A polling station in St Petersburg was evacuated during the vote count due to a bomb threat.

On the night of 21 September, members of the commission and observers were evacuated from polling station No. 986 after a report of a bomb threat, reports “Zaks.Ru.” According to Anastasia Kizyukova, a candidate from the Yabloko party, the building was inspected by the Russian National Guard, and about 40 minutes later, she was not allowed back into the polling station.