60% participation of the Russian people on the second day of the election/increasing cyber attacks on election systems
| At the end of the second day of the Russian presidential election, the public participation exceeded 58%, and at the same time, within 24 hours, more than 90,000 cyber attacks were carried out on election sources in Russia, most of which were from Ukraine, Western Europe and North America. |
According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, today, Sunday, is the third and last day of voting for the presidential elections in Russia. The Central Election Commission of Russia announced last night, Saturday, that after reviewing the results of the second day of voting, the participation of people across the country exceeded 58%.
Thus, more Half of the Russian voters participated in the elections until the end of the second day of voting, no serious violations were detected and the Central Election Commission continues to suppress the provocations.
According to the announcement Central Election Commission, until 23:10 Moscow time, 58.74 percent of eligible voters cast their votes. In addition, in five regions of Russia, this participation exceeded 80%. In the Republic of Dagestan, voter turnout exceeded 65%, and in the Chechen region it reached 90%.
At present, 90% of remote voters They voted in the Russian presidential election, which is a very good indicator. So far, 6.3 million people have voted in the Russian presidential election through the federal remote electronic voting platform (DEG), which is 90% of all participants.
In total, the total number of online voters in this election is more than 7 million people.
In addition, the Central Election Commission of Russia announced that, approximately 4.3 Millions of people voted in the first two days of the election in Moscow, most of them electronically. On Sunday, the last day of voting, more people in the capital are expected to be at the polling stations.
More than 90 thousand cyber attacks on systems Elections in Russia
The company “Rostelecom” (Rostelecom) of Russia, which is responsible for providing security and preventing cyber attacks in Russia, reported on Saturday In the first 24 hours alone, more than 90,000 cyber attacks were carried out on election resources, and all these attacks were defended. In addition, this amount is eight times more than the figure that was recorded in 2023 on one voting day. According to this information, most of these attacks came from the territory of Ukraine. , registered from IP addresses in Western Europe and North America. The company reminded that cyber intrusions were carried out by highly professional groups.
Moscow’s election monitoring headquarters also confirmed that most of the servers from which the capital’s election resources were attacked. They are located in the United States of America and Great Britain. On Saturday, the “United Russia” party also announced cyber attacks on all its electronic resources.
Report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia on the performance of foreign voting centers in the presidential elections
This morning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia explained about the performance of foreign voting branches during the presidential elections of this country and reminded that despite some malfunctions, all branches are considered to be located in the building of Russian embassies and consulates in the countries of the world. is intended for obtaining votes of Russian citizens living abroad and they are working carefully in this field.
Zakharova: America preparing news Fake about the Russian elections
Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, reminded last night that the United States already and during the voting in The Russian presidential election has produced a lot of fake news that has specific political content, lying about candidates, about political parties. and personalities and has taken many measures to intimidate people and weaken the voting process.
Attempt to disrupt the presidential election process in Russia
In Maria Zakharova’s opinion, the armed forces of Ukraine have intensified their attacks on the Belgorod region in order to intimidate the people and disrupt the presidential election process in Russia. In addition, he emphasized that diplomats from unfriendly countries started insulting Russian citizens on voting days and did everything to prevent them from voting.
This diplomat also pointed to the attempt of Western enemies to disrupt the elections in Russia and emphasized: But Russian citizens have united with each other more than ever during the voting process, and this has caused anger, hatred and extreme aggression from Western countries.
Furthermore, election observers from the United States and South Africa emphasized that in the West the media portrays an unrealistic state of affairs in Russia and that what they say contradicts what they see. .
Presidential elections in Russia will be held for the first time in three days (March 15, 16 and 17) and four candidates will compete for this post: Leonid Slutsky (the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party), Nikolai Kharitonov (from the Communist Party), Vladislav Davankov (the candidate of the New People’s Party) and Vladimir Putin, who nominated himself and is not affiliated with any party, although the ruling party “United Russia” strongly supports him.
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