Moscow-Sana
Parliamentary elections in Russia continue for the third and final day, to conclude at eight in the evening today, in which 14 political parties will compete, presenting 5,832 candidates to choose 450 deputies in the State Duma for the next five years.
This year's elections were marked by the launch of the remote electronic voting method in seven Russian regions and used by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and about two million voters in general, in addition to the traditional voting method with the attendance of voters to the 96,000 polling stations across Russia and 348 Center in 144 foreign countries and cast their votes there.
And 97 percent of polling stations across Russia were provided with monitoring devices and video cameras that work without interruption to ensure the integrity of the electoral process under the supervision of observers for all participating candidates and parties.
International observers, numbering more than 250, from 55 countries in the world, and representatives of several international organizations, indicate that the elections passed in a democratic and transparent manner without any serious impurities and violations that question their legitimacy and credibility, as alleged by Western sources.
The Central Elections Committee stated that its website was subjected to several electronic attacks from abroad, but the electronic voting system withstood and was not affected by these attacks.
Pending the start of counting the votes and announcing the preliminary results, the poll data indicate that the turnout will range between 40 and 45 percent. It is also likely that the group of major parliamentary parties, consisting of four parties, will win their historic presence in the State Duma over the past ten years, led by the ruling United Russia party. It is followed by the Communist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Just Russia Party. It is also likely that the New Generation Party will be able to cross the barrier of five percent of the actual voter vote to be officially represented in the next parliament along with the four mentioned parties.
A delegation from the People's Assembly headed by Bassem Sudan, the head of the Syrian-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Committee, and the membership of Safwan Qurbi, the deputy head of this committee, is participating in keeping pace with the elections in Russia at the invitation of the Central Elections Committee.
In an interview with SANA’s correspondent in Moscow, Sudan said that “it is remarkable that during three days of accompanying the electoral process to the State Duma and local councils in Russia, the process is going smoothly, and this indicates the good preparation of these elections by the central committee organizing the electoral process.”
He said that the international observers who participated in observing these elections did not refer to any violations in them, which refutes Western allegations and allegations to the contrary and indicates that they are purely political accusations, indicating that questioning the transparency of the elections is unacceptable.
In turn, Serbian parliament member Aleksandar Toc, representative of Serbia in the Assembly of Orthodox Parliaments, stressed that the parliamentary elections in Russia are taking place very successfully and in accordance with democratic standards, explaining that these elections faithfully reflect the will of the citizens of the Russian Federation.
Touch indicated that these elections will produce a parliament that will continue the policies pursued by Russia in support of Syria and the establishment of security and stability in the world.
In a similar interview, Yulia Roshkova, head of one of the polling stations in Moscow, said that "the turnout at the polling station in this center is good, and we expect a significant increase in the number of voters today, because it is an official holiday and the turnout will be greater than the previous two days, and this is what we hope for as well," stressing the rejection of voters. The Russians are the hypocrisy of the Western media that question the transparency of the electoral process.
For her part, film director specializing in history and voter, Olga Nestrova, considered that “the motive for the turnout of Russian citizens to vote is the confidence that they have generated and the belief that something can be done to advance Russia for the better,” stressing that Russia must continue its quest for peace in the world.
In an interview with a number of voters, Nikolai Petrovich said that participation in voting in these elections is very important for Russia to be one of the leading countries in the world and to continue its real endeavors to maintain international security, while Andrei Kovalov indicated that his country has made great achievements in the positive direction and we strive to achieve a better future for our children And our grandchildren and the future of the entire country, as well as to establish stability in it.