٠٠:٠٥:٥٤Residents of remote settlements in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous region's Novoportovskaya tundra took part in early voting in the Russian presidential election on Sunday.
Footage features reindeer herders filling out documents in the traditional tent dwellings, or 'chums'.
"We got up early, I'd already heard the sound of the helicopter and was waiting," one local Lyudmila said, adding that "there are about 11 of us in this tent, including children."
Another local resident Anna Khudi said that she always makes sure to vote in the unique way, in her own chum, rather than go to a nearby settlement.
On February 29, the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District’s election commission reported that about 45,000 residents of the region would be able to vote early.
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.
Reindeer herders on Yamal-Nenets tundra vote early in Russian presidential election
Residents of remote settlements in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous region's Novoportovskaya tundra took part in early voting in the Russian presidential election on Sunday.
Footage features reindeer herders filling out documents in the traditional tent dwellings, or 'chums'.
"We got up early, I'd already heard the sound of the helicopter and was waiting," one local Lyudmila said, adding that "there are about 11 of us in this tent, including children."
Another local resident Anna Khudi said that she always makes sure to vote in the unique way, in her own chum, rather than go to a nearby settlement.
On February 29, the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District’s election commission reported that about 45,000 residents of the region would be able to vote early.
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.
Residents of remote settlements in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous region's Novoportovskaya tundra took part in early voting in the Russian presidential election on Sunday.
Footage features reindeer herders filling out documents in the traditional tent dwellings, or 'chums'.
"We got up early, I'd already heard the sound of the helicopter and was waiting," one local Lyudmila said, adding that "there are about 11 of us in this tent, including children."
Another local resident Anna Khudi said that she always makes sure to vote in the unique way, in her own chum, rather than go to a nearby settlement.
On February 29, the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District’s election commission reported that about 45,000 residents of the region would be able to vote early.
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.