This is stated in the Telegram of the regional department of the department.
“A criminal case has been opened on the basis of obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights or the work of election commissions, on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Art.
141 of the Criminal Code of Russia,” the statement notes.
It is clarified that a 74-year-old resident of the Novgorod region, while at a polling station on Velikolukskaya Street in the city of Veliky Novgorod, carried paint in a bag and poured it on a ballot box.
Earlier it was reported that criminal cases were opened against women who flooded ballot boxes near Voronezh with green.
It also became known that a criminal case was opened in Moscow after the arson of a voting booth.