{"id":449652,"date":"2021-09-19T14:09:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T14:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=449652"},"modified":"2021-09-19T14:27:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T14:27:55","slug":"russias-legislative-elections-why-are-there-27-polling-stations-in-transnistria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/russias-legislative-elections-why-are-there-27-polling-stations-in-transnistria\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia&#8217;s legislative elections: Why are there 27 polling stations in Transnistria?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>Legislative elections are currently being held in Russia between September 17-19, as 450 new members in the State Duma need to be elected.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> Central Election Commission (CEC)<\/strong> of the Russian Federation decided to open a<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> record number of polling stations in the Transnistrian region &#8211; <strong>27 polling stations<\/strong><\/span>, in addition to only 3 polling station opened on the right bank of the Dniester in such big cities as Chisinau, Comrat and Balti.<\/p>\n<p>That is the largest number of polling stations opened by the Russian CEC in a foreign country, and five polling stations more than in the 2016 elections. Two of the polling stations were established in Tiraspol, being open from Friday to Sunday. The rest of the Russian polling stations on the Transnistrian territory are opened on Sunday only. The most astonishing fact is that no state other than Russia<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> has ever opened polling stations in the separatist region of the Republic of Moldova<\/span>. Actually, no polling stations are being opened on the Transnistrian territory when it comes to national elections of the Republic of Moldova either.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, one could say that the stakes are high when it comes to Transnistrian voters, especially since, most likely, the hopes of Russian authorities are not necessarily based on a large turnout and their real support, rather on the real possibility of electoral fraud on a territory that is not controlled by the constitutional authorities in Chisinau.<\/p>\n<p>Before the presidential elections in 2018, Russian authorities announced that there are <strong>220 thousand Russian citizens<\/strong> living in the Transnistrian region. That time, 24 polling stations were opened in the separatist area. Despite the fact that the Tiraspol Electoral Commission announced that, in the last year and a half alone, the voter turnout has officially fallen in the region by more than 7 700 people, the Russian CEC still decided to establish a record number of polling stations this year, which strengthened the argument about the possibility of election fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Both Tiraspol&#8217;s administration and the regional media campaigned for the ruling political party <strong>United Russia<\/strong> and called for a high turnout at polling stations. Transnistria&#8217;s leader, Vadim Krasnoselski, <a href=\"https:\/\/moldova.europalibera.org\/a\/rusia-deschide-%C3%AEn-transnistria-cele-mai-multe-sec%C8%9Bii-de-votare-din-str%C4%83in%C4%83tate-chi%C5%9Fin%C4%83ul-reac%C8%9Bioneaz%C4%83-temperat\/31464492.html\">urged<\/a>\u00a0the people on the left bank of the Dniester to come to the polls <em>&#8220;because despite all the difficulties, Russia does not forget Transnistria and helps it as much as possible.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It seems that the campaigning, along with the Russian sponsorship in the region, show great results during every election ballot, as Russian citizens voting in Russian elections in Transnistria are a more active electorate than Moldovan citizens residing in Transnistria and voting in the Moldovan elections at the polling stations arranged on the other bank of the Dniester, especially for them. In the previous Russia&#8217;s legislative elections, 56 thousand people voted in Transnistria, while just under <span style=\"color: #993300;\">29 thousand<\/span> inhabitants of the Transnistrian region voted in the recent Moldova&#8217;s parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p>Before every election ballot held in the Russian Federation, Moldovan authorities make statements, suggesting the Russian side to abstain from opening polling stations in Transnistria, whereas Russian authorities ignore them every time.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the<strong> Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova<\/strong> also sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/mfa.gov.md\/ro\/content\/comentariul-biroului-de-presa-al-maeie-cu-privire-la-deschiderea-sectiilor-de-votare\">note<\/a> of protest against opening the polling stations in Transnistria.<em> &#8220;The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration regrets that, despite the position consistently expressed by the Moldovan authorities, the Russian side acted in a manner that <span style=\"color: #993300;\">does not correspond to the principle of sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova and the bilateral legal framework<\/span>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry representatives noted that Russian authorities were informed of the lack of impediments to open polling stations in localities under the control of Moldova&#8217;s constitutional authorities and requested the Russian side to refrain from opening the 27 polling stations in the localities of the breakaway region, given the impossibility of ensuring the necessary security conditions for the current elections.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow&#8217;s Central Election Commission also opened nine polling stations in Abkhazia and ten in South Ossetia &#8211; two disputed territories that were internationally recognised by Russia and a few more countries, while considered under military occupation, according to the Georgian Government. These lands, that are under the exclusive control of Russia, offer good opportunities to <em>&#8216;correct&#8217;<\/em> any uncomfortable results obtained in the country, where the ruling political party no longer enjoys as much support as it wants to appear.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: wjct.