The Central Election Commission decided to postpone the elections for deputies of 10 local authorities in the Kursk Region, which were to be held on September 8, Russian agencies reported, as quoted by News.bg.
A new date for the elections has not yet been announced. The process of preparing and conducting the elections will be resumed with a full guarantee for the safety of the voters, the commission notes. The next "single voting day" in Russia it will be in March 2025.
Interfax lists the following districts in which the elections are postponed: Belovsky, Bolshesoldatsky, Glushkovsky, Korenevsky, Sudzhansky and Khomutovsky districts, as well as in the city of Lgov.
At the same time, the Central Election Commission decided not to postpone the elections for the governor of the Kursk region. Alexey Smirnov heads the district temporarily; his powers must be confirmed by election.
In recent years, the Kremlin has kept unwanted candidates out of elections, but sometimes disgruntled residents vote for candidates other than those preferred by the authorities.
Control over parts of Kursk Oblast's border regions remains unclear, with Ukraine's Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrsky saying on Tuesday that Kyiv controls 93 settlements and 1,263 square km of Kursk Oblast territory.
There are a total of 186 settlements in the Suzhansky, Korenevsky and Glushkovsky districts of the Kursk region, where units of the Ukrainian army operate.
As for the entire territory under the control of the Ukrainian armed forces, as many military observers note, a clear front line has not yet been formed in the Kursk region, and any assessments of the controlled area are quite conditional.