At Polling Station No. 122 in St Petersburg, an observer was grabbed by the arm, prevented from filming, and threatened with having her phone taken away.

In St Petersburg at Polling Station No. 122, the chair and members of the commission prevented a female observer from filming the voting process, tore secure packages from her hands, and threatened to take away her phone. The commission claimed that the woman was allegedly drunk and promised to file a report against her. This was reported by RusNews.