In Yoshkar-Ola, an employee of Center “E” had a conversation with a participant in a single picket

In Yoshkar-Ola, an employee of Center "E" had a conversation with a participant in a solitary picket in support of the former Kommersant and Vedomosti journalist Ivan Safronov. about this Writes "7 × 7".

On July 11, Horizontal Russia reported on a one-man picket near the building of the FSB administration in Mari El, which was held by local journalist Alexei Seregin. Shortly after the rally began, a law enforcement officer came out of the FSB building and asked why there was a man with a poster and why a journalist was filming him. 7x7 quotes an FSB officer: “When two people are standing, one of them is showing something and the other is filming – there are signs that this is an organized group. Against the background of our building, please do not shoot, because the publication in the media of any denigrating nature - you yourself understand what the consequences will be for this.

After some time, the police arrived at the place of the action, followed by representatives of the Center “E”. The latter asked the picketer to go to the police department for a conversation.

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“The poster was taken from me. I wrote that, according to Article 51 of the Constitution, I refuse to give explanations. It was clear that they did not know what to do with me. There will probably be a fine for violating the high alert regime, ”the journalist told the publication.

Employees of the Center "E" also took explanations from the journalist of "Horizontal Russia" Natalya Petrova, who covered the picket.

• Ivan Safronov is a former journalist, currently holding the position of adviser to the head of Roskosmos. He is suspected of transferring data to the Czech Republic, and, according to the investigation, he has been recruited since 2017, reported . Mediazona