The police detained an employee of Navalny's campaign headquarters, Nikita Panfilov, in Vladivostok, and one of the volunteers was also detained. This was reported in the headquarters group on the VKontakte social network. The reason for the detention of Panfilov, law enforcers call his repost with information about the action "Strike of voters."
The detainees were taken to the Frunzenskoye police department.
Before the arrest, the police conducted a search at the headquarters. Law enforcement officers seized leaflets, banners and campaign cubes.
On January 20, the same volunteer was detained for distributing leaflets with information about the January 28 Voters' Strike action. about this Employees of Navalny's headquarters wrote in their group on the VKontakte social network.
Since January 16, law enforcement officers have been coming to the headquarters of Alexei Navalny every day with searches and confiscating leaflets with information about the all-Russian campaign "Voters' Strike", which is due to take place on January 28.
On December 25, 2017, 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”.
UPD 13:10 Members of the Navalny headquarters group on the VKontakte social network report that the volunteer was released from the police department. Nikita Panfilov remains in the department; a lawyer is not allowed to see him. In addition, they could not give him food. Law enforcement officers explained this by saying that the food could be poisoned. A series of single pickets began near the building of the police department.
UPD 14:32 Nikita Panfilov was released from the police department without a protocol.