"At the moment, more than 130,000 observers have been selected by us alongside regional chambers," Tochenov, who is also head of the working group on monitoring the implementation of electoral rights, said.
He noted that the special working group would check all submitted documents, after which the exact number of observers being sent to polling places would become clear.
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The results of the public observation of the election are set to be summed up at the forum of observers, which will be held a week after the election.
Russia's presidential election is scheduled for Sunday, and there are eight candidates running this year: Sergey Baburin from the All-People's Union party, Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudinin, incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin, Civil Initiative party candidate Ksenia Sobchak, Communists of Russia party chairman Maxim Suraykin, Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights Boris Titov, co-founder of the Yabloko party Grigory Yavlinsky, and head of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
