“Posts for early voting for the presidential elections in the Russian Federation opened in Venezuela on March 9 at 8 a.m. local time (15:00 Moscow time) on Margarita Island and in the city of Barcelona,” he told TASS.

According to the diplomat, elections will be held in Caracas on March 17, the polling station will be open for 12 hours.

Earlier, the Russian Central Election Commission announced that almost 760 thousand people voted early in the presidential elections.

It was also reported that more than 200 international observers will come to the Russian presidential elections.