The Ministry of Justice registered the metropolitan branch of the Party of Navalny

The Moscow Branch of the Party of Progress, the leader of which is the opposition Alexei Navalny, is registered by the Ministry of Justice. This was reported in the official party account on Twitter. “The Moscow branch of the Party of Progress was registered! Uraa !!! On the third attempt, but we did it!”, The party’saccount indicated.

According to the party’s lawyer Dmitry Kranev, who is quoted by Interfax , registration documents will be received about a week after the tax audit. "Despite this, our candidates will not be able to participate in the elections to the Moscow City Duma from the party," Krainev said. He added that four party members intend to nominate deputies.

At the end of February of this year, the party of progress was official state registration in the Ministry of Justice. Its leader, the ex -candidate of Moscow, in the elections of the summer of 2013, Alexei Navalny, is under house arrest as part of the criminal case of embezzlement of the funds of IV Rocher, and also has a conditional term in the Kirovles case.