A group of election observers has asked the Odintsovo City Court to annul the results of Russia’s State Duma election at Polling Station No. 3962 in the village of Yudino, Moscow region.
The case was reported by the regional journalism project Veter, with the report also published by Novaya Gazeta Europe.
The observers say 328 voters came to the polling station over the three days of voting, while the official final protocol recorded 855 ballots cast. That represents a difference of 527 votes.
According to the plaintiffs, video recordings show seven episodes in which election commission members allegedly brought bundles of ballots from an adjacent room and added them to ballots during the counting process.
Those allegations have not been established as fact by a court.
Election commission representatives told the court that the observers had allegedly been withdrawn by the candidate who appointed them on September 18. If that claim is upheld, it could affect both their formal status and questions over whether their evidence is admissible.
The observers say they were not informed that their status had been revoked, continued working at the polling station throughout all three days and received a certified copy of the final results protocol.
The plaintiffs are asking the court to invalidate the results from Polling Station No. 3962. A hearing scheduled for October 14 was postponed for one week.
Until the court issues a ruling, the case involves alleged ballot stuffing and claims made by election observers, rather than a proven falsification of election results.