Navalny’s headquarters in different cities are denied approval for the “Voter Strike”

The campaign headquarters of Alexei Navalny in different cities are being denied approval for marches and rallies that supporters of the politician were going to hold on January 28 as part of the all-Russian action "Voters' Strike".

The administration of Volgograd denied the activists permission to march and offered to hold a rally on the outskirts of the city. Supporters of the opposition refused to change the venue of the action. This was reported in the Volgograd group "Strikes of voters" in the social network "VKontakte". The activists say they were asked by the authorities to change the purpose of the event due to its inconsistency with the law. There is no information on what exactly the purpose of the action is contrary to the law.

Activists in Magnitogorsk also spoke about the refusal of the mayor's office to coordinate the procession and rally in the local group "Voters' Strikes". The refusal of the authorities was explained by the previously planned work on the improvement of the city.

The Kurgan Mayor's Office banned the procession, but allowed the rally to be held on the condition that it be postponed until the morning. This was reported by the activists themselves and clarified that they agreed with the demand of the authorities.

In Chelyabinsk, the authorities refused to hold the procession, explaining that the event "will disrupt the organization of public transport, which, in turn, will cause a wave of discontent on the part of residents and guests of the city," Kommersant . writes However, the mayor's office allowed the rally to be held on the condition that it be moved from the city center. Navalny's headquarters agreed with this demand.

The administration of Tomsk refused to approve the action for the supporters of the politician, offering to hold the event in the morning on the outskirts of the city. The activists reported this in their group on the VKontakte social network and noted that they were going to go to court.

The Moscow Mayor's Office suggested that Alexei Navalny hold a rally in the Shchukino district in northwestern Moscow instead of Tverskaya Street, writes Meduza. The politician refused and is going to hold a “voter strike” in the city center without the consent of the authorities.

The St. Petersburg headquarters of the politician Smolny refused a rally and a procession. “They say that houses are being repaired there,” wrote on Twitter. Denis Mikhailov, coordinator of the headquarters,

at the headquarters of Alexei Navalny in different cities On January 18, searches were carried out . Law enforcement officers seized leaflets from volunteers, equipment was confiscated from supporters of the oppositionist in St. Petersburg.

On December 25, the Central Election Commission refused to register politician Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate in the 2018 elections due to an outstanding criminal record. After that, the oppositionist called for a boycott of the presidential elections in 2018 and announced for January 28 an all-Russian protest action - “Voter Strike”.

UPD January 19, 17:00: Roman Zaitsev, a lawyer for the campaign headquarters of Alexei Navalny in Volgograd, told OVD-Info that the city administration asked to change the goal of the “Voters' Strike” action in connection with the possible pressure exerted by the participants of the action on voters. According to the mayor's office, the event violates Art. 3 paragraph 3 of the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation", according to which no one has the right to influence voters, to force them to participate or not participate in elections.