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Local Elections in Russia Held in Line With Law Despite Western Provocations - Parl't

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Votes counted at Russian presidential elections - Sputnik International, 1920, 08.09.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Despite the attempts of the West to interfere in local elections in Russia, the campaign was held in accordance with Russian legislation, the Russian lower house's commission on investigation of foreign interference said on Sunday.
"Provocation campaigns in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as in other subjects of Russia, failed, and their participants switched to criticizing the election process and the electronic voting system, and there were calls to boycott the elections. But as we see, these provocations also did not reach any success. The elections were held in full compliance with Russian legislation," commission head Vasily Piskarev said in a statement, published on the committee's Telegram.
At the beginning of the election campaign, several extremist and undesirable organizations from the US and Germany organized a collection of signatures in support of more than 60 candidates favorable for them, the lawmaker said.
There was a relevant agitating website created specially in support of particular candidates in the elections, the official said, adding that the website included illegal materials and was later blocked with the assistance of the Prosecutor's General office.
A view shows a ballot box filled with ballot papers at a polling station during the presidential election in Moscow, Russia. - Sputnik International, 1920, 20.03.2024
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