moldova's central electoral commission has decided to reduce the number of polling stations in russia from 5 to 2 for the presidential elections and the referendum on joining the european union on october 20. the decision was made on monday at a meeting of the republic's central electoral commission, which was broadcast on its official website. "the central election commission has determined that it is impossible to organize elections at polling stations no. 38/196, no. 38/197, no. 38/198. the documents on them must be destroyed," the chairperson of the central election commission of moldova, angela karaman, announced the decree. the closed polling stations were located in st. petersburg, khanty-mansiysk and yaroslavl. earlier, the central election commission, citing alleged "security issues," decided   -startovala-prezidentskaia-predvybo rnaia-kampaniia.html to reduce the number of polling stations in russia from 17 to only 5. commenting on this decision, the official representative of the russian foreign ministry, maria zakharova, called it "a manifestation of the ruling regime's fear and lack of confidence in its own victory in the event of an equal game with the opposition."   ostavila-dva-uchastka-v-rf-dlia-gol osovaniia-na-prezidentskih-vyborah. html   979031998.html
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