Rafael Gevorkyan, Russia’s chargé d’affaires ad interim in the Islamic Republic, said the number of Russian citizens voting at polling stations in Iran was very high.
Gevorkyan said Russian citizens had come from different cities to participate in the elections. He said every Russian citizen who wants to see their country strong, united and prosperous has the right and civic duty to vote.
Turnout is very high. People are coming from different cities. Everyone says that voting is the right and civic duty of every Russian citizen who wants to see their country strong, united and prosperous.
Gevorkyan also cast his ballot in the elections.
Russia’s election schedule concluded on September 20
Elections for deputies to Russia’s ninth State Duma began on September 18 and ended on September 20, alongside other elections held during the same period.
A total of 20,700 parliamentary seats and elected positions were scheduled to be filled on the single voting day in 2026. Russian President Vladimir Putin had described the State Duma elections as the country’s most important domestic political event.