In the city of Raduzhny in the Vladimir region, a 14-year-old volunteer from the Vladimir campaign headquarters, Alexei Navalny, was detained. This was reported in the headquarters group on the VKontakte social network. The teenager pasted leaflets with information about the rally as part of the all-Russian campaign "Voters' Strike" on bulletin boards. An administration official called the police, saying that "you can't inform people against the elections."
In the police department, the teenager refused to talk, referring to the 51st article of the Constitution, after which he was released without a protocol being drawn up. Alexei Efremov, coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Vladimir, told OVD-Info about this.
Members of Navalny's headquarters write in a group on the VKontakte social network that a report on the offense will be drawn up against the volunteer. Where they got this information is still unknown.
from the printing house was confiscated On January 19, in Kovrov in the Vladimir region , the entire circulation of leaflets with information about the all-Russian action "Voters' Strike" . The director of the printing house was taken to the police department and has already been released.
from the campaign headquarters of Alexei Navalny in various cities . were confiscated On January 18 and 17 , leaflets about the "Voters' Strike"
On January 17, Vladimir's administration refused to allow Navalny's supporters to approve a rally and march as part of the "Voters' Strike". about this They wrote in the action group on the VKontakte social network. According to the city authorities, the purpose of the action "does not indicate any specific problem and does not contain an expression of public opinion about it."
On December 25, the Central Election Commission refused to register oppositionist Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate in the 2018 elections due to an outstanding conviction in the Kirovles case. After that, the politician called for a boycott of the presidential elections in 2018 and announced for January 28 an all-Russian protest action - “Voter Strike”.