The polling station at the Russian Embassy in Kyiv was closed at 8 pm. It is reported by the correspondent of TV channel "112 Ukraine".
"The polling station at the Russian Embassy was closed at 20:00, as of 19:00, according to an observer who has got into the embassy, 115 people have voted. During the last hour we saw four more. This afternoon, 400 law enforcement officers were on duty with the National Guard and National police . As of right now the police representatives dispersed, but the guard will remain, although not in such emergency mode, "- said the reporter.
Previously, near the building of the Embassy protesters clashed with police, protesters tried to block the building and would not let people voting. They also tried to take down the fence of the embassy.
In addition, the man was beaten by the embassy. And during the riots at the embassy, police detained the deputy of the city council of party "Svoboda" Volodymyr Nazarenko. Except him was detained another man.
Later, clashes between protesters, representatives of the party "Svoboda" and the police started, one protester was detained because he allegedly threw eggs and other objects in the citizen of the Russian Federation, who came out from behind the gate of the embassy. He was arrested, reported the police.