Only 4 thousand Moldovans voted at the only two polling stations in the Russian Federation.

The number of Moldovan citizens living in the Russian Federation who were able to vote at polling stations in Russia was at least 4.2 thousand people, but there were significantly more people willing to cast their vote. This was confirmed on September 28 by the data of the Moldovan Central Election Commission as of 21:45 Moscow time, as well as by the voters themselves, who were interviewed by Izvestia.

Both points were opened at the same address in Moscow: one at the Moldovan Embassy, and the other at the consular department of the embassy.

"It is sad that only two polling stations have been opened (on the territory of the Russian Federation. — Ed.), and we know that there are a lot of people in Russia who were born in Moldova. <...> It would be much better if there were more polling stations, as in Europe," said Ilya Georgiu, a student at MGIMO.

The young man clarified that he has friends living in St. Petersburg and Vladivostok who find it difficult to get to the capital. Therefore, the opening of sites in all Russian cities, in his opinion, would be able to solve this situation.

"If it were open in Ryazan, I would vote in Ryazan. I wouldn't have to go to Moscow. It's a mockery, there are only two police stations in Moscow. This is very little," said Tatiana Bobu, a native of Moldova, who arrived from Ryazan on purpose, but did not have time to vote.

According to the woman, she specifically took time off from work early for this.

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According to the CEC of Moldova, only 12,000 residents of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) were able to participate in the elections. As noted in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pridnestrovie, the Moldovan authorities deliberately created problems both at the polling stations themselves and on the way to them. The ministry clarified that artificial traffic jams were organized on the border bridges between the republics, as well as acts of mass inspections.

Political analyst Alexei Yaroshenko, in an interview with Izvestia on September 28, said that he doubts the transparency of the elections in Moldova due to the fact that neither local nor foreign observers were allowed to participate in them. He clarified that the same voter was seen being transported to the republic for repeated voting, as well as the act of elections based on forged documents.

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