A candidate for municipal deputies from Yabloko was beaten in St. Petersburg

In St. Petersburg, near the election commission of the Chernaya Rechka municipality, Alexander Shatalin, a candidate for deputies from the Yabloko party, was beaten. This is reported by "Znak" with reference to Shatalin himself.

Before the incident, the man came to apply for his candidacy in the municipal elections. “It was my turn to submit documents, but the chairman of the election commission, Mikhail Dobrokhotov, let two people go ahead of me when I tried to say that I should go and, together with the second man, tried to enter the office, he pushed me out and hit me several times in the ribs,” transmits the publication of Shatalin's story.

As a result, the police and an ambulance were called to the election commission. Shatalin also told Mediazona that after the beating, he went to the hospital, where he was x-rayed.

• Earlier, Alexander Shurshev, a candidate for deputy of the Yekateringofsky municipal district from Navalny's headquarters, twice reported attacks. The first time he was attacked was when he filmed what activists believe was a fake line of teenagers at the election commission.
• The second time he was attacked after he, together with Yabloko party lawyer Viktor Vorobyov, filed a complaint with the City Electoral Committee against the Yekateringof Electoral Commission.
• Opposition candidates for municipal deputies in St. Petersburg complain of numerous violations by city election commissions. to the Central Election Commission from candidates in the elections. were submitted Approximately 200 complaints