All the presidential candidates, except the only independent, Mikhail Prokhorov, voted at Moscow polling stations in the presidential polls on Sunday. Billionaire Prokhorov voted in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankPresidential candidate, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov voted at a village school in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia.
Presidential candidate, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov voted at a village school in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander Kryazhev / Go to the mediabank“I am very much glad that I am the first presidential candidate to vote in the center of our country,” Prokhorov said after the vote. “I choose the new Russia. Everything is just beginning.”
“I am very much glad that I am the first presidential candidate to vote in the center of our country,” Prokhorov said after the vote. “I choose the new Russia. Everything is just beginning.”
© RIA Novosti . Alexander Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankHe said he will fly back to Moscow after the voting, because he plans to take part in talk shows discussing elections in the evening.
He said he will fly back to Moscow after the voting, because he plans to take part in talk shows discussing elections in the evening.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Filippov / Go to the mediabankThe veteran Communist Party leader, Gennady Zyuganov, said as he was casting his ballot that he was voting for a "educated, healthy, intelligent and prosperous" Russia.
The veteran Communist Party leader, Gennady Zyuganov, said as he was casting his ballot that he was voting for a "educated, healthy, intelligent and prosperous" Russia.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Filippov / Go to the mediabankZyuganov said that the Communists had started to register some election violations already.
Zyuganov said that the Communists had started to register some election violations already.
© RIA Novosti . Alexey Filippov / Go to the mediabankHe also said a higher turnout at the elections would ensure stricter control over the results, which would increase the probability of a second round vote.
He also said a higher turnout at the elections would ensure stricter control over the results, which would increase the probability of a second round vote.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaliy Belousov / Go to the mediabankA Just Russia Party leader Sergei Mironov voted at a polling station in central Moscow.
A Just Russia Party leader Sergei Mironov voted at a polling station in central Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaliy Belousov / Go to the mediabankMironov told reporters he had little sleep before the election.
Mironov told reporters he had little sleep before the election.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astopkovich / Go to the mediabankPresidential candidate, Liberal Democratic Party head Vladimir Zhirinovsky arrived at a polling station wearing a red jacket.
Presidential candidate, Liberal Democratic Party head Vladimir Zhirinovsky arrived at a polling station wearing a red jacket.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astopkovich / Go to the mediabankZhirinovsky wished all voters to be in a good temper on Monday.
Zhirinovsky wished all voters to be in a good temper on Monday.