March 29, 2024
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How North Korea’s Russian citizens voted in Sunday’s Presidential elections

178 voted in the weekend's poll in Pyongyang and Chongjin - 81.4% of them for Putin

Elections in Russia took place over the weekend and, as was widely predicted, the vote ended in a victory for Vladimir Putin.

Thousands of Russians were also permitted to vote abroad. One of the most unusual places where they cast ballots was in Pyongyang, where electoral station 8163 was organized by the embassy and in Chongjin, where poll station 8164 was run by the local consulate.

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