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On Sunday, the third day of voting for the presidential elections began in Russia. According to the results of the first two days, the turnout in person approached 59%, while the turnout by remote voting reached 90%.

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LIVE UPDATES: Day Three of Russian Presidential Election

06:35 GMT 17.03.2024 (Updated: 04:43 GMT 21.03.2024)

On March 15-17, Russia holds presidential elections, the eighth in the country's modern history. The President of the Russian Federation is elected for a six-year term by the citizens of Russia on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot.

On Sunday, the third day of voting for the presidential elections began in Russia. According to the results of the first two days, the turnout in person approached 59%, while the turnout by remote voting reached 90%.

The list of candidates running for the nation's highest office include Vladimir Putin (independent), Leonid Slutsky (LDPR), Nikolai Kharitonov (CPRF), and Vladislav Davankov (New People party).

According to the Central Election Commission, the number of Russian voters at the beginning of the year was 112,309,000 people. These data are presented for the first time, taking into account the residents of four new constituent entities of Russia: the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. The number of voters outside the country is 1.89 million, including 11,924 people in the city of Baikonur.

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17:45 GMT 17.03.2024

Russia Does Not Care If Washington Endorses Results of Presidential Election

Russia does not care whether Washington recognizes the results of the Russian presidential election, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on Sunday.

"It’s up to Washington to decide whether they will endorse the results of this election," Antonov said in an interview with RT.

He added that it was up to the US to decide whether or not to recognize the results.

"It was said even before the voting procedure that they will not recognize the results of votes in Donetsk, Luhansk, Crimea irrespective of Sevastopol, but it’s up to them. We don’t care," Antonov said.

17:32 GMT 17.03.2024

Russian Presidential Election Sees 73.33% Voter Turnout Nationwide

The voter turnout in the Russian presidential election across the country as of 20:25 Moscow time stands at 73.33%, according to data provided on the website of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.

17:05 GMT 17.03.2024

Regional Polling Stations in Moscow Time Zones Wrap Up Operations

16:30 GMT 17.03.2024

Russians Line Up in Long Queues Near Embassies Abroad to Vote in Presidential Election

Hundreds of Russian citizens in various cities across the globe, including Athens, Paris, Berlin, Budapest, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Tokyo, Almaty, Warsaw, Yerevan and The Hague, queued up in front of Russian embassies and consulate generals on Sunday to cast their votes in the presidential election.

The queue in front of a polling station in the consular department of the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv has reached 3,280 feet in length and continues to grow, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The police are on duty at the site. The voting is taking place without any provocations.

In Istanbul, at least 350 Russian citizens are standing in the queue, which stretched for 1,640 feet, Russian Consul General in Istanbul Andrey Buravov said. People are waiting in line for at least an hour. As of 11:00 GMT, 890 Russians voted in the election at the consular department in Istanbul, Buravov said, adding that a total of about 2,000 people had applied for the voting.

In addition, hundreds of Russian citizens in Armenia's Yerevan and thousands in the Kazakh city of Almaty are also waiting for their turn to cast the votes.

Moreover, over 80 Russian nationals queued up at the polling station in Tokyo this morning, where the voting has already been completed.

Dozens of Russians have also queued up in front of various polling stations across Greece, 400 people have lined up in Warsaw and over 1,000 have gathered in The Hague. As of 09:00 GMT, more than 200 people voted in the Russian Embassy in Brussels, and about 500 Russians voted in the United Kingdom in four hours. Over 1,200 Russians also voted in Paris as of 13:00 GMT, the Russian embassy said.

Russian nationals have also been actively voting in Lithuania, Egypt, Argentina, Thailand, Belgium, and other countries, the Russian diplomatic missions said.

16:25 GMT 17.03.2024

US Directly Set the Task of Limiting Participation of Russian in Election of Russian President - Foreign Ministry

Washington had an explicit goal to limit the participation of Russians in the Russian presidential election in the United States, and its efforts were in line with the actions of negative-minded migrants, Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large Gennady Askaldovich said on Sunday.

"First and foremost, it was the US that actively sought to limit the participation in the election of Russian citizens living on the territory of that country," Askaldovich said during a briefing on foreign interference in the Russian presidential campaign.

Washington is trying to question the integrity of the electoral process, the ambassador added.

15:21 GMT 17.03.2024

Final Voter Turnout in Kherson and Lugansk Above 80%

The final voter turnout in the Lugansk People's Republic for the Russian presidential election reached 87.12%, while in the Kherson region it amounted to 83.87%

14:28 GMT 17.03.2024

Russian Ambassador to Spain Notes Unprecedented Presidential Election Turnout

Unprecedented voter turnout is being observed at polling stations in Spain, where about 1,000 Russian citizens cast their ballots in the presidential election in less than five hours, Russian Ambassador to Spain Yuri Klimenko told RIA Novosti on Sunday.

