In Chelyabinsk, employees of Center “E” visited those responsible for holding the action on May 5

In Chelyabinsk, employees of the Center for Countering Extremism came to the home of activists from Navalny’s headquarters, who are responsible for carrying out the “He is not our king” campaign. This was announced by headquarters coordinator Boris Zolotarevsky.

OVD-InfoAccording to paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Law “On Rallies”, those responsible for holding a public event must perform administrative functions for its organization and conduct. They are appointed by the organizer of the event and indicate this in the notification.

At first, employees of Center “E” came to activist Elizaveta Simomieva - they knocked on the door for a long time, but the girl did not open it for them. Then they came to Yana Panina, but she was not at home. The activist's neighbor, who happened to meet them, asked about the purpose of their visit. In response to this, the employees of Center “E” introduced themselves as bailiffs who were looking for a certain Alexey.

Zolotarevsky also reported that the day before Bogdan Krysin, an employee of Center “E,” came to the state university for a preventive conversation. He told students about how dangerous political extremism is - at the same time, Krysin mentioned the upcoming action on May 5, claiming that it was organized by people who specifically recruit young people.

The South Ural Headquarters Coordinator added that classes at this university were canceled tomorrow under the pretext of problems with water supply. According to Zolotarevsky, this decision is due to the fact that the meeting place of the participants of the May 5 action - the monument to Kurchatov - is located in close proximity to the university.

• On April 25, the Chelyabinsk mayor’s office held the “He is not our king” action, without offering the organizers a single alternative site. In response to this, activists from Navalny’s headquarters stated that they intended to hold a march along the planned route. refused to coordinate - “He is not our king” - an all-Russian rally by Navalny’s supporters, scheduled for May 5, two days before the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin. The authorities of a number of cities, under various pretexts, agreed to hold rallies, marches and pickets. refuse