MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. Nationwide voter turnout in the Russian presidential election stood at 65.05% as of 12:50 p.m. Moscow time (9:50 a.m. GMT - TASS) on Sunday, according to live update from the Russian Central Election Commission.

"[Voter turnout] as the election is going on: 65.05%," data on the information board of the election authority reads.

The data excludes the number of online voters though.