Alas, it wasn't "Swan Lake": ballet and illegal campaigning for Putin were combined in Yakutia.
The State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic held a concert in the city NerungriThe performance was preceded by a peculiar overture - the theater director Vladimir Lyovochkin presented a letter of thanks to the director of the local library for his work at the campaign headquarters Aisen Nikolaev At the gubernatorial elections, he awarded certificates to "participants of the headquarters for popular support of the President of the Russian Federation." He then called on viewers to join the headquarters. Fishing season.
As the Telegram channel "Elections, to all the Central Election Commission!" notes, the post about this was posted on the theater's verified VK page, which is a violation of the law.
In the entrances Samara Election campaigning has begun. Residents of apartment buildings have been warned that polling station workers will be visiting them on weekday evenings and on weekend mornings.
Local journalists report that election commission members are recording conversations about the election and residents' personal information to gather information about people who don't plan to vote.
Precinct election commission members in other regions of Russia face similar tasks. RusNews journalists have learned that canvassers have been required to install an app on their phones to coordinate their route and compile statistics. According to the instructions included with the app, canvassers will be required to rate voter sentiment before the elections, ranging from "excellent" to "negative," and also explain the reasons for Russians' dissatisfaction.