In St. Petersburg they detained a picketman who came up in support of a “smart vote” • OVD-Info • RIMA

In St. Petersburg they detained a picketman who came up in support of a “smart vote”

Nikita Ilyin's picket on Nevsky Prospekt / photo was provided by the detainee himself

In St. Petersburg, activist Nikita Ilyin, who conducted a single picket on Nevsky Prospekt, was detained in St. Petersburg. He himself informed the OVD-Info about this.

The picketer held the poster: “Throw Eskro from the Duma. Smart voting. " The police interrupted the picket 20 minutes after its beginning. They said "pickets are prohibited."

Ilyina was delivered to OP No. 78.

18:05 In the police department to Nikita Ilyin, a certain person approached, who, without introducing himself, began to ask him the personal data of his friends in St. Petersburg. Ilyin refused to answer, referring to the 51st article of the Constitution. He was threatened that they would leave him for the night in the department. Now he is waiting for a copy of the protocol until he knows exactly what article this protocol is drawn up.

18:53. The Ilyin Nikita drew up a protocol for the “coronavirus” article on violation of sanitary standards (Article 8.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of St. Petersburg).

19:19 The picketer was released from the police department. A protocol was drawn up for a “coronavirus” article (part 2 of article 8.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of St. Petersburg). The young man himself informed the OVD-info.

“Smart Voting” is the project of Alexei Navalny and his supporters, created in 2018. On the official website, the initiatives describe its mechanism as follows: “In each district, Smart Voting chooses the most promising competitor to United Russia. Thus, “smart voting” helps strangers to voters to act in jointly: not to vote in a differently, “smearing” voices among several alternative united Russian candidates, but to concentrate on the support of one, thereby significantly increasing its chances of victory. ”
The Moscow City Court recognized the Fund for Corruption (FBK), the Fund for Protection of the Rights of Citizens (FZPG) and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny with extremist organizations on June 9, 2021.