They ride a bus and stop people: how they force them to vote in the occupied territories

The so-called presidential elections are ongoing in Russia, the results of which are already known. Voting is also taking place in the occupied territories of Ukraine, but not according to the Kremlin’s scenario.

Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies and Security Pavel Lisyansky told 24 Channel that it is already possible to draw the first conclusions regarding the passage of the so-called elections. Local residents in the occupied territories did not support the holding of pseudo-elections; they do not come en masse to the so-called polling stations.

This is all that the occupiers are capable of

Russians, in order to “involve” residents in voting in elections, come to their houses and apartments so that they cast their vote. Armed occupiers come along with representatives of the so-called election commissions.

There was a situation when the invaders launched a bus with the inscription “precinct No. 1” on it ” and he drove around the city. As soon as they saw two or three people on the street, they stopped the bus, herded people into it and forced them to vote. They drove like this throughout the day. It’s hard to even imagine that this is possible,” he noted.

During the occupation, workers who worked at enterprises were brought to vote at polling stations. However, this time, according to the director of the Institute for Strategic Studies and Security, the occupiers decided not to take risks and installed ballot boxes directly at the enterprises. They forced all the workers to vote and recorded it on camera.

“During these “elections” you cannot see photos or videos that show a large number of people at the polling station. The occupiers can only drive away a tiny number of local residents. They can also take comments only from marginal supporters of the “Russian world”. That’s all, on that they are capable,” explained Pavel Lisyansky.

How pseudo presidential elections are going in Russia

• Voting in the so-called Russian presidential elections began on March 15. In general, it will last three days and end on March 17.
• On the first day of voting, many incidents occurred at polling stations in different regions that were initiated by Russian citizens with the aim of disrupting the elections.
• In particular, in the Chelyabinsk region a man tried to light a firecracker at one of the polling stations, and in Kogalym in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug a woman wanted to set fire to a stationary ballot box using a Molotov cocktail . However, the fire was quickly extinguished. Both “arsonists” were detained. In other regions, there were also attempts at arson at polling stations.
• Many cases were also recorded when Russians filled ballot boxes with green paint. In particular, such incidents occurred in Moscow, Karachay-Cherkessia and the Rostov region. It was through it that electronic voting took place in the so-called elections. Ukrainian specialists managed to bypass all security systems. The system is not working now. At the same time, cyber attacks on the electronic services of the ruling United Russia party continue.