Total of 369 Russian Nationals Vote in Russian Parliamentary Election in Ukraine

Almost 370 Russian nationals attended polling stations on the territory of Ukraine to vote in the Russian parliamentary election on Sunday, including 155 in the Ukrainian capital, according to preliminary data of the Russian Embassy in Kiev.

KIEV (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, clashes broke out between Ukrainian police and radicals near the Russian consulate in Odessa after the building was pelted with stones. Scuffles broke out outside the Russian Embassy in Kiev late Saturday and continued into Sunday. Both the embassy and the consulate were hosting a polling station for the Russian nationals voting in the parliamentary election on Sunday.

"According to preliminary data, 369 people voted in the Russian State Duma election in Ukraine. Preliminary data: Kiev — 155 people, Lviv — 38, Odessa — 120, Kharkiv — 56," a representative of the Russian Embassy in Ukraine told RIA Novosti.

Over 111 million voters are eligible to vote in Russia, with 1.87 million of these currently abroad. Some 95,000 polling stations opened across Russia on Sunday, while another 371 have been set up in Russian diplomatic missions in 145 countries.