A municipal deputy was detained in St. Petersburg for demanding to see seals on bags of ballots.

Police officers in St. Petersburg severely detained the deputy of the Avtovo municipality from the Just Russia party, Ilya Shmakov. He, along with candidates and election observers for the municipality Lake Dolgoye, occupied the premises of the commission with a demand to show whether the packages with ballots and seals were intact. It is reported by Mediazona.

Shmakov was taken to the 86th police department of St. Petersburg. Throughout the day, he and about ten other people remained in the commission building and demanded that the chairman of the commission, Galina Svetlova, open the room where the ballots were stored.

In the evening, Svetlova entered the building of the commission, accompanied by about 10 police officers, and said that the commission had finished working and everyone needed to leave the premises.

“After that, the police officers made a demand and threatened to leave the premises. Ilya Shmakov, a representative of A Just Russia, remained seated in his seat because he did not have time to get up. And he said that the demands of the police officers were illegal. About six people tied him up and attacked him. He shouted that his finger was broken, he was covered in blood, ”Mediazona cites the story of deputy candidate Vyacheslav Tutushkin, who was watching what was happening.

02:00 A protocol was drawn up against Ilya Shmakov under Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to the demand of a police officer). After that, he was released, and he returned to the building where the election commission is located. This was reported by David Frenkel on his Twitter.

Corrected : Initially, we incorrectly indicated which municipality Ilya Shmakov is a deputy of. Apologize.