The head of the Transnistrian central election commission, Pyotr Denisenko, has said there were 262 polling stations opened in the region, of which 52 in Tiraspol. The stations worked from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Denisenko added that “more than 170 experts from different countries monitored the referendum on the independence of the unrecognized republic”. It is worth mentioning that most of the observers were representatives of the Russian State Duma and non-governmental organizations, including a controversial group of independent observers, CIS-EMO, headed by Aleksey Kochetkov, and activists of the Nashi [Ours] movement.
On the eve and on the referendum day Tiraspol’s streets were patrolled by police groups on around-the-clock basis; the border guard was strengthened, and there were thorough checkups at the customs. To ensure a good turnout, all the markets in Tiraspol were closed, and the number of daily activities was cut down. Strengthened units of the power-wielding forces were on duty in Tiraspol. They were checking up the territory adjacent to the polling stations, as well as the IDs of citizens who seemed suspicious to them. Representatives of the region’s police and state security ministry were present at all the polling stations. In some cases, they were at a distance of some 20-50 metres from the station, while in others, they were right in the polling hall. In the palace of the republic in downtown Tiraspol, where Smirnov and other Transnistrian leaders cast their ballots, an employee of the state security ministry was minutely checking up the IDs at the entrance. ...
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