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02:58, 21 September 2026

Residents of Stavropol doubted the opposition mood of their fellow countrymen.

Residents of Stavropol who participated in the elections for deputies of the State Duma of Russia doubted the strong protest sentiments of their fellow countrymen. They went to the elections but do not particularly believe in their results.

01:58, 21 September 2026

Analysts reported mass fabrications in the State Duma elections in the North Caucasus.

The turnout results in a number of regions of North Ossetia are fabricated, believes electoral analyst Ivan Shukshin*. Various violations are reported by different Telegram channels documenting the election process.

00:58, 21 September 2026

Residents of South Ossetia evaluated the recent presidential elections.

The only candidate for the presidency of South Ossetia, according to local residents, who was noticeable during the election campaign is Marat Kambolov. One of the achievements mentioned is the solution to the problem of huge traffic jams at the border with Russia. They went to the elections also because of the lottery being held.

23:58, 20 September 2026

Protesters in Tbilisi demanded the release of political prisoners.

Another rally took place in the center of Tbilisi on the 662nd day of daily protests, with participants demanding to return the country to the path of Eurointegration and to free political prisoners.

Queue in Yerevan. Frame from the video "Izvestia" from 20.09.26, https://t.me/izvestia/251758.

23:00, 20 September 2026

Russians living in Armenia stood in line at the polling station in Yerevan.

To get to the polling station at the Russian embassy in Armenia, Russians had to stand in a long line, with nearly 3,800 people voting in total. Voting also took place at the airbase in Erebuni and the military base in Gyumri.

22:00, 20 September 2026

Residents of Rostov called participation in the opposition action a symbolic expression of protest.

At noon, the number of voters at the polling stations noticeably increased, and the atmosphere at the stations was calm, residents of Rostov reported. Some people indeed see voting as an accessible way to express their dissatisfaction with the authorities' policies, but many have stopped perceiving voting as an opportunity to express protest.

21:00, 20 September 2026

Analysts did not record any protest activity during the elections in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Elections in Kabardino-Balkaria were held peacefully and without protest activity. Authorities reported a turnout of over 80% of voters by 18:00.

Vitaly Cherkasov at polling station No. 2014. A still from the video from his TG channel dated 20.09.26, https://t.me/AZBUKA_GOROZHANINA/3304.

20:00, 20 September 2026

The activist complained to Pamfilova about the conditions for observers at the Krasnodar polling station.

At polling station No. 2014 in Krasnodar, observers will have to examine the checkmarks on the ballots from a distance of about 10 meters, said activist Vitaly Cherkasov in a video address to the head of the Central Election Commission of Russia.

19:00, 20 September 2026

Protest voting did not cause a mass gathering of voters at the polling stations in Volgograd and Astrakhan.

A part of the voters in Volgograd and Astrakhan participated today in the action "Noon for a Peaceful Russia", but the number of participants who came to the polling stations was small.

18:00, 20 September 2026

The visit of security forces after the removal from the elections raised Atamanchuk's concerns.

The visit of security forces to the private plot in Sochi of the candidate from the "Yabloko" party, Vladimir Atamanchuk, who was removed from the elections, raised his concerns. He suggested that they planned to detain him. The Krasnodar Regional Court did not consider the appeal against the candidate's removal, but despite this, his name was crossed out from the ballots.

17:00, 20 September 2026

Makhachkala residents reported low attendance at polling stations.

On the third day of the elections, there was also no significant voter activity at several polling stations in Makhachkala. Some residents said they did not go to the elections due to being busy and the lack of candidates they would like to vote for.

16:25, 20 September 2026

A fighter from Kuban was killed in the SVO zone.

Dmitry Bidenko was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities and security forces have acknowledged at least 886 fighters from the Krasnodar region as killed.

15:24, 20 September 2026

Menyaylo has been re-elected as the head of North Ossetia.

The deputies of the parliament of North Ossetia elected Sergey Menyaylo as the head of the republic by a majority vote; he took the oath and assumed office.

Vitaly Cherkasov reports possible violations at polling station No. 2014. Krasnodar, September 20, 2026. Frame from Vitaly Cherkasov's video https://t.me/AZBUKA_GOROZHANINA/3298

14:24, 20 September 2026

The Krasnodar activist complained about the falsification of voters' signatures.

In the documentation at polling station No. 2014, identical signatures of different voters were found, and the arriving police showed no desire to investigate the violations, said Krasnodar activist Vitaly Cherkasov.

Polling station in Kalmykia. Photo: Kalmykia election commission https://vk.ru/ikrk08?w=wall-205355697_1929

13:24, 20 September 2026

Elistians gave polar assessments of the importance of participating in the vote.

Voters in Elista expressed opposing opinions on the significance of participating in the vote. According to the election commission, turnout in Kalmykia exceeded 39%.

Representatives of law enforcement at the polling station in Krasnodar. September 20, 2026. Frame from the video from the Telegram channel "TIK Zapadnaya voting 2026" https://t.me/tikzapad/94

12:26, 20 September 2026

Signs of the safe being opened were found at the polling station in Krasnodar.

Law enforcement officers have been called to polling station No. 2055 in Krasnodar due to suspicions that a safe containing ballots was opened at night.

11:29, 20 September 2026

Temrezov was re-elected as the head of Karachay-Cherkessia.

The deputies of the parliament of Karachay-Cherkessia unanimously voted for the candidacy of Rashid Temrezov, who has been leading the republic for 15 years.

The author of the video demonstrates the peeled corner of the paper that seals the safe. Frame from the video of the Telegram channel "TIK Western Voting 2026" https://t.me/tikzapad/91

10:30, 20 September 2026

The observer reported a violation at the polling station in Krasnodar.

At night, a safe containing filled ballots was opened at the polling station in the Jubilee microdistrict of Krasnodar, an observer reported today.

People at the polling station in Chechnya. Photo: Chechen election commission https://t.me/ikchr95/5091

09:28, 20 September 2026

Grozny residents shared their plans for the last day of voting.

Two residents of Grozny reported that they decided to go to the polling stations on the last day of the three-day voting for the elections. Another citizen said that he had already participated in the voting.

08:30, 20 September 2026

More than a hundred drones were shot down in the Rostov region.

Last night, the military shot down drones in 11 municipalities of the Rostov region.

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