A girl who was collecting signatures in support of Ksenia Sobchak was detained in the Kaluga region

In the village of Seredeisky, Kaluga Region, on January 20, police detained signature collector Zulfiya Ushakova for presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak. Ushakova stayed at the police for about an hour, she was released, taking an explanatory note. about this Writes "7 × 7".

The police were called by elderly women when Ushakova took the signature and passport details from their neighbor. The police officers took her to the police station in Sukhinichi. According to Ushakova, the police threatened to use a stun gun if she refused to go with them.

“Grandmothers told me that they would only vote for Putin, and asked me if I was collecting signatures for him. I said no. They ask me: for whom then? I didn't answer them, which is probably why they called the police. They told the police that I had taken a signature and passport details from a sick woman, Ushakova told the publication.

Marina Punko, the coordinator of Sobchak's headquarters in Kaluga, said that the police refused to speak with representatives of the headquarters. After Sobchak's lawyers contacted the prosecutor on duty, Ushakova was released.