Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov also took part in the voting. At the same time, he told reporters that the future of the country will depend on the activity of citizens in the presidential elections in the Russian Federation, RBC reports.

As of 12:00 Moscow time, 78.6% of voters or 75,187 people voted in Russian pre-trial detention centers in the presidential elections in the Russian Federation. Such data was given at a briefing in Moscow by the representative of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation Yury Kalinin, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, 268 polling stations have been formed in pre-trial detention centers with 125 observers, representatives of presidential candidates and the media.

Some precinct election commissions of Belgorod have already provided data on the voting process. Thus, at polling station No. 65, as of 11.30 am, 14.3% of registered voters had already voted (there are a total of 2,172 voters). At polling station No. 66, a turnout of 11.5% of the total number (2469) of voters was recorded. Polling station No. 67 by half past twelve had already been visited by 16% of the number of voters registered at the polling station (2580 in total), IA "Regnum" reports.

The military prosecutor's office was investigating a criminal case against privates who, while working in a warehouse for rocket and artillery weapons, agreed to secretly steal ammunition and explosive devices, reports Data.Ru with reference to the press service of the prosecutor's office of the Pacific Fleet. On December 14, privates Evgeny Stropnik and Vladimir Ivanov stole nine F-1 combat hand grenades and fuses for them. The grenades were sold to others who have been identified.

On Saturday, March 13, 2004, the KGB turns 50 years old. The State Security Committee under the Council of Ministers of the USSR was formed on March 13, 1954 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The new organization was spun off from the Ministry of the Interior. Under this name - the KGB - the Soviet political police and military-political counterintelligence lasted the longest in its history - until the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

The turnout of voters in the presidential elections at 10:00 Moscow time on average in Russia was 11.5%. This was announced today by the chairman of the CEC of the Russian Federation Alexander Veshnyakov, RBC reports. He noted that this is 4.5% higher than in the parliamentary elections in 2003. In St. Petersburg, at 10:00 Moscow time, the voter turnout in the presidential elections in the Russian Federation was 2.68%.

Representatives of the Krasnoperekopskaya, Leninskaya and Kirovskaya territorial election commissions complained about the representatives of the United Russia party, who came to the polling stations with branded badges. As a representative of the Krasnoperekopsk electoral committee told a REGNUM correspondent, all representatives of political parties were told in advance that the badges should be black and white.

Spain is holding parliamentary elections. The biggest series of terrorist attacks in Madrid last Thursday, for which al-Qaeda claimed responsibility, could seriously affect the outcome of the vote. As a result of explosions at the Madrid railway stations, 200 people were killed, about 1,500 were injured. Initially, the authorities blamed the Basque separatists for the attacks, and now the government of José María Aznar is being accused of lying.

Elections. Photo from Newsru.com The turnout of the voters in the elections of the President of Russia as a whole in the country at 16.00 Moscow time amounted to 51.73%, said the chairman of the Central Election Commission Alexander Veshnyakov. He said that, in his opinion, the activity of voters in Russia in Russia will be significantly higher than 60%. “The vote continues, and it will end taking into account all regions of Russia only at 21.00.

Moscow officials continue to fight for turnout. As it became known to Grany.Ru, minibuses equipped with loudspeakers drive around the third, fifth and sixth microdistricts of Zelenograd. In the Basmanny district of Moscow, an ordinary car is used, from the window of which voters are called to express their will through an ordinary megaphone. Citizens are informed by loudspeakers how much time is left before the end of the elections, as well as the addresses of polling stations.

The armed forces of Georgia are put on combat readiness. Givi Iukiridze, Chief of the General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces, told journalists on Sunday, Gazeta.ru reports. The situation in Adzharia became extremely aggravated when Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was not allowed into the autonomy in the morning. During these hours, he is in the city of Poti, where all the leaders of law enforcement agencies have gathered.

On the streets of Kaliningrad on Sunday, cars with loudspeakers plied all day, urging the townspeople to vote. As REGNUM was informed in the Regional Electoral Committee, the voter turnout in Kaliningrad at 16.00 local time was only 38.9%. Earlier news agency REGNUM reported that the main task of the Kaliningrad Electoral Commission was to increase the turnout in the elections. In December 2003, only 43% of voters came to the Duma elections in Kaliningrad.

Voting irregularities were recorded in Krasnoyarsk. This was announced at a press conference by the head of the regional election commission Konstantin Bocharov, RBC reports. “There was a signal about the alleged use of a “turntable” at one of the polling stations of the Leninsky district of Krasnoyarsk. The point is that the voter is paid money for bringing out a blank ballot. Then the desired box with the name of the candidate or bloc is marked.

Grani.ru collage The Moscow city election commission sent letters to the Moscow Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Press with a request to understand the incident, which is associated with the election of the President of Russia. This was announced to reporters by the chairman of the Moscow City Subscriber Valentin Gorbunov, reports with reference to Interfax Gazeta.ru.

The presidential elections in Moscow have been declared valid. According to the Moscow City Electoral Committee at 18.15, more than 50% of voters voted. Meanwhile, according to the latest data received from the press center of the election commission of the Moscow region, at 16.00 turnout in the Moscow region was 41.86%. The highest activity was registered in the Molodezhny settlement - 57.63%. Then follows the Serebryano-Prudsky district - 56.98% voted there.