Polling stations opened across Moscow on the first day of voting in the Russian presidential election on Friday.
Footage shows Muscovites collecting their ballots, casting their votes and placing them into ballot boxes.
"Voting for the election of the President of the Russian Federation is starting. We are now beginning the inspection and sealing of the stationary ballot box and portable ballot boxes. As soon as this is completed, voters will be allowed to proceed and make their choice," said Sergei Kostylev, Precinct Election Commission (PEC) chairperson.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days from 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.
Polling stations opened across Moscow on the first day of voting in the Russian presidential election on Friday.
Footage shows Muscovites collecting their ballots, casting their votes and placing them into ballot boxes.
"Voting for the election of the President of the Russian Federation is starting. We are now beginning the inspection and sealing of the stationary ballot box and portable ballot boxes. As soon as this is completed, voters will be allowed to proceed and make their choice," said Sergei Kostylev, Precinct Election Commission (PEC) chairperson.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days from 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.
Polling stations opened across Moscow on the first day of voting in the Russian presidential election on Friday.
Footage shows Muscovites collecting their ballots, casting their votes and placing them into ballot boxes.
"Voting for the election of the President of the Russian Federation is starting. We are now beginning the inspection and sealing of the stationary ballot box and portable ballot boxes. As soon as this is completed, voters will be allowed to proceed and make their choice," said Sergei Kostylev, Precinct Election Commission (PEC) chairperson.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days from 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.