Russia – presidential election: Cyberattack at polling stations in Siberia

against security systems was committed with cameras in elections parts of the Tiumen district in , as Russian Election Commission Chairman Ella Pamfilova said today, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Along with the cyberattack in Siberia, Moscow Russia’s Research Committee announced that a woman who threw green paint on a ballot box was being prosecuted in an attempt to disrupt the electoral process in the presidential election held in the country. Footage from the security system with cameras released by the state news agency RIA show a young woman testifying her vote before very calmly throwing a green liquid into the ballot box. According to the images broadcast, immediately after she is arrested by a police officer. The woman, who was not named, was later charged with “blocking the exercise of the electoral right or the work of the electoral committees”, the press service of Russia’s Research Committee announced. Criminals of this kind have a maximum sentence of five years. PROTESTING ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA The woman has been brought up and is in interrogation. 👉 If you cannot run – walk. If you cannot walk – crawl. It is better to do something than noting. — Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) Two similar incidents occurred in polling stations in the Voronez district, according to the RIA. The Russians began today to come to the polls to vote in the presidential elections held by Sunday in the country, which are expected to secure a new term for Vladimir Putin.