Voting for the new president has begun in Russia. Voting for the presidential election in Russia began today, Friday morning at 8 am. The election will be held from March 15 to March 17, in which incumbent President Vladimir Putin, who has been in power for the past 24 years, Nikolai Kharitonov of the Russian Communist Party, Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vladislav Davankov of the New People’s Party and an independent candidate will try their luck. taking part for
Most of Vladimir Putin’s opponents are living abroad or in prison. Therefore, it is believed that Vladimir Putin will win the election this time as well. Also, Putin’s biggest opponent, Alexei Navalny, has recently died. Therefore, Putin’s 5th victory is considered certain.
Ella Pamfilova, the head of the Election Commission, said that it is the first time that voting is being held in Russia for three days. People are getting more time to cast their votes for the presidential election, so people are liking it a lot.
More than 94,000 polling stations have been set up for voting in Russia, which will be open for voting from 8 am to 8 pm local time. Voting will officially close on March 17 at 9pm local time.
People have been given the option to cast their vote electronically. Online voting is available in 29 different regions, including Moscow. More than 4.7 million people have applied to vote online.
Today at 8 o’clock in the morning, the first voting began in Kamchatka and Chukotka, located in the Far East. The final voting will take place in Kaliningrad, located in the western part of Russia. The Russian Central Election Commission has released voter statistics, according to which about 110 million voters could exercise their franchise in the election. Regarding the election results, the Election Commission said that the election results will be announced before March 28.
However, early and postal voting has already begun, including in parts of Ukraine. If no candidate gets more than half of the votes, a second round of voting will be held three weeks later.
According to the information received, the presidential election in Russia is considered only a formality, because the election of the current president Putin is almost certain. Elections have been held in Russia amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. If Putin wins the presidential election again, he will remain in power until around 2030.