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Russia attempts to hold local elections in occupied parts of Ukraine, reports attempts to sabotage them
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Russian electoral officials on Sunday reported attempts to sabotage voting in the occupied regions, where guerrilla forces are loyal to Kyiv.
A drone strike in the early hours of Sunday destroyed one polling station in the Zaporizhzhia province, deputy chairman of Russia’s Central Election Commission Nikolai Bulaev told reporters.
Local residents and Ukrainian activists have alleged that Russian poll workers make house calls accompanied by armed soldiers in both provinces, detaining those who refuse to vote and pressuring them into writing “explanatory statements" that could be used as grounds for a criminal case.
There are also multiple votes for city and municipal councils across the country and races for a few vacant seats in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament.
In over 20 Russian regions, including Moscow, online voting has been enacted, despite wide criticism by opposition figures who say it lacks transparency and could easily be rigged.
Ella Pamfilova, who heads Russia’s Central Election Commission, told reporters on Sunday that more than three million Russians in 25 regions have voted online.
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