MOSCOW, March 15, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - A woman set fire to a voting booth Friday at a polling station in southern Moscow on the first day of presidential elections, Russian state and independent media reported.

The RIA Novosti news agency said a "woman set alight a polling booth" in the capital, while the independent SOTA outlet published video of a woman walking up to a booth before calmly stepping out of it as it was in flames, saying it was in the southern Marino district.