00:26A woman was seen throwing a Molotov cocktail at a polling station in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Footage shows the perpetrator throwing the Molotov cocktail multiple times before attempting to flee the scene.
According to the Main Investigative Directorate of Russia's Investigative Committee in St. Petersburg, the incident 'resulted in the ignition of an information sign related to the ongoing Russian presidential election'.
"On 15 March 2024, the suspect, in preliminary collusion with unidentified persons, with the purpose of obstructing the exercise of electoral rights and the work of election commissions threw a bottle with a Molotov cocktail into the wall of one of the houses on Varshavskaya Street, where the polling stations are located," the report said.
The press service added that a criminal case has been initiated against the detainee under paragraph 'c' of part two of article 141 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which pertains to obstructing the exercise of electoral rights and 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.
Molotov cocktail thrown at polling station in St. Petersburg
A woman was seen throwing a Molotov cocktail at a polling station in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Footage shows the perpetrator throwing the Molotov cocktail multiple times before attempting to flee the scene.
According to the Main Investigative Directorate of Russia's Investigative Committee in St. Petersburg, the incident 'resulted in the ignition of an information sign related to the ongoing Russian presidential election'.
"On 15 March 2024, the suspect, in preliminary collusion with unidentified persons, with the purpose of obstructing the exercise of electoral rights and the work of election commissions threw a bottle with a Molotov cocktail into the wall of one of the houses on Varshavskaya Street, where the polling stations are located," the report said.
The press service added that a criminal case has been initiated against the detainee under paragraph 'c' of part two of article 141 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which pertains to obstructing the exercise of electoral rights and 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.
A woman was seen throwing a Molotov cocktail at a polling station in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Footage shows the perpetrator throwing the Molotov cocktail multiple times before attempting to flee the scene.
According to the Main Investigative Directorate of Russia's Investigative Committee in St. Petersburg, the incident 'resulted in the ignition of an information sign related to the ongoing Russian presidential election'.
"On 15 March 2024, the suspect, in preliminary collusion with unidentified persons, with the purpose of obstructing the exercise of electoral rights and the work of election commissions threw a bottle with a Molotov cocktail into the wall of one of the houses on Varshavskaya Street, where the polling stations are located," the report said.
The press service added that a criminal case has been initiated against the detainee under paragraph 'c' of part two of article 141 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which pertains to obstructing the exercise of electoral rights and 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.