International observers called elections in Russia more democratic. The turnout for the Russian presidential elections as of 15:41 Moscow time on the first day of voting was 20.60%.
The international observer emphasized that he was surprised by the opportunity to vote not only by coming to the polling station, but also online. He said he saw a fairly large turnout at the polling stations where we were. It seems to me that this process in Russia is more democratic than in France, for example,” Christian Arsene Robert-Noël Rho said.