Moscow: Agencies
The Russian Foreign Ministry's Special Missions Ambassador, Gennady Askaldovich, said that the West launched more than 170,000 cyber attacks to disrupt the ongoing general elections in Russia.
Askaldovich explained: “There were more than 170,000 cyber attacks by Western countries and their satellites to disrupt the electoral campaign in Russia. For example, the Russian Central Election Commission portal witnessed about 175,000 cyber attacks during the elections in the period between September 8-10.” Current only.”
The ambassador pointed out that the reason behind these attacks was the West's annoyance and extreme dissatisfaction with the successes of the Russian government.
Russian polling stations opened their doors to voters last Friday to cast their votes in elections at various levels in more than 80 Russian regions, including 4 new regions that joined Russia in September 2022.
In total, this year, within the framework of the so-called “Unified Voting Day,” more than 4,000 elections took place, with 21 regions witnessing direct elections for their leaders, including elections for the mayor of Moscow and the governor of the Moscow region, while elections for deputies to local legislative bodies are being held in 20 of the Russian regions. And in 17 municipal elections areas. There are also by-elections for the Russian Duma in four individual electoral districts.