Russian elections: Half of turnout in occupied territories ensured by non-natives

He told about this on the Espreso TV channel.

"Russians say that the turnout in the pseudo-elections in the temporarily occupied territories was 87%. According to them, more than 1.5 million people took part in these elections. According to our estimates, there is no such number of people living in the TOT (temporarily occupied territories - ed.) of Luhansk region. It's also important to note that half of the population, in Sieverodonetsk district for sure, who voted were not local residents. That is, they were Russian military and civilians who came to the TOT of Luhansk region. In addition, they used absentee ballots and there were a lot of recorded changes of voting places," said Vlasenko.

According to Vlasenko, the turnout at Putin's pseudo-elections in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region was no more than 50%.

"Therefore, all this is further evidence that these elections are a farce and fraud. I think that the turnout on the TOT cannot be more than 50%. Because there are few people left in the occupied territories. Mostly people of retirement age voted there, for whom it is a kind of holiday where they can eat for free," he added.

• The Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin was predictably "elected" to a new term in Russia in the so-called presidential elections that took place on March 15-17. He has already been congratulated on his "victory" by the leaders of the DPRK, China, Iran, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, India, Syria, Pakistan, Qatar, and Turkey.