The Moskovsky District Court of St. Petersburg decided to detain a woman accused of obstructing the exercise of the right to vote or the work of election commissions, the United Press Service of the St. Petersburg Courts reported on May 17.
The investigating authorities, with a request for arrest, presented material to the court indicating that the accused, no later than 2:47 p.m. on March 15, 2024, agreed with other people to set fire to the entrance to polling stations No. 1395. , 1396, located in the building 40 Varshavskaya Street in St. Petersburg, to disrupt the work of polling stations and electoral commissions during the ongoing presidential elections in Russia.
The day voting began, March 15, a woman approached the entrance to the polling stations and threw a Molotov cocktail against the wall of the indicated house, causing an informative poster about the ongoing elections to catch fire.
The woman was detained and the next day, March 16, she was charged with a crime provided for in part 2 of article 141 of the Criminal Code of Russia (obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights or the work of electoral commissions in aggravated circumstances). .
The defendant admitted his guilt, but in court he asked not to be detained, but rather to be placed under house arrest.
The court granted the investigation request and arrested the woman until May 14.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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