MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/. Roughly 75 polling station buildings in 11 regions across Russia were damaged as a result of targeted attacks by the Ukrainian military during the recent elections, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairwoman Ella Pamfilova said on Friday.
"In 11 regions, 75 buildings housing territorial precinct election commissions were damaged or completely destroyed and were not accidentally affected by fallen debris or anything else. These were targeted attacks," she said.
Pamfilova added that during the voting days, as a result of missile attacks, UAV attacks and other emergencies, two territorial election commissions and 84 precinct election commissions in Russia’s six constituent entities were forced to relocate to backup premises.
Elections of the 9th State Duma took place during the three-day voting period from September 18 to 20. For the first time, residents of the Donbass and Novorossiya regions participated in the elections. Ten parties were included in the electoral lists for the federal constituency: United Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), the Liberal Democratic Party of the Russian Federation (LDPR), New People, A Just Russia - For Truth, the Party of Pensioners for Social Justice, the Communists of Russia, Rodina, the Party of Direct Democracy as well as the Greens Ecological Party.
Concurrently, elections were held for the legislative assemblies of 39 regions, as well as for the heads of constituent entities of Russia: direct elections in eight regions and elections by regional parliaments in three. In total, approximately 23,000 seats were up for election.