Pogroms in the headquarters of Navalny

The campaign for the boycott of the presidential election caused a tough reaction of the authorities. Police and pro -government activists were subjected to the headquarters of Navalny throughout the country

Alexei Navalny, to whom the CEC, and then all the courts refused the right to run for presidents, immediately after the New Year holidays began the campaign for an active boycott of the elections, calling it a "strike of voters." The reaction of the authorities followed quickly: all last week, reports came from different cities about how law enforcement officers stop agitation against the elections and block the work of the failed candidate. The associates of Navalny and the volunteers of the headquarters are almost every hour about these attacks.

Last week, police detained Navalny volunteers in 25 cities of Russia. In 14 cities, searches were held at the headquarters of the opposition with the seizure of campaign leaflets and office equipment

As the author of these lines calculated, in total last week, police detained Navalny volunteers in 25 cities of Russia. In 14 cities, searches were held at the headquarters of the opposition with the seizure of campaign leaflets and office equipment. The reasons for such actions of law enforcement officers were the statements of certain citizens about allegedly committed crimes and an investigation of administrative cases under the article of the Code of Administrative Offenses “Production and distribution of illegal agitation”. In addition to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and activists of pro -government movements are involved in the shares of intimidation. The opposition claims that in no case, representatives of the law did not submit documents for the right to conduct a search.

Northwest

On January 18, police officers searched Navalny's headquarters in St. Petersburg . They explained their visit by the fact that on Twitter, the head of the headquarters Denis Mikhailov posted a photograph of the comic leaflet, which he allegedly issues as an official document of the presidential administration. As a result of the search, office equipment, personal laptops of activists and campaign materials belonging to the headquarters were seized. Including 10 thousand leaflets. During a search at the entrance to the headquarters, activists were on duty who staged a small picket.

The “search”, similar to robbery, lasted about four hours. The Gazelle police drove up to the headquarters, the stolen boxes were loaded into it and the “shame” went to the cries. The cries of “by the way, they really don’t like them - they themselves admitted,” the activists wrote about the results of the police operation on their pages on social networks.

The first thing law enforcement officers do, they destroy evidence is to close the surveillance cameras. In the picture - one camera is still working, the second is already twisted. At this time, volunteers staged a picket at the headquarters, St. Petersburg, January 18, 2018 photo: Twitter / @ekatepooha, Twitter / @teamnavalny_SPB

On the same day, employees of the EE Center searched in the Kaliningrad headquarters of Navalny, where, according to the opposition, they seized 130 leaflets.

Search at Navalny headquarters in Kaliningrad, January 18, 2018

The “search”, similar to robbery, lasted about four hours. The Gazelle police drove up to the headquarters, the stolen boxes were loaded into it and the “shame” went to the cries

Simultaneously with Peter and Pskov, the search was held in Kaluga , where all the leaflets were also carried out.

Search at Navalny headquarters in Kaluga, January 18, 2018

In Pskov, volunteers collided three times with opposition to the authorities. The first time on January 17, when, by order of the FSB, leaflets were taken from the transport company with an appeal to support the “voter strike”, who went to the local headquarters from St. Petersburg.

The next day, the police visited the opposition office and took the leaflet hanging on the door. On Saturday, January 20, law enforcement officers returned and, as part of an investigation into an administrative case of illegal campaigning, arranged a full -scale inspection and again seized leaflets.

Search at Navalny headquarters in Pskov, January 18, 2018

On January 16, the police visited the headquarters of Navalny in Veliky Novgorod , seized leaflets and computers. The next day, everything was repeated, the headquarters lost another portion of agitation and another computer. The seizures of leaflets were also held in Murmansk and Petrozavodsk .

Central District

In Moscow, the headquarters of Navalny last week reported the refusal of printing houses to print campaign leaflets due to fear to be under the blow of the authorities. On January 21, at the Pure Prudy metro station, the police detained two volunteers who distributed leaflets.

The same problems among the supporters of the “voter strikes” arose in the Vladimir region . In the city of Kovrov there was a bold entrepreneur who agreed to print leaflets in his printing house of Autopan LLC, but later he had to explain with the police, and all printed products were removed from the warehouse of the enterprise.

South District

On January 20, employees of Navalny’s headquarters were detained in Astrakhan , they were released after drawing up a protocol on the seizure of leaflets and delivering to the police department.

