Polling stations in Central Russia have been closed. The votes are being counted. Kommersant FM correspondent Anatoly Burchakov is at one of the sites; he shared the details with presenter Svetlana Tokareva. — Is it clear what kind of turnout you had? “I asked the head of the polling station a few minutes ago about this issue; according to his rough estimate, the turnout was 60% or more. Personally, according to my assessment and the assessment of another observer, the turnout was more than 80%.

The Iranian military announced on December 4 that it had destroyed an American unmanned aerial vehicle in the airspace of the Islamic Republic. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to Iranian media, an American drone was reconnaissance of the area and was shot down in the east of the country. “The Iranian military shot down an American RQ-170 drone in eastern Iran,” the agency quoted the Arabic TV channel Al Alam as saying. There has been no official comment from the Iranian military yet.

1K 1 min. ... On December 4, US troops began to leave the Shamsi airbase, located in southwest Pakistan. Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this country demanded that the United States, within 15 days, vacate the air base where American unmanned aerial vehicles are believed to be based.

23:16 The party press service reported that the regime has been weakened and you can move freely around the headquarters. Putin and Medvedev left the United Russia office. 22:55 Medvedev and Putin are not leaving the headquarters of United Russia. They're probably watching TV. Aman Tuleyev should please them with 68% for the party. This is a reliable man! Luzhkov was also like this in this sense. 22:47 The President and Prime Minister were cheerful when they spoke.

The leader of the DDT group told Kommersant FM that, instead of voting at the polling station, he made his choice in the church. Yuri Shevchuk: Yesterday we had a concert in Yekaterinburg. The Sports Palace was full, and the eyes were so bright. And there were days of silence, and we sang songs. I dedicated the song “Freedom” to the upcoming elections.

On the day of the Duma elections, several mass rallies will take place in Moscow. Most of them are not permitted by the authorities. Activists of the Left Front movement plan to gather on Manezhnaya Square. It is already cordoned off. Kommersant FM correspondent Daria Gavrilova is there. She told Nail Gubaev about the situation in the center — What is the situation in the square now? Are there many police? — The situation in the square is calm. Tourists also come here.

A special polling station for persons without a fixed place of residence has been opened in the Central Telegraph building. Those voters who do not have a residence permit can come there, said Dmitry Reut, a representative of the Moscow City Election Commission. The details were told to Nail Gubaev by Kommersant FM correspondent Natalya Zhdanova. — How is the situation at the central telegraph now? Is the site really suitable for people without a fixed abode? - The site is very large - 152nd.

The party in power will have to look for partners 23K 3 min. ... Based on the results of the first vote counts in the Duma elections, the United Russia party is losing its constitutional majority in the State Duma of the 6th convocation and it is not a fact that it retains a simple position. All four parties currently present in it are entering the Duma. Dmitry Medvedev announced that United Russia would have to join a coalition.

Kommersant FM columnist Stanislav Kucher, journalist Andrei Vasiliev and actor Mikhail Efremov discussed the past elections with musician Andrei Makarevich. S.K.: Congratulations on both the concert and such an unusual active Sunday, did you manage to vote today? A.M.: I succeeded. S.K.: Where was it, what area did you have? A.M.: This is next to the house where I lived, on Leninsky Prospekt, building 37 on Ordzhonikidze Street.

The first exit poll data has arrived 2K 1 min. ... According to preliminary data from the FOM, the four leaders look like this: United Russia (46%), Communist Party of the Russian Federation (21%), A Just Russia (14.1%), LDPR (13.2%). The Public Opinion Foundation publishes the first exit poll data. According to preliminary data, four parties are entering the State Duma: United Russia (46%), Communist Party of the Russian Federation (21%), A Just Russia (14.1%), LDPR (13.2%).

South Ossetian opposition leader Alla Dzhioeva, who has not addressed her supporters for two days, is currently holding a rally on Teatralnaya Square in the center of the capital of the republic. At this rally, she called on those gathered to “stand until victory.” “I am sure that no dark forces will be able to break our desire to stand tall. We fought for not fake independence, but real independence.

Australia's ruling Labor Party approved the lifting of the ban on uranium exports to India by a small majority. The vote was preceded by passionate debate. Although Australia exports uranium to China, Japan, Taiwan and the United States, India has been removed from the list of importers as a non-signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said lifting a decades-long ban on uranium supplies was in the country's interests.

The Iranian military said it shot down an American unmanned spy plane. As the Iranian Arabic-language TV channel Al-Alam reported, citing a source in army circles, this happened in the east of the country. However, neither the exact location nor the date of the incident has been reported. Tehran said that from now on, measures will be taken outside Iranian borders in response to violations of the country's airspace by US aircraft. Based on materials from Radio Liberty

Employees of the Center for Countering Extremism detained a 26-year-old local resident in Moscow. He is suspected of illegal possession and trafficking of antique firearms. As RIA Novosti reported on December 4, citing the press service of the capital's central administration, the center's employees were on the trail of a 26-year-old Moscow resident about two months ago. As a result of operational measures, it was possible to detain the suspect in a cafe on Leningradskoye Highway.

Kommersant FM correspondent about the first violations As of 12:00 Moscow time, the national average turnout for the State Duma elections was about 11%. Even bad weather does not prevent Russians from casting their vote. Observers, meanwhile, are already recording minor violations. The average turnout in the State Duma elections in Russia as of 12:00 was 11%.