Russian President Vladimir Putin voted online in the Moscow mayoral elections TASS.
According to the president, electronic voting in Russia is becoming more popular every year.
Earlier, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov reported that the choice of this format was due to Putin’s busy schedule.
Elections in Moscow will be held between 8 and 10 September. They elect deputies as well as mayors in 13 municipalities of the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky administrative districts.
On September 8, elections at various levels began in Russia. This year, more than 4,000 election campaigns will be held across 85 topics with the participation of more than 81,000 candidates across the country. In particular, the elections will be held in Moscow, the Moscow region and for the first time in the new regions of Russia. Voting in most constituent units will take place in a three-day format and will end on Single Voting Day, September 10.
Ella Pamfilova, formerly head of the Central Election Commission statedIt was stated that the highest turnout on the first day of voting in the by-elections of State Duma deputies was seen in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.
Putin before she made a joke About the “Supreme government of Russia”.