Piskarev: arson at polling stations can be classified as a terrorist attack. “Through the promise of “easy” money, or even through direct deception or blackmail, citizens are pushed to commit a serious or especially serious crime,” he said.

Earlier, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia, Ella Pamfilova, said that attempts to spoil ballot boxes, as well as the ballots in them, occurred in 20 regions of the country at 29 polling stations.