Russia election: Arrests for vandalism as ballot boxes targeted in Putin vote
www.bbc.com
At least eight people are held for a series of attacks including green dye being poured into ballot boxes.

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Incidents involved green dye being poured into ballot boxes, the boxes being set alight and fireworks being set off inside polling stations, state media reported.

BBC Verify has so far verified footage of six incidents across Russia, including a video showing a woman throwing a petrol bomb near a St Petersburg polling station.

Other authenticated videos showed paint being poured into ballot boxes at various polling stations. In one, a woman could be seen pouring bright green liquid into a box in Moscow. Another showed a fire breaking out at a voting booth.

Russia has also enforced the vote in occupied areas of Ukraine - in the small town of Skadovsk, Russian-appointed officials said an improvised device exploded in a rubbish bin in front of a polling station, but no one was hurt.

    • CraigeryTheKid@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      8 months ago

      Damnit, I came here to make this joke on an otherwise serious issue, but now I can’t because you great me to it.

      I’ll get you next time, banana!

      • Che Banana@beehaw.org
        2·
        8 months ago

        It’s Che Banana to you, I didn’t spend 4 years in an Argentinian removed house to be called Banana