Police are being called and champagne is being offered: reports are coming in from the regions of massive pressure on opposition party observers.
🔸 In Moscow members of one of the precinct election commissions together with police officers kicked out an observer from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation under the pretext that he “walked around the polling station too much.”
🔸 In Perm to the observer from the Yabloko party To Alexey Ogloblinarrived Four police officers at once, and the precinct election commission chairperson allegedly threatened to "send" him to 14 days in jail. The observer had previously reported several violations, including a loose bolt on the ballot box.
🔸 In the country as a whole, according to the calculations of the publication “7x7”, at polling stations couldn't get in almost 1,3 observers from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Yabloko. The largest number was in Voronezh region (481 observers from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation). Next come Leningrad Region (279 observers from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation) and St. Petersburg (250 observers from Yabloko and 17 observers from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation).
🔸 Almost 70 more observers from the Yabloko party plan to remove from polling stations in a city near Moscow Recently and four more - in Mytishchi.
🔸 Chairman of the Yabloko party Nikolay Rybakov already asked head of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova Check the legality of the actions of regional election commissions and allow observers to enter polling stations. “The scale of what is happening does not allow us to regard this as a misunderstanding,” — Rybakov emphasized.
🔸 In Tatarstan independent candidate's team Irina Nikiforovarefused from monitoring polling stations due to threats and police inaction. According to one activist, a polling station in the village Osinovo A group of seven "tough guys" arrived and threatened Nikiforova with physical violence. However, the police ignored their threats. Ultimately, the group decided to leave the polling station "due to a real threat to life and health," declaring the impossibility of recording the actual voting results.
🔸 Samara to a deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation To Dmitry Aseevwho are running for the provincial Duma, pierced wheels on a campaign vehicle.
🔸 In Ufa members of the electoral commission persistently proposed An observer from the local organization "Civil Union" was offered vodka, which would effectively have allowed him to be removed. At another polling station, an observer from the same organization was offered champagne. And yet another received a phone call from unknown people. сообщилиthat he allegedly submitted an application to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense.
🔸 State Duma Deputy from Altai Krai Maria Prusakovareported, that Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) activists were subjected to a cyberattack: unknown individuals attempted to hack their social media accounts.
🔸 At the same time, election commissions are distributing footage of foreign observers praising the "transparency" of the voting procedure in Russia. In particular, Khabarovsk Territory observers from Italy, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Honduras, Mali, Guatemala, Venezuela, Peru, Tanzania and Mexico visited empty polling station. And in Murmansk region observers from Indonesia, Tanzania and Bangladesh arrived Assess the impartiality of the elections in the merch associated with the United Russia governor: "Live in the North!"
