In Tyumen, the volunteer of the headquarters of Navalny was arrested for seven days

In Tyumen, the magistrate of the Central District arrested the volunteer of the local headquarters of the strike of Alexei Navalny Peter Kharitonov for seven days. This was reported in the headquarters group on the VKontakte social network.

Kharitonov was found guilty under Art. 20.1 Code of Administrative Offenses (petty hooliganism) due to the use of obscene vocabulary at a rally on January 28. He held in his hands a poster with the slogan “Return the elections ...”, ending with a rhyme to the word “elections”. However, according to the defense, Kharitonov did not thus express disrespect for society or to the rally participants.

Kharitonov had already spent a day in the police department before the court, so he will be released on February 13.

On January 28, 350 people were detained on promotions in the framework of the “voter strikes” in different cities.

• On December 25, the CEC refused to the opposition Alexei Navalny in registration with a presidential candidate in the elections in 2018 because of a mercurined criminal record. After that, the politician called for the presidential election in 2018 and announced on January 28 the All -Russian Protest Protest - “Voter strike”.