Russia celebrates the second day of presidential elections

Russia This Saturday marks the second day of the presidential elections, in which almost a third of the 112 million Russians called to the polls took part on Friday.

According to Central Election Commission (CEC), more than 30% of Russians exercised their right to vote the day before, in addition to the 2.6 million who voted in advance due to the war in Ukraine.

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On Friday, several people were arrested for spraying paint, ink and antiseptic on ballot boxes, or throwing Molotov cocktails against electoral colleges.

Furthermore, the Russian president, Vladimir Putinaccused yesterday Ukraine of trying to torpedo his re-election with attacks and border incursions.

“To torpedo the elections, scare the people, in several border regions with Ukraine the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev has planned and intends to carry out demonstrative military actions (…) These enemy attacks cannot continue and they will not go unpunished”stated when presiding over a meeting of the Russian Security Council via videoconference, which was attended by the Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu.

At least two Russian civilians died in the 15-missile attack vampire against Belgorod; after Moscow in turn attacked a residential area in the Ukrainian city of Odessa with a balance of 14 dead and 46 injured.

put on71 years old, voted the day before in his office in an attempt to promote electronic voting, considered fraudulent by the opposition.

According to official polls, Putin has a voting intention of over 80%, so he could achieve his electoral victory loosest since coming to power in 2000.

The representative of the Novo Povo party, Vladislav Davankovand the communist Nikolai Kharitonov They have 6% support among those surveyed. Meanwhile, the ultranationalist Leonid Slutski support is around 5%.

Part of the opposition to the Kremlin decided to support Davankovwhose position on the war is ambiguous, while others called for going to schools at 12 noon on Sunday in the action known as ‘Noon without Putin‘, whose participants were threatened with criminal prosecution by the Russian prosecutor’s office.

Around 4.5 million voters can vote in areas occupied by the Russian army in the four Ukrainian regions annexed by Moscow (Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson It is Zaporizhzhya).

Following the death in prison of the leader of the Russian opposition, Alexey Navalnyhis supporters – who hold Putin directly responsible – called on the West not to recognize the election results.

Source: Elcomercio

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