Mishaps in the Russian election: First day is disastrous for Putin. Various incidents were documented on the first day of the Russian president's re-election, which runs until this Sunday.

At several polling stations, people poured paint into the ballot boxes and rendered the ballot papers inside unusable. An action on Sunday afternoon is intended to paralyze polling stations at a specified time. The public prosecutor's office is obviously concerned because of alleged calls for minors to appear at polling stations. This means that the site on Sunday will probably be overwhelmed.