At polling station No. 122 in St Petersburg, an independent commission member was denied access to the voter lists to check the turnout. According to RusNews, territorial election commission staff supported the refusal, and the woman was threatened with “a smack in the face” and with arrest for filming.
In St Petersburg, a precinct election commission member was not allowed to check voter turnout against the voter lists.
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