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In Samara, detained Navalny supporters were released from the police without reports
In Samara, detained supporters of Alexei Navalny were released from the police without reports. This happened after lawyers came to the department and filed complaints about violation of the terms of detention, Mediazona, with reference to the coordinator of the local election headquarters of the politician, Ekaterina Gerasimova.
reports Activists when they were preparing for a meeting with Navalny on Kirov Square. Before this, the police got into the car containing the contractor who was supposed to set up the stage. Afterwards the car drove off in an unknown direction. Gerasimova told the publication that police officers, under threat of force, forced the contractor to turn off his phone and go wherever they told him to go.
detained While Navalny's supporters were in the department, police officers dismantled the stage for the politician's speech. In connection with all the events that took place, lawyer of the Anti-Corruption Foundation Vyacheslav Gimadi opened a criminal case against the mayor of the city Oleg Fursov.
demanded Navalny's local headquarters team submitted an application to hold a rally with the politician at the end of November. Then the mayor’s office refused the activists, citing the fact that all the city’s venues were busy with other events on the proposed day.
replied After this, the activists appealed the authorities’ refusal in the district court, which found it illegal. The officials filed an appeal against the decision of the court of first instance, but the Samara Regional Court did not, and ordered the authorities to eliminate the violations.
admitted rejected Despite this, a statement appeared on the city hall’s website, distorting the essence of these court decisions. In it, representatives of the city administration stated that the regional court recognized the refusal to coordinate with Navalny as legal, and warned of administrative liability for participation in it.
