Voters in the Kamchatka Territory have begun voting in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, a representative of the regional election commission told RIA Novosti . “At 8:00 local time on Sunday (0.00 Moscow time), all 196 polling stations in the Kamchatka Territory opened their doors to voters,” the agency’s interlocutor said. In total, according to him, about 258.5 thousand people in the region have the right to vote in the Russian presidential elections.

The Central Election Commission has released the first data on the presidential election. After processing 14% of the ballots, Vladimir Putin wins with a result of 61.8%. In second place is Gennady Zyuganov, who scored 17.8%. Vladimir Zhirinovsky has 8%, Mikhail Prokhorov has 7.57%, Sergei Mironov has 3.67%.

Voter turnout in the Russian presidential elections on March 4 at 10.00 Moscow time was 12.2%, Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission Leonid Ivlev reported at the information center of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. “At 10:00 the turnout was 12.2%,” he told Ivlev.

Voters are voting more actively in presidential elections than four years ago. The turnout at 13:00 Moscow time throughout the country exceeded 30%. Professor of the Russian School of Economics Konstantin Sonin discussed the situation with presenter Roman Karlov. — Are you surprised by such a large turnout or is everything natural?

The Russian presidential elections ended at 20.00 local time (12.00 Moscow time) on March 4 in four regions of the Far Eastern Federal District - Primorsky and Khabarovsk territories, Sakhalin region and Jewish Autonomous Region; an hour earlier, elections ended in Chukotka, Kamchatka and Kolyma, representatives of regional election commissions told RIA Novosti . In these regions, polling stations were closed and vote counting began under the control of observers.

Moscow is preparing for mass protests after the completion of voting in the Russian presidential elections. A rally in support of one of the candidates began on Manezhnaya Square. Kommersant FM correspondent Nikita Batalov told the details to presenter Alexey Korneev. — About an hour and a half ago, I drove past Manezhka, there was an NTV bus there, there were already television cameras, there was a lot of police, but the participants themselves were not in the square. What's going on there now?

During the voting in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, law enforcement agencies registered several facts of provocations, including from the media, several observers were removed from polling stations for violations, First Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexander Gorovoy reported at the information center of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. “Facts of provocations were recorded, including from the media,” he said.

On March 4, as of 2 p.m., the Ministry of Internal Affairs hotline received 61 messages. 40 of them were associated with calls where citizens asked for some kind of advisory assistance. In particular, they were interested in the numbers of polling stations at their place of residence, as well as the addresses where they could vote. 21 reports concerned minor violations. These messages have been logged.

According to the Central Election Commission, Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, based on the results of processing more than 30% of ballots, receives 63.42% of the votes. Gennady Zyuganov (Communist Party of the Russian Federation) retains second place with 17.26%. Self-nominated candidate Mikhail Prokhorov is in third place with 7.29% of the votes. Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR) gains 7.19%, Sergei Mironov (A Just Russia) – 3.71%, RIA Novosti reports.

Throughout Russia, the presidential elections have ended - at 19:00 Kyiv time, polling stations in the Kaliningrad region, the westernmost region of the Russian Federation, closed. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation, at 16:00 Kyiv time, voter turnout was 56.3%. The publication of the first data on the election results and the results of exit-polls (exit polls from polling stations) will begin after 19:00 Kyiv time.

Rosneft and ExxonMobil plan to announce a list of joint projects by the summer, Eduard Khudainatov, the head of Russia’s largest state-owned oil company, told reporters in Stavropol on March 4. Answering the question when a new joint venture will be created and whether a specific list of joint projects has been determined, he said: “Work is underway, we do not have one joint venture, but a whole group of enterprises.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived at Manezhnaya Square, where a rally of supporters of the prime minister, who received more than 60% of the votes in the elections, is taking place. “We will not give this victory to anyone,” said President Medvedev, speaking at Manezhnaya. Vladimir Putin thanked all Russian citizens who took part in the elections. “We won in an open and fair fight,” he emphasized.

The Institute of International Finance (IIF), which represents many of Greece's private creditors, has supported the Greek debt restructuring program. "The IIF Board of Directors is firmly of the view that the successful completion of the (bond) exchange will help significantly facilitate official financing for Greece and will help it implement the necessary reforms to lay the foundations for economic recovery. These are important steps towards resolving the Greek debt crisis," it said.

Voter turnout in the Russian presidential elections at 18:00 was 56.3%, Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission Leonid Ivlev reported at the information center of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. The turnout at 15:00 Moscow time, according to the Central Election Commission, was 47.6%, recalls RIA Novosti .

Political commentator for Kommersant FM Stanislav Kucher discussed the first results of the vote count in the presidential election with lawyer and politician Alexei Navalny. --Alexey, as far as I understand, you worked as an observer today, and you will continue to work until the morning. What are your feelings about the elections? — I am now in the RosVybory information center, where information flows from observers who directed RosVybory and other projects. In general, nothing like that...