Mass-scale buying of votes in
favour of the United Russia and the Just Russia party observed at
pre-term elections in Tula
Press Release
March 10, 2010
The Tula branch of YABLOKO recorded a mass-scale buying
of votes in favour of the United Russia and the Just Russia
party observed at pre-term elections to the Tula parliament.
A vote cast for United Russia cost 500 roubles and a vote
for the Just Russia party cost 100 roubles.
Today, on March 10 at about 11 a.m., YABLOKO’s election
headquarters received a telephone call about a bribe of
electorate at polling stations No 369 and 370 located in
school No 52. Several cars were parked in the yard of one
of the houses near the school. Unknown persons from the
cars first put down the data of the voters and after their
voting gave money to them.
Sergei Filatov, one of the leaders of YABLOKO’s election
list and deputy of the Tula parliament, arrived to the polling
station and discovered queues by the school building. He
recorded all he saw (see the recording), interviewed the
voter and also called the police.
After which some voters complained that they voted for
the party they were proposed to, however, did not get any
money for this, as these persons disappeared.
At present police is interrogating those who participated
in the voting. YABLOKO is preparing a complaint to the Territorial
Electoral Commission demanding to annul the results of the
voting at these polling stations.
