00:06The legislative elections in Russia reached their final date with positive results,
00:11despite absence by Ukraine to spread panic among the population and thus hindered the
00:16election process. Our correspondent Odette Diaz has more details.
00:23On September 20th, Russia reached the third and final day of the legislative elections
00:28in which 450 deputies were elected to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament,
00:32for its ninth legislative session.
00:37The three-day process, which began on Friday, September 18, was marred by cyberattacks as
00:41well as attacks by Ukrainian drones aimed at destabilizing the vote and undermining Russian
00:45democracy.
00:49As we know, Ukrainian leaders are in no hurry to hold elections, but they are also trying
00:53to prevent us from doing so.
00:56The leaders in Kyiv talk about peace and propose resuming so-called negotiations.
01:02However, by committing crimes of this kind themselves, they are doing everything possible
01:06to prevent both peace and negotiations.
01:11Ukraine launched attacks against polling stations.
01:14Several chairpersons of territorial election commissions were murdered.
01:18There is also evidence of attacks against locations where polling stations had been set up or were
01:22planned to be set up. There are clear evidence of coordinated efforts to obstacle the elections,
01:26besiege cities, and force our election commissions and local authorities to resort to alternative
01:30methods for organizing the vote.
01:36In the face of the wave of terrorist actions by Ukraine, with a record number of 1,100 drones
01:41launched early Sunday morning into Russian territory, including the Moscow region and the capital.
01:46The chairwoman of the Central Electoral Commission listed some of the impacts suffered.
01:50Voting in elections in hostile countries is very difficult.
01:55During the massive drone attack on September 20 against the Moscow region,
01:58a member of the electoral committee was injured. However, she still reported to work.
02:04As a result of the attack, which also involved unmanned aerial vehicles targeting a bus in the Kursan region,
02:10two people died, including a member of the election committee.
02:12Also, in Comey, at one of the polling stations after voting had ended, a fire was set intentionally.
02:18The perpetrator was arrested.
02:20These hostile actions against the election process have not gone unpunished in the eyes of the
02:25international community. More than 1,000 foreign observers are participating in the elections,
02:30including those from Western countries who assert that Russia is a pioneer in electronic voting.
02:36Obviously, we are looking for a transparent and fair process, and I think that so far we haven't seen
02:42anything negative. What we've seen so far is very impressive, especially in terms of technology.
02:47Russia is a developed country compared to us in terms of technology, so we have a lot to learn.
02:55On September 21, the Central Electoral Commission will announce the results of the legislative elections,
03:00and the public will learn who the 450 members of the State Duma will be,
03:06as well as the top officials in eight regions of the country and the members of the legislative bodies
03:11and local governments.
03:13Arian Lopez and Odette Diaz-Fumero, Telesur Moscow, Russia
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