In Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, taiga residents walked through the forest for two days to vote in the presidential election

Residents of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO-Yugra) Alexey Ledkhov and Lyubov Gruzdeva walked “tens of kilometers through the taiga and waist-deep snow” for two days to get to their polling station in the Beloyarsky district and vote in the Russian presidential elections, reported in the regional government. In the press service explainedthat Alexey Ledkhov and Lyubov Gruzdeva live in the north of Ugra, deep in the forests, far from the mainland and highways.

“They are engaged in traditional crafts for indigenous peoples – hunting, fishing and collecting wild plants. One day, having completed their household chores, representatives of the indigenous peoples of the North headed to the nearest settlement to take part in the elections,” the government reported.

According to the election commission Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, voter turnout in the Russian presidential elections in the region on the third day of voting at 13:00 Moscow time was 80.25%. 906,894 people came to the polling stations to vote. “Voting in Ugra is taking place in a calm manner, in accordance with the norms of election legislation. There were no complaints or appeals to the election commission of the autonomous district,” the election commission assured.

How is the third day of voting in the presidential election going? material “Ъ”.

Vasily Alekseev, Ekaterinburg