In presidential Election Day Russian criminals have cut their activity
5 March 2008In presidential Election Day in Russia the number of crimes has reduced one third. It was informed by local press, referring to the first Deputy Ministrer of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Chekalin.
Chekalin considers, that reduction of crime rate for the period of elections in comparison with the usual period can be explained by sound preventive work. Each polling station was guarded by some policemen. In total safety of elections was ensured by about 450 thousand employees of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Presidential elections in Russia ended at 21:00 Moscow time. According to the Central Electoral Committee gross violations were not fixed. Nevertheless, Gennady Zyuganov and Vladimir Zhirinovsky have declared the gross violations during elections.