INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian authorities are taking steps to hinder voting by its citizens living abroad in the upcoming presidential election, in what some
observers call a move to restrict votes cast by anti-war emigres.Those hoping to vote from outside the country will face a reduction in
More than 400,000 of them voted in the 2018 presidential election, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said at the time, in what it
claimed was a record.These citizens, along with the hundreds of thousands of Russians who have fled abroad since the February 2022 invasion
the 2018 presidential election.While the CEC has admitted that reducing the number of polling stations will jeopardize the rights of Russian
due to what the CEC called security risks stemming from its technological limitations.Despite the alleged risks of remote electronic voting,
upcoming election.Waschenkow said the CEC is introducing new verification requirements for Gosuslugi, the state and municipal services
It also requires verification with a Russian phone number
activists and independent journalists are reluctant to visit Russian embassies, as they are formally considered to be part of Russian
embassies without any problems
Yes, there might be a threat ..
concerns, said that, for him, it is not so easy to take the potential risks lightly.Russian citizens casts their ballots at a polling
Russia illegally, are technically still in Russia
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