Many wellknown politicians came to the polling stations, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov voted in the center of the capital, head of the Defense Department sergei shaigu, chief of the general staff Valery Gerasimov took part in the elections in the Southern Military district , state duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin filled out a ballot, he voted in the capital, and the head of the council valentine federation matvienko in st. Petersburg. In simferopol , the head of crimea, sergei aksionov, made his choice; in his region, he came to the polling station and. In some regions, the first day of voting has already ended; polling stations in the irkutsk region and buryatia have literally just closed. There are almost 2. 5 million registered voters in these two entities. Well, they started a threeday marathon in the far east, the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and the kamchatka territory, according to tradition, they start voting before everyone else, it should be noted that on the first day, voters were active in chukhotka, turnout amounted to almost. And in one of the villages even all 100, and the figure was achieved in the first 2 hours. In kamchatka , over a third of citizens have already made their choice, including those who decided to vote online. Among them , 80 of participants exercised their right to vote today. Both for the remote electronic format and for the facetoface format, everything has been done to ensure the safety and transparency of the procedure ; video cameras have been installed at the sites. Many hurried to come in the morning before going to work; people were at the smoking hens. Came to vote despite a blizzard and a gale, snowy in the magadan region, in less than an hour areas in almost all regions of siberia will be closed, well, in central russia in the south everything is now in full swing. The choice we make will affect the future of our country, our children. I believe that participation in elections is a manifestation of patriotic feelings, we love our country, today the fate of our russia, its future, is being decided. Composition of our country, more than a thousand have opened for 10 years now, since these regions have returned to areas where whole families come for elections on the peninsula are being monitored by our correspondent, vitaly katchenko, here is his report president ial elections on the eve of the landmark date of the tenth anniversary of the crimean spring on march 16, 2014, residents of the peninsula made their. Historical choice and voted for reunification with russia that historical bulletin, like the chronicles of the crimean springs today installed in the center of the crimean capital. The cities of the peninsula are festively decorated, and people, coming to the polling stations, today congratulate each other on that spring, which forever changed the whole of crimea russia. 1,130 polling stations in crimea opened today at exactly 8 am. Someone decided to vote before work; there was a peak of activity in the first hours. Many crimeans and those who are on vacation or on a business trip on the peninsula took advantage. The day lays the foundation for the future. What does this day mean to you . For us , this development of the Russian Federation is a very important day, we make our choice, we fulfill our civic duty. The voting process is monitored by 3,800 observers from candidates and the Public Chamber of the republic, International Observers are also present. Metropolitan tikhan of simferopol of crimea voted at a polling station in the center of the capital of the peninsula. 10 years ago there was an important day, it was necessary to cast your votes for the annexation of crimea, the reunification of crimea with russia, otherwise the friendship trains were already on their way, the nazi murderers who were going to shed blood here. River to the black sea. They were going to commit genocide, just genocide. I am shocked by the residents of crimea, who understood this and did everything they needed to by voting in favor in the referendum. For joining russia. Today is the same day. And what we do or dont do today. There is a lot in our country in the soul of every person. A high turnout is expected on the peninsula, with polling stations open until 8 00 pm today. Vitaly katchenko, ruslan yusupov, viktor vasin and dmitry malyshev. Channel one, crimea. For the first time , the president of russia is elected by residents of new regions, the donetsk and lugansk peoples republics, as well as the zaporozhye and kherson regions. Hundreds of polling stations have opened there, with queues forming at many. Those who want to vote. Do people say that they have been waiting for this event for a long time and are glad to have the opportunity, together with the entire large country , to choose their future and the future of their children . Today, in general, our country is actually facing a historical choice, and we are like new citizens of our great russia, but in fact, historically, we are very old citizens, so to speak, we must take part, take responsibility and share the fate of our homeland. I am very glad to participate in these elections, to be honest, because i always considered myself russian and was very glad that we. Entered the Russian Federation, but for me the Russian Federation has already become, and we must fulfill our civic duty, we want to