Pens with disappearing ink have been brought to Russian election precincts

According to the interlocutor from Kursk, the “secret” pens arrived at the polling station in a box with the label of the BiC stationery company and the official emblem of the presidential election. They were ordered to be placed in the voting booths.

“The writing disappears from the heat, although the pen looks normal. They told everyone to be quiet and put only these pens from the boxes they brought,” said the interviewer. Another report on the use of pens with evaporating ink was from Rostov-on-Don.

VIDEO: Pens with disappearing ink have been brought to Russian election precincts

Voter manipulation using disappearing ink has been used in Russia since at least 2009. By law, an unmarked ballot is invalid, but election commissioners can illegally mark a blank ballot for any candidate following the polls close.

15min reminds that few expect surprises from the results of the Russian presidential election. Vladimir Putin has done his best to secure another six-year term, prompting critics to call it an “election without a choice”. If Putin remains in power until 2030, he will effectively be on par with Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, who ruled for 30 years.

Observers have no doubts that V. Putin, who has established power and systematically suppressed the opposition, will succeed in achieving victory. All important opposition politicians are banned from participating in the elections.

Russian voters are increasingly pressured to participate in the so-called presidential elections and ensure the turnout desired by the Kremlin, the independent election monitoring group Golos recently announced on the Telegram platform.

“Elections without a choice” may not surprise anyone in Russia, but this year they are also being organized in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Russia has said the vote will take place in four Ukrainian territories it claims to have annexed, as well as the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.

The widow of the deceased Russian opposition leader A.Navalno calls on voters on March 17. 12 o’clock come to the polls en masse and vote once morest Vladimir Putin or spoil your ballot. This protest action, called “Noon once morest Putin”, aims to fulfill A. Navalny’s last wish and show how many voters do not support Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The protest action “Midday once morest Putin” was called by A. Navalnas two weeks before his death in the Arctic prison, and now his widow Julia continues it.