The coordinator of Navalny's Saransk headquarters received political asylum in Finland

Evgeny Pashutkin, coordinator of Alexei Navalny's headquarters in Saransk, and his family received political asylum in Finland. this He himself announced on his Instagram.

Pashutkin and his family live in the center, where those who applied for political asylum are placed. “I will try to get off the allowance and start earning on my own, because this country has already given me a lot,” he told Novaya Gazeta.

The activist asked for political asylum back in October 2019, fearing persecution under the article on carrying out the activities of an undesirable organization (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code). Then the ex-coordinator of Open Russia and the coordinator of Navalny's headquarters, having gone abroad, found out that the Investigative Committee was interested in him.

Two administrative protocols have already been drawn up against Pashutkin under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (carrying out activities of an undesirable organization on the territory of the Russian Federation), in particular, because of the screening of a film about Anastasia Shevchenko, a member of the council of the Open Russia movement.

• On March 31, police in Saransk disrupted the screening of a film about Shevchenko. Then six police officers entered the hall and demanded that the show be stopped on the grounds that an illegal meeting of the Open Russia party was allegedly taking place in the hall.
• In April 2017, the Prosecutor General's Office declared undesirable a number of organizations associated with Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Including the Open Russia Civic Movement. The Russian movement "Open Russia" was not banned.
• On March 30, Open Russia declared self-liquidation for security reasons. “Despite the fact that the persecution of Open Russia activists is illegal and we continue to insist on this in all instances, we have decided that the safety of people is more important for us,” said Natalia Gryaznevich, the organization’s press secretary.