In Bashkortostan, police put pressure on Navalny's supporters

Activists of the Progress Party in Bashkortostan, who applied to hold rallies on June 12, claim police harassment. Activists are invited to numerous talks about political views. In several cities, after such conversations and phone calls, the organizers refused to hold the action. about this Writes "Kommersant-Ufa".

In Neftekamsk, the organizers of the rally were interviewed for an hour at the local department for combating extremism (department "E") and the police department, where they were interested in "what personally bad" did Dmitry Medvedev do to them.

In Ishimbay, activists decided to revoke the notice of the action: “Our supporter’s stepfather is a law enforcement officer, apparently, he, in turn, was also pressured,” says Lilia Chanysheva, head of the headquarters in Bashkortostan.

Actions on June 12 were planned to be held, in addition to Ufa, in several other cities of Bashkortostan: in Sterlitamak, Salavat, Ishimbay, Meleuz and Neftekamsk.