Thiruvananthapuram:
Russian residents residing in Kerala solid their votes for the Russian presidential elections on the sales space particularly organized on the Honorary Consulate of the Russian Federation, Russian Home, in Thiruvananthapuram.
Ratheesh Nair, Honorary Consul of Russia and Director of the Russian Home in Thiruvananthapuram, stated, that they organized polling for the Russian presidential elections for the third time. He expressed gratitude to Russian residents in Kerala for his or her cooperation within the polling course of.
In an interview with ANI, Ratheesh Nair stated, “This is the third time the Consulate of Russian Federation is hosting polling for the Russian presidential elections. This is actually for Russian nationalists staying here and also for the tourists. We are happy to associate with the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. I am very grateful to the Russian citizens in Kerala for their cooperation and enthusiasm to cast votes in the process of electing their new president.”
Sergey Azurov, Senior Consul Normal in Chennai, stated, “We are organizing preliminary voting in the framework of presidential elections. We are here to provide an opportunity for the citizens of Russian federations living in India.”
Ulia, a Russian citizen, stated fellow natives in Kerala are grateful to the Russian home and consulate basic in India for offering them the chance to solid votes within the Presidential polls.
Talking to ANI, Ulia stated, “Everyone who came today is Russian citizens either residing permanently in India or are visiting tourists. Everybody is thankful and happy to come here and participate in the election, which is very important for every citizen. This is our responsibility. So, we are thankful to the Russian house and the consulate general in India from Chennai for providing this chance.”
Russia is all set to carry presidential elections from March 15-17. Russian residents will vote from Friday till Sunday throughout the 11 time zones of the nation. Russia’s Central Election Fee (CEC) accepted solely three candidates to oppose Russian President Vladimir Putin, CNN reported.
The three candidates standing in opposition to Putin are Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Get together, Vladislav Davankov of the New Folks Get together and Nikolay Kharitonov of the Communist Get together. All three males are considered satisfactorily pro-Kremlin and none is in opposition to Russia’s navy motion in opposition to Ukraine.
As nearly all of opposition candidates are both useless, jailed, exiled, barred from working or just token figures, a victory for Putin is all however assured, in accordance with a CNN report.
Putin’s reelection would lengthen his rule till a minimum of 2030. Following constitutional adjustments in 2020, he would then be capable to run once more and probably keep in energy till 2036.
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