Website to be launched to provide online cover of mayoral elections

July 24, 2013 JRL Russia List Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

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(Interfax – MOSCOW, July 23, 2013) A website, vybory.mos.ru, will go online soon to allow Muscovites to monitor the mayoral elections, Moscow’s IT Department head Artyom Yermolayev told the city government on Tuesday.

“A technical scheme has been devised that will link up the video cameras intended for the police and housing utility services into an integrated video monitoring system, used during the presidential elections,” Yermolayev said.

The system is in a state of technical readiness. It has been tested and online broadcasting will be guaranteed,” he said.

One will have to register before entering the website and monitor voting at any polling station, he said.

“The system is ready for work and we will demonstrate it in operation on September 8,” Yermolayev said.

Registration will be opened by August 30.