INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
candidates mostly expected to clinch easy wins.Golos said it had already received close to 600 complaints of violations as of Friday
afternoon.Threats of violence, vote buying and barring people from casting their ballots were among the most common complaints, according to
by traveling between different polling stations.Residents in the Moscow region, Siberia's republic of Khakasia and the city of Moscow
filed the highest number of complaints, Golos said.Before polls opened on Friday, the watchdog said it had received 734 complaints, with
abuse of power, campaign rules violations, coercion and vote buying leading all forms of violations.Last week, polls opened in the
residentssaying they either failed to receive verification codes via text message or were unable to access the election website
altogether,according to the Telegram news channel Ostorozhno Moskva and the independent outlet Sotavision.Golos said it has filed 75
complaints with the authorities and received official responses in 28 cases