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>Legislative elections are currently being held in Russia between September 17-19, as 450 new members in the State Duma need to be elected. The Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation decided to open a record number of polling stations in the Transnistrian region &#8211; 27 polling stations, in addition to only 3 polling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":449653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,6,3,10,4,56],"tags":[100,35,27,1060,32,1135,1122],"class_list":["post-449652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections","category-important-en","category-politics","category-reintegration","category-society","category-reportaje","tag-elections","tag-important","tag-moldova","tag-polling-stations","tag-russia","tag-state-duma","tag-trasnistria"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>Legislative elections are currently being held in Russia between September 17-19, as 450 new members in the State Duma need to be elected.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> Central Election Commission (CEC)<\/strong> of the Russian Federation decided to open a<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> record number of polling stations in the Transnistrian region &#8211; <strong>27 polling stations<\/strong><\/span>, in addition to only 3 polling station opened on the right bank of the Dniester in such big cities as Chisinau, Comrat and Balti.<\/p>\n<p>That is the largest number of polling stations opened by the Russian CEC in a foreign country, and five polling stations more than in the 2016 elections. Two of the polling stations were established in Tiraspol, being open from Friday to Sunday. The rest of the Russian polling stations on the Transnistrian territory are opened on Sunday only. The most astonishing fact is that no state other than Russia<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> has ever opened polling stations in the separatist region of the Republic of Moldova<\/span>. Actually, no polling stations are being opened on the Transnistrian territory when it comes to national elections of the Republic of Moldova either.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, one could say that the stakes are high when it comes to Transnistrian voters, especially since, most likely, the hopes of Russian authorities are not necessarily based on a large turnout and their real support, rather on the real possibility of electoral fraud on a territory that is not controlled by the constitutional authorities in Chisinau.<\/p>\n<p>Before the presidential elections in 2018, Russian authorities announced that there are <strong>220 thousand Russian citizens<\/strong> living in the Transnistrian region. That time, 24 polling stations were opened in the separatist area. Despite the fact that the Tiraspol Electoral Commission announced that, in the last year and a half alone, the voter turnout has officially fallen in the region by more than 7 700 people, the Russian CEC still decided to establish a record number of polling stations this year, which strengthened the argument about the possibility of election fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Both Tiraspol&#8217;s administration and the regional media campaigned for the ruling political party <strong>United Russia<\/strong> and called for a high turnout at polling stations. Transnistria&#8217;s leader, Vadim Krasnoselski, <a href=\"https:\/\/moldova.europalibera.org\/a\/rusia-deschide-%C3%AEn-transnistria-cele-mai-multe-sec%C8%9Bii-de-votare-din-str%C4%83in%C4%83tate-chi%C5%9Fin%C4%83ul-reac%C8%9Bioneaz%C4%83-temperat\/31464492.html\">urged<\/a>\u00a0the people on the left bank of the Dniester to come to the polls <em>&#8220;because despite all the difficulties, Russia does not forget Transnistria and helps it as much as possible.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It seems that the campaigning, along with the Russian sponsorship in the region, show great results during every election ballot, as Russian citizens voting in Russian elections in Transnistria are a more active electorate than Moldovan citizens residing in Transnistria and voting in the Moldovan elections at the polling stations arranged on the other bank of the Dniester, especially for them. In the previous Russia&#8217;s legislative elections, 56 thousand people voted in Transnistria, while just under <span style=\"color: #993300;\">29 thousand<\/span> inhabitants of the Transnistrian region voted in the recent Moldova&#8217;s parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p>Before every election ballot held in the Russian Federation, Moldovan authorities make statements, suggesting the Russian side to abstain from opening polling stations in Transnistria, whereas Russian authorities ignore them every time.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the<strong> Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova<\/strong> also sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/mfa.gov.md\/ro\/content\/comentariul-biroului-de-presa-al-maeie-cu-privire-la-deschiderea-sectiilor-de-votare\">note<\/a> of protest against opening the polling stations in Transnistria.<em> &#8220;The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration regrets that, despite the position consistently expressed by the Moldovan authorities, the Russian side acted in a manner that <span style=\"color: #993300;\">does not correspond to the principle of sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova and the bilateral legal framework<\/span>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry representatives noted that Russian authorities were informed of the lack of impediments to open polling stations in localities under the control of Moldova&#8217;s constitutional authorities and requested the Russian side to refrain from opening the 27 polling stations in the localities of the breakaway region, given the impossibility of ensuring the necessary security conditions for the current elections.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow&#8217;s Central Election Commission also opened nine polling stations in Abkhazia and ten in South Ossetia &#8211; two disputed territories that were internationally recognised by Russia and a few more countries, while considered under military occupation, according to the Georgian Government. 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