In Voronezh, a participant in a rally against changing the Constitution was fined

On July 3, the Central District Court of Voronezh fined local resident Alexander Lutskevich 10,000 rubles. Lutskevich told OVD-Info about this.

The court found Alexander Lutskevich guilty under the article on violation of the rules for participation in the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). yet The decision has not been published on the website of the court.

The rally was not coordinated with the authorities; it was held in Hyde Park near the Proletariy cinema. During the event, the police took down the personal data of some of its participants. They subsequently received telegrams summoning them to court.

• On March 11, the State Duma approved the draft law on amendments to the Constitution, initiated by Vladimir Putin. Before that, the President supported the amendment of Deputy Valentina Tereshkova, who proposed to give the President the opportunity to run for two new terms after the adoption of amendments to the Constitution. Sobyanin called the ban on Putin being elected "a destabilizing factor." The amendments are planned to be approved at a nationwide vote, the main stage of which took place on July 1, 2020.
• According to the CEC, almost 78% of Russians supported the amendments to the Constitution. Sergey Shpilkin, a researcher of Russian election statistics, spoke to the independent media Proekt about possible fraud.