"The voting process in the Russian presidential election is very active. In less than five hours, about 1,000 Russian citizens living in Spain exercised their constitutional right [to vote]," Klimenko said, noting the "unprecedented turnout" at the polling station in Madrid.

Citizens began gathering at the Russian embassy's building on Velazquez street even before the polling stations opened. By noon, the queue stretched for several tens of meters. Many people came to the polling station with their families.

In Spain, voting is taking place on March 17 at two polling stations in Madrid and Barcelona, despite the fact that in 2018 there were five polling stations. At that time, less than 5,000 people participated in the voting.

14:27 GMT 17.03.2024

Votes Counting Starts in Lugansk People's Republic

14:27 GMT 17.03.2024

Attempts to Hinder Abroad Voting in Russian Presidential Election Fail - Russian Lawmaker

All attempts by "unfriendly" countries to interfere with the voting in Russia's presidential election abroad have failed, Russian lawmaker Andrey Klimov said on Sunday.

"Attempts by unfriendly states to complicate voting in the Russian presidential election abroad have failed," Klimov said in a statement published by the ruling United Russia party on Telegram.

The Russian Foreign Ministry is doing everything possible to ensure that the legal rights of Russian people are observed, the lawmaker added.

"The voting is underway in the global majority countries right now. And it is going well. The activity is high. And Russian citizens, who have such an opportunity, are already making their choice, even in places where various difficulties have been created," Klimov added.

14:15 GMT 17.03.2024

Citizens of Russia Vote in Beirut, Lebanon

13:40 GMT 17.03.2024

How Presidential Election Going on on the Frontline

13:31 GMT 17.03.2024

Russian Citizens Form Long Queue in Sydney

13:29 GMT 17.03.2024

Botswana Observer's Insight: Observing Elections in Kherson

13:13 GMT 17.03.2024

People Gather in Line in Paris to Take Part in Russian Presidential Election

13:11 GMT 17.03.2024

Voter Turnout in Russian Presidential Election

Voter turnout in the Russian presidential election is 70.01% as of 16.03 Moscow time, according to data from the Central Election Commission.

13:10 GMT 17.03.2024

Russians Wishing to Vote in Presidential Election Face Document Checks in Riga - Embassy

Latvian authorities are checking documents of all Russians who came to the polling station at the Russian Embassy in Riga on Sunday to vote in the presidential election, the Russian embassy said.

"Local authorities are conducting an all-out document check of Russian citizens who have come to vote in the Russian presidential election," the embassy said on Telegram.

The streets adjacent to the Russian embassy have been cordoned off by Latvian law enforcement officers, the statement read.

The Latvian authorities are also confiscating identity documents from Russian voters, the embassy added.

"Russians with expired residence permits are asked to come to the migration service to receive a precept to leave [the country]," the embassy said.

13:05 GMT 17.03.2024

Russian Residing in Greece Queueing to Cast Their Votes in Presidential Election

13:04 GMT 17.03.2024

Over 125,000 Russians Vote in Presidential Election Abroad on Sunday - Foreign Ministry

Over 125,000 Russian citizens have cast their ballots in the presidential election in 111 countries as of 10 a.m. Moscow time (07:00 GMT) on Sunday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

"As of 10:00 Moscow time on March 17, 2024: 125,428 people voted abroad at 230 polling stations in 111 countries," Zakharova said on Telegram.

Given the time difference, a number of sites will only open today, the spokeswoman said, adding that "even this data is a response to all those who have tried to spread misinformation or distort the voting process."

12:37 GMT 17.03.2024

Voting to Elect Next Russian President Kicks Off in US

Polling stations in the United States on Sunday opened their doors to Russian citizens wishing to cast a vote in the presidential election, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

This time, Russian citizens in the United States can vote only at the diplomatic missions' buildings in Washington DC, New York and Houston. The polling stations in Washington DC and New York opened at 8 a.m. local time (12:00 GMT), with enhanced security presence near the Russian embassy in the US capital city.

Half an hour before the doors opened to voters, several Russians approached the gates, asking when they could come in.

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov welcomed visitors at the polling station in Washington DC. He was among the first ones to cast the vote, the correspondent reported.

The situation near the Russian embassy is currently peaceful. The medical personnel is present on the site.

Voters are treated to tea, coffee and sweets. Moreover, the embassy has for the first time prepared gifts, including books and candies, for voters and veterans.

Children coming with their parents to the polling station are gifted books bought by Russian diplomats. There is also a special area for children where they can draw and play, while parents cast their votes, the correspondent said.

A double voting prevention system is in place to prevent people from repeated voting.

10:52 GMT 17.03.2024

How Voting Takes Place Abroad