The circulation of "New Wheels" has been delayed

On March 8, 2006, the circulation of the newspaper Novye Kolyolas, printed in the Republic of Lithuania, was detained in the Kaliningrad region. During the clarification of the circumstances of the incident, an OMON officer hit the founder of the newspaper, a deputy of the regional Duma, Igor Rudnikov.

I. Rudnikov received a contusion of the anterior wall of the abdominal cavity.

On March 9, 2006, the prosecutor's office announced the beginning of an investigation into the incident.

The fate of the arrested circulation is not reported. According to IA REGNUM, the weekly's previous print run was also delayed at the direction of the Regional Electoral Committee, which considered the materials in the newspaper to be election campaigning against the regional Duma deputy Sergei Zolotukhin.

Sources

• Riot policeman hit a deputy of the Kaliningrad Regional Duma // IA REGNUM. 2006. March 8.
• The prosecutor's office checks the fact of assault of the riot police against the deputy // IA REGNUM. 2006. March 9.