Today, on the day of the election for the Russian State Duma, massive arrests were made in downtownMoscow. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs informed about 12 arrests.
According to Interfax, the arrestees tried to disturb public order and spread leaflets urging “Unlawful election is being held”. According to the Russian mass media, Anastasia Udaltsova, the Left Front press secretary, informed that she had also been arrested. She also informed that many activists had been forbidden to leave their apartments.
InSaint Petersburg, the arrests commenced after the protesters had started to whistle. More than 50 oppositionists, including Igor Cheprasov, one of the leaders of the Other Russia, were also arrested.
Russian mass media also write about election fraud. A journalist of Lenta.ru managed to prevent an attempt to unlawfully throw ballots into ballot box, while performing professional activities. We have already informed that citizens of the Russian Federation living in Armenia were also offered an opportunity to take part in the election. Unlike Russia, in the Russian Embassy in Armenia, everything was peaceful. Here, some people did not let the opportunity slip and entering the Embassy, tried to solve personal issues.
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Lusine KHACHATRYAN
