00:27CCTV footage from Moscow polling stations shows a woman pouring paint into a ballot box and another setting fire to a voting booth, as the presidential election began across the city, and the nation on Friday.
Russia's Investigative Committee said that criminal proceedings had been initiated against both for allegedly obstructing the 'exercise of electoral rights' or the 'work of election commissions'.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days from March 15-17, with early voting between February 25 and March 14.
The four candidates are Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), the Communist Party's Nikolai Kharitonov, Vladislav Davankov of the New People Party and incumbent President Vladimir Putin, running as an independent candidate.
CCTV catches people pouring paint on ballots, setting fire to voting booth in Moscow
CCTV footage from Moscow polling stations shows a woman pouring paint into a ballot box and another setting fire to a voting booth, as the presidential election began across the city, and the nation on Friday.
Russia's Investigative Committee said that criminal proceedings had been initiated against both for allegedly obstructing the 'exercise of electoral rights' or the 'work of election commissions'.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days from March 15-17, with early voting between February 25 and March 14.
The four candidates are Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), the Communist Party's Nikolai Kharitonov, Vladislav Davankov of the New People Party and incumbent President Vladimir Putin, running as an independent candidate.
CCTV footage from Moscow polling stations shows a woman pouring paint into a ballot box and another setting fire to a voting booth, as the presidential election began across the city, and the nation on Friday.
Russia's Investigative Committee said that criminal proceedings had been initiated against both for allegedly obstructing the 'exercise of electoral rights' or the 'work of election commissions'.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days from March 15-17, with early voting between February 25 and March 14.
The four candidates are Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), the Communist Party's Nikolai Kharitonov, Vladislav Davankov of the New People Party and incumbent President Vladimir Putin, running as an independent candidate.