Pensioners in occupied territories are offered 'humanitarian aid' for votes in Russia's sham elections

This is reported by the Center for National Resistance.

"The occupiers promise pensioners in the temporarily occupied territories RUB 5,000 rubles for participating in the farce called 'presidential elections in Russia'” the Center for National Resistance notes.

The invaders are visiting the houses of Ukrainian pensioners and offering humanitarian aid. However, it is possible to receive it if you fill out a ballot. The report emphasizes that the Russians give money even to people who do not have a Russian passport.

"Such actions are aimed at overstating the turnout, which, according to the Kremlin, should legalize the occupation. However, the “elections" as well as the occupation will not be recognized by the world community, no matter what actions Moscow takes," the Center added.

• On February 4, the Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied territories were training "observers" among students who would organize falsification of the results of the presidential election.
• On February 19, it was reported that before the Russian presidential "elections," Russians in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories were conducting house-to-house visits to agitate the population for participation in the sham elections and to record the houses in which people live.
• On February 19, it became known that the Kremlin had sent specially trained units to the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories to oversee fraud and monitor the work of the so-called election commissions in order to create a fake picture of support for Putin.
• On February 20, EU spokesman Peter Stano said in Brussels that the EU would not recognize the results of Putin's sham presidential election in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories.
• On February 27, it became known that the invaders in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories would record the turnout in the Russian presidential "elections" through video surveillance with a face recognition system.