1 5March is the first of three days of presidential elections in the Russian Federation. Voters doused ballot papers with green, poured paint and ink on voting boxes, set fire to ballot boxes, booths, even the table with members of the election commission. In St. Petersburg, a bottle with a flammable mixture was thrown at the wall of the precinct. Criminal cases have already been opened for most of the incidents.
By 22:00, 12 cases of damage to ballots with dyes and 9 attempts at arson were known.
Green paint and ink were poured over ballot papers in Moscow, Borisoglebsk, Lytkarino, Veliky Novgorod, Kurgan Region, Sochi, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Rostov Region, Izhevsk, Volzhsky and Karachay-Cherkessia.
Arsons occurred in Ivanovo, Asbest, Voronezh, Mytishchi, Moscow, Kogalym in the Tyumen region, St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk and Cheboksary.
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