Police seized campaign materials from Navalny's headquarters in Astrakhan

Employees of the headquarters of Alexei Navalny in Astrakhan reported on the evening of July 6 that the police had arrived at the premises. They conduct an inspection in the presence of attesting witnesses.

The reason for the inspection was reports of "illegal election campaigning." The police "are not going to seize anything yet," said . the headquarters

Later, headquarters coordinators reported that the campaign materials had been seized.

Checking reports of illegal campaigning was the reason for searches and seizure of campaign materials at Navalny's headquarters in other Russian cities.

• On July 5-6, the police came to the headquarters of Alexei Navalny in Novosibirsk, Orel, Vologda and Moscow. The formal reason for the searches was, in addition to illegal campaigning, the search for extremist materials and checking reports of a planted bomb. Campaign materials were confiscated at the headquarters.