Second day of the presidential elections. Main

In Russia, presidential elections are taking place from March 15 to 17. The CEC registered four candidates: Nikolai Kharitonov (KPRF), Leonid Slutsky (LDPR), Vladislav Davankov (New People) and Vladimir Putin (self-nominated). For the first time, presidential elections last three days, and for the first time, remote electronic voting (DEV) is used. The main thing about the second day of voting is in the Kommersant collection.

• The turnout in the presidential elections in the country as a whole was 38.35% as of 10:00.
• More than 3.1 million people have already voted in Moscow in the Russian presidential elections, of which almost 2.5 million used remote electronic voting (DEV).
• 62 thousand 791 voters in 41 countries voted abroad early in the Russian presidential elections.
• Voting in presidential elections in Russia and abroad is proceeding as usual, the Central Election Commission reported.
• The Ombudsman’s monitoring group currently does not record violations in the elections, said Tatyana Moskalkova.
• A bill to toughen penalties for attempting to disrupt elections, including by arson, will be prepared as soon as possible so that it can be considered and adopted before the next elections, deputy Yana Lantratova told RIA Novosti.
• At the election commission of the Nizhny Novgorod region refuted a video spread by Ukrainian telegram channels about stuffing at one of the sites. In the video taken through the window, employees were loading ballots into the KOIBs. IN Yekaterinburg a man tried to pour paint on a ballot box.

How was the first day of the presidential elections in the Russian Federation – in the material of Kommersant “Russia has become vocal”.