Overview

• The Central Electoral Commission reported 52% turnout by 21:00, validating the election, with nearly 2,000 domestic polling stations and more than 300 abroad and some overseas sites closing by local time.
• Rights group Promo-Lex registered 247 incidents, citing organized transport of voters, alleged multiple voting and illicit campaigning, while election officials characterized the issues as limited.
• Diaspora access remained uneven with only two polling sites in Moscow and an expanded network in EU countries, and five polling stations for Transnistrian voters were relocated after bomb threats.
• Opposition groups held a peaceful picket outside the Foreign Ministry alleging mass fraud and restricted access for observers and journalists, as authorities noted 3,400+ accredited observers without Russian or CIS parliamentary delegations.
• Media and Telegram channels reported unusually full ballot boxes at European polling sites early in the day, claims that were not independently verified.