A Kuban activist was fined under an article on extremist symbols because of a pack of leaflets about Navalny’s “Smart Voting”

The Armavir City Court of the Krasnodar Territory fined local activist Sergei Solomakhin 2.5 thousand rubles for purchasing leaflets about politician Alexei Navalny. the publication of the decision on August 17 were The first people to notice .

The man was found guilty of purchasing symbols of extremist organizations for sale (Part 2 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).

According to the decision, on August 11, police stopped Solomakhin with a pack of thousands of leaflets. The court ruled that “Smart Voting” was “a project of the FBK Anti-Corruption Foundation,” and “the Smart Voting leaflet has all the signs of an extremist printed product.”

Solomakhin “admitted guilt in the act incriminated against him and repented of what he had done,” the document notes. He himself refused to comment to Kavkaz.Realii. The court decided to confiscate and destroy the leaflets.

In June, Navalny’s headquarters were also declared extremist by the court at the request of the prosecutor’s office.