St. Petersburg woman detained for writing ‘no to war’ on local election ballot



St. Petersburg woman detained for writing ‘no to war’ on local election ballot

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/09/09/st-petersburg-woman-detained-for-writing-no-to-war-on-local-election-ballot-en-news

by duckanroll

18 comments
  1. So that is one way to publicly announce that your elections are rigged. Why are officials seeing what is being written on the ballots?

  2. According to many sources (they are Russian and I don’t know if I can post it here) woman that got detained was an election observer and voted first (so her ballot was on the bottom and others decided it was obvious who signed it). Now she will be charged for discreditation of army ( which is fucking absurd) and also for government property damage (damaging ballots (at least your own) is not punishable in my country).

  3. Really? Do you all just blindly accuse Russia of such a thing?!
    They most likely didn’t open her ballot and spied on her. Stop suggesting such BS.

    It was obviously because of the cameras in the booth.

  4. Sounds like North Korea. You can, of course, vote for one of the non-approved candidates, but you need to do so in a special room…

  5. Typical “elections” of the oppressive regime that disrespects basic civil rights. The woman is brave for doing that.

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