The magistrate of court district No. 1 of the Pervomaisky district of Novosibirsk fined Ekaterina Boldyreva 4 thousand rubles because of green paint at the polling station. This was reported by the regional press service of the courts.
According to the court, on the first day of voting on March 15, the girl poured green paint on the table with the documents of the precinct commission at school No. 140 on Fizkulturnaya Street.
As a result, eleven ballots and two books with voter lists were damaged. A protocol was drawn up against Boldyreva for interfering in the work of the election commission (Article 5.69 of the Administrative Code).
In court, as court representatives write, the Siberian woman admitted guilt and explained her action with a call from an unfamiliar man. He asked to spoil the ballots and “did not promise her anything in return.”
Photos from the meeting: Courts of general jurisdiction of the Novosibirsk region/VKontakte
All three days of elections in Russia were accompanied by attacks on polling stations and attempts to spoil ballots; more than 40 such cases occurred. Most often, voters poured paint or greenery into the box with ballots. After their arrest, they said that they were pushed into the attacks by telephone scammers.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that 33 criminal cases were opened due to arson at polling stations and damage to ballot papers.