Reports of brawls and detentions at Russian polls

As election commissions across Russia continue counting ballots in the parliamentary election, observers and media report brawls and detentions at the polls on Sunday.

A video circulating on social media shows some members of the election commission at polling station no. 803 in St Petersburg breaking a ballot box and throwing ballots around making voting results invalid, and seen by observers as a provocation.

An independent candidate for St Petersburg legislature Dmitry Lysov was detained while trying to get in to a room where vote counting was taking place.  Clashes between his team and election commission members reportedly took place. The voting was also marred by numerous reports of violations, including ballot-stuffing.