# Turnout on Russia’s federal remote electronic voting platform reaches 70%

https://mins.news/en/item/64868

- TASS, 2026-09-18 20:48 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2189979

> More than 2.8 million people had voted through Russia’s federal remote electronic voting platform by 6:45 p.m. GMT, putting turnout among registered participants at 70%, the Digital Development Ministry said. Smolensk and Novgorod regions recorded 80%, followed by Mari El at 79%.

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