"Yabloko" reported obstacles to the work of observers in Stavropol.

Observers at polling station No. 109 in the Stavropol region were prohibited from moving around the premises, and from their designated spot, part of the ballot boxes and booths are not visible, reported the "Yabloko" party.

The press service of the "Yabloko" party reported violations at polling station No. 109 in the Stavropol region late last night on their Telegram channel.

"Observers reported that the commission prohibits them from moving around the station, and from their designated spot, part of the ballot boxes and booths are not visible. According to them, they were even prohibited from going to the bathroom. Earlier, observers at this station reported that a sealed safe with ballots from the first day of voting was opened at night and resealed with a new seal," the message said.

No reports of violations during voting in Stavropol had been received by 00:00 Moscow time on September 20, according to data on the "Observing Together" project website. The project is positioned as an "independent platform for monitoring the 2026 elections." "We publish data on electoral commissions and violations," the annotation states. Information is transmitted to the project authors by Telegram users via a bot. "Caucasian Knot" considers it needing confirmation and does not regard information from users as reports of factual violations. "Caucasian Knot" has collected materials on the elections on the thematic page "Elections-2026: Where Will the Protest Go?"

As of 00:00 Moscow time on September 20, there were no comments on the Stavropol election commission's website regarding observers' reports of violations at polling station No. 109.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that during the 2021 elections in Stavropol, there were reports of obstacles to the work of observers and violations in the storage of ballots. For instance, on September 20, 2021, representatives of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation stated that members of the precinct commissions in Stavropol did not allow party observers into the polling stations, citing symptoms of coronavirus. On September 19, a member of the precinct election commission No. 83 in Stavropol complained about obstacles in filming the transfer of voter books and the absence of seals on the ballot box.