Several Russian polling locations offered free gifts and raffle entries to encourage voters to cast their ballots.
Reports have emerged of election officials in Russia offering a variety of free gifts and prizes to encourage Russians to vote in the country's presidential election.Among the freebies being offered include bread rolls, porridge and concert tickets. Some sites have reportedly advertised raffles, where voters who participate in the contests can win prizes from firewood to new cars and iPhones.
In the Altai region, voters can try to win sanctioned goods such as iPhone 15s or Dyson Airwraps, according to the Times. The town of Strezhivoy is offering bread rolls and porridge, while the Sverdlovsk region is holding a trivia quiz with prizes that include cars and motorcycles.Francis Scarr, BBC journalist who specializes in analyzing Russian media, posted a video on X, formerly Twitter, from a district in Siberia advertising raffles for bags of sugar and 'vans of firewood.
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