Russians in Goa
vote for polls
in their country
THE GOAN NETWORK
PANAJI
The voting in Russia is scheduled on September 18, but in Goa the voting was held earlier as the ballot boxes are to be transferred to Mumbai and sent to Russia. This is the second time that Russia allowed voting from a venue outside a Consulate or the Embassy in India. The first such polling was witnessed in Goa on December 4, 2011, when nearly 300 Russian voters cast their voteS.
Several Russians living in Goa cast their votes in the election for the 450 seats of Duma, their country's Lower House of Parliament.
The voting, which was overseen by Consul General Alexey Zhiltsov, was held on Thursday at a temporary polling booth in Porvorim.
"The entire process went on peacefully. Two representatives from the Russian Consulate at Mumbai had arrived in Goa," Varma said.
