Petersburg: Activists were detained for pickets against the results of the vote

In St. Petersburg, the police detained an activist of the unregistered Libertarian Party of Russia Alexander Nikitin and human rights activist Vladimir Vasilenko. This was announced by North. Reali by the press secretary of the St. Petersburg branch of the party Denis Lugovsky. They held pickets against the results of voting for changing the Constitution near the Mariinsky Palace.

According to the OVD-Info, activist Svetlana Sitnikova was also detained. The detainees were taken to the police department.

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On July 2, the Central Electoral Commission announced the processing of 100% of the voting protocols on amendments to the Constitution. According to the CEC, the amendments supported 77.92%, 21.27%opposed. The only region whose inhabitants opposed amendments was the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. 55.25% of voters voted against.