In Greece, at the polling stations of Athens and Thessaloniki, voting took place in the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
Voting at the elections of deputies of the State Duma took place in Greece at two precincts – in Athens at the Russian Center for Science and Culture and in Thessaloniki at the premises of the General Consulate of Russia.
The process of expression of will took place in compliance with all the necessary sanitary measures. So, citizens were given medical masks, gloves and ballpoint pens. The members of the electoral commission also wore the necessary personal protective equipment.
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Polling stations in Greece this year participated in a pilot project “Stop double” to prevent double voting – the staff of the electoral commission checked whether the voter had not voted remotely. “We didn’t have any violations,” Bredikhin told a RIA Novosti journalist. According to him, some Russian citizens in Greece who have a Moscow residence permit have registered and voted remotely.
🗳️🇷🇺 In Athens, voting in the elections of deputies to the State Duma is in full swing#Election2021 #Elections #ImportantEveryVoice pic.twitter.com/R1CUxn6RnA
– Rus Embassy, Greece (@RFEmbassyGr) September 19, 2021
Many came with whole families, with children. Employees of Russian missions abroad, Russians permanently residing in Hellas, as well as tourists vote in the elections, reports Parliamentary newspaper. According to them, it is important for them to participate in the elections, and therefore they came to vote. They found out about the location of the site on the portal of state services.
🗳️🇷🇺 In Athens, voting continues in the elections to the State Duma.#Election2021 #Elections #ImportantEveryVoice@MID_RF pic.twitter.com/BSQq34H67f
– Rus Embassy, Greece (@RFEmbassyGr) September 19, 2021
Voting took place in Thessaloniki without any problems, Vladimir Maistrenko, chairman of the precinct election commission 8078, Russian consul general in Thessaloniki, told RIA Novosti. {gallery} vub3 {/ gallery} “The electoral process started at exactly 8 o’clock, which I, as chairman of the commission, publicly announced. The first voter was invited. The work began and continued in the presence of an observer from the Yabloko party, he has a corresponding mandate there is “, – said Maistrenko. Among those who voted was Russian Ambassador to Greece Andrei Maslov. He focused on informing potential voters in advance about the voting procedure: the relevant information was disseminated in the media, in the social networks of the diplomatic mission, as well as through the societies of compatriots and the honorary consulates of the Russian Federation. According to the diplomat, local authorities and law enforcement agencies provide maximum assistance in organizing the process of expression of will.
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Maslov noted that in the first half of September in five cities of Greece – Patras, Larissa, Alexandroupolis, Kerkyra and Rethymno – an early exit vote in the elections to the State Duma took place, in which over 300 Russians took part. https://twitter.com/RFEmbassyGr/status/1439636032396447750 In Athens, the heirs of the Russian Diaspora took part in the voting in the elections to the State Duma: the son of an officer of the Russian Imperial Army, public figure P.I.Selivanov and the son of an officer of the Russian Imperial Navy, founder @KsrsG V.Ya. Nelavitsky.
🗳️🇷🇺☦️ Parishioners of the Panagia Sumela temple in the Athenian suburb of Menidi voted at a polling station in Athens in the elections to the State Duma.#Election2021 #Elections # EDG2021 #ImportantEveryVoice pic.twitter.com/QzlCwZGWBY
– Rus Embassy, Greece (@RFEmbassyGr) September 19, 2021
A real trooper from the Panagia Sumela church in Menidi arrived to vote by bus along with the primate of the temple, Father Gregory
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