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Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Russian ambassador to the United States says he plans to complain to American officials about security failings at the embassy in Washington, D.C. on Sunday as voters cast their ballots in the Russian presidential election.
Anatoly Antanov told reporters that "traitors" were allowed "to block the entrance to the Russian embassy and interfere with Russian citizens" as they tried to vote, according to RIA Novosti. He added that the Russian diplomatic mission would make a complaint about the matter on Monday and, if necessary, "express the most severe protest regarding the issue of ensuring the security of the Russian embassy."
Protesters opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin gathered at the embassy on Sunday carrying Ukrainian flags and anti-war signs. Similar actions were launched at polling stations in Russian cities and other international locations as part of the "noon against Putin" protest plan backed by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny before his death last month. Over 2,000 people—including Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya, were estimated to have taken part in one demonstration outside the Russian embassy in Berlin.
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