The detention of activists last week also took place in Rostov-on-Don , here the five of them are presented with an administrative article for participating in an unauthorized rally, by which law enforcement agencies refers to the meeting of Navalny's supporters in order to nominate it as a presidential candidate.

With shouts “fascism will not pass” and “Putin, Putin” representatives of the “detachment of Putin” tried to go to the headquarters, however, they did not show much zeal and, without standing at the closed door, dispersed

In Krasnodar, the police did not prevent activists from working, but on January 17 the headquarters underwent another attack of the so -called Putin’s detachment. In the evening, when the chairman of the Open Russia Chairman Alexander Solovyov and the head of the human rights direction of Open Russia Polina Nemirovskaya took place at the opposition office, about three dozen people gathered at the headquarters, mostly elderly women. With the shouts of “fascism will not pass” and “Putin, Putin” they tried to go to the headquarters, however, they did not show much zeal and, not for long at the closed door, parted.

Volga

On January 17, an inspection of the headquarters of Navalny with the seizure of agitmaterials and office equipment was held at Navalny headquarters in Penza . The reason is an administrative case under the article “Production and distribution of illegal agitation”, excited against the coordinator of the headquarters.

Search at Navalny headquarters in Penza, January 17, 2018

On this day, the police took similar measures against supporters of the “voter strikes” in Cheboksary . Here, more than 3.5 thousand leaflets and a board game “instead of Putin” were taken out of the office.

Search at Navalny headquarters in Cheboksary, January 17, 2018

Search at Navalny headquarters in Cheboksary, January 17, 2018 Photo: Twitter / @semyonkochkin

“The brave employees of the police department interviewed the staff of the headquarters and really wanted to seize monitors, <...> demanded to issue system units (which were not), claimed that we“ hid them ”:“ Get out and give them! ” As a result, the police managed to remove only two (!!!) black and white leaflets ”

A day later, on January 18, employees of the headquarters of Navalny in Samara collided with the hard actions of the police. According to activists, representatives of the law broke their hands, forbidden to use phones, hacked the warehouse door for 30 minutes, damaging not only her, but also the walls. But the catch of law enforcement officers was small: only a pack of leaflets, a few badges and t -shirts.

Navalny headquarters in Samara after a search, January 18, 2018 Photo: Twitter / @volgaletom

On January 16, law enforcement officers visited the headquarters of the “strikers” in Perm . Its activists managed to hide most of the available leaflets.

Search at Navalny headquarters in Perm, January 16, 2018 Photo: Twitter / @teamnavalny

On January 18, the Izhevsk police tried to withdraw computers and agitmaterials at the local headquarters of Navalny. “The brave employees of the police department interviewed the staff of the headquarters and really wanted to seize monitors, <...> demanded to issue system units (which were not), claimed that we“ hid them ”:“ Get out and give them! ” As a result, the police managed to remove only two (!!!) black and white leaflets. Yes, they seriously served a protocol for two leaflets, ”the staff of the headquarters said on the pages of the Navalny team. Izhevsk "on social networks.

Photo: VKontakte / Navalny team | Izhevsk

*At the Izhevsk headquarters, police received the basics of opposition political gramers, Izhevsk, January 18, 2018 *Photo: VKontakte / Navalny team | Izhevsk

On January 20, in two other Volga cities, Orsk and Togliatti , activists were detained. All detainees are now at large, none of them have yet been charged.

Siberia and the Far East

In Tyumen , on January 19, he was an inspection at the headquarters on the complaint of an unknown citizen against illegal campaigning. More than a thousand leaflets are seized here. In addition, during the distribution of leaflets on the street, a volunteer was detained, who was released after dactyloscopy.

On January 20, eight activists were detained in Omsk briefly. And on January 18, the Novokuznetsk police sent minors to one of the activists. After that, an employee of the EC center came to the headquarters with a request to issue the data of all activists, to which he was refused.

The detentions and pressure on Navalny’s volunteers were exerted by law enforcement officers in Vladivostok . On January 20, one person was detained. He was kept in the police department for three hours, accusing the illegal distribution of campaign materials. At this time, activists carried out single pickets in front of the police building.

The supporter of Navalny in Khabarovsk suffered most of all: on January 16, the court sentenced him to 15 days of administrative arrest for calls to reach a rally on January 28.