Voting in elections to the State Duma has started in Russia

On September 16, 2021, the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, Ella Pamfilova, announced the start of voting in the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation and in the combined elections and referenda in the subjects of the Russian Federation.

"At 23.00 Moscow time, the first polling stations opened in Kamchatka and Chukotka. It is already September 17 there, and polling stations opened at 8am," said the head of the CEC of Russia. “A large-scale election campaign, complex and interesting, has reached the finish line. A lot of campaigning was going on, and there was a lot of competition between the candidates. I am deeply convinced that our voters have a very wide choice both in terms of party and individual preferences”.