In St. Petersburg, Andrei Starikov, a candidate for municipal deputies of the Novoizmailovskoye municipal district, was detained at the Territorial Election Commission (TEC) No. 27. hotline He reported this to the OVD-Info .
Starikov came to the chairman of the TEC, to which the Novoizmailovskoye municipality belongs, Larisa Yushchenko, to receive a copy of the final protocol of the election results in the municipality. The election commission of the municipal formation (ECMO) “Novoizmailovskoe” never provided him with this document.
In the office, according to Starikov, the chairman of the TEC was present and, together with the chairman of the IKMO, Evgeniy Savik, they were going through the final protocols. After questions about a copy of the protocol, Savik pushed Starikov out the door. The chairman called the police, saying that Starikov had attacked her.
During the arrest, Starikov was handcuffed because he refused to give up the video camera on which he recorded the entire dialogue with the chairman.
Starikov was taken to police department No. 29. A report was drawn up against him under Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code (Disobedience to a lawful order of a police officer). They are also talking about the possibility of considering applications from the chairmen of election commissions and about Article 119 of the Criminal Code (Threat of murder or infliction of grievous bodily harm) in connection with them.
18:36 Starikov was released from the police with a report under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to a lawful order of a police officer). This was reported on the MBH Media website with reference to the lawyer of Navalny’s headquarters in St. Petersburg, Mikhail Uvarov.
- On September 8, elections of municipal deputies were held in St. Petersburg . The tabulation of results in some municipalities dragged on for more than a week, and voting day was accompanied by massive violations.