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Ballot-stuffing incident reported at Azanovo polling station in Mari El

A member of an election commission was recorded on camera inserting two bundles of ballots into a ballot box after observers left the room at polling station No. 343 in the village of Azanovo, Mari El. Video footage of the incident was published by a State Duma deputy from the CPRF. Official responses from election authorities regarding the incident have not yet been reported.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on attribution across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • istoriesчлен избирательной комиссии
  • telegramДепутат Госдумы из КПРФ
  • semnasemЦИК
WhereAzanovo
56.718, 48.224 ±10 km
First reported36 days ago
Published2026-09-19 16:35 UTC
Sources3
How this travelled.
Reports6Independent tellings3
3 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Ballot-stuffing incident reported at Azanovo polling station in Mari El. 2026-09-19T16:35:05.696Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:2881. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-19/contested-election-annulment-azanovo-8624e4fb

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