21.   The voting began Thursday.

22.   An hour later voting began in the Kamchatka region and two hours after that in Vladivostok.

23.   Before the voting began Friday morning, Kabbaj told journalists he felt confident about the outcome.

24.   Early voting began Saturday.

25.   The separatists called then for a boycott and on the day voting began they launched an attack on Gudermes, the second biggest town in the republic.

26.   Nationwide voting began at dawn and was continuing normally at mid-day as wintry weather eased following heavy snow.