MINSK, 18 Sep. More than 7.5 thousand Russian citizens voted at polling stations opened in Belarus during early voting in the elections to the State Duma, press secretary of the Russian embassy in the republic Alexei Maskalev told RIA Novosti on Saturday. this year in Russia from 17 to 19 September. The State Duma is elected for five years by a mixed electoral system: 225 deputies are elected according to party lists, another 225 — in single-mandate constituencies in one round. «More than 7.5 thousand Russians voted at polling stations opened on the territory of the Republic of Belarus during early voting. both citizens permanently residing and temporarily staying in Belarus, as well as servicemen who serve at Russian military facilities and who arrived (in the republic — ed.) to participate in the joint strategic exercises West 2021, Maskalev said. voting continues on Saturday in Minsk, Brest and Ostrovets. “Tomorrow, on the main voting day, for the convenience of citizens, polling stations will be opened in other large cities of the republic. These are Grodno, Vitebsk, Gomel, Mogilev and Bobruisk, «the press secretary continued. Earlier, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Yevgeny Lukyanov estimated that about 100 thousand Russians could be on Belarusian territory during the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
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