The headquarters of Navalny a day before the elections are held detention, the police allegedly found fake ballots

On the eve of the elections to the St. Petersburg headquarters of Navalny, police came-allegedly due to reports of preparing falsifications. Fake ballots were found in the headquarters toilet - activists say they were thrown. 15 people were detained, including five headquarters. " Paper " says what is known about this.

The police and the Russian Guard came to the headquarters

At about 13:00, police officers came to the Petersburg headquarters of Navalny on Voznesensky Prospekt.

According to the correspondent of Paper , there were six police officers and three cars near the headquarters. At least eight police officers were indoors. Employees of the Russian Guard also drove up to the headquarters.

In addition, Olga Guseva, deputy head of Navalny’s headquarters in St. Petersburg, reported that an unknown person in a mask and dark glasses came to the headquarters. The reasons for his location in the headquarters are unknown.

15 people were detained near the headquarters. Five of them are employees of the headquarters of Navalny

The Paper correspondent said with reference to eyewitnesses that six people were detained near the headquarters, including three employees of Navalny’s headquarters. The police put one of the detained girls in the car, taking it under his arms.

Later, the photographer Georgy Markov, who was on Voznesensky Prospekt, told Paper that about ten people were detained, among them - one employee and two staff of the headquarters.

According to Markov, the rest of the detainees are those who came from the candidates to observers and members of the commission with the right of advisory vote

His deputy head, Olga Guseva, as well as lawyer Mikhail Uvarov, remained at Navalny's headquarters.

Olga Guseva, deputy head of the headquarters of Navalny in St. Petersburg, informed “ paper ” that 15 people were detained, among whom were five headquarters. According to Guseva, now the detainees take saliva for examination and fingerprints.

Some detainees are charged with an article about arbitrariness

The headquarters of Navalny reported that people were detained under an article on arbitrariness (Article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Photographer Georgy Markov said that some people were detained under an article on arbitrariness, and also part - so that they were given explanations.

According to Markov, the detainees were taken to the 1st and 2nd police departments.

The police arrived allegedly because of the reports of the ballots for the stuffing. Later, copies of the ballots were “found” in the headquarters toilet

Olga Guseva, deputy head of the headquarters of Navalny in St. Petersburg, said that the police arrived due to reports on the preparation of ballots for the stuffing.

Guseva told Paper that the ballots were found in the toilet: 54 sheets allegedly lay on the shelf. The headquarters say that they have nothing to do with the ballots, and also plan to check the surveillance cameras. The Investigative Committee conducts a pre -investigation check.

Photo on the cover: Navalny headquarters in St. Petersburg