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19 March 2024, 22:51

Sochi woman placed under house arrest for damaging ballot papers

A court in Sochi has placed a 62-year-old woman under house arrest until May 15, accusing her of an attempt to spoil ballots with some dye.

On March 15, at a polling station in Sochi, the above woman poured the dye into the ballot box. She was detained under a criminal case of obstructing the exercise of voting rights.

Attempts to spoil ballots were a manifestation of protest sentiments, Sergey Zhavoronkov, a political analyst, is sure. The participants in the incidents were victims of intimidation and fraud, Mikhail Benyash*, a lawyer, has argued.

Earlier, Ella Pamfilova, the Chair of the Russian Central Election Commission, has treated those who pour dyes into ballot boxes as bastards, the TASS reports.

*Included by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) into the register of foreign agents.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 20, 2024 at 04:11 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot

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