MOSCOW, March 15 A girl threw a Molotov cocktail at the sign of one of the polling stations in the Moskovsky district of St. Petersburg, the fire was quickly put out, There were no casualties, said the chairman of the city’s election commission, Maxim Meiksin.
During a direct connection from St. Petersburg to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, he said that with the exception of one incident in the presidential elections in the Russian Federation, everything was going quite correctly in the city and with a large voter turnout.
«Unfortunately, one incident overshadowed the current voting. At about 15 o'clock in the afternoon on Varshavskaya Street, house 40, at school No. 358, where two election polling stations are located precinct… — this is the Moskovsky district of St. Petersburg — a girl about 20 years old on the porch threw a Molotov cocktail at the sign of one of the precinct commissions. Quite quickly, police officers and the Ministry of Emergency Situations extinguished the fire. There were no casualties or injuries. A police investigation is underway,» Meiksin said.
The Federation Council has scheduled presidential elections for March 17, 2024. Voting will last three days: March 15, 16 and 17. Four candidates registered by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation are vying for the post of head of state: Leonid Slutsky, Nikolai Kharitonov, Vladislav Davankov and Vladimir Putin.