Reactions to the presidential election in Russia / Putin voted online

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, the presidential election in Russia continues, today, Saturday, is the second day of voting, which will continue until Sunday evening.

The first day of voting It was accompanied by the high participation of the Russian people. According to the latest data of the Central Election Commission of Russia, the overall turnout was 36.12% and in some regions, including Donetsk, Kherson and Chukotka, it exceeded 60%.

According to According to this information, Russian citizens are also very active in electronic voting. Overall, by the end of Friday, more than 3.5 million ballots had been cast by 4.76 million participants through the federal remote electronic voting platform. In total, approximately 5 million people plan to cast their ballots using this method.

Putin voted online

According to the press office of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, the candidate for the presidency of Russia and the current head of the government, participated in the voting in the presidential elections of this country last night. Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, also voted online and pointed out that the process was easy. /strong>

The Ministry of Defense of Russia, by publishing videos from military polling stations, reminded that the military personnel of the armed forces continue to actively vote in the Russian presidential elections. . According to this information, family members of military forces also participate in voting in voting centers in areas where military units are stationed.

America closely The election process in Russia will be monitored

John Kirby, the coordinator of strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, announced to reporters that the United States intends closely monitor the process of the Russian presidential election. “We’ll be watching [the Russian election] very closely and we’ll see what the outcome is and we’ll see what happens over the weekend,” he said.

Russian Ambassador: Unfriendly countries cannot influence the elections >

Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador in Washington, announced this morning, Saturday, that unfriendly countries cannot interfere in the process of holding presidential elections in Russia and abroad. .

He said: The efforts of the enemies cannot interfere in the presidential elections of Russia, which are being successfully and actively held throughout the country as well as abroad.”

The ambassador noted that on Sunday, March 17, Russian diplomats in Washington, New York and Houston will not only vote themselves, but will do everything possible to Russian citizens can go to the voting centers in a calm atmosphere.

This diplomat also talked about hacker attacks on the resources intended for remote electronic voting. did The ambassador said: “We have noticed an increase in hacker attacks on remote electronic voting resources, and it is clear that these actions cannot be carried out without the help of Western countries.”

He said last night at the meeting of the Security Council: “I am concerned about the completely unreasonable efforts It is a shame that this meeting is being done to interfere in the internal affairs of our country, so I will not comment. The words of these people speak for themselves.”

Several Western diplomats said at the Security Council meeting that the elections in the Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine are “fake” and unacceptable. . Poliansky added: “Elections in Russia, including in new regions, will be held regardless of whether someone likes it or not, and voting will be done in full accordance with the Constitution.”

Zakharova’s reaction to the European Council president’s premature summary of the election results

Maria Zakharova, spokesperson of the Ministry of Affairs Last night, the Russian foreign ministry reacted to the “premature congratulations” of Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, who congratulated Vladimir Putin on the victory of the Russian presidential election and considered the result of such an election to be completely predictable.

Zakharova recalled: “On Friday, the head of the European Council congratulated Putin on the predictability of the election results.” Ordinary people wait until the election is over and then comment on the results. But these are ordinary people, not current European officials and NATO members. The European authorities want to pretend that they are very knowledgeable and show off their accurate forecasting, but they are unable to recognize the unity of the Russian people,” Zakharova added. In 2016, Europeans also decided to rush to congratulate Hillary Clinton before the end of the US presidential election, but in the end Donald Trump won.

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