The coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Samara was arrested for 10 days due to a series of single pickets

Yegor Alashaev, coordinator of Alexei Navalny's headquarters in Samara, was arrested for 10 days because of the action on August 10. about this Writes "Apology of Protest".

Alashaev was found guilty of repeated violation of the rules of the action (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The police considered a series of single pickets a mass event. The protocol states that “in order to give the appearance of legality to the event, Alasheev advised citizens not to unfurl posters and line up, which proves that the participants acted in accordance with the regulations invented by Alasheev.”

• On August 10, more than 40 Russian cities held protests for fair elections and against political repressions. In Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Bryansk and Syktyvkar, police detained 352 people. OVD-Info monitors court decisions.