Moscow, Dec 07: A young girl pelted an egg at Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov today when he came to a local polling station to cast his vote for the elections to the country's Lower House of Parliament. "Kasyanov! The elections are a farce!" shouted the girl lobbing the egg at the premier.
Kasyanov, who simply smiled back, said, "This incident is an element of democracy."
However, his bodyguards detained the girl and a young man accompanying her for questioning.
Both of them are believed to be the members of extremist national Bolshevik Party of Soviet-era dissident writer Eduard Limonov, denied right to contest Duma polls. Bureau Report