Almost 250 thousand Russians voted abroad in the presidential elections – Kommersant
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At foreign polling stations, 249 thousand Russians voted in the presidential elections, taking into account early and three-day voting, said Yevgeny Ivanov, chairman of the Foreign Ministry’s election commission, State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister.
“As of 18:00, taking into account early and three-day voting – these are Cyprus, Thailand, South Ossetia – the total number of voters has already amounted to 249,806 people,” the deputy minister said at a briefing.
According to a Foreign Ministry representative, “anti-Russian forces” abroad made “pathetic, unscrupulous attempts to present the fact of the manifestation of civil responsibility of Russian citizens in the form of some kind of protest activity.” He also stated that “all provocations were stopped.” “People came precisely to vote, and not to participate in mythical anti-Russian actions,” he added.
Today, March 17, in Chisinau a man quit two Molotov cocktails into the courtyard of the Russian embassy, where the polling station for voting in the presidential elections was located. No harm done.
How is the third day of voting in the presidential election going? material “Ъ”.
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