“This unique voting day and the upcoming election campaigns are different in many ways from previous ones, because we have never before held elections in such an extreme situation,” he said.
The peculiarity of the current situation, according to her, is that “our enemy has simply moved on to vile acts of terrorism, fighting not face to face, striking at the civilian population.” “This corrupt, bloody and servile regime in kyiv has already crossed all the boundaries of the imaginable and the unthinkable,” Pamfilova said.
He stressed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack civilians in border areas even on weekends.
In order to avoid disruptions and dangerous situations during voting days, the Central Election Commission, together with its colleagues in the regions, took a number of measures to prevent threats. In the new and border regions, spare premises are provided for the election commissions in case of bombings, telephone terrorism and other emergency situations. The commissions in these regions are provided with back-up sources of electricity.
The Central Election Commission had previously allowed Krasnodar, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Rostov regions, as well as Sevastopol and Crimea to hold early voting from August 28. In addition, the commissions of these regions will be able to restrict photo and video filming, as well as access to broadcasts from polling stations.
In just one day of voting, about four thousand election campaigns at various levels will take place in 83 constituent entities of the Federation. In particular, in 21 regions, governors will be directly elected, in four regions – parliaments, and in 13 regions new legislative assemblies will be elected. By-elections to the State Duma will be held in three districts in the Bryansk, Rostov and Khakassia regions.
