A volunteer at Navalny’s headquarters in Tyumen was sentenced to forced labor for a campaign cleanup in July

The Central District Court of Tyumen sentenced Yekaterina Vedernikova, a volunteer from the campaign headquarters of Alexei Navalny, to 30 hours of compulsory work. The activist was accused of violating the rules for holding a public event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) in connection with the campaign subbotnik on July 8. This was reported to OVD-Info by a staff volunteer who asked not to be named.

Vedernikova was detained during a campaign subbotnik and accused of holding an uncoordinated picket. her On July 10, the court acquitted .

In early September, the police called the activist and invited her to the department to draw up a protocol for distributing leaflets on July 8. Vedernikova refused to come without a summons. Soon after that, the police came to her work with a protocol drawn up. The activist did not sign it. On September 22, a subpoena was sent to her.