Ukrainians vote in the parliamentary elections on 2 sites in Belarus

Two of the polling station for voting on elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will be opened in Belarus on Sunday, said Last news Commissioner of the Embassy of Ukraine in Minsk.

in Belarus there are Two polling station at the Embassy in Minsk and the General Consulate in Brest, " He said.

The boundaries of the area at the Embassy include Minsk, Vitebsk, Gomel, Minsk and Mogilev regions of Belarus, during the Consulate General - Brest and Grodno regions. On election day precincts will work from 8 to 20 hours.

according to the interviewer, vote have the opportunity to take the citizens of Ukraine, which are included in the list of voters at the respective polling station due to a passport.

He said that the number of people listed who came to the elections in Belarus, " increased slightly at the expense of people who came from Donetsk and Lugansk regions, but not all steel Came on consular registration ".

according to the diplomatic mission, in the voters ' lists included about 13 thousand Ukrainian Residents: 8 thousand in Minsk and 5 thousand in Brest.

however, in mid-October, the head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the country took up to 30 thousand Ukrainian immigrants.

the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on October 26, is expected to elect 424 MP: 199 in single-member constituencies and 225 party list with reduced barrier of 5%. As international election observers registered 2321 people.

The Central election Commission of Belarus will not participate in observation, because it has not received an invitation from the Ukrainian colleagues. Two Belarusian parliamentarians will take part in the monitoring mission of the OSCE PA. In addition, " the Belarusian Committee of solidarity with Ukraine ", created in the spring as an informal initiative next opposition politicians and public figures, sent about 10 observers from international missions.


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