TASS Russian news agency❕Voter turnout in the State Duma election exceeded the 2021 level and reached 52.62%, according to TASS calculations.
Voter turnout on the federal digital electronic voting platform has reached 90% of registered participants, according to the official voting portal.
As of 05:35 p.m. Moscow time, 3,617,324 Russian citizens had cast their ballots online. More than 4 million people in total submitted applications to vote via the federal digital platform.
TASS Russian news agency❗️Key takeaways from statements by Chairwoman of Russia’s Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova at a briefing at the commission’s information center: ▪️More than 45% of voters nationwide have cast their ballots in the election ▪️More than 6 million…
❕More statements by Chairwoman of Russia’s Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova at a briefing at the commission’s information center:
▪️The elections are proceeding smoothly, in an orderly and fair manner
▪️One can already state that the elections are fully compliant with the law
▪️No cyberattacks on the election process have succeeded since September 18, despite an intense level of attempted interference
▪️Attackers targeted the elections using massive DDoS attacks
▪️Attacks on the digital electronic voting system originated primarily from abroad, including from Ukraine and the UK
▪️There was an incident when an observer monitoring Moscow’s DEG system deliberately introduced a virus into the network
▪️Over 100 mln potentially harmful attacks on election resources have been successfully blocked
▪️Russian citizens are demonstrating a high level of consolidation during the current vote, despite external pressure
▪️On the first day of voting, only 23 reports were received nationwide regarding obstacles to observers' rights
▪️On September 20, only three complaints were filed concerning difficulties faced by observers
▪️All complaints submitted to the Central Election Commission are reviewed instantly
▪️Confirmed violations account for less than one-hundredth of a percent across 91,000 polling stations
▪️Reports of mass barred observers spread by "certain parties" are outright fakes
▪️Detractors from unfriendly countries are whipping up hysteria around the Russian elections
▪️Western leaders, given their own low public approval ratings, have no right to lecture Russia on democracy and elections
▪️Around 40 international observers from Europe and the US have arrived to monitor the vote
▶️ Eight police officers were injured in clashes in France and five people were detained, BFMTV reported.
On the evening of Saturday, police arrived following complaints about noisy motorcycle rides. After one of the riders refused to comply with police demands, a patrol car collided with a motorcycle. The situation in the area escalated after the crash.
US President Donald Trump has approved plans to convert a triumphal arch planned for construction in Washington into an advanced military complex.
“I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch <...> into a top-grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch <...> to house, store and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, <...>, have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage,” he wrote on his Truth Social page. Trump stressed that he made the decision “at the strong request of the United States Military, and for National Security purposes.”
📷 TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov called Moscow the “center of a common home” for members of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) as he opened the 58th meeting of its Executive Committee.
▶️ The only polling station in Germany, located at the Russian Embassy in Berlin, had a line of voters already formed half an hour before it opened, a TASS correspondent reported.
TASS Russian news agencyChairwoman of Russia’s Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova said that voting in “unfriendly countries” is proving very difficult. She added that the term “unfriendly” is too mild to describe countries that obstruct Russians’ exercise of their right…
❗️Key takeaways from statements by Chairwoman of Russia’s Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova at a briefing at the commission’s information center:
▪️More than 45% of voters nationwide have cast their ballots in the election
▪️More than 6 million Russians have voted electronically in 33 regions
▪️Every vote cast by Russians at polling stations in border areas is important
▪️More than 2.8 million Moscow residents have voted through the remote electronic voting system
▪️A member of an election commission was injured in today’s massive drone attack in the Moscow Region, but she still went to the polling station
▪️Pamfilova called Ukrainian troops “disgusting Bandera freaks” while commenting on the death of an election commission member in the Kherson Region
▪️A person deliberately set fire to a polling station in the Republic of Komi after voting had ended. Police detained the person, quickly extinguished the fire, and voting is continuing at the polling station.
