Russian foreign Ministry: overseas voting on amendments trying to discredit

the Vote on the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation subjected to deliberate attempts to discredit the stations abroad, said the state Secretary — Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Yevgeny Ivanov. During the videoconference on the topic of voting citizens residing outside of Russia he said that attempts are rare, but lucid. For example, attempting to vote multiple times, including using the website services.

overall, the voting abroad takes place quietly, in 144 countries created 254 polling station conducted 42 away and early voting. It was attended by 33 thousand Russians – employees of Russian companies, the military personnel of the Russian military bases and their families.

Three sites in Australia and New Zealand have already completed the work, the votes are counted.