"Your application is rejected ..."

On January 24, it was announced that 60 chapters of states and governments would come in Sochi. Russians who will not be allowed to the Olympics due to unreliability will probably be much more

Only the most trusted Russians will receive the right to cheer for ours in Sochi. Olympic springboard in Krasnaya Polyana, February 2013

I bought two tickets for the Olympics somewhere on January 18 on the official website. He took those that were - to the sled sports. I thought, then, already in place, maybe I would choose something more interesting. In addition, the Olympic park will have huge scorers with the broadcast of the competition, so the main thing is to just get there. But for this, after buying tickets, you also need to get a fan passport, without which access to the Olympic objects is impossible.

On January 21, I took the tickets at the issue of issuance on Okhotny, presenting a bank card with which I paid for tickets, and a passport. And the next day in the evening, again through the official website, I sent an application for a fan passport. For this, it was necessary to specify ticket numbers, passport data and upload a photo. I received a message to e-mail and SMS: your application was accepted, she was assigned a number of such and such ... And after 30 or 40 seconds, a new message: “Your application is rejected. You can apply for a return of the nominal value of the ticket. ”

I immediately called the call center-to clarify whether there was an error, maybe I need to fill out the application again or approach somewhere in person to eliminate the misunderstanding. But the operator replied that there was no error, the application is really rejected, and you can no longer contact, because it is useless: the organization’s organizing committee reserves the right to refuse to issue a fan passport without explanation.

When I wrote about this on Facebook, it turned out that there are already several such cases, and most of those who received refusal are civilian activists or members of opposition parties. And this refusal came to everyone within a minute after the application is accepted. That is, the surnames automatically made their way to some base. By the way, when submitting an application for a passport, the program offers to take a picture of your own webcam and requests access to your computer for this. According to security experts, this suggests that not only your data enters a database, but a tracking program can also be pumped into your computer.

What specific black lists did I get into? This is probably due to the detentions on protest promotions in Moscow, for example, in March 2012 at the NTV Lie in Ostankino shares. Although even if there was an administrative punishment (I myself do not know anything about it, since I didn’t go to a single court, but they didn’t send any fines to my house), then the annual limitation period has long passed and the “administrative” should be repaid.

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Not only your data enters a database, but a tracking program can also be pumped into your computer

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There is another option: I criticized the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory a lot after a flood in Krymsk and I still think that the culprit of this tragedy was personally Governor Tkachev, who did not even receive a reprimand. I read in the media that on the eve of the Olympiad in the regional units of the FSB made up lists of local activists, and I could well get into such a list in Krasnodar.

The most annoying thing is that because of this refusal, I can’t now get to the Paralympic Games, because the same passport of the fan as at the Olympics is in effect at these competitions. And I really wanted to visit the Paralympics: we helped and continue to help the disabled, we have wards in the Krasnodar Territory, who were also gathered in Sochi, and I was going to write about people who perform at the Paralympic Games, and about their friends who came for them to root ...

And yet. Many who remember the Olympics-80 in Moscow say that this was not even there. And this is true. Sochi Olympiad-we now specially watched the information-the first, on which the fan to get to the stands needs some more additional documents, except for the ticket. Neither in Vancouver nor in Turin there were no additional restrictions: there is a ticket - pass.

Photo: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters