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March 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 05:11 MSK: The Public Chamber of Russia has received its first calls from election observers, in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Amur Region. The observers reported an orderly atmosphere at the polling stations, though they did mention a minor problem related to the installation of a webcam in Blagoveshchensk, the capital of the Amur Region. They also said there were difficulties with letting one public observers in, but that the problem had been resolved with the help of the Central Electoral Commission.
05:00 MSK: More major Siberian cities including Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Barnaul and Omsk, located in the timezone three hours ahead of Moscow, begin voting.
04:56 MSK: Presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov casts his ballot at a polling station in a small town in Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk Region.
04:20 MSK: The Khabarovsk Region’s local electoral commission reports that approximately 73,196 people, or 7 per cent of the region’s voters, have cast their ballots during the first two hours of the presidential election. This is 4.5 per cent lower than the turnout during the same period in Russia’s last presidential election, in 2008.
04:05 MSK: Over 5 per cent of voters have cast their ballots during the first two hours of voting in the Jewish Autonomous Region, according to the local electoral office. That is 1 per cent lower than during the same period in Russia’s last presidential election, in 2008.
04:00 MSK: Siberia steps up to the election at 04:00 Moscow time, with cities like Krasnoyarsk, with a population close to one million, the Republic of Khakassia’s capital Abakan, and others opening their polling stations.
03:40 MSK: Ballots open at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo, as well as the Russian consulates in Sapporo, Niigata and Osaka. Approximately 800 Russian citizens are registered with consulates throughout Japan, although unofficial estimates put the number of Russians living there at several thousand.
03:28 MSK: Over 7 per cent of registered voters have cast their ballots in the first two hours of voting in the Magadan Region, the local electoral commission reports. This is 1.5 per cent more than the voter turnout during the same period in Russia’s last presidential election, in 2008.
03:20 MSK: Voter turnout in Chukotka after two hours of voting is almost 27 per cent, according to the local electoral commission. In the last presidential election, in 2008, 25 per cent of registered voters in Chukotka voted during the same period.
03:01 MSK: Ballots are open in Buryatia, a republic with 700,000 registered voters. Voting is already underway in the sparsely populated eastern areas of the country.
02:20 MSK: Polling stations open in the Zabaikalsky Region, where over 817,000 voters are registered. The local electoral commission says 904 of a total 955 polling stations are equipped with webcams, with 502 of them broadcasting live.
02:15 MSK:Voting is underway in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), and the Amur Region. Sakha’s local elections commissioner says the number of polling stations (813) is twice the amount the republic had during December’s parliamentary poll. An online broadcast of the voting process will be available for 401 of the polling stations. Cameras will be recording the process at 398 other stations, albeit without a live online broadcast due to connectivity problems. Sixteen remote polling stations will have no cameras or Internet access due to technical difficulties.
01:32 MSK: Yakutsk Mayor’s Office says city bus prices will be reduced from 16 rubles (about 50 US cents) to 10 rubles (about 30 US cents). The election-day discount will be in effect from 08:00 to 20:00 local time.
01:04 MSK: Polling stations open in the Primorye, Khabarovsk and Sakhalin regions, and the Jewish Autonomous Region at 08:00 local time.
00:08 MSK: The Chukotka region is one of the first to start the presidential vote. As of 8:00 local time, all 57 polling stations are now open.
00:00 MSK: Voting kicks off in Russia’s presidential election as stations open in the country’s most eastern areas including Chukotka, Magadan, and Kamchatka.
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