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[00:01:11] Well, we welcome everyone who has joined us, it's 8:00 PM
[00:01:15] in Moscow, which means that right now on the Russia-24 channel
[00:01:19] a special live broadcast is starting, tonight
[00:01:22] we will be with you all evening, as well as our correspondents and
[00:01:26] guests of the broadcast live following the elections.
[00:01:35] at this moment, polling stations are closing in Moscow and in other regions
[00:01:38] of central Russia. In an hour, polling stations will close in
[00:01:42] the Kaliningrad region, our westernmost region, and we will be able to talk
[00:01:46] not only about voter turnout, but also about the distribution of votes. Well,
[00:01:50] this is probably the most important thing, this is what interests all of us the most. Let us remind you
[00:01:54] that for all 3 days, from Friday to today, elections of various
[00:01:57] levels are taking place in Russia. Throughout the country, deputies are being elected.
[00:02:10] these are Mordovia, Tuva, Chechen Republic, Belgorod,
[00:02:13] Bryansk, Penza, Tver and Ulyanovsk
[00:02:16] regions, as well as Karachay- Cherkessia and North Ossetia, where
[00:02:20] the heads were elected by deputies of regional parliaments and Dagestan, where the heads
[00:02:23] of the Republic will soon be chosen by the People's Assembly, which, as it happened, in turn
[00:02:27] will be formed based on the results of the current elections. Well,
[00:02:31] right now, let's find out how Russian citizens are voting,
[00:02:34] particularly abroad, voting is also taking place there.
[00:02:37] On a direct line, with our special broadcast is
[00:02:41] the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova. Maria
[00:02:44] Vladimirovna, hello, we welcome you, thank you for joining
[00:02:47] us. Yes, good evening. Well,
[00:02:51] I say good evening Moscow time. I say
[00:02:54] this clarification not by chance, because indeed,
[00:02:58] all over the world, Russian citizens are voting,
[00:03:02] those who study there, those who work there, those
[00:03:05] who are there with their families. Let me remind you, in
[00:03:09] 152 countries of the world, at Russian embassies and consulates general,
[00:03:13] 326 polling stations were established,
[00:03:16] plus seven more polling stations were formed at
[00:03:19] Baikonur, which is located directly in
[00:03:22] Venice. So, as of 7:00 PM
[00:03:25] Moscow time, today,
[00:03:28] September 20.
[00:04:00] the global election relay at foreign polling stations
[00:04:04] on September 20 is almost a thirty-hour
[00:04:07] range from the opening of the first foreign polling station in New
[00:04:11] Zealand, which took place at
[00:04:13] 11:00 PM Moscow time on September 19, and
[00:04:17] until 5 AM on September
[00:04:20] 21 Moscow time, when the last
[00:04:23] foreign polling stations will close in Guatemala, Nicaragua
[00:04:27] and Costa Rica. I want to.
[00:04:39] Yemen, Niger, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, South Sudan
[00:04:43] and the Republic of Maldives, that is, the geography has expanded. Maria Vladimirovna,
[00:04:47] what is the latest information on voter turnout that you have? Can we make any
[00:04:50] conclusions now? Well,
[00:04:53] first of all, I can say that among the most active
[00:04:57] polling stations, we have Yerevan, Belgrade, Cyprus,
[00:05:00] Chisinau, Pyongyang, Phuket and Kazakhstan as leaders.
[00:05:04] and the turnout is extremely
[00:05:07] high, and it, of course, exceeds
[00:05:11] the dynamics of previous elections, which we talked about and prepared for, that is,
[00:05:15] there was no such thing that there were not enough ballots, the count
[00:05:18] was not done correctly, everything was done correctly, all
[00:05:22] citizens who wanted and want, because the elections are still
[00:05:25] ongoing abroad, will have such an opportunity.
[00:05:28] Tell me, did the closing of Russian consulates in a number of
[00:05:32] Western states affect the turnout, according to your feelings, or is this not
[00:05:36] an obstacle for our citizens? This affected it from the point
[00:05:39] of view of.
[00:06:12] it was clearly stated that the consulate would close just
[00:06:15] before the start
[00:06:18] of voting, so the work was immediately
[00:06:21] redirected to Berlin, where the voting
[00:06:24] took place. So it was indeed
[00:06:28] more difficult, but all our foreign offices,
[00:06:31] despite any machinations, with this work, I cannot now say
[00:06:35] in the past tense that the work is still going on, but you see
[00:06:39] they are coping online. Maria Vladimirovna, what is known about the provocation?
[00:07:12] polling stations remained one, but the number of people who want
[00:07:16] to vote has not decreased, indeed,
[00:07:19] voting is very active, and
[00:07:22] I cannot say anything about the turnout in these countries with statistics
[00:07:26] in hand, for only one reason, voting is either
[00:07:29] still ongoing in Germany, it is
[00:07:32] 7:00 PM now, or it has just finished,
[00:07:35] so all the data will be
[00:07:38] available a little later. As for
[00:07:40] other forms, I would say
[00:07:42] in person abroad, because it was initially clear
[00:08:00] that websites would be blocked
[00:08:03] by Westerners, even information is sometimes difficult
[00:08:06] to obtain, so in-person voting
[00:08:10] is taking place, well, and of course, a monster.
[00:09:12] for her to be able to vote, and she was born, by the way, in
[00:09:15] 1923, she is now 102 years old,
[00:09:19] in Zagreb, Croatia,
[00:09:22] resident of besieged Leningrad Luiza Mikhailovna
[00:09:25] Rachar, came to the polling station herself, it
[00:09:29] was more convenient for her, she wanted to, and
[00:09:32] so they are voting very actively, everyone is
[00:09:35] voting, you probably see our
[00:09:38] broadcasts on social networks, those who are
[00:09:42] there are also voting, in Yerevan, for example, the singer
[00:09:45] Zara, who is there with concerts, voted. Here in
[00:09:49] Bulgaria, in Sofia, our boxing team voted,
[00:09:53] because the athletes are participating in the European Championship, which is taking place in
[00:09:56] Sofia from September 17 to 25,
[00:09:59] and I will quote the head coach of the Russian men's boxing team,
[00:10:03] Fruchudinov: "We came," he said, "to vote
[00:10:07] with the entire team in full force and are very glad that we have such
[00:10:11] an opportunity to fulfill our duty to."
[00:10:20] Thank you very much, thank you very much for these truly very
[00:10:24] indicative examples. Let us remind you that Maria Zakharova, the official
[00:10:27] representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was on a direct line with us, well,
[00:10:31] and it can even be extrapolated to our country, because we are all one big team
[00:10:35] that is participating today in a big, important political
[00:10:38] event in our country. Well, now we will interrupt for a short while, all
[00:10:41] relevant information about the course of voting from
[00:10:44] the Central Election Commission. Immediately after a short break, we are waiting for a live
[00:10:48] broadcast from our colleague Daria Kozlova. This is a special broadcast on
[00:10:51] Russia 24 channel. Stay. Stay with us.
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