In 2024, people across Russia poured brilliant green antiseptic into ballot boxes. This weekend, pharmacies in the city of Tyumen have been advised not to sell it in bulk during the elections.

Source: 72.ru

In 2024, people across Russia poured brilliant green antiseptic into ballot boxes. This weekend, police in the city of Tyumen have told pharmacies not to sell it or iodine in bulk during the elections.

Pharmacies in Tyumen have been advised not to sell large quantities of iodine and brilliant green antiseptic ahead of the elections, according to the local news outlet 72.ru.

“The police came in and told us not to sell iodine, brilliant green, or anything else that stains from September 18 to 20. Some of our colleagues were told not to sell anyone five or more of these products at once,” one Tyumen pharmacist told journalists.

Other pharmacy workers said they had no strict rules about selling iodine or brilliant green during the elections, though they confirmed that they had received the recommendations.

According to 72.ru’s sources, the police decided to head off possible provocations based on their experience in past elections. The outlet also reported that people buying large quantities of staining antiseptics will be monitored.

During the 2024 presidential election, people across Russia poured brilliant green, iodine, and ink into ballot boxes. According to reports, most of the voters who spoiled ballots this way had been influenced by phone scammers.

Alina Nevmyanova, a Moscow resident who poured brilliant green into a ballot box, was sentenced to a year in a minimum-security penal colony. She said she had been scammed and had received calls from a “police lieutenant,” a “Central Bank employee,” and an “FSB officer.”

Russians will vote in local, regional, and national elections, including for the State Duma, from September 18 to 20.

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