Fake Exit Polls Planned at Russian Embassies
The State Duma Committee on Investigating Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs sent materials to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding planned provocations at Russian embassies ahead of the State Duma elections, said Committee Chair Vasiliy Pisarev.
Consensus
- Extremist organizations and foreign agents are planning to conduct fake exit polls at Russian embassies overseas on September 20.
- The fake exit polls are intended to be used in Western media to claim election fraud in Russia before voting concludes.
- Volunteers are being recruited from among relocations, including those with experience in sociological surveys and agitation.
- The Duma's commission on foreign interference has reported the matter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
- Organizers of these actions have previously been involved in inciting, recruiting, and involving people in mass disturbances.
Points of divergence
- The fake exit polls are planned for August 20, not September 20. — kommersant
Coverage (7 sources)
- State Duma Deputy: «Extremist organizations want to declare elections falsified before the end of voting» — Дождь
- Piskarev: foreign agents are preparing provocations at Duma elections — Ведомости
- In the State Duma, it was announced that foreign agents are preparing fake exit polls at Russian embassies — Коммерсантъ
- Deputies informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about possible provocations on election days at embassies — Интерфакс
- Foreign agents prepare provocations at foreign voting sites during Russian elections, lawmaker Pisarev says. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- «Extremist organizations» prepare «fake exit polls» at Russian embassies — to declare elections falsified... — Дождь (Telegram)
- Extremist organizations and foreign agents prepare to hold fake exit polls at Russian embassies on September 20, claims... — ТАСС (Telegram)
Key entities
- Vasily Piskarev
- State Duma
- Russia
- Media
- Extremist organizations
- MID
- Moscow
- INTERFAX.RU
- TASS
- State Duma Commission