Topless Femen Activists Assault Putin Polling Station

Three female Femen activists stripped to the waist and started chanting slogans against Russian presidential frontrunner Vladimir Putin at the polling station in the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he cast his ballot.

Three semi-naked activists covered with protest slogans disrupted voting just 20 minutes after the premier left the building. According to eyewitnesses, the activists tried to steal the box in which Putin had just cast his ballot, Russia Today says.

The Femen activists can be sentenced to 15 days in jail for disorderly conduct at the polling station, RIA Novosti informs. The police have initiated an administrative offense case against them.

Voter turnout for the Russian presidential election reached 56.3 percent at 6 p.m. Moscow time, according to the Central Election Commission's Deputy Head Leonid Ivlev.

The voter turnout was 47.6% by 3 p.m., RIA Novosti has reported.

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