Masked man tries to taser Russian election chief before regional vote
[Reuters] By Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth Reuters 6 September 2019
By Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A masked man broke into the home of the head of Russia's Central Election Commission on Friday and repeatedly tried to taser her, the Interior Ministry said, two days before an election that has triggered street protests.
Russian investigators said they would look into whether the attack was connected to her work. The commission head, Ella Pamfilova, said she suspected robbery was the motive.
Pamfilova and her colleagues, citing a technicality, refused to register several opposition candidates for the Moscow city election, leading to the biggest sustained protest movement in Russia since 2011-2013.
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More at The Moscow Times as well on that, saying something like it might be a suspected burglary, I doubt that.
The people have been protesting just simple city elections as the story says. Protests aren't even about more important offices like governor, president and so on.
