Observer in Krasnodar accuses members of precinct election commissions of pressure

Members of the election commission in Krasnodar, under a far-fetched pretext, prevented a female observer from going with them to vote at home, forcibly pushing her out of the car, follows from the published video.

As "Caucasian Knot" wrote, gubernatorial and municipal elections are being held in the regions of Russia from September 12 to 14. Observers in Kuban also reported ballot stuffing and complained about conflicts with members of the election commissions.

A video of the incident in Krasnodar was published today in his Telegram channel by the city Duma deputy Alexander Safronov, who is participating in the gubernatorial elections. "Polling station 2105 Krasnodar. You see everything for yourself. The girl is simply thrown out of the car so that she does not have the opportunity to control the home voting," he commented.

The 19-second video was recorded during daylight hours in an open parking lot. The footage shows three men in the passenger car: the driver, the passenger next to him, and another passenger in the back seat.

The man sitting in the back seat pushes the woman filming the video out of the car. You can hear him say, "Let's get out, let's get out! Let's get out of the car!" The reflection of the side window shows him pushing her out, tightly squeezing her forearm. The woman filming is loudly and emotionally commenting on what's happening off-camera: "The members of the PRG [members of the commission with the right to vote. - Ed. "Caucasian Knot"] won't let me go to vote at home! They say there's no room!"

The man, continuing to push her out of the car, replies, "Of course, there's no room!" At the same time, you can see in the frame that there are no people in the back seat except him, and there are no things that would prevent another passenger from getting in.

They left with 80 ballots. Precinct 21-05

Then the man slams the back door of the car, and the car drives away. A woman shows the registration number of the departing car in the frame. "They left with 80 ballots. Polling station 21-05," she says at the end of the video.

The regional election commission, as of 10:20 Moscow time, has not commented on this incident on its Telegram channel.

The "Caucasian Knot" publishes materials about these elections on the page "Elections-2025: South of Russia".