Key statements from Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) Chair Ella Pamfilova:

▪ The voting procedure on the second day of the parliamentary election is ‘quite intense’ and polling stations in all 89 regions of the Russian Federation opened on time

▪ More than 4.6 million people voted early in the elections across Russia

▪ Over 4.4 million people cast their votes early in 12 regions of the country with the martial law in place

▪ Fourteen polling stations in five municipalities of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) remain operational exclusively on backup power supplies

▪ Local bodies of the Russian Interior Ministry reported on September 18 that they received 367 calls on alleged incidents during the election campaigns