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Green dye being poured into ballot boxes, throwing a petrol bomb near a polling station: protests across Russia and in occupied Ukraine on the first day of voting in Russian presidential elections (www.bbc.com)

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Incidents involved green dye being poured into ballot boxes, the boxes being set alight and fireworks being set off inside polling stations, state media reported.

BBC Verify has so far verified footage of six incidents across Russia, including a video showing a woman throwing a petrol bomb near a St Petersburg polling station.

Other authenticated videos showed paint being poured into ballot boxes at various polling stations. In one, a woman could be seen pouring bright green liquid into a box in Moscow. Another showed a fire breaking out at a voting booth.

Russia has also enforced the vote in occupied areas of Ukraine - in the small town of Skadovsk, Russian-appointed officials said an improvised device exploded in a rubbish bin in front of a polling station, but no one was hurt.

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[–] Chuymatt@beehaw.org 12 points 8 months ago

Probably protesting that there aren’t any actual alternatives as they’ve been eliminated.