More than 2.6 million Muscovites voted in the elections to the Moscow City Duma, said Rima Kuznetsova, a member of the Moscow City Election Commission.
“More than 2.6 million residents of the capital have already voted, of which more than 2.3 million made their choice online.” – she said.
More than 200,000 Muscovites voted using electronic terminals at polling stations and 100,000 voted using paper ballots, Kuznetsova said.
Head of the Public Election Observation Headquarters Vadim Kovalev He also announced an increase in electoral activity this year. Thus, in two days, 33.6% of citizens have already taken part in the vote, while in 2019 the turnout in the elections to the Moscow City Duma was 21.77%.
Hacker attacks attempted to disrupt the voting process. According to Kovalev, 200 DDoS attacks from more than 2.7 thousand IP addresses have been successfully repelled since September 6, RBC clarifies.