More than 45,000 Russian citizens who are currently abroad have cast their votes in the Russian presidential election, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large Andrei Nesterenko said.
“At the moment more than 45,000 people have voted,” the diplomat said, voicing hope that the figure will grow.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has sent more than 160 diplomats to provide assistance to the election commissions abroad.
Russia is taking steps to ensure that those citizens who are serving abroad at military bases and as border guards were able to vote as well.