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High North and Special Op Zone: Early Voting in Russia's 2024 Presidential Elections Underway

16:32 GMT, 13 March 2024
From March 15 to 17, Russian citizens will elect one candidate to the highest office in the land. As the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation has set the national timeframe for balloting, some regions need a head start.
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With the presidential election just around the corner, early voting in some of Russia's most remote and inaccessible areas has already begun.
Early voting is established for those Russian citizens who are unable to visit regular polling stations as they live or work in extreme conditions and at hard-to-reach locations.
The early voting process is held from February 25 to March 14 across the vast Russian lands and seas, including Northern areas, the special military operation zone and aboard ships on the Sea of Okhotsk.
Check out Sputnik's gallery to see some peculiar polling stations all over the vast Russian territories!
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A Yamal resident representing indigenous peoples of the Russian North at a reindeer herding camp (Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region).

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A reindeer-herding camp turned into voting station in Russia's Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region.

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A Yamal resident votes in the presidential election at a reindeer herding camp in the Priuralsky district (Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region).

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Members of a local electoral commission arrive at a herding camp of Aida Erendei at the place called Kat Ishti next to the Mongolian border (Tes-Khemsky district, Republic of Tuva, Russia).

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Head of a herding camp receives her ballot in Kat Ishti in Tuva, near the Mongolian border.

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Precinct election committee members using snowmobiles to return from hard-to-reach areas on the frozen Kaa-Khem river that runs through Russia's Republic of Tuva.

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Women cast their ballots at a herding camp of Chazyr Aidash in Tuva, close to the Mongolian border.

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A Russian soldier votes for the President of the Russian Federation while serving in the special operation zone on the territory of Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

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The crew of Russia's Captain Mokeev refrigerator cargo ship in the Sea of Okhotsk take part in the early voting for the next Russian president.

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Russia's Captain Mokeev refrigerator cargo ship in the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Crew members of the Russia's Captain Mokeev refrigerator cargo ship taking part in the early voting.

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