❗Key takeaways from Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairwoman Ella Pamfilova’s statements:

▪All polling stations across Russia opened as normal

▪Scammers have created fake Telegram channels, portraying themselves as officials and spreading lies about the voting

▪International observers will be present in more than a half of all regions during the Duma election

▪Namely, more than 1,100 international observers from 133 countries, including a fairly large number of monitors from the West, will watch the voting process

▪Also, over 12,500 journalists with more than 1,800 media outlets have been accredited for work at polling stations

▪More than 4.2 million people have cast their early ballots in 12 border areas, including in Donbass and Novorossiya

▪ Over 232,000 people voted in remote areas before the Single Voting Day.