The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia registered more than 4.5 million voters in the four Ukrainian regions annexed by the Kremlin in September 2022 for the presidential elections next March, as reported today by the Russian electoral authorities.
In Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia y Khersonpartially occupied by the Russian Army, “4,562,784 voters have been registered,” he indicated Liudmila Márkinaan official of the CEC, in a presentation made today at the main Russian electoral headquarters, cited by the Russian agency Interfax.
According to the CEC representatives, the largest number of voters in “the new Russian regions” was registered in Donetsk, with 1,971,526 voters.
The Russian electoral authorities have put the Russian electoral roll at 112.3 million, after the inclusion in the register of voters from the four Ukrainian regions.
The presidential elections in Russia will be held from March 15 to 17, with the favorite Vladimir Putinthe current Russian president.
The CEC has registered four candidates: Putin; the communist Nikolay Jaritónov; the ultranationalist Leonid Slutski and the representative of Gente Nueva, Vladislav Davankov.
Although he publicly assured that he would not do so, Putin reformed the Constitution in 2020 to be able to run for re-election, something he will be able to do again in six years and, in this way, remain in the Kremlin until 2036. The biggest Russian opponent Alexei Navalny He died last Friday in prison under mysterious circumstances. A large part of the international community, mainly in Europe, has accused Putin of being behind the death EFE (I)
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