The court acquitted the journalist who exposed the “carousel” in the elections

On October 20, a St. Petersburg court dismissed an administrative case against Fontanka correspondent Denis Korotkov, who allegedly obtained a ballot paper illegally during the 2016 elections. about this writes The Fontanka Internet newspaper . The case was dismissed due to lack of corpus delicti.

The protocol was drawn up for illegal receipt of a ballot paper (Article 5.22 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The protocol stated that the correspondent had the intent to vote for another person, that is, to take part in the "carousel". As it turned out, there are not many documents in the case at all. In addition to the protocol, it contains an explanation of the journalist himself and a statement by the chairman of the election commission. The police officer who drew up the protocol did not come to the trial, and the court made its decision after watching the video , which was presented by Denis Korotkov.

about the journalist's adventures on election day You can read in a report on the website of the Internet newspaper Fontanka. Having learned about the carousels being carried out, Korotkov decided to infiltrate this process in order to obtain evidence and stop fraud. After he was able to get four ballots with his passport, the correspondent introduced himself and demanded an explanation. The precinct commission made a scandal and called the police, who detained the correspondent.