03:16Venezuelan citizens in Moscow voted in their country's presidential election at the embassy in the Russian capital on Sunday.
Footage shows men and women entering the governmental building, registering and casting their ballots.
One voter, Calin Sebastian de Elia Yanez, stated that participation in elections was very important.
"Everything is very calm, very simple here at the embassy, the electoral process is taking place. There are very few voters but I have seen that there was a very interesting dynamic, very cool, people came to vote, to exercise their right. It is very important to exercise the right," Yanez said.
Managing director of oil and gas company PDVSA Russia Hoglys Martinez added that the voting process in the embassy had been straight forward.
"Today here in our embassy you will see that voting is very fast, very easy, with the support of the polling station officials, we have not had any problems, voting is very easy, so we invite all Venezuelans who are in Moscow to come here to exercise their right to vote," he said.
Venezuelan ambassador to Russia Jesus Rafael Salazar Velasquez expressed hope that the result of the election would lead to prosperity.
"Today, when Commander Hugo Chavez is turning 70 years old and an electoral process is being carried out in our country and in all our diplomatic representations abroad for the election of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, we have no doubt that the result will be the most satisfactory and the most beautiful so that our country continues to be a free and independent country, relating to the management of its own international policy and its own internal policy," the diplomat said.
President Nicolas Maduro is seeking a third consecutive term in office. Maduro has been in power since 2013, while his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) has governed the country since 2007.
His main challenger is Edmundo Gonzalez, a 74-year-old former diplomat. Opposition frontrunner Maria Corina Machado backed Gonzalez after she was banned from taking part amid corruption allegations which she denies.
Around 17 million people are eligible to vote. Polling stations are open between 6am and 6pm local time, with results expected to be announced on Sunday evening or over the next few days, depending on the turnout and margin of victory.
Voting day - Venezuelan citizens in Moscow go to polls for presidential elections
Venezuelan citizens in Moscow voted in their country's presidential election at the embassy in the Russian capital on Sunday.
Footage shows men and women entering the governmental building, registering and casting their ballots.
One voter, Calin Sebastian de Elia Yanez, stated that participation in elections was very important.
"Everything is very calm, very simple here at the embassy, the electoral process is taking place. There are very few voters but I have seen that there was a very interesting dynamic, very cool, people came to vote, to exercise their right. It is very important to exercise the right," Yanez said.
Managing director of oil and gas company PDVSA Russia Hoglys Martinez added that the voting process in the embassy had been straight forward.
"Today here in our embassy you will see that voting is very fast, very easy, with the support of the polling station officials, we have not had any problems, voting is very easy, so we invite all Venezuelans who are in Moscow to come here to exercise their right to vote," he said.
Venezuelan ambassador to Russia Jesus Rafael Salazar Velasquez expressed hope that the result of the election would lead to prosperity.
"Today, when Commander Hugo Chavez is turning 70 years old and an electoral process is being carried out in our country and in all our diplomatic representations abroad for the election of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, we have no doubt that the result will be the most satisfactory and the most beautiful so that our country continues to be a free and independent country, relating to the management of its own international policy and its own internal policy," the diplomat said.
President Nicolas Maduro is seeking a third consecutive term in office. Maduro has been in power since 2013, while his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) has governed the country since 2007.
His main challenger is Edmundo Gonzalez, a 74-year-old former diplomat. Opposition frontrunner Maria Corina Machado backed Gonzalez after she was banned from taking part amid corruption allegations which she denies.
Around 17 million people are eligible to vote. Polling stations are open between 6am and 6pm local time, with results expected to be announced on Sunday evening or over the next few days, depending on the turnout and margin of victory.
Venezuelan citizens in Moscow voted in their country's presidential election at the embassy in the Russian capital on Sunday.
Footage shows men and women entering the governmental building, registering and casting their ballots.
One voter, Calin Sebastian de Elia Yanez, stated that participation in elections was very important.
"Everything is very calm, very simple here at the embassy, the electoral process is taking place. There are very few voters but I have seen that there was a very interesting dynamic, very cool, people came to vote, to exercise their right. It is very important to exercise the right," Yanez said.
Managing director of oil and gas company PDVSA Russia Hoglys Martinez added that the voting process in the embassy had been straight forward.
"Today here in our embassy you will see that voting is very fast, very easy, with the support of the polling station officials, we have not had any problems, voting is very easy, so we invite all Venezuelans who are in Moscow to come here to exercise their right to vote," he said.
Venezuelan ambassador to Russia Jesus Rafael Salazar Velasquez expressed hope that the result of the election would lead to prosperity.
"Today, when Commander Hugo Chavez is turning 70 years old and an electoral process is being carried out in our country and in all our diplomatic representations abroad for the election of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, we have no doubt that the result will be the most satisfactory and the most beautiful so that our country continues to be a free and independent country, relating to the management of its own international policy and its own internal policy," the diplomat said.
President Nicolas Maduro is seeking a third consecutive term in office. Maduro has been in power since 2013, while his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) has governed the country since 2007.
His main challenger is Edmundo Gonzalez, a 74-year-old former diplomat. Opposition frontrunner Maria Corina Machado backed Gonzalez after she was banned from taking part amid corruption allegations which she denies.
Around 17 million people are eligible to vote. Polling stations are open between 6am and 6pm local time, with results expected to be announced on Sunday evening or over the next few days, depending on the turnout and margin of victory.