​Russia will open several polling stations in the Transnistrian region for the presidential elections on March 17, local media reported, citing a statement from the Russian embassy in Moldova, despite the fact that the central government has determined that the polling station can only work at the embassy’s headquarters in Chisinau. reports News.ro with reference to NewsMaker.

Thus, according to ZDG.md, six polling stations will be opened in the Transnistrian region for the presidential elections of Russia.

Three will be opened in the city of Tiraspol, one in Tygin, one in Rybnytsia and one more in Grigoriopol.

They will work from 08:00 to 20:00. Video footage announcing the opening of polling stations in the Transnistrian region says the decision was made “in accordance with the decision of the Russian Embassy in Moldova,” NewsMaker reports.

However, on the official website of the Russian embassy, ​​as well as on the website of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, only one polling station is indicated, which will open in Moldova on March 17, namely in the building of St. Embassy of Russia in Chisinau.

“This topic is being discussed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and we will definitely come back with a reaction,” Tetiana Barac, a representative of the ministry’s press service, told Ziarul de Gardă.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova has banned the opening of several sites

NewsMaker has reached out to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova for comment. Representatives of the press service quoted the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mihai Popsoi, who said in early February that Moldova had allowed the opening of a polling station in the presidential elections in Russia, but only on the territory of the Russian embassy in Chisinau. .

“We have banned the organization of presidential elections anywhere outside diplomatic missions. If there is an attempt to organize elections somewhere else, it will be counterproductive,” the foreign minister said later in mid-February.

Presidential elections in Russia will be held on March 15-17, 2024. Vladimir Putin, who has been in power since 2000, is easily re-elected for a fifth term, in the absence of real competitors, which he has ensured. elected after the invasion of Ukraine to suppress the voice of any opposition movement. He will be able to stay in the Kremlin at least until 2030, when he will be 78 years old.