On December 4, Russians vote in parliamentary elections. For the first time in modern Russia's history they will elect lawmakers for the term of five years.
© RIA Novosti . Dmitry Astakhov / Go to the mediabankRussian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived with his wife on Sunday morning at a polling station located in the building of Moscow school No. 1118 in Dovzhenko Street in western Moscow to cast his vote in the parliamentary election
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived with his wife on Sunday morning at a polling station located in the building of Moscow school No. 1118 in Dovzhenko Street in western Moscow to cast his vote in the parliamentary election
© RIA Novosti . Alexei Nikolski / Go to the mediabankPrime Minister Vladimir Putin voted at polling station No. 2079 at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow on Sunday afternoon.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin voted at polling station No. 2079 at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow on Sunday afternoon.
Leader of A Just Russia Party Sergei Mironov.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankLeader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
Patriots of Russia leader Gennady Semigin.
Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Subbotin / Go to the mediabankFirst Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov voted in Volgograd.
First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov voted in Volgograd.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Piatakov / Go to the mediabankPatriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia voted in his residence.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia voted in his residence.
© RIA Novosti . Ekaterina PoyarkovaHead of the Russian Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov said the unusual ballot box made of pryaniks (traditional Tula cakes) can be eaten after the elections.
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© RIA Novosti . Ekaterina Poyarkova
Head of the Russian Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov said the unusual ballot box made of pryaniks (traditional Tula cakes) can be eaten after the elections.
© RIA Novosti . Denis Grishkin / Go to the mediabankMoscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin voted in the capital's center.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin voted in the capital's center.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.