The Berdsk Election Commission refused to register three more candidates for the city council due to their participation in protests and assistance to those detained

The election commission of the city of Berdsk in the Novosibirsk region refused to register candidates for the city duma Ilya Pukhovsky, Olga Nechaeva and Sergei Kosov after letters from the Ministry of Justice about the involvement of politicians in the structures of Alexei Navalny. about this Ivan Zhdanov spoke on Twitter.

All three letters from the department mention the candidates’ connections with, and, which the Moscow City Court banned and demanded to be eliminated, as it recognized them as “extremist.” The Ministry of Justice also noted that Pukhovskoy participated in rallies in support of Alexei Navalny, Nechaeva provided legal assistance to those detained at rallies and disseminated “unreliable information discrediting senior officials of the Russian Federation.” Kosovo was given a warning as one of the potential organizers of protests, the letter says.

Earlier today, after a similar letter from the Ministry of Justice, the Berdsk election commission refused to register a candidate for the city Duma, Vyacheslav Yakimenko. In the letter, the department also noted his connections with Navalny and drew attention to the arrest due to a post about the action on January 23.