Human rights activist Marina Litvinovich was fined for mentioning “Smart Voting” at a rally; she will be banned from participating in elections for a year

Judge Mazurov of the Savyolovsky District Court of Moscow fined former member of the Public Monitoring Committee Marina Litvinovich 2 thousand rubles under the protocol on the demonstration of extremist symbols (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code). this She reported herself.

“In my speech on September 20, 2021, I said out loud several times “Smart Voting” when I spoke at a meeting of Communist Party deputies with voters, which took place on Pushkin Square the day after the elections. Now for a year I will be deprived of the opportunity to be elected in any elections,” Litvinovich wrote.

The human rights activist noted that she did not plan to participate in the upcoming municipal elections, as she wanted to help other candidates. Litvinovich said that she learned about the protocol by chance, while looking through the database of Moscow courts.

In 2021, Litvinovich took part in the State Duma elections. At the same time, she was expelled from the Moscow public monitoring commission. The official reason for this decision in the PMC was that Litvinovich “disclosed the investigation data” in the case of Lyubov Sobol and thereby violated the federal law “On Public Control.”