02:36Vladivostok residents voted in the Russian presidential election on Friday, with footage showing voters registering and placing their ballots into the ballot boxes.
"I believe that elections are the very moment when you need to come and exercise your rights. Not to talk about them, but to do something, and then, perhaps, I am sure that something will change for the better. And I am sure that in the next six years we will only strive for better," said one local Aleksandra Stadnikova.
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.
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Vladivostok residents voted in the Russian presidential election on Friday, with footage showing voters registering and placing their ballots into the ballot boxes.
"I believe that elections are the very moment when you need to come and exercise your rights. Not to talk about them, but to do something, and then, perhaps, I am sure that something will change for the better. And I am sure that in the next six years we will only strive for better," said one local Aleksandra Stadnikova.
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.
Vladivostok residents voted in the Russian presidential election on Friday, with footage showing voters registering and placing their ballots into the ballot boxes.
"I believe that elections are the very moment when you need to come and exercise your rights. Not to talk about them, but to do something, and then, perhaps, I am sure that something will change for the better. And I am sure that in the next six years we will only strive for better," said one local Aleksandra Stadnikova.
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.