The voting will be monitored by specially trained people. Over four thousand observers sat at desks, most of which were sent by the Public Chamber of Moscow. This was announced by the deputy head of staff, chairman of the Moscow City Duma Alexei Shaposhnikov, noting that there will be enough observers for all electoral commissions. "The training in the body of observers for the election of the mayor of Moscow enrolled 4 thousand. 908 people, of whom 2 thousand. 200 participants worked in presidential elections, that is, they already had experience. 4 thousand. 200 observers were trained successfully. Today we are completing training. It can be said that all polling stations for the election of the mayor of Moscow, including extraterritorial sites, will be closed by the body of observers from the Public Chamber of Moscow, "Shaposhnikov. A member of the working group of the Moscow Electoral Commission for the formation of polling stations outside of Moscow, co-chairman of the movement for the protection of the rights of voters Golos Grigory Melkonyants. According to him, all the "students" coped with the test tasks and passed the final exam to "excellent". Special trainings "teachers" have prepared for observers who will work at country polling stations. "During the training, we took into account the features that this company has: prolongation of voting for two hours and voting in mobile constructions outside the capital, created for the convenience of Muscovites. I want to note that all observers will be delivered early in the morning to the polling stations, where they will follow the voting until the vote count is completed. After receiving a certified copy of the protocol, they will return to Moscow, "Melkonyants said.. Let's remind, the mayoral elections in Moscow will be held next Sunday, September 9. On a single voting day, polling stations will be open from 8 am to 10 pm. For the convenience of the voters, the voting time was extended by two hours.

In addition, the law establishes the right of the Public Chamber of Moscow to appoint observers to election commissions operating in the city. Also polling stations will be organized at 209 points outside the capital - in the Moscow, Kaluga, Vladimir and Tula regions. On the chair of the mayor of the capital, five candidates apply:.

acting mayor, self-promoted Sergei Sobyanin, Mikhail Degtyarev from the LDPR, Vadim Kumin from the Communist Party, Ilya Sviridov from "Fair Russia" and Mikhail Balakin from the party "Union of Citizens".