A year of silence

Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika called one of the main tasks of the supervisory authority the prevention of inconsistent public actions during the presidential election campaign. He stated this at a solemn meeting in honor of the 296th anniversary of the creation of the Henro- Overall .

"In the coming year, the prosecutor’s office is faced with a new task: to ensure the legality during the campaign for the presidential election of the Russian Federation. Porcery of supervisory means of social tension, inconsistent public actions and other violations that threaten stability and security," Chaika said.

The First Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federation Nikolai Fedorov called on the Seagull during the election campaign to actively interact with the SF Commission to prevent intervention in the internal affairs of Russia. “We expect that the General Prosecutor's Office will continue to interact and respond to her tightly with her (commission),” the senator noted.

The prosecutor’s office regularly warns opposition politicians against “violation of legislation” on the eve of the protests announced by them.

On December 25, 2017, the CEC illegally refused to register the initiative group to nominate politician Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate. On December 30, the Supreme Court called the refusal legal . On January 6, the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces confirmed this decision .

After the decision of the CEC, Navalny announced the preparation of the All -Russian protest against non -competitive elections. The action is scheduled for Sunday, January 28. The essence of the “voter strikes”, the politician explained, is not to recognize Putin's “reassignment”, boycott them and campaigning for the boycott of other citizens, as well as organize observation in the areas in order to prevent falsification of the turnout. “It is finally clear that Putin and the Kremlin need only a turnout,” the politician noted.

Meanwhile, press secretary of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov said that Navalny’s call to the boycott of the elections is “certainly subject to a very meticulous study for compliance or contradiction to our legislation.”