A participant in the meeting of the organizing committee of the rally “Against arbitrariness in elections” was detained in St. Petersburg

Police in St. Petersburg detained Pavel Ivankin, an activist of the AgitRussia movement, after a meeting of the organizing committee of the rally Against Arbitrariness in the Elections. This is reported by the telegram channel "Lens Reality".

The police approached the participants of the meeting and demanded their documents. The basis for the verification of documents, according to the "Lens of Reality", was the strengthening in preparation for the parade of the Navy. Ivankin did not have a passport with him, so the police detained him and took him away in an unknown direction.

23:08 At about ten o'clock in the evening, Ivankin was taken to police station No. 21. Objective Realii reports that they want to charge him with disrespect for the authorities for the phrase "Putin is a thief" from the stage of the agreed rally, which took place on July 24.

23:38 Pavel Ivankin was released from the department. Probably without protocol.

• Elections of municipal deputies will be held in St. Petersburg in September. Petersburg IKMO en masse do not allow opposition candidates to participate in elections.
• On July 24, an agreed-upon rally "Against Arbitrariness in the Elections" took place in St. Petersburg, the participants of which demanded the abolition of municipal filters and the admission of all independent candidates to the elections. At the same time, the police did not allow people with posters and markers to enter the rally.