Russian Central Electoral Commission (CIK) Chairman Vladimir Churov is shown during the video conference with heads of regional electoral commissions devoted to the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

Russian Central Electoral Commission (CIK) Chairman Vladimir Churov is shown during the video conference with heads of regional electoral commissions devoted to the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

Russian Central Electoral Commission (CIK) Chairman Vladimir Churov, center, and his deputies Stanislav Vavilov, left, and Nikolay Konkin, right, are shown during the video conference with heads of regional electoral commissions devoted to the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

Video-conference with heads of election committee of subjects of Russia concerning preparation for elections of deputies of the State Duma of Russia of the fifth convocation took place in a building of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation (TsIK).

Russian Central Electoral Commission (CIK) Chairman Vladimir Churov (on the monitor) and CIK members Gennady Raykov, left, and Yevgeny Kolyushin, right, are shown during the video conference with heads of regional electoral commissions devoted to the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

Russian Central Electoral Commission (CIK) Chairman Vladimir Churov, left, and his deputy Nikolay Konkin, right, are shown during the video conference with heads of regional electoral commissions devoted to the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

Russian Central Electoral Commission (CIK) Chairman Vladimir Churov, centre, is shown during the video conference with heads of regional electoral commissions devoted to the forthcoming parliamentary elections.