queue of several hundred people had formed on the historic Arbat Street around midday. Police limit themselves to monitoring the situation and regulating the flow of voters.

Total national turnout in the presidential elections in Russia, including electronic votes, exceeded 61.37% at 9.45 am Moscow time. A Ukrainian drone attack hit a polling station in the occupied part of the Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia. There were no victims, but the Russian Emergencies Ministry said that it was not possible to intervene to put out the flames.