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Petersburg: Graffiti with Navalny opened a criminal case
In St. Petersburg, a criminal case was opened after the appearance of graffiti with an opposition politician Alexei Navalny on a transformer booth in the Pushkarsky garden. Itis reported by Fontanka.
The case was initiated under an article on vandalism based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity. The investigation believes that there were several artists.
- A drawing with Alexei Navalny appeared early on the morning of April 28 on a transformer booth in the center of St. Petersburg. A portrait of a politician who is now serving a sentence in the colony in the case of Yves Rocher was accompanied by the inscription "Hero of the New Age". Navalny was depicted on it during the trial, when, communicating with his wife from the Aquarium, he folded his fingers "heart". A few hours later, police officers arrived at the drawing, they drew up protocols and took paint for examination. Then graffiti was painted over men who were dressed in the workwear of Rossetei.
- Eyewitnesses told the north. Reali that the transformer booth from graffiti in the morning was a municipal deputy from United Russia Alexei Asanov. According to witnesses, Asanov talked with someone on the phone that the drawing needed to be removed. Whether Asanov became the initiator of painting the drawing is unknown. Asanov confirmed the north. Reali that he was in the morning in the Pushkarsky garden.
- On April 21, actions were held in Russia in support of Navalny, during which the police detained more than 1900 people. On Thursday, Navalny published an appeal on Instagram, where he thanked the rallies.