Bulgarian in the Moscow City Duma

On May 23, investigators came with searches for candidates for deputies of the Moscow City Duma Konstantin Yankauskas and Nikolai Lyaskin and businessman Vladimir Ashurkov, who left Russia. They are suspected of embezzlement of money transferred by voters to the ex-candidate campaign for the mayor of Moscow Alexei Navalny. In addition, the search was held in the Moscow office of Yandex. Money"

Konstantin Yankauskas communicates with reporters during a search/ photo: @solominatiana

In our country, repressions against the opposition are constantly enhanced. This is due to the situation in Ukraine and the approaching elections to the Moscow City Duma. Candidates are trying to frighten, morally suppress and discredit during the election campaign. It is not very pleasant when investigators call at 7.30 in the morning, and even do not immediately say that this is a search, but they begin to carry nonsense about the fact that someone was killed in my entrance-they tried to go with deception. I did not open it, then the investigators said that they would wait for the arrival of the grinder and cut the door, and I replied that I was waiting for the arrival of the lawyer. My lawyer arrived faster than their Bulgarian.

I expressed my computer, but it is unpleasant that the searches also took place with my parents and my wife’s parents. They also seized computers and a portable hard drive where photos were stored. But Kolya Lyaskin was much worse - during a search in the house of his parents, employees of the Investigative Committee (SK) tried to push and grab his pregnant sister by the hands.

After the search, I was taken to the Main Directorate of the Investigative Committee, to the department for especially important matters. There, unexpectedly, unlike Kolya Lyaskin, was identified as a witness. I refused the testimony, because I repeatedly explained everything. The same was done by Alexei Navalny himself and Leonid Volkov - the head of his election headquarters, a detailed report on financing the election campaign was published. Repeat what has already been said a hundred times in an accessible form, I do not consider it necessary.

This moral pressure cannot be frightened, it is better to take the law that the opposition cannot participate in the elections. We will participate in both the subscription and in the status of a witness. This is part of our civil activity. You can physically remove me from the elections to the Moscow City Duma only in two ways: either put under arrest as part of an investigation of a criminal case, or for the remaining one and a half months to investigate and put me in jail. My subscription about the recognizance will be an additional occasion to vote for me - unlike the deputies from United Russia, I do not hang around the foreign countries, and there will also be a legal restriction. I just think that now the task is to unite before society.

This is necessary not only for elections to the Moscow City Duma. If we just have searches, the guys on the “Swamp Base” have been in prison for two years now. Let's go to the process and support them! There are other political processes where you need to go.

Some time ago, I was invited to the SK to the cottage explanations on this topic in connection with the request of the former candidate for Moscow mayor Mikhail Degtyarev. My wife and I were ready that the trial would continue. Every time the postman calls us, bringing a registered letter, it seems to us that this is a search. Today there were a lot of people who came and called to support, and I know that if they turn me off the process, there are people who will continue to fight.