St. Petersburg libertarian reported a search of his mother

In St. Petersburg, the mother of Libertarian Party of Russia activist Alexei Barich was searched. He wrote about this on Twitter.

On what grounds the search was carried out, Barich does not know: “Mother, out of fear, did not take a photograph of what kind of paper they showed her. I hope it was just a fake scare. Key words that she remembered: “member of the opposition party”, “extremist”, “Headquarters”. From the retelling it is not clear why the search is even possible. It seems like there was no Criminal Code,” he wrote.

The name of Alexey Barich was mentioned during interrogations in the case of blocking roads (Article 267 of the Criminal Code) at the rally on January 23 in support of Alexei Navalny: the investigation was interested in the acquaintance of those interrogated with him and other activists.

• After the arrest of politician Alexei Navalny, a series of protests took place throughout Russia; mass rallies took place on Saturday, January 23, Sunday, January 31, and February 2 (the day Navalny’s suspended sentence was replaced with a real one). Security forces reacted harshly to the protests: on January 23, more than 4,000 people were detained, on January 31, more than 5,500 , and on February 2, more than 1,400 people .
• In connection with the protests, more than a hundred criminal cases were opened throughout the country. The totality of these cases is called the “palace case,” since one of the catalysts for the protests was the FBK investigative film “ Palace for Putin. The story of the biggest bribe ."