Police detained AgitRussia activist

The police detained the St. Petersburg activist of the movement "AgitRussia" Pavel Ivankin. This is reported by the telegram channel of the movement.

Ivankin was taken to the 21st police department, where an investigator was supposed to come to him to check the materials of the book of records of reports of crimes. Some time later, the detainee was given a summons to appear before the prosecutor's office as part of an administrative case of insult (part 2 of article 5.61 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) for the phrase "Putin is a thief" from the scene of an agreed rally, which took place on July 24.

AgitRossiya activists link Ivankin's detention with the upcoming march on August 17 "Petersburg against United Russia" (the working name of the action).

In addition to Ivankin, the police came to the head of the Beautiful Petersburg movement, Krasimir Vransky.

• Ivankin has already been detained in this case. However, an hour and a half after his arrest, he was released from the police department without a 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.