Officials said voting was proceeding in an orderly fashion. But despite tight controls, at least half a dozen cases of vandalism at polling stations were reported on Friday and Saturday, including a firebombing and several people pouring green liquid into ballot boxes. The latter was an apparent homage to Navalny, who in 2017 was attacked by an assailant splashing green disinfectant in his face.

Russian state news agency Tass said a woman in the Urals city of Ekaterinburg tried to unsuccessfully throw green liquid into a ballot box on Saturday while a pensioner in the Altai region in southern Siberia attempted to damage ballots. Both were detained. Following reports of vandalism, Russian lawmakers suggested introducing a new law to punish election saboteurs with sentences of up to eight years in prison. Ukrainian drone and missile attacks also hit deep inside the country, on Saturday. Tass said an armed group also tried to penetrate Russia’s border region from Ukraine.

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Two injured in Kharkiv drone attacks

Atleast two persons, aged 45 and 38, were injured in Russian attacks on Kharkiv region, which damaged critical infrastructure, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Saturday. Ukraine’s Air Force also said that it shot down two Shahed-type attack drones over Kharkiv region on Friday evening. The border regions of Kharkiv region suffer daily attacks by Russian forces.

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