The case of bribery of voters in Novosibirsk was brought to court. The culprit was fined 20 thousand.

The materials of the case of bribing voters for the United Russia candidate at the by-elections to the Novosibirsk City Council were submitted to the court. The suspect was a local resident Andrei Chusovitin, he was fined 20 thousand. (News updated)

Administrative material under Art. 5.16 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (bribery of voters) entered the Third judicial district of the Kalininsky district. It will be considered by Justice of the Peace Tatyana Golova on September 8, Tayga.info was told in court.

UPD (19:39) The man on whom the protocol was drawn up is Andrey Chusovitin. The court fined him 20,000 rubles, PEC member Artem Danilov told Taiga.info.

The case is connected with bribing voters at the polling stations located in school No. 143, Artem Danilov, a member of the PEC with the right to consultative vote, who wrote a statement to the police on this fact, told the editors. He added that the protocol was drawn up for one man.

Earlier, Danilov told Taiga.info that near polling stations No. 1608, 1609, 1610, located at school No. 143 in the Kalininsky district of Novosibirsk, several men offered 500 rubles for a vote cast for United Russia candidate Pavel Chernyshov in the by-elections to the City Council in district number 12. Later, the rate dropped to 200 rubles, according to a video recording of Danilov's conversation with one of the men who promised money to voters.

“We are not voting for the mayor, but for the deputy. For Pashka Chernyshov,” says the interlocutor of the PEC member.

Information about bribery for the candidate from "ER" at polling station No. 1608 was confirmed by Taige.info and deputy of the Legislative Assembly from the Communist Party Roman Yakovlev. He added that they also offered to vote for money in the by-elections at polling station No. 1598 in the Gorky House of Culture.

Police officers went to school No. 143, they drew up an administrative report, and later it was reported that a suspect had been detained.