The participation rate in the presidential elections held in the Russian Federation as of 13.32 was 40.05 percent. writes about this TASS.
It was clarified that these data do not take into account participation on the remote electronic voting system platform.
Before this, voter participation on the DEG platform until 11:00 Moscow time amount 82%.
On March 15, voting in the presidential elections in Russia began, including remotely. They will last until March 17.
For the first time since 2008, four candidates will compete for the presidency: Vladislav Davankov (New People’s Party), Vladimir Putin (nominating his own candidate), Leonid Slutsky (LDPR) and Nikolai Kharitonov (Communist Party of the Russian Federation).
If current Russian President Putin wins the upcoming elections, it will be his fifth presidential term. About how the presidential election will go on the second day of voting – online publications “Newspapers.Ru”.
Previously Rostelecom reported About cyber attacks on the DEG portal.