In St. Petersburg, police detained two signature collectors for a candidate to the Legislative Assembly

In St. Petersburg, the police detained volunteers who were collecting signatures for the ex-coordinator of the local headquarters of Navalny, Irina Fatyanova. She is going to be nominated for the Legislative Assembly. this The activist announced on her Telegram channel.

Volunteers Maria Voyutskaya and Vyacheslav Korshunov were detained near the Petrogradskaya metro station. They, along with the banner with which they campaigned, were taken to OP No. 43. The police charge Korshunov with violation of the rally legislation (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), the officers also saw disobedience to the police in the actions of Voyutskaya (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

On July 22, Volunteers were released from the police department at about 11:00 pm, where they were kept for more than five hours, writes Irina Fatyanova. At the same time, one of the detainees, Maria Voyutskaya, has two young children.

In relation to her and Vyacheslav Korshunov, protocols were drawn up on violation of the rules of the action and on unauthorized occupation of a land plot (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and Article 7.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). In addition, another protocol was drawn up against Voyutskaya - on disobedience to the demand of the police (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

• Elections to regional authorities and the State Duma will be held on September 19 - this date was announced as a single voting day. According to the decision of the CEC, voting will begin on September 17 and will last for three days. Opposition candidates and members of their campaign headquarters all over Russia are facing pressure: detentions , security forces visits to headquarters , searches , vandal attacks .