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Russia elections: Protesters arrested on final day of vote set to give Vladimir Putin fifth term - BBC News Russia elections: Protesters arrested on final day of vote set to give Vladimir Putin fifth term - BBC News
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Frances Read
Reporting from outside London's Russian embassy
There’s a queue here that stretches back as far as the
eye can see. People stand in groups. There are families, young people and
older.
They’re here to vote, but many we spoke to also said they
were here as part of the so-called “midday protests” put forward by Yulia Navalnaya.
The aim was to undermine the almost inevitable
announcement of an easy and large victory for Putin.
Earlier today, Russian news agency Tass reported that two petrol bombs were thrown into the courtyard of the Russian embassy in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, where voting in the presidential election has been taking place. Because of the length of the queue in London, it’s not certain that everyone here today will have chance to vote.
The Moldovan police say they have detained a man. No injuries were reported after the incident. In Russia, large numbers gathering at once would be seen as unauthorised mass event. That’s not the case in London.
"A man threw two containers of flammable substances over the fence of the Russian Embassy in Chisinau," police have said in a statement. The Russian embassy has said on social media that voting would continue in London until 20:00 GMT this evening.
The police have said the 54-year-old Moldovan claims to hold Russian citizenship, although this has not yet been verified by the authorities.
They say he justified his actions by saying he has "some dissatisfaction" with Russia's authorities.
Moldova last week said it protested against Russia's decision to open several polling stations in the separatist Transnistria region for the Russian presidential election.
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