05:10Russian citizens braved high temperatures to queue outside the Russian Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Russian Consulate General in Dubai, to vote on Sunday on the final day of the Russian presidential election.
Footage shows hundreds of voters out in the 30-degree heat with water bottles, sunglasses, and hats, making long lines outside the polling stations. They are seen entering, registering and casting their ballots. Signs and banners with information about the Russian presidential election were also seen.
"Excellent organisation! People who stand on the street in such heat getting clean water almost every minute, umbrellas [are brought to them]," one voter said. "The [voters] with children are let up front, so that the women would not worry about the kids, everything is fine."
Another voter stated that although he was overseas, voting was his 'civic duty'. "I am always participating in elections, I consider it a manifestation of love for my homeland, patriotism. So, I think everybody must come to elections regardless of the location," he said.
"I expect peace, I expect well-being in our country, including for our children, our family will become larger soon. [I expect] life to be good, prosperity," shared another.
Timur Zabirov, Russian Ambassador to the UAE, said that in two hours, 120 people, or 14 per cent of the total number of the consular district's registered voters, came to the polling station.
"Many Russian citizens came to the embassy literally in the first hours our polling station opened, and even before it opened its doors to voters," the diplomat declared.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days on March 15-17, with early voting between February 25 and March 14. Russian citizens in Dubai and Abu Dhabi can vote from 8 am to 8 pm GST (4 am to 4 pm GMT) on March 17.
The four candidates are Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), the Communist Party's Nikolai Kharitonov, Vladislav Davankov of the New People Party, and incumbent President Vladimir Putin, running as an independent candidate.
Russian voters beat 30-degree heat to cast ballots in Dubai, Abu Dhabi on final day of presidential election
Russian citizens braved high temperatures to queue outside the Russian Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Russian Consulate General in Dubai, to vote on Sunday on the final day of the Russian presidential election.
Footage shows hundreds of voters out in the 30-degree heat with water bottles, sunglasses, and hats, making long lines outside the polling stations. They are seen entering, registering and casting their ballots. Signs and banners with information about the Russian presidential election were also seen.
"Excellent organisation! People who stand on the street in such heat getting clean water almost every minute, umbrellas [are brought to them]," one voter said. "The [voters] with children are let up front, so that the women would not worry about the kids, everything is fine."
Another voter stated that although he was overseas, voting was his 'civic duty'. "I am always participating in elections, I consider it a manifestation of love for my homeland, patriotism. So, I think everybody must come to elections regardless of the location," he said.
"I expect peace, I expect well-being in our country, including for our children, our family will become larger soon. [I expect] life to be good, prosperity," shared another.
Timur Zabirov, Russian Ambassador to the UAE, said that in two hours, 120 people, or 14 per cent of the total number of the consular district's registered voters, came to the polling station.
"Many Russian citizens came to the embassy literally in the first hours our polling station opened, and even before it opened its doors to voters," the diplomat declared.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days on March 15-17, with early voting between February 25 and March 14. Russian citizens in Dubai and Abu Dhabi can vote from 8 am to 8 pm GST (4 am to 4 pm GMT) on March 17.
The four candidates are Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), the Communist Party's Nikolai Kharitonov, Vladislav Davankov of the New People Party, and incumbent President Vladimir Putin, running as an independent candidate.
Russian citizens braved high temperatures to queue outside the Russian Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Russian Consulate General in Dubai, to vote on Sunday on the final day of the Russian presidential election.
Footage shows hundreds of voters out in the 30-degree heat with water bottles, sunglasses, and hats, making long lines outside the polling stations. They are seen entering, registering and casting their ballots. Signs and banners with information about the Russian presidential election were also seen.
"Excellent organisation! People who stand on the street in such heat getting clean water almost every minute, umbrellas [are brought to them]," one voter said. "The [voters] with children are let up front, so that the women would not worry about the kids, everything is fine."
Another voter stated that although he was overseas, voting was his 'civic duty'. "I am always participating in elections, I consider it a manifestation of love for my homeland, patriotism. So, I think everybody must come to elections regardless of the location," he said.
"I expect peace, I expect well-being in our country, including for our children, our family will become larger soon. [I expect] life to be good, prosperity," shared another.
Timur Zabirov, Russian Ambassador to the UAE, said that in two hours, 120 people, or 14 per cent of the total number of the consular district's registered voters, came to the polling station.
"Many Russian citizens came to the embassy literally in the first hours our polling station opened, and even before it opened its doors to voters," the diplomat declared.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days on March 15-17, with early voting between February 25 and March 14. Russian citizens in Dubai and Abu Dhabi can vote from 8 am to 8 pm GST (4 am to 4 pm GMT) on March 17.
The four candidates are Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), the Communist Party's Nikolai Kharitonov, Vladislav Davankov of the New People Party, and incumbent President Vladimir Putin, running as an independent candidate.