٠٠:٠٢:٣٢Residents of frontline areas in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) voted on the first day of Russia's presidential election, Friday.
Footage shows Special Purpose Precinct electoral commission (PEC) members visiting voters in the village of Spartak in the Yasinovatsky district.
"Emotions? I don’t know, they are just super," said one of the residents, adding: "We have been waiting for a long time, all our lives, you could say, waiting, as soon as the USSR collapsed, we immediately started waiting."
PEC officer Danil noted that the election commission members did not expect 'such a great reaction' from the residents.
"People receive us with warm embraces, almost everyone is ready to vote, thus, showing their love and patriotism for their homeland," he added.
On Friday, DPR’s Head Denis Pushilin announced the start of work on a PEC for residents of Avdeevka and other frontline areas.
According to the regional Central Election Commission, voter turnout for the election on March 10-15 was 69.28 per cent at the time of publication.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days on March 15-17, with early voting between February 25 and March 14.
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.
On September 30, 2022, President Vladimir Putin agreed to sign documents allowing the accession of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), as well as the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, to the Russian Federation.
According to Moscow, it followed referenda in which people living in those areas exercised their right to self-determination and requested to join Russia.
Ukraine and its international allies condemned the move, calling it an annexation of Kiev’s sovereign territory.
'We’ve been waiting for a long time' - Residents of DPR’s frontline areas vote in Russian presidential election
Residents of frontline areas in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) voted on the first day of Russia's presidential election, Friday.
Footage shows Special Purpose Precinct electoral commission (PEC) members visiting voters in the village of Spartak in the Yasinovatsky district.
"Emotions? I don’t know, they are just super," said one of the residents, adding: "We have been waiting for a long time, all our lives, you could say, waiting, as soon as the USSR collapsed, we immediately started waiting."
PEC officer Danil noted that the election commission members did not expect 'such a great reaction' from the residents.
"People receive us with warm embraces, almost everyone is ready to vote, thus, showing their love and patriotism for their homeland," he added.
On Friday, DPR’s Head Denis Pushilin announced the start of work on a PEC for residents of Avdeevka and other frontline areas.
According to the regional Central Election Commission, voter turnout for the election on March 10-15 was 69.28 per cent at the time of publication.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days on March 15-17, with early voting between February 25 and March 14.
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.
On September 30, 2022, President Vladimir Putin agreed to sign documents allowing the accession of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), as well as the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, to the Russian Federation.
According to Moscow, it followed referenda in which people living in those areas exercised their right to self-determination and requested to join Russia.
Ukraine and its international allies condemned the move, calling it an annexation of Kiev’s sovereign territory.
Residents of frontline areas in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) voted on the first day of Russia's presidential election, Friday.
Footage shows Special Purpose Precinct electoral commission (PEC) members visiting voters in the village of Spartak in the Yasinovatsky district.
"Emotions? I don’t know, they are just super," said one of the residents, adding: "We have been waiting for a long time, all our lives, you could say, waiting, as soon as the USSR collapsed, we immediately started waiting."
PEC officer Danil noted that the election commission members did not expect 'such a great reaction' from the residents.
"People receive us with warm embraces, almost everyone is ready to vote, thus, showing their love and patriotism for their homeland," he added.
On Friday, DPR’s Head Denis Pushilin announced the start of work on a PEC for residents of Avdeevka and other frontline areas.
According to the regional Central Election Commission, voter turnout for the election on March 10-15 was 69.28 per cent at the time of publication.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days on March 15-17, with early voting between February 25 and March 14.
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.
On September 30, 2022, President Vladimir Putin agreed to sign documents allowing the accession of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), as well as the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, to the Russian Federation.
According to Moscow, it followed referenda in which people living in those areas exercised their right to self-determination and requested to join Russia.
Ukraine and its international allies condemned the move, calling it an annexation of Kiev’s sovereign territory.