٠٠:٠٢:٠١Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairperson Ella Pamfilova reported that total turnout over the first two days of voting in the presidential election had reached 61.37 percent, including online voting, during a press briefing on Sunday morning in Moscow.
"As of 09:45 on March 17, including remote electronic voting, the turnout reached 61.37 percent," she said.
Pamfilova also claimed that around 280,000 cyber attacks against remote polling resources had been intercepted, of which 215,000 had been directed at the remote voting portal.
"12,600 potentially dangerous attacks of high and medium severity [were launched] through the internet on the site of the Central Election Commission, including four targeted DDoS ('Distributed Denial-of-Service') attacks with a total duration of 16 minutes, have been recorded in the last 24 hours alone. Our enemies can never calm down," said the chief commissioner.
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.
Turnout in Russian presidential election, including electronic voting, amounted to 61.37 percent during 2 days - CEC
Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairperson Ella Pamfilova reported that total turnout over the first two days of voting in the presidential election had reached 61.37 percent, including online voting, during a press briefing on Sunday morning in Moscow.
"As of 09:45 on March 17, including remote electronic voting, the turnout reached 61.37 percent," she said.
Pamfilova also claimed that around 280,000 cyber attacks against remote polling resources had been intercepted, of which 215,000 had been directed at the remote voting portal.
"12,600 potentially dangerous attacks of high and medium severity [were launched] through the internet on the site of the Central Election Commission, including four targeted DDoS ('Distributed Denial-of-Service') attacks with a total duration of 16 minutes, have been recorded in the last 24 hours alone. Our enemies can never calm down," said the chief commissioner.
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.
Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairperson Ella Pamfilova reported that total turnout over the first two days of voting in the presidential election had reached 61.37 percent, including online voting, during a press briefing on Sunday morning in Moscow.
"As of 09:45 on March 17, including remote electronic voting, the turnout reached 61.37 percent," she said.
Pamfilova also claimed that around 280,000 cyber attacks against remote polling resources had been intercepted, of which 215,000 had been directed at the remote voting portal.
"12,600 potentially dangerous attacks of high and medium severity [were launched] through the internet on the site of the Central Election Commission, including four targeted DDoS ('Distributed Denial-of-Service') attacks with a total duration of 16 minutes, have been recorded in the last 24 hours alone. Our enemies can never calm down," said the chief commissioner.
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.