Unwanted guests

At the All -Russian Conference of Open Russia, employees of the E -E Center came, accompanied by the police of the second opera regiment. This was reported on the movement website.

"The event came to the event of 30-40 police officers. They said that they received an anonymous call, allegedly a certain" unwanted "organization is holding a meeting here. I remind you that" open Russia "is not an" unwanted "organization, this is a movement that operates in Russia. At the moment, the police are putting five people in a separate room and interviews them for involvement in some terrible affairs," said the one said. Open Russia manager Polina Nemirovskaya.

According to lawyer Andrei Yumashev, he said that he is not allowed into the room where the employees of the E -E Center, including Alexei Transcant, are interviewed by the conference participants. They don’t let anyone out of the building; police officers allow only the REN TV to move freely by the REN TV.

Despite the presence of the police, the conference continued to work.

More than 100 delegates from 28 regional branches participate in the conference. They are going to discuss the position of movement regarding the presidential elections in March 2018, as well as strengthening force pressure on activists.

On the eve of the members of Open Russia in Tomsk, Kaliningrad, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, he also called for interrogation to the prosecutor's office and the FSB in the case of an “unwanted organization”. Activists were warned against participation in the conference.

Ashnik trench and garbage right now go to the conference of open Russia. pic.twitter.com/zideggkqbk

- Alexander zakharov (@nordalin) December 9, 2017

On April 26, the Prosecutor General’s Office announced the “open Russia” “unwanted” organization . Also “unwanted” was the other structure of Mikhail Khodorkovsky - the public network movement “Open Russia”. Both of them are registered in the UK. "These organizations carry out special programs and projects on the territory of the Russian Federation in order to discredit the results of the elections in Russia, recognition of their results by illegitimate," the supervisory authority said. “Their activities are aimed at inspiring protesting and destabilizing the domestic political situation, which poses a threat to the basics of the constitutional system of the Russian Federation and the security of the state.” Although British organizations are not related to the movement of the same movement in Russia, members of Open Russia are subjected to constant pressure from the security forces. In the offices of the movement and its activists have repeatedly conducted searches .