live, like all people, calmly, happily, so that we calmly study, get an education and continue helped the society, and i want to stay in lugansk, i see how my city is now developing, im glad, i dont want to leave anywhere, then, as the voting proceeds, observers are closely watching, from candidates and their proxies, as well as political ones. Parties, Public Chambers, and also representatives of other states; in total, according to the cec, applications were received from more than 330,000 people. Observers, including foreign ones, note that the voting was organized at a high level and was taking place as usual. I think the voting is going well, a very transparent procedure. This is my first time working at a polling station in russia in moscow. A lot of people come to vote, everything is very quick and convenient. I must say that the elections are being held in accordance with all standards, no violations were noticed, i want to emphasize that there were all the most modern technologies have been used for comfortable voting, this shows how carefully the state treats the rights of its citizens, the polling station, where all the voting data is collected, work has been in full swing since the very morning, for the first time, as we have already said, 29 are participating in remote voting regions, including the capital, and as the head of the Central Election Commission noted, more than eighty. Voters in moscow prefer to vote online. Many services are provided remotely in the capital and this format has already become familiar to residents megapolis. First things first anton vernitsky. Data on voter turnout at polling stations in the Central Election Commission is updated approximately once an hour, in some places it is lower, after all, today is the first day of three main voting days for the entire country, in some places the number of voters has already exceeded 50 . This activity is especially true in the new regions of russia, the donetsk and lugansk peoples republics. Second, give me the opportunity to vote, this is amazing, this is amazing. High early turnout in new regions does not mean that voting there has ended, far from it. For those who have not yet voted early, polling stations, as throughout the country, are open until march 17, just in this way they have already managed to avoid queues, which can be dangerous in regions bordering ukraine. However, unfortunately, it was not possible to avoid provocations. We have an emergency in three areas, in kursk and voronezh. Poured ink into the ballot box, what they wanted to prove with this, i dont know, but this is definitely a criminal offense for which there will be punishment, it is alleged that someone called them, promised money, we are trying to restore these ballots and i would like to once again appeal to those who are called, they promise 510 thousand rubles for. You go, we have video surveillance, video cameras at the polling stations, we have people who will be witnesses to this an offense or a crime, the fact that video cameras are installed at almost all polling stations in the country, all provocations are recorded, journalists, those who work here in the Central Election Commission, see clearly, live broadcast from the polling stations, it does not stop for a second, the system has been worked out during previous election campaigns made it possible to identify even then several years ago. Violations, for each of which, however , these were isolated cases that did not affect anything, the center of the Electoral Commission later reported, too close attention to the elections in russia in the world, and the situation is paradoxical, the socalled collective west, countries unfriendly to us, with one side suddenly began to complain why russia did not invite representatives of the organization for security and cooperation in europe, which had previously been indicative rejected all invitations on the other hand, in every possible way prevents observers from their countries from coming to our elections. In total, this will affect more than 200,000 hospital and Outpatient Clinic employees. Also, on the initiative of the head of state, from april 1 , at least 50 of the salary funds of medical organizations will be allocated to pay the salaries of medical workers. At the same time , wages should remain at levels below last year. I ask you to follow this closely in everyone. Regions of the country, our doctors, nurses, others specialists help citizens maintain their health, their work deserves the most attentive, sincere respect, it is important that they receive all the required funds in a timely manner, and of course in full. The cabinet of ministers will also allocate a billion rubles for the purchase of equipment for the dpr, including ambulances. In addition, support for large families was discussed at the government meeting. Lets get married, murat musaev replaced Vladimir Ivich as head coach of the krasnodar football club. Let us remind you. What a serbian specialist who worked with the team for a little over a year was fired the other day. For fortyyearold musayev, this is a return, he already headed krasnodar and left it in the spring. In the fall of the same year, he signed a contract with the Azerbaijani Club sabah, where he worked until the beginning of february 2024. The agreement with krasnodar was signed until the end of the season. 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