Two activists from Navalny’s headquarters in Astrakhan were fined for the action on January 28

The Kirovsky District Court of Astrakhan fined the activists of the Astrakhan headquarters of Alexei Navalny Zarif Kurochkin and Alexander Nikitin for holding a rally on January 28, each of them was fined 5,000 rubles. about this . writes The "Caucasian Knot"

On January 28, the police detained the alleged organizers of the action, Kirill Andrianov, Alexander Kogut and Artem Terbalyan. The rally did not actually take place, instead, Navalny's supporters gathered at the police station.

Several participants in the meeting near the police building - Zarif Kurochkin, Alexander Nikitin, Vyacheslav Kalmykov and Viktor Konovalov - were later issued administrative protocols on violation of the procedure for holding a public rally (Part 1 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

“I really was at the police building, but it was not a rally. The police officers did not detain anyone, personally they did not make any claims or comments to me. But, apparently, because I was often seen at various actions by them, they called me to draw up a protocol with which I initially did not agree ... Naturally, at the trial, the police confirmed that it was a rally, and I took part in it, ” Zarif Kurochkin told the publication.

On January 28, in the cities of Russia, the action "Strike of voters" was held. On it, according to OVD-Info, were detained . at least 371 people

On December 25, the Central Election Commission refused to register oppositionist Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate in the 2018 elections due to an outstanding conviction. After that, the politician called for a boycott of the presidential elections on March 18, 2018 and reorganized his campaign headquarters into strike headquarters.