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21.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

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

21.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, a precinct election commission member was not allowed to check voter turnout against the voter lists.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, the court suspended precinct election commission member Alisa Belyaeva from her duties.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

The observer was taken to the police station, and after returning was forcibly pushed out of the polling station.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, police detained an election observer and a member of the electoral commission.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

The court has rejected the administrative lawsuit filed by three observers against the Territorial Election Commission (TIK).

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, a court has suspended Kristina Datsenko from her role at the election commission.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, more than a dozen members of election commissions have been suspended by court order.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, the court removed an observer from the polling station.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, an independent member was removed from Precinct Election Commission 115.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

A St Petersburg court has suspended an election observer from their duties at the polling station.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, a young woman has been detained on suspicion of setting police cars on fire.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, election observers recorded the movement of seals on the ballot storage cabinet.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, members of the electoral commission were taken to the police following a complaint from the district head.

20.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, a member of the precinct election commission threatened the team of the Yabloko party candidate.

19.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, a court has suspended a precinct election commission member from Yabloko from their duties.

19.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

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.

19.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

A member of precinct election commission No. 1209 from Yabloko will be taken to court after the first day of voting.

19.09.2026

Leningrad Oblast,

Saint Petersburg

Reports of discrepancies in turnout and other violations during the elections have emerged in St Petersburg and the Leningrad region.

19.09.2026

Saint Petersburg

In the Primorsky district of St Petersburg, an observer from Yabloko was detained.