Three-day voting in gubernatorial and municipal elections has begun in Kuban

More than 2,800 polling stations opened today in Krasnodar Krai, where gubernatorial elections are taking place from September 12 to 14. Elections of city council deputies have also begun in Krasnodar and Sochi.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on June 6, deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Kuban approved the date of the gubernatorial elections, setting the vote for September 14. The next day, the regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation supported the idea of nominating Krasnodar City Duma deputy Alexander Safronov, who was a rival of the incumbent governor Veniamin Kondratyev in the 2020 elections, for these elections. At the end of July, Safronov was officially registered as a candidate for governor. On September 10, he reported gross violations in the work of several precinct commissions.

Today at 08:00 Moscow time, voting began in the Krasnodar Krai gubernatorial elections and in the municipal elections, the regional election commission reported on its Telegram channel. "All polling stations opened on time, the commissions began their work. Voting will take place over three days: September 12, 13 and 14, 2025. Voting hours at the commission premises will be from 08:00 to 20:00," the publication says.

64 territorial and 2,842 precinct election commissions are involved in the election campaign, the report notes. "An additional 28 temporary polling stations have been created in Krasnodar Krai, which have been deployed in hospitals, pre-trial detention centers, and military units," the election commission reported. As of July 1, 4,437,705 voters have registered in the region, the commission noted.

In Krasnodar, where elections for city council deputies are also taking place from September 12 to 14, 389 polling stations have opened, the city administration reported on its website. "All polling stations are equipped, provided with communications and office equipment, video surveillance. Police officers are on duty at all of them," the publication quotes the words of the chairman of the Tsentralnaya TEC Roman Ivaschenko.

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On the eve of the elections to the city council, Krasnodar teachers are being forced to participate in the primaries of "United Russia", they are asking parents to send screenshots of the voting, said the deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Alexander Safronov.

There are 6,028 members of election commissions working in the city. "4,531 observers will monitor the voting process, including 1,007 from candidates, 3,136 from electoral associations, and 388 from public control entities. At some polling stations, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the city Rescue Service will be on duty. All precinct election commissions are equipped with video recording equipment and metal detectors. 16 polling stations in the regional center are equipped with electronic ballot processing systems (EPCS)," the mayor's office said.

Voting in the elections for governor and city council deputies has also begun in Sochi, with 243 polling stations opening, the city administration reported on its Telegram channel.

1,817 observers are monitoring the voting process

"1,817 observers from political parties and registered candidates are monitoring the voting process. 197 polling stations are accessible to citizens with disabilities. Volunteers are on duty to help them. Also, until 14:00 on September 14, you can leave an application for voting at home for health reasons," the publication says, under which, as of 10.55 Moscow time, not a single comment has been posted.

Recall that 124 candidates were registered for the elections of deputies of the Sochi City Assembly. Residents of the city interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" in August noted that there were many out-of-town candidates on the candidate lists and assumed that the election results are predetermined.

"There are only 50 seats in the Sochi City Assembly. 124 people have registered. 38 of them are from "United Russia". So they will take the majority in the local parliament. Why all this circus with the elections? The remaining seats will be divided between sham parties to create the appearance of democracy... By the way, the nominated candidates from the well-known parties CPRF and LDPR are generally unknown to anyone, and voters have never seen candidates from other parties. Everything is formal," Sochi resident Irina Somova shared her opinion.