WORLD NEWS FOR MONTENEGRO DIASPORA
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AUTHOR: M.J / POBJEDA
Russian citizens living in Montenegro are voting today for the president of the Russian Federation. In Montenegro, voting in the Russian presidential elections was organized in the building of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Podgorica. The polling station is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
There are four candidates on the ballot, of which the only favorite is current President Vladimir Putin, who is on track to secure another six-year term.
There is no information on the website and social networks of the Embassy about the number of Russian citizens who have the right to vote in Podgorica, but it is known that about 27,000 Russians officially reside in Montenegro.
So far, 5,000 Russian citizens have voted, and about 1,000 ballots still remain. Everything is in the best order so far, although we cannot see inside, we volunteers and employees of the Embassy are doing our job as best as we can and we have not registered any problems - said volunteer Evgenija.
Although polling stations close only at 8:00 p.m., most of the interlocutors with whom the team of the media agency Media Biro had the opportunity to speak pointed out that they believe that the results of the elections in Russia are already known.
I am afraid that the results will not be counted correctly in Russia, but we hope that they will be legitimate in Podgorica. There are many voters against Putin here, but there are also those who support him. The results will be known after the polls are closed - said the volunteer.
Today's vote in Podgorica attracted many Russian activists and journalists concerned about the regularity of the election.
These elections are a total circus and a total fake, because in Moscow and the Kremlin they already have their numbers, they want to present that we voted for Putin. The results of the election are actually already known. With this event in Montenegro and other European countries, we want to show that there are thousands of people who are against him, who think that Putin is a war criminal who steals our freedom - said the editor of the independent online publication The Insider, Oleg Pshenichny.
Among the banners could be seen the inscriptions "Putin's state takes away freedom and lives", "Putin is a tyrant, a murderer", pictures and drawings of Alexei Navalny were exhibited, songs were sung that said that the bad days would come to an end.
I'm not sure that we can influence the results with our vote, but we try to do the best we can. We are trying to draw attention to everything that is happening in our country, even though we are not currently living there, we are still citizens and we are trying to do whatever we can for Russia. It is very important for us that we gathered here, I am glad that I met interesting people and heard their views - said the Russian citizen who currently resides in Podgorica.
Let us remind you that the current Russian President Vladimir Putin (71), who has been continuously in the position of President or Prime Minister for the last almost 25 years, is competing against three lesser-known politicians: the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Leonid Slutsky, the Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Vladislav Davankov from the New People party , and State Duma deputy Nikolai Kharitonov from the Communist Party, whose political positions hardly differ from Putin's.
