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In Moscow, three activists were detained near Navalny's headquarters - they had leaflets in their bags
In Moscow, police detained three volunteers from Navalny’s headquarters near their office; they were carrying leaflets in their bags. This was reported by one of the detainees, Madina Avsetova.
OVD-InfoActivists were taken to the OVD in the Danilovsky district. Among them is a minor.
Also, a minor was brought to the department, whom the police had arrested the day before for posting leaflets. He said that a local police officer came to see him.
detained A paddy wagon was driven to Navalny's Moscow headquarters. In the politician's group on Vkontakte, the police are surrounding the building in which the office is located.
UPD 16.00: written Madina Avsetova reports that police officers want to take fingerprints from the detainees. According to her, the police are putting pressure on the detainees. At the department, a Navalny supporter was told to put away her phone. They wanted to take him away. The police are now examining the detainees and confiscating the leaflets.
UPD 17.10: Also, the activist was not allowed to photograph the explanatory note that the detainees wrote, since they were suspected of distributing leaflets. They also did not give me a copy of the document.
“They say that any campaigning on the territory of the Russian Federation is prohibited. That’s what they said,” says the volunteer.
Police confiscated badges, stickers and leaflets from volunteers.
UPD 17.41: Madina Avsetova reported that she, another volunteer Alexander Pelevin and a minor activist were released from the department.
UPD 18.40: Another teenager is still in the department.
- Just today, January 26, police detained the coordinators of Navalny’s headquarters in and, came to the home of the politician’s supporters in and to a teenager who liked the group “Voter Strike” in. And a criminal case was opened against a volunteer at the headquarters for allegedly evading military service. Omsk Ufa St. Petersburg Tula Kostroma - December 25, the Central Election Commission of oppositionist Alexei Navalny in registering an outstanding criminal record as a presidential candidate in the 2018 elections. After this, the politician called for a boycott of the presidential elections in 2018 and announced a nationwide protest action for January 28 - “Voter Strike.” Before the “Strike,” the police are actively detaining Navalny’s supporters, conducting searches in the politician’s headquarters and conducting campaign materials and equipment. City authorities agree with the action or propose moving them to remote sites.
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