Vladimir Sandutsa. Deputies of the Supreme Council (Parliament) and local councils of Transnistria was over in 20. 00 local time (21. 00 MSK).

according to the Transnistrian Central electoral Commission, the elections were deemed valid in 16. 30 local time (17. 30 MSK), when the turnout of voters exceeded the desired 25%.

on Sunday in the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (PMR) for the first time was held a single day of voting. Were conducted four electoral campaign: elections of the deputies of the Supreme Council (Parliament), deputies of city councils of people's deputies of villages (villages) and heads of rural administrations.

first international observer, the people's Deputy of the Russian state Duma Alexey Zhuravlev in conversation with Last news said the high-level organization held elections in Transnistria. Observers from the Russian Association for the protection of electoral rights "Civilian oversight" emphasized, for example, the inability of the areas for the reception of a large number of voters, the problems with the electoral lists, and complaints to the organization of voting at home Were registered violations during the election campaign on election day.

the interim results of the elections, the CEC plans to announce the first day of the week.

Transnistria, 60% of the inhabitants are Russians and Ukrainians, sought to secede from Moldova even before the destruction of the USSR, fearing that Moldova will join Romania. In 1992, after the failed attempt of the authorities of Moldova force to solve the problem, Transnistria was in fact not controlled by the Chisinau area.

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