50 Russians in Bulgaria Cast Votes in Russian Presidential Elections

Pictured: Russians and Bulgarians celebrate New Year's in the Russian Club in another northeastern Bulgarian city, Ruse. File photo by BGNES

A total of 50 citizens of the Russian Federation have become the first Russian in Bulgaria to cast votes in Russia's presidential elections.

The vote was organized in Bulgaria's northeastern city of Shumen ahead of schedule, the Bulgarian National Radio reported, citing the local Russian community.

The ballot box was sent to the Russian Consulate in Bulgaria's Varna, where it will be opened after the end of the Russian election day, March 4, 2012.

Some 80 000 Russian citizens living in 58 countries around the world will have the chance to vote ahead of the Russian elections, and Bulgaria's Shumen is one of the first cities globally to do so.

Bulgaria's official census figures put the number of Russian residing in Bulgaria at about 10 000 but their actual number is official to be much higher.

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