Elections in Russia

The turnout in Serbia in the Russian presidential election was 71.99 percent - i.e., 1,370 out of 1,903 voters registered with the embassy.

Pavel Grudin of the Communist Party won 5.55 percent of the votes, while Ksenia Sobchak, an independent candidate, received 4.67 percent, the embassy announced.

A coalition of liberal opposition parties has achieved an unexpected triumph in local and regional elections in Russia, writes index.hr.

The Croatian website added that the coalition has won in several electoral units in the middle of Moscow - while "certainly, Putin's party United Russia that has dominated the country for 17 years, won the majority of seats on Sunday."

556 local and 179 foreign observers monitor elections

BELGRADE -- The Center for Free Election and Democracy (CeSID) and the Novi Sad-based NGO COR are the only local organizations which will monitor parliamentary elections.