As reported in the Central Election Commission, on September 2, representatives of Novaya Gazeta handed over to the Central Election Commission "materials containing information about possible violations during the election campaign in the city of Korolev, Moscow Region."
The CEC of Russia, "sharing the concern about this," asked law enforcement agencies and the governor of the Moscow region "to take all necessary measures to prevent possible falsifications."
An operational response group was sent to Korolev to "study, within its competence, all the circumstances."
"We believe that if the information is confirmed, then the inevitability of punishment of the guilty, including criminal liability, should be ensured, especially if it is qualified as a group conspiracy," the commission said in Telegram.
As the ombudsman for human rights in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova said earlier, for the first time in the parliamentary elections in Russia, foreign ombudsmen of eight states have been invited as experts.