00 (8 a.m. Moscow time), while the queue at the polling station at the Russian Embassy stretched for two blocks.
The Supreme shaman of Russia and the Republic of Tyva Kara-ool Dopchun-ool voted in Kyzyl.
Photo: frame from video.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a polling station in the city of Kamenka-Dneprovskaya, Zaporozhye region, there were no casualties. This was reported by Vladimir Rogov.
A missile danger has been declared in Belgorod and the Belgorod region. In the previous two days of voting, the region was under air raid warning six times. But the turnout there was high, and this did not interfere with voting.
Polling stations opened in the European part of the country on the last day of the Russian presidential election. There are 2,200 sites operating in Moscow, they will be open until 20.00. Several polling stations were located in hospitals and pre-trial detention centers, two polling stations were organized for voting by persons without a fixed place of residence.
Attempts to disrupt the elections in Russia on the part of Ukraine continue. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports that during the past night and the morning of March 17, attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using aircraft-type UAVs on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation were stopped. duty air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 35 UAVs over the territories of the Moscow (4), Belgorod (3), Kaluga (2), Oryol (1), Rostov (1), Yaroslavl (4), Kursk (3) regions, over the Krasnodar Territory ( 17).
The Central Election Commission included four candidates for the post of President of Russia on the ballot. These are Vladislav Davankov from the New People party, Leonid Slutsky from the LDPR, Nikolai Kharitonov from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the current head of state Vladimir Putin, who is a self-nominated candidate.
According to the Central Election Commission, according to the results of the second day of voting, the turnout was 55.10%. But there are regions in which turnout has already exceeded 90% — this is Chechnya. In the LPR, 63.97% voted, in the Belgorod region, despite the fact that a missile danger was declared there six times, more than 70% voted, also 77.7% voted in the Kherson region, in the DPR, the republican Central Election Commission reported on the turnout based on the results of the first day voting — 69.28%, in the Zaporozhye region based on the results of two days — 72%, in Crimea — more than 60%.
More than 300 thousand people are watching the elections this time, 700 of them came from abroad.
The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation noted that the elections are being held in difficult conditions. Chairman of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova reported the day before that since the beginning of voting, 160 thousand DDoS attacks on DEG resources have been blocked, of which 130 thousand were directed against the voting portal, and 30 thousand against the monitoring portal for DEG. But the attackers failed to break through the defense. There have also been attempts to damage ballots using dyeing liquids; there are cases of arson, the use of smoke bombs, and firecrackers. Instructions to spoil ballots in the Russian presidential elections came from Ukraine and some European countries, Ella Pamfilova reported. According to her, those detained for damaging ballot boxes at polling stations admitted that they did it for money from abroad and did not know about criminal liability. She said that one of the detainees was promised 100 thousand rubles for this. According to Pamfilova, as a result of provocations, by the end of the second day of voting, 214 ballots were spoiled. “We are working closely with law enforcement agencies on this matter, measures are being taken immediately,” said the head of the Central Election Commission, adding that all detainees will not escape responsibility, including criminal responsibility.
In Moscow, according to According to the head of the Public Headquarters for Observing Elections, Vadim Kovalev, most of the attacks on the online voting system came from the USA and Great Britain. But there were no disruptions in the conduct of elections in the capital. As Olga Kirillova, Chairman of the Moscow City Election Commission, reported on Saturday evening, 4,286,496 people took part in voting in the Russian presidential elections in Moscow using electronic and paper ballots (of which 3,188,462 were in the DEG, 1,098,034 were using paper ballots). This is unprecedented activity for Muscovites.
Voting stations will be open from 8:00 to 20:00. But preliminary results will begin to appear after 21:00, when voting ends in the Kaliningrad region.
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