The Russian ruling party “United Russia» stated that today that he is faced with extensive cyber attack in the form of a DDos (distributed denial of service attack) against its online presence and that it suspended non-essential services to deal with it.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of trying to sabotage them presidential elections held in the country, in which he is certain to win a new term.

THE Putin voted online yesterday, on the first day of the presidential election.

In the footage broadcast by public television, Putin walks into an office and sits in front of a computer, with two Russian flags in the background. The message “Thank you, you have successfully voted” is then displayed on the computer screen.

At least 13 arrests for attacks and damage to polling stations

At least 13 people were arrested yesterday, on the first day of Russia’s presidential election, on charges of causing damage or arson attacks against polling stations, authorities said.

The motives of the attacks have not been made clear and it has not been established whether they are protest actions against the government.

In St. Petersburg, a young woman threw a Molotov cocktail at the entrance to a polling station at a school, causing no casualties, according to a local official. He was then arrested, according to local media outlet Fontanka.

In Moscow, a woman was arrested after “setting fire” to an election screen, Ria Novosti news agency reported. A video published by Baza media shows flames in the area, which were quickly extinguished.

Also in Moscow, a 20-year-old man was arrested after spraying ballots inside ballot boxes with a “pigmented liquid,” the Russian Interior Ministry said in a statement.

According to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, investigations have been launched for “obstructing the exercise of electoral rights or the work of electoral commissions”, an offense which, according to the authorities, is punishable by “up to 5 years” in prison.

A man near the Russian capital, a woman in Novosibirsk (Siberia), as well as four other people in the provinces of Voronezh (southwest), Rostov and Karachay-Cherkessia in the Russian Caucasus were also arrested for throwing dye into a ballot box, authorities said. . Similar incidents occurred in Volgograd (southwest) and annexed Crimea.

Two other people were arrested in the country for trying to set fire to a ballot box using a Molotov cocktail and trying to light a firecracker inside a polling station.

Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has accused Kiev of conducting phone fraud campaigns targeting mostly elderly and vulnerable people. These campaigns, according to Moscow, have prompted dozens of people to attack official buildings or offices.