Russia's Elections Commission Says Over 491,000 Observers Worked At Parliamentary Vote

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th September, 2021) A total of 491,188 observers worked at the parliamentary elections in Russia, the Central Election Commission's spokeswoman, Ella Pamfilova, said on Monday.

"We had so many observers ... A total of 334,127 observers from political parties and candidates from single-mandate Constituencies, plus 157,061 observers ... nominated by parties as commission members with a consultative capacity ... We had a total of 491,188 observers," Pamfilova told the election commission.