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At some polling stations in Makhachkala, there were almost no voters, and one of them had only about 15 ballots in the box, voters reported. They attributed the low turnout to apathy and disbelief in change, expressing doubt that their votes could alter the political situation.

After processing 99% of the protocols from the precinct commissions, Marat Kambolov received 85.12% of the votes from the voters in the presidential elections of South Ossetia.

State Duma deputies must cancel the pension reform, address the housing issues for orphans, and the rise in tariffs, prices for medicines and food, voters from Kabardino-Balkaria indicated on the second day of voting.

After the detention of the observer from "Yabloko", Boris Miklyukov, in the Rostov region, his whereabouts remained unknown for some time, and a person who participated in the court, introducing himself as a lawyer, took Miklyukov's phones and stopped communicating, reported his party colleagues.

Security forces in Chechnya conducted unofficial raids on the homes of residents registered with the Ministry of Internal Affairs before the elections, and school class leaders are gathering parents of students and organizedly sending them to polling stations, said human rights activist Maxim Rudnev.

The electricity tariff in Dagestan will increase by 11.3% starting October 1, the republican Ministry of Energy reported. Residents of the republic, commenting on the announcement of the tariff increase on social media, complained about rising expenses against the backdrop of low salaries and pensions, and also pointed out regular power outages.

On the first day of voting at polling stations in Elista, many came to vote, residents reported. According to the Kalmykia election commission, turnout exceeded 21%.

Residents of Grozny said that they do not plan to express protest through voting or to refuse to show up at the polling station on election days.

Authorities in Sochi have restricted access to beaches and embankments due to the threat of an attack by unmanned boats.

The safe with filled ballots was found outside the video surveillance zone at the polling station in Gelendzhik, said observer Svetlana Terezhol.

Convicted citizens of Armenia in Azerbaijan are deprived of phone communication and visits with relatives, they are not provided with medical examinations, and their walking time has been reduced, stated the former state minister of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The military shot down drones in Rostov-on-Don and two districts of the Rostov region.

More than 50 Azerbaijani NGOs stated in a joint statement that claims against Baku due to the visit of foreign diplomatic missions to Karabakh hinder the establishment of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan supported the authorities' version that the Gandzasar Monastery is a monument of Caucasian Albania.

The puppet theater actress Olga Shchekina, who was kidnapped by unknown individuals while leaving a special detention center in Rostov-on-Don, is accused of violating the curfew in Donetsk.

At the polling stations in Sochi, there was varying activity; however, a significant portion of voters voted early, noted members of the precinct electoral commissions. They pointed out that many voters do not see elections as a way to influence what is happening in the country.

Residents of Astrakhan named the main problems in the region and the country as fuel shortages, poverty among the population, and rising prices, while they assessed the prospects for protest voting in the elections skeptically.

Employees of budget institutions in North Ossetia reported that the management is forcing them to participate in the elections and even send photo reports. Some residents believe that protest voting in these elections is impossible, while others are convinced that this is a way to express their dissatisfaction.

In the latest presidential candidate debates in South Ossetia, only Murat Valiev and Kazbek Kodoev participated. Marat Kambolov once again did not show up, and candidate Zurab Kokoev was absent from any of them. The candidates touched on topics of local self-government, preservation of the Ossetian language, and ecology.

At polling stations in Rostov-on-Don, there was a noticeable mass voting by budget employees on the morning of September 18, and the election commission reported a turnout of 25% only in the first half of the day. Residents of the Rostov region, surveyed by "Caucasian Knot", noted electoral apathy and do not believe in protest voting.

Participants of the rallies in Batumi and Tbilisi on the 660th day of protests demanded the release of political prisoners. One of them, doctor Georgy Chakhunashvili, was released today as part of a plea deal with the prosecution.