Opposition MP's bank accounts frozen in Novosibirsk

In Novosibirsk, city council deputy Anton Kartavin had his bank accounts frozen due to the collection of money for the work of security forces at rallies in support of Alexei Navalny in 2021. This was reported on the Telegram channel.

Coalition Novosibirsk 2020 reports In February, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Novosibirsk ordered Kartavin and blogger Timur Khanov to pay 3,024,877 rubles for police work at rallies in January 2021.

The police in Novosibirsk demanded another 2.8 million rubles from other oppositionists. The defendants in this lawsuit are assistant to the deputy of the Novosibirsk city council Daniil Markelov, former head of the local Navalny headquarters Sergei Boyko, former employee of the organization Elena Noskovets, assistant to the deputy of the city council Anton Kartavina Natalya Pozdnyakova, coalition member Vyacheslav Yakimenko and former State Duma deputy Arkady Yankovsky.

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