Songs and explosions: the first day of elections in Russia

This year’s elections in the Russian Federation were “explosive” due to border conflict and shelling. Even Putin decided to vote online.

The elections for Vladimir Putin started in Russia today. The only two candidates who opposed the war in Ukraine, Boris Nadezhin and Ekaterina Duntsova, were denied registration.

In general, voting in the Russian Federation will last three days and on March 18, the tenth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea, the election results will be announced. It’s no secret that Putin will win, so he can rule Russia for the next 6 years until 2030 at the age of 77. Also, taking into account the changes in the Russian Constitution, Putin can run again and remain president until 2036.

But this year’s election in Russia was “explosive” due to border fighting in the Belgorod and Kursk regions and explosions at polling stations. Even Putin himself voted online today.

Incidents on sites

In Moscow, a grandmother doused a polling place with a flammable mixture, set it on fire and recorded the results on her phone, and a girl threw a Molotov cocktail at the door of the school where the polling station was located .

Also in the Russian capital, a 20-year-old student poured green paint on a ballot box, shouting pro-Ukrainian slogans. According to the Russian Telegram channels, the girl allegedly told the police that she was forced to do this by the Ukrainian special services, who allegedly “cheated” her a few days ago for a large amount of money.

Similar cases with brilliant green occurred in Rostov-on-Don, Karachay-Cherkessia and Borisoglebsk, Voronezh region. Those detained face up to five years in prison. Also in Volzhsky, a woman poured brilliant green on the ballots and said that unknown people on the phone offered her 30 thousand rubles for it. The same incident happened at the “polling station” in Simferopol.

RosSMI reported that in the city of Kogalym a woman tried to set fire to a polling station with a Molotov cocktail, and in St. Petersburg a girl threw a Molotov cocktail at a school where two polling stations were located.

In Litkarino, near Moscow, a man tried to pour paint on the ballots in the ballot box. He stopped and stopped. He said he was forced to do so because of alleged loans from the bank in his name, which unknown persons told him over the phone.

As the Russian media wrote, often Russians are forced to do such actions by unknown people over the phone or through Telegram channels. At the same time, the head of the Russian Central Election Commission called the “arsonists” of the ballots “scum.”

“Explosive” election

An attack by Russian volunteers on March 15 caused authorities to close polling stations in Belgorod, and citizens who wanted to be the first to vote in Russia’s presidential election had to take shelter because of the explosions.

In addition, a video is circulating on social networks where a loud explosion is heard near the “polling station” in Belgorod. The footage shows Russians with ballots in their hands falling to the ground from the rumble.

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Concerts during the election

Singer Stas Mikhailov voted for a presidential candidate at a polling station in Omsk, and after voting at the polling station he performed his hit “Everything for You.” Women from a local group sang with the artist. The performance took place in an unusual interior: near a sink and a fire extinguisher.

The artiste is expected to sing at polling stations in the city on all three election days.

Stas Mikhailov is not the only surprise for Russians in the elections. So, for example, in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Cheburashka voted, in Veliky Novgorod Alexander Nevsky voted for Putin, and in Tyumen voters were met by Tucker Carlson, albeit a cardboard box.

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