Arson at polling stations and other similar acts could be classified as sabotage or terrorist attacks. me on this one telegram channel said State Duma deputy Vasily Piskarev, chairman of the parliamentary commission to investigate the facts of interference by foreign states in Russia’s internal affairs.
The parliamentarian noted that the presidential elections in Russia were held calmly, openly, in accordance with the law and with wide participation. However, he noted that cases of provocation were recorded at polling stations in many regions of Russia, including Moscow.
Piskarev reminded that obstructing the exercise of election rights or the work of election commissions can be punished with up to 5 years in prison. The MP added that arson and similar actions could be considered sabotage or terrorist attacks, depending on the consequences and the intent of the perpetrator.
He called on citizens to “think again and not succumb to the provocations of our opponents.”
March 16, St. resident of St. Petersburg arrested for trying to set fire to a polling station. The 22-year-old suspect threw a Molotov cocktail at the wall of house number 40 on Varshavskaya Street.
On the same day, a pensioner near Kaliningrad I spilled greenery in the ballot box.
Previously Zakharova said About how the United States is trying to interfere in elections in the Russian Federation.