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At polling station No. 2014 in Krasnodar, observers will have to examine the checkmarks on the ballots from a distance of about 10 meters, said activist Vitaly Cherkasov in a video address to the head of the Central Election Commission of Russia.

A part of the voters in Volgograd and Astrakhan participated today in the action "Noon for a Peaceful Russia", but the number of participants who came to the polling stations was small.

The visit of security forces to the private plot in Sochi of the candidate from the "Yabloko" party, Vladimir Atamanchuk, who was removed from the elections, raised his concerns. He suggested that they planned to detain him. The Krasnodar Regional Court did not consider the appeal against the candidate's removal, but despite this, his name was crossed out from the ballots.

On the third day of the elections, there was also no significant voter activity at several polling stations in Makhachkala. Some residents said they did not go to the elections due to being busy and the lack of candidates they would like to vote for.

Dmitry Bidenko was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities and security forces have acknowledged at least 886 fighters from the Krasnodar region as killed.

The deputies of the parliament of North Ossetia elected Sergey Menyaylo as the head of the republic by a majority vote; he took the oath and assumed office.

In the documentation at polling station No. 2014, identical signatures of different voters were found, and the arriving police showed no desire to investigate the violations, said Krasnodar activist Vitaly Cherkasov.

Voters in Elista expressed opposing opinions on the significance of participating in the vote. According to the election commission, turnout in Kalmykia exceeded 39%.

Law enforcement officers have been called to polling station No. 2055 in Krasnodar due to suspicions that a safe containing ballots was opened at night.

The deputies of the parliament of Karachay-Cherkessia unanimously voted for the candidacy of Rashid Temrezov, who has been leading the republic for 15 years.

At night, a safe containing filled ballots was opened at the polling station in the Jubilee microdistrict of Krasnodar, an observer reported today.

Two residents of Grozny reported that they decided to go to the polling stations on the last day of the three-day voting for the elections. Another citizen said that he had already participated in the voting.

Last night, the military shot down drones in 11 municipalities of the Rostov region.

The presidential elections in South Ossetia indicate Moscow's attempts to strengthen control in the region, stated the European Union. The elections held are illegal and have no legal consequences, noted the Georgian Foreign Ministry.

Access to beaches and embankments in Sochi has been allowed, which was restricted due to the threat of attack by unmanned boats.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia called the information about granting international protection to Russian deserter Vladislav Tatarintsev a complete lie.

Drone debris damaged the glazing, roof, and cladding of five private houses in the Slavyansky district.

The elections for the State Duma deputies in the Lazarevskoye stanitsa are accompanied by abnormal discrepancies in turnout data and the active use of remote voting, local public figures reported.

Residents of the Khostinsky district of Sochi complained that due to the flow of water rushing down from Mount Bythha, they were unable to reach the polling station and vote in the elections.

Observers at polling station No. 109 in the Stavropol region were prohibited from moving around the premises, and from their designated spot, part of the ballot boxes and booths are not visible, reported the "Yabloko" party.