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Six polling stations will open in Russia for the early election of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada on Oct. 26, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis told on Oct. 22.

In all, 112 polling stations have been set up in 72 countries and 109 of them are located on the premises of Ukrainian embassies and consulates. Most polling stations have been created in Russia. There are five stations in Germany, four in the United States, four in Poland and another four in Italy.

Tentative lists of 495,898 voters were drawn up by Oct. 14, and personalized invitations were sent to diplomatic missions to be handed over to district electoral commissions. Voters’ lists have been updated since Oct. 21. They will be presented to diplomatic missions in foreign countries.

The Ukrainian Embassy in Russia said polling stations would open in Moscow, Rostov-on-Don, